COLORADO ARTS CONNECTION
Colorado Arts news - Part 1 of 2
Send your information and copy for the next CAC
Arts News to Editor and Publisher Paul Saunders at artsnews@lpbroadband.net
THANKS!
Editor's Note:
Another
case of trying to or at least wanting to be two places at the same time this
last Saturday. I was supposed to help at the Estes Park Chamber Music Society's
annual first of two concerts and I was committed to play in a three band Jazz
benefit in Ft. Collins. The Stover Street Stompers, the Riverside Ramblers (my
band) and the Pouder River Irregulars gathered at the the large First United
Methodist church to a full house of over 600 for a Katrina benefit. We had a
blast! And I hear that the Estes Park concert of the Takacs String Quartet was
superb! The Jazz concert benefit raised close to $8,000 for the American Red
Cross with a matching grant from the Sutherland Family Foundaion for another
$8,000! Then Sunday the Riverside Ramblers played with other bands for a
benefit in Estes Park.
I
recount all this knowing full well that so many events like this are being
played out
all
over Colorado and all the other states. On one hand I read of random acts of
stupidity like a FEMA official driving his Jaguar car with FEMA signs pasted to
the sides, through the crowd of poor evacuees, and then of all the pulling
together for donating for relief of a great tragedy. At last those who help
outnumber the clueless.
Paul
Saunders
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
AND NOW FOR SOME GREAT COLORADO ARTS NEWS
THE
CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF ESTES PARK ANNOUNCES THE FALL MUSIC FESTIVAL: SECOND
CONCERT
The
Chamber Music Society of Estes Park
Presents
the 13th Annual
Chamber
Music Festival of Estes Park
Music
for Strings and Piano
24
September 2005, 7:30 p.m.
Community
Church of the Rockies 1700 Brodie Avenue, Estes Park, CO
Leonard
Felberg, violin Erika Eckert, viola
Judith
Glyde, violoncello Arlette Felberg, piano
Dumka Duo Concertante for violin and viola,
with piano
Rebecca Clarke
Piano
Trio in D Major, Opus
70 #1 "The Ghost"
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Quartet in g minor,
Opus 25
Johannes S. Brahms
Tickets:
$20.00 Students 17 and younger free. University Students with valid ID $10.00
For
further information, please call the Cultural Arts Council of Estes Park (970)
586-9203.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
JAZZ
ME NEWS NEWSLETTER FOR THE JIM CULLUM JAZZ BAND AND RIVERWALK JAZZ PUBLIC RADIO
SERIES
Special Edition: Hurricane Katrina
Relief
IF YOU NEED HELP
If
you are a musician from one of the areas affected by the Katrina disaster,
click here for a list of resources for musicians maintained by Save New Orleans
Music website.
http://postsnet.com/r.html?c=544678&r=544035&t=327584456&l=1&d=86353680&u=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2esavenolamusic%2ecom%2fresources%2ehtml&g=0&f=86353685
Home Sweet Home, New Orleans:
A Riverwalk Jazz Tribute
Broadcast the week of 9/22/2005
(Check
KUVO radio schedule)
Listen to Topsy Chapman sing "Home
Sweet Home."
http://postsnet.com/r.html?c=544678&r=544035&t=327584456&l=1&d=86353662&u=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2epublicbroadcasting%2enet%2friverwalk%2farts%2emediaplayer%3fSTATION%5fNAME%3driverwalk%26MEDIA%5fID%3d482677%26MEDIA%5fEXTENSION%3dra%26MODULE%3darts&g=0&f=86353685
New
Orleans has been a city of music, like no other. Brass marching bands strutting
down the street in their signature "black and whites." Mardi Gras
Indians parading in feathers and beads. And the unmistakable wail of New
Orleans-style clarinet swooping in and out of hot trumpet riffs at jazz
funerals. Hurricane Katrina swept all of that awayÑfor now. Born out of
hardship, New Orleans jazz has endured and uplifted people around the world
since King Oliver first blew his horn in the cafes of Storyville.
Riverwalk
Jazz offers Home Sweet Home, New Orleans, a special broadcast concert performed
by The Jim Cullum Jazz Band with Vernel Bagneris and Topsy Chapman, celebrating
the music and musicians of New Orleans, past and present.
