March 28th, 2010 | Jazz - The Gustavas Jazz Lab Band
Music Celebrations International, in association with the All Things Project, is pleased to present the Gustavus Jazz Lab Band at NCGV. The nationally renowned Lab Band will perform a program featuring the music of Strayhorn, Jobim, Ellington, Davis, Jones and more...
Show starts at 7:30 and is FREE
Come and enjoy a big band sound in our intimate space!
March 10th, 2010 | New Birds: Installation by Jimmy Miracle
This show runs until April 3rd.
Click the Art Show tab to get details on this installation.
December 25th, 2009 | CHRISTMAS DAY SERVICE
Join us on Christmas Day for worship.
Service is at 11 AM.
November 13th, 2009 | Song Writer - Steven Delopoulos
8 PM
$8 suggested cover
100% of the cover goes to the artist
Steven Delopoulos boasts a diverse range of musical influences including Harry Chapin, Abba, Andrew Lloyd Weber, and Greek folk music. If you can’t imagine how all these threads could create an artistically consistent whole . . . you'll have to come hear for yourself.
October 15th, 2009 | Song Writer - Jake Armerding
Thursday, October 15th @ 8 PM
$8 cover / $5 students
100% of cover goes to the artist
The Boston Globe calls singer-violinist Jake Armerding "the most gifted and promising songwriter to emerge from the Boston folk scene in years."
"This is organic music," the Boston singer-songwriter-violinist offers about his fifth album of originals, Her. "It's a bunch of us playing our instruments and singing, and getting taped while we're doing it. There's no pitch correction, no chemicals, no nothing." Armerding, along with some of the best players on the East Coast scene, holed up in a studio in North Reading, MA just before last Christmas, got completely snowed in, and made some beautiful, raucous, lasting music. Armerding confides, "For years I've been trying to get away from love songs -- everybody writes them, they're the easiest to write, all that stuff. But then I fell in love and got married, so it wasn't really an option." Singer and songwriter Mark Erelli, a longtime friend and colleague who contributed guitar and vocal tracks to the project, commented, "It's pretty great to listen to a whole record of love songs and not hear any of the usual love song cliches."
It was the early 1980s when Boston bluegrasser Taylor Armerding, co-founder of the band Northern Lights, started his 5-year-old son, Jake, on Suzuki violin. Jake studied classical violin into high school and absorbed bluegrass just by being around the house. At 13, he joined Northern Lights on fiddle and recorded three albums with the band during his high school and college years. He soon turned his attention to songwriting, and recorded his first CD, Caged Bird, while at Wheaton College (IL). In 2003, Nashville independent label Compass released Jake Armerding, a collection of folk-pop songs written over a year living in Music City. The Washington Post lauded Armerding's instrumental skills as "remarkable," while the Boston Globe heralded him "a master at bending boundaries ... his real achievement has been to break the conventions that define country music."
Armerding recently logged his thousandth performance. He has shared the stage with Bela Fleck, Nickel Creek, Josh Ritter, David Wilcox and Toad the Wet Sprocket.
COMING UP ON 11/13 Steven Delopoulus
8 PM
$8 cover - 100% of the cover goes to the artist
Steven Delopoulos boasts a diverse range of musical influences including Harry Chapin, Abba, Andrew Lloyd Weber, and Greek folk music. If you can’t imagine how all these threads could create an artistically consistent whole . . . you'll have to come hear for yourself.
September 24th, 2009 | Opening night - Blood and Fire
Sheetrock project by Rex Hausmann
Curated by Samuel W. Kho
Join us on opening night: 7 -9 PM
with dj set by Mickey House
Show runs from September 24 - October 25
Gallery hours: Wednesday - Saturday 1-6:30
Rex has worked on national projects in Georgia, Maine, Texas, New York, and California as well as international projects as far as Italy and Ireland with organizations such as Points of Light (George H. W. Bush's network for civic involvement) and The Hands On Network.
