The Dresser will be the final production of director Robert Buseick's tenure at Marjorie Lyons Playhouse. It will also mark the end of Patric McWilliams work at MLP.
Buseick has served as the chairman of the Theatre Department for 35 years and has amassed 184 productions as a director. Many of his productions, such as Marat/Sade, Cabaret, A Little Night Music, Bent, Look Homeward Angel, Angels in America, Vivat Vivat Regina, Fiddler on the Roof and Sweeney Todd, changed the face of local theatre.
The Dresser runs April 14-16 and 21-23 at 8 p.m. with a 2 p.m. matinee on April 17. Boxoffice: 318-869-5242
Friday, April 15, 2005
Thursday, April 14, 2005
QuikieMart and friends hit Lil Joes Tavern Friday, Ap 15
Martin Arceneaux, aka Quikie Mart and Mr. Tibbs, is part of the Media Darlin Records congerie out of New Orleans. Martin has been building beats with a passion since high school at Caddo Magnet, where he was a poet and wag. I've got recordings of his work going back to dark step sounds on cassette.
Catch his rap and his podnas at Lil Joes Tavern Friday, Ap 15.
Lil Joes now has a web site. Quite helpful, Zach. Happily for Shrevetown, Zach and Benedict have put their not terribly large grill on the national indie band circuit.
A bit o' perspective from Sara Hebert's blog:
"There are those people who moan and complain that "Shreveport Sucks!" I shake my head at them and say, you are a silly fool. Last night I realized that Joe's is actually on its way to being damn cool. I'm horribly proud of Benedict, whom the last I could remember was drinking a Daquiri, reading in a hammock stretched between two porch posts of 538 Dalzell. The guy has mad passion for the place and doing cool sh*t. I'm proud to have him as a friend. I just wish he'd quit calling my cellphone."
Catch his rap and his podnas at Lil Joes Tavern Friday, Ap 15.
Lil Joes now has a web site. Quite helpful, Zach. Happily for Shrevetown, Zach and Benedict have put their not terribly large grill on the national indie band circuit.
A bit o' perspective from Sara Hebert's blog:
"There are those people who moan and complain that "Shreveport Sucks!" I shake my head at them and say, you are a silly fool. Last night I realized that Joe's is actually on its way to being damn cool. I'm horribly proud of Benedict, whom the last I could remember was drinking a Daquiri, reading in a hammock stretched between two porch posts of 538 Dalzell. The guy has mad passion for the place and doing cool sh*t. I'm proud to have him as a friend. I just wish he'd quit calling my cellphone."
Wednesday, April 13, 2005
Musicians debate city's investment in Tipitina's Foundation
Fascinating debate over the merits of the city granting some $40,000 seed money to the Tipitina's Foundation is unfolding at the ShreveportRocks.com forum. The Tipitina's Foundation is to be an incubator for musicians, especially in regards access to online services. Battle-tested songwriter-performer Ted Lindsay, host of Red River Radio's local music show, Ted's Diner, questions the concept, the utility and the money. Lots of musicians have joined the dialogue.
Ted Lindsay: Ted's Diner on KDAQHogwartian after-school arts program: Renzi Center
"This is like Hogwarts School, Shreveport," is how Chuck Loridans, artist and writer, thinks of Renzi Education & Art Center. Loridans is a veteran teacher of cartooning for Renzi. Charles Madden, far right, has been creating multi-panel, storytelling cartoons (Vanisher Boy) since Renzi opened, 1999. Also creating lines and stories: Pat Mason (Knotzie Animals) and Ashland Adger (Diego, the Surfing Cat). Cedric Demming, standing, is a Loyola student-volunteer at Renzi. Murals in the background are by Madden, a student at St. Joseph's.
In June Renzi will offer a student film program. More info from directors Valerie Adger and Amy Slack: 222-1414.
Renzi's founders were Sister Sharon Rambin and the late artist Donna Service.
In June Renzi will offer a student film program. More info from directors Valerie Adger and Amy Slack: 222-1414.
Renzi's founders were Sister Sharon Rambin and the late artist Donna Service.
Monday, April 11, 2005
The coolness of Pearl Serbanic: PsychicSurgery4
See Pearl Serbanic's mixed media work at Prima Tazza Coffee this month (318-550-0174). Her work is so clean of line - given that within the core lies emotional turmoil - that the Ikea-like setting of Prima Tazza seems tres sympatico.
Reception Friday, Ap 15, 6 to 8 pm.
Reception Friday, Ap 15, 6 to 8 pm.
