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Kapsalis / Ivanovic Duo
Sunday September 5 5pm @ the Chailey Mansion (not at the gallery). Donations appreciated.
An afternoon and evening of great performances featuring the Kapsalis / Ivanovic Duo, the ever popular/unpredictable birdorgan. Throw in two performance/noise artists also from ME and a couple more locals. All this and more … live video projection by Greg Kowalski. Potluck, bring a dish to share.
Kapsalis / Ivanovic Duo [Chicago]
birdorgan [NH, MA]
Theft Able / Wright Duo [ME, MA]
Crank Sturgeon [ME]
Stephanie Lak [Lowell]
(preliminary schedule, performers listed in reverse order)
Andreas Kapsalis and Goran Ivanovic represent the perfect alliance of ten-fingered guitar virtuosity, outstanding melodic themes, and dynamic rhythmic variations. Kapsalis’ Spanish-inflected playing complements their previously unexplored style that challenges the boundaries of pop music structure, juxtaposing his style with the world renowned Serbian compositional and improvisational mind Goran Ivanovic. Goran’s unique and rarely found talents set you forth on a cinematic array of emotions. Sophisticated, yet rebellious, this acoustic ensemble nods its head towards tradition but totally disregards technical conventions. They experiment in the melding of classical, various styles of traditional folk, and rock music, each receiving equal time.
Produced by 119 Gallery and Greg Kowalski. For more info email.
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Devil Eyes + Loup-Garou + Stephanie Lak
Thursday September 16 7pm, donations for DE & 119 appreciated. Early show, come early!
Devil Eyes [Montreal CA]
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Loup-Garou featuring Mike Dailey & Emily Jayne [Lowell, Montreal CA]
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Stephanie Lak [Lowell]
“…raboteux, cru, sale, méchant, dans ta face.” - Bang Bang
“…a bone-melting full-length incorporating sultry blues, garage and swamp rock that will shake your soul. ” - Magnet Magazine
“…a scabrous mix of overdriven guitars and unhinged vocals on songs straight out of whatever primeval swamp first unleashed garage rock.” - listendammit.com
“…plus amusant qu’un baril de singes” - Voir
“Devil Eyes pay homage to the lineage of truly raucous rock ’n’ roll… 8/10″ - Montreal Mirror
Here’s a track
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Lowell Poetry Network
Thursday July 29 6:30pm
Monthly meeting and open mic.
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Jazz & Poetry: Dave Ross Duo + Masada Jones + Ed Marshall
Saturday May 29 8pm, $5 donation at door.
JAZZ
Dave Ross Duo: [Brooklyn NY]
Dave Ross - guitar, voice
Shayna Dulberger - double bass
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POETRY
Masada Jones [Lowell]
Ed Marshall [Lowell]
Produced by Walter.
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Grassroots Arts Conference
Friday April 30 - Sunday May 2, 2010
There is some interest in having a get together of Grassroot Arts organizers. Those running community arts spaces, 119 Gallery, and those running house venues, Daileyville, the Sock Hop, Friendly Square, Whitehaus Family Record.
Focus is on networking and sustainability.
Friday April 30
8:00pm Performances by member of local art spaces.
8:30pm Kevin Bilapka-Arbelaez
9:00pm Abram Taber
9:30pm Loup-Garou
10:00pm birdorgan
10:30pm Packrat
Saturday May 1
12 noon Vegan Brunch by the Sock Hop.
2:00pm Session 1: Who we are. What we do. How we do it!
8:00pm Performances by members of visiting art spaces.
8:30pm 2Lous with Joe Burgio
9:00pm Josh Baker
9:30pm cAvE bEaRs
10:00pm Andrea Pensado
Sunday May 2
12 noon Vegan Brunch by the Sock Hop.
2:00pm Session 2: How do we survive in Lowell?
Facilitated by 119 Gallery and The Sock Hop. Contact artguy[at]119gallery[dot]org
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Lowell Poetry Network: FreeVerse
Thursday April 22 6:30pm, donations appreciated.
photo from Brew’d Awakening.
LPN invites you to meet the FreeVerse Lowell Youth Slam Team -
Abby,
Ben,
Emma,
Ricky,
Sophy.
Open mic follows.
