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Friday, August 21st, 2009
 Busy Baratelli arT Local (and sometimes New York-based) actor/producer/blogger Mark Baratelli has his hands in many sinister soups this summer, with added installments of the Mobile Art Show and an improv comedy show at Sleuths.
Mark Baratelli runs The DailyCity.com, a local blog dedicated spreading the word about cool places and events around Orlando. And if there aren’t enough local events, he creates them, like the Taco Truck Taste Test and The Mobile Art Show. (I sense a moving theme happening here.)
For the first Moble Art Show, Baratelli filled a U-Haul with cool paintings, robots, dinosaur heads and jewelry made by local artists and parked at various destinations around town. People could locate the truck via Twitter, making it part art show, part scavenger hunt. Click here to check out photos from the event.
The next Moble Art Show will stay parked at CityArts Factory on August 20 starting at 6 p.m. for Third Thursdays. Unfortunately, none of the art on display will be available for purchase due to legal reasons. But you can scope out the stuff you like and pick it up when the Mobile Art Show returns on August 23, this time at Etoile Boutique in the Milk District for the Dirty South Bike BBQ III.
On August 19 and 26 at 10 p.m., you can see Mark do what he does best, improv, in Mark Baratelli Tries Two Hard at Sleuths Mystery Dinner Theatre. Mark Baratelli presents two of his award-winning improvised comedy shows: “How Do You Feel?,” a loosely-scripted interactive self-help session, and “Improv Cabaret,” an improvised cabaret act (featuring John DeHaas on piano). Tickets are $10, a full bar and light bites will be available.
This show is part of the “It’s No Mystery” series at Sleuths, which also includes Mama’s Comedy Club, An Evening of Estrogen and The Unusual Suspects. (I saw thes guys perform at Tanqueray’s and they are freaking HILARIOUS. Go see them.)
Source: Metronix Orlando
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Friday, July 24th, 2009
Petcha Kucha is an informal Japanese lecture format that allows one presenter 20 images and 20 seconds to discuss each. With as many as dozen lecturers, the idea is to bring myriad ideas and subject matter together without getting bogged down.
The “2009 Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Region” is much the same way: condensed and diverse. In the 76th annual survey of recent art made within a 100-mile radius of Albany, no single artwork dominates the two-floor gallery at the University Art Museum. A sparseness envelopes the 35-artist exhibit that’s usually jammed with well-known artists whose works tend to muscle out others. Though Petcha Kucha is roughly translated as chatter, the exhibit is quiet and understated.
That can be attributed to juror Mathew Higgs’ keen sense of tone, texture and form. Director of White Columns, an alternative arts space in Manhattan, Higgs chose “idiosyncratic” examples from 1,200 images submitted that display a strong identity on their own terms.
He’s included more new faces than in recent memory, a refreshing development for a show that has become predictable.
The weathered paintings of Marje Derrick, the quirky paper-mache snow globe of Gail Kort, the South Park-like drawings by Brian Cirmo, the whimsical fabric of Barbara Todd and the suspended burlap sachet by Georgia Wohnsen join sculptures, drawings and photographs by more established artists such as Sharon Bates, Harold Lohner and Jim Florsdorf.
For the most part, absent is hard-edged social realism, the heavily conceptual art so common today, and, except for Abe Ferrarro’s massive light switch in “One Morning I Woke Up with a Bright Idea,” there are not any elaborate multimedia installations.
What’s left is an exhibit that blurs the line between fine arts and traditional crafts in a homespun kind of way. More than a quarter of them take fabric, string, thread, construction paper — things more associated with home than a studio — and turn them into quirky objects with humor. It’s a lighthearted exhibit that revels in design for design’s sake.
The paper relief “Direction” by Laura Cannamela finds an eloquent depth of field through indentions in its plaster like substance, while the Persian wool “Fugue #19″ by Mark Olshansky uses stitches to illustrate geometric abstractions like rings on a tree.
Mocking the German tradition of figurines, Joan McKeon’s series of four clay statuettes add looks of exasperation, consternation, and downright suffering. All of them are achingly trapped in their bodies and roles, crying to get on with something different.
