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Gusto at the Gallery is sponsored by The Buffalo News and The John R. Oishei Foundation with ongoing program support from the New York State Music Fund, established by the New York State Attorney General at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, General Mills Foundation, and the Literature Program of the New York State Council on the Arts.
5 - 7 p.m.
Art Activity
7 p.m.
Film
Cinegael Buffalo presents two experimental art films of the 1920s.
7:30 p.m.
Lecture: Professor Laurence Shine, "Roll Away the Reel World"
Before James Joyce published any of his major writings, he co-founded Ireland's first film theater, the Volta, in 1909. From 1921, Joyce worked at the center of the Parisian art scene, among Brancusi, Picasso, Duchamp, Leger, Moholy-Nagy, Matisse and others. Join Laurence Shine as he explores the breaking of the image and the making of modernism.
7:30 p.m.
Poetry Slam
Join us for our Nickel City Poetry Slam series, the evening begins with a feature by nationally recognized slam poet Eric Darby, past host of the Detroit and Lizard Lounge Poetry Slams and has been published in four nationally-distributed spoken word anthologies. Afterwards, the hottest local spoken word artists compete for a $25 cash prize and a chance to be on the first national Buffalo Poetry Slam Team, competing in Madison, Wisconsin in August 2008. Who will be the best? You be the judge!
Signup: 7:30p.m., on a first come basis.
Sponsored by the Humanities Institute of the State University of NY at Buffalo, Kennedy, Stoeckl and Martin, PC, and the William C. Rupp Foundation
5 - 7 p.m.
Art Activities designed by Locust Street Neighborhood Art Classes
6 p.m.
Children’s Theater Workshop
7 p.m.
Performance: Daughters of Creative Sound
Women of African descent express themselves as storytellers, dancers, singers, and percussionists producing a broad-based level of creative expression, healing of mind, body, and spirit through the arts.
7 p.m
Time Warner Cable Family Flick, presented by HBO:
Antz (1998). Directed by Eric Darnell and Tim Johnson. (83 minutes).
A neurotic worker ant falls in love with a rebellious princess, and rises to unlikely stardom when he switches places with a soldier ant. The all-star cast includes the voices of Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Sylvester Stallone, Anne Bancroft, Jennifer Lopez, Christopher Walken and Danny Glover.
8 p.m.
Performance: Carol McLaughlin Quartet
Carol McLaughlin, Legendary "Jamaican Jazz Man" is a true master of the sax and flute. He has performed with Ruth Brown, Brook Benton, ZZ Hill, Johnny Mathis, and Sammy Davis Jr.
5 – 7 p.m.
Art Activity: Soap Carvings
Join us for an art activity for all ages where you can carve your own soap!
5 - 6 p.m.
Race, Class, Gender, Justice: To Kill a Mockingbird
in collaboration with Just Buffalo Literary Center
Just Buffalo Literary Center presents The Big Read featuring To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Join us for an evening celebrating this most beloved classic, which deals with themes ranging from growing up to social justice. A mock trial/ panel discussion entitled: “Race, Class, Gender, Justice: A Fresh Look at To Kill a Mockingbird” will be led by members of University at Buffalo’s Law School professors Sam Magavern, Elizabeth Mensch, and Stephanie Phillips.
7 - 9 p.m.
Film: To Kill a Mockingbird
Enjoy a screening of this timeless classic immediately following the mock trial and panel discussion, “Race, Class, Gender, Justice: A Fresh Look at To Kill a Mockingbird.”
7:30 p.m.
Performance: Mike Smiarowski
Come listen to a special blend of instrumental island music played by this Western New York native. Recently placed on the official ballot for the 2008 Grammy Awards, Smiarowski has been featured on various ‘background music’ tracks throughout the U.S., including Air Force One. His sound is one to be enjoyed by all ages and he promises to inspire his audience on their musical journey with him to the magical “Isle of Jabeam.” For more information, please visit www.smearrecords.com.
5 - 7 p.m.
Art Activity: Art & Music
7:30 p.m.
Performance: The Sonata: Musical Conversations
Violinist Susanna Gilmore and pianist Persis Vehar present Beethoven’s Spring Sonata and the Ravel Sonata; two contrasting pieces representing two different eras in classical music separated by a century. In each piece, the composer brings together the most advanced musical language of his period, while introducing sounds and concepts that would help create a bridge to the music to follow.
5 – 7 p.m.
Art Activity: Cubism
Create paintings in the Cubist style of such greats as Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque.
6 p.m.
Birthday Lecture: Franz Marc
6 p.m.
Performance: Buffalo Suzuki Strings
"Encouraging growth through music," Buffalo Suzuki Strings (BSS) returns to the Gallery for a performance from their not-for-profit music school. BSS strives to provide a comprehensive and complete music education including violin, viola, cello, double bass, piano, and classical guitar as well as "Music for Infants and Toddlers" for students from birth to age 18.
7:30 p.m.
Film/Performance: Bruce Jackson, Philip Carli
We know what Picasso, Braque, and their cubist colleagues in Montmartre were seeing inside their heads in the decade leading up to World War I because they painted those visions for us. When they weren't painting, talking, drinking, and otherwise socializing, they were watching movies, the amazing new art form that was also then in the process of finding and defining itself. Movies captured time, slowed time, and sped it up. Movies broke time into pieces and freed motion from the ordinary demands of gravity and space. Movies were just what those Parisian cubists needed when they weren't doing exactly the same thing in another way in their studios. Join Bruce Jackson and the internationally celebrated silent film pianist Philip Carli for a screening and discussion about the literal and fantastical films Picasso and Braque could very well have seen in their regular visits to those darkened rooms.