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Culture Shock Spring Arts Forecast Studio Showcase | Visual Feast January 2013 Foxcitiesmagazine.Com Culture Shock Spring Arts Forecast Studio Showcase | Visual Feast January 2013 foxcitiesmagazine.com Celebrating the Place We Call Home. foxcitiesmagazine.com Publishers Marvin Murphy Ruth Ann Heeter Editor Ruth Ann Heeter [email protected] Associate Editor Amelia Compton Wolff [email protected] Editorial Interns Cameron Carrus Andrew Scholz Sonia Zimmerman Art Director Jill Ziesemer Graphic Designer Julia Schnese Account Executives Ruth Ann Heeter [email protected] Chris Dearing [email protected] Adrienne L. Palm [email protected] Administrative Assistant/Distribution Melissa West [email protected] Printed at Spectra Print Corporation Stevens Point, WI FOX CITIES Magazine is published 11 times annually and is available for the subscription rate of $18 for one year. For more information or to learn about advertising opportunities, call 920-733-7788. © 2013 FOX CITIES Magazine. Unauthorized duplication of any or all content of this publication is strictly prohibited and may not be reproduced in any form without permission of the publisher. FOX CITIES Magazine P.O. Box 2496 Appleton, WI 54912 Please pass along or recycle this magazine. c o n t e nJanuary t 2 s013 features 8 January–May Events 14 Fox Cities Book Festival Honoring Animals 15 Exhibits with Art 16 Wish you Were Here Performer Spotlight: 10 Must-See Films, Concerts, Carol Jegen 18 Performances & Exhibits 11 Free Books for the Fox 29 Arts Organization Listings 13 The Fine Art of Teaching At Home Home is Where the Art Is Take a glimpse inside the home studios of three Fox Cities artists. 18 By Amelia Compton Wolff Culture Shock: Spring Arts Guide 22 The Fox Cities are blooming with must-see music, exhibits, performances & films. Our arts & cultural preview will have your datebook packed with not-to-be-missed events (at least through May). Dining Eat with Your Eyes Presentation isn’t just for dishes at foxcitiesmagazine.com these restaurants that use art as a main ingredient. By Amelia Compton Wolff u Neenah artists Cori Bartz and Heather Stinson show us around their creative lairs 26 in an extended studio showcase. u Get to know Jess Riley, an Oshkosh author whose razor-sharp sense of humor has captivated readers nationwide. Jess Riley u Learn about “America’s Music: A Film History of Our departments Popular Music” film series with Lawrence University’s Visiting Assistant Professor of Music Erica Scheinberg and music librarian Antoinette Powell. 6 letter from the editor u Read up on the Neville Public Museum’s Dinner Program 20 showcase where exhibits are expounded on while dinner is served. 28 ask Chef Jeff PLUS... 27 where to dine ∂ Expanded Calendar Listings ∂ Dining Directory 30 the place we call home ∂ Blog ∂ Downloadable Edition 28 On the Cover Dale Van Minsel, The Old Church; Photograph, Inkjet. Size 14" (h) x 11" (w). January 2013 | foxcitiesmagazine.com | 5 from the editor HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT A Resolution for the New Year Resolution: the act of resolving or determining upon an action or course of action, method, procedure, etc. Change: to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc, of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone. t’s easy to continue doing things in the manner that you have been doing them, so Itaking a fresh look at things doesn’t always come as often as it should. The magazine took a look at a few things over the past year and we’re very excited about changes we’ll be sharing with our readers in 2013. An invitation to attend a meeting of FAN (Fox Arts Network), an organization of Fox Cities performing arts groups, was the impetus of the change. The group wanted to discuss the ARTS GUIDE, produced twice a year by the magazine, and Recognize this local how it served the community and its arts organizations. One thought led to another, causing a serious analysis of the publication and how it fit in with monthly issues of architectural detail? FOX CITIES Magazine. Following months of pondering options on how to continue to present cultural Send us your answer along with information for northeastern Wisconsin, we are excited about incorporating the your name and address by ARTS GUIDES into issues of the magazine. CULTURE SHOCK, this January issue, January 11, 2013. is the premier of this new presentation of our spring Arts Guide. Our September Correct submissions will be issue, THE ARTS GUIDE, will replace the fall guide. Expect to find the same entered in a drawing for a preview of the upcoming art seasons in addition to several editorial features that you $25 gift certificate to would find in any of our regular issues. We have been committed to presenting an ARTS GUIDE for northeastern Wisconsin since its introduction in the fall of 1991. That first issue, developed from a brainstorming session with Lee Parker, then executive director of the Fox Valley Arts Alliance, presented a reference to area arts organizations. One article discussed The largest selection of beads in a recent community survey showing “sixty-nine percent of respondents not attending Northeast Wisconsin! cultural events more often because they didn’t know when, where, or what events were taking place.” The ARTS GUIDE mission was to change that statistic. 