In
the heart of the French Quarter, on St. Peter Street in New Orleans, an ancient
building with peeling paint and squeaky hinges still houses the institution
known as Preservation Hall, a mecca for musicians, tourists and hard-core
disciples of traditional jazz since it first opened its doors in the early
1960s. This broadcast features several favorites often heard at "The
Hall" including: "My Darling Nellie Gray," "Just a Closer
Walk With Thee," and "Algiers Strut," composed by "Kid"
Thomas Valentine.
In
the 1940s and '50s, before his days at Preservation Hall, "Kid"
Valentine was a popular band leader playing for Saturday night dances in small
towns along the west bank of the Mississippi, across the river from New
Orleans. In that happier time, a favorite hot spot was a big, old barn of a
place called Speck's Moulin Rouge. There was a bar, a dance floor, rickety
tables and folding chairs for dice games, and a bandstand. Nearby,taped to the
wall, was a cardboard sign with the "Kid" Valentine motto ---
"Let
joy be unrefined." Seeing joy in times of sorrow is a New Orleans
tradition as tangible in the culture as red beans and rice, and filŽ gumbo.
Based on a script by Margaret Moos Pick
----------------------------------------------------
NEW
ORLEANS RIVERWALK GUEST ARTISTS SAFE
We're
happy to report that virtually all of our Riverwalk Jazz guest artists who
lived in New Orleans at the time of the disaster are physically safe.
Obie-winning
singer and actor, and frequent Riverwalk Jazz guest artist Vernel Bagneris sold
his New York apartment three weeks ago to move to the French Quarter. Although
he was out of the country at the time the storm hit, he spent several anguished
days awaiting word about family members, who are now all safe.
Listen to a recent interview with Vernel
Bagneris on NPR's Fresh Air with
Terry Gross.
http://postsnet.com/r.html?c=544678&r=544035&t=327584456&l=1&d=86353660&u=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2enpr%2eorg%2ftemplates%2fstory%2fstory%2ephp%3fstoryId%3d4829791&g=0&f=86353685
Banu
Gibson evacuated with her husband and two grown children before the storm hit.
She sent word via email that they were all OK and staying in a hotel in Monroe,
LA. The following weekend, the JCJB performed opposite her band at the Sweet
and Hot Festival in Los Angeles Appearing with Banu were New Orleans
musicians David Boeddinghaus and Kerry Lewis.
Other
New Orleans musicians who have appeared on Riverwalk Jazz are reported to be
safe: Evan Christopher, Duke Heitger, Tom Fischer, Topsy Chapman, Jack Maheu,
and Connie Jones. For a much more extensive list of accounted-for New Orleans
musicians, visit
http://postsnet.com/r.html?c=544678&r=544035&t=327584456&l=1&d=86353657&u=http%3a%2f%2fwwoz%2eorg%2fmusic%2ephp%2e&g=0&f=86353685
A
MESSAGE FROM JIM CULLUM
New
Orleans has always been a spiritual home for everyone who feels the pulse of
jazz. For traditional jazz musicians, the city and its long musical heritage is
at the center of our musical consciousness.
For
many reasons, we are all so deeply troubled by events there and are grieving
the tragic loss of life. On a positive note, most of the streets and buildings
in the historic parts of the city we hold most precious were not seriously
damaged. We hope for a quick recovery.
We
are working on ways to help evacuees and New Orleans musicians displaced by the
disaster.
Best,
Jim
HOW YOU CAN HELP NEW ORLEANS MUSICIANS
New
Orleans has been home to a special group of musicians, dedicated to preserving
and extending traditional New Orleans-style jazz. Many have lost homes,
possessions, and steady jobs in the French Quarter and throughout the city.
The
San Francisco Traditional Jazz Foundation joins with us in endorsing the work
of the New Orleans Musicians Clinic-In-Exile. Click here for information about
how you can make a donation.
http://postsnet.com/r.html?c=544678&r=544035&t=327584456&l=1&d=86353682&u=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2esftradjazz%2eorg%2fevents%2ehtml&g=0&f=86353685
Read more about the New Orleans
Musicians Clinic-In-Exile.
http://postsnet.com/r.html?c=544678&r=544035&t=327584456&l=1&d=86353665&u=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2eriverwalk%2eorg%2fJMN%2fArchive%2fhtml%2fKatrina%2fnomc%2ehtm&g=0&f=86353685
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Contact:
Amanda Mountain
719-262-3114
THEATREWORKS
AND COLORADO COLLEGE
PRESENT
ARABIAN
NIGHTS
In
an unprecedented collaboration, Colorado College and THEATREWORKS at
UCCS are joining forces to create The
Arabian Nights. The production is a
featured part of the Pikes Peak Library
District's All Pikes Peak Reads
project and will run in the Dusty Loo
Bon Vivant Theater October 7-16,
then moving to Colorado College's
Armstrong Hall October 20-30. Shows are
Thursdays-Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Saturday
Matinees at 2 p.m. (no matinee
on Oct. 8) and Sundays at 4 p.m.
