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“Artist As Curator” Exhibition displays New Haven area artists

a Guest Contributor — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 15:18:12 +0000

On display at the Kehler Liddell Gallery

New Haven, CT – This month the Kehler Liddell Gallery presents ARTIST AS CURATOR, an exhibition curated by the gallery’s artists, who live and work in New Haven and surrounding areas. The exhibition began on July 1st and continues until August 8, 2010. There will be an opening reception on Sunday, July 11 from 3–6pm, with an artist talk at 3pm.

Connecticut has a rich history of attracting artists to settle along its shoreline. Over the past decade, New Haven has established itself as one of the Northeast’s most densely populated, academically minded artist enclaves, poised to become an alternative to the New York art scene.

For this exhibition, each Kehler Liddell Gallery artist has invited one regional guest artist, whom he or she thinks is making exceptional work, to partake in the show. The result is a compelling installation of new painting, sculpture, mixed media constructions, and works on paper.

ARTIST AS CURATOR explores tacit dynamics of the curatorial experience, possibly offering concrete examples of what it means to be an “Aritst’s Artist.” The 22 pairings between artist and their invitees document idea-exchanges that many outsiders have no means of detecting. In many instances, these collaborative relationships are unbound by medium, age or art world status.

Following is the list of artist curators and their invited guests: Joseph Adolphe to Ting Ou-Yang; Amy Browning to Lori Glavin; Frank Bruckmann to Jason Noushin; Jason Buening to Gulgun Aliriza; Susan Clinard to Janice Bielawa; Rod Cook to Melody Best; Emilia Dubicki to Jonathan Waters; Matthew Garrett to Kevin Van Aelst; John Harris to Tom Reilly; Lisa Hess Hesselgrave to Alanna Fagan; Blinn Jacobs to Richard Lytle; Keith Johnson to Andrew Hogan; Gigi Horr Liverant to Jean Dalton; William McCarthy to Catherine Doocy; Lawrence Morelli to Chris Durante; Hank Paper to Terry Dagradi; Joseph Saccio to Fethi Meghelli; Gerald Saladyga to Jeremy Keats Saladyga; Deirdre Schiffer to Thomas Stavovy; Alan Shulik to Douglas Nygren; Gar Waterman to
Richard Carleton; Marjorie Wolfe to Susan Cutler Tremaine.

Gallery Hours are Thursday and Friday, 10am-4pm; Saturday and Sunday, 10am-4pm, or by appointment.

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6th annual International Hugo Kauder Competition coming to New Haven

a Guest Contributor — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:42:15 +0000

Azalea Quartet - One of several finalists

New Haven, CT – The Hugo Kauder Society is pleased to present its 6th annual International Hugo Kauder Competition in New Haven, Connecticut. Five string quartets (with musicians aged under 35) have been selected to perform in front of a live jury. The groups are the Hausmann Quartet from San Francisco, the Linden String Quartet and the Azalea Quartet, both from Ohio, the Bryant Park Quartet from New York, and the Amphion String Quartet from New Haven (pictured left to right, below). They will compete for ?rst, second and third place and cash prizes by performing classical music pieces composed by Hugo Kauder, as well as a selection of Classical, Romantic, and Contemporary works. The ?rst prize winner will also receive a concert opportunity in New York City.

The distinguished Competition judges are Nicholas Eanet, ?rst violinist of the Juilliard String Quartet, Ettore Causa,
professor of viola at Yale University, and Jeffrey Zeigler, cellist of the Kronos Quartet. The Competition will be held at
Yale University’s Sprague Memorial Hall, 470 College Street, New Haven, on June 11th, from 10am to 4pm. The Winners Concert follows on Saturday, June 12th, 2pm to 4pm, also at Sprague Hall. This year’s program is dedicated to the memory of Siegmund Levarie (1914-2010), distinguished musicologist and life-long friend and colleague of Hugo Kauder. Levarie was a founding member of the Hugo Kauder Society.

The Hugo Kauder Society’s mission is to foster awareness and appreciation of the work of Viennese composer Hugo
Kauder (1888-1972), to create opportunities for emerging musicians to gain wider exposure, and to provide audiences with the unique opportunity to encounter Kauder premieres. Hugo Kauder came to the United States as a refugee in 1940, and many of his works have not yet been performed publicly in the U.S. Several pieces performed in this Competition will be world or U.S. premieres.

The public is invited to attend the Competition, which is free, as well as the Winners Concert (suggested contribution $10). A silent auction for music lovers will take place on site.

For more information on the participating musicians please visit www.hugokauder.org.