Lori Lupe Pellish’s “”Boy Dreams II” captures innocent’s lost in a decorative tapestry. Made with intricate weaves of fiber and dark, rich colors, it hangs like a canvass with deeply etched brushstrokes sensually conveying the coming of age. “Portable Forest Floor” by Dorene Quinn employs leaves, muslin, cotton and thread to contrast nicely with the spotted concrete floor at the entrance. Lying flat on the ground, it blends in so well; don’t be surprised if you find yourself sidestepping it.
Like “Portable Forest Floor,” the exhibit pleasantly catches you off guard through its hushed tones, subtle humor and homey designs. It is a gentle challenge to the notion that contemporary art has to be pushy and bombastic to succeed.
Tim Kane is a freelance writer from Albany and a frequent contributor to the Times Union.
Fast Talk
What: Slide show and lecture with artists from the Mohawk Hudson regional: Sharon Bates, Brian Cirmo, Richard Garrison, Kelly Jones, Harold Lohner and Dorene Quinn.
Where: University Art Museum, University at Albany. 1400 Washington Ave., Albany
When: 7-9 tonight
Cost: Free
Exhibit hours: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, through Aug. 8
Contact: 442-4035; www.albany.edu/museum
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Friday, July 24th, 2009
 Curator Kathy Grayson A sweeping art show opening in Rome this fall argues that right now is a glamorous and golden age of art in New York City, one of those moments that will be remembered someday as a turning point in art history. Really?
While Italian technology magnate Paolo Barzan certainly has his skeptics of this theory, the collector, well known on the Chelsea scene, will open a new contemporary art foundation outside of Rome in September with “New York Minute: Sixty Artists on the New York Scene.” The exhibition “isn’t a survey, it’s a show about a lifestyle, an art community,” about a glamorous group of artists who collaborate to turn their lives into their art, he says. His foundation, dubbed Depart, (for discuss, exhibit, and produce art) will team with Rome’s Museum of Contemporary Art for the exhibition and several related events in other cities.
The New York art scene is in the midst of “a renaissance,” says Kathy Grayson, curator of the show and director of Deitch Projects Gallery, where she met Barzan. The city is headquarters now to not one but three historically important art trends, says Grayson: “Street Punk” (Dash Snow, Kembra Pfahler, Terence Koh), “Wild Figuration” (Jules de Balincourt, Takashi Murata), and the “New Abstraction” (Dan Colen, Sterling Ruby). (Perhaps not incidentally, a spate of the artists in the show have shown at Deitch.) Prominent pieces will include a large work by Barry McGee, and the cop car that Spencer Sweeney suspended from the ceiling at Gavin Brown’s. The shop of “Downtown Don” Aaron Bondaroff will also be re-created, and Snow had been slated to be the D.J. at the opening party.
Not everyone’s signing on to the zeitgeist. “I don’t know if it’s a renaissance … it’s a crew,” says Todd Levin, director of art-advisory firm Levin Art Group and curator of a show currently up at Marianne Boesky Gallery. “The show will be au courant, but some of these artists are selling for six- or seven-figure prices with one or two gallery shows under their belt.”
Whether this is a key moment in art history, we’ll find out later — but in the meantime, Barzan invites artists to debate it with him, and will be sponsoring a residency program in Rome this fall.
nymag.com
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Sunday, July 19th, 2009
 Evelyn, a PARC artist, relishes the chance to glaze pottery. Art director Flora McCabe says that Evelyn is very detailed and focused when it comes to the glazing. Evelyn and other artists at PARC have been putting finishing touches on pottery, paintings and jewelry.
With an affinity for ceramics, she delights in glazing pottery for other PARC artists.
“She is very detailed, focused and completes the glazing thoroughly,” said PARC art director Flora McCabe.
On Friday evening, Evelyn and other PARC artists will have the opportunity to showcase their masterpieces. The event, Art in the PARC, will take place in the College of Business at USF’s St. Petersburg campus, where more than 500 original works of art will be on display and available for sale.
Paintings, ceramics, papier mache, painted fish on canvas, jewelry, handmade pottery and pins will be among the offerings. There will also be note cards with PARC art and a special PARC blend of coffee created by local beanery, Javámo, with original art featured on the bags. There will be pieces starting as low as $5, said Nancy Giles, director of business relations who is coordinating the event.
“Our goal is to share affordable and original art and jewelry. Each piece is one of a kind and is made by PARC artists with developmental disabilities in collaboration with art instructors,” Giles said.
PARC artists benefit by gaining life skills through art enrichment. Those skills are socialization, boosting self-esteem, and experiencing a sense of accomplishment and enjoyment, said McCabe, who has been teaching art at PARC for 9 years.
