FOLKMOOT FESTIVAL 350 Performers from More Than Ten Countries Celebrating Culture Heritage Through Dance HART PRESENTS CHICAGO and Music
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FOLKMOOT FESTIVAL 350 performers from more than ten countries celebrating culture heritage through dance HART PRESENTS CHICAGO and music. PAGE 5 the Musical PAGE 5 A talented local cast with amazing energy star in the Highland Acting Company’s productions of Godspell and Resurrectio. PAGE 8 Comic Legend Jake Johannsen & guests perform at the Diana Wortham Theatre as part of the Laugh Your Asheville Off Festival. PAGE 11 PLUS: Explore Biltmore Village PAGES 19-21 Fun at the Colburn Museum PAGE 22 Jewelry Artist Chris Van Dyke PAGE 32 RAPID RIVER ARTS noteworthy A Tapestry of Words The Art of Storytelling he who tells the stories” her audience are caught in the were the words my mentor moment of the tale, the passion Over 11 Million Victims once used to describe me. of that moment – no matter its I can’t tell you how proud place on the timeline, is a given. of Identity Theft Last Year. I felt. You would have As a guide on both inter- thoughtS I had received the world’s national tours and local ones, I Source: Javelin Strategy & Research. “2010 Identity Fraud Survey Report.” February 2010. best compliment! Stories have know when I have forged a con- fascinated me since I first heard nection between my story and them. Even as a child, I marveled my audience. These are times Help Protect Yourself Today. at how some people had the abil- when I am sure the words com- ity to enchant with their speech, Brenda Seright ing from my lips are not mine as ENROLL TODAY AND GET: plaiting words into a tapestry of Williams much as those of whom I speak. 30 DAY RISK-FREE* TRIAL PROMO CODE: ID fine art. Now in my line of work, In these moments, there begins I still tell stories. a dance of sorts, a give and take measured The art of weaving words is ancient through the eyes. I am sometimes surprised CALL NOW: 1-888-252-5862 and multi-purpose. From early indigenous at the twists an often-told story takes, only peoples came a story heritage prior to the to find out that a listener was moved by *At the end of the 30-day free period your card will be billed automatically ($10.00 written word. Later the hidden secrets of words she needed to hear. On the other monthly/$110.00 annually) unless you cancel within the 30-day period. You can cancel esoteric wisdom were obscured within hand, I have had tour participants who avoid anytime without penalty by calling 1-800-LifeLock. Offer is for new LifeLock members only. stories to avoid persecution. In our present- eye contact. They look around at buildings day world, storytelling is usually thought of or even the ground, and words fall flat, with as purely entertainment, but I believe this no canvas on which to land. Storytelling is a is an injustice. Stories continue to direct, two-way street. inspire, and mesmerize scholars, both young Like any artist, whether there are those and old. In a way that written words and around to admire my work or not, the moving pictures cannot duplicate, the active stories still must flow. I don’t think I could art of listening to a story filled with emo- stop them even if I tried. There is a river, tion and timelessness fosters a give and take ancient and powerful, that flows through between speaker and listener that ignites a inspired words. The tale from which the kind of magic. It is an intimate exchange, river flows may seem simple, but there is al- not for those who shy away from personal ways depth beneath the surface. In the end, contact, who fear vulnerability. In the way I am only the storyteller and don’t pretend a painter pours his heart onto canvas, or a to understand the direction and force of the sculptor conveys passion into clay, from the river. Like a listener myself, I have learned storyteller’s mouth there flows a stream of to sit back, relax, and enjoy the magic. awareness as ancient as the riverbed from which it comes. An inspired storyteller is a conduit Brenda Seright Williams has led for the tale itself to reach across time and International tours for more than ten sometimes continents, take the listener by years. Her local tours include Herstory the hand, and lead him into the moment. Asheville: Women’s History Tour, About She is a shapeshifter, moving effortlessly Biltmore Village: Historical Walking back and forth between past, present, and Tour, and Grove House Ghost Tours. Visit future, without change of intensity or loss www.herstoryasheville.com or call (828) of sensory perception. There is no need to 423-3819 for more information on all of overdramatize. When the storyteller and Brenda’s tours. STORIES ON ASHEVILLE’S FRONT PORCH Stories for all ages Will he lift his guitar and begin with a will be celebrated, song or will the words of the mountains shared and preserved spill out as he begins to weave a story on July 3. Come and of enchantment? Michael, an award be enchanted by an winning song writer and recording art form as old as artist, will be contributing to the sum- our mountains and mer series, held on the Reuter Terrace Michael Reno Harrell as indigenous to our stage of Pack Square Park, July 3 from culture as the air we breathe. 