[Durham INC] Events: Empty =?ISO-8859-1?B?Qm93bHO5?=; Creek Week; exhibits; doc films & more

[Laura Drey]

Events and Activities

Visual arts = blue, movies & plays = brown, music = red, and others
(including political events) = black

Thursday, February 24  4 ­ 5:00 pm

Assistant Superintendent Hugh Osteen will present the Durham Public Schools
Strategic Plan

All are welcome.  This is a free event open to the public!

SeeSaw Studio
410 West Geer Street
Durham, North Carolina 27701
919-381-6314

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February 24 ­ 26 8pm
March 2 - 5 8pm

STROKE/BOOK

Little Green Pig brings you its latest world premiere by David Turkel, one
of America¹s most exciting underground playwrights.... Inspired by Yukio
Mishima¹s modern adaptations of classic Noh dramas, David Turkel¹s
STROKE/ BOOK tell two stories about the intertwined worlds of the living and
the dead. ³a night of linked one-acts filled with power and mystery.²

In STROKE, a scheming Victorian family forces a young girl to confront her
burgeoning womanhood through a hasty courtship. Over the course of a single
evening, she reunites with her dead twin brother and discovers a terrifying
truth about the place she inhabits.

BOOK, set in contemporary America, begins with a teenager soliciting a
prostitute with money he earned from babysitting her mentally challenged
son. This proposition launches a pattern of shame and betrayal that pursues
the boy for decades ­ through war and recovery, fame and anonymity, marriage
and divorce, and, possibly, future generations.
    House sizes are very small so reserve now! Tickets/info:
http://littlegreenpig.com/tix.htm 452-9204

Golden Belt (Building B) www.goldenbeltarts.com/index.shtml  967-7700
807 East Main Street
Durham, NC 27701
Directions www.goldenbeltarts.com/about_locationDirection.shtml

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Wednesday, March 2  Open House with Artist  5:30 - 8:00 pm
through Wednesday, March 23
 
Introducing Doug Desjardins; and outsider artist

³Utilizing found objects as basic as a scrap of wood and as strange as a
found canvas smeared with joint compound, Doug (Dugg/Dude) creates worlds
where shaman sit in trees, llamas reside in love hotels, and mermaids are
joined at the hip...literally. Words really can not describe Doug's work
except to say that he is a true visionary with stories to tell through his
art.²

Outsiders Art & Collectibles  919-451-3231
718 Iredell St. Durham, NC 27704

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Wednesday, March 2, 7 p.m.

SPARKLE AND TWANG: AN AMERICAN MUSICAL ODYSSEY / Marty Stuart Talks About
Photography 

Country music icon Marty Stuart has photographed some of the most famous
stars in American music, including several of the greatest performers on the
country, bluegrass, rockabilly, and Southern gospel scenes.

Center for Documentary Studies Auditorium,
1317 W. Pettigrew, Durham, North Carolina

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March 2 - 31 

Choctaw Gardens and Beyond: Photographs by Hilda Stuart

Stuart began documenting family, church, local landscapes, and social
gatherings in the 1940s. Hilda Stuart¹s photographs act as a lens into
Mississippi in the third quarter of the twentieth century, focused on her
family, prominent political campaigns, and traveling musicians.

Center for Documentary Studies
1317 W. Pettigrew, Durham, North Carolina

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Thursday, March 3  5:30 ­ 8

Empty Bowls¹ 11; with Urban Ministries of Durham

Serve up soups from some of Durham's top restaurants and beautifully
handcrafted bowls from local artisans with live music, local celebrity soup
judges, tasty desserts and more.
www.umdurham.org/news-and-events/events/empty-bowls-a-soul-warming-evening-t
o-benefit-the-community-cafe.html

Durham Armory
Foster St. Durham

Tickets are $30 for soup and bowl and $15 for soup only. Children 6 and
under admitted free.