Artists select the media they want to work with, and they can change as inspiration strikes.
“Some people like to work with clay, some like to glaze and others like to paint. Some really enjoy doing an entire piece of pottery or artwork all by themselves,” McCabe said.
PARC has served as a social service agency for bay area residents since 1953. It serves more than 700 adults and children with developmental disabilities and offers more than 40 unique programs, like the art enrichment that PARC clients receive. These programs showcase PARC’s mission in action, “Turning disabilities into capabilities.”
19 Sunday
Cool Art Show: Cool Art, in its 21st year, is a juried fine art and craft show and sale hosted by PAVA, the Professional Association of Visual Artists. Concessions will be available. Coliseum, 535 Fourth Ave. N, St. Petersburg. Free admission and parking. Visit coolartshow.com.
Doodlebugs and their Kin: What are doodlebugs? Explore their lifestyle and observe their behavior and the behavior of their lacewing relatives. This event is recommended for ages 6 to 10. 1-2:30 p.m. Weedon Island Preserve, 1800 Weedon Drive NE, St. Petersburg. Free. Call (727) 453-6500 or visit weedonislandpreserve.org.
Sunday Afternoon at the Pier: Enjoy Jazz music and R&B from the “On Que Players” at the Pier’s Waterside Courtyard. 1 to 4 p.m. The Pier, 800 Second Ave. NE, St. Petersburg. Free. Call (727) 821-6443.
Summer One Act Play Festival: Nine short plays by local playwrights, featuring both comedy and drama, staged by the Gulfport Community Players. 2 p.m. Catherine Hickman Theatre, 5501 27th Ave. S, Gulfport. $15. Call (727) 322-0316 or visit gulfportcommunityplayers.org.
20 Monday
How to Write a Business Plan: The Florida Small Business Development Center presents a free seminar on how to write a business plan. 6 to 8 p.m. St. Petersburg Business Development Center, 440 Second Ave. N. For registration or more information, call (727) 893-7146.
Paper: Off and On the Wall: More than 25 artists have created original, current wallpaper representations of chintzes, heavy damasks, chinoiseries, and tromp l’oeil patterns, with influences of contemporary design. Florida Craftsmen Galleries, 501 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. Call (727) 821-7391.
21 Tuesday
“First Time Homebuyers” Seminar: The Community Service Foundation will present a seminar to help first-time homebuyers purchase a home and qualify for down payment and closing cost assistance. 6 to 9 p.m. Sunshine Center, 330 Fifth St. N, St. Petersburg. Free. Call (727) 461-0618 or visit csfhome.org.
Health and Wellness Business Showcase: Open to interested community members, local health care providers, and wellness practitioners. Complimentary wine and healthy treats provided. 5 to 8 p.m. Free. Healthy Being Wellness Boutique, 425 33rd Ave. N, St. Petersburg. Call (727) 502-3464.
St. Petersburg College Jazz Band Concert: The SPC Jazz Band, which consists of 15 students of all ages, will perform musical numbers by jazz legends Neal Hefti, Count Basie and Duke Ellington. 7:30 p.m. St. Petersburg College Music Center, 6605 Fifth Ave. N, St. Petersburg. Free. Call (727) 341-4737 or visit spcollege.edu/spg/music.
22 Wednesday
Landscape Design: Florida-Style Gardening class on creating a pleasing landscape design that requires little maintenance and is easy on the environment. 6 to 8:30 p.m. Boyd Hill Nature Preserve, 1101 Country Club Way S, St. Petersburg. Registration required, $10. Call (727) 893-7326.
Sun Safety Seminar: The Bayfront Medical Center and the city of St Pete Beach are offering a free “Fun in the Sun” Safety Seminar. The family-friendly seminar will consist of multiple informational booths, tips on sun safety for all ages, giveaways, and a free skin cancer screening for everyone who attends. 6 p.m. St. Pete Beach Community Center, 7701 Boca Ciega Drive. Call the Recreation Department at (727) 363-9245 for more details.
23 Thursday
Dive-In Movie: The St. Pete Beach Aquatic Center’s first “Dive-In Movie” was such a success that it is hosting it again. Bring your floats and chairs and watch Shark Tale on the big screen. 8 p.m. Family Aquatic Center, 7701 Boca Ciega Drive. Admission is $2 and limited to the first 150 guests. Call the Recreation Department at (727) 363-9245 to register and for more information.
