Monday, May 18, 2009
Lynne Riding opens new exhibit
Posted by John Stoehr on Mon, May 18, 2009 at 5:52 PM
Join artist Lynne Riding Tuesday night at the Art Institute of Charleston's gallery at 24 N. Market St. to celebrate the opening of her latest show. The reception lasts from 6 to 8 p.m. Riding's show will remain at the Art Institute Gallery until June 13. Those interested in purchasing any of the artist's works can contact her directly. Twenty percent of proceeds go to benefit the EDMC Foundation which provides scholarship money for students attending EDMC schools, such as the Art Institutes. For more, visit artinstitutes.edu/charleston. —Moira Phillips
Bubbles and Baubles
Posted by John Stoehr on Mon, May 18, 2009 at 5:48 PM
Ann Long Fine Art at 54 Broad St. hosts Tuesday night's Bubbles and Baubles, an event featuring the jewelry of Charleston denizen Janet Porcher Gregg. Pink champagne will be on hand as guests peruse Gregg's copious offerings. For more information about the artist, visit her site at jpgltd.com. For further info about the gallery or the event itself, you can visit annlongfineart.com or call (843) 577-0447. —Moira Phillips
Thursday, May 14, 2009
El Método comes to Picture House
Posted by John Stoehr on Thu, May 14, 2009 at 12:07 PM
On Sat. May 16, join the Olde North Charleston Picture House for the 2005 thriller El Método, or The Method. Director Marcelo Piñeyro brings together an all-star Spanish cast (never fear, the film features English subtitles) to explore a highly competitive job interview process in which candidates must complete bizarre tests and vote each other out of the job.
The Picture House has showings of the film at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. with local filmmaker Robin Condon’s short film Smarty playing prior to the feature. Tickets are $2 for members and $5 for non-members, available at the door 15 minutes prior to the showing. The presentation, a project of the not-for-profit Greater Park Film Association, comes complete with free popcorn. For more information, visit parkcirclefilms.org or call (843) 478-3911. —Moira Phillips
The Charleston Arts Coalition launches charlestonculture.com
Posted by John Stoehr on Thu, May 14, 2009 at 12:05 PM
The Charleston Arts Coalition launches it’s first product, charlestonculture.com, today at Robert Lange Studios from 6-8 p.m. with a reception following at Shine at 9 p.m.
The website provides a much-needed venue for Charleston’s creative arts community online. It includes profiles, calender listings, postings, and more; all available simply through signing up.
From literature to cuisine, Charleston culture has it all. Celebrate the arrival of the site with Shine’s street cuisine, wine from British Wine Merchants, and DJ Icebread on the turntables.
The event is free to members, guests are asked to contribute a $5 donation. Space is limited, so send an email to chasartco@gmail.com if you plan on attending. For more information, visit www.charlestonartscoalition.com. —Moira Phillips
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Friday, May 8, 2009
A picture is worth a thousand words: Footlights' La Cage resumes tonight
Posted by John Stoehr on Fri, May 8, 2009 at 9:33 AM
We sent two queens to check out Footlights' drag show, La Cage aux Folles, last week. Verdict: Mostly thumbs up. The scuttlebutt, though, is that the audience really needs to get behind this production. First, it takes guts for a community theater to put on this kind of show. You think it's easy for a grown (gay or straight) man to wear fishnets and heels? Second, their courage can't last forever. It needs encouragement and that means more audience participation. Greg and Shane can only do so much. It's up to you now. Besides, take at look at this picture by City Paper's Kaitlyn Iserman. Wanna know what to expect? Take a gander. That's all you need to know, my friend. —JS
Thursday, May 7, 2009
If you haven't seen Prop Master, you should if
Posted by John Stoehr on Thu, May 7, 2009 at 11:45 AM
... these installation shots are any indication. Marla Loftus, spokesperson for the Gibbes Museum of Art, sent these images over to us last month. If pictures are worth a 1,000 words, then — well — you know the rest.
