| EVIL DEEDS
& FRUITY LITTLE COINCIDENCES
Satan disguised as
Richard Simmons' pal steals Jamoka's look
Prayer
vigil targets Devil's Day
Dutch evangelical Christians are to hold a
round-the-clock prayer vigil to ward off the forces of evil on Tuesday - the
so-called Devil's Day, and alos to protest Richard Simmons' unauthorized copying
of my dog Jamoka's signature look.
They believe that the sixth day of the
sixth month of 2006 has great significance for evil-doers and Satanists who
revere the number 666.
In a bid to counteract the forces of evil, more
than 2,000 Dutch Christians will hold "a violent day of worship".
They
will be joined by Christians in 23 other countries, organisers say.
The
reference to 666 is taken from the Biblical book of Revelation, which talks
about the events leading to the end of the world.
Revelation 13:18
states: "If anyone has insight, let him calculate the number of the beast, for
it is man's number. His number is 666."
Behind the initiative is a Dutch
evangelical organisation called Ambassadors Ministries.
Mathijs Piet,
one of the organisers, told the BBC news website that the prayer marathon was to
officially start at 1800 on Monday with a prayer rally in Jerusalem. "666 is the
number of the Devil and we know that on this date, Satanists will try and do
many things, so we Christians try and do the opposite," Mr Piet said. "We know
the Devil hates it when we worship God." Organisers expect at least 2,000 Dutch
evangelicals to take part in the mass prayer vigil across the Netherlands.
The fear of the number 666 is known as
hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia.
World's
most expensive mobile number is 666 6666
The world's most expensive
phone number was auctioned for charity in Qatar.
The number, 666 6666,
sold for 10m Qatari riyals or £1.5m.
In other 666 news there seems to be
a widespread belief among certain groups that the number 666 is being hidden in
bar codes, setting the stage for an eventual full universe Satanic soul coup.
And I found a website where you can sell your soul to Satan online thus
avoiding some of the unpleasantries inherent in such deal-making.
But
did you ever notice that Richard Simmons' workout exercises count off in
sixes?
EXHIBITION
OPPORTUNITY Child’s
Play: irony & consequence
I was just
about to push *send* when this slid into my inbox.
Exhibition Opportunity
Child’s Play: irony &
consequence
The Student Union Gallery at the University of
Massachusetts-Amherst is seeking proposals for an upcoming multi-genre exhibit
in October 2006 on the theme of Child’s Play: irony & consequence. The
exhibit will be held from October 23rd - 27th. The opening will integrate a
brief cross-genre reading on the theme.
We invite artists to submit artworks
in any medium or format—photography, sculpture, video, painting,
interdisciplinary.
Submissions must include:
1. Artist’s
statement.
2. Current resume.
3. Self-addressed stamped envelope
(materials will not be returned without a SASE).
4. Up to 3 slides (numbered
and labeled with artist’s name, title of work, date, media, dimensions of work,
and red dot indicating top of slide); or digital slides on a CD; or CD for audio
submissions; or DVD for video submissions.
Deadline for entries: August
1st, 2006. Entry Fee: $5.00 (checks payable to: JC Tibbo/INSIDEOUT
ARTS)
Shipping: Artists will be notified by September 1st.
Artists are responsible for shipping/delivering their artwork to the gallery
Friday, October 20th (12-6pm) and retrieving their work Saturday, October 28th
(12-6pm).
Installation: All work MUST be received ready for
installation with proper hanging devices ATTACHED and instructions where
necessary.
Agreement: We reserve the right to photograph accepted
works for publicity and educational purposes. We reserve the right to reject
works that differ from the slide. We are not responsible for works left after
the pick-up date.
Submit entry materials to: JC Tibbo/INSIDEOUT ARTS
18
Dewey Court
Northampton, MA 01060
413-552-6462 insideoutarts@verizon.net
DANCE TO
HONOR NEW ORLEANS
Dance Class
will honor New Orleans and help the hurricane recovery effort
Alicia
Morton will offer a special 7 week Dance and Stretch class at the Barn Studio in
Amherst, using New Orleans music, with all proceeds going to the Women's Health
and Justice initiative of New Orleans.
