Says new manager Noma Fowler-Sandlin of the Shreveport Farmer's Market at Festival Plaza, "We have a ukulele band (The Strumdingers) playing at the market to accompanying you while you buy blueberries and sweet corn, both of which are hitting their peak. There's an amazing array of delicious veg right now, and all sorts of other goodies from pasta to pies.
And don't forget -- Our tomatoes don't have cooties!
Parking will be a little tight because of the workmen (doing a project in the adjoining offices on a Saturday, even) but there's more parking behind the old depot, and in various lots nearby.
Don't forget your cash and tote bags. I'll see you there."
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Friday, June 13, 2008
DJ Quickie Mart a regular at Bonnaroo, the jam band and hippie festival in Tennessee
Beam me up to Manchester, Tn, this weekend, so I might relive my salad days at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival.
The line-up is dominated by bands in the mold of the Grateful Dead: eclectic, improvising, causing widespread dancing. One stage is devoted to the music of New Orleans.
And among the performers is Shreveport-raised music producer DJ Quickie Mart, aka Martin Arceneaux.
Since I won't be there, I'll watch a bit of the fest on streaming video and imagine myself flowing amongst the latter-day hippies, once again imbibing the juice of utopian dreams.
The line-up is dominated by bands in the mold of the Grateful Dead: eclectic, improvising, causing widespread dancing. One stage is devoted to the music of New Orleans.
And among the performers is Shreveport-raised music producer DJ Quickie Mart, aka Martin Arceneaux.
Since I won't be there, I'll watch a bit of the fest on streaming video and imagine myself flowing amongst the latter-day hippies, once again imbibing the juice of utopian dreams.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Open Air Art Show
A muse normally inspires the artist. This time the artist, pastelist Alice Cody, is the muse. Saturday is the debut of the Ark-La-Tex Open Air Art Show. Ralph Cody created the venue for his wife Alice and other area artists. He’s expecting around 20 artists to vend their work under the shade of the covered parking area at the Credit Bureau of the South.
Ralph is retired from the Air Force. But during his career travels around the world he enjoyed visiting the open-air markets. “I saw the need for a place for local artists to show their work,” said Ralph. That is how this downtown grass-roots effort came about. Members of the Shreveport Pastel Society, The Shreveport Art Club and West Edge Artists’ Co-op plan to show their work.
Ralph is retired from the Air Force. But during his career travels around the world he enjoyed visiting the open-air markets. “I saw the need for a place for local artists to show their work,” said Ralph. That is how this downtown grass-roots effort came about. Members of the Shreveport Pastel Society, The Shreveport Art Club and West Edge Artists’ Co-op plan to show their work.
For those who might ask does this compete with the Farmers’ Market? WEACo founder Debbie Buchanan-Engle said, “It’s good to have a variety of things happening in downtown Shreveport.”
Saturday June 14 (and every second Saturday of the month)
8 AM – 6 PM
600 Common Street
Free to artists and the public. Artists need to bring their own displays.
Ralph Cody 318 458-5064 or re_cdy@yahoo.com
Robinson Film Center presents Tristan & Isolde from La Scala Sun, June 29, 2 pm and Tues, July 1, 7 pm
Join us Sunday, June 29 at 2:00 pm, says Chris Jay, for the next installment of the La Scala Opera Series at the RFC, featuring Richard Wagner’s “Tristan Und Isolde.” Tickets are now on sale exclusively at The Robinson Film Center box office.
Our first opera presentation, “Aida,” was a smash success; please help spread the word about this unique opportunity to experience performances by one of the world’s finest opera companies.
Premiere presentation: Sun, June 29, 2:00 pm
Encore presentation: Tues, July 1, 7:00 pm
All tickets $15.00; no passes.
Presented in partnership with the Shreveport Opera
Length: 4 hrs., 20 mins. (two intermissions)
Our first opera presentation, “Aida,” was a smash success; please help spread the word about this unique opportunity to experience performances by one of the world’s finest opera companies.
Premiere presentation: Sun, June 29, 2:00 pm
Encore presentation: Tues, July 1, 7:00 pm
All tickets $15.00; no passes.
