ARTSnews THE FREDERICTON ARTS ALLIANCE February 16, 2012 Volume 13, Issue 6 Serving the Arts in the Fredericton Region Upcoming Events 1. MCAF and NBAA present Black History Month activities Feb 9-23 2. Beaverbrook Art Gallery Turner Experience Weekend Feb 16-19 3. Coming up at the Fredericton Playhouse 4. Cinema Politica presents Secrets of the Tribe Feb 17 5. Steven Peacock and Gerry Van Wart present Two Guitars à la baroque Feb 17 6. Two new exhibitions open at Gallery 78 Feb 17 7. AIA NB Society presents Illustrated Lecture In search of Plato's Academy Feb 18 – New Date 8. Add Spice to your Snapshots photography course Feb 18 9. Monday Night Film Series presents Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Feb 19-20 10. Symphony New Brunswick presents duet of the Saint John String Quartet Feb 21 11. The UNB Reading Series presents Anita Lahey and Gerard Beirne Book Launch Feb 21 12. French movie Café de Flore at Empire Theatres Feb 22 13. French play Bouffe at CCSA Feb 24 14. Salon Connex Art Talk explores Tokyo Hotel Story Feb 25 15. Tay Creek Folk Festival Coffee House at Gallery Connexion Feb 25 16. Early Music Fredericton presents Baroque concert For the Birds Feb 26 17. Lecture on Popularization of History Feb 28 18. Music on the Hill presents Helen Pridmore & Nadia Francavilla Feb 29 19. Centre JMC-Fredericton is pleased to present A Romantic Diversion Feb 29 20. Theatre New Brunswick Next Stage presents The Dollar Woman Feb 29 – Mar 4 Classes and Workshops 1. New Brunswick Youth in Nature Campaign Earth Art workshop Feb 18 2. After-school Art Appreciation for Students begins Feb 22 3. Dance Programs at The Richard J. Currie Center UNB Fredericton Campus 4. UNB March Break Camps for Kids & Teens! 5. March Break Art Appreciation for Youth Mar 5-9 6. UNB March Break Musical Adventures camp for ages 7-10 7. Tony’s Music Box website of Fredericton Music Teachers 8. Learn to Draw and Paint with Carole Forbes Call for Submissions 1. Nominations sought for 2012 Playhouse Honours 2. Fred Ross Scholarship Deadline Extension Feb 29 3. Calling Local Talents: Outdoor Summer Concerts 2012 – Moncton 4. Call for Entry: Otherworldly 2012 Exhibition 5. So You Want To Be an Artist Contest for young Canadian artists 6. Emerge Collective call for artists 7. NotaBle Acts Theatre Company call for playwriting competition Employment Opportunity 1. Executive Director, New Brunswick Choral Federation (NBCF) 2 Upcoming Events 1. MCAF and NBAA present Black History Month activities Feb 9-23 In honour of Black History Month, the Multicultural Association of Fredericton Inc. (MCAF) and the New Brunswick African Association Inc. (NBAA) will organize a series of Black History Month activities throughout the month of February. Thursday, February 16 The Black History Month Film Series III: Black Mother Black Daughter (1989) by Sylvia Hamilton & Claire Prieto will begin at 7pm, Milham room (Room 100) at UNB Harriet Irving Library. Guest Speaker: Wayn Hamilton, Executive Director, Office of African Nova Scotian Affairs. Free of charge. Saturday, February 18 In honour of Black History Month, the Multicultural Association of Fredericton Inc. & the New Brunswick African Association Inc. will host a celebration on Saturday, February 18, 1-3pm, Kinsella Auditorium, St. Thomas University McCain Hall. The celebration includes African dance, drumming and cultural display as well as a guest speaker, Wayn Hamilton, Executive Director, Office of African Nova Scotian Affairs talking about Reflections on our African Heritage. Free of charge. Thursday, February 23 The Black History Month Film Series IV: Black Hands, Trial of the Arsonist Slave (2010) by Tetchena Belange will begin at 7pm, Milham room (Room 100) at UNB Harriet Irving Library. Free of charge. For more information, go to www.mcaf.nb.ca. 2. Beaverbrook Art Gallery Turner Experience Weekend Feb 16-19 The Beaverbrook Art Gallery has planned a sublime and unforgettable weekend of activities February 16-19 to celebrate one of our most cherished masterpieces, Joseph Mallord William Turner’s Fountain of Indolence. On Thursday, February 16 at 7pm, we invite you to discover the inspiration for Turner’s Masterpiece: the poem The Castle of Indolence by James Thomson, "a place in which the dwellers live amid luxurious delights, to the enervation of soul and body." UNB student and actor Michael Holmes-Lauder will perform a dramatic reading of the poem, accompanied by classical violin sounds. Refreshments will be served. This is a free event for the public. On Friday, February 17 from 7-8pm the Gallery welcomes Dr. Anne Koval, Associate Professor of Art History at Mount Allison University, who will present a lecture titled All that glitters is not gold: J.M.W. Turner as Alchemist. This is a free event for the public. Gold, Gods and Glitter Masquerade: Saturday evening (February 18 at 9pm) brings a sublimely