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Inside Scoop!
Greetings SOTAC i Community!
There are some exciting happenings going on in the city in upcoming weeks. Definately be about it! Metric, Sweet Notions, David Caldwell, In the Blood & so much more!! Save the Date: Friday, December 4, 2009 for the 4th and final ARTOPIA of the year! Happy Thanksgiving and remember in all things give thanks.
But it doesn't stop here. Scroll below for the latest happenings in the art, style and culture movement and be sure to get out there and enjoy!
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Debony S. Burrowes
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SAVE THE DATE
Friday, December 4, 2009
We could not think of a better way to celebrate our 5th year anniversary. Join SOTAC and friends for ARTOPIA every first Friday, at 9pm @ Apostrophe Lounge. Stay tuned for details about the 4th and final collaborative arts celebration of the year!
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Local
Yankee Tavern 
This nail-biting rollercoaster ride is 2 parts "Lost" and 1 part "The Twilight Zone". Yankee Tavern follows a young couple caught in a web of conspiracy theories. This psychological thriller instantly jumps from outlandish hypothesis to dangerous reality as crucial facts emerge. What mysterious things lurk in the mist?
When: Now - December 5th, 2009
Where: Actor's Theatre of Charlotte
More Info: www.actorstheatrecharlotte.org
 Metric
The Canadian indie rock, Metric makes their Neighborhood Theatre debut while on tour for their new album Fantasies. Metric blends somewhat familiar, new wave synth lines with rythmic, choppy guitar accompaniment. Singer Emily Haines of Broken Social Scene, can croon like a diva from the chill-out tent or she can spike things up with a Blondie-meets-Kathleen Hanna hiccup. If you're looking for snapshots of punk and new wave bliss in easy-to-digest pop capsules, Metric is your band. When: November 27th, 2009 Where: The Neighborhood Theatre More Info: www.neighborhoodtheatre.com
In The Blood
 Forget Nathaniel Hawthorne's New England, circa 1850. Forget the Puritans and Scarlet Letters. This Hester is the 21st century homeless mother of Jabber, Bully, Trouble, Beauty and Baby. She is street-wise and hip to the scene. Her home is the underside of a bridge in Ghetto, Anywhere, USA. Her story is gritty and pitted with racial, gender and social injustice. Not to mention blatant double standards of morality. Lucky for Hester La Negrita, she has an over-sized, brazen sense of humor and a 2000 Pulitizer Prize nominee, African-American playwright, Suzan-Lori Parks, to bring her story to the stage.
When: Saturday, November 28, 2009 @ 8:00pm
Where: Duke Energy Theatre - 345 North College St. Charlotte, NC
More Info: www.blumenthalcenter.org
Portrait of Imogen
The Women of Group f.64 discussion led by Art Historian Lili Corbus and screening of Portrait of Imogen by Meg Partridge. With sharp wit and a unique perspective on photography, she carved out an impressive 75-year career while maintaining a household and raising a family. Learn more about this amazing woman and the other women of Group f.64. When: December 3, 2009 @ 7:00 pm Where: The Light Factory - Contemporary Museum of Photography and Film More Info: www.lightfactory.org
A Tuna Christmas
 A Tuna Christmas yet again graces the McGlohon Theatre Stage at Spirit Square December 3-13. This will be the fourth consecutive year that CAST has produced this Classic Holiday Comedy in a Blumenthal Space and 2009 promises even more surprises when aliens visit Tuna, Texas on Christmas Eve! This will be CAST's FINAL production of A TUNA CHRISTMAS so see this show if you want to enjoy a first rate professional comedy starring two hilarious actors playing all 22 zany residents of Tuna, Texas When: December 3rd - December 13th, 2009 Where: McGlohon Theatre More Info: www.nccast.com
Christmas Carol This version recaptures the magic and mystique of the Dickens original. At the opening, Charles Dickens is introduced to the audience, ready to present one of his famous readings of "A Christmas Carol." As he begins, the story unfolds on stage around him: the classic tale of the hard-hearted Ebenezer Scrooge, who hates Christmas.
