Piccolo Spoleto Festival Literary Highlights!

Piccolo Spoleto Festival  Literary Highlights! May 30 at 3pm    Literary Festival: Jonas "Jay" Pate Venue: Charleston Library Society  Address: 164 King St. Admission: $20     "A Charlestonian in Hollywood." Jonas Pate is a writer, director and producer for movies and television. A graduate of Princeton, Pate started in independent film, writing and directing films shown at festivals like Sundance and Venice. He then moved to television, where he has created, directed and produced shows including Believe, Friday Night Lights, Battlestar Galactica, Prime Suspect, Deception, Caprica, Chuck, Good Vs. Evil and Surface, among others. Pate will discuss modern television and how it's displacing film as the most culturally significant creative force in entertainment. Pate will summarize how technology has opened the door to this shift, how it's reorganized the power structure of Hollywood, and where it's likely to go from here.            May 31 at 11am  Literary Festival: Aida Rogers and a panel of Lowcountry literary luminaries    Venue: Charleston Library Society Address: 164 King St.  Admission: $20    "State of the Heart: South Carolina Writers on the Places They Love."  Nationally and regionally known writers  contributed to this anthology of essays on the places that make South Carolina unique - from backyards and front porches to historic ruins and sports arenas. Many of the contributors and locations are Charleston-based. A panel of authors including Billy Baldwin, Nathalie Dupree, Ken Burger, and Steve Hoffius will join Aïda Rogers to discuss the Palmetto State places close to their hearts.         May 31 at 3pm  Literary Festival: David Gilbert Venue: Charleston Library Society Address: 164 King St.  Admission: $20          "Readings and Commentary:  & Sons."  David Gilbert is the author of the story collection Remote Feed and the novel The Normals. His stories have appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's, GQ, and Bomb. His latest novel, & Sons, was described by The New Yorker as a "big, intelligent, richly textured novel about fathers, sons, friendship, and legacies." & Sons is a national bestseller, and was acclaimed as a New York Times 'Editor's Choice.' John Irving wrote of  & Sons:  "...Yes, the writing is gorgeous-not only the prose but the power of David Gilbert's observations. 'All things have a second birth,' Gilbert writes, and later, 'We all have something to steal.' And have I mentioned, without giving it away, that this is a terrific story?"          May 31 from 5-7pm Piccolo Fiction Open      Venue: Blue Bicycle Books Address: 420 King St.  Admission: FREE      The festival's longest-running event exclusively devoted to the craft of fiction, Piccolo Fiction invites three prominent writers to present 5 minute "short short" stories. The reading will be held in the lush courtyard of Blue Bicycle Books, and each story will begin with the words "I ducked into the alley..."   Since 2000, Piccolo Fiction has featured dozens of S.C. writers, with stories broadcast by S.C. Public Radio's 'Your Day', and published in the Charleston City Paper.  May 31 from 5pm to 7pm.  Admission: FREE.  Blue Bicycle Books, 420 King St.   The 2014 writers are: George Singleton has written six collections of short stories, two novels and a book on craft. He grew up in Greenwood, and was a longtime teacher at the S.C. Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities. He now teaches at Wofford College. Between Wrecks, his most recent collection, was published in May. Sandy Lang is a contributing editor to Charleston Magazine and Maine magazine, and a producer with Peter Frank Edwards Photographs. After studying journalism at the University of South Carolina, Sandy began her career at newspapers and philanthropic foundations in the Carolinas. She posts about new work, travel, and personal projects at tinysuitcase.com. Jonathan Bohr Heinen's writing has appeared in the Florida Review, Arroyo, and Cimarron Review. He holds a MFA in Creative Writing from the University of New Mexico and a Ph.D in English from Texas Tech University. He teaches writing and publishing courses at the College of Charleston, where he is the managing editor of Crazyhorse.   May 26-June 6 at 6:30pm   SUNDOWN POETRY SERIES     Venue: Dock Street Theatre Courtyard  Address: 133 Church St. Admission: FREE         May 28 at 6:30pm  Literary Festival: Jim Hawkins      Venue: Cathedral of St. John the Baptist  Address: 120 Broad St. Admission: FREE, offerings accepted    Traditional Irish Stories and Songs: the stories and songs are related to a variety of themes in Irish history, culture and tradition. Jim accompanies himself on the Bodhran (pronounced Bow Ron), the Irish goat or sheepskin drum and he encourages his audience to share their own Irish roots and connections. So, come for an evening of Irish story, song, laughter and interesting conversation.     WEBSITE

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APD's CINEMA CONSERVANCY ACQUIRES LONG LOST NEW YORK FILM STATIONS OF THE ELEVATED

APD's CINEMA CONSERVANCY ACQUIRES LONG LOST NEW YORK FILM
STATIONS OF THE ELEVATED

New restoration of Manfred Kirchheimer's legendary NYC film to Premiere at BAMCinemaFest June 27, 2014