24 Friday
Oddlie: Performing artist Aleshea Harris brings Oddlie’s story to life with a blend of theater, spoken word and music. 7:30 p.m. Studio@620, 620 First Ave. S, St. Petersburg. $20 for adults, $15 students and seniors. Call (727) 895-6620.
25 Saturday
“All Aboard For Murder! Detective Dinner Theater”: Interactive play, 7 p.m. Hilton, St. Petersburg, 333 First St. S. $49.95 plus tax. Reservations required. Call (727) 446-8569 or visit detectivedinner.com.
“Prism” Concert: The Al Downing education scholarship fund presents its annual “Prism” concert featuring past and present scholarship winners. 7:30 p.m. The Palladium, 253 Fifth Ave. N, St. Petersburg. Contact the Palladium at (727) 822-3590 or Aldowningjazz.com for ticket information.
Saturday Summer Market: Produce, crafts and more, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m, first floor, Mahaffey Theater/Progress Energy Center for the Arts Parking Garage, 400 First St. S., St. Petersburg. Call (727) 455-4921 or visit saturdaymorningmarket.com.
Art in the PARC
All proceeds benefit the children and adults with developmental disabilities at PARC.
When: 5 to 7:30 p.m. Friday.
Where: USF St. Petersburg College of Business, 263 13th Ave. S, third floor, St. Petersburg.
For details: Call Nancy Giles at (727) 410-6302.
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Thursday, July 16th, 2009
Pittsfield Art Show, fifth annual juried art show, featuring arts and crafts by 85 artists and craftsmen from nine different states displaying paintings in all mediums, pottery, jewelry, sculpture, photography, collage, fabric art and more, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, Renne Avenue, Pittsfield. pittsfieldartshow.org or 413-499-9348.
Chesterwood, Sunday Workshops and Demonstrations, presented by participating artists in the CSC exhibition, will feature Gene Montez Flores demonstrating metal-cutting techniques, 1-4 p.m. Free with admission. Route 183, Stockbridge. chesterwood.org.
The Wit Gallery, “Concepts of Art/Lenox Judaica,” art reception for gallery’s Judaica artists and a book signing by photographer Jean Germain of her book “Jazz From Row Six” with live music, 5-7 p.m. 27 Church St., 413-637-8808 or thewitgallery.com.
Dance
Frog Lotus Yoga, community West African dance class for all levels with Marafanyi, featuring Lara Gonzalez and Yael Shacham, 1:30-2:45 p.m. Beaver Mill, North Adams. 877-904-2362 or rootsheartpulse@ureach.com.
Film
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, fifth anniversary of Mahaiwe Movies of the Month features screening of Mario Puzo’s “The Godfather” (1972, restored new 35 mm print), the Oscar-winning epic in which director Francis Ford Coppola brings Puzo’s multigenerational crime saga to life, 7 p.m. $6. Castle Street, Great Barrington. mahaiwe.org or 413-528-0100.
Topia Arts Center, Made in The Berkshires Film Series features screening of “Miracle Worker” on 32-foot screen, 2 p.m. Also, screening of “Alice’s Restaurant,” 5 p.m. Free. Park Street, Adams. topiaarts.org or 413-743-9600.
Music
Tanglewood, conductor James Levine presents an all-Mozart program, 2:30 p.m. West Street, Lenox. 617-266-1492 or tanglewood.org.
Clark Art Institute, Aston Magna Festival presents Spanish and Italian music in the late Baroque, Classical and early Romantic periods under the direction of guitarist Richard Savino, 3 p.m. $35. Pre-concert lecture, 2 p.m. Daniel Arts Center, Alford Road, Great Barrington. astonmagna.org or 413-528-3595.
Natural Bridge State Park, community West African drum class for all levels with Marafanyi, featuring Lara Gonzalez and Yael Shacham, 3:15-4:30 p.m. Route 8, North Adams. 877-904-2362 or rootsheartpulse@ureach.com.
Summer in the Park, outdoor concert series features Hometown Sundays, 1-3 p.m. Harte Lot, Main Street, Bennington, Vt. betterbennington.com.