Check out this video documenting the process of the installation.
Sheep's Clothing resumes tonight
Posted by John Stoehr on Thu, May 7, 2009 at 10:28 AM
An original production of an American play by a regional American theater company in a small American town. It's the rarest of things. Fortunately, something like Sheep's Clothing isn't just hard to find — it's actually good. More precisely, it's one to watch. That's what City Paper senior critic Jon Santiago said this week in his review of Spender Deering's play.
Santiago later told me Paul Whitty, as the central character Luggs, is particularly good. Santiago has seen him perform an array of works — from Doubt to Defiance to Hogs to now Sheep's Clothing — and he can tell how much he stretches when he works with PURE. That, and Whitty's funny in a low-key way. Evidently, he wears a pad around his waist to give the impression that he's way overweight. And on top of that, he spends most of the play sitting down and talking and putting on and taking off his socks. Nice staging there.
Here's a snippet of Santiago's critique:
Deering presents this process as what it is: not an elegantly simple, attractively linear progression but a series of fitful negotiations. In Deering's loving appreciation for this process, it's less a water-tight vessel for education than a leaky old boat, in which older men tug boys along in uncertain waters.The locker room is the sanctuary for these deliberations between men and boys, a safe haven for uncertainty. The play manages to straddle opposing viewpoints. The cast runs riot in the intervening open space. Steven's sin is intruding a woman — the school's principal Jane (Pam Nichols) — into the dialogue. All hell gleefully breaks loose.
The play's dialogue is replete with telling one-liners, so many they threaten to slip the net entirely, lost among the enormous haul Deering pulls up for the audience. Luggs blistering assessment of the neutering of his world — "First it was gym, then phys ed., and now — Kinetic Wellness!" — is a typical, razor-sharp throw-away line.
Sheep's Clothing
An original production by PURE Theatre
May 7-9, 13-15, 7:30 p.m.
May 10, 2 p.m.
$10-$30
Circular Congregational Church, Lance Hall
150 Meeting St.
(843) 723-4444
www.puretheatre.org
Ring of Fire continues tonight
Posted by John Stoehr on Thu, May 7, 2009 at 10:13 AM
The Village Playhouse brings the music of Johnny Cash to the Charleston stage with Ring of Fire: The Johny Cash Musical Show. A hit on Broadway, this unique musical show is making its S.C. debut as the final production of the Village Playhouse and Repertory's 2008-2009 Season.
Ring of Fire features not one Johnny Cash, but a full stage of 14 performers and musicians bringing to life the heart of the Man in Black's songs: love and faith, rowdiness and redemption, struggle and success.
The musical features 30 songs, including "Ring of Fire" and "I Walk the Line." Opening is tonight at the Village Playhouse and the show runs on May 7-9, 15-16 at 8 p.m. and May 10 at 5 p.m.
If you can't catch it then, additional shows will be held during Piccolo Spoleto May 22-June 7.
We reviewed the show and if you can believe it, City Paper really liked Ring of Fire. Go figure.
Tickets can be purchased at www.villageplayhouse.com or by phone at (843) 856-1579 and cost $20-$27. —Candice Summers
Amazing Grace: A Gospel Celebration opens tomorrow night!
Posted by John Stoehr on Thu, May 7, 2009 at 10:10 AM
Get ready to sing. Producers of The Charleston Christmas Special, Brad and Jennifer Moranz, have prepared Amazing Grace — A Gospel Celebration! for the past two years and it's finally here. The shows run from May 8-10 at The Charleston Music Hall on 37 John St. May 8 is at 7:30 p.m.; May 9 shows are at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; The final show on May 10 is at 3 p.m. Shows include a variety of spiritual and gospel songs performed by Melissa Johnson, Angela Walker, Joey Trail, Amanda Allen, the Harlem Gospel Choir's Rodney Archie, and Charleston's very own Dion Hargrave. Ticket are $19.50-$32.50 and are available by phone at (800) 514-3849 or at www.etix.com. —Reina Gascon-Lopez
BONUS: Check out this audio Brad Moranz sent of a radio commercial for Amazing Grace.