Pearl Serbanic: PsychicSurgery5 at Prima Tazza
Among the most collectible work in the region is Pearl Serbanic's. She is a deeply-soulful, well-schooled as well as intuitive artist. Her work represents a distillation of thought and technique that has matured over her difficult years.
At $800, this mixed media piece, Psychic Surgery 5, is a bargain. See it at Prima Tazza Coffee and Tea, at Well Necessities, Ashley Ridge (318-550-0174).
For more on Pearl, see this attentive interview by Jennnifer Flowers. See, too, Pearl's site on NorthwestLouisianaArtGallery.com.
The reception for the Prima Tazza show is Friday, Ap 15, 6 to 8 pm.
At $800, this mixed media piece, Psychic Surgery 5, is a bargain. See it at Prima Tazza Coffee and Tea, at Well Necessities, Ashley Ridge (318-550-0174).
For more on Pearl, see this attentive interview by Jennnifer Flowers. See, too, Pearl's site on NorthwestLouisianaArtGallery.com.
The reception for the Prima Tazza show is Friday, Ap 15, 6 to 8 pm.
French-speaking performers come from across the globe to perform in Lafayette
Festival Internationale de Louisiane, to be held in Lafayette Ap 20 - 24, is more exotic than the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Fest.
Performers and chefs from Europe, Africa, Canada and the Caribbean ensure a ripping good time. And there's art of every description. Your collection of paintings and sculpture will certainly swell if you visit Festival.
In Shreveport, thanks to I-49, we are so close that a day trip is not out of the question.
See more at the site de Festival.
If you've got stories of favorite times at Festival Internationale, please post them here.
Performers and chefs from Europe, Africa, Canada and the Caribbean ensure a ripping good time. And there's art of every description. Your collection of paintings and sculpture will certainly swell if you visit Festival.
In Shreveport, thanks to I-49, we are so close that a day trip is not out of the question.
See more at the site de Festival.
If you've got stories of favorite times at Festival Internationale, please post them here.
Sunday, April 10, 2005
Shreveport Symphony Orchestra: Superheroes concert Th, Ap 21
Choirs from Centenary College and Northwestern State as well as the Red River Children's Chorus filled the stage - indeed, they sang powerfully - at the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra concert this week.
Please see more at Shreveport2.blogspot.com.
Music from Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Batman and Superman will crackle and thunder when the SSO presents Superheroes at 7:30 pm Thursday, Ap 21. For tickets call 227-8863.
Please see more at Shreveport2.blogspot.com.
Music from Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Batman and Superman will crackle and thunder when the SSO presents Superheroes at 7:30 pm Thursday, Ap 21. For tickets call 227-8863.
Saturday, April 09, 2005
Downtown's coolest family: the Bots of Artspace
The Bot family can be mesmerizing. They won't talk to you or wave to you. When they look toward you, they're looking right past you. They're easily the coolest family in Shreveport. Peer at them Saturdays at Artspace.
Hands-on activities ("Mom, monster trucks in the sticky paint! Yay!"), robot dancing, shopping: do the right stuff downtown at Artspace. from 10 to 4 Saturday - and late browsers may continue visiting til 9 pm.
Info: 673-6563.
Hands-on activities ("Mom, monster trucks in the sticky paint! Yay!"), robot dancing, shopping: do the right stuff downtown at Artspace. from 10 to 4 Saturday - and late browsers may continue visiting til 9 pm.
Info: 673-6563.
Thursday, April 07, 2005
Tibetan monks make mandala at Meadows
The Sand Mandala for World Healing is the title of this work by Tibetan monks from the Drepung Loseling Monastery, India. The mandala, constructed in the main gallery of Meadows Museum, Centenary College, will be completed at noon on Friday, Ap 8. Following an interfaith ceremony - to be held under a tent aside the museum - the mandala will be destroyed.
The Tibetan monks will present Sacred Music Sacred Dance at the Strand Theater on Sunday, Ap 24. Tickets are at the Meadows.
The Tibetan monks will present Sacred Music Sacred Dance at the Strand Theater on Sunday, Ap 24. Tickets are at the Meadows.
Meadows Museum offers insight into Tibetan monks' lives in exile
The Tibet Photo Project comprises photos taken by Tibetan monks of their life in the Drepung Loseling Monastery in India. The photos, on display at Meadows Museum of Art, Shreveport, are winning documents in every sense. Here Mary Meyers and mom, Barbara, view the men's colorful life. The exhibit will continue through May 29. Meadows hours and more info: 869-4070.