Starts Tuesday June 20.
Dance and Stretch is a special eight week movement class being
offered by instructor Alicia Morton at the Barn Studio, 21 Dickinson Street,
Amherst.
Joyful Zydeco, Cajun, funk, jazz and other music will
provide energy and the proceeds will be donated to the Women's Health and
Justice Initiative of New Orleans. The Women's Health and Justice Initiative is
a group of local health care practitioners and organizers working with the
People's Hurricane Relief Fund to provide quality health care that is safe and
affordable to low income and uninsured women and girls of color.
The
class will meet from 5:15 to 6:15 starting Tuesday June 20. A donation of $10
per class is requested. The requested donation for the full seven week session
is $65 For more information call Alicia Morton, 253-1499
STAN SHERER
AT THE HOSMER GALLERY AT FORBES June 2 -
June 29, Reception June 10, 2-4
 The
Hosmer Gallery at the Forbes Library, Northampton Massahusetts, will present
Shopkeepers, by Northampton photographer Stan Sherer, from June 2 through
June 29.
The show, consisting of 48 photographic works on paper,
explores the world of the shopkeeper and shopkeepers around the world.
Sherer
has photographed small shops and their proprietors for more than 40 years in
France, China, Israel, Mali, Ghana, Burkina Faso, the Philippines, Albania,
Hungary, as well as in the United States. Included in the exhibition will be
several Northampton shops that he frequents regularly.
Sherer describes
the portraits in Shopkeepers as candid moments. “Although in practice
shopkeepers are often in contact with customers or others who work in the store,
I see them as centers of the self-contained universe of their daily work.
Through this exhibition, I want the viewer to have a subjective experience of
not only that of the small shop but to be in the shop and absorb its
atmosphere.” Sherer’s work is in the tradition of street photography. “The
shopkeepers, as part of the milieu that constitutes life on the sidewalks,
became a primary recurring theme in my work. Preparing this exhibition has
provided me with an opportunity to formalize this on-going interest and bring
this work together for the first time.”
Sherer was a Fulbright scholar in
Albania in 1994 and has worked for news organizations such as the Associated
Press and Time Magazine. He is the author of four books, including Long Life to
Your Children: a Portrait of High Albania and Founding Farms. He retired in 2003
after eighteen years as news photographer for the University of Massachusetts
and has just completed the MFA printmaking program at UMass. “My work in
printmaking has enriched and broadened the way I print my images. I am now
handcoating printmaking and watercolor papers with an ink receiving-layer for
digital printing. This process produces prints with a richness and depth I could
not achieve in the standard digital process. In addition, the handcoating
technique imbues a handmade look.”
Descriptive passages from literature
are included in the exhibition. Sherer’s selections from short stories and
novels evoke the shopkeepers’ inner world as well as the physical surroundings
of the shopkeeper.
The opening reception will be Saturday, June 10,
2-4pm. Gallery hours are:
Mon: 1-9
Tue: 1-5
Wed:
9-9
Thur: 1-5
Fri & Sat: 9-5
ARTS NIGHT
OUT June 9, 5 -
8 PM
 Coming Up
On June 9 Visit 22 galleries and shops between 5 and 8 p.m.
Northampton continues its Arts Night Out program Friday, June
9, from 5 to 8 p.m. (unless the duration is otherwise noted by individual
galleries), offering open galleries at 22 locations, all within a short walk in
the city's downtown area. The event is organized by participating art and craft
organizations and the Greater Northampton Chamber of Commerce, and is sponsored
by the Northampton Cooperative Bank, 93.9 (The River), and the Valley
Advocate.
Arts Night Out coincides with the last night of Northampton's
celebration of "Restaurant Week," June 5-9, during which 23 restaurants will
offer a three-course dinner for a fixed price of $20.06 View the details and
menus on the Chamber of Commerce Web site.