Recently graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design with a full scholarship, Rex has opened rexcontemporary in the hope of happily sharing his love for contemporary art with those who will look and listen.
Rex's Artist Statement:
My work is a collision of artifacts and events initiated by the people I meet and the things I read. The mindset and ideas of the western world from Plato’s Republic to the writings of CS Lewis are a constant fascination. By looking at the history of religion impressed against the theater of philosophy, I paint panels, and ponder. The histories of the Native American peoples and the Puritans are my present focus. The dance of the Kachina and the modest persistence of the Puritan are finding their way into my thoughts and canvases. Gauguin asked “Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?”. Rothko searched for the sublime. I wish to share with the world a painterly grin.
June 26th, 2009 | Jazz - Mike Baggetta Quartet
Mike Baggetta - guitar
Jason Rigby - Saxophone
Chris Lightcap - Bass
Jeff Hirshfield - Drums
sets at 9 and 10:30
F R E E S H O W
"As he demonstrates on his solid new album, “Small Spaces” (Fresh Sound New Talent), the guitarist Mike Baggetta seeks an adventurous but accessible dynamic in his music..." - Nate Chinen, NY Times
"A strong, wiry nature...Rare is the young musician who fuses avant garde and postbop mettles so effortlessly - “Small Spaces” is a refreshingly unsafe approach to modern jazz." - Clifford Allen, All About Jazz NY
June 12th, 2009 | Jazz - Ben Monder
You know within about three seconds that something original is coming out of Ben Monder’s electric guitar — a whispering flow of harmonic challenges that fold backward, sideways and across dimensions like time-space origami...He’s like a magician who slows a trick down to ox-cart tempo, and you still can’t figure out how he did it. Greg Burk - LA Weekly
Sets @ 9 & 10:30 PM
FREE SHOW
June 3rd, 2009 | FIGURE US FANCY opens with hardly-ever-before-shown videos
Artists' reception for FIGURE US FANCY on Wed., June 3rd, 7-9pm
The exhibition’s opening night will feature special video presentations: hardly-ever-before-shown gif animations of accomplished New York illustrator Stephen Halker (Zoo York, Sufjan Stevens, etc.), followed by stop-animations of childhood paper figures created by young artist Samuel van der Swaagh. In addition, the gallery’s second floor lounge previews Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni’s (October 29) solo show in the fall, immediately at the heels of a solo show featuring Rex Hausmann (September 24).
See "Art Show" tab for more info on FIGURE US FANCY.
May 16th, 2009 | Christy Tennant - Singer/Songwriter
Saturday - May 16th - 7:30 PM
Free Show
Christy is an acoustic singer/songwriter. Some have said she is reminiscent of Keith Green, with piano-driven music and lyrics that tell stories and beg - and sometimes demand - a response. Her band includes Steve Segarra (drums), Christopher Niles (bass) and various and sundry other musicians who pop in here and there on cello, percussion, flute and the like.
May 8th, 2009 | Jazz - Guiliana, Barsh, and Ferm
Mark Guiliana - Drums
Sam Barsh - Keyboards
Ned Ferm - Sax
Promises to be a great time!
You don't want to miss it!!
Sets @ 9 & 10:30
As always FREE FREE FREE
May 7th, 2009 | Photography Exhibition
LIfted Up in New York City
Photographs by Lanie McNulty
May 7—May 31, 2009
Since 2004, Lanie has been working on Lifted Up in New York City, images of Christians from all five boroughs of New York City, of every color, culture and class, worshiping in their own unique and intimate ways. Photographs from this project were selected for the Encounter 09 | Art in Action group show, a juried art exhibition by the International Arts Movement. Lifted Up in New York City was exhibited at Trinity Baptist Church in 2005 and at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center in February 2009.
Opening reception: Thursday, May 7 from 6 - 8 pm with a special performance by Angela Workman and Eddy Bishai
Gallery Hours: Wed.- Sat., 1:00-6:30 p.m.
