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| Dynamic Images | Marin Arts Council exhibit features
dynamic images by Marin photographers
WHO: Marin Arts Council presents..
WHAT: A Collective Exhibit of Dynamic Images by Marin Photographers
This exhibit features diverse styles and photographic interests of this group of Marin photographers with dynamic images meant to draw the viewer inward. Photographs focus on places and nature through natural landscape and impressions of nature, based on the photographer's interpretive vision - from a simple door to images from around the world. Images encompass the digital darkroom, traditional film photography and the unique perspective of various techniques.
PHOTOGRAPHERS FEATURED IN EXHIBIT INCLUDE: Elaine Bachelder, Mary Macey Butler, Diane Crouse, Tom Crouse, Ann Fricker, Janice Hughes, Eugene T. Morita, Vicki Rupp, Robert Skip Sandberg, Dan Van Winkle and Kevin Westerlund.
WHEN: Through Sept 17, 2010
Galleries open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday
WHERE: Marin County Civic Center, 1st and 3rd Floor Galleries,
3501 Civic Center Dr., Room 329, San Rafael, CA
PHONE: 415-459-4440
WEBSITE: www.marinarts.org | May 26, 2010 | September 17, 2010 | http://www.marinarts.org |
| Duo Sonidos: violinist, William Knuth; guitarist, Adam Levin | Concert and CD release
Duo Sonidos: violinist, William Knuth and guitarist, Adam Levin
Saturday, July 17, 2010, 7:00pm
Electric Works Gallery is proud to present Duo Sonidos: violinist, William Knuth and guitarist, Adam Levin, in concert on Saturday July 17, 2010 at 7:00pm. The concert will be held at Electric Works, 130 8th Street, San Francisco. Tickets are $10 and are available at www.brownpapertickets.com or at the door at 6:30 pm.
Violin and guitar duo, Sonidos, offer an Ibero-American concert program and CD-release in San Francisco. Duo Sonidos brings together the talents of violinist, William Knuth and guitarist, Adam Levin. Based in Boston and Madrid, the duo is at the vanguard of the guitar chamber music world. With a mission of expanding guitar chamber music repertoire, Duo Sonidos is dedicated to commissioning and inspiring new works for the duo combination. This commitment to creating a new body of chamber music has led to collaborations with some of the world’s most renowned composers, including works by Jan Freidlin (Israel) and Eduardo Morales-Caso (Cuba-Spain) on ALR Records label. Previous and current projects include commissioning new works from composers in Spain, Belgium, Israel, and the United States as well as original arrangements made by the duo themselves. Levin and Knuth have performed throughout the United States and Europe and have been honored as US Fulbright Scholars in the field of music performance in Madrid, Spain and Vienna, Austria respectively.
Duo Sonidos is releasing their debut CD at Electric Works Gallery, which explores both traditional and contemporary Latin and Spanish repertoire. It will be available for purchase at the concert and can also be found at www.adamlevinguitar.com. | June 17, 2010 | July 17, 2010 | http://www.adamlevinguitar.com |
| More Glitter - Less Bitter | More Glitter - Less Bitter
Photographs by Daniel Nicoletta 1975 - present
June 4 - July 10
Artist reception: Friday, June 4, 6 - 8 PM
Electric Works is pleased to present More Glitter - Less Bitter, a poignant romp through Dan Nicoletta’s vigilant documentation of San Francisco’s gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender communities.
In 1975 Dan Nicoletta was hired by Harvey Milk to work in Milk’s Castro Street camera store and there at age 19, Dan’s life path as a documentarian for that emerging scene began. Milk was one of the first openly gay elected officials in the world and he became a symbol of hope to the LGBT civil rights movement after he was assassinated in 1978.
The photographs in the exhibit will highlight significant moments along the way including still photos taken by Nicoletta on the set of Gus Van Sant’s Academy Award winning film MILK in which actor Lucas Grabeel portrayed Nicoletta.
Through the last 38 years Nicoletta has remained a key point person for LGBT Community related research. The title of this exhibit More Glitter – Less Bitter, takes its cue from Nicoletta’s penchant for the ebullient and theatrical in life.
In his article about Nicoletta’s 1996 retrospective in San Francisco, art critic David Bonetti wrote:
“…it has been Nicoletta's conscious choice to photograph the more, shall we say, theatrical members of a community that has been famous for putting the pizzazz in theater since the first fabulous costume was worn on that stage just East of Eden. (Who, after all, invented sequins?) … if you love flamboyance, drag queens, discos, alternative theater, pretty boys, powerful women and the in-your-face politics of Queer Nation, you'll probably find Nicoletta's photographs just your cup of tea… San Francisco is lucky that Nicoletta has been there with his camera recording it through all of its changes.”
| June 4, 2010 | July 10, 2010 | http://www.sfelectricworks.com |
| Backstage | Electric Works presents
In the Project Space
Backstage
June 4-July 10
Artist Reception: Friday, June 4, 6-8 PM
Electric Works welcomes Daniel Peddle into the Project Space, June 4-July 10, presenting Backstage his latest series of watercolors that explore the ever-evolving concepts of beauty as they surface in preparation for the global fashion runway.