And there will be another
treat this month; the Florence Community Band will be making lively music on the
Courthouse lawn from 6 to 7 p.m. Make a night of it!
Highlighted
in June are several galleries:
MULTI-ARTS GALLERY, located at the
Community Music School, 139 South Street, is new to Arts Night Out. It is
open that evening from 5 to 7 p.m., and will be featuring works in all genres by
children from throughout the Pioneer Valley. This gallery is seeking submissions
of paintings, drawings, poems, short stories, and original books from children
and schools. For more information, visit their Web site. (not given,
sorry)
WATKINS GALLERY, 142 Main Street (upstairs) presents EIRE,
an exhibition of extraordinary, powerful paintings of the Irish landscape by
Olwen O'Herlihy Dowling. On Arts Night Out, at 6 p.m., the artist's husband,
Vincent Dowling, former director of the Abbey Theater in Dublin and long-time
director, now honorary president, of the Miniature Theater in Chester, will open
the exhibition with a dramatic reading.
TA YU Gallery, 12 Main
Street, will be showing "Works on Tibet" by photographer Cannon
Hersey.
THE OXBOW GALLERY, 275 South Pleasant Street, will feature
paintings and drawings by Western Massachusetts painter, David Marshall. This
show includes landscapes--scenes in Chesterfield, Northampton and Deer Isle,
Maine—as well as portraits and still lifes. The paintings share a poetic
sensitivity to the often subtle beauty of nature's different moods and visual
phenomena. Equally important in Marshall's work is a strong concern for
painterly handling and harmonious effect.
At ALFREDO'S GALLERY, 6
Crafts Avenue, the photography of Les Campbell will continue and be joined
by mini-exhibits from the collections of Fred Stein, classic black and white
photographs from the 1930s and 1940s, and a sampling of photographs from the
personal collection of Frank Sinatra.
SKERA, 22 Main Street, will
introduce Jane Chang of Amherst, who makes boxes that incorporate imaginative
found objects as well as paper quilts that are layered and cut to create a
three-dimensional appearance. And speaking of imaginative, on Arts Night Out,
keep your eye out for the new Cool Rides art taxi recently launched by partners
Skera and East Heaven Hot Tubs. (Hint: It’s a navy blue Scion xB with an
understated Checker Cab motif.)
THE OLD COURTHOUSE GALLERY, 99 Main
Street, will feature two artists: Anne Kusiak of Northampton and Chris
Nelson of Leverett. The two, who met several years ago at a pastel painting
class at the Guild Art School, frequently paint together. Each has her own style
but each celebrates landscapes, flora and fauna of the Pioneer Valley. Kusiak
uses both pastel and oil; Nelson paints primarily in pastel but also uses
digital photography. She is an appropriate exhibitor in the courthouse since she
is a lawyer and worked as a labor contract administrator for 25 years before
returning to the art world.
THE R. MICHELSON GALLERIES, 132 Main
Street, continues “Light on Water,” views of the Connecticut River painted
by Lewis Bryden from his 26-foot pontoon houseboat, “Floata des Artistes.” In
addition to painting racks and shelving for art supplies, two easels stand in
the corner of the houseboat, and a portable lantern allows Bryden to work in the
early morning or late sunset, rain or shine.
AT THE CENTER FOR THE
ARTS, 17 New South Street, third floor, Harriet Diamond and Lydia Nettler
present two installations in their show, Imperatives. Diamond’s
mini-installation, “No War!” features the Northampton Peace vigil and scenes of
marching and protest in New York City and Washington, D.C., in painted relief
and sculpture. Nettler’s installation, “Break Away,” uses large charcoal
drawings and sculpture to surround the viewer in a psychological environment
based on Northampton’s natural surrounding. (Center for the Arts galleries are
open 5 to 7 p.m. on Arts Night Out.)