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Nanci Griffith to headline the 2010 Connecticut Folk Festival and Green Expo

a Guest Contributor — Tue, 25 May 2010 12:19:38 +0000

New Haven, CT - CT Folk is pleased to announce the lineup for the 2010 Connecticut Folk Festival and Green Expo. Legendary folk and country singer Nanci Griffith will headline the Connecticut Folk Festival and Green Expo’s main stage concert on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010, in New Haven’s Edgerton Park. Nanci Griffith’s career has spanned 18 albums, several international tours, and a Grammy for best contemporary folk album, as well as activism on behalf of Vietnam veterans and the wrongfully convicted. The 5 p.m. concert under the stars will also feature acclaimed singer-songwriter Susan Werner, The Kerry Boys (a favorite of the Irish music scene), Connecticut State Troubadour Lara Herscovitch, and the mesmerizing “musical circus” of Gandalf Murphy and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams.

The CT Folk Festival and Green Expo kicks off on Friday Sept. 10, with the Grassy Hill Song Circle, a unique evening of collaborative entertainment. Four of the hottest musicians on the indie/Americana scene will play solo work and then accompany each other in a jam-session atmosphere: Trina Hamlin, Reed Waddle, Seth Glier, and Mark von Em. For the first time, the Grassy Hill Song Circle will also be held in the magical atmosphere of Edgerton Park, beginning at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday afternoon, Edgerton Park will be the site of CT Folk’s fifth annual annual Green Expo, a free afternoon event (11 a.m. – 4 p.m.) featuring 75 exhibitors, demonstrations and activities to promote living a sustainable life, as well as a free family concert and activities for kids. This year, the Connecticut Green Expo will focus on the theme “Local is green.” Local food, local farming, local services, local transportation options and local musicians will all be highlighted.

As part of its annual family programming, CT Folk’s World Stage will offer a free family concert during the Green Expo on Saturday afternoon. For the first time, the Expo’s World Stage will feature the top five artists from our CT Folk’s 2010 songwriting contest in a competitive showcase. A judging panel made up of accomplished musicians and community leaders will select one outstanding performer to join the Main Stage line-up later that evening. The Festival will conclude at noon on Sunday, September 12 with the Dava Hoot, an informal community singalong hosted by Connecticut’s own Pierce Campbell, at noon in Edgerton Park.

Now in its second decade, the Connecticut Folk Festival & Green Expo is a nonprofit, primarily volunteer organization based in New Haven. The Festival & Green Expo’s parent organization, CT Folk, is dedicated to traditional and contemporary roots music and to caring for the earth.

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13th Annual Westville Village ArtWalk This Weekend

a Guest Contributor — Wed, 05 May 2010 16:42:26 +0000

New Haven, CT - Westville Village welcomes one and all to the 13th Annual Westville Village ArtWalk on Saturday, May 8, 11 am–10 pm. This free, family-friendly community arts festival features art exhibits and open studios; three stages with live music, dance, and theater; an open-air arts and crafts fair; and a full day of varied activities, art-making, food, shopping, and fun for all ages, followed by dancing in the street on Central Ave. Saturday night!

Join us Friday evening, May 7 from 5-9pm for kick-off events throughout the Village featuring live music, gallery openings, artist receptions, ribbon cuttings, merchant open houses, fashion shows, wine tastings, and more.

For more info and a full schedule of events, go to www.westvilleCT.org

ArtWalk is an annual event of the Westville Village Renaissance Alliance (WVRA), a non-profit organization dedicated to the revitalization, celebration, and enhancement of historic Westville Village.

ArtWalk 2010 is sponsored by Webster Bank, The Tremaine Foundation, The New Haven Register, The United Illuminating Company, Southern Connecticut State University, The City of New Haven Department of Cultural Affairs, International Association of New Haven, Community Foundation of Greater New Haven, and Pellegrino & Pellegrino, LLC.

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Blues Traveler comes to Toads Place May 22nd

Sean Henri — Sat, 01 May 2010 13:51:40 +0000

Blues Traveler & Toads May 22nd

New Haven, CT - The New York-based blues-rock quartet Blues Traveler returns to Toadsplace on Saturday, May 22nd. Tickets are $25 if purchased in advance $30 the day of the show. Doors open at 6:30 and the show begins at 7:45. For tickets, please visit toadsplace.com.

Formed in 1988 by singer/harmonica player John Popper, guitarist Chan Kinchla, bassist Bobby Sheehan, and drummer Brendan Hill, Blues Traveler were part of a revival of the extended jamming style of ’60s and ’70s groups like the Grateful Dead and Led Zeppelin. Signed to A&M, they released their first album, Blues Traveler, in May 1990 and followed it with Travelers & Thieves in September 1991. Popper was in a serious car accident in 1992, leaving him unable to perform for a number of months. Fortunately, he recovered, yet he still had to perform in a wheelchair for a period of time. In April 1993, Blues Traveler released their third album, Save His Soul, which became the band’s first to make the Top 100. Blues Traveler’s aptly named fourth album, Four, released in September 1994, at first looked like a sales disappointment, but it rebounded in 1995 when “Run-Around,” a single taken from it, became the group’s first chart hit. “Run-Around” became one of the biggest singles of 1995, spending nearly a full year on the charts and sending Four into quintuple platinum status.

