Sunday, March 04, 2007
Shreveport Airport Authority
From the city of Shreveport web site:
The Airport Authority is represented by a five-person voluntary board which serves on rotating terms. The board members are appointed on a staggered basis by the Mayor of Shreveport, presently Mayor Cedric Glover. The director of airports reports to the Shreveport Airport Authority
The current board is composed of: Reverend Joe R. Gant, Chairman; Raymond Alley, Vice Chairman; and board members: Howard Malpass, Ted Roberts and Dr. C. O. Simpkins.
For more information on the Shreveport Airport Authority, call (318) 673-5370 or fax (318) 673-5377.
http://www.ci.shreveport.la.us/DEPT/airport/shreveportairport.htm
CooperPalooza in March: bands from Israel, from Japan and Brooklyn, etc, smash it up at 122 E. Dalzell, Shreveport
Alec Holland has released his global rock report for March. The report is that bands from Israel, Wash, DC, Seattle, New Zealand, Japan and various places in California will be whipping it at Cooper Manor, 122 E Dalzell, Shreveport.
Hate to say it, but Holland is hanging from his calves above the stage on this deal. If he doesn't draw the numbers, he says, it will be debtor's prison for the young independent producer-rocker-video artist.
All Of My Crazy Shows For March (aka CooperPalooza):
TUE, March 13 / $7.00
MONOTONIX (Israel)
www.myspace.com/monotonix
THE APES (Washington DC)
http://www.myspace.com/apes
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Sun, March 18 / $7.00
AKIMBO (Seattle, WA)
www.myspace.com/akimbo
THE PRAYERS (CA) (featuring 3/4s of The Plot To Blow Up The Eiffel Tower)
http://www.myspace.com/thefuckingprayers
THE MINT CHICKS (New Zealand)
http://www.myspace.com/themintchicks
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Monday, March 19 / $3.00
MAGIK MARKERS (Brooklyn, NY)
SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN (Sunburned has 3-12 members living mostly
around the Northeastern United States, Belgium and the UK.)
BLACK HELICOPTER (Boston, MA)
KENNY AND THE FLESH (Hometown Humpsters)
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Tuesday, March 20th / $7.00
GREEN MILK FROM THE PLANET ORANGE (Tokyo, Japan)
www.myspace.com/gmftpo
YIP YIP (Winter Park, FL)
http://www.myspace.com/yipyip
KENNY AND THE FLESH
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Wednesday, March 21 / $5.00
ATTRACTIVE AND POPULAR (Hot Springs, AR)
www.myspace.com/attractiveandpopular
CLIPD BEAKS (Oakland, CA)
http://www.myspace.com/clipdbeaks
All shows will be at Cooper Manor - excepting the Lil Joes show by Magik Marker, etc - and begin at 8 pm sharp, rasps Holland.
Hate to say it, but Holland is hanging from his calves above the stage on this deal. If he doesn't draw the numbers, he says, it will be debtor's prison for the young independent producer-rocker-video artist.
All Of My Crazy Shows For March (aka CooperPalooza):
TUE, March 13 / $7.00
MONOTONIX (Israel)
www.myspace.com/monotonix
THE APES (Washington DC)
http://www.myspace.com/apes
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Sun, March 18 / $7.00
AKIMBO (Seattle, WA)
www.myspace.com/akimbo
THE PRAYERS (CA) (featuring 3/4s of The Plot To Blow Up The Eiffel Tower)
http://www.myspace.com/thefuckingprayers
THE MINT CHICKS (New Zealand)
http://www.myspace.com/themintchicks
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Monday, March 19 / $3.00
MAGIK MARKERS (Brooklyn, NY)
SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN (Sunburned has 3-12 members living mostly
around the Northeastern United States, Belgium and the UK.)
