Arts & Culture Corner
Each 3rd Wednesday of the month, the East Boston Times will publish the Arts & Culture Corner, a column listing the arts and cultural events going on for the month in and around East Boston. For those who missed the paper, it will be included here each month.
Arts and Culture Corner
(7/16/08)
By Ejay Khan
80 Border Street Cultural Exchange Center, 80 Border Street, East Boston, is open to the public Saturdays from 2:00 to 6:00 pm and during regularly scheduled performance events. Through June 28, stop in and see the exhibit of paintings by abstract artist, Jehane Rucquoi. During August, the Center will be presenting an exhibit of works by internationally acclaimed, Eastie-born artist, Paul Crimi. Visit www.80borderstreet.org or call 617-418-5060 for more info.
On Thursday, July 17 from 7:00 to 9:00 pm, Poet's Moon Café Open Mike Night at 80 Border Street Cultural Exchange Center is pleased to feature Eastie poet, David Sirois. $5 Donation.
On Friday, July 18 from 7:00 to 9:00, don't miss "Why Do We Go To War" with Sgt. Maxwell's Peace Chorus and Michael Bloom. $10 Donation
On Saturday, July 19 from 6:00 to 9:00 pm, the Center will be hosting a closing reception for the exhibit of works by Jehane Rucquoi. Come by, enjoy the exhibit and meet this fascinating artist. Free
On Friday, August 1 at 7:00 pm, join us for Movie Night at 80 Border Street featuring "The Future of Food". American agribusiness, hellbent on controlling the Earth's food supply, has unleashed genetically engineered plants that are taking over family farms and threatening the health of the nation. It may sound like Hollywood science fiction, but it's the truth about what's happening on farms today, according to filmmaker Deborah Koons Garcia. And consumers, she says, need to understand what is at stake and demand changes - before it is too late. Free
On Saturday, August 2 from 7:00 to 9:00 pm, Travelin' Light will be performing at the Center. The musicians of Travelin' Light bring a world of experience: Steve Provizer in jazz, Ed Meradith in rock, blues and folk and Gabriele Snyder in classical and theatre. Among them they play trumpet, trombone, bass and piano. Their 4th member is a jazz guitarist. Travelin' Light is challenging but fun; moving and flip; daring and sometimes comforting; never clichéd. $5 Donation
On Thursday, August 7 at 7:00 pm, the Center is pleased to present Sferes & White from Colorado. As an acoustic duo "Sferes & White" have discovered an uncommon synergy, blending clear and luscious harmonies with complex and imaginative guitar playing. Their performances feature an eclectic and soulful combination of blues, roots and rock. "With vocal harmonies that work so well together it sounds almost too good to be true...The View From Here has a feeling of wide open plains and a billion stars lighting the night." ~ Derek Blackmon, from Indie-Music.com. $8 Donation (or bring a friend and get two for the price of one)
Gallery at the Y, East Boston YMCA, 215 Bremen Street, East Boston. Telephone: 617-569-1117. Artist reception, Thursday, July 17 from 6:00 to 8:30 pm. Jake Hart is an accomplished photographer, living in Jamaica Plain. His show, entitled "Two For The Price Of One", exhibits two sides of the artist's work. The display on the lower level contains images that Jake shot early in his photographic career, primarily in Muggia, a town, once part of the Venetian City State, east of Trieste in the northeastern part of Italy. The upper level exhibition is composed of a number of black and white 35 mm diptychs, ranging from abstract to striking realism, from the Caribbean to the Canadian border. Exhibit can be viewed during normal Y hours.
ZUMIX
Summer Concerts, 202 Maverick Street, East Boston. Free. For more information
call 617-568-977 or visit www.zumix.org.
Piers Park, Sunday, July 13th, 5:00-7:00 pm. Marlene del Rosario leads
The Marlene Jazz Ensemble on vocals and piano - a veteran musician who
has performed for various audiences in the US and abroad including Philippines'
former Presidents, Fidel Ramos and Cory Aquino, and Princess Chulabhorn
of Thailand. The band engages audiences with a stylish and lively repertoire
that mixes jazz, Latin, originals and rearrangements of Marlene's favorite
pop tunes.
Bremen Street Park, Tuesday, July 15th, 5:00-7:00 pm. Miss Tess is a young,
Boston-based songstress whose modern vintage sound mingles freely between
eras and genres. Equally at home in the elegant and the low-down, she
writes songs from her own life. Familiar faces are known to mix in this
crowd, courtesy of folks like Bessie Smith and Tom Waits, perpetual muses
to her style.
Spoken Word at 303 Café, 303 Sumner Street, East Boston. Thursday, July 24th starting at 8:00pm. Come check out your local talent. Hear poetry, monologues, song and deep thoughts presented by members of our East Boston community. Also stop in and check out the up close and personal exhibit of works by Elsa Campbell. Phone: 617-569-3001 or visit http://www.303cafe.com.