Wednesday, April 06, 2005
Alta Boover: Young singer with the Shreveport Symphony's Judas Maccabaeus, Saturday, April 9
Alta Boover is a mezzo-soprano from the Eastman School of Music via a magna cum laude degree from Skidmore. This year she is part of Shreveport Opera's Young Artist program. Saturday night she will sing with the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra.
The concert, Handel's Judas Maccabaeus, features 4 singers and a large orchestra. But few of the artists involved will offer you the charm you will find on Ms. Boover's blog, altaboover.com. Imagine a Massachusetts girl having a ball with Mardi Gras, gators and a myriad of Bayou State attractions.
Also featured are singers Gale Odom, coloratura soprano; Randal Rushing, tenor, and Timothy Jones, bass-baritone. Chorus members include the Centenary Camerata, Dr. Julia Brasher Thorn, conductor; NSU Chamber Choir, Dr. Burt Allen, conductor, and the Red River Children's Choir, Betty Adkins, director.
* 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 9, 2005
* Shreveport Civic Theatre, 600 Clyde Fant Parkway
* $7, $18, $30, and $36, with $5 student tickets for seating anywhere in the theatre.
* Call the Symphony box office at 227-TUNE (8863) between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
* Limited valet parking is available for $3.
* One time shuttle from Uptown Shopping Center at 6:15 p.m.
* Shuttle will depart from the AmSouth parking garage (corner of Milam and Market Streets) at 5:30 p.m. and every 10 minutes until concert time.
More on the concert from Times writer Jennifer Flowers.
The concert, Handel's Judas Maccabaeus, features 4 singers and a large orchestra. But few of the artists involved will offer you the charm you will find on Ms. Boover's blog, altaboover.com. Imagine a Massachusetts girl having a ball with Mardi Gras, gators and a myriad of Bayou State attractions.
Also featured are singers Gale Odom, coloratura soprano; Randal Rushing, tenor, and Timothy Jones, bass-baritone. Chorus members include the Centenary Camerata, Dr. Julia Brasher Thorn, conductor; NSU Chamber Choir, Dr. Burt Allen, conductor, and the Red River Children's Choir, Betty Adkins, director.
* 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 9, 2005
* Shreveport Civic Theatre, 600 Clyde Fant Parkway
* $7, $18, $30, and $36, with $5 student tickets for seating anywhere in the theatre.
* Call the Symphony box office at 227-TUNE (8863) between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
* Limited valet parking is available for $3.
* One time shuttle from Uptown Shopping Center at 6:15 p.m.
* Shuttle will depart from the AmSouth parking garage (corner of Milam and Market Streets) at 5:30 p.m. and every 10 minutes until concert time.
More on the concert from Times writer Jennifer Flowers.
Yazzy Concert: Young jazz players bolstered by Brady Blade, Jr, and violinist Michael Ward at the Strand Theater, Friday, Ap 8
Theater of the Performing Arts, directed by Gloria Gibson, takes care of young jazz players Friday by inviting hometown hero Brady Blade, Jr, and electric violinist Michael Ward to join the teens onstage. The show, featuring musicians, singers and string players from Caddo high schools, will begin at 7 pm at the Strand Theater. Tickets are $10, adults, and $5, students.
Brady, son of the Reverend Brady Blade, Sr., was born into a musical household in Shreveport, says the Mapex Drums site (he endorses and performs clinics for Mapex). He and his brother, Blue Note recording artist Brian, grew up playing in the church, listening to the same albums and sharing many of the same influences. Brady has performed and recorded with Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, Jewel, Dave Matthews and the Indigo Girls.
Michael Ward developed his chops at Southern Univeristy, Baton Rouge, under teacher Alvin Batiste. Moving to New Orleans, Ward established himself as a Crescent City artist. Sample his music or buy his smooth jazz albums at michaelwardviolinist.com.
For more info on the concert, the Third Annual Yazzy Young People's Jazz Concert, call Theater of the Performing Arts director Gloria Gibson at 525-0740.
Brady, son of the Reverend Brady Blade, Sr., was born into a musical household in Shreveport, says the Mapex Drums site (he endorses and performs clinics for Mapex). He and his brother, Blue Note recording artist Brian, grew up playing in the church, listening to the same albums and sharing many of the same influences. Brady has performed and recorded with Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, Jewel, Dave Matthews and the Indigo Girls.
Michael Ward developed his chops at Southern Univeristy, Baton Rouge, under teacher Alvin Batiste. Moving to New Orleans, Ward established himself as a Crescent City artist. Sample his music or buy his smooth jazz albums at michaelwardviolinist.com.