BLACK HELICOPTER (Boston, MA)
KENNY AND THE FLESH (Hometown Humpsters)
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Tuesday, March 20th / $7.00
GREEN MILK FROM THE PLANET ORANGE (Tokyo, Japan)
www.myspace.com/gmftpo
YIP YIP (Winter Park, FL)
http://www.myspace.com/yipyip
KENNY AND THE FLESH
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Wednesday, March 21 / $5.00
ATTRACTIVE AND POPULAR (Hot Springs, AR)
www.myspace.com/attractiveandpopular
CLIPD BEAKS (Oakland, CA)
http://www.myspace.com/clipdbeaks
All shows will be at Cooper Manor - excepting the Lil Joes show by Magik Marker, etc - and begin at 8 pm sharp, rasps Holland.
Friday, March 02, 2007
Fri, Mar 2, at Fairfield Studios: David LaMotte joins Beth Wood at 7 pm
"Last call for reservations for the Friday night concert at Fairfield Studios. What performers these two young people are— but don't take my word for it, check 'em out at YouTube.com. Search David LaMotte, then hit "One Night" and prepare to be impressed!
Search Beth Wood and hit "Skeleton Tree" —less video quality, but you can appreciate! Hope you can make it tomorrow nite. There MAY be a little surprise for some who can hang around after the concert (a little taste of Hollywood)." Jim Huckabay
reservations@fairfieldstudios.com or
220-0400
$15 includes a modest but tasty repast
Search Beth Wood and hit "Skeleton Tree" —less video quality, but you can appreciate! Hope you can make it tomorrow nite. There MAY be a little surprise for some who can hang around after the concert (a little taste of Hollywood)." Jim Huckabay
reservations@fairfieldstudios.com or
220-0400
$15 includes a modest but tasty repast
Thursday, March 01, 2007
Shreveport Symphony and Steve Lippia bring Sinatra style and melody to Riverview Theater Sat, March 3, 7:30 pm
Steve Lippia is a singer's singer, says Smash Productions. Lippia, possessor of persuasive accolades from numerous Sinatra performances, will swing the Shreveport Symphony on Sat, Mar 3, 7:30 pm, says Scott Green.
"With a hot, driving band behind him, Steve moves from crisp, popping swing tunes to lush, poignant ballads with equanimity," says his agency. "He possesses great stage presence - a charm and an ease that immediately endears audiences to him. It is immediately apparent that Steve's sound is reminiscent of a younger Sinatra, combined, perhaps, with that of Harry Connick, Jr., Bobby Darin."
(318) 227-TUNE (8863) for tickets.
* Limited valet parking as well as free shuttle with pickups at the AmSouth garage every 10 minutes until concert time.
* Pre-concert dinner at The Cambridge Club of Shreveport; call for more info.
* shreveportsymphony.com
"With a hot, driving band behind him, Steve moves from crisp, popping swing tunes to lush, poignant ballads with equanimity," says his agency. "He possesses great stage presence - a charm and an ease that immediately endears audiences to him. It is immediately apparent that Steve's sound is reminiscent of a younger Sinatra, combined, perhaps, with that of Harry Connick, Jr., Bobby Darin."
(318) 227-TUNE (8863) for tickets.
* Limited valet parking as well as free shuttle with pickups at the AmSouth garage every 10 minutes until concert time.
* Pre-concert dinner at The Cambridge Club of Shreveport; call for more info.
* shreveportsymphony.com
Griffin, McMartin and Politz win award for Dreamers & Gamblers, documentary on Louisiana wildcatters
Dreamers and Gamblers: Spirit of the Pioneer Wildcatters is a fifty minute documentary film highlighting some of the most adventurous and successful of the oilmen from Northwest Louisiana, says the movie's web site.
Recently the movie won Honorable Mention: Short Documentary (equivalent to 3rd place, with only 3 winners in each category) in the Accolade Competition. The Accolade, says the Accoladers, "is considered one of the most prestigious awards in the entertainment industry because ... it recognizes exceptional achievement in craft and creativity in film, video, television and commercials. Outstanding craft and creativity are required; there are tough judges and few winners."
On the production team: G. Scott Griffin was director, videographer, editor, sound producer and composer. Scott Griffin has worked on numerous feature films, experimental films, documentaries, music videos, and commercials. He served as Director of Photography for the Louisiana segment of the much lauded PBS documentary American Masters: Hank Williams, as well as the documentary Tracking the Flood Survivors.