As the founder of Daniel Peddle Casting a company that specializes in casting models for fashion with an international clientele, Peddle has earned an insider’s perspective into the creative center of the fashion world. Peddle uses the tricky medium of watercolor to express the fluid environment behind-the-scenes of the back stage and the runway. The viewer is thrust into a mercurial world where figures intersect awkwardly to form genderless chimeras.
Peddle began his fascination with art as document by painting and photographing the dying farm culture of his rural home in North Carolina. He graduated with honors in Anthropology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and attended graduate film school at New York University. He has lived in New York City since 1992. Doubleday published his wordless book, Snowday, in 2000 to rave reviews from Publisher’s Weekly, The Library Journal, Booklist, and Vogue. Peddle’s debut feature documentary film, The Aggressives, is considered a seminal work on gender identity in the modern world. It was awarded the Kinsey Honor from the Kinsey Institute in 2006 and has won "Best of" awards at documentary film festivals worldwide. Powerhouse Books published Peddle’s written exposé on the Aggressives subculture in the book Transculturalism © 2005. Seventh Art Releasing will release his second feature film, Trail Angels, Spring, 2010.
| June 4, 2010 | July 10, 2010 | http://www.sfelectricworks.com |
| 18th Catalan Festival at Gloria Ferrer Caves & Vineyards | The Catalan Festival at Gloria Ferrer Caves & Vineyards pairs the unique spirit of Catalonia with the world-class quality of California sparkling and still wines. A celebration of the winery’s Spanish roots and the opening of the winery in July 1986, the Catalan Festival is now in its 18th year.
Visitors are treated to authentic Catalan and Spanish dishes from many of the Bay Area’s best restaurants, all featuring mouthwatering traditional fare. Aromas of paella and other delicacies fill the air, while classical Spanish guitar and colorful Flamenco dancers set the stage with lively performances throughout the weekend. Authentic Spanish pottery and traditional foods are also for sale, encouraging guests to take home and share their experiences of the Catalan Festival.
The bubbly abounds with samples available of Gloria Ferrer’s most popular sparklers and still wines, in addition to some of the Ferrer family’s collection of Spanish wines. Chefs from throughout the region come to showcase their culinary expertise and interact with event participants through daily paella and cooking demonstrations.
The Catalan Festival is one of wine country’s most colorful events. Guests return year after year to experience Gloria Ferrer’s award-winning wines, delicious Catalan and Spanish cuisine and unparalleled vineyard views from the winery that is the gateway to Sonoma Wine Country.
Don’t miss out on this opportunity to let your senses be enticed by the melodies of classical guitar, rhythms of flamenco dance, aromas of saffron and spice, and taste of world-class bubbly.
Tickets to the 18th annual Catalan Festival are $50 general admission, and $42.50 for club members and persons under 21. Gather your friends and reserve tickets now. RSVP online at www.gloriaferrer.com or at 707.933.1999.
About Gloria Ferrer Caves & Vineyards
The Ferrer family of Spain established Gloria Ferrer Caves & Vineyards as the first sparkling wine house in California’s Sonoma Carneros region almost 25 years ago. In creating exceptional sparkling and still wines, blended to pair perfectly with a diverse array of cuisine, Gloria Ferrer embodies Spanish winegrowing history, time-honored tradition and centuries-old sustainable practices. True to tradition, the Ferrer family’s culture of generosity is expressed in their commitment to high quality, affordable wines for everyone to enjoy. Come and celebrate Spain in Sonoma. | July 24, 2010 | July 25, 2010 | http://www.gloriaferrer.com |
| TheatreWorks presents Auctioning the Ainsleys | WHAT:
The bids come fast and furious as an off-the-wall family of professional auctioneers puts its heart, its heritage, and even its longest held secrets on the block in the uproarious world premiere of AUCTIONING THE AINSLEYS by Laura Schellhardt at TheatreWorks, the nationally acclaimed theater of Silicon Valley. A funny off-beat look at a family figuratively putting their lives up for sale, this sold-out favorite from last summer’s New Works Festival is moving up to the mainstage where it will act as the center piece of the 2010 New Works Festival. AUCTIONING THE AINSLEYS is the outlandish story of a family that learns to let go of material attachments and appreciate human relationships for the value that cannot be quantified.
WHEN:
July 14-August 8, 2010
WHERE:
TheatreWorks at Lucie Stern Theatre
1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto
TICKETS:
$19 (student)-$67; savings available for students, educators, seniors, and members.
INFO:
For information or to order tickets call (650) 463-1960 or visit theatreworks.org.
| July 14, 2010 | August 8, 2010 | http://www.theatreworks.org |
| The Marsh EXTENDS Dan Hoyle’s “The Real Americans" | The Marsh EXTENDS Dan Hoyle’s “The Real Americans through May 30, 2010 and from July 8-August 8, 2010.