 
May 15^th, 2014 (New York, NY) - Artist Public Domain’s Cinema Conservancy, a New York-based non-profit production and distribution company is thrilled to announce the upcoming release of Stations of the Elevated (1981), a 45-minute independent documentary directed, produced and edited by Manfred Kirchheimer, in a new restoration. Shot over the course of 1977 on lush 16mm color reversal stock, the film weaves together vivid images of elevated subway trains crisscrossing New York City's gritty urban landscape. With a complex soundtrack that combines the ambient sounds of the city with the music of Charles Mingus and Aretha Franklin, the film is an impressionistic portrait of and tribute to a New York that has long since disappeared. 
On Friday, June 27 BAMcinemaFest will present the world premiere of APD/Cinema Conservancy’s new restoration of Stations of the Elevated on the Steinberg Screen at the BAM Harvey Theater. The event begins with a live performance by legendary jazz ensemble the Mingus Dynasty, the original Charles Mingus legacy band. The first band Sue Mingus organized after Charles’ death in 1979, this acclaimed orchestra continues to interpret Charles Mingus’ more than 300 compositions, and will perform as a prelude to Kirchheimer’s jazz-inflected documentary. Tickets go on sale May 14, 2014 here: http://www.bam.org/film/2014/bamcinemafest2014.
The newly restored version of the film will be released in theaters this fall accompanied by other works by Manfred Kirchheimer.  The restoration process includes both re-mastered image and sound.
Director of Cinema Converancy Jake Perlin stated, “I was hypnotized by Stations from the first time I saw the video cassette, just like the twenty plus times I have seen it since.  When thinking of dream projects for Cinema Conservancy, it was at the top of the list.  Working with Manny to be able to bring the film back to audiences in this beautiful version and have it premiere on the enormous screen in the Harvey, is thrilling!"
Film director Manfred Kirchheimer stated, "In 1977 when Stations of the Elevated was filmed, illegal graffiti on New York’s subway trains was considered the scourge of the city. Mayors and passengers called it vandalism; attack dogs were let loose to scare and apprehend the perpetrators--kids with names and messages they wanted to 'get up.' Today, museums, advertisers and celebrities court the graffiti writers and display their work. With the careful HD restoration of the film, it lives again in all its blazing glory”.
The first-ever documentations of graffiti on film, Stations of the Elevated captures the height of the 1970s graffiti movement in New York, featuring the work of early legends including Lee, Fab 5 Freddy, Shadow, Daze, Kase, Butch, Blade, Slave, 12 T2B, Ree, and Pusher. In a period when the graffiti covering New York’s subway system was largely dismissed as vandalism, with mayor Ed Koch threatening "if I had my way I wouldn't use dogs, but wolves [to keep writers out of the train yards]," Kirchheimer explored graffiti as a form of self-expression and a reaction to New York’s social and economic conditions, an artistic counterpoint to the “legalized vandalism” dominating the city’s visual landscape in the form of corporate advertising. Juxtaposing the colorful imagery of ‘tagged’ cars with shots of carefully hand-painted billboards depicting hamburgers and bikini-clad women, Stations of the Elevated forces audiences to ask: “What is urban art, and what role does it play in the daily life of a city?”

The film premiered at the 1981 New York Film Festival, but lacking appropriate music licenses, Stations of the Elevated was never theatrically released in the United States. In the 30 years since its completion it has been rarely screened, developing a cult amongst cinephiles and jazz- and graffiti-lovers. After two years of working to secure appropriate licenses for its soundtrack, APD's Cinema Conservancy program will finally make this crucial cultural document and cinematic experience available to the public in 2014 with a theatrical run.

Filmmaker Manfred Kirchheimer (b. 1931) immigrated to New York with his family as a child, escaping Nazi Germany to settle in Washington Heights. After studying at Hans Richter's Institute of Film Techniques at the City College of New York, he spent many years working in the film industry while self-financing his own independent films. A long-time professor at the School of Visual Arts, Kirchheimer has documented New York with an observant, sympathetic eye for decades, in films including We Were So Beloved (1986), Claw (1968), Short Circuit (1973), Bridge High (1975) and Colossus on the River (1963).  His more recent films include SprayMasters (2008), Art is...the Permanent Revolution (2012) and the soon-to-be-released Canners(2014).
Now, 33 years after it’s initial release and coming back home, Stations of the Elevated’s new transfer can be seen with a fresh pair of eyes having its world premiere at BAMcinemaFest, Friday, June 27^th at 8:00pm at the BAM Harvey Theater.
Details regarding the film’s theatrical re-release this fall will be announced in the coming months.
Cinema Conservancy is the releasing program of Artists Public Domain, a New York-based non-profit production and distribution company. Cinema Conservancy helps to ensure the legacy and public availability of crucial works of American Independent cinema. Previous Cinema Conservancy releases include Jamel Shabazz Street Photographer, the John Hubley Centennial, Nothing But a Man, Little Fugitive, Northern Lights and The Color Wheel. APD’s recent productions include Towheads, Another Earth, and The Forgiveness of Blood.