Debi King McMartin was producer and researcher. She served as Production Coordinator for the award-winning documentary Missing, Presumed Dead. She is the author and co-author of several published books and optioned screenplays, including Stone Justice and Lethal Alliance.
Teresa Smith Politz is associate producer and marketing director.
She has worked in the field of marketing and public relations for over twenty years. She served as Director of Investment Marketing and Public Relations for RiverDream Productions and Associate Producer for the feature film production of A Pardon in the Sand.
We read about it first at Alex Kent's Louisiana Movies blog.
Recently the movie won Honorable Mention: Short Documentary (equivalent to 3rd place, with only 3 winners in each category) in the Accolade Competition. The Accolade, says the Accoladers, "is considered one of the most prestigious awards in the entertainment industry because ... it recognizes exceptional achievement in craft and creativity in film, video, television and commercials. Outstanding craft and creativity are required; there are tough judges and few winners."
On the production team: G. Scott Griffin was director, videographer, editor, sound producer and composer. Scott Griffin has worked on numerous feature films, experimental films, documentaries, music videos, and commercials. He served as Director of Photography for the Louisiana segment of the much lauded PBS documentary American Masters: Hank Williams, as well as the documentary Tracking the Flood Survivors.
Debi King McMartin was producer and researcher. She served as Production Coordinator for the award-winning documentary Missing, Presumed Dead. She is the author and co-author of several published books and optioned screenplays, including Stone Justice and Lethal Alliance.
Teresa Smith Politz is associate producer and marketing director.
She has worked in the field of marketing and public relations for over twenty years. She served as Director of Investment Marketing and Public Relations for RiverDream Productions and Associate Producer for the feature film production of A Pardon in the Sand.
We read about it first at Alex Kent's Louisiana Movies blog.
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Red River Radio doing the late winter fund raiser across the hill country of Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas
Red River Radio's Spring membership campaign is under way, says Wendy Bryant. She reminds the faithful as well as the yet-to-be-baptized, "Call now or pledge online to support your public radio station."
"As a bonus, if you pledge online, you will be entered into a national drawing for a trip to the Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island, the Monterey Jazz Festival in California or the Santa Fe Opera Festival in New Mexico," she added.
Can I imagine a life without public radio? Yes. I lived here for a while before the birth of KDAQ.
Media life was stultifying. The overall tenor of existence was like being deep in the piney woods in a penitentiary, surrounded by illiterate guards whose knowledge of the world came primarily from gossip. Life was exquisitely insipid.
Either pledge or give blood, I say.
That's at 800-552-8502
"As a bonus, if you pledge online, you will be entered into a national drawing for a trip to the Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island, the Monterey Jazz Festival in California or the Santa Fe Opera Festival in New Mexico," she added.
Can I imagine a life without public radio? Yes. I lived here for a while before the birth of KDAQ.
Media life was stultifying. The overall tenor of existence was like being deep in the piney woods in a penitentiary, surrounded by illiterate guards whose knowledge of the world came primarily from gossip. Life was exquisitely insipid.
Either pledge or give blood, I say.
That's at 800-552-8502
The Movie Casting Process: multimedia show by Hollywood insider Gary Marsh at LSUS, Tue, Mar 6, 6 pm
Breakdown Services and the Movie Casting Process is a multimedia presentation by Gary Marsh, founder and president of Breakdown Services, says Robert Alford.
Breakdown Services, Ltd. is one of the communications network and casting systems that provide the means to reach talent agents as well as actors when casting a project.
Breakdowns are complete synopses of the characters contained within scripts. Approximately 30 television and feature film Breakdowns are sent out every day in real-time through the website www.breakdownexpress.com.
Talent Representatives are able to instantly view the Breakdowns and submit their clients’ pictures, resume and videos via their website to casting directors. These projects include feature films, movies for television, episodics, pilots, commercials, print projects, theater, student films, industrials, reality tv, and many other types of projects that require acting talent.
Actors view projects via www.actorsaccess.com and submit a picture, resume and video to casting directors.
Breakdown Services provides actors with script pages for audition purposes, a discussion board, an online forum and other actor related resources through www.showfax.com.