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Connie Imboden, March 4th, is a very small show - only 4 images - but she
has agreed to give a talk, including a "slide" show. Connie has three or
four books, some of which will be available here.
* through March 12 ChemoToxic photographs by Dr. Willie Osterman. Osterman
documents his wife's changes through successful cancer treatment.
www.throughthislens.com/osterman.html
          Photographic Abstractions, by Vicki H. Wilson, hangs in the small
gallery, so so the schedule partly overlaps    ChemoToxic.
* Color Fidelity in the Digital Workflow is Sunday afternoon only.
Ami Vitale will be the next big show, opening on April 17th.

Through This Lens, Inc.
303 E. Chapel Hill Street Durham, NC 27701
www.throughthislens.com

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Wednesday, March 9, 7 p.m.

FULL FRAME WINTER SERIES / Waiting for ³Superman²

Waiting for ³Superman,² a widely acclaimed film from Academy Award­winning
director Davis Guggenheim, is a deeply personal exploration of the current
state of public education in the U.S. and how it is affecting our children.
Fueled by his conscience and charged up about the possibilities for change,
Guggenheim sets off on a probing journey into the lives of five
unforgettable children whose hopes, dreams, and untapped potential reveal
all that is at stake at this critical moment.

Free and open to the general public.

American Tobacco Campus
318 Blackwell Street, Bay 7 Cinema, Downtown Durham, North Carolina

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March 11, 7 p.m.

Southern Stories / Paul Harrill & Ashley Maynor

Southern Stories contains two fiction films by Paul Harrill and a
documentary by Ashley Maynor. In the Sundance award-winning Gina, An
Actress, Age 29, a budding actress¹s eagerness to take her first role gets
her in over her head. Quick Hands, Soft Feet stars Greta Gerwig (Greenberg,
Baghead) as the fiancée of a minor league ballplayer, whose slump threatens
their hopes of making it to the big leagues. For Memories¹ Sake: A
Documentary investigates the life and work of Angela Singer, a Southern
homemaker who has taken an average of a dozen photographs a day for the last
35 years.
The Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers is a unique interactive
program that brings independent filmmakers and their films into communities
across the South. For more details please visit
www.southarts.org/southerncircuit

Center for Documentary Studies
1317 W. Pettigrew, Durham, North Carolina

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Friday, March 11 | 8:00 pm

Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Ladysmith Black Mambazo blends their South African musical traditions to the
sound and sentiment of Christian gospel in a musical and spiritual alchemy
that represents every corner of the landscape.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk-8E1AkeeU

Carolina Theater downtown Durham

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through March 18

Tree of Knowledge: Handmade books by Michael Greer

A collection of leather bound books by Durham-based binder Michael Greer.
The show explores both the history and processes of fine bookbinding. More
info on Michael at http://leatherboundbindery.com/default.aspx

H O R S E   &   B U G G Y   P R E S S  949­4847
401-B1 Foster St Durham, North Carolina  27701
http://www.horseandbuggypress.com

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March 19 ­ 26

Durham Creek Week

Creek Week provides opportunities for Durham residents to explore their
local waterways. Creek Week will be filled with a variety of activities
including educational programs, recreational activities, and volunteer
opportunities.  Join us for nature walks, canoe trips, story times, or even
stream cleanups.  
To learn more visit
http://www.keepdurhambeautiful.org/our-programs/special-events/creek-week.ht
ml Jessica Finelt  City of Durham Parks and Recreation Environmental
Educator 471-1623 (opt.2) www.westpointnaturalists.blogspot.com

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3rd Friday  6 until (check the times)

Downtown Durham¹s monthly art, music, theater, and social event. Artists in
various mediums showcase their work in downtown galleries, theatrical
spaces, restaurants and nightclubs. All events are open to the public. Enjoy
parties and receptions. For the most up-to-date listing of events, along
with maps and complete event details
<http://www.thirdfridaydurham.com/fridays/view>


Laura
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