THE A.P.E. GALLERY, Thorne’s
Marketplace, 150 Main Street, third floor, will have new works by Michael
Tillyer and Gordon Thorne. Tillyer explores the theme of Cain and Abel, the
murder of the shepherd (Abel) by the yeoman (Cain). The realization of this
theme will take place over the month of June in the gallery as the artist builds
the piece layer by layer. Thorne describes his project as one that “stumbles
along the delicately thin line that separates artistic license and genetic
manipulation. What happens when you put two genetically modified organisms,
plant or person, for example, ‘Viagra Link Corn’ and ‘Britny Spears Corn,’ or
Britny Spears herself even, in the same room for any length of time?" (Arts
Night Out hours are 5 to 7 p.m.)
SMITH COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART, Elm
Street, offers “Alexander Archipenko: Vision and Continuity” through July
30. (There will be no admission charge on Arts Night Out.) Featuring more than
60 sculptures in bronze, wood, and terracotta by Alexander Archipenko
(1887-1964), this show was organized by the Ukrainian Museum in New York in
collaboration with The Archipenko Foundation. Jaroslaw Leshko, recently retired
from the faculty of the Smith art department, serves as exhibition curator and
author of the accompanying catalogue. One of the most important Ukrainian visual
artists, Archipenko was, during his lifetime, sometimes compared in significance
to his contemporary, Pablo Picasso. Although a less towering figure than Picasso
“Archipenko’s oeuvre is a brilliant, cohesive document of twentieth-century
art,” Leshko writes in the exhibition catalogue. ~~Next door, in the Oresman
Gallery of Smith’s Hillyer Hall, members of Amherst’s Gallery A3 will offer
"Sneak Preview." An active group on the area art scene for a number of years, A3
has been without a home for while. The gallery will be reborn, in the fall, in
the Amherst Cinema Arts Center.
Participating arts venues are:
Alfredo’s; APE Third Floor Arts; Artisan Gallery; Chameleon’s; Claytopia; Don
Muller Gallery; Guild Art Supply; KTWO NOHO; LLC; R. Michelson Galleries;
Multi-Arts Gallery; Northampton Center for the Arts; Northampton Pottery; Old
Court House Gallery; Oxbow Gallery; Pinch; Scandihoovians. com; Silverscape
Designs; Skera; Smith College Museum of Art; Ta Yu Gallery; Watkins Gallery; and
William Baczek Fine Arts.
THE O-TONES
AT THE CUP AND TOP CAFE IN FLORENCE Friday, June
23, 5:30-8:00 PM
 Friday June
23 Duo of Mary Witt (vocals and bass) and Zack Danziger (vocals and jazz guitar)
of The O-Tones in Florence, MA. The Cup and Top Café, 1 North Main St. Suite 2,
413-585-0445. Dinner music from 5:30-8 pm. Great food including soups, salads,
sandwiches, coffee, tea, and desserts! It's a family affair (if you want it to
be).
HARRIET
DIAMOND & LYDIA NETTLER AT THE NCA Opening
reception June 9 from 5-7pm.
 Harriet
Diamond and Lydia Nettler will present two installations in their show,
"Imperatives", opening at the Center for the Arts on June 2 and running through
June 29.
An opening reception will be held on June 9 from 5-7pm.
Harriet Diamond’s mini- installation, No War! features the
Northampton Peace vigil and scenes of marching and protest in NYC and DC in
painted relief and sculpture.
Lydia Nettler’s installation, Break
Away uses large charcoal drawings and sculpture to surround the viewer in a
psychological environment based on Northampton’s natural surrounding.
The Center for the Arts is located at 17 New South St. on the third
floor of Sullivan square in Northampton. Gallery hours are on Tuesday through
Friday from 11 am to 4pm and on Saturday from noon to 4pm. For more information
call 413-594-7327
MUSIC &
DANCE PERFORMANCES AT THE NCA
 ~~DANCE
Inés Arrubla Productions offers Las Chicas in
“Flamenco Afición,” a live performance of Flamenco music and dance Saturday,
June 10, at 5 p.m. at the Center. Arrubla will present a colorful and passionate
Flamenco dance program involving 30 amateur dancers of all ages, together with
four musicians, who will take the audience on a journey through all the emotions
expressed by one of the most powerful and sensual dances of all: Flamenco.