Gary Marsh will describe the online casting process from the time a casting Breakdown is released to agents.
The presentation will look at actual projects and submissions made on these projects.
In addition the presentation will include how student film makers can use the associated free Actors Access service and how to submit projects to both talent agents and actors in Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi and Florida and receive submissions online.
More info, or to reserve a space: Robert Alford at (318) 797-5283 or 207-1506.
LSUS University Center ~ Webster Room
Tue, Mar 6, from 6 to 7 pm
Free and Open to the General Public.
West Edge Artists' Co-op, 725 Milam, hosts Rapid Rapport, not a speed dating event, Wed, Mar 7, 6 pm
"Bring your brochures," says Danielle Reans, "your biz cards, maps, your v-cards, your moo cards, your catalog, samples of your merch."
"Rapid Rapport is an arts gathering for agencies in NWLA," says Reans.
The shindig lasts from 6 to 8 pm. Eats are by West Edge Co-op and beverages by Robinson Film Center.
Can't say that I found info about Rapid Rapport on the West Edge web site. Maybe an update on who's committed to the event will come round in the next few days.
"Rapid Rapport is an arts gathering for agencies in NWLA," says Reans.
The shindig lasts from 6 to 8 pm. Eats are by West Edge Co-op and beverages by Robinson Film Center.
Can't say that I found info about Rapid Rapport on the West Edge web site. Maybe an update on who's committed to the event will come round in the next few days.
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Shakespeare's Blackfriars stage annual visit to Centenary College March 14 - 17; get reservations, for sooth
Shakespeare’s Blackfriars Stage Company returns to the Centenary College campus for its annual romp and stomp March 14 – 17, says Patty Roberts.
The popular troupe, once known as Shenandoah Shakespeare Express, will present
* A Midsummer Night's Dream, 7 p.m. March 15 & 1 p.m. March 17, * Julius Caesar, 7 p.m. March 16
* Cyrano de Bergerac at 7 p.m. on March 14 and 17.
All performances: Kilpatrick Auditorium in the Smith Building at the corner of Woodlawn and Kings Highway.
Tickets (cash or check only)
$15 for adults
$13: military & over 65
$10 for students
$8 for groups of 10 or more. Group tickets must be reserved and paid for in advance.
Additionally, those who buy one adult ticket to Centenary’s production of Hair and one adult ticket to any BSC performance can get both tickets for $25.
Tickets: March 5 at the Marjorie Lyons Playhouse box office, noon to 4 p.m. Monday – Friday. During those hours, Reservations: 318-869-5242
Tickets will be available in Kilpatrick Auditorium one hour before each performance.
For sold-out performances, a waiting list will be started in Kilpatrick one hour before each performance. No-show seats will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis 15 minutes before curtain.
If you wondered about the popularity of and attendance at these witty productions, the above Robertian Rules should be sufficient.
The popular troupe, once known as Shenandoah Shakespeare Express, will present
* A Midsummer Night's Dream, 7 p.m. March 15 & 1 p.m. March 17, * Julius Caesar, 7 p.m. March 16
* Cyrano de Bergerac at 7 p.m. on March 14 and 17.
All performances: Kilpatrick Auditorium in the Smith Building at the corner of Woodlawn and Kings Highway.
Tickets (cash or check only)
$15 for adults
$13: military & over 65
$10 for students
$8 for groups of 10 or more. Group tickets must be reserved and paid for in advance.
Additionally, those who buy one adult ticket to Centenary’s production of Hair and one adult ticket to any BSC performance can get both tickets for $25.
Tickets: March 5 at the Marjorie Lyons Playhouse box office, noon to 4 p.m. Monday – Friday. During those hours, Reservations: 318-869-5242
Tickets will be available in Kilpatrick Auditorium one hour before each performance.
For sold-out performances, a waiting list will be started in Kilpatrick one hour before each performance. No-show seats will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis 15 minutes before curtain.
If you wondered about the popularity of and attendance at these witty productions, the above Robertian Rules should be sufficient.
