On Thursday evening (9/10), The Green Street Arts Centers offers 2 separate events, both at 7 p.m. It's the opening session for "Flash Forward Photography", an opportunity to meet to GSAC's Artistic & Education Coordinator Sarah-Jane Ripa and discuss the focus (no pun intended) and direction of the upcoming workshops. The other event taking place features Al Bower and Cocomo Rock as the co-hosts of "Writer's Out Loud: Literary Open Mic." Writers, essayists and poets have up to 10 minutes to present their works (excerpts are fine) and there will be time for feedback. For more information about both programs, call 685-7871 or go to www.greenstreetartscenter.org.
Also on Thursday, The Buttonwood Tree resumes its monthly Open Mic. Hosted by guitarist and vocalist Bob Gotta, musicians are welcome to try out new material in front of an appreciative audience. Sign-ups begin at 6:30 p.m. and the music at 7.
Friday September 1 is a busy day. The Friends of the Russell Library holds its "bag book" sale this weekend (Friday - Monday but not Sunday), an opportunity to find some great bargains on your autumnal reading. The sale goes on during regular Library hours. Call 347-2528, extension 135, for more information.
The Middlesex Institute for Lifelong Education (MILE) holds its Fall Orientation Program at 10 a.m. in Chapman Hall on the campus of Middlesex Community College, Training Hill Road. To find out more about this fine program for "Senior Adult Education", go to http://mileonline.org/id17.html.
The first exhibition of the Fall 2009 season at Wesleyan's Zilkha Gallery comes on the heels of the 4th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's deadly attack on New Orleans and the Gulf Coast region. "Emergency Response Studio" is the work of Paul Villinski and is based on his belief that artists should be deployed as "part of the mix of disaster workers, medical personnel, NGO’s, architects, and urban planners – those people charged with responding to, repairing, and re-envisioning disaster sites like New Orleans.” To that end, Villinski took a 30-foot Gulfstream Trailer, identical to the ones sent to the Gulf area replaced its innards with "entirely “green” technology and building materials, including recycled denim insulation, bamboo cabinetry, compact fluorescent lighting, reclaimed wood, and natural linoleum floor tiles made from linseed oil. It is powered by eight mammoth batteries that store energy generated by an array of solar panels and a “micro” wind turbine atop a 40-foot high mast. Not only practical, Emergency Response Studio is a visually engaging structure with an expansive work area featuring a wall section that lowers to become a deck. A ten-foot, elliptical geodesic skylight allows extra headroom and natural lighting in the work area." (the quotes are from an interview with the artist on the website, offcite.org - read the entire article at http://offcite.org/2009/01/08/paul-villinskis-emergency-response-studio.)The trailer/studio will be set up on the lawn of the CFA Courtyard while, inside the Gallery, one can read about the project and about "green" technology. The opening reception takes place Friday at 5 p.m. and the Trailer will be in situ until November 8. For more information, go to www.wesleyan.edu/cfa.
Cathy Kreger, Marci Geller and Susan DeVita are 3 fine singer-songwriters who have banded together to form "Lucky 13" and they bring their show to The Buttonwood Tree this Friday evening at 7:30 p.m. Their music blends folk, rock, jazz, blues and pop influences imto an entertaining program filled with bright harmonies and sweet melodies. To find out more about the trio, go to www.lucky13.fm. To reserve a seat, call 347-4957. Boney's Music Lounge presents the Liviu Pop Group with special guest Chris Vitarello (guitar) for a evening of powerful rock and funk. The music starts at 8:30 p.m.
We'll look at a very busy weekend in a future posting.
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