Get Irish at Karpeles Museum
Posted by John Stoehr on Thu, May 7, 2009 at 10:09 AM
The Charleston Historical Society co-sponsors its next event, Charleston’s Irish Connections: The Budds of Kilkenny and Charleston on Thurs. May 21 at 7:30 p.m. Presented by Stephen White, the lecture traces the roots of the Irish in Charleston by following the story of James Dalton Budds, who came to the Holy City from County Kilkenny, Ireland, in 1847. In Charleston, Budds worked for a number of Charleston newspapers, held business investments, and was involved in a major public works project. White, a Charleston native himself, is the director of the Karpeles Manuscript Museum. The event is free and open to the public. For any information on this lecture or future lectures, contact the Charleston Historical Society at (843) 723-3398 or the Karpeles Museum at (843) 853-4651. —Moira Phillips
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Preview Piccolo at I'On
Posted by John Stoehr on Wed, May 6, 2009 at 11:41 AM
On Weds. May 13, Mt. Pleasant’s Village Playhouse Repertory Theater joins Square Onion restaurant to present Piccolo at the Village Sampler at the Square in I’on, an outdoor block party.
The event, which takes place 6-8 p.m. and benefits the Village Playhouse, features food, wine, and live musical performances. The casts of Ring of Fire: The Johnny Cash Musical, Splish Splash: The Short and Spectacular Life of Bobby Darin, and Rounding Third offer glimpses of their respective plays.
Square Onion provides cuisine and refreshments. Prizes such as artwork, rounds of golf, and season tickets to Village Playhouse are also up for grabs. Tickets run $25 dollars for adults and $12 for children 12 and under. To reserve your spot, call Village Playhouse at (843) 856-1579 or visit their website at www.villageplayhouse.com. —Moira Phillips
Glenn Beck is back
Posted by John Stoehr on Wed, May 6, 2009 at 11:33 AM
Syndicated talk show host Glenn Beck hits movie theaters across the country live at 8 p.m. on Thurs. June 4 from the Midland Theatre in Kansas City. Summerville’s Azalea Square Stadium 16 joins over 440 other movie theaters in airing Beck’s Common Sense Tour LIVE.
In this airing of Beck’s summer tour, the conservative social commentator considers nobody sacred at he looks at culture and the sense he cannot make of politicians and celebrities. If you are unable to make the live airing, an encore airs at the theater on Thurs. June 11. Tickets are available at www.fathomevents.com. —Moira Phillips
(Editor's Note: We don't know if Beck plans to address the issue of pirates, but we hope so.)
Local Artisan John Johnson Gets High Praise
Posted by John Stoehr on Wed, May 6, 2009 at 11:24 AM
John Johnson, Little River artisan and owner of Mud Bucket Pottery was recognized by the Associated Artists of Southport (AAS) for his artwork, "3 Ribbons" (pictured). The piece, a stoneware wheel-thrown and altered clay server, received third place in the 3-Dimensional Art Category in the 2009 AAS Spring Art Show.
Johnson’s piece is glazed in variegated slate blue, waterfall brown, and weathered bronze green, true to the artist’s signature style which incorporates colors of the Carolinas in functional works of art. Johnson, who came to South Carolina from West Virginia, brings over 30 years of experience to the studio he owns and runs in Little River.
Recently, Johnson was a featured artist at the 33rd Annual Atalaya Arts & Crafts Festival at Huntington Beach State Park near Murrell’s Inlet. The Mud Bucket, Johnson’s studio and gallery offers instruction for beginners and intermediate artists alike.
Located at 279 Highway 57 S., contact The Mud Bucket for more information at (843) 399-8702 or visit their website at www.mudbucketpottery.com. —Moira Phillips
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