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Identical twin jazz duo, the Mattson 2, have been taking the San Diego jazz scene by storm with their contemporary take on the genre. The pair, namely Jonathan and Jared Mattson, are crossing boundaries with their distinct sound and even more distinct fashion sense.
The duo has been on the jazz scene for a few years now under the Indie label, Galaxia …more…
The Neon Museum is where Las Vegas neon signs retire. This non-profit museum was founded in 1996 by the Allied Arts Council of Southern Nevada and the City of Las Vegas. The idea for the Museum began when the Allied Arts Council and Young Electric Sign Company (YESCO) decided that they wanted to preserve the signs as a representation of Las Vegas history.
The museums mission statement states: We collect, preserve, study and …more…
On view through March 4, 2012 at Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art is the only east coast museum presentation of Isaac Julien’s acclaimed video installation Ten Thousand Waves. The nine-screen installation weaves together stories linking China’s ancient past and present. ...more...
The Dynamic Women of Dance ~ photo: Cassie Kay Rusnak
It’s for a good reason that Dance Magazine has placed AWCDE on their top 25 list for 2012. This Pittsburgh, PA company has been astounding audiences with its highly trained dancers who, in the words of Director Greer Reed-Jones, are “hungry, committed, and passionate.”
With their first season in 2009-2010, the company demonstrated its commitment to bringing different ethnicities together to …more…
Yasmina Reza’s God of Carnage is having a moment. On the heels of its Tony Award-winning 2009 run on Broadway, the play has been popping up in stagings across the country, and Roman Polanski’s film adaptation, starring Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, John C. Reilly and Christoph Waltz, is still screening in multiplexes.
And now the dark comedy, translated from the French by Christopher Hampton, arrives in Atlanta for a run at …more…
A captivating piece I saw at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art recently was a stop-motion animated film by Allison Schulnik entitled “Mound.” Shulnik created over 100 figures for the film over a period of several months. The December 16, 2011 New York Times article “Allison Schulnik: Mound” by Ken Johnson eloquently describes the odd and entrancing animation:
In this 4 minute 20 second video, dozens of lumpy, ghoulish figures — …more…
The Anchorage Symphony Orchestra is giving a free concert this Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 2:00 pm at the West High School Auditorium (1700 Hillcrest Drive, Anchorage). Doors open at 1:30 pm, and seating is first-come, first-served. No tickets are required. The concert will last about an hour. ...more...
Let’s be honest. Most of us take our local library for granted. We always tell ourselves that we’ll take advantage of the free archive of books, magazines, and newspapers that the library offers, and then we never even get around to signing up for a library card. But libraries are more than just institutions that offer free literature and web access; often, they host some of the best cultural events …more…
Over the years, many of us in the L.A. jazz community have been dismayed to witness the closure of some of our favorite venues, such as Donte’s and Shelly’s Manne-Hole. So we definitely have something to cheer about when a new club materializes on the scene.
A few weeks ago when I caught the Red Hill Quartet’s recent gig (*), the group’s vibes player, Ricky Luther, told me about a new …more…
I just returned from the latest installment of Seattle ACT Theatre’s popular theater event, 14/48: The World’s Quickest Theater Festival. The festival was staged at ACT Theatre for the fourth consecutive year as part of ACT’s Central Heating Lab, an innovative talent development program. The semi-annual theatre event, now in its 15th year, was originally planned as a one-time only fundraiser. More than 750 plays with more than 3,000 artists have followed. ...more...
“Hydrodynamica: Remember the Future” is part of the Getty Museum’s larger Pacific Standard Time arts initiative, which started last October and features more than 60 Southern Californian cultural institutions showcasing the birth of the L.A. art scene. “Hydrodynamica” will feature early surfboard design, much of which was born in San Diego in the late 1940s and early 1950s, and later had a phenomenal impact on the birth of modern surfing and skateboarding. ...more...
The excellent 9-voice male vocal Ensemble Clerestory is performing a series of concerts in the next two weeks in Oakland (1/21), Palo Alto (1/22), Belvedere-Tiburon (1/27) and San Francisco (1/29). The concerts feature the typical fare of a wide range of choral music from many periods.