The musicians will include guitarists Titus Neijens and José Ortiz,
percussionist Simon Moushabeck on cajón, and Jo Sallins on bass. Arrubla was
trained in Flamenco in Spain, and later performed in Amsterdam and Europe. Since
coming to the United States in 1998, she has established the Inés Arrubla
Flamenco Dance Theater, and created five major theater-dance productions.
Her performances and choreography have garnered acclaim at theaters and
festivals with audiences and the press, and have earned her a reputation as one
of the nation’s premier Flamenco performers. Entrance is free; however, a
donation of $5 is suggested. Arrubla teaches Flamenco at the Center. For
information check our Web site.
~~MORE
DANCE
Oriental Caravan IV returns to the Center For the Arts,
Sunday, June 11, at 2:15 p.m. Produced by Joanne Tebaldi and Whitney Suter, the
program will showcase students of Shifah of Western MA, Mellea of Dancing Dragon
Studios, Kismet of Pioneer Valley Performing Arts High School and Sharon
Arslanian of Greenfield Community College.
In addition to a the belly
dancing, there will be an intermission featuring a raffle and public dancing.
For tickets, call Joanne 413. 253.5462.
~~MUSIC AND ARTS Global
Alliance for the Arts will present one of its monthly celebrations, "Northampton
Community Music and Arts Festival," on Friday, June 23, from 7:30 to midnight in
the Center's ballroom.
The event will feature World Beat Ensemble with
an open microphone from 7:30 to 8 p.m. (sign-ups are first come, first serve at
7:15 p.m.) followed by World Beat Drum Circle from 8 to 9 p.m.,
DJ and
dancing from 9 to 10 p.m. and the World Beat Ensemble from 10 p.m. to midnight.
Tables are available for arts organizations, vendors and visual artists.
If you like this, you'll like the repeat events on Fridays—July 21 and August
18.
The shows will be broadcast live on Valley Free Radio 103.3 FM from
10 p.m. to midnight and on public access TV in Northampton, Hadley, Amherst,
Deerfield, Sunderland, Greenfield and Montague. These events are sponsored by
the Center, Gaia Vision TV show and Valley Free Radio. For more information:
Global Alliance for the Arts (413)584-3022 gaia@crocker.com
Augusten
Burroughs Reading Wednesday,
June 14, 2006 at 7:30 P.M. - ADVANCE TIX NEEDED
 WFCR
presents
AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS
Wednesday, June 14, 2006 at 7:30
P.M.
Chapin Auditorium
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, Mass.
Augusten Burroughs is the author of "Running with Scissors," "Dry," and
"Magical Thinking," all of which were New York Times bestsellers published
around the world. The film version of "Running With Scissors," starring Annette
Bening and Gwyneth Paltrow and directed by Ryan Murphy ("Nip/Tuck"), is set for
a fall 2006 release. Augusten has been named one of the 15 funniest people in
America by Entertainment Weekly. He lives in New York City and western
Massachusetts.
Augusten will read from and sign his new book, "Possible
Side Effects" (St. Martin's Press). The book release date is May 2006.
For information on "Possible Side Effects" and Augusten Burroughs, see:
http://www.augusten.com/.
Sponsors: Mount Holyoke College, the Advocate Newspapers, and the
Odyssey Bookshop.
Tickets (general admission within sections) are priced
$30-$70 with a copy of "Possible Side Effects" and $10-$50 without the book.
They are available from the University of Massachusetts Amherst Fine Arts Center
Box Office by phone (413-545-2511 or 800- 999-UMASS), or online through
http://www.wfcr.org/. Producer's Circle tickets include preferential seating and
admission to the 6:30 P.M. pre-event reception.
GREEN STREET
CAFE CALL FOR MURAL PROPOSALS! I would do
this just for the food credit, yet such a worthy purpose
I am
available to help use the food credit if you are The Chosen One. Sounds like a
fab project.
A Call to
Artists!