When: December 5, 2009 @ 7:00pm
Where: Theatre Charlotte
More Info: www.theatrecharlotte.org
National
Zero Film Festival
Focusing on a niche in the independent film community which has been under appreciated and ignored, Zero Film Festival is dedicated to screening self financed films from filmmakers all over the world. In the age where the majority of festivals are Hollywood marketing campaigns, and even "indie" and "underground" festivals screen financed films, we are here to offer something different. We recognize authentically independent films and filmmakers who take risks and fight the odds to see their visions through. The Zero Film Festival is the first festival EXCLUSIVE to self-financed filmmakers, providing a platform to screen their bold and innovative films in Los Angeles AND New York City.
When: December 1-6, 2009
Where: Los Angeles, CA
More Info: www.zerofilmfest.com
International
27 + One Short Films Festival
The festival program will showcase short films from the 27 member states of the European Union and Russia. The assumption behind the festival program is that Russia and the European Union, beyond their newly established political borders, constitute a single cultural space where exchanges and common endeavors should be pushed further. The selection will focus preferably on comedies or films having a humorous or paradoxical point of view. During the Festival, roundtables and lectures will be held by representatives of the European Union and Russian film industry/institution.
When: December 4-6, 2009
Where: Moscow, Russia
More Info: www.27plusone.org
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Did You Know?
Christie's Presents: Historical Design Reflects-The East 61st Street Years
NEW YORK, NY- This December 8th, Christie's celebrates New York's Historical Design Gallery and surveys the entire modern movement with selected iconic designs spanning the late 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. The Design Gallery offering boasts French ceramics, New York related objects, Scandinavian Design, photographs, American Mid-Century Design and Bauhaus. The auction contains 197 lots (with the majority offered without reserve) and is expected to realize in excess of $800,000.
Highlights include an array of works by Archibald Knox including a stunning 'Cymric' silver enameled case, 1902 (estimate: $30,000-50,000), and a 'Tudric' and mother-of-pearl clock from 1902-05 (estimate: $30,000-50,000), both originally executed for Liberty & Co, London. Other lots include an Adolph Loos leather and ebonized wood 'Elbow Chair' from circa 1899 (estimate: $4,000-6,000); an elegant hand-repoussé brass and nickled-metal fivepanel 'Oasis' Screen after the design of Edgar Brandt (pictured above, estimate: $40,000-60,000); and a glass, chromed and painted metal Z-Clock by Gilbert Rohde (estimate: $8,000-10,000).
Art lovers will be offered the chance to acquire works on paper by contemporary masters Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Jasper Johns and Ellsworth Kelly in addition to black and white photographs by Harry Callahan, Berenice Abbott, and Bill Brandt, among others. Also included in the sale are contemporary pieces by renowned designers Shlomo Harush, Ron Arad, and Shiro Kuramata. The auction provides a comprehensive overview of spectacular decorative pieces spanning the past century and into our present decade.
For more information, please visit www.christies.com to swoon over the lots. If you are Holiday gift shopping now, your Managing Editor would like lot # 355. And # 484. Bless you. |
ArtZ
Local
A Show of Hands: Woodcarvings by David Caldwell
A Show of Hands show cases David Caldwell's expertise in carving the human hand. He incorporates hands in many pieces - often holding bowls. David Caldwell has been carving wood professionally since 1996. In addition to his sculptural work, David's carving experience includes carousel horses, pipe organ facades, architectural restoration and custom carved furniture. He has been the recipient of several grants including the Arts & Science Council and Cleveland County Arts Council. He resides in Cleveland County, NC.
