Arts & Entertainment
Community Family Day scheduled May 19
GREENSBORO People looking lor fun should plan to stop by
Community Family Day at the Weatherspoon Art Gallery between 1 and
4 p.m. Saturday, May 19.
A puppet show, African drumming and a gallery hunt (similar to a
scavenger hunt) are in store, as well as hands-on art activities, such as
cookie painting and make-your-own party hats. Everything is free except
for a small fee for the cookie painting.
"This is a way for us to introduce people to the Weatherspoon Art
Gallery, many of whom may never have been here before." said Ann
Grimaldi, curator of education. "It will be a great way for kids and adults
to experience the connection between looking at art and creating art."
Acting students at UNCG are planning to perform a children's the
ater, and other Greensboro organizations will provide demonstrations
throughout the day, including the Greensboro Children's Museum, the
Natural Science Center, Greensboro Historical Museum and ArtQuest.
Scheduled entertainment is as follows: the puppet show, presented by
Greensboro Public Library, 1:30 p.m.; performances by Talking Drums
at 2 and 3:30 p.m.; and UNCG graduate students exhibiting artwork in
the MFA Exhibition, talking to children at 3 p.m. about their work.
Other activities will be ongoing through the afternoon.
The Weatherspoon Art Gallery has a 5,000-piece permanent collec
tion of modern and contemporary art, and many of the highlights will
be on view during Community Family Day. Visitors can take in Early
American Moderns: Highlights from the Permanent Collection, Henri
Matisse: Portraits of Women and Cool & Collected/Recent Contempo
rary Acquisitions. Other pieces will be shown in the lobbies and court
yard.
Information about membership and the docent program will be avail
able. For more information, or to volunteer to assist at Community Fam
ily Day, call the Weatherspoon at (336) 334-5770.
Located on the campus of The University of North Carolina at
Greensboro, the gallery is open every day but Monday, and admission
and parking are free. ' ' ' .1
Pollock's work at Reynolda House
Come learn about legendary artist Jackson Pollock on Tuesday, May
8. Reynolda House will be showing a video titled "Jackson Pollock: Por
trait of an Artist" at 10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. A brief discussion will follow
in which guests will be able to visit several artworks by Pollock's contem
poraries, including his wife, Lee Krasner. Admission is free.
Pollock (1912-1956) is recognized as one of the premier American
painters of the 20th century. He initially studied under Regionalist
Thomas Hart Benton. From 1938 to 1942, he worked on the Federal Art
Project in New York City. Under the influence of the Mexican muralists
Rivera and Siqueiros and European Modernist painters Picasso, Miro
and Masson, Pollock developed the automatic techniques of the Surre
alists into a more instinctive, personal form that was associated with the
emerging movement Abstract Expressionism. He hoped to express,
rather than illustrate, feeling on his canvas His experimentations led to
the development of his lamous "drip" technique, in which he energeti
cally drew or dripped complicated linear rhythms onto enormous can
vases His vigorous attack on the canvas and his devotion to me act of
painting led to the term "action painting." Pollock had become a symbol
of Abstract Expressionism when he was killed in an automobile accident
in 1956.
For more information, call Reynolda House at 725-5325, or visit the
Web site at www.reynoldahouse.org.
11-vear-old to debut in i Will Survive'
Tne Artist Studio School for Performing Arts is proud to present 11
year-old Jessica Waters in her first nightclub debut. It is titled "1 Will Sur
vive." Artistic Director Janice Price-Hinton directs the show. "1 Will Sur
vive" features Miss Waters in song, dance and acting.
She is an honor student at Southeast Middle School. Miss Waters
performed in the 1999 N.C. Black Repertory MLK Day Celebration,
1999 SCAN Celebration. 2000 Mayor's Christmas Tree Lighting and
opened for international blues artist Melva Houston. Her hobbies
include dancing, singing and basketball. She attends and is very active at
Emmanuel Baptist Church.
"I Will Survive" also features her cast, ranging from 8 to 16 years old,
who are also students of the Artistic Studio. Jessica will perform songs
by Natalie Cole, Toni Braxton. Gloria Gainer, Donna Summer, Diana
Ross and her rendition of' "His Eye Is on the Sparrow." Some of her fea
tured guest artists are 11-year-old Jillian Jackson ("Dream Lover"), 14
year-old Chris Bonner ("Can We Talk?"), 16-year-old Chanel Foxworth
("Bills, Bills, Bills"), 8-year-old Katasha Whitfield ("I Feel Good") and
11-year-old triple-threat sensation Olivia Walker.