Admission is free and open to the public
April 22nd, 2009 | Jazz - Bennett Paster Quartet
The Good Feeling returns in an evening of modern, melodic jazz and Latin-jazz featuring original music from PRH's trio CDs and "Grupo Yanqui Rides Again".
The music is free- do join us!
Bennett Paster - piano
Gregory Ryan - bass
Keith Hall -drums
Alexander Pope Norris - trumpet
2 sets: 9pm and 10:30pm
April 18th, 2009 | Solo Bach - Elizabeth Chang
Performing Partita #1 in B minor; Partita #3 in E Major; Sonata #3 in C Major
7:30 PM - Free admission
Elizabeth Chang, violinist, has given solo recitals throughout the United States as well is in Europe and South America and she has appeared as soloist with orchestras both in the US and in Europe. She has been a guest artist and master teacher at the São Paulo International Chamber Music Festival in Brazil, and, most recently, gave master classes in Beijing, China. As a chamber musician she has collaborated with many of today’s most prominent artists, including Bernard Greenhouse, Paul Neubauer, Anne-Marie McDermott, Aaron Rosand, and Robert White.
April 15th, 2009 | EXTRA! EXTRA! opening on Wednesday, 7-9pm
Featuring new work by Janna Luttrell + Jay Henderson.
The third of seven exhibitions curated by Samuel W. Kho for All Things Project, EXTRA! EXTRA! runs from April 15- May 5, 2009.
April 5th, 2009 | Meal Preparation for AIDS Residence
Join us for preparing and serving a meal for residents of the Bailey-Holt House, a residence in our neighborhood for people with AIDS. We do this the first Sunday of every month.
Contact us through this site for more information
April 3rd, 2009 | Jazz - Sam Barsh Is Back!
Two sets @ 9 & 10:30
This is always a great show - you have got to be here.
As always - it's FREE
March 27th, 2009 | Greg Tardy Quartet
Greg is back with a few of his friends. You should join him with a few of yours!
Two sets @ 9 & 10:30 PM
As always - the show is FREE
March 13th, 2009 | Do You Hear What I Hear? : How to Listen to Jazz
How to listen to JAZZ in one easy, musicians-taught lesson.
Featuring: Johnathan Blake, Craig Brann, Jaleel Shaw & Ben Street
Live and in person, guaranteed to edify without embarrassment. Whether you know a lot about jazz listening--or nothing at all, our professional jazz musician-instructors will make you feel at home and very glad you came. And hey, it's FREE.
So what more could you ask for? Come listen, come learn--and then listen some more. And hear more than you've ever heard before--guaranteed or your money back.
(Remember: it's free, so we'll even give DOUBLE your money back.)
EARLIER TIME FOR THIS EVENT! Sets @ 7 & 8:30
March 1st, 2009 | Jonathan Atchley presents --FEAR AND TREMBLING-- Sunday 7:30pm
Admission is free and open to the public
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All Things Project is proud to present the NYC debut of Jonathan Atchley's FEAR AND TREMBLING.
The songs explore the same themes as Kierkegaard's book FEAR AND TREMBLING through his contemporary experience- an experience formed by the media, surfing, skating, video games, computer life, theology, philosophy, etc. Kierkegaard cites The Bible, Hegel, Descartes, Shakespeare, Homer, Plato, Lessing, etc. Jonathan uses The Bible, Rambo, Charles Bronson, The Beatles, Nintendo, Looney Tunes, Superman, surfing, the Internet etc.
February 27th, 2009 | Jazz - Jared Gold Organ Quartet
"Jared Gold has a thing going on with the Hammond B-3 organ" - Zan Stewart, Star-Ledger
Featuring -
Julius Tollentino - sax
Avi Rothbard - guitar
Colby Inzer - drums
FREE SHOW | Sets @ 9 & 10:30
February 25th, 2009 | Jonathan Cowan - I Remember Rainbows
February 25 - April 3, 2009
This will be Jonathan Cowan’s first solo exhibition in New York City.