Presented in partnership with the Shreveport Opera
Length: 4 hrs., 20 mins. (two intermissions)
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Dixie Gin Trade Days, June 28 & 29 from 8 am until 6 pm, flows with Sunflower Trail Festival
Dixie Gin Trade Days will take place at the old Dixie Cotton Gin on the corner of Hwy 3049 and Sentell Road, 7 miles north of Shreveport, says Lauren Murphy.
Says Neecee Blackwell of West Edge Artists Co-op, "They've taken an old cotton gin north of Shreveport and fixed it up to serve as an events center. They are putting on this show in conjunction with the Sunflower Trail Festival, where many folks drive up the "trail" (highway) to see fields upon fields of sunflowers."
Entertainment for all ages.
-antiques and collectibles
-new handbags, gifts, children's items, candles, etc.
-many local artists.
-furniture from the North Market
-petting zoo and lemonade provided by our "future farmers."
-animals from the Critter Co.
-Live blacksmithing shows all day.
-refreshments.
After visiting the Gin, make your way up the sunflower trail to the Sunflower Festival in Gilliam.
10 x 10 Booths are available.
$35/1 day
$50/2 days
For more information call:
318-423-7513 or 318-455-5656
Says Neecee Blackwell of West Edge Artists Co-op, "They've taken an old cotton gin north of Shreveport and fixed it up to serve as an events center. They are putting on this show in conjunction with the Sunflower Trail Festival, where many folks drive up the "trail" (highway) to see fields upon fields of sunflowers."
Entertainment for all ages.
-antiques and collectibles
-new handbags, gifts, children's items, candles, etc.
-many local artists.
-furniture from the North Market
-petting zoo and lemonade provided by our "future farmers."
-animals from the Critter Co.
-Live blacksmithing shows all day.
-refreshments.
After visiting the Gin, make your way up the sunflower trail to the Sunflower Festival in Gilliam.
10 x 10 Booths are available.
$35/1 day
$50/2 days
For more information call:
318-423-7513 or 318-455-5656
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Big Willie Style Hip-hop Shakespeare coming to Marjorie Lyons Playhouse via Gilbert & Sullivan Society June 19 - 22 and 26 - 29
The Gilbert & Sullivan Society announces the musical production Big Willie Style: Port City -- an original production featuring scenes from Shakespeare’s plays, blending the bard’s genius with the finest in Hip Hop music and dance, says John Godard.
Performances in Shreveport are scheduled at Marjorie Lyons Playhouse on June 19-22 & June 26-28 at 7:30 pm and June 29 at 4:00 pm.
Music director is James Palmer. Stage Directors are James Palmer & John Chambers. Choreographer is Wanetah Walmsley.
Big Willie Style: Port City will be the fourth production of a series of acclaimed productions originally produced and performed at Northwestern State University under the direction of James Palmer. Scenes and monologues from Othello, Hamlet, Titus Andronicus, Much Ado About Nothing, A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream, Macbeth, The Tempest and more of Shakespeare’s works are presented in tandem with introductory Hip Hop lyrics & dance that explain the significance of Shakespeare’s words in terms that are accessible to a modern audience.
High energy, cutting-edge cool theatre that you don’t want to miss!
Performers in the show include James Palmer, John Chambers, Wanetah Walmsley, Harvard Taylor, Kent Jude Bernard, Christina Diaz Taylor, Courtney Herron, Chelsea Liles, Luke Sexton, Emma Busi, and Michelle Loridans.
June 19-22 & 26-28, 2008 7:30 pm
June 29, 2008 4:00 pm
Marjorie Lyons Playhouse
$12.00 (box office vendor fees will be added to ticket price)
$8.00 (Purchase of 10 or more tickets)
Phone orders: Call toll-free 1-800-957-8667
Internet orders: Go to www.gsnla.org
Performances in Shreveport are scheduled at Marjorie Lyons Playhouse on June 19-22 & June 26-28 at 7:30 pm and June 29 at 4:00 pm.
Music director is James Palmer. Stage Directors are James Palmer & John Chambers. Choreographer is Wanetah Walmsley.
