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Lindsay Street Hall: Two Great Events in One Weekend Friday, September 25, 2009
A little birdy told us to watch out for a few great events in an awesome venue this weekend…
Lindsay Street Hall, across from the Bessie Smith Center, hosts two shows worth checking out this weekend. Tonight, catch the New Binkley Brothers and Big Kitty, for a small $5 cover. That fee gets you in the door to a recently renovated venue, complete with stained glass windows and hardwood floors. Saturday night, head back for a performance from the legendary Honky Tonk Hero Billy Joe Shaver. $15 cover for a 10 pm show.
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Persona | Anima Opens Tomorrow: Live Music + Identity Construction Thursday, September 24, 2009
In a culture increasingly rich in social programming, we wear many hats. Often, it’s in the company of others that we see the best, and the worst, in ourselves. Group think and mob mentality: the difference is a matter of perception. It is from this idea that Persona | Anima, 55Here’s newest exhibition, derives its conceptual underpinnings.
This exhibition asks viewers to actively participate in the construction, and deconstruction, of persona. We’ve got a trunk of clothes and an ecosystem to help in the process, in addition to works by Mia Bergeron, Ana Marie Cox, Kimara Dawn, Matt Grady, Tara Harris, Thomas Shaw, Michael Woods, and Daniel Wroe.
55Here will host an opening reception for Persona | Anima on Friday, September 25 from 6 to 8 pm. The event features live music from Dolphin Mouth of local group Forest Magic, and is held in conjunction with the September edition of Last Fridays on Main.
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“Scene Study” An Acting Workshop | Starts September 29 Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Starting September 29, CreateHere is pleased to host “Scene Study,” an 8-week acting class, which will take place every Tuesday from 7 to 9 pm. Below, instructor Jamie Lawrence gives us a little background on the course.
The Class
What is “scene study?” Scene study is an acting class in which you always have a partner. In other words, you are not by yourself, as when working on a monologue. When we have someone to play with, playing is more natural and more fun, and we have someone other than ourselves to focus on.Who It’s For
Almost anyone. If you have ever imagined yourself as an actor, but never tried it; if you have acted before, but it has been a while; if you are a professional who is interested in “working out” without the pressure of performance—this class is for you.What Goes On
The actors choose a couple of short scenes from the reading material that they are interested in working on. The partner is given a copy of the scene, and we can begin. Scenes will be memorized, but that comes later. Bring your scenes to the first class. I will talk for the first hour, then we will start.What We Are Learning
We are learning a specific method, a specific discipline. I learned it at Yale. It is not in any book.I teach this method because it is the best that I have ever seen (and I’ve seen a lot of them). It is practical, functional, and it is centered on the actor’s need to identify and play a dramatic action. There is nothing esoteric about it.
The Plays
Our course materials are from the major plays of Anton Chekhov: The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, The Three Sisters, The Cherry Orchard.Important: Please try to have at least two of these plays read for the first class. However, if you can’t get them read by then, that’s okay. Come anyway. There are no grades here. The reading will give you a head-start on choosing material.
Goal
To become the best and most disciplined actor you can be.Jamie Lawrence has been a professional actor and director for 25 years or so. He has performed all over these United States and in Europe. Jamie held a Research Fellowship in Acting at Yale School of Drama. He has taught acting and theater at The University of Texas at Dallas and at Yale University. For more information or to pre-register, call 423.280.4642
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Guest Blogger Matt Evans: MakeWork Makes, Well, Work
A few months ago, recipients of CreateHere’s MakeWork Arts Grants made the news. I’m sure not a few people pictured the grant winners as victorious, ready to ride off into the sunset with their prizes.
But there’s a reason the grants have their name.
I thought about giving a play-by-play account of my schedule this past week for this blog posting, but thought better of it: it’d tire you out to read it. My grant was awarded to help develop a business plan for the Mountain Music Folk School, and our first semester of group music classes starts in just over a week. This represents the initial tangible, public result of the grant I won, and I’ve been out, with the help of the talented and tireless Christie Burns, co-founder of the folk school, beating as many bushes as possible to try to drum up interest and enrollment for the classes. In fact, we’ve been hard at work since June to make this happen: bringing the Executive Director of the Folk School of St. Louis to town, working with a local business advisor, and many, many more tasks.
But before you think this posting is about how overworked I am, let me tell you how excited and energized all this has made me. We have had so much support and encouragement from far too many sources to name, and we are confident that what we set out to do, bring music to Chattanoogans in new way, is well on its way to happening. So, check out our website, http://www.mmfolk.com, spread the word, enroll, get excited and involved in this new opportunity in your city.
By Matt Evans, 2009 MakeWork Grantee and co-founder of Mountain Music Folk School
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Oct 7 & 8: Two Nights of Improvised Shamanic Good Times
CreateHere and The Shaking Ray Levi Society are pleased as punch to present two nights of improvised shamanic energy featuring Arrington de Dionyso and The Shaking Ray Levis, October 7th and 8th.
Start the good times with a workshop series on October 7. De Dionyso will present “Unleashing the Voice in Creative Music: From Raw Expression to Refined Technique”; a workshop exploring the voice as an instrument of the body and soul, where participants gain awareness of multiphonic vocal techniques with an emphasis on Tuvan throat singing.
At the same time, The Shaking Rays will be conducting their own “Ol’ TIme Avant-Garde Workout”, a physical and cognitive workout, where participants create a sonic vocabulary with their own instrument of choice (or the provided drums and percussion instruments). Space is limited, and the workshops come at a small $20 fee.
On October 8, CreateHere and the SRLS will also present a live performance by de Dionsyo and the Shaking Rays. No way you say? Yes way! But we’ve also got a little something extra planned for you good people: workshop participants will become performers. It’s like watching a moth change into a butterfly.
If all of this sounds too good to be true, well it kind of is, but we’re excited to make it happen all the same. The performance will take place at CreateHere’s 55Here Studio and is free to the public.
Interested in participating in the workshop? Shoot an email to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) and tell us which workshop you’d like to attend, vocal or instrumental.
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