It is a must-see production that has something for people of all ages.
"I Will Survive" will be held Saturday, May 5, at 7 p.m. Doors to The
Artistic Studio Theatre will open at 6:30 p.m. Reservations are strongly
encouraged due to limited seating. Tickets are $7 general admission. $5
for students and $3 for Artistic Studio students The Artistic Studio The
atre is at 201 W. Third Street (Old Davis Department Store)
Downtown Arts District Association plans
Spring Gallery Hop on May 11
The Downtown Arts District Association (DADA) will present its
Spring Gallery Hop May 11. More than 20 galleries, artist studios and
retail shops wilt open their doors to the public from 7-10 p.m.
The Sixth and Trade Street galleries and shops offer unique and excit
ing products for Mothers Day gift giving. Additional craft, food and
beverage vendors will offer their goods throughout the Arts District.
The Skellingtons, a local band, will perform in Soho Alley on Sixth
Street. The Gallery Hop is free and open to the public.
DADA was formed as an advocate of educational programming and
promotions of the arts as a basis for urban renewal in downtown Win
ston-Salem.
SECCA announces extended evening hours
The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA), in con
junction with the Homegrown I and II exhibitions, is happy to announce
SECCAfter Hours extended Thursday evening hours! Every Thursday
from May 17 through June 28 and July 19 through Sept. 27, SECCA will
be open until 8 p.m. so our audience can visit the galleries and enjoy the
exhibitions after 5. Come celebrate the art of North Carolina as we pre
sent live music, performance and ArtTalks featuring some of the most
talented artists across the state who will be included in "Homegrown."
Come meet your friends, see the show and see what's happening in your
own back yard!
The schedule: May 17, Blue Rags, blues from Asheville; May 24.
Angus McLaughlin, reading and discussion with Winston-Salem play
wright; May 31, to be announced; June 7. Flicker Film Festival, great
flicks from Durham; June 14, ArtTalk with Homegrown Artists; June 21,
Art Talk with David J. Brown and Douglas Bohr; June 28, alban elved,
performance by Winston-Salem dance company.
Admission will be $3 general admission, $2 students and seniors, chil
dren under 12 and SECCA members free. The June 28 alban elved per
formance will be $9 general admission and $7 for SECCA members. For
more information, call SECCA at (336) 725-1904 or e-mail
general^ secca.org.
Janet Jackson gets high marks for latest disc
BY COBTNEY L. HILL
fHE CHRONICLE
Miss Janet does it again with her
eighth album. "All for You " (yes,
this is number eight, although we
tend to not count her first two not
so-hot albums), and this time she
serves up an earful of very mixed
emotional lyrics, which isn't a sur
prise coming from an artist no one
can ever seem to figure out.
Don't expect for "All for You" to
be another version of "The Velvet
Rope." This album is a whole lot
happier than "Velvet." "All for
You" has provocative lyrics, sclf
alfirmations. odes to love and little
conversations in between songs. "All
for You" can almost size up to her
"Janet" album.
The album includes 20 cuts, with
14 of them being actual songs. This
is another one of Janet's roller
coaster rides of an album and if you
aren't careful you may find yourself
listening to the songs and saying,
"Hmm. 1 wonder if this one is about
her breakup with Renee'?"
There are a few edgy-rock songs
lhat may take some getting used to if
you are an R&B fan. Her opening
song. "You Ain't Right." has a very
rough but digital sound to it, which
makes it very hard to understand the
lyrics of Janet's soft-wanna-be-hard
vocals. This song talks about getting
stabbed in the back by a friend,
which I'm sure we've all experi
enced.
Then, of course, you have other
dance tracks such as her funky debut
title track, "All For You," which 1
think was very clever to include the
sample of Luther Vandross" "Glow
of Love." It's just one of those feel
good-sunny-days kind of songs. She
also includes a dance version of
"Doesn't Really Matter" as well as
"Come oh Get Up," another saucy
track and another song with coun
try-pop sound that is truly adorable
called "Someone to Call My Lover."
Of course this would not be a
Janet Jackson CD without the racy
love songs. There are four tracks that
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St. Philips Log Church
progressing at Old Salem
Looking north, the reconstructed Log Church is slowly lowered onto its permanent foundation.