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American Fine Craft Show

Apply Online: http://americanartmarketing.com/exhibit/applyTabs.php?event=38 Download Paper Application: http://www.americanfinecraftshowbrooklyn.com/files/ACS14_BKLYN_Application.pdf Website: http://www.americanfinecraftshowbrooklyn.comFor more information:   Contact Richard: showdirector@americanartmarketing.com This call to artists is brought to you as a service of The Art Festival Newsletter, the nation's only quarterly newsletter dedicated to the success of art festival artists. Please visit us at:  www.theartfestivalnewsletter.com We invite you to visit the incredible homepage for artists:  www.Art-Linx.com Searching for festivals? Visit www.theartfestivaldirectory.com #fineartmagazine

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BUSHWICK OPEN STUDIOS May 30-June 1, 2014

May 27, 2014

BUSHWICK OPEN STUDIOS May 30-June 1, 2014 Bushwick Open Studios (BOS) is a three-day arts and culture festival, hosted annually by the volunteer organization Arts in Bushwick (AiB). Now in its eighth year, this celebration of our neighborhood's vibrant community and local art scene is free and open to the public. Norte Maar is a proud sponsor of BOS2014, New York's largest open studios event, encouraging hundreds of artists to open their doors and share their work. Additionally, visitors can enjoy a series of events, performances, and panels, coordinated by AiB. Participating artists, spaces, and events are listed in the official BOS directory online, on the iPhone app, and in the printed map book. Norte Maar's signature BOS event returns! Maps-N-Mimosas Sat, May 31, 11am-2pm Norte Maar 83 Wyckoff Ave, #1B Brooklyn This event has been the obvious tops for seven years running. Stop by Bushwick’s longest running apartment gallery, Norte Maar; have a morning mimosa with us; meet up with your art posse and grab your maps. While there, check out the great private collection featuring over 30 paintings, drawings, sculpture and installations by Bushwick/Ridgewood artists. Come say hi to Fern Dog! Norte Maar Suggests: From the Six Zones of BOS: Gymnastics, Vacancy, Communal Table, and Kings & Queens Bushwick Open Studios looks to be another huge year for arts in Bushwick! At press time there were 581 online registered events (down only slightly from last year’s 598 registered users) filling a weekend with art and performance. We worked over the very user-friendly Arts in Bushwick website and compiled Norte Maar’s 2014 list of not-to-miss events, exhibitions, and studios… or at least those that we’ll not miss!!!! Save the date! Norte Maar's epic summer events: Arshile Gorky and a selection of contemporary drawings June 6-29, 2014 Opening reception: Fri, June 6, 7-10pm Outlet Fine Art 253 Wilson Avenue Brooklyn Presented in collaboration with Norte Maar, this special loan exhibition features a rare drawing by Arshile Gorky from 1946 and positions the work as a source of discussion alongside the work of over thirty contemporary artists including Gregory Amenoff, William Anastasi, Judy Dolnick, Hermine Ford, Margrit Lewczuk, Michael Prodanou, Joan Snyder, and Joan Witek. READ MORE => SOUNDEVENT presented in collaboration with Socrates Sculpture Park June 21, 5-10pm (weather permitting) Socrates Sculpture Park 32-01 Vernon Blvd @ Broadway Long Island City Socrates Sculpture Park collaborates with Norte Maar to present SOUNDEVENTan evening of site-specific sound performances coinciding with the summer solstice. For this event, which will encompass the entire park, noted sound artists will create unique sound platforms through traditional instrumentation, amplification of objects, juxtaposition of voices, and experimental electronic sound. Performers include Tristan Perich, Composers Inside Electronics, Jacob Kirkegaard with Katinka Fogh Vindelev, Lesley Flanigan, Maria Chavez, and MV Carbon, Andrew Hurst and Shona Masarin, Doug Van Dort, and Audra Wolowiec.READ MORE=> Dance at Socrates a choreographic residency and performance series presented in partnership with Socrates Sculpture Park August 2014 Free performances Sat, Aug 9, 16, 23 at 4pm (weather permitting) Featuring: Gleich Dances, MADboots Dance Co, Stephanie Miracle Dances, Terra Firma Dance Theatre, Brooklyn Ballet, MorDance and others Socrates Sculpture Park 32-01 Vernon Blvd @ Broadway Long Island City Norte Maar for Collaborative Projects in the Arts 83 Wyckoff Avenue, #1B, Brooklyn, NY 11237 646-361-8512 | nortemaar.org #fineartmagazine