The central installation consists of heads, each with their own distinct personality, on the gallery floor with rainbow colors strewn about. Both the Christian congregation that shares this space on Sunday morning and any of the passersby in Greenwich Village are expected to have as many questions as there are answers.
Along with cast heads and knitted yarns, a selection of Jonathan Cowan’s works from recent years will see the light of day. Cowan’s paintings, light box portraiture, Lilliputian clear-taped pictures, and a projector piece are among those included.
Most of the artist’s work should hardly offend; his audience could be the everyman and the everywoman. Cowan is interested in the individual—starting with himself and his body— and how a person is hidden, divulged, and confused within cultural, public space. Ignored and obfuscated, people, places, commonplace technologies, even craft materials, all have ways of smiling back saying “we are here”, like Cain’s murdered Abel.
Stare squarely at certainties, even death itself. Re-animation is nice, but transfiguration is better.
Jonathan Cowan was born in 1982 in Temple, Texas. He attended San Antonio College and The University of Texas at San Antonio. He currently lives and works in New York City. His work was recently exhibited at the New York Center for Arts and Media Studies (NYCAMS).
Opening reception: 7:00-9:00pm, Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Gallery Hours: Wed.- Sat., 1:00-6:30pm (by Appointment after March 21)
Admission is free and open to the public
February 13th, 2009 | Jazz - Alan Ferber Nonet with Strings
It will be all new music, soon to be recorded, including brand new arrangements of music composed by Keith Jarrett and Ben Monder.
ALAN FERBER NONET
with
SCOTT WENDHOLT / trumpet, JON GORDON / alto,sopr sax, JOHN ELLIS / tenor sax, DOUGLAS YATES / bass clarinet, NATE RADLEY / guitar ,DAVID COOK / piano, MATT CLOHESY / bass, MARK FERBER / drums
STRINGS:
Zach Brock, Olivia De Prato, Sara Caswell, Leena Waite, Victor Lowrie, Corrina Albright, Jody Redhage
CONDUCTOR: JC Sanford
Two sets: 9 & 10:30 PM
As always, it's a FREE SHOW
January 23rd, 2009 | Jazz - Vocalist Jesse Palter w/ special guest Sam Barsh
Back with us again!
FREE SHOW - Sets @ 9 & 10:30
January 9th, 2009 | Jazz - Jonathan Kreisberg Quartet
"For those who thought that there could be no more surprises in the world of Jazz Guitar…may I introduce Jonathan Kreisberg. Hailed as a major up and comer by players, fans and critics alike, and only in his early thirties, Kreisberg sounds and plays like a seasoned veteran. You only need to listen to his latest CD release from Mel Bay Records, UNEARTH, to hear his brilliance as an electrifying player and composer. UNEARTH has it all. Kreisberg and crew draw the listener into a world filled with prodigious playing, thought-provoking improvisational ingenuity, and heady tunes. It is a world that defines the harmonic and melodic richness of jazz improvisation and the individual voice that is Jonathan Kreisberg. And what a voice! His playing is harmonically fruitful and melodically effortless as he charms long flowing lines from his guitar with a taste, skill, and experience that, as mentioned earlier, belies his youth." Lyle Robinson-Jazz Guitar Life
Sets @ 9 & 10:30 | FREE SHOW
Jonathan Kreisberg - guitar; Will Vinson - sax; Matt Brewer - bass; Mark Ferber - drums
January 3rd, 2009 | ELECTION DECISION: Works from a Private Collection
January 7, 2008 – February 20, 2009
All Things Project inaugurates 2009 with an exhibition that addresses parallel and inevitably intertwining tracks between art and politics. While the nation writes history with a new President, much in contemporary art beckons us to contemplate ambivalence about many existing issues and what the future holds. Culled by the curator from his own collection, the works are by artists who hail from California, Texas, New York City, and Beijing-- works made during the Eisenhower years to the close of the George W. era.