"Mr. Hoyle is both a first-rate reporter and actor.”
--New York Times
“Hoyle has a gift for mime and vocal mimicry that recalls solo artists John Leguizamo, Sarah Jones or Lily Tomlin.”
--San Francisco Chronicle
“Hoyle is a remarkable actor capable of transforming his voice and body in an instant."
--Oakland Tribune
The Marsh is proud to announce the world premiere of Dan Hoyle’s new solo show, “The Real Americans”. After traveling the globe for his first play, “Circumnavigator,” and studying Nigerian oil politics for his third, “Tings Dey Happen,” this time Hoyle is back in the United States, turning his eye and ear on America’s culture wars. Fleeing the liberal bubble of San Francisco and his hipster friends, Hoyle spent 100 days traveling through small-town America in search of some tough country wisdom and a way to bridge America’s urban/rural divide. Instead, Hoyle found himself immersed in the populist anger of the people whom Sarah Palin famously described as ‘The Real Americans’ and awed at the disconnect between Obama Nation and Palin Country. Portrayed with humor, sympathy, confusion, angst, and song, this vivid performance challenges the audience to move beyond their bafflement and engage with the future of a politically polarized America.
Through May 30, 2010; And from July 8-August 8, 2010
Thursdays and Fridays at 8pm,
Saturdays at 5pm
Sundays at 3pm
The Marsh Mainstage Theater
1062 Valencia St. near 22nd in San Francisco
| July 8, 2010 | August 8, 2010 | http://themarsh.org/dan_hoyle_real_americans_2010.html |
| AATC Presents Paul Heller's "Beijing, California" | Beijing, California is an unflinching study of one nation’s invasion by another--but this time, the victim is not Iraq or Afghanistan; rather, it is America, and the invader is China. As playwright Paul Heller noted in his January 29, 2009 interview with the San Francisco Chronicle’s 96 Hours, “I hope the audience members will look at their own values and their perceptions of other countries--and how those might change if we were the ones being invaded. What I think we'll see is that Americans would act like everybody else in the world if they became citizens of a Third World country.”
The play’s futurist scenario takes place in 2050, when Katrina-like disasters and a series of financial meltdowns lead to America's collapse. The audience follows a series of characters and stories in the Bay Area over a span of 50 years, and discovers what happens to American values in the aftermath of foreign occupation.
Beijing, California contains three interwoven plots, each exploring a different aspect of the Chinese invasion. In one storyline, we follow the presidents of the U.S. and China as their deep, long-term friendship is shattered by China's ascendance and America's deterioration. In another storyline, we examine a family amidst America's economic wreckage. Living on a Third World income, they are forced into a shocking business decision. The final storyline focuses on a Chinese American translator who must navigate a San Francisco segregated into Baghdad-like militarized zones, as she attempts to expose a terrible crime.
“This play is one of the most intellectually provocative plays I've seen in years,” says Brad Erickson, Executive Director of Theatre Bay Area. “It got under my skin and really made me think about the things I take for granted as an American and what Americans unknowingly do to the world.”
During the three-year process of writing this play, Heller was intrigued by how timely the material was. “I began by making things up about how America would devolve, but then these events would appear in the news; for example, the financial meltdown here, our debt to China, Chinese authorities chastising Obama for America's part in the global financial crisis, and the right-wing insistence that American democracy is the only valid political choice.”
AATC Co-Artistic Director Duy Nguyen, the play's director and dramaturge from its inception, notes that “Beijing, California viscerally depicts how losing money and power affects people’s values. Growing up in a Third World country and having been a boat refugee, I understand extreme poverty and how that shapes what we can or cannot believe in. Now, as an upper middle class citizen in America, I can compare the First and the Third Worlds and bring my knowledge to bear on the play's characters and structure.”
AATC Executive Director Darryl D. Chiang remarked that “this piece is relevant not only to Asian Americans, but to all Americans, as it makes us reconsider our history in Vietnam and our current actions in the Middle East, even as it eerily posits a very real future that stems from the financial tumult of the past years. This play is not abstract like many futuristic pieces, but takes us into very personal stories that make us feel what it's like to lose one's country and one's sense of self when faced with an overwhelming occupation and the poverty of being vanquished. It is fascinating to explore what’s left of American-ness when America’s power and privilege are stripped away.”
Beijing, California’s cast includes acclaimed actors Stephen Hu, Lisa Kang, Tom Lazur, Jennifer Vo Le, Wayne Lee*, JanLee Marshall, Garth Petal*, and Erika Salazar. (*Denotes members of Actors Equity Association.)
Beijing, California is generously funded by CA$H, a grants program of Theatre Bay Area, in partnership with Dancers’ Group; Grants for the Arts/San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund;
the Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation; and the Zellerbach Family Foundation. | July 1, 2010 | July 17, 2010 | http://www.asianamericantheater.org |