Adults are $22-$25; children 16 and
under are only $12 each. Group
discounts are available. Call 262-3232,
or
log on to www.uccstheatreworks.com to get your tickets now!
The Arabian Nights is adapted by Dominic
Cooke and first premiered in
London at the Young Vic Theater in 1999
as a part of their children's
series. The production toured New
York in 2000, and the New York Times
called it "extraordinary
entertainment. . . . . Here are high adventure,
low comedy, tales of peril and death and
lessons to live by." The play
weaves in a half dozen tales, including
such familiar stories as "Ali Baba
and the Forty Thieves" and
"Sindibad the Sailor" as well as lesser know
treasures
from the classic collection of Middle Eastern folktales.
This is the first time the community's
two leading institutions of higher
learning
have teamed together to create a theatrical event. "We are
thrilled to partner with the Colorado
College Theater Department," says
THEATREWORKS Artistic Director Murray
Ross, "and we know their
extraordinary talents and resources have
enhanced the artistry of this
production
immeasurably."
The Arabian Nights features more than 20
professional, community and
student actors and dancers, most playing
multiple roles. Together with
puppets, dances, lavish costumes,
talking birds, ghouls, people turned
into stone and back to people again, the
production promises an abundance
of theatrical riches rarely seen on our
local stages.
Clinton Turner Davis, adjunct associate
professor at Colorado College,
directs. Davis has been a leading
force in American theatre for 30 years,
having spent much of his career in New
York involved with the world-famous
Negro Ensemble Company. In
addition, Davis is a co-founder and board
member of the Non-Traditional Casting
Project, a New York agency that
advocates increased employment of
ethnic, women and disabled artists in
the performing arts. He has guest-lectured
at Dartmouth, Yale, Columbia
and Berkeley universities, is a Pew
Fellow and recipient of NEA/TCG
fellowships, has published numerous
production scripts and has written
widely on African-American theater.
In addition to the production, both
institutions are working together to
create a series of readings, lectures
and panel discussions. "The Arabian
Nights is not only attractive as book
and a theatrical opportunity," says
Ross, "but it also galvanizes
discussion of our responses to the culture
of the Middle East. This classic book of
tales composed and assembled over
10
centuries could not be more relevant to our present situation."
The Arabian Nights run at THEATREWORKS
Oct. 7-16 at the Dusty Loo Bon
Vivant Theater located at 3955 Cragwood
Drive. The production then moves
to Colorado College's Armstrong Hall
Oct. 20-30 located at 14 East Cache
La Poudre. Tickets are on sale now
at www.uccstheatreworks.com, or by
calling 719-262-3232. For more
about All Pikes Peak Reads, log on to
ppld.org.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Art
Attack 2005
Evergreen Arts Council
Contact: Antoinette Bradley
Tel: 303-674-4625
_www.evergreenarts.org_
(http://www.evergreenarts.org/)
_evergreeneaca@aol.com_
(mailto:evergreeneaca@aol.com)
ART
ATTACK: The fourth annual Art Attack fundraiser is scheduled for
Saturday,
Friday, October 14 at 7 pm, at the Evergreen Lake House in Evergreen.
The
Evergreen Arts Council will be holding a silent auction during the
fundraiser to help raise funds for
the benefit of the Evergreen Arts
Center,
and the Arts in Educatio Program and Grants Program. Silent auction items
have been donated by local merchants and artists, various local and
Denver theater
groups
and much more! Through these programs, the Council is able to fund
artist in residence programs, sculpture and mural projects, Arts Days and
performances at 14 area schools.
With
the reduction in funding for art programs in schools, the Council views
this program as essential for the development of future artists and
patrons. The Evergreen Arts Council is a non-profit 501(3)(c)
organization whose mission is to promote and nurture all aspects of the
arts in the mountain community. One of the ways the Arts Council
accomplishes this is by giving grant money to area schools and art
organizations. Last year, we dispersed over $10,000 to local art
organizations and schools.