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
The reconstruction of the
historic 1823 Log Church at
Old Salem took a long step
forward recently when the
building's permanent stone
foundation was completed. At
that point, the building was
very carefully lowered onto the
foundation.
With the foundation fin
ished. the next phases of con
struction will include the addi
tion of doors, porches and an
access ramp and stairs; perma
nent roofing; and enclosure of
the building by sealing the
gaps between the hand-hewn
logs.
Design work for the inter
pretive visitor exhibits that will
be placed inside the Log
Church is well under way.
After the Log Church is
opened for visitors, additional
work on the adjacent grave
yard and restoration of the
1861 Brick Church (eventually
named St. Philips Moravian
Church and the oldest stand
ing African-American church
in the state) will move forward.
The funding for the St.
Philips project has been raised
as part of the Old Salem $25
million capital campaign that
will also include opening the
Timothy Vogler Gunshop, the
Herbst House (which will fea
ture candlemaking) and a new
Visitor Center complex on the
west side of Old Salem Road.
Old Salem already offers a
free map with an African
American walking tour of the
historic district.
In about two years, the St.
Philips complex is expected to
become an integral part of
interpreting the African-Amer
ican experience at Salem in the
late 18th and early 19th cen
turies.
NCSA receives
grant to establish
endowment
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The N.C. School of the Arts has
received a $150,000 grant from the
Rudolf Nureyev Dance Foundation
to establish an endowment fund for
guest artists in the School of Dance.
The endowment will be used to
engage a special guest artist annual
ly to enhance the school's dance
program, and to honor in perpetuity
the memory of Rudolf Nureyev,
one of the greatest dancers of the
20th century.
The grant, which must be
matched on a one-to-one basis, will
be given over a three-year period. At
the end of that period, the $300,000
fund will be permanently endowed
to provide income for annual guest
artist grants. It will be known as The
Rudolf Nureyev Guest Artist
Endowment.
In addition, the Rudolf Nureyev
Dance Foundation will contribute
$17,000 to fund the first guest artist
engagement at NCSA, during the
2001 -02 school year. The guest will
be in-residence at the school up to
one month, teaching classes and giv
ing workshops. The school will
select the guest artist "with prefer
ence to enhance classical ballet,"
according to the foundation.
"The North Carolina School of
the Arts is honored to receive this
grant from the Rudolf Nureyev
Dance Foundation." said School of
Dance Dean Susan McCullough.
"Rudolf Nureyev was an extraordi
nary artist whose legacy .continues
to inspire young dance students
around the world today. We know
that our choices for NCSA's Rudolf
Nureyev Guest Artist must live up
to his remarkable reputation and
dedication to the art of dance."
In tribute to Nureyev, whose
love of the "new" in dance sprang
from a profound faith in ballet's tra
ditional past, the Rudolf Nureyev
Dance Foundation seeks to preserve
and protect the history and tradi
tion of classical dance while simul
taneously encouraging its progress
and development. Specifically, the
foundation aims to perpetuate
Rudolf Nureyev's name and to
advance his vision and contribution
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Millions of Americans have downloaded music
Americans are using music downloading services such as Napster
more than ever, according to a new report.
BY D IAN HOPPER
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON Thirty
seven million Americans have
downloaded free music from the
Internet since last summer, a 40 per
cent increase, according to a study
released recently.
The legal setbacks of music
swapping service Napster seem to
have fueled the increase, which
spans all Internet users regardless of
their experience, age. prosperity or
race, the study's author said.
According to the study by the
Pew Internet and American Life
Project, 29 percent of American
adults say they have downloaded
music online. That figure was only
22 percent in late July 2000. when
the recording industry won its suit
against Napster in LIS. District
Court.
"The level of sharing and down
loading closely tracked the court
case." said project director Lee
Rainie. the author of the study. In
July, the average Napster user
shared about 130 music files. That
jumped to 200 in January, when an
appeals court heard the case.
But lately that number has
diminished to about 80 files shared
per user, according to Pew
researchers. Rainie said that may be
due to Napster's filtering efforts.
While savvy and persistent users
have gotten around Napster's file
name filters by inserting typos into
song titles, they have discouraged
more casual file sharers.
Napster officials declined to
comment on the study, other than to
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