Gallery Hours: Wednesday - Saturday 1-6:30 PM or by appointment
December 14th, 2008 | Classical Guitar - La Vita Williams Guitar Duo
NOTE CHANGE IN DATE!
Featuring the works of Scarlatti, de Falla, Piazzolla, Assad
“I was immediately taken with the energy of the compositions, the beautiful harmonies, the tasteful application of dynamic guitar techniques, and the energetic interplay of two expert guitarists playing fervently.” J. Andre Foisy, Guittara Magazine
"La Vita Williams Guitar Duo is an energetic young ensemble with a polished and warm sound.” Tony Morris of NPR’s Classical Guitar Alive!
FREE 7:30 PM
December 5th, 2008 | ADVENT[URE] - The Craig Brann Group
For the Christmas Season
Improvisation | Exploration | Celebration
Hearing the melodic forms of traditional Psalms/Hymns/Carols situated in recent arrangements for Jazz combo—
Sets @ 7 & 8:30
December 2nd, 2008 | CD Preview Party - World down-side Up
The Kyle Gregory Quintet of Verona, Italy, is set to release their new CD, World down-side Up, compositions based on the Beatitudes. Kyle will be in New York and previewing his CD at NCGV. We hope you can join us.
Start time 7 PM - FREE ADMISSION
November 21st, 2008 | Vocalist Gretchen Parlato
Sets @ 9 & 10:30
The first thing you notice about Gretchen Parlato is that she's a singer with a deep, almost magical connection to the music," says jazz legend Herbie Hancock. "She takes a lot of chances with her understated style, and it works. Every note is expressive, powerful, and pretty. And most important, her heart is in the right place." Gretchen's petite bearing and vocal enchantments evoked another famed spell-casting pixie for one reviewer, who called Gretchen's 2003 performance with Herbie in Paris "a fairy-tale like show. . . in the universe of Bjork."
FREE SHOW
November 20th, 2008 | NYC Results Workshop to End Global Poverty
Founder of RESULTS to Lead Workshop in Manhattan
Sam Daley-Harris founded RESULTS in 1980 to create the political will to end global poverty and to assist individuals in having breakthroughs in exercising their personal and political power. In 1995 he founded the Microcredit Summit Campaign with a commitment to get microloans to 100 million of the world's poorest families. After 12 years with the Campaign, Sam returned to RESULTS last year to focus on starting and empowering grassroots groups.
He has led 32 RESULTS Workshops in the last 18 months and will lead a workshop in Manhattan with an eye to building a RESULTS Group that will not just create supporters in Congress, but will create champions in Congress for the end of poverty. You are invited to attend the workshop:
7-9:45 PM
Contact: Dave Goodman: dave@nycresults.org (617) 331-2533
November 11th, 2008 | Through the Eyes of Hope
Photographs from the Through Eyes of Hope Project
Photojournalist Linda Smith first traveled to Rwanda in 2006 where she spent much of her time behind the camera. The Rwandans were captivated by the photographs that Linda took since many of the children and adults she photographed had never seen an image of themselves. Linda recognized the potential that the camera held for the children, by not only providing them with documentation of their lives but also allowing them to experience a sense of joy and fun.
When she returned to the United States, Linda began researching photograph-based projects for children. She wanted to develop an art program for children that utilized photography and had the potential to be successfully conducted in third world countries. As a result of her research and vision, the Through the Eyes of Hope Project was born in 2007. The project has two goals-to teach basic photographic principles to extremely disadvantaged children and to educate children who are interested in learning about the children of other cultures.