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Free and open to the Michael Reno Harrell of Yancy public. For more information visit www. County silences a room when he enters. packsquarepark.org. 2 July 2010 — RAPID RIVER ARTS & CULTURE MAGAZINE — Vol. 13, No. 11 Vol. 13, No. 11 — RAPID RIVER ARTS & CULTURE MAGAZINE — July 2010 3 RAPID RIVER ARTS we love this place Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance Returns to the Gutter with RAPID RIVER ARTS & CULTURE MAGAZINE Bowlathon 2010! Established in 1997 • Volume Thirteen, Number Eleven When was the last time you bowled in a pirate costume to live music while raising money for a local non- profit? If it’s been at least a year, then it’s time to JULY 2010 2 Noteworthy gather your team for Terpsicorps’ Bowlathon 2010! www.rapidrivermagazine.com The Art of Storytelling. .2 Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance, Asheville’s professional Swannanoa Shindigs. .18 contemporary ballet company, has been holding an an- Publisher/Editor: Dennis Ray International Festival Day . .38 nual bowlathon every year since 2004, and it gets bigger Managing Editor: Beth Gossett and better with each strike! Colburn Earth Science Museum . .22 Marketing: Dennis Ray Interested? Get together a group of your friends and sign up on the bowlathon website, http://bowl. Staff Photographer: Dennis Ray terpsicorps.org. Each team member then uses the Layout & Design: Simone Bouyer 5 Performance website to send emails to their friends asking them to Book Editor: Cauley Bennett “Chicago” the Musical . .5 make a pledge per game, point or strike (3 games are Folkmoot USA . .5 played). You don’t have to ask anyone in person and Poetry Editor: Ted Olson you can send requests to everyone you know. Last Accounting: Sharon Cole Laugh Your Asheville Off . .10 year, the company added a costume element to the mix, so your next task is to come up with a Distribution: Dennis Ray team theme and get ready for the costume challenge. There are prizes for most money raised, best costumes, most points per team, and best individual bowler. Money raised will benefit 7 Stage Preview Terpsicorps’ Dream Project, an evening of dance inspired by the subconscious thoughts of the CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: SART presents Two Plays . .7 Asheville community. A series of short works interpreting what goes on in the minds of your John Anderson, Tim “T-Bone” Arem, Highland Theatre’s Godspell . .8 neighbors as they sleep, these dances will grant us a peek at the unbridled imaginations of those Byron Belzak, Cauley Bennett, we see on the street everyday. ACT presents Noises Off . .9 Greg Brown, James Cassara, Terpsicorps’ Bowlathon 2010 will be held July 18, from 2 to 6 p.m. at Star Lanes, 491 Ke- Michael Cole, Lynn Daniels, nilworth Road in Asheville. To sign up visit bowl.terpsicorps.org. For more information call Kathleen O. Davis, Philip DeAngelo, (828) 252-6342. The Dream Project – August 12-14, 8:00 p.m., Diana Wortham Theatre, Pack 12 Columns Place, Asheville. $30/25 students and seniors. To purchase Amy Downs, John Ellis, Ted Olson - Poetry . 12 tickets, call (828) 257-4530 or visit www.dwtheatre.com. Amy Ammons Garza, Charlie Gerencer, Book Reviews by Cauley Bennett, Beth Gossett, Max Hammonds, MD, On Friday, July 30 an art opening will be held from 5 to 8 Chip Kaufmann . 13-14 Phil Hawkins, Janna Hoekema, p.m. at Studio 103 Fine Art Gallery. Rebecca D’Angelo will Bill Walz - Artful Living . 15 Harmony Johnson, Phil Juliano, display mixed media and images from the series “Celebra- 16 tion” photographed during her tenure as the Washington Post Chip Kaufmann, Michelle Keenan, James Cassara - Music . society photographer. Studio 103 is located at 103 West St. in Sarah Larson, Peter Loewer, Peter Loewer - Thoreau’s Garden . 27 Black Mountain. Call (828) 357-8327 or visit www.studio- Heather Maloy, Kay S. Miller, Greg Vineyard - Fine Art . 28 103fineartgallery.com for details. Rob Miller, April Nance, Joe Zinich - Beer . 29 Ted Olson, Michael Parker, Michael Parker - Wine . 31 Joseph Rathbone, Dennis Ray, Joseph Rathbone - Youth Culture . 35 John Russell, Clara Sofia, Max Hammonds, MD - Health . 39 Megan Stone, Paul Thorpe, Greg Vineyard, David Voorhees, Bill Walz, Brenda Seright Williams, 17 Music Joe Zinich.