Big Willie Style: Port City will be the fourth production of a series of acclaimed productions originally produced and performed at Northwestern State University under the direction of James Palmer. Scenes and monologues from Othello, Hamlet, Titus Andronicus, Much Ado About Nothing, A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream, Macbeth, The Tempest and more of Shakespeare’s works are presented in tandem with introductory Hip Hop lyrics & dance that explain the significance of Shakespeare’s words in terms that are accessible to a modern audience.
High energy, cutting-edge cool theatre that you don’t want to miss!
Performers in the show include James Palmer, John Chambers, Wanetah Walmsley, Harvard Taylor, Kent Jude Bernard, Christina Diaz Taylor, Courtney Herron, Chelsea Liles, Luke Sexton, Emma Busi, and Michelle Loridans.
June 19-22 & 26-28, 2008 7:30 pm
June 29, 2008 4:00 pm
Marjorie Lyons Playhouse
$12.00 (box office vendor fees will be added to ticket price)
$8.00 (Purchase of 10 or more tickets)
Phone orders: Call toll-free 1-800-957-8667
Internet orders: Go to www.gsnla.org
Monday, June 09, 2008
Lisa Markley & Bruce Balmer jazzy folk house concert Fairfield Studios Shreveport on Sat, June 14, 7 pm
Markley & Balmer are an indefinable duo, says their record label, who blend jazz, folk, pop, bop and the occasional polka into a stimulating mix for your listening pleasure.
Lisa Markley (vocals, guitar, banjo) and Bruce Balmer (vocals, guitar), both talented songwriters, come together in wry musicality. As an innocent bystander once noted: “Lisa has a dangerous contralto that vanquishes Bruce’s studious attitude on an antique guitar.”
reservations@Fairfieldstudios.com
$15
220-0400
Lisa Markley (vocals, guitar, banjo) and Bruce Balmer (vocals, guitar), both talented songwriters, come together in wry musicality. As an innocent bystander once noted: “Lisa has a dangerous contralto that vanquishes Bruce’s studious attitude on an antique guitar.”
reservations@Fairfieldstudios.com
$15
220-0400
Sunday, June 08, 2008
Artistic performances and the digital distractions that surround modern consumers
Countless recent studies have coalesced around the same conclusion: Participation in the performing arts is changing drastically and, in many cases, declining. Thus it says an article by John Wenzel in the Denver Post entitled "How can Arts survive in increasingly digital world?".
Fewer people are going to operas, plays and dance performances, according to the federal government's Survey of Public Participation in the Arts. That decline is even more pronounced among 18- to 24-year-olds.
A 2002 SPPA study found alarming drops in ballet attendance, for example, with a 40 percent decline between 1992 and 2002 for 18- to 24-year- olds. That compares with a 19 percent drop among the overall population. Neither is positive, but the study failed to measure whether young people were more active in other art forms, like digital-music composition, video game design or rock show attendance.
Most arts organizations agree that a strong participatory culture is necessary to keep them relevant, but the "attendance-only" definition of "participatory" may be in need of an update.
And, no, adding a robot conductor to your symphony won't do the trick.
The performing arts cannot simply be a gimmick or diversion, said Sandra Gibson, president of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters. They need to be a part of our daily lives, both by appreciating them and getting involved.
"We need to be in the public psyche and at the dinner table conversation, not plugged-in and plugged-out," said Gibson. "I happen to think that art and culture are rights of citizens, but instead of setting the climate for debate in our field, we're reacting to the position we've been put in."
The Denver Post presents success stories to balance the somewhat gloomy overall picture.
Found the lead to the story at an essential online stop called ArtsJournal.com.
Fewer people are going to operas, plays and dance performances, according to the federal government's Survey of Public Participation in the Arts. That decline is even more pronounced among 18- to 24-year-olds.
A 2002 SPPA study found alarming drops in ballet attendance, for example, with a 40 percent decline between 1992 and 2002 for 18- to 24-year- olds. That compares with a 19 percent drop among the overall population. Neither is positive, but the study failed to measure whether young people were more active in other art forms, like digital-music composition, video game design or rock show attendance.
Most arts organizations agree that a strong participatory culture is necessary to keep them relevant, but the "attendance-only" definition of "participatory" may be in need of an update.