Show runs from November 11 - November 26
Gallery hours: Tuesday - Thursday - Saturday 12 - 6 and by appointment
November 7th, 2008 | Jazz - Dan Pratt Organ Quartet
Sets @ 9 & 10:30
"Pratt exemplifies the approach of DPOQ. He composed most of the tunes on Springloaded, using challenging and unorthodox formal devices. Yet the tunes are accessible and melodic, and some of them, such as the uptempo burner "Who Knew," have the potential to become jazz standards. On tenor sax, Pratt has a huge, warm sound, and he improvises creatively and aggressively. He might play against the rhythm, and more often, he digs in and swings, as on "Blues With A Limp."
-Marc Meyers, All About Jazz
As always the show is FREE
October 24th, 2008 | Jazz - Jon Gordon Nonet
Jon Gordon is a master. His compositions, improvisation, tone, and technical virtuosity set him apart as an elite musician of our time. -Brandon Bernstein, Jazz Improv
With: Dave Smith (tpt), John Ellis (ts), Steve Armour (trb), Doug Yates (bc), nate radley (gt), Sean Wayland (pn), Gary Wang (bs), Bill Campbell (dr)
Sets @ 9 & 10:30 NO cover/NO minimum
October 10th, 2008 | Jazz - Chris Crocco w/George Garzone
Sets @ 9 & 10:30 PM
NO cover/No minimum
October 3rd, 2008 | Jazz - ÁguaMarinha Trio
Arismar do Espírito Santo | 7-string guitar, bass
Vinicius Dorin | saxophones, flute, piano
Rogério Boccato | percussion
ÁguaMarinha Trio is a meeting of some of the finest Brazilian musicians today. Together, Arismar, Vinicius and Rogerio play music rooted in Brazilian traditional styles, reinventing Brazilian standards and adding their own original compositions. With lots of space for creativity and improvisation, the TRIO’s modern take on Brazilian Instrumental Music is loose, open and full of surprises, yet the music never loses its infectious groove. A unique and exciting direction in jazz and world music!
Sets @ 9 & 10:30 NO cover/NO minimum
September 26th, 2008 | Jazz - Jaleel Shaw Band
Sets @ 9 & 10:30 PM
NO cover/NO minimum
September 12th, 2008 | Jazz - Ben Monder Trio
Ben Monder - guitar
Gary Wang - Bass
Jochan Rueckert - drums
You know within about three seconds that something original is coming out of Ben Monder’s electric guitar — a whispering flow of harmonic challenges that fold backward, sideways and across dimensions like time-space origami...He’s like a magician who slows a trick down to ox-cart tempo, and you still can’t figure out how he did it. Greg Burk - LA Weekly
August 22nd, 2008 | Electronica/Rock - The Image Ends
The Image Ends is a newish rock band with some extra machines and wires: Jesse Peterson on drums, Jon Green on everything else. Jesse Peterson from the woods of MN, Jon Green from the suburbs of Boston. They met unintentionally, with mutual musical suspicions.
Show starts at 8PM
Free admission
August 15th, 2008 | Jazz - Sebastian Noelle Quartet
"Sebastian Noelle’s multihued electric guitar lines provide a forum for capaciously generated modern jazz iterations. The music is comprised of animated choruses, accelerated by brisk bop grooves, multidirectional unison phrasings and more. Noelle chooses his notes wisely, as he digs deep from within to articulate a string of sinuous thematic forays. “ -Glenn Astarita, ejazznews.com
9PM two sets
No cover/No minimum
July 15th, 2008 | Cityscapes and Stiil Lifes - Oil paintings by Walter Lynn Mosley
Gallery hours Tuesday - Saturday 1-7 | Show runs until August 16th
“Painting is my passion in life. I find the visual world around me to be a thing of amazement and wonder. I feel blessed to have this calling. I wish to be faithful to my model, whether it be a bouquet of flowers, a sunset, or a person, to capture something of the essence, beauty and truth while taking consideration of composition and abstract design to create a work of art.”