As the group prepared the follow-up to Four, Blues Traveler released the live double-album Live from the Fall in the summer of 1996. The group returned in the summer of 1997 with its fifth studio album, Straight on Till Morning. After completing his 1999 debut solo effort, Zygote, Popper — who’d been experiencing chest pains for months — was forced to undergo an angioplasty; weeks later, tragedy struck on August 20, 1999, when Sheehan was found dead in his New Orleans home. He was just 31 years old. The new millennium saw a newly charged Blues Traveler, and their sixth record, Bridge, appeared in May 2001. The next winter, Blues Traveler released the live What You and I Have Been Through. The studio record Truth Be Told followed in 2003, and another concert album, Live on the Rocks, appeared in 2004. The group returned to the studio in 2004, releasing the Jay Bennett-produced Bastardos! in September of the following year. In 2007, Blues Traveler released Cover Yourself, a collection of previous hits reworked with acoustic arrangements. The David Bianco-produced North Hollywood Shootout appeared from Verve Forecast in 2008.

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May Day Festival comes to the New Haven Green

a Guest Contributor — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:03:43 +0000

New Haven, CT – On Saturday, May 1, the New Haven Green once again will come alive with speakers, artistic and musical events, and food. May Day is a multicultural festival that encourages community participation and is free and open to the public.

For the past 23 years, the May Day Celebration Committee has honored International Workers’ Day by organizing an annual event on the New Haven Green. 2010 is the 24th year of May Day on the Green. Immigration Reform Now, part of a unified, nationwide march, starts at Front Street and Grand Avenue near the Quinnipiac Bridge in the Fair Haven section of New Haven; meeting at 10:30 and departing at 11am.

Schedule of events

12:00 May Day Statement
12:05 Mariachi Music and Speeches
1:00 History of May Day by Greater New Haven Labor History Association (dramatic reading) www.laborhistory.org
1:30 Age Of Reason (Acoustic Rock) www.AgeOfReasonMusic.com
1:50 Jane LaTour, author, Sisters in the Brotherhood, speaking about women in blue collar jobs
2:00 Moonshine Kellie (folk rock)
2:20 Speak Out Time
2:30 Slam Poetry Master, Ngoma www.NgomazWorld.com
2:50 Bread is Rising Poetry Collective www.TheBreadIsRising.org
3:00 Capoeira demonstration by Master Efraim www.ConnecticutCapoeira.com and UrsaMajor.HartNet.org/iccd/artists/silva
3:20 Brandon McMahon (Contemporary Poet)
3:30 Joseph FireCrow (Native American music) www.JosephFireCrow.com
4:00 Maypole Dance : Led by Out On A Whim featuring Bill Fischer and Mickey Koth
4:30 Katie Wilson and the Low Tide Boys (Bluegrass Music) www.KatieWilsonMusic.com
4:50 Speak Out Time
5:00 Eula (Alternative Rock) www.EulaMusic.com
5:20 Speak Out Time 5:30Mista Mayday and The Hired Gun featuring West Road
(Conscious Rap Music) MySpace.com/MistaMayDay
6:00 East Village Pharmacy (Latin Reggae from NYC) www.EastVillagePharmacy.com

In most countries, International Workers’ Day is celebrated as the official Labor Day. In New Haven, in these days of economic devastation, U.S. wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, covert wars, and assaults upon hard won political rights, we raise the old banner and say “Working people of all countries, unite!”

Volunteers are needed.

Rain space is United Church at The Parish House at 323 Temple Street.

For information, contact Jeff Spalter (203) 843-3069 or Shadow at (203) 606-2456, or visit www.maydaynewhaven.org.

The 2010 May Day celebration is made possible with the support of the City of New Haven Mayor’s Community Grants Program.

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New Haven Health and Activism Festival this Weekend

a Guest Contributor — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:56:30 +0000

New Haven, CT – The student organization PeacebyPeace will be hosting a large event on the New Haven Green on this this Sunday, April 25th.

The event intends to open discussions regarding how we can better our community and help those in Israel and the Palestinian Territories specifically through the medium of medicine.