And, no, adding a robot conductor to your symphony won't do the trick.
The performing arts cannot simply be a gimmick or diversion, said Sandra Gibson, president of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters. They need to be a part of our daily lives, both by appreciating them and getting involved.
"We need to be in the public psyche and at the dinner table conversation, not plugged-in and plugged-out," said Gibson. "I happen to think that art and culture are rights of citizens, but instead of setting the climate for debate in our field, we're reacting to the position we've been put in."
The Denver Post presents success stories to balance the somewhat gloomy overall picture.
Found the lead to the story at an essential online stop called ArtsJournal.com.
One Book, One City: Shreveport on the Same Page; got a suggestion for that one book for this year's program?
One Book, One City is a nationally recognized program in which communities participate in book discussions and other events centered on the same book, says Ivy Woodard-Latin.
This program helps create a positive atmosphere for
adult literacy and an awareness of books as an experience everyone can share. It encourages the very thing you want neighbors to do: talk to each other to build stronger relationships.
Last year's title: Kingfish: The Reign of Huey P. Long by Dr. Richard
White, provided a point of historical interest. The title for this year has yet to be chosen. If you've got a suggestion, mention it to personnel at a branch of Shreve Memorial Library.
This year's kick-off will be in August with events beginning in
September.
Once the title is chosen, copies will be purchased and placed in all
branches of the Shreve Memorial Libraries across the parish. Local
bookstores will also offer the title.
This program helps create a positive atmosphere for
adult literacy and an awareness of books as an experience everyone can share. It encourages the very thing you want neighbors to do: talk to each other to build stronger relationships.
Last year's title: Kingfish: The Reign of Huey P. Long by Dr. Richard
White, provided a point of historical interest. The title for this year has yet to be chosen. If you've got a suggestion, mention it to personnel at a branch of Shreve Memorial Library.
This year's kick-off will be in August with events beginning in
September.
Once the title is chosen, copies will be purchased and placed in all
branches of the Shreve Memorial Libraries across the parish. Local
bookstores will also offer the title.
Saturday, June 07, 2008
Shreveport getting blue bins for recycling: rollout will be complete in a few weeks
The City of Shreveport, thanks Mayor Glover, et al, and Pratt Industries have delivered a new day to the old town. It's called single-stream recycling and you'll read all about it at: justcurbit.us.
Godly melodies mark "Seasons of Change," new album by Brian Blade and Fellowship sextet
Listening to the new album by Brian Blade and the Fellowship from the samples at myspace.com/brianblade transports me to a joyous place. The melodies are magnificent.
Blade and fellow composers in his sextet have found a compositional comfort zone between jazz, pop and folk that uses modern jazz as the lingua franca. Before and after the relatively predictable sax-guitar-piano crescendos are distinct, lyrical passages based on bold melodies. Listening to the 8-minute exuberance called "Crooked tree" I can tell that I will find new elements of richness with each listening.
But the tune that makes me shiver is called "Stoner Hill." The melody is stately, elegiac, perhaps, but most of all the melody arches across an emotional space. It is Blades' "Bridge over troubled waters."
I would have called the tune "Greenwood Road," because I can see a lengthy journey down a tree-lined highway past rolling hills. But "Stoner Hill" it will be. When he was a teen Blade attended Caddo Magnet High, and I know he had a good time in the artful environment built on Stoner Hill by the Magnet community, which included the Blade family.
See more on Blades' recent music at NPR.org.
Find out more about Blade and the Fellowship and order the album at brianblade.com.
Photo © Yann Renoult:Gallery.
Blade and fellow composers in his sextet have found a compositional comfort zone between jazz, pop and folk that uses modern jazz as the lingua franca. Before and after the relatively predictable sax-guitar-piano crescendos are distinct, lyrical passages based on bold melodies. Listening to the 8-minute exuberance called "Crooked tree" I can tell that I will find new elements of richness with each listening.
But the tune that makes me shiver is called "Stoner Hill." The melody is stately, elegiac, perhaps, but most of all the melody arches across an emotional space. It is Blades' "Bridge over troubled waters."