Mosley works in the tradition of the great artists of past and present whose goal is to show three dimensions on a two-dimensional plane by means of light on geometric form and showing space through aerial perspective. Chiaroscuro is of great importance in this effort, as well as the use of color as an additional tool to show three-dimensional form. He strives “to paint simply, to paint directly, to paint with as little as required to give the most effect, in other words, minimum work, maximum impact.”
June 27th, 2008 | Jazz - Ryan Blotnick
Ryan Blotnick - Guitar | Pete Robbins - Alto sax | Jacob Sacks - Piano |Thomas Morgan - Bass | Jeff Williams - Drums
9 PM
NO cover/NO minimum
"Ryan Blotnick's playing has the rare blend of a modern conception with the depth of having explored and absorbed vocabulary of many of the jazz greats. His ideas are clear and straightforward, as well as his compositions." -Steve Cardenas
June 4th, 2008 | Recital - Violoncello & Viola da Gamba
Works by Berio, Britten, Dutilleux, Geminiani, Henze, Lutoslawski, Marais
Performed by
Caleb van der Swaagh
with Matthias van der Swaagh & Rosamund Morley
8PM | Free admission
May 30th, 2008 | Bluegrass - The Varnish Cooks
The Varnish Cooks pursue the old-time stringband tradition with intensity and emotional clarity. They perform old-time songs according to the impetuous and poetic spirit of American music.
The band provides a fitting close to our current art show, "Gone to Carolina: Images from the Southeast" (see below for details about the exhibit). Show starts at 8PM
Free admission
May 23rd, 2008 | Jazz - Sam Sadigursky and The Word Project
Featuring Monika Heidemann
Created in 2006, The Words Project consists of poems set to musical composition. Rather that have poetry spoken over a musical background, the goal is to create actual sings from the poems, and to use these songs as forms fro improvisation
9 PM Free concert
May 16th, 2008 | Jazz - The Tyler Schwartz Group
Tyler Schwartz- alto sax
Dominic Fallacaro- keys
Aaron Steele- drums
w/ guest Kyle Gregory - trumpet
9PM Two sets
No cover/No minimum
May 9th, 2008 | Jazz - Steve Scheller
Guitarist Steve Scheller with guest Tyler Schwartz
9PM & 10PM
NO cover/NO minimum
May 2nd, 2008 | Art Show - Gone To Carolina : Images of the Southeast
The All Things project is delighted to present four of North Carolina 's most beloved artists. With impressionistic colors and energetic textures artists Eric McRay, Dan Nelson, Tim Postell and Gary Bradley depict the vibrant communities and magnificent landscapes of North Carolina. Whether it’s the famous Jazz paintings of Eric McRay or the serene landscapes of Dan Nelson, the paintings communicate a lifestyle of leisure that transcends location. As Tim Postell says of his work, “I intend to allow the viewer to exhale and to reminisce about a moment in their life that brings them tranquility.” ON VIEW THROUGH MAY 30th
Please join us for the Gallery Opening May 2nd from 6-9pm including authentic North Carolina barbecue!
April 25th, 2008 | Jazz - Johnathan Blake with special guests Mark Turner & Ben Street
Playing drums signified rebellion for Johnathan Blake—sort of. He started out on the instrument of his famed violinist father, John Blake, but was soon won over by the driving power of the skins. Lucky for entities like Roy Hargrove and the Mingus Big Band, Blake has learned how to temper kineticism with subtlety. Blake’s new ensemble proves that some of his dad’s melodic skills are also part of the young man’s gestalt. Time Out New York - December 2007
Show starts @ 9PM Two sets
NO cover/NO minimum
April 11th, 2008 | Jazz - Mike Moreno
Moreno shines as a shrewd composer who is blessed with enviable chops and a wide-ranging jazz vernacular that bears a mark of distinction. Glenn Astarita -Jazzreview.com
Guitarist Mike Moreno shines. His liquid timbre pooling into solos that are conversational but as disciplined as poetry. Michael J. West -Jazztimes Nov. 2007
Show starts at 9PM
Two sets
NO/cover NO/ minimum
March 28th, 2008 | Jazz - Jacob Varmus Quartet
Two sets: 9&10 NO cover/NO minimum
March 27th, 2008 | Lecture/Discussion - The Classroom as Propaganda Agent
7:00 PM
(doors open at 6:30 - light refreshments provided)
The dictionary definition of education is “the process of receiving or giving systematic instruction, especially at a school or university” (Oxford American Dictionary). The process of education is universally welcomed and understood to be a vital component of a stable and prosperous society. But the decision as to what is included in the instruction and how it will be presented is never value neutral. The particular institution, teacher, or governing board inevitably bases this decision on what is considered to be important. That being the case, doesn’t all education amount to propaganda? Join us for a thought provoking discussion on the role of values in the process of education.