When: Now - Noverber 28, 2009
Where: Beet Contemporary Crafts & Functional Art
More Info: www.beetonline.com
Blindsided by Disaster: The 20th Anniversary  of Hurricane Hugo
Twenty years ago, people in the Charlotte region woke up to find their communities in complete disarray. Hurricane Hugo caught most people off guard by sweeping unexpectedly through our area, causing massive power outages, destruction, injuries and even death. It was the storm that wasn't supposed to happen. And we weren't ready. In light of the 20th anniversary of Hugo, the Greater Carolinas Chapter of the American Red Cross is partnering with Duke Energy for an exhibit that captures the devastation through photographs donated by the Charlotte Observer, complemented by video. The exhibit has a feature in which visitors can record their own memories of Hurricane Hugo, as well as listen to others' recollections of the storm.
When: Now - December 6, 2009
Where: Levine Museum of the New South
More Info: www.museumofthenewsouth.org
Paintings by William Brian Hibbard
Stoic horses, trees pregnant with leaves, vivid birds; these are the images of William Brian Hibbard that beckon us into a fleeting and savory moment of nostalgia. Living on a ranch in Santa Fe, and now a farm in a bucolic rural setting in North Carolina, Hibbard's imagery is culled from the nature and life that surrounds him.
When: Now - December 31, 2009
Where: Center of the Earth Gallery
More Info:centeroftheearth.com
American Quilt Classics, 1800-1980: The  Bresler Collection For many years, Fleur and Charles Bresler have collected American quilts. Visual impact, historical value, pictorial imagery and historical fabric have guided them in assembling their important and outstanding collection. In 2001, the Breslers gifted 36 quilts to the Mint Museum of Craft + Design. American Quilt Classics celebrates this gift, which features rare and outstanding examples of Baltimore Album and Warner quilts, crazy quilts, Amish quilts, log cabin quilts, and Chintz pictorial quilts.
When: Now - February 28, 2010
Where: The Mint Museum of Craft + Design
More Info: www.themintmuseums.org
Juan Logan: Leisure Space
Juan Logan explores themes of pleasure and power in these vibrant images of landscapes. During the Jim Crow era, African Americans were barred from simple displays of relaxation and leisure on most public and private beaches, except in a service capacity. Leisure Space examines the lines of demarcation and lifestyles provided by bodies of water : separate beaches, separate opportunities, separate lives. Beaches symbolized power and prestige, while rural lakes and rivers served as reminders of the struggles of blacks and the brutal murder of many.
When: Now - March 28, 2010
Where: Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture
More Info:www.ganttcenter.org
 Gallery Crawls
- Every first and third Friday of the month
Southend - Every first Friday of the month Oct. 2 - Dec. 4
Mooresville - Every second Saturday of the month
An Unfinished Conversation: Collecting Enrique Martinez Celaya
Drawn from the private collection of filmmaker Martin Brest, this exhibition of 19 enigmatic works by Enrique Martínez Celaya reveals the artist's complex cross-disciplinary approach to art-making while it explores themes such as Memory, Witness, Voyage, Exile, Isolation, Loneliness, and Coming of Age as threaded throughout the artist's body of work. Dated between 2001 and 2007, the works by Martínez Celaya represent in many ways an unfinished conversation. Each of the 19 works - ranging from monumental paintings to delicate watercolors and one bronze - have special meaning to both the artist and the collector, and each elicits a very personal dialogue between artist and viewer.
When: Now - January 10, 2010
Where: Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
More Info: www.bocamuseum.org
International
Rupert Bunny - Artist in Paris
Rupert Bunny (1864-1947) is an exotic in the history of Australian art. A creator of grand, sumptuous paintings of Parisian life in the late 19th century, Bunny became one of the most successful artists of his generation. Bunny's romantic portrayals of beautiful women at leisure capture the charm and idyllic life of France's "beautiful era" - the seemingly endless summer of the belle époque. His dream-like paintings of mythological scenes reveal an inspired and imaginative view of life and art.
When: Now - February 21, 20010
Where: Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney NSW, AU
More Info: www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au
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Soirees
Local
Carolinas Thanksgiving Day Parade
The 62th annual Carolinas Thanksgiving Day Parade is one of the largest get-togethers of Carolinians that takes place during the year and has also been recognized by TravelMuse.com as the fourth largest Thanksgiving Parade in the United States. The parade boasts participation from both Carolinas and touches approximately half a million people from the 22 county metro area cities.