I would have called the tune "Greenwood Road," because I can see a lengthy journey down a tree-lined highway past rolling hills. But "Stoner Hill" it will be. When he was a teen Blade attended Caddo Magnet High, and I know he had a good time in the artful environment built on Stoner Hill by the Magnet community, which included the Blade family.
See more on Blades' recent music at NPR.org.
Find out more about Blade and the Fellowship and order the album at brianblade.com.
Photo © Yann Renoult:Gallery.
Friday, June 06, 2008
Dr John not happy with state of New Orleans today on new album "City that Care Forgot"
Jon Pareles, NY Times music writer, says, "Mac Rebennack, the 67-year-old New Orleans pianist, guitarist and songwriter better known as Dr. John, carries the city’s lore in his fingers, his scratchy voice and his memory. He has lived in New York City and on Long Island since the 1980s, but when he revisits his birthplace it’s as if he never left. New Orleans culture, he said in his ever-surprising vocabulary, has “wacknosity” — things only New Orleanians do."
In New Orleans style, the bad news arrives with a backbeat. Dr. John and his band of New Orleans musicians, the Lower 911, come up with easy-rolling grooves: funk, blues, gospel, even a tinge of zydeco.
Dr. John wrote five of the album’s 13 songs with Bobby Charles, the elusive South Louisiana figure who wrote “Walking to New Orleans” and “See You Later, Alligator” and whose hometown, Abbeville, La., was smashed by Hurricane Rita. Most of the album was recorded in a studio in Maurice, La., Dr. John said, “sitting on one of the most polluted bayous in the state of Louisiana.”
Sample 4 of the new album's tracks at the NYTImes.
In New Orleans style, the bad news arrives with a backbeat. Dr. John and his band of New Orleans musicians, the Lower 911, come up with easy-rolling grooves: funk, blues, gospel, even a tinge of zydeco.
Dr. John wrote five of the album’s 13 songs with Bobby Charles, the elusive South Louisiana figure who wrote “Walking to New Orleans” and “See You Later, Alligator” and whose hometown, Abbeville, La., was smashed by Hurricane Rita. Most of the album was recorded in a studio in Maurice, La., Dr. John said, “sitting on one of the most polluted bayous in the state of Louisiana.”
Sample 4 of the new album's tracks at the NYTImes.
Alan Flatmann pastel workshop at Barnwell on Sun, June 8, 2 to 4 pm; no charge
Alan Flattmann, celebrated pastel artist of New Orleans, will give a free demonstration on Sun, June 8, at the Barnwell Center, says Freda Powell.
The demonstration will last from 2 to 4 pm and refreshments will be served.
Spanning a career of over 4 decades, Alan Flattmann is recognized as one of America's most outstanding and gifted artists, says his web site. He was inducted into The Pastel Society of America’s “Hall of Fame” in 2006 and awarded the PSA Master Pastelist distinction in 1991.
In conjunction with the publication of the book, “Alan Flattmann’s French Quarter Impressions”, the mayor of New Orleans, C. Ray Nagin, officially proclaimed September 28, 2002 as Alan Flattmann Day in recognition of 25 years of success painting in the French Quarter.
The demonstration will last from 2 to 4 pm and refreshments will be served.
Spanning a career of over 4 decades, Alan Flattmann is recognized as one of America's most outstanding and gifted artists, says his web site. He was inducted into The Pastel Society of America’s “Hall of Fame” in 2006 and awarded the PSA Master Pastelist distinction in 1991.
In conjunction with the publication of the book, “Alan Flattmann’s French Quarter Impressions”, the mayor of New Orleans, C. Ray Nagin, officially proclaimed September 28, 2002 as Alan Flattmann Day in recognition of 25 years of success painting in the French Quarter.
Columbia Cafe chef Justin McDonell to be featured at Artspace Tues, June 10, 7 pm, in the art of cuisine series
Someone's in the Kitchen at Artspace has been a successful series produced by Bonne Summers and the Shreveport Regional Arts Council staff. We live in an era in which writers and bon vivants spend a lot of time waxing upon the art of cuisine. So it's good that an art house known for paintings and sculpture can break from its routine to salute chefs and artful themes in cooking.