Speaker and Moderator:
Brian D. Ray earned his Ph.D. in science education from Oregon State University and his M.S. in zoology from Ohio University. He has been a professor of science and education at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the areas of science, education, research, testing measurement and evaluation, and statistics. Dr. Ray has been a classroom teacher in both public and private schools. He conducts research and publishes as an internationally known scholar on the topic of the connection between parents and their children’s education, and serves as an expert witness in courts and to legislatures across the United States.
March 14th, 2008 | Jazz - Gino Sitson's Vocal Deliria (a cappella!)
Featuring:
Gino Sitson: Voice, Body Percussion & Composition
Gretchen Parlato: Voice
Sunny Kim : Voice
Malika Zarra: Voice
Two sets: 9&10 NO cover/No minimum
March 11th, 2008 | Readings and Monologues from Underbelly
Mélissa Smith of Art and Compassion, Inc. & All Things Project host :
A night of story telling and monologues from the book
Underbelly - The Palm Beach No One Talks About
by David Geliebter
As featured on Oprah & Friends, CBS Radio and others
Underbelly takes us on a journey into a nightmarish - almost nihilistic - world where drugs, sex and violence reign over the land.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
7:00 pm -10:00pm
The stories are explosively raw, powerfully gripping, they gnaw at our consciousness - they force us to ask the question how, in a land of such wealth and privilege, this human condition can still exist?
Stay for a reception and a short Q&A
content taken from www.underbelly-thebook.com
also visit www.hopeandpromise.org
February 18th, 2008 | Art Show - Love for Humanity
The All Things Project in collaboration with Jedidiah USA utilizes powerful media to bring awareness to the plight of child soldiers. The 'Invisible Children' of northern Uganda are the focus of a documentary and the subject of paintings by several artists. A potion of the proceeds from sales goes to Invisible Children
Show runs until March 20th
Gallery hours: 1:30 - 6 PM Tuesday through Saturday
February 16th, 2008 | Lecture - How the Other Half Lives: The Pioneering Photojournalism of Jacob Riis
Tony Carnes, senior writer for Christianity Today, offers a lively presentation about one of the heroes of the underprivileged. Jacob Riis' camera brought before the public eye the inhumane conditions under which many New Yorkers were working and living at the end of the 19th century. His work sparked a revolution in police practice, worker safety, and housing. This compassionate observer left an indelible mark and pointed the way for future generations of investigative journalists.
Free admission
February 8th, 2008 | Jazz - Gregory Tardy Group
Two sets: 9 & 10 NO cover/No minimum
January 25th, 2008 | Jazz - Jesse Palter
Featuring Sam Barsh, Mark Guiliana, Ben Wiliams
Sets @ 9 & 10 No Cover No Minimum
January 16th, 2008 | Art Show - The Beauty of the Sketch: Working Drawings by Artists at Work
Show runs until February 14
Gallery hours Tuesday through Saturday 1:30 - 6 PM
January 11th, 2008 | Jazz - Larry Grenadier
With Brian Blade and Rebecca Martin
Sets @ 9 & 10 No cover/ No minimum
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