For more info on the concert, the Third Annual Yazzy Young People's Jazz Concert, call Theater of the Performing Arts director Gloria Gibson at 525-0740.
Monday, April 04, 2005
Paintings by David Dooley at Magale Library Gallery
This model was painted by David Dooley in Virginia. The work, in oil, was purchased at the opening reception of a group show at Centenary College.
Featuring work by a group of four Louisiana natives, the exhibit will be on display for six weeks. Please call 869-5047, Magale Library, Centenary College, for hours.
Featuring work by a group of four Louisiana natives, the exhibit will be on display for six weeks. Please call 869-5047, Magale Library, Centenary College, for hours.
David Dooley oils / cattle in Virginia
One of the most accomplished painters of the region is David Brian Dooley. He has lived and painted in France, Spain, Canada, New York and Virginia. Dooley and wife Jean, a sculptor, currently reside in Shreveport. Their recent work is on display in the gallery at the Centenary College Magale Library.
Jean Dooley, Magale Library show: alabaster sculpture
Jean Dooley is a self-taught sculptor who works in limestone and sandstone as well as alabaster. Her work has been shown in Staunton, Roanoke and Lynchburg, Virginia, as well as in Shreveport.
Alan Arthur cityscape in oil
Most of the work in the Magale Library shown by Alan Arthur was painted in Norway. His work has been purchased by corporate clients as well as collectors. He's a Centenary Class of '80 fine arts grad.
Andre Weatherly / still life in oil at Magale Library
Andre Weatherly is a self-taught painter who has also studied with David Dooley. This is his second show at Magale Library, Centenary College.
Sunday, April 03, 2005
Micah Alexander show opens at the Barnwell Center Friday, Ap 8
Austin-based artist Micah Alexander will show work in downtown Shreveport at the Barnwell Center from Ap 8. There's a reception Friday, Ap 8, from 7 to 9 pm, at the Barnwell.
Alexander's web site is filled with high-quality commercial work. As in the self-portrait, the work is at the Wow level of clean and cool. He works in oils, in digital mode and mixed media.
Alexander is a Caddo Magnet High School '97 who in '03 got a BS in illustration from the Ringling School of Art and Design. He said, "This is my very first display of my work as a single exhibit. A major portion of my work to be shown are portraits (oil-paintings) with several 'still-life' pieces. A very important piece that will be shown is a memorial tribute to Michael Alan Simpson, Jr., who was originally from Shreveport. He was involved in a tragic car accident in Austin last April and his mom commissioned me to do a series in his honor. Michael was well known through the cycling circles in Shreveport."
Micah's parents are artists; father Don is a muralist - see the rose on the Holiday Inn Downtown - and mother Shirlene teaches top students at Caddo Magnet HS and is additionally the painter-producer of the Sportran art buses.
Alexander's web site is filled with high-quality commercial work. As in the self-portrait, the work is at the Wow level of clean and cool. He works in oils, in digital mode and mixed media.
Alexander is a Caddo Magnet High School '97 who in '03 got a BS in illustration from the Ringling School of Art and Design. He said, "This is my very first display of my work as a single exhibit. A major portion of my work to be shown are portraits (oil-paintings) with several 'still-life' pieces. A very important piece that will be shown is a memorial tribute to Michael Alan Simpson, Jr., who was originally from Shreveport. He was involved in a tragic car accident in Austin last April and his mom commissioned me to do a series in his honor. Michael was well known through the cycling circles in Shreveport."
Micah's parents are artists; father Don is a muralist - see the rose on the Holiday Inn Downtown - and mother Shirlene teaches top students at Caddo Magnet HS and is additionally the painter-producer of the Sportran art buses.
Shreveport band the Rock Popes Saturday night, Ap 9, at Sharpies
Unlike me, the Shreveport band called the Rock Popes are not taking advantage of the passing of Karol Wojtyla, revered as il Pape, despite their terrific tie-in. In fact, therockpopes.com has a warm commemoration and a commitment to observe the novem diales, the traditional 9 days of mourning. Their web site will be dark for the nonet, they say. Teaching the raucous rock audience a bit of Latin/Italian is not the usual fare, is it?
Yet children must be fed and the show must go on, as all popes (means "father," right?) know. So you can hear a performance, says their website forum, on Saturday at Sharpies.
Yet children must be fed and the show must go on, as all popes (means "father," right?) know. So you can hear a performance, says their website forum, on Saturday at Sharpies.
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