Chef Justin McDonnell has been cooking with his dad since childhood, he says. He later studied under Elizabeth Dixon at Bossier Community College. "Food is the only way I can express my artistic abilities, says McDonnell. "Every day that I get to cook, I'm an artist."
"Charcuterie - with a twist" is the theme of the supper he'll present Tues at 710 Texas St.
On his agenda -
- Smoked artichoke & crimini "sausage" with fresh sourdough, peaches and chive butter
- Duck prosciutto on angel hair pasta with basil, fig and lemon vinaigrette
- Quenelles of hogshead cheese with spiced cherry compote and mint
- Desert du jour
- Wines selected by Matthew Linn
$75 per person. Only a few seats left, says Summers.
318-673-6510
Chef Justin McDonnell has been cooking with his dad since childhood, he says. He later studied under Elizabeth Dixon at Bossier Community College. "Food is the only way I can express my artistic abilities, says McDonnell. "Every day that I get to cook, I'm an artist."
"Charcuterie - with a twist" is the theme of the supper he'll present Tues at 710 Texas St.
On his agenda -
- Smoked artichoke & crimini "sausage" with fresh sourdough, peaches and chive butter
- Duck prosciutto on angel hair pasta with basil, fig and lemon vinaigrette
- Quenelles of hogshead cheese with spiced cherry compote and mint
- Desert du jour
- Wines selected by Matthew Linn
$75 per person. Only a few seats left, says Summers.
318-673-6510
Art by professional artist and teacher Gerald Ortego at Karpeles Museum in June; reception Sat, June 7, 1 - 3 pm
Diff'rent Strokes is the Karpeles Museum exhibition for the month of June, says Jean Glabus. It features prints, drawings, watercolors & sculptures by the highly-accomplished Gerald Ortego.
Gerald is a free-lance artist and a Caddo Parish art teacher - he teaches in the Talented Arts Program. He has won numerous awards in national and international shows, notes Glabus.
The opening reception is Sat, June 7, between 1 pm and 3 pm at Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum, 3201 Centenary Blvd, Shreveport.
318 861 7615.
Gerald is a free-lance artist and a Caddo Parish art teacher - he teaches in the Talented Arts Program. He has won numerous awards in national and international shows, notes Glabus.
The opening reception is Sat, June 7, between 1 pm and 3 pm at Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum, 3201 Centenary Blvd, Shreveport.
318 861 7615.
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Michael Phillips and Joe Tremaine at Carol Anglin Dancenter on Sat, June 7 for lessons and performance
La Dance Theater, celebrating its 25th season, has a blow-out Saturday coming up, says Carol Anglin.
It is a day of workshops that begin at 9 am and go to 5:30 pm. At 6 pm a studio performance will be presented.
The faculty makes it unusual: Joe Tremaine of Hollywood, CA, is a nationally-known choreographer and dance teacher. Having begun his life as a performer in Oak Ridge, Louisiana, he danced his way from Monroe to New Orleans to NYC and Los Angeles. "He is the
2008 Michael Award recipient in NYC." points out Anglin.
"Louisiana Dance Theatre's own dancer, Michael Philips (2008 Caddo Magnet HS graduate), performs in the Tremaine National Teen Dance Company and will demonstrate for him in his classes in Shreveport this
Saturday at Carol Anglin Dancenter at Pierremont Mall," adds Anglin.
Ballet will be taught by Ceyhun Ozsoy and modern by Grambling professor Dianne Maroney-Grigsby.
Student fees are $50. Observers are $20. From 5:30 to 6 there will be photos with faculty and at 6 pm, a much-awaited studio performance.
Info: (318) 861-3006
It is a day of workshops that begin at 9 am and go to 5:30 pm. At 6 pm a studio performance will be presented.
The faculty makes it unusual: Joe Tremaine of Hollywood, CA, is a nationally-known choreographer and dance teacher. Having begun his life as a performer in Oak Ridge, Louisiana, he danced his way from Monroe to New Orleans to NYC and Los Angeles. "He is the
2008 Michael Award recipient in NYC." points out Anglin.
"Louisiana Dance Theatre's own dancer, Michael Philips (2008 Caddo Magnet HS graduate), performs in the Tremaine National Teen Dance Company and will demonstrate for him in his classes in Shreveport this
Saturday at Carol Anglin Dancenter at Pierremont Mall," adds Anglin.