When: Thursday, 26, 2009 @ 10:00am
Where: Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC
More Info: www.carolinasthanksgivingparade.org
 Thanksgiving Brunch with the Ballantyne Hotel
Join The Ballantyne Hotel & Lodge for a favorite tradition with Thanksgiving Brunch. Leave the cooking to The Ballantyne Hotel & Lodge, and enjoy an endless array of seasonal salads, decorative displays, carving stations with regional accompaniments and decadent desserts.
When: Thursday, November 26, 2009 11:00am - 3:00pm
Where: 10000 Ballantyne Commons Parkway, Charlotte, NC 28277
More Info: www.gallery-restaurant.com
FROLIC
Talk of The Town presents The 2009 Fall Socialite Edition, Vol.1. FROLIC! The favored night out of the true cosmopolitan, every 2nd & 4th Friday at Apostrophe Lounge. DJ DR serving as turntable maestro. Dress is casually chic, progressive, yet funky.
When: Friday, November 27, 2009 @ 8 p.m.
Where: Apostrophe Lounge - 1440 S. Tryon St. Charlotte, NC
 SWEET NOTIONS Boutique Shopping Event @ Amelie's
Shop To Make A Difference! Here's what it's all about: Sweet Notions collects, respects and restores beautiful accessories donated by individuals and stores around the world. Then they sell the recycled pieces through special boutique events to raise money for special causes, like a human-trafficking initiative in South-East Asia that intends to create jobs for vulnerable women. When you shop with Sweet Notions, you have the chance to buy a unique accessory. You're being kind to the environment. And you're contributing to worthwhile projects that transform people and places. SO WHAT CAN YOU DO? Root out accessories - jewelry, handbags, scarves, hats, belts, etc. - from your closets (please, no clothes) and donate them. Just bring them to Amelie's on Dec. 1!
When: December 1st, 2009, 1pm - 9pm
Where: Amelie's - A French Bakery
More Info: www.sweetnotions.org
Connections that Count: Christmas in Latin America
This will be a bilingual event by Connections that Count. Participants in the program and the public are invited to enjoy Christmas stories, carols and crafts traditional to Latin America. This special celebration will end with the breaking of a piñata.
When: December 5, 2009 @ 10:00am - 12:00pm
Where: 300 East Seventh St., Charlotte, NC
More Info: www.plcmc.org
National
Wine Country Thanksgiving
Join the Willamette Valley Wineries for a kick off to the winter wine tasting season in the Willamette Valley at the 27th annual Wine Country Thanksgiving event. Enjoy this unique opportunity to see first-hand the valley's small, family-owned wineries and meet the faces behind the wine. Taste from the barrel with winemakers, sample new releases and older vintages, enjoy local, specialty food pairings and live music. Taste the region's acclaimed Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris and a wide range of other wines. And don't miss out on holiday wine offers available Thanksgiving Weekend only.
When: November 27 -29, 2009
Where: Willamette Valley, Portland, OR
More Info: www.willamettewines.com
International
The 16th Annual Women's Winter Faire
This popular annual Women's Winter Faire is not your typical crafts fair. Housed in a beautiful old heritage building with large columns and high ceiling, the Women's Winter Faire has gained a solid reputation over the past 15 years for the quality, beauty, and uniqueness of gifts and products for sale, made by many of BC's gifted women artisans, artists and craftswomen from Vancouver, the Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands, and BC's interior. The Faire has a bustling village market atmosphere, where friends meet, browse and shop, and stop at the in-house cafe for coffee and a delicious paninni or desserts to die for. It's the place to be the last weekend of November, and the weekend before Christmas. When: November 28-29 and December 20-21, 2009 Where: Heritage Hall, Vancouver, BC More Info: www.soundsandfuries.com | |
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