Tax
ID: 84-0718563
Admission is by reservation only.
Tickets are $50 per person ($25 is tax
deductible); and $250 patron level for
Two ($200 is Tax Deductible).
For further information please call
303-674-4625 (1).
September
13, 2005
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
DURANGO
ARTS CENTER ANNOUNCES PREMIERE PRESENTATION OF STANTON ENGLEHART VIDEO
The Durango Arts Center will host the
premiere presentation of the Stanton
Englehart
video, "A Life on Canvas," featuring the life and work of this
accomplished local artist. The presentation will take place
Wednesday,September 28 at 7 p.m. in the theater at the Durango Arts
Center. It is free and open to the public. This will be the first
opportunity for people to purchase their own DVD or VHS copy.
Through
interviews with Englehart, art collectors, gallery owners, students and
community members, videographer Rich Fletcher weaves an intimate portrait of
one of our region's most important artists. A production of the Durango
Arts Center, this video was generously funded by Richard and Mary Lyn
Ballantine.
For more information call 259-2606.
Lanette Hartman
Operations Manager
Durango Arts Center
970-259-2606
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SWALLOW
HILL:
Contact:
RJ Betancourt
rudy@swallowhill.com
<mailto:rudy@swallowhill.com> | 303.765.2488
Amazing
local and national singer-songwriters and music professionals offer a day of
workshops, performances, panel discussions and more
WHAT: Singer-Songwriter Day and
Performances by Kelly Joe Phelps and
Claudia Schmidt
WHEN:
Saturday, October 8, 2005. 12 - 4 p.m. (Singer-Songwriter Day), 8 p.m.
(Concerts)
WHERE:
Swallow Hill Music Association. 71 East Yale Ave., Denver
TICKETS:
$22 in advance, $25 day of show (Singer-Songwriter Day), $15 in
advance, $18 day of show (Concerts)
INFO:
www.swallowhill.com, 303.777.1003
Denver
Ñ Swallow Hill announces its first-ever Singer-Songwriter Day, a mini-festival
of workshops, live performances, panel discussion, and recording studio tours.
The day culminates with performances by Claudia Schmidt and new-blues star
Kelly Joe Phelps.
The
festival begins at 12 p.m. at the Swallow Hill building with workshops with
themes like Live Sound for Musicians, Songwriting With a Sense of Place,
Singing for Guitar Players, Marketing Yourself and Performance Techniques.
Showcase
performances start at 1 p.m., featuring the sweet-voiced Celeste Krenz, said to
have "The purest folk voice" (Music Row magazine); Erica Wheeler, who
has been called "The next Mary Chapin-Carpenter"; Claudia Schmidt,
who also performs in concert at 8 p.m.; saxophonist-guitarist-vocalist Ben
Senterfit, Swallow Hill teacher and performer of over 15 years; Carla Sciaky,
and Nashville singer-songwriter Pierce Pettis (also performing in concert at
Swallow Hill on November 7), who has been called "brilliant,'
"thoughtful' and a"serious poet."
An
open stage and recording studio tours will take place noon until 3 p.m. and a
panel discussion featuring the showcase performers will be from 3 to 4 p.m.
The
Singer-Songwriter Day continues into the evening with concerts beginning at 8
p.m. Kelly Joe Phelps, known for his rough bluesy-toned voice, subtle guitar
work and his metaphor-filled lyrics, crafted into songs that have been
described as "deeply poignant,' "passionate,'"spiritual' and
"wickedly literate." Tim O'Brien has said of Kelly Joe's music,
"I was amazed how it all made so much sense. His music is a wide
world
with three hundred and sixty degrees of influence ... Kelly Joe is a musical
slight-of-hand master. He pulls world wide sounds out of his guitar."
Kelly Joe has released four albums to rave reviews, including his recent live
release Tap The Red Cane Whirlwind. Praised by Thom Jurek of All Music Guide,
"There are few artists who offer the raw sincerity and accomplished
musical acumen that guitarist, singer and songwriter Kelly Joe Phelps does
." Simply stated, if there is one
recording
that captures the sum of the magic, power, and poetry that is Kelly Joe Phelps,
[Tap The Red Cane Whirlwind] is it."