Monday, February 26, 2007
Taylor Caffery: NPR folk dj in Baton Rouge and blogger at the classic hootenannypower.com
Taylor Caffery, former Shreveporter with regional roots, is a program host and producer for WRKF public radio, 89.3FM, Baton Rouge.
He is an attorney who was born in New Orleans, where he says he once sold American flags door-to-door. He has been a Navy radioman, a college newspaper editor, and a bread truck driver, according to his bio at WKRF. His B.S. degree in economics is from Centenary College, his J.D. is from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center, and he has attended the intensive American Bar Association Family Law Advocacy Institute.
He is a member of the North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance, and is a radio partner of Sing Out! Magazine. He also sits on the board of the American Lung Association of Louisiana.
Every Saturday Caffery presents folk & international music on HootenannyPower from 9 pm to 12 midnight on Baton Rouge public radio. His Hootenannypower.com blog is clean and classy.
Say hello to the lad at taylor@wrkf.org.
He is an attorney who was born in New Orleans, where he says he once sold American flags door-to-door. He has been a Navy radioman, a college newspaper editor, and a bread truck driver, according to his bio at WKRF. His B.S. degree in economics is from Centenary College, his J.D. is from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center, and he has attended the intensive American Bar Association Family Law Advocacy Institute.
He is a member of the North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance, and is a radio partner of Sing Out! Magazine. He also sits on the board of the American Lung Association of Louisiana.
Every Saturday Caffery presents folk & international music on HootenannyPower from 9 pm to 12 midnight on Baton Rouge public radio. His Hootenannypower.com blog is clean and classy.
Say hello to the lad at taylor@wrkf.org.
Kenny Wayne Shepherd with Buddy Flett and the Blues Legends at the Strand, Shreveport, Th, Mar 15
"Buddy Flett with Kenny Wayne Shepherd and the Blues Legends at the Strand Theatre on Thursday, March 15," says Bruce Flett in his etrippin update from thebluebirds.com. " House of Blues New Orleans March 16, Antones Austin March 17, and the Palladium Ballroom in Dallas March 18."
Flett continues, "If you haven't bought "10 Days Out" DVD/CD get it! The "extras" portion on the DVD features Buddy performing 'Third House on the Left' and 'Dance for Me, Girl' backed by Kenny & Double Trouble, and interviews w/ Buddy. It's smokin'! All the performances by legendary blues artists are amazing to watch and hear. I have a different favorite every time I watch/hear it. This week it's Wild Child Butler's vocal on 'Spoonful'."
Bluebirds complete schedule at www.thebluebirds.com
Coming to Shreveport's Municipal Auditorium on Sat, Mar 24: Preservation Hall Jazz Band
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band will strum and growl in Shreveport on Sat, Mar 24, at Municipal Auditorium, says Mandy Perdue. The 8 pm event is a fund raiser for the One Great River Program.
One Great River is an adventure-based program for young people. An outgrowth of Mother's Against Drugs (the event will be alcohol-free) it has an outstanding reputation for stability, safety and service.
Info: 318-220-9434
One Great River is an adventure-based program for young people. An outgrowth of Mother's Against Drugs (the event will be alcohol-free) it has an outstanding reputation for stability, safety and service.
Info: 318-220-9434
Rene & Julia Foley produce Musicians' Forum on Law & Taxes at Artspace Mon, Feb 26, 6 pm
"We have put together a new Musicians' Forum with the panel made of experts in the fields of Entertainment Law, Small Business Formation and Tax Deductions," say Rene and Julia Foley.
"The music industry has long taken advantage of musicians and entertainers, simply because they could. There are many new laws to protect musicians, but most of us don't know what they are or how we benefit from them. Here's your chance to learn from professionals who have nothing to gain from you and are donating their time to build our local music scene."
Mon, Feb 26
6:00 - 8:00 pm
Artspace, 710 Texas Street
Artspace is providing snacks and drinks. Their new cafe - D'Agostino's - will be selling sandwiches and desserts.