1011 W. College Ave., Appleton Quoting from our introduction in that first guide from 1991, “In all the arts you 920-733-2853 are an important component. Your appreciation of, and contribution to the arts www.glassonion.biz make them grow and prosper. We hope this reference makes it easier for you to do just that.” Submit your entry to [email protected] or FOX CITIES Magazine Ruth Ann Heeter, editor P.O. Box 2496 Appleton, WI 54912 DECEMBER WINNER Erin Culligan, Neenah correctly answered Fox River Mall in Grand Chute 6 | foxcitiesmagazine.com | January 2013 January 2013 | foxcitiesmagazine.com | 7 Spring 2013 arts & cultural events January 2013 10 | Thursday Night @ the Movies: 14 | Soup & Travel Talks: Amsterdam, 19 | Coffeehouse Concert Moonrise Kingdom Paris & Barcelona The Erin Krebs Duo performs in the 5 | Winter Walk: Intro to Snowshoeing On an island off the coast of New England Spend a cold evening in Wisconsin at the Fireside Lobby. 7pm. Door Community Join NNC Naturalist for a winter walk in the summer of 1965, two 12-year-olds Gardens enjoying a bowl of soup & dessert Auditorium, Fish Creek. 868-2728. fall in love, make a secret pact & run away while Pat Merkes presents slides of her through the forests of Navarino. 9am. 19 Lawrence University Guest Recital: Navarino Nature Center, Shiocton. together into the wilderness. 6–8pm. European travels. 6pm. Gardens of the Fox | Appleton Public Library. 832-6173. Cities, Appleton. 750-5460. Mark Kellogg, trombone 715-758-6999. 5pm. Harper Hall, Appleton. 832-6612. 5 First Saturday Performance 11 | Lawrence University presents Wild 14 | Lawrence University Faculty Recital: | Space Dance Company: Luscious Layers Nathan Wysock, guitar 20 | Lawrence University Guest Recital: Foot stomping guitar, violin & banjo. 7pm. Evan Chambers, compositions ARTgarage, Green Bay. 448-6800. Nature, music, prose & humor are layered 8pm. Harper Hall, Appleton. 832-6612. in original work & premieres. 8pm. 8pm. Harper Hall, Appleton. 832-6612. 16 | Mad Shak Dance Company 5 | Lawrence University Faculty Recital Stansbury Theater, Appleton. 832-6612. 8pm. Warch Campus Center, Appleton. 20 | Lawrence University Wind Samantha George, violin, w/ guest 11 | Lawrence University’s Hi, I’m Prov! 832-6612. Ensemble Concerto Competition Stas Venglevski, bayan Holiday Show 5pm. Lawrence Memorial Chapel, 8pm. Harper Hall, Appleton. 832-6612. 17 | Neenah 101: Behind the Names Appleton. 832-6612. An improv show for the post-holiday Peter Adams, local historian, presents the 6 | Lawrence Academy of Music blues. 8pm. Warch Campus Center, real story of Theda Clark. 7pm. Neenah 20–21 | No Man’s Land (Bosnia, 2001) Chamber Ensembles Concert Appleton. 832-6612. Public Library. 729-0244. Best Foreign Film Oscar winner. Presented 2pm. Harper Hall. Lawrence University, 11 Lawrence University “Art & Text” by NEW World Cinema. Su, 2pm & M, Appleton. 832-6612. | 17 | Jazz at the Trout 7pm. UWFox Valley, Menasha. 734-0013. Opening Reception Tom Washatka, instrumentalist/composer. Works of scientific illustration on display 6 | Lawrence University Jazz Guitar 7:30pm. Trout Museum of Art, Appleton. 21 | MLK Celebration Studio Recital in the Atrium. 7pm. Thomas Steitz Hall of 733-4089. Annual Martin Luther King Jr. 6pm. Harper Hall, Appleton. 832-6612. Science, Appleton. 832-7000. Celebration in collaboration w/ Toward 18 | Watercolor Class w/ Stacey Small- Community: Unity in Diversity. A 7 | The American Southwest 12 | Writing from Life Rupp Don Lorenz presents his breathtaking Honoring the autobiography found in her Demos to show techniques & “tricks.” reception will follow in Shattuck Hall. photographs of the American Southwest most recent book of poetry, Laurie 9:30am–12pm. ARTgarage, Green Bay. 6:50pm. Lawrence Memorial Chapel, including the Great Sand Dunes, Mesa MacDiarmid invites area writers for an 448-6800. Appleton. 832-7000. afternoon workshop to discuss their own Verde, Grand Canyon & many others. 23 Independent Film Series: The Girl 2pm. Neenah Public Library. 886-6315. life stories. 1–3pm. ARTgarage, Green Bay. 18 | A Chorus Line | 448-6800. 7:30pm. Weidner Center for the Performing Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest 7 | Meet Wisconsin Authors Arts, Green Bay. 800-895-0071. Computer hacker Lisbeth is recovering in a Gavin Schmitt, author of Milwaukee 12 | Reading & Reception hospital & awaiting trial for 3 murders Mafia. Books for sale & signing. 2:30pm. Laurie MacDiarmid will read from her 19 | Guenzel Gallery Salon Public when she is released. Mikael must prove Appleton Public Library. 832-6173. most recent poetry publication, Celebration her innocence, but Lisbeth must be willing Consolation Prize.
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