The Green Street Café announces a call for proposals by
artists interested in creating a two-dimensional wall mural to be located inside
the Green Street Café on Green Street in Northampton, MA
GOAL The
goal of this project is to highlight the decision of Smith College and the City
of Northampton to discontinue Green Street in favor of the development and
construction of an engineering complex.
SITE DESCRIPTION The
wall chosen for the project is located inside the Green Street Café and is 28¹ L
x 8.5¹ H in size.
There is overhead lighting and large street-side windows
that flood the space with light. The wall surface is painted
plaster.
SELECTION PROCESS A panel of three judges,
Michael Kusek, Bob Antil and Steve Calcagnino will review submissions and select
the winning proposal. The winner will be announced on July 5th.
SELECTION CRITERIA All proposals will be judged on the
following: 1) artistic merit 2) suitability of the proposal in relation to the
project goals and the artist's ability to carry out the proposal within budget
and on schedule.
ARTIST ELIGIBILITY Artists from all walks
of life are invited to submit proposals. Excluded from participation are staff
members at Green Street Café, members of the mural project and their families.
APPLICATION PROCESS All applications must include:
A.)
A one-page written explanation of the concept.
B.) Sketches or other visuals
that convey the proposed mural idea. If submitting a CD or other digital media,
all should be Apple compatible.
C.) Up to ten 35mm slides in a plastic sheet
or 8.5² x 11² portfolio sheets. Slides/portfolio should be labeled with the
artists name.
D.) A resume/CV that lists any previous public art experience
or commissions.
E.) All artists are strongly urged to visit the Green Street
Café and pick up additional information and background materials.
Hours
of operation are M-F 10AM to 10PM; please call to make an appointment at
413.586.1650.
F.) For materials to be returned, all artists should
include a stamped, self-addressed envelope
BUDGET A budget
of $350.00 covers the costs of all materials with $1,000 cash for the artist,
plus an additional award of a $1,000 food credit at the Café
DEADLINES AND IMPORTANT DATES
Submission deadline: June
30th
Proposal Review & Artist Notification: July 7th
Project Start
July 10th to be completed by October 1
Unveiling: October 13th during
Northampton Arts Night Out
CALL FOR
SUBMISSIONS - WORKS ON PAPER Due June
10
 CALL FOR
SUBMISSIONS
WORKS ON PAPER
The Northampton Center for the Arts is
seeking submissions for a July 2006 exhibition.
The exhibition will be juried
by slides or CDs of works on paper, including photographs. Up to three
submissions per artist will be accepted. Slides/CDs, check and application
form should be mailed or delivered in person to the Center, 17 New South Street,
third floor, Northampton, MA 01060 by June 10, 2006; notification will sent
by June 20, 2006. The Center is open Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 4
p.m.
Submission must include a check for the $20 application fee made out
to the Northampton Center for the Arts and a stamped, self-addressed envelope
for return of materials. Slides/CDs must be labeled with name of artist,
materials, dimensions of artwork; no 3-D works will be accepted. To download an
application form: http://www.nohoarts.org/thegalleries.htm
Arcadia
Celebrates New Season with Cantabile, Ian Watson and Music of the Dutch
Baroque Benefit
Auction, Potluck Supper & Surprise Musical Offering.
Arcadia
Players’ annual New Season Celebration will mark the conclusion of their 17th
concert season and introduce the upcoming 18th.
This festive
celebration will be held on Sunday, June 25th, at the gracious hilltop Center
for Renaissance Studies in Amherst. At 5:15 PM, following Arcadia’s Annual
Meeting, the vocal ensemble Cantabile, with Ian Watson, harpsichord, will
present Music of the Dutch Baroque.
This free concert will be
followed by a benefit auction, a potluck supper and a surprise musical offering
by Watson at the conclusion of the evening.