Rene and Julia Foley
(318) 402-2398
renefoley@hotmail.com
"The music industry has long taken advantage of musicians and entertainers, simply because they could. There are many new laws to protect musicians, but most of us don't know what they are or how we benefit from them. Here's your chance to learn from professionals who have nothing to gain from you and are donating their time to build our local music scene."
Mon, Feb 26
6:00 - 8:00 pm
Artspace, 710 Texas Street
Artspace is providing snacks and drinks. Their new cafe - D'Agostino's - will be selling sandwiches and desserts.
Rene and Julia Foley
(318) 402-2398
renefoley@hotmail.com
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Young Shreveporter wins Oscar in Documentaries slash Noise Rock: Alec Holland of Cooper Manor House concerts
As citizens of a town inundated by the movie business I don't think there will be any shock if I hand out one of the Academy Awards. This Oscar is in the Documentary category. They chose me to award this one, I think, because I had a few entries in the category Short & Rough Documentaries myself.
Anyway, the awardee is Alec Holland. His oeuvre is wide angle videos of noise rock bands. He won because his videos sling an equivalent energy to the cole slaw jalapenos being documented.
Holland won the Academy's accolade following his piece on a recent appearance by a confabulation from Atlanta called Divided Like A Saint's.
The movie opens with a very Academy Awards drone and atonal mystery but soon reveals much of these hard-working show biz people doing their rhythmic jack. Shadows from the DIY lighting are big and stanky. The ceiling fan mesmerizes; a very skinny person adeptly elbows a fiddle. It ends with a tribute to, simultaneously, the Beatles and Captain Beefheart.
The Academy also cited Holland's work with the cooperized Japanese band Green Milk from the Planet Orange.
Said fellow-nominee Greg Kinnear: "Holland is capturing the essence of rock music in these videos. Few compromises. It's way beyond the rendered walls of our existential big house."
Anyway, the awardee is Alec Holland. His oeuvre is wide angle videos of noise rock bands. He won because his videos sling an equivalent energy to the cole slaw jalapenos being documented.
Holland won the Academy's accolade following his piece on a recent appearance by a confabulation from Atlanta called Divided Like A Saint's.
The movie opens with a very Academy Awards drone and atonal mystery but soon reveals much of these hard-working show biz people doing their rhythmic jack. Shadows from the DIY lighting are big and stanky. The ceiling fan mesmerizes; a very skinny person adeptly elbows a fiddle. It ends with a tribute to, simultaneously, the Beatles and Captain Beefheart.
The Academy also cited Holland's work with the cooperized Japanese band Green Milk from the Planet Orange.
Said fellow-nominee Greg Kinnear: "Holland is capturing the essence of rock music in these videos. Few compromises. It's way beyond the rendered walls of our existential big house."
Visual Voices at Barnwell Art Center: exhibit by four Houston artists; reception Fri, March 2, 5:30 pm
In an exhibit entitled Visual Voices the Barnwell Center features the works of four prominent Houston, Texas, artists. The show will span March 2 to April 29. An opening reception will feature food and music on Fri, March 2, 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm, says Barnwell director Freda Powell.
Artist demonstrations and workshops will take place Sun, March 11, at 2:00 pm (free demonstration) and March 12-16 from 9 am to 4pm.
The March 12 - 17 workshop fee is $200 + supplies and will address
watercolor on YUPO synthetic paper with an emphasis on design and concept. Instructor is Eldon Faries.
Says Barnwell's Powell of the artists:
A. J. Schexnayder is well known for his work in watercolor; however, he also produces etchings and works with pen and ink, pencil, egg tempera and acrylic. He portrays realistic images while expressing creative beauty in shapes, textures, and color in his paintings.
Eldon D. Faries says his first love is teaching art. As an artist, this award-winning fellow prefers watercolor painting and drawing in any
media. He often finds himself in his studio working from sketches, his photographs or previous “plein air” experiences.
Ann Bellinger Hartley is an accomplished “layerist”, having edited the book, “Bridging Time and Space: Essays on Layered Art” and Layering-An Art of Time and Space”. She says, “My love for paper and fabric comes from my grandmother, who was a never-ending source of information and inspiration to me. Together we worked with metal and stenciled fabric. I guess that’s why I work with so many different materials. Found objects especially appeal to me, creating something from nothing. Paper is what I love most, using acrylics, casein, alkyds, handmade stamps, working abstractly, bring order out of chaos; Combining random and unrelated objects to create a cohesive design.”