decadent twist to the Gallery with the masked ball fundraiser that brings together costumes, DJ Mizz Maxine, the magic of Dragon-fly Photography Studio, glittery face painting, creatively dramatic UNB drama students and the exciting opportunity to share local artist Dana O’Regan’s passion for Turner. Exclusive for this event, Dana is interpreting The Fountain of Indolence using his own palette and style. Dana states: “While I painted this series of paintings [that are based on my interpretation of J.W.M Turner's “The Fountain of Indolence”], I tried to capture the energy and movement that is in all of his paintings as honestly as I could with the skills that I have as an abstract painter.” Masquerade participants can purchase $5 raffle tickets during the evening for a chance to win one of Dana’s paintings. Masquerade tickets are $30. This is a 19+ event. Tickets can be purchased in person at the Gallery or by phone at (506) 458-2028. The Masquerade is produced in partnership with Boom! Nightclub, New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, Picaroons Traditional Ales, and Ginger Design. To celebrate this masterpiece and many others in our collection, the Beaverbrook Art Gallery will be free of charge on Sunday, February 19. 3. Coming up at the Fredericton Playhouse February 16, 7:30pm Spotlight Comedy Series presents The Improvised Shakespeare Company Based on one audience suggestion (a title for a play that has yet to be written) The Improvised Shakespeare Co. creates a fully improvised play in Elizabethan style. Each of the players has brushed up on his “thee’s” and “thou’s” to bring you a show filled with off-the-cuff comedy using the language and themes of William Shakespeare. Sponsored by: M&T Deli 3 February 17, 7:30pm Spotlight Canadian Songbook Series presents Bruce Cockburn Bruce Cockburn loves what he does and it shows. Each song, be it vintage or new, is performed with an urgency and devotion that only a lover of music exudes. Sponsored by: Atlantic MediaWorks, Edwina's Catering February 21, 7:30pm Symphony New Brunswick presents Violin Duo Handel: Water Music, selections from Suite no. 1 in F; Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins in d minor; Mozetich: Postcards from the Sky; Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A major. Soloists David Adams, Laurissa Chitty: Violin Feb 22, 8pm Sonic Concerts presents City and Colour ***SOLD OUT*** City and Colour is returning to Atlantic Canada in support of Little Hell, the 3rd studio album from Dallas Green (Dine Alone Records). This is part of City and Colour’s first major national tour since 2008, which sold-out across the country and comes off the heels of an extensive international run. For complete event listings, go to www.theplayhouse | Box office 458-8344 | 686 Queen Street, Fredericton. 4. Cinema Politica presents Secrets of the Tribe Feb 17 Please join us on Friday, February 17 at 7pm at Conserver House, 180 St. John St., Fredericton, for a screening of the 2010 documentary Secrets of the Tribe (98 min.) by award-winning Brazilian director Jose Padilha (of "Bus 174" fame). The field of anthropology goes under the magnifying glass in this fiery investigation of the seminal research on Yanomamö Indians of the Amazon basin. In the sixties and seventies, a steady stream of anthropologists explored the Amazon Basin to observe this "virgin" society untouched by modern life. Thirty years later, the events surrounding this infiltration have become a scandalous tale of academic ethics and infighting. The origins of violence and war and the accuracy of data gathering are hotly debated among the scholarly clan. Soon these disputes take on Heart of Darkness overtones as they descend into shadowy allegations of sexual and medical violation. Critics say that this film "provides a record that is almost the same as the entire history of contact and colonialism suffered by many Indigenous peoples of many lands over many centuries." This film is presented in Portuguese and English with subtitles. Cinema Politica screenings are followed by discussion about the film for those who wish to stay. Screenings are free but donations are welcome to pay for Cinema Politica Membership. All are invited. Our complete Winter 2012 schedule is now available at www.cinemapolitica.org/fredericton or become a fan on Facebook! 5. Steven Peacock and Gerry Van Wart present Two Guitars à la baroque Feb 17 Classical guitarists Steven Peacock and Gerry Van Wart are pleased to present Two Guitars à la baroque--a program featuring music by Vivaldi, Handel, Bach, Marella, Couperin and Weiss--on Friday, February 17 at 7:30pm. The concert setting takes advantage of the visual beauty and exceptional natural acoustics of the St. Anne's Chapel of Ease, part of and adjacent to Christ Church Parish Church, at the corner of Charlotte and Westmorland Streets downtown.