Cantabile, a
self-directed vocal ensemble founded in 2001, specializes in vocal chamber music
of the fifteenth through seventeenth centuries. At last year’s Arcadia Season
Celebration they previewed their most recent program, which featured Italian
madrigals by Marenzio and others. This year, in conjunction with the “Go Dutch”
theme of the Pioneer Valley’s Museums 10 collaboration, Cantabile will sing
sacred and secular music of 17th century Netherlands. Composers include the
highly influential Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, who, along with his son Dirck, was
a key figure in the spread of Baroque musical style throughout Europe. Cantabile
and Ian Watson will collaborate on two flamboyant chamber motets from Jan
Baptist Verrijt’s 1649 collection “Flammae divinae (Divine flames).”
Performing with Cantabile will be Ian Watson, Arcadia’s Artistic
Director, who appears internationally as organist and harpsichordist. In the
2005-06 concert season, besides conducting and performing in Arcadia’s concerts,
he joined the Monteverdi Choir and Sir John Eliot Gardiner in their
international Bach and Mozart. At the Season Celebration Watson will join
Cantabile in works for voices and harpsichord, and will offer a musical finale
after the auction and supper.
Walter Denny will lead the benefit
auction. Denny, a leading scholar in the field of Islamic art, is Professor of
Art History at The University of Massachusetts Amherst, and a tenor with
Arcadia’s vocal ensemble and other area musical groups. He will auction goods
and services that include recordings, decorative objects, as post-concert
candlelight dinner for four, and gift certificates to area stores and
restaurants.
All who attend the concert are invited to bring a
favorite dish and join members and friends of Arcadia at the potluck supper.
Reservations for the Season Celebration may be made by calling Arcadia Players
at 413-256-4888.
The concert by Cantabile and Ian Watson is
partially funded by the Local Cultural Council of Amherst and the Masachusetts
Cultural Council.
LITERARY
THEMES BLOGSPOT INVITES PARTICIPATION
From Sharon
lax in Montreal. This week is big Montrealer Participation bringing you poetry
(below, from Jan Jorgenson), Movie Pics and literaryaria.
Helloooooo
out there.
Please come visit
this blog, set up ostensibly for "my" students (from whom I'm learning as
much as they from me - more probably).
Please post any comments, no
matter how outlandish. It would be great for moi and most importantly for said
students to hear from you, the outside world.
Thanks!
Good fortune to
you this summer,
Sharon
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CALLS FOR
ARTISTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
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A nice offer from Joe Blumenthal of Downtown Sounds who generously
would like to have artists display their work there. (Downtown Sounds, 21
Pleasant St., Northampton, next to the Pleasant St. Theater)
The window
is quite large, and has three panels, each one about 6' X 6', and is about 24"
deep. It is exposed to intense sunlight in the morning; the heat of the sun plus
the narrowness of the window make it inappropriate to display most musical
instruments.
However, the sunlight doesn't hurt most artwork since it's
only exposed for a month to six weeks. I normally pay $150 to the artist who
installs the window, and work out a consignment agreement for the store to take
a percentage of the price if the art is for sale and we manage to sell some of
it.
The artwork can be freestanding, lean against a wall at the back of
the window that's about three feet high, or (if it's not heavy) be hung from the
ceiling.
It's great when the art can have a musical theme, but it's not
necessary. Because of its highly visible commercial location, the work should
have a mainstream appeal and not have themes which could be offensive. Small
pieces don't work well since the window is so large.
If one of your
readers is interested in displaying in this context, please have them contact me
via email: musician@downtownsounds.com, or via phone at 413-
586-0998.
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DUE JUNE 10 - The
Northampton Center for the Arts is seeking submissions for a July 2006
exhibition.
The exhibition will be juried by slides or CDs of works
on paper, including photographs. Up to three submissions per artist will be
accepted.
Submissions must include slides/CDs, a completed version of
this application form, a check for the $20 made out to the Northampton Center
for the Arts and a stamped, self-addressed envelope for return of materials.
Please label slides/CDs with name of artist, materials, dimensions of artwork;
no 3-D works will be accepted.
The submission packet should be mailed or
delivered in person to the Center, 17 New South Street, third floor,
Northampton, MA 01060 by June 10, 2006; notification will be sent by June 20,
2006. The Center is open Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The
application form is attached or available at
http://www.nohoarts.org/thegalleries.htm
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ongoing.