Ballet will be taught by Ceyhun Ozsoy and modern by Grambling professor Dianne Maroney-Grigsby.
Student fees are $50. Observers are $20. From 5:30 to 6 there will be photos with faculty and at 6 pm, a much-awaited studio performance.
Info: (318) 861-3006
Invitation to Critters event, New Orleans, by founder of Shreveport Dog Park petition, Juliana Hoffpauir
"Wanted to let you know that photographer Keith Carter picked my photo "Reddy's Nose" to be included in the exhibit mentioned below. This is an honor for me and wanted to share this with my friends in Shreveport! Hope you can make it down! The exhibit is up through July."
Juliana
Critter Fest is Saturday, June 7th, 2008 1 pm - 6 pm at the 1100 block of St. Mary Street (at Magazine Street). Free Fest, Dogs and Cats Available for Adoption, Pet Microchippping, Critter Vendors, Pet Photos, Animal Hurricane Preparedness Information, Live Music, and Fun.
Entertainment:· Carl Mack 1pm · Treme Brass Band 2pm
· David & Roselyn 4pm
The inspiration for Critter Fest is the art exhibit Critters opening the same evening. The New Orleans Photo Alliance is pleased to announce our next exhibit Critters: Juried by Keith Carter.
Opening: Saturday, June 7 6pm-9pm
1111 St. Mary Street NOLA 70130
Exhibition: June 7 to July 26
Btw, the Shreveport Dog Park petition and cause has been taken up by Cynthia Keith.
Juliana
Critter Fest is Saturday, June 7th, 2008 1 pm - 6 pm at the 1100 block of St. Mary Street (at Magazine Street). Free Fest, Dogs and Cats Available for Adoption, Pet Microchippping, Critter Vendors, Pet Photos, Animal Hurricane Preparedness Information, Live Music, and Fun.
Entertainment:· Carl Mack 1pm · Treme Brass Band 2pm
· David & Roselyn 4pm
The inspiration for Critter Fest is the art exhibit Critters opening the same evening. The New Orleans Photo Alliance is pleased to announce our next exhibit Critters: Juried by Keith Carter.
Opening: Saturday, June 7 6pm-9pm
1111 St. Mary Street NOLA 70130
Exhibition: June 7 to July 26
Btw, the Shreveport Dog Park petition and cause has been taken up by Cynthia Keith.
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Friends of the Barnwell to offer Summer Art Workshops for Teens in June, July
Teens 13 to 15 who want to continue their art education have summer workshops being offered by Friends of the Barnwell, says Freda Powell.
“An Interactive Adventure through the Arts” will consist of four three-week workshops and a one week session teaching an Introduction to Photography, Printmaking, Beginning Drawing, Chalk Art, and Mosaics. Each class will be taught by a professional artist.
Instructor Michael Phillips will teach Chalk Art June 24- July 15, Tuesday- Thursday from 10am- 12pm.
Creating one-of-a-kind chalk masterpieces using color from the color wheel will be the focus of this class. The focus will also be creating public art on the sidewalks surrounding the Barnwell Center for visitors to enjoy.
An introduction to photography will be taught be Denise Elmore. The class will teach the basic concepts and techniques to take your photographs from ordinary to extraordinary! The photography class will be held June 24- July 15 Tuesday- Thursday from 1pm to 4pm.
Necee Blackwell will teach printmaking July 15- July 31, Tuesday – Thursday from 10am- 12pm. Graphic design and commercial art concepts will be taught to create your own designer T-shirt. The instructor will teach participants about the wide range of materials and the diverse techniques associated with screen-printing and printmaking.
Blackwell will also instruct a beginning drawing class that will teach you “How to see Like an Artist”. This beginning/ intermediate drawing course will teach you to draw what you see and to view everyday items and images with a different eye. The drawing course will be taught July 15- July 31, Tuesday – Thursday from 1pm- 4pm.
A one week course on mosaics will be taught by Anita Goodson.
The class will be held August 4- August 7 Monday- Thursday from 1pm- 4pm.