“It’s like magic the way I feel. The cool breeze like smoke and the sun shines mirrors of light, the illusion here is a smile with broken wishes in the corners……” — Joey
Joey, Anthony and Masada have worked long and hard with FreeVerse.
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Herb Robertson Trio + Stephan Anstey
Friday April 16 8pm, $10 donation requested.
Herb Robertson Trio: [NJ]
Herb Robertson - trumpet
Dave Kaczorowski - bass
Adrian Valosin - drums
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Stephan Anstey
is a poet, artist, and web designer. You know, the average type of person you’d never want to be stuck on an elevator with for any length of time.
Herb Robertson had to quit playing music for a short time in 1975 when the strain of performing nightly in a loud jazz-rock band caused him to temporarily lose his trumpet chops. Robertson altered his style, becoming a more lyrical and explorative player. In 1976 he started a rehearsal big band, also playing with some of the local avant-garde musicians in New Jersey. He met altoist Tim Berne in the late 1970s and first gained attention for his playing with Berne’s groups during 1981-87. His tonal distortions and use of mutes looked back to jazz’s past while his freer improvising was quite futuristic, fitting in very well with Berne’s passionate alto playing. He also became a member of bassist Mark Helias’ group. Read more …
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Poetry and Jazz: Lowell Poetry Network
Saturday April 3 2-8pm, tickets $12/15 students $8/10 in advance/at the door.
Steve and Yuko
2pm - 8pm Tables set up with food, beer & wine.
Steve Dalachinsky and Yuko Otomo [NYC] featured poets
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Apocalypso Trio: [Boston, Brooklyn NY, Lowell]
Joe Burgio - movement,
Shayna Dulberger - double bass, delay,
Walter Wright - analog synths & video
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John Voigt Trio: [Boston]
Carolyn Wilkins - voice,
John Voigt - bass,
Joe Livolsi - drums
There will be an open mic! Local poets are invited to read. Local poets who have signed up to read include -
Stephan Anstey
Tom Daley
Ed Marshall
Bill Perrault
Patrick Pierce
Patrick Shaughnessy
Janet Stevenson
John Voigt
following the poetry readings and open mic -
8pm
Kevin Frenette Trio:
Kevin Frenette - guitar,
James Rohr - Fender Rhodes,
Johnny McLellan - drums
Tickets or reservations email artguy [at] 119gallery [dot] org
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Lowell Poetry Network
Thursday March 25 6:30pm, $3 donation requested includes light food fare
Leo Racicot and Brandi MacDonald featured poets.
Leo Racicot will read from his newly published collection, “Alone in the Yard – Buddhist, Beat & Otherwise” published by Big Table Publishing Company.
Brandi MacDonald will be our second featured reader. A 2008 NH Slam Team Finalist, Brandi MacDonald was a contributing poet for “Just Like A Girl: A Manifesta!” and misses her literary journal, Seldom Nocturne, which she ran from 2002 until 2005. Her most recent collection, Coloring Book, offers a tiny little peek into her windows.
Following the reading, there will be an open mic. All welcome to participate. Bring a poem. Bring a friend.
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The House of 1000 Dust Catchers
Tuesday January 12 - Saturday February 13, 12noon - 5pm
Reception Saturday January 16, 6-9pm
photo by Setheyny Pen
Items and Ephemera from the collection of Marc Bisson and Dei Xhrist
with additional treasures provided by Dave Bacon
The majority of these pieces are second hand; garage sales, ex-garage sales, swap meets, second hand stores, friends with no use or lost storage space. The majority of these pieces were mass produced; part of a collection, variations on a popular theme, some sort of necessary element to complete a group, cheap efforts to fulfill a casual demand.
Marc and I find appeal in things that, out of their original context, are bizarre, horrible, silly, poorly executed, distorted, patinaed. There is a mix of pathos and brilliance; what kind of production environment birthed some of these figures? At the very least, everything here is the result of someone’s endeavors. We’ll never know their names but we can at least preserve their fruitiest of labors from the trash bin for a little longer.
We would like to thank Dave Bacon for lending a few boxes of his most easily reached toys and soup boxes. Dave is an auction and thrift store trawler with a predilection for stacking things and standing calmly as gravity overcomes his precarious towers. He can be reached at yottoys1@gmail.com
Dei Xhrist and Marc Bisson
The House of Goings-On, Manchester, NH.
bopant@hotmail.com
www.myspace.com/birdorgan