Ann Armstrong is a renowned sculptor and teacher who has completed monument-sized commissioned works for the City of Houston. Her representational bronze, clay, and stone sculptures are well known for their portrayal of human emotions. Her growing interest in depicting movement and balance in her work is revealed in her series of dancers.
Barnwell Center: 601 Clyde Fant Parkway
Tuesday-Friday 10 am- 4 pm, Saturday 10 am-5 pm & Sunday 1 pm to 5 pm.
(318) 673-7703
www.barnwellcenter.com.
Friday, February 23, 2007
Getting Upon the Same Page: Arts Congress II Sat, Feb 24, LSUS, 8:30 amto 1 pm
Among the issues to be discussed at Arts Planning Retreat II
Sat, Feb 24
8:30 am - 1:00 pm
Bronson Hall, LSUS Campus:
* Create a region-wide Map of Arts Resources and Facilities
* Create an Arts List Serve and Chat Room
* Share e-mails to create a master e-mail list for quick dissemination of information.
* Create a Central Website, Calendar and Box Office
* Create a new Performing Arts High School - on the order of the New Orleans Creative Arts Academy, and increase the expectations of the arts instruction in public schools.
* Maintain an active advocacy relationship with the City Council by
attending meetings and speaking about Arts Opportunities; sharing ways to integrate the Arts into City-wide decision making.
* Produce an annual Arts Meet and Greet for the community to meet Artists, Arts Stakeholders, Producers, Presenters, and Educators: An Annual "Open House" event.
* Host Arts Mixers for artists and representatives of arts organizations
to get to know one another.
* Identify a space where artists and arts administrators can gather to
share ideas on a consistent basis; with shared "business" resources.
* Develop Workshops to teach Artists how to more effectively document their work and create successful samples of work.
Bruce Allen, Pam Atchison, Major Brock, Carlos Colon, Jameelah El Amin, Angelique Feaster, Richard Folmer, Gloria Gipson, John Grindley, Paula Hickman, Neil Johnson, Janice Nelson, Danielle Reans and a host of others want to hear from you.
Singers' call at SLT Sat & Sun, Feb 24 & 25, for Great American Trailer Park Musical
Shreveport Little Theatre is seeking 5 female and 2 male singers, ages 17 - 55, for The Great American Trailer Park Musical. Says Robert Darrow, the show is set in Armadillo Acres, a Florida trailer park, and is more or less Desperate Housewives meets Jerry Springer. This new musical, by David Nehls and Betsy Kelso, recently completed its run in New York.
Robert Darrow will direct and D.J. Harman will serve as musical director.
Auditions will be held at the 812 Margaret Place playhouse on Saturday, February 24 and Sunday, February 25 from 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. Alternate audition times may be scheduled by calling the box office. Those auditioning are asked to bring accompaniment music on cassette or CD or be prepared to sing accapella. Those auditioning are asked to bring their personal calendars to discuss any possible rehearsal date conflicts.
The performances are May 3-20, 2007. Evening rehearsals will begin March 19.
Perusal scripts are available to check-out with a $20 deposit. Information: 424-4439.
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Christopher Alexander releases 12 gigastrykes of rocking CD's by Shreveport-based performers Sat, Feb 24, at Jack Rabbit Lounge
Most labels dribble their recordings into the market. Poodlie poo. Why the hell not release a dozen good CD's all at once? That's the idea Christopher Alexander, at Whythehellnot.org, is pursuing.
Alexander is a capable singer, prolific composer, colorful designer and gonzo businessman who has collected a number of worthy musicians' recordings and said, "Let's throw this beat into the ether."
The 12 CD's are from Spidermidgetbitchfrog, Doomed in Space, Ian Quiet, Macaulay Johnson, the Alchemists, Mr. Christopher, Ghost Town Flood, Dan Garner and Krazyhorse.
