New Poetry

John M. Bennett, poet and curator at the OSU Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, sent along some of his latest poems to share. On his website you can see his own pieces of audio and visual poetry, which are the topic of this month's book club.

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John M. Bennett
http://johnmbennettpoetry.blogspot.com/
www.johnmbennett.net

Jazz Quartet

Cayce Felber, Bradley Mellen, Ryan Jewell, and Evan Oberla perform on April 30, 2009. Enjoy.

-Eva Ball

Envelope performs "Good Good Lord"

Hometown mc, Envelope performs "Good Good Lord" at his CD release party last year.
He is signed to Weightless Recordings and will be speaking at this weekend's CBUS Sound Symposium at the OSU Urban Arts Space.

Also, don't miss his performance at Summerfest, Saturday, August 22nd, 2009.

-Eva Ball, Communications Coordinator, at the OSU Urban Arts Space.

Tom Beardslee

A few days ago the talented Tom Beardslee visited the OSU Urban Arts Space to perform. Tom, a lecturer and student at The Ohio State University, performed songs from a diverse range of music. In addition to playing guitar, Tom played a lap steel, which was actually the first electric instrument. Between songs he shared humorous anecdotes about song writing and using espn 2 as insperation, insights into the history of rock and roll, and even interpretations of bizarre lyrics such as “you don’t want to dust my broom mama, unless you want to end up in jail.” For more information about Tom Beardslee check him out on myspace.

-Chris Burton, UAS Student Assistant

The Marotta Hour

Fluxmonkey w/J-Guy Laughlin and a Larry Marotta/Ryan Jewell Duo

Thursday, October 16th
6:30 to 8pm

Stay downtown after work every third Thursday of the
month and check out new sounds curated by local musician and international composer Larry Marotta.

This month we feature fluxmonkey with J-Guy Laughlin performing out-of-this-world analog electronics and drums. Also, discover a Larry Marotta and Ryan Jewell duo, you've never heard drums like these.

The Marotta Hour is an electro-acoustic music series featuring unexpected sounds from free jazz to electronic to free-form improvisation. Come and hear some of the most cutting-edge musicians and composers from Columbus and beyond. Suggested donation $5 to $10.

This series is part of our after-work programing offered Thursday evenings. Before the show stop by Tip Top Kitchen & Cocktails and ask for the Urban Artists' Special: It's very special indeed and its only $3.

Image of Ryan Jewell courtesy of Larry Marotta.
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Fluxmonkey: There are two *Bob Drakes* who build experimental instruments, play banjo, and have a penchant for improvised/avant garde musics. This is the one who used to play in the Whistle Pigs from Zenar and Red Dark Sweet, not the one from Thinking Plague and 5UUs. After completing an 5-year apprenticeship as a violin maker, he's focused on original electroacoustic instruments, installations, and modular synthesis.

J. Guy Laughlin bio: J. Guy Laughlin Jr. is a percussionist/sound artist from Cleveland, active in the city's experimental music community. After amassing and unlearning a collegiate education in jazz, he has pursued an interest in the physical properties of percussion, particularly electro-acoustic possibilities.

My bio: Larry Marotta is a musician, composer, and improviser based in Columbus, Ohio. He has performed original silent movie scores throughout the US. His movie soundtracks have appeared on Turner Classic Movies and on DVDs released by Kino International. As an improviser, he plays guitar around the country as a soloist or with an eclectic mix of musicians.

Ryan Jewell is a Columbus-based-percussionist who travels the world spreading the gospel of his extended percussion techniques. He has brought his unlimited arsenal of sound to such artists as Jandek, C. Spencer Yeh, Greg Kelley, Bhob Rainey, Jack Wright, and countless others.

For all the momma's boys

Community dialogue, wine, rooftop garden

We have a really great evening planned for August 28th.
Shape your world!

4 to 6 pm : community dialogue : free
When Art Builds Bridges: Art, Environment, and Community
Reconnecting the natural and the built environment is an essential part of creating a sustainable future. Join in a community dialogue and brainstorming session—with artists, architects, educators, designers, scientists, arts and water advocates/activists and Ways of Knowing Water co-curators Rick Livingston and Prudence Gill—about the place of art and river ecology in the reinvention of civic identity.

6 to 8 pm : wine tasting : cash only
featuring organic and biodynamic wines

6 & 6:15 pm : informal gallery tours : free

7 & 7:30 pm: tours of the building’s rooftop garden : free

also downtown on the 28th:
The band Conspiracy will begin at 5:30 pm (‘til 9 pm) in Derby Court outside the Hyatt on Capitol Square (corner of State and Third streets).

Wex Drive-in Outdoor Film Fest is downtown for the first time, with a free open-air screening at dusk (around 9 pm) of The Talk of the Town (1942), a romantic comedy about justice starring Cary Grant and Jean Arthur, projected onto a huge screen set up on the Ohio Statehouse lawn (West Plaza). Visitors are welcome to bring blankets and chairs; the party starts at 8 pm with free Jeni’s ice cream, with additional food and beverages for sale. Call (614) 292-3535 or visit wexarts.org for more information.

All The Time in the World / August 9th

Art events in downtown Columbus Ohio for the next few days...

Saturday the 9th
7:30-11 pm
Water on the Fire tonight at the Riverfront Amphitheater in Genoa Park. This is right behind COSI on Washington Blvd. I have never been to any of these events, but seems like a good way to chill with one of the best views of our lovely little city. Musical entertainment by Outpost.

Monday August 11
8pm
Experimental Jazzie hoopla at Cafe Le