The
category-defiant and self-described "creative noisemaker" Claudia
Schmidt. Over her 26-year touring career, she has released over 11 albums
filled with original songs and her performances on guitar and mountain
dulcimer. Featured in regular performances on the early incarnation of Public
Radio International's "A Prairie Home Companion," she has performed
all over the country to small theaters and large festivals. Known for her
eclectic performances, fans of Claudia know to expect anything from one of her
concerts, be it songs, poetry and satire or bawdy verse.
For tickets and information, visit
swallowhill.com
<http://www.swallowhill.com>
or call (303) 777-1003. Tickets for Singer Songwriter day are $22 in advance or
$25 at the door. Tickets for Claudia Schmidt or Kelly Joe Phelps are $15 in
advance and $18 at the door. Discounts are available for Swallow Hill members.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Colorado Theatre Guild
Need
some great tips on marketing your show? Join us for the next CTG panel
discussion.
The
Colorado Theatre Guild presents Marketing Theatre on a Shoestring
A
panel discussion featuring
*
Nancy Rebek (Nancy Rebek Public Relations, LLC; and producer of the Pen &
Podium series),
* Warren Sherrill (Circa 65 Marketing
Firm; Artistic Director of Paragon Theatre)
*
Gloria Shanstrom (CTG and freelance PR)
*
John Moore (theatre writer, Denver Post)
Monday,
Oct. 10th 6:30-8:00pm
The
Victorian, 4201 Hooker
FREE
to CTG members, $5 for non-members
Reservations: Mare Trevathan,
720-629-0598 or
mare@curioustheatre.org
Gloria Shanstrom, Editor
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Fundraising
Efforts for Victims of Katrina
Please
join the Colorado Theatre Guild on September 25 at the Denver Civic Theatre for "When The Saints Come Marching
In" A Hurricane Katrina
Benefit Fundraiser
If
you cannot attend please consider donations to: The American Red Cross
303-722-7474
or www.denver-redcross.org
The
Salvation Army
www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/www_usn.nsf
Bonfil
Blood Center
www.bonfils.org
Click here for details on our
fundraising efforts... -
http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=bmuluobab.0.dkskuobab.uk5ez9aab.191&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.coloradotheatreguild.org%2Fgoto%2FKatrina_Victims
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Don't Cry Over Missed Auditions!
Comedy, drama, singing and dancing or
perhaps some
Shakespeare or a new play
reading....it's all good!
You can see the upcoming audtions here -
updated
daily!
Click here to go to auditions... -
http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=bmuluobab.0.rbalvnbab.uk5ez9aab.191&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.coloradotheatreguild.org%2Fgoto%2FAuditions
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
What:
The "Union Man" Film Tour Comes to Fort Collins!!!
Watch the film, listen to the music, and discuss the issues!!!
Learn about labor history from a living legend!!!
When: Saturday, Oct. 1st at 7:30
Where:
River Rock Common House at Martinez Park (directions below)
Contact:
Cheryl Distaso 988-2545
Julius
Margolin, at 89, is a living legend in the New York City labor movement. He's
been active since the 1930s in the CIO, National Maritime Union and Local 52 of
the International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees, which he has
represented in the Central Labor Council for 32 years. A tireless fighter for
justice, equality, and against war, Julius embarked on a new career in 1999,
making music and CDs with George Mann while still hitting picket lines and
organizing workers in New York City and around the United States.
"A
Union Man: The Life and Work of Julius Margolin" is the story of his life
through his eyes as well as those he's
met along the way. Featuring guest
appearances
by Faith Petric, Utah Phillips and former NMU Vice President Joe Stack, as well
as concert performances, it's an affectionate portrait of a rank-and-file
activist still fighting for justice as he approaches 90.
After
the film Juluis Margilin and filmmaker George Mann will be available for Q
& A and will perform labor and peace music, classics and originals.
Beer, tea, and popcorn will be provided.
The
event is free and open to the public, but donations will gladly be accepted.
Sponsored by the Center for Justice,
Peace, and Environment
Directions to the Common House: Take North Sherwood Street North where it ends (Lee Martinez Park). Turn right and go past the tennis courts down into the park. Park in the parking lot for the baseball diamonds. at the yellow fire hydrant (you passed this fire hydrant just as you entered the parking lot), there is a walk going east, up and out of the park. Follow it. You will walk behind one of the residences and the Common House. Look to your right for the three mail boxes. These mail boxes are near the front entrance to the Common House. For questions, call CJPE 419-8944,