318-673-7703 for additional information and supply lists. Pre-Registration is required.
“An Interactive Adventure through the Arts” will consist of four three-week workshops and a one week session teaching an Introduction to Photography, Printmaking, Beginning Drawing, Chalk Art, and Mosaics. Each class will be taught by a professional artist.
Instructor Michael Phillips will teach Chalk Art June 24- July 15, Tuesday- Thursday from 10am- 12pm.
Creating one-of-a-kind chalk masterpieces using color from the color wheel will be the focus of this class. The focus will also be creating public art on the sidewalks surrounding the Barnwell Center for visitors to enjoy.
An introduction to photography will be taught be Denise Elmore. The class will teach the basic concepts and techniques to take your photographs from ordinary to extraordinary! The photography class will be held June 24- July 15 Tuesday- Thursday from 1pm to 4pm.
Necee Blackwell will teach printmaking July 15- July 31, Tuesday – Thursday from 10am- 12pm. Graphic design and commercial art concepts will be taught to create your own designer T-shirt. The instructor will teach participants about the wide range of materials and the diverse techniques associated with screen-printing and printmaking.
Blackwell will also instruct a beginning drawing class that will teach you “How to see Like an Artist”. This beginning/ intermediate drawing course will teach you to draw what you see and to view everyday items and images with a different eye. The drawing course will be taught July 15- July 31, Tuesday – Thursday from 1pm- 4pm.
A one week course on mosaics will be taught by Anita Goodson.
The class will be held August 4- August 7 Monday- Thursday from 1pm- 4pm.
318-673-7703 for additional information and supply lists. Pre-Registration is required.
Christian Simeon and Outlaw Nation at H & H Performing Arts Center on Wed, Jun 4, 7 pm
As you can tell from the Bill Ellison photo of Outlaw Nation at the Granada Theater, Dallas, in March, the reggae trio signifies. And they will do it with funk and rock stylee, too,
Tarumbae, aka Ron Hardy, presents them at his H&H Performing Arts Center, Wed, June 4.
The H&H is adjacent to the former Freeman's Restaurant on the corner of Milam and Hope Streets.
7:00 pm
All ages.
424-9297
Tarumbae, aka Ron Hardy, presents them at his H&H Performing Arts Center, Wed, June 4.
The H&H is adjacent to the former Freeman's Restaurant on the corner of Milam and Hope Streets.
7:00 pm
All ages.
424-9297
Monday, June 02, 2008
Rest in peace: Bo Diddley, 1928 - 2008
Walked 47 miles of barbed wire,
Used a cobra snake for a neck tie.
Got a brand new house on the roadside,
Made out of rattlesnake hide.
I got a brand new chimney made on top,
Made out of human skulls.
Now come on darling let's take a little walk, tell me,
Who do you love,
Who do you love, Who do you love, Who do you love.
Arlene took me by the hand,
And said oooh eeeh daddy I understand.
Who do you love,
Who do you love, Who do you love, Who do you love.
The night was black and the night was blue,
And around the corner an ice wagon flew.
A bump was a hittin' lord and somebody screamed,
You should have heard just what I seen.
Who do you love, Who do you love, Who do you love, Who do you love.
Arleen took me by my hand, she said Ooo-ee Bo you know I understand
I got a tombstone hand and a graveyard mind,
I lived long enough and I ain't scared of dying.
Used a cobra snake for a neck tie.
Got a brand new house on the roadside,
Made out of rattlesnake hide.
I got a brand new chimney made on top,
Made out of human skulls.
Now come on darling let's take a little walk, tell me,
Who do you love,
Who do you love, Who do you love, Who do you love.
Arlene took me by the hand,
And said oooh eeeh daddy I understand.
Who do you love,
Who do you love, Who do you love, Who do you love.
The night was black and the night was blue,
And around the corner an ice wagon flew.
A bump was a hittin' lord and somebody screamed,
You should have heard just what I seen.
Who do you love, Who do you love, Who do you love, Who do you love.
Arleen took me by my hand, she said Ooo-ee Bo you know I understand
I got a tombstone hand and a graveyard mind,
I lived long enough and I ain't scared of dying.
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