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs + Image
Registry The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) is the largest
public funder of arts and culture in the country. The Percent for Art artist
slide registry is an up-to-date and important component of the Program. The
registry is consulted by the architects, panelists, and City agencies for each
project. The Percent for Art staff prepares a slide presentation from the
registry for each panel meeting. The registry is open to any professional visual
artist residing in the United States. Deadline: On-going Information:
www.nyc.gov/html/dcla/html/panyc/slide_reg.shtml
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ June 20, 2006 The Camera Club of New
York announces its 2006 National Photography Competition. The competition is
open to all US residents 18 years or older except members of the Camera Club of
New York or their families, and employees. Freestanding pieces will not be
accepted. We are most pleased that Antonin Kratochvil renowned photographer and
documentarian, will be our Juror. Each entry will consist of either 6 digital
entries on CD or 6 slides with a fee of $35.00 Chosen artist will receive a
one-person exhibition in our Alfred Lowenherz Gallery and a cash award of $300
Other finalists will participate in a group show. Send self-addressed stamped
envelope for prospectus to: 2006 National Photography Competition, Camera Club
of New York, 853 Broadway, New York NY 10003 OR visit our website at:
www.cameraclubofnewyork.org, download an entry form and view the complete rules
and information about The Camera Club of New York.
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From Janette Jorgenson in Montreal:
my sister rescues dogs
i gather abandoned plants,
and seeds
wrapped in fibrous tissue
or bare, and gleaming as if
shellacked.
a compulsion? perhaps
but why should these fragile lives
be obliterated by demolition
crews making room for the latest
condo?
seeds find their way from my pockets
to small crystal
bowls
while variegated vegetation in flimsy black
containers, blue
over-sized sandbox pails,
clay pots, anything
that will shelter their
roots, support their stems
surround, become, my home
without regard to
size, colour,
or horticultural status.
something in me recognizes
the necessity of belonging,
withers,
knowing
the yards of grass
smoothed 'round
neighbouring houses have usurped wildflower terrain;
that
the peculiar beauty of a weed
is out-competed by the uniformity of
lawn.
in summer my front yard
provokes
controversy,
occasional hate-mail
but my rescued plants,
like a city skyline,
punctuate the air
a stem of cosmos eclipses
delicate columbine stars
and wild strawberries scatter
the imagination of the
garden-proud.
one day
my new yard
will resemble the wilds i left
behind on oxford street,
and this oasis of irrespectability will be
understood: a celebratory noah-project
rescuing, nurturing
diversity.
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SMITH'S MOVIE PICS
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Loved
1997-USA-Psychological Drama/Courtroom Drama
PLOT DESCRIPTION
The mysterious reasoning of women who protect
men who hurt them is explored in this psychological drama.
Hedda (Robin
Wright-Penn) was once involved with a man who had a long history of violence
against women (played by Anthony Lucero). Even though Hedda broke up with him
after a violent incident that caused her to fall out of a window, she hasn't
been able to get him out of her mind, and her sorrow over ending the affair has
led her to attempt suicide on more than one occasion.
After the man's
most recent girlfriend died as an indirect result of his abuse, District
Attorney K.D. Dietrickson (William Hurt) has decided to file charges of
negligent homicide against him, and he wants Hedda to testify in court to help
establish a pattern of abuse.
However, for whatever reason, Hedda still
loves him, and in her mind she has turned the incident into a situation in which
she was at fault. Despite the urgings of Hedda's concerned parents (Joanna
Cassidy and Paul Dooley) and her sister, a tough lawyer named Brett (Amy
Madigan), Hedda seems unmovable, which makes it all the more difficult for
Dietrickson to stop the abuser before he can hurt someone else.
Sean
Penn, who happens to be Robin Wright-Penn's husband, served as co-producer and
has a showy cameo role early in the film (and this scene alone is worthy of an
oscar). ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Previous picks:
The
Discreet Charm of the Bourgeousie.
MirrorMask
2046
"Nine Lives."
The
Girl in the Cafe
Travellers
and Magicians
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