CALENDAR
FEBRUARY
FIRST FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3rd:
Sculpture! Drawings! Photography! Debauchery!
Three party-loving Portland artists showcase their current ideas in a semi-considered fine art context. Drawing from the contemporary wasteland of the bar scene and the dread of their impending adulthood, they explore the sometimes destructive (and hilarious) tendencies of their so-called lives.
ALL BEER AND WINE $2!
Bring your ID as this is all ages. Of course.
Liz Hardy: Blobs facilitated by plastic wrap.
Kat Lamont: Drawing and pasting together the Amigo’s blackhole.
Zak Taillon: Photography of young, living humans doing shit.:
5-8pm.
Liz Hardy: Under (over), 2011 boat resin, fabric, fluorescent light
Sat Feb 4: SONGBIRDS: EVA WALSH//STEPH BARRAK//PETE SWEGART
A night of fresh folk, punk, and indie rock at Mayo Street Arts!
Curated By Marissa Owens & Ryan Cutler
Eva Walsh and Steph Barrak are both Boston-based singer-songwriters.
Eva Walsh is a classical violinist and Steph plays acoustic guitar.
Check out Eva Walsh’s music here:
http://www.evawalsh.com/fr_home.cfm
Check out Steph Barrak’s music here:
http://www.myspace.com/stephbarrak
Pete Swegart is part of Portland-based band Butcher Boy, and plays guitar and banjo. Check out Butcher Boy’s music here:
http://www.myspace.com/butcherbanner
Doors at 7:30
Show at 8
Admission: $5
Feb 5th Handmade Puppet Dreams Volume 4 and Live Puppetry Performance of Solomon and Ashmedai 6pm.
FIRST Sundays of The Month! From IBEX Puppetry….7pm $7/$5 students doors at 6:30
Handmade Puppet Dreams
http://www.handmadepuppetdreams.com
A selection of puppet film shorts by independent artists exploring their handmade craft specifically for the camera. Showcasing a new generation of puppeteers embracing film as their medium for their individual expressions, this collection features films that focus primarily on real-time performed puppetry. Stylistically, the films run the gamut from marionettes to finger puppets to paper cutouts; each artist articulating their own unique approach to animation and film. Handmade Puppet Dreams is a compilation of contemporary artisans who carefully weave their craft of film-making and puppetry into their work, building their visions, and breathing life into their dreams.
IBEX Inc., is an entertainment company founded by Heather Henson dedicated to promoting the fine art of puppetry in all of it’s various mediums. Nurturing work for a myriad of venues including film, stage, and exhibit. Experience where film and puppetry intertwine by watching Handmade Puppet Dreams. Join us each fall for the Orlando Puppet Festival, a week long celebration in Florida that features puppetry for both adult and family audiences, including live shows, films & workshops. Log onto www.puppetslam.com, a website dedicated to showcasing underground puppet venues and networking them with live puppet acts.
Solomon and Ashmedai
Feb 10: Max Garcia Conover
Max Garcia Conover CD Release Show with Sammie Francis – Friday February 10th at Mayo Street Arts.
About the CD:
Recorded with master engineer/producer Jonathan Wyman on that random snowy Saturday in October, Birches Lo is Max’s second official release. It’s a bare-bones, live EP that captures Max’s raw, energetic performance style, as well as his love of words and desire to connect to the natural world.
Feb 11: Second Saturday Swing Dance
The Joint is Jumpin’. Second Saturday swing dance with WMPG’s DJPJ. Lesson at 7, dance 8-11. Admission $7.
Feb 17: Third Friday Tango Milonga
Feb 25: Fourth Saturday Contra Dance
FOURTH SATURDAY Contradance with music by Soupbone and Guest Callers, 8-11pm. All dances taught. No experience or partner necessary! Bring clean shoes for dancing. $7/$5 kids/free under 5
MARCH
ALL THRU MARCH: Shoestring Theater presents Homer’s ODYSSEY – This classic puppet show will be performed with Shoestring Theater’s well-loved Sicilian marionettes.
Follow Odysseus and his men through 13 Episodes of battles with gods, goddesses, and mythical creatures that have kept this ancient and epic story alive for adults and children alike.
This four-part show will be performed over the first four weekends in March, with a Friday evening and Saturday matinee performance.
Part I: Circonians, Lotus Eaters, Cyclops
Part II: Aolian WInds, Circe, the Underworld
Part III: Sirens, Sea Monsters, Calypso, Sun King
Part IV: Calypso, Nausica, Reunion, Death of the Suitors
Tickets Available in advance at Brown Paper Tickets. Seating is limited so be sure to get your tickets early!
Sponsored by Coffee By Design, Portland Police Department, and the Virginia Somers Hodgkins Foundation as part of MSA’s Children’s Puppet Workshop.
Mar 10: Swing Dance with DJ PJ
Mar 17: Milonga with DJ Adira
Mar 24: Contra Dance with Soupbone, Guest callers
APRIL
Apr 6: Art Opening 5-8 pm
Apr 7: Brian Cullen in Concert
Apr 13: Tango/Milonga with DJ Adira
Apr 14: Swing Dance with DJ PJ
Apr 20: Chriss Sutherland and Chris Teret
Apr 21: PUPPET SHOW BY THE CHILDREN”S PUPPET WORKSHOP 1 pm.
Apr 22: Travis Cyr with Putnam Smith & Greg Klein
Apr 27: Punk/Country Night
Apr 28: Megan Yates and the Reverie Machine, Robert Sarazin Blake, and Dan Blakeslee
MAY
May 4: Art Opening 5-8pm: ‘Puppet Show’ – Exhibit of puppetry.
May 5: SUPERHERO WOMENS ARM WRESTLING CONTEST