Perhaps less typical is the replacement of traditional choral folders with iPads. Although this should appeal to the green leanings of Bay Area audiences, it begs the question …more…
One of the most intriguing jazz news stories of recent years was revived when Don Cheadle recently confirmed that his plans to make a film about Miles Davis were developing. The proposed project, which Cheadle would both direct and star in, was announced two years ago but had scarcely been mentioned by the Oscar-nominated actor since. Cheadle, of course, has been busy starring in films like Iron Man 2 and …more…
Imagine creating an elaborate etched image without ever lifting the stylus from the surface. This is exactly what three Etch A Sketch artists from Portland, Oregon do. Rather than adding material to a surface to make a drawing, etchings are made by taking material away, requiring artists to think in terms of negative space.
I wonder if the toy’s inventor, André Cassagnes of France, ever imagined that artists would use it …more…
I paid a visit last week to Fat Cat down on Christopher Street with a few friends. I’d forgotten how great this place is!
With some of the best pool to be played in NYC and a really swingin’ after hours jam session every night, what’s not to love? ...more...
If you’re disappointed in the most recent crop of new Broadway musicals — and who isn’t? — you might want to consider time traveling with the help of the “Broadway by the Year” concert series. Created, written, and hosted by Scott Siegel for The Town Hall, these invaluable concerts each transport present-day audiences back in time with songs from Broadway shows that opened during a particular calendar year, all performed by top talent from the Broadway, concert, and cabaret worlds. ...more...
Fresh Tracks: Celebrating Women Choreographers
New York Live Arts is the product of Dance Theater and Workshop’s liaison with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company. The project is designed to bring contemporary work to the fore through commissioned funding given by foundations and individual donors. Dance Theater Workshop, which was created in 1965, is one of the longest running juried platforms for presenting new dance to the public, …more…
Visit Hot Shops this Saturday from 6:00-9:00 to check out some art from nominees for the 2012 Omaha Entertainment and Arts Awards. While not all nominees will be on display, you can’t go wrong when visiting Hot Shops. Finding inspirational art at Hot Shops is a given.
The Omaha Entertainment and Arts Awards is an annual event that recognizes local artists in a variety of mediums. Visual artists are just the …more…
Ever wonder what it’s like to walk in an actor’s shoes? This Saturday, January 14, you may have the chance to find out. Zach Theatre is holding a costume sale starting at 9:30 a.m. at the Whisenhunt Studio, 1510 Toomey Road. The costume sale will include surplus items and costume pieces too fragile or too specific to be useful as stock for future shows. You’ll find everything from current, modern …more…
Florida based producer Alan Jacobson announces the opening of the new Plaza Theatre in Manalapan. The 252-seat theatre will be located in the Plaza Del Mar Shopping Center in the former home of The Florida Stage. Those saddened by the loss of The Florida Stage when it closed in June of 2011, after moving to the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach, may now rejoice in having a new theatre to call home. ...more...
The New Year is upon us. For New York City concertgoers, this means the arrival of the New York Guitar Festival, and with it the seemingly anachronistic Silent Films/Live Guitars series. ...more...
The American premiere of choreographer Meg Stuart’s BLESSED comes to New York Live Arts in Chelsea tomorrow, for a run that will last from January 12-14. It is a rare opportunity to see Stuart’s work here in the U.S. Though she was born in the States, Stuart lives and mostly works in Europe, where her experimental work has been highly influential. ...more...
Isaac Layman. Untitled, 2011. Photographic construction, ink-jet on paper. 95" X 59".
Isaac Layman has taken the art world by storm with his evocative, large-scale photographic constructions, which transform the banal into the hyper-realistic, haunting and enigmatic. Drinking glasses, used tissues, heating vents: Any object in Layman’s Seattle home can become the object of an intense visual meditation, captured over and over from subtly different angles by the artist’s high-resolution, …more…
Born in Havana, Cuba, Yonah danced with the Ballet Nacional de Cuba until he was invited to join the English National Ballet in 2011. Entering the company as a first artist, he soon graduated to junior soloist, gaining leads in ballets such as Roland Petit’s Le Jeune Homme et la Mort. ...more...
Started in the 1960’s, the New York Film Festival is one of the most highly anticipated film events of the year. While it’s a noncompetitive festival, the NYFF is highly selective, with only around 28 features and 12 shorts chosen each year. 2012 marks the year-long countdown to the festival’s fiftieth year, and the Film Society of Lincoln Center, who produces the NYFF each year, is making …more…
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