Theater
Williams College, Summer Theatre Lab presents “Project One,” a series of one-act plays written, produced and performed by company members as well as a staged reading of Act 1 of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” directed by Williams College professor Jean-Bernard Bucky, 7 p.m. Free. ‘62 Center, Williamstown. 413-597-4839 or 62center. williams.edu/summerlab.
The Triplex, acclaimed one-man production “Eddie,” written by Marvin Starkman and Bob Feinberg, about the relationship between President Harry S. Truman and Eddie Jacobson – Army buddy, business partner and lifelong friend – and the events that thrust Jacobson squarely into the middle of a bitter State Department debate over whether to support a Jewish homeland in Palestine, 4 p.m. $20. 70 Railroad St., Great Barrington. 413-528-8885 or thetriplex.com.
Mill City Productions, “Zombie Prom” by Dana P. Rowe and John Dempsey, directed by Mike Grogan, with musical direction by Marissa Carlson and choreography by Liz Urban, featuring 15 Berkshire County actors and musicians, 2 p.m. $9/adults, $7/students and seniors. Heritage State Park, Route 8, North Adams. millcityproductions.org or 413-664-0161.
Miscellaneous
Berkshire Soul and Spirit Center, Mary McManus, author and recovered post-polio syndrome victim who never realized she could heal herself enough to run in the 2009 Boston Marathon, will give a talk about her amazing journey from wheelchair to marathon, 2-4 p.m. $10; registration requested. 69 Main St., Lee. 413-243-2834 or soulandspiritcenter.com.
Main Street Walk, North Adams historian Paul Marino will lead a tour of Main Street, which lays on the track of the original Mohawk/Mahican Trail, predates North Adams by many, many years, and has been walked by soldiers of the third and fourth French and Indian Wars, the American Revolution, the Civil War and both World Wars, as well as by 95 of the most unusual strike breakers North Adams ever saw, 2:30 p.m. West end of Main Street, North Adams. 413-207-1344 or historyman@copper.net.
New Lebanon Book Group, “free for all” discussion in which participants share titles of interesting books they have read and recommend to others, request new book titles and engage in a relaxed and free-wheeling talk about books in general, facilitated by librarian Mary Trev Thomas, 11 a.m. Triple Nickel Cafe, Route 20, New Lebanon, N.Y. 518-794-7005 or 518-733-0196.
Sundays@Six, street fair designed to showcase local talent and build community, featuring live local music (including The Buck Hill Ramblers), food, artisan vendors, children’s activities like face painting and 3-D sidewalk chalk drawing, an art walk, vintage vehicles and an outdoor classic movie (”The Princess Bride”), 5 p.m. Free. Spring Street, Williamstown. sundaysat6.com or 413-458-9077.
Second Chance Animal Center, fifth annual Tour de Paws fundraiser, featuring 4-mile walk (9:30 a.m. registration, $25/single, $40/family) and three bicycle tours, including Metric Century Ride of 63 miles (7 a.m. registration, $40), an In Between Ride of 30 miles to 35 miles (8:30 a.m. registration, $40), and a 15-mile loop Single and Families Ride (8:30 a.m. registration, $50/family, $25/single). Manchester Recreation Park, Route 30 in Manchester, Vt. 2ndchanceanimalcenter.org/tourdepaws or 802-375-2898.
Pittsfield Garden Tour, 13th annual self-guided event features seven private gardens and the AIDS garden at the American Red Cross, as well as “Rocktacular,” where special rocks with hand-painted nature images on them are hidden, inviting guests to find them and submit an entry form for a prize, noon-4 p.m. $12/before July 11, $15/after July 11. 413-443-1832 or awpasko@verizon.net.
St. Joseph Church, Polish Picnic, featuring Polish and American food for sale, raffles, a lottery ticket tree, games for all ages including Mr. Bouncy Bounce in Kiddieland, live music by The Rymanowski Brothers Orchestra from Albany, N.Y., and more, noon-7 p.m. Free. North Street, Pittsfield. 413-442-5157.
North Adams Public Library, longtime North Adams resident Gail Cote will read from her new mystery book, “Welcome to My World,” about Midgie Small and her friends unraveling secrets that threaten to change their world forever, 2 p.m. Church Street, North Adams. 413-662-3133 or naplibrary.com.
Bennington Museum, second annual Wiffle Ball Round Robin Tournament, where spectators are welcome, 9 a.m. Route 9, Bennington, Vt. benningtonmuseum.org or 802-447-1571.
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