Performances by a pride of the performers are set for Sat, Feb 24, at Jack Rabbit Lounge (formerly Lil Joes). Alexander calls it "one night, six hours, 12 CD releases, 8 performances." WTHN.
Alexander is a capable singer, prolific composer, colorful designer and gonzo businessman who has collected a number of worthy musicians' recordings and said, "Let's throw this beat into the ether."
The 12 CD's are from Spidermidgetbitchfrog, Doomed in Space, Ian Quiet, Macaulay Johnson, the Alchemists, Mr. Christopher, Ghost Town Flood, Dan Garner and Krazyhorse.
Performances by a pride of the performers are set for Sat, Feb 24, at Jack Rabbit Lounge (formerly Lil Joes). Alexander calls it "one night, six hours, 12 CD releases, 8 performances." WTHN.
Hunter Thompson celebration at West Edge Books on Tues, Feb 27, 7 pm; Michael Parker, host
Michael Parker, who established the Thursday morning Culture Jam Dining Society, is whacking away with his machete, trying to make Shreveport into an urban outpost. Parker is "dedicated to dialogue and dissemination of ideas among the cultural evolutionaries of our area." Seeing his goals in print is not enough. Go, find him, and chat.
Swaggering Hunter S Thompson, the Hugh Hefner of my anti-Playboy generation, seems a good basis for for comedic evolution. Parker offers a Thompson reading on Tues, Feb 27, at 7 pm. The West Edge Books & News is Parker's shop and the site of the Thompson celebration. That's 725 Milam.
The speakers he draws for the Thursday Culture Jams are presented at Stone's Throw Cafe, Jordan St. He says, "Please contact Michael Parker at 227-7685 or mpbookfreak@hotmail.com for further information, or to suggest future speakers."
Swaggering Hunter S Thompson, the Hugh Hefner of my anti-Playboy generation, seems a good basis for for comedic evolution. Parker offers a Thompson reading on Tues, Feb 27, at 7 pm. The West Edge Books & News is Parker's shop and the site of the Thompson celebration. That's 725 Milam.
The speakers he draws for the Thursday Culture Jams are presented at Stone's Throw Cafe, Jordan St. He says, "Please contact Michael Parker at 227-7685 or mpbookfreak@hotmail.com for further information, or to suggest future speakers."
KDAQ / Red River Radio: the only digital radio broadcast outside of New Orleans, says Poling
"Red River Radio is becoming the first Digital Radio broadcaster in Louisiana north of New Orleans" says station director Kermit Poling. "Digital radio brings CD quality audio to FM radio. It will also, ultimately, provide additional channels of audio that will carry alternate programming, such as a 24-hour news channel and a 24-hour music channel, for those radios capable of receiving "multi-casting."
"Supplemental and emergency information will also be able to be sent to radios to display as text, similar to what you may already have if you subscibe to satellite radio," added Poling.
You may begin shopping for digital radios. The good news is that they're no longer very expensive.
Says Poling, who loves a good tech toy himself, "Your conventional "analog" radio will still receive the analog signal from KDAQ. But if you're interested in this new digital technology, we will work with local retailers to make sure radios are available. We will also offer some radios through our Web site. Many of the major manufacturers have digital radios for home, office and cars at a variety of levels. Please watch this Web site for future details about the Digital Radio kickoff at Red River Radio."
The splashy announcement of digital broadcasting will take place in March at LSUS.
redriverradio.org
1-800-552-8502
"Supplemental and emergency information will also be able to be sent to radios to display as text, similar to what you may already have if you subscibe to satellite radio," added Poling.
You may begin shopping for digital radios. The good news is that they're no longer very expensive.
Says Poling, who loves a good tech toy himself, "Your conventional "analog" radio will still receive the analog signal from KDAQ. But if you're interested in this new digital technology, we will work with local retailers to make sure radios are available. We will also offer some radios through our Web site. Many of the major manufacturers have digital radios for home, office and cars at a variety of levels. Please watch this Web site for future details about the Digital Radio kickoff at Red River Radio."
The splashy announcement of digital broadcasting will take place in March at LSUS.
redriverradio.org
1-800-552-8502
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