Speakers, performers and activities include: Ex-Combatants from Israel and Palestine who have thrown
down their weapons to work toward peace, Mayor John DeStefano, Jr., The Afro-Semitic Experience, The Yale Bhangra Team, The Yale Belly Dance Society, Ice Brothers, The Dukes Men of Yale, Trilogy, an Art Exhibit by Health as a Bridge to Peace, FREE Diabetes, hypertension, and glaucoma screenings, 20 different tables hosted by local groups and clubs, and an opportunity to paint a billboard that will be propped on a highway in CT!

There will also be a moonbounce and cotton candy for the whole family. Finally, in coordination with Christian Community Action, the organizers will collect canned food and clothing donations for the homeless in our community.

The event is made possible via donations through the Medical School and volunteer efforts of PeacebyPeace. For more information, please visit Peacebypeace.org.

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Wooster Square Cherry Blossom Festival returns April 18th

Sean Henri — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:38:17 +0000

Wooster Square Cherry Blossom Festival

New Haven, CT – The annual Cherry Blossom Festival, a longstanding tradition in New Haven’s Historic Wooster Square, returns on Sunday, April 18th, 2010, from 1 to 5pm. The yearly festival brings large crowds of locals and visitors for food, music, crafts, vendors, and of course, cherry blossoms. The festival is a great and inexpensive way to bring in spring with the family.

This is the 37th year that people will come to celebrate the 72 cherry blossom trees that surround Wooster Square Park. People enjoy music, food, and special events for children and adults at this well-known spring festival.

In the event of rain the festival will be postponed until Sunday, April 25th.

Entertainment will include music from the Neighborhood Music School Premier Jazz Ensemble, Tuxedo Junction Swing Band, and St. Luke’s Steel Band.

Choose from among delicious food offerings including Abate’s pizza and fried dough, Indian food from Swagat, La Carreta’s Mexican fare, Fuel veggie wraps, burgers and dogs from the Wooster Square Grill, Caseus’ grilled cheese sandwiches, Elm City Kettle Corn and cotton candy and Buccitti’s Italian ice and frozen chocolate-dipped bananas.

In addition there will be exhibits of local artists, authors and neighborhood cultural organizations such as the New Haven Preservation Trust, Friends of New Haven Animal Shelter, Greater New Haven Cat Project, author Anthony Riccio, Farnam Neighborhood House, International Festival of Arts and Ideas, New Haven Historical Society, Workout on Wooster, Wooster Square Historic Memorabilia and more. Children can get their face painted or try some of Libby’s Cherry Blossom Cookies.

For more information about the festival and historic Wooster Square, please click here.

Cherry Blossom Song by Mark Shepard:

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Milford St. Patrick’s Day Parade postponed

Sean Henri — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:42:51 +0000

Milford parade postponed till Sunday the 21st.

Milford, CT - The Milford St. Patrick’s Day Parade has been postponed until Sunday, March 21st due to the heavy rain. The event will now begin at 1pm on Sunday the 21st at the Parsons Complex and wind its way through downtown to the end of the Broad Street green.

The New Haven St. Patrick’s Day Parade is scheduled to take tomorrow at 1pm, rain or shine. While the rain is not expected to be as heavy as it is today, it still should be very wet. The New Haven parade has more attention than usual this year due to the New Haven Police Department enforcing a ban on public drinking for the first time in years.

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SCSU Hosts “Women and Girls of Color: History, Heritage, Heterogeneity”

a Guest Contributor — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:31:30 +0000

New Haven, CT – The 19th Annual Women’s Studies Conference will be held April 16 and 17 at Southern Connecticut State University. This year, the conference will focus on “Women and Girls of Color: History, Heritage, Heterogeneity.”

The conference, which features nearly 30 panels over two days, will take a close look at women and girls of color, looking back at their achievements throughout history. It will be broken into five sessions with multiple panels for those in attendance to choose from.

Some of the panels include: “Feminists of Color Engaging Popular Culture,” “Health Matters,” “Motherhood of Color,” “Empowerment and Healing through Spirituality” and a roundtable discussion of the film “Precious.” Other events include several artistic performances, film screenings and the women’s and girls’ fair.

“Women and Girls of Color” will feature a multi-racial, multi-generational keynote plenary session. Highlighted in the session will not only be the keynote speaker Dr. Andrea Smith, but also Dr. Beverly Guy-Sheftall. Smith is a co-founder of Incite! Women of Color Against Violence and the Boarding School Healing Project, and Guy-Sheftall is President of the National Women’s Studies Association, Anna Julia Cooper Professor of Women’s Studies, and Founding Director of the Women’s Resource and Research Center at Spelman College.

To receive the reduced pre-registration rates, all materials must be postmarked by April 2. Rates vary for faculty, staff and children and a discount is available for groups of eight or more. See www.southernct.edu/womensstudies or contact Women Studies at (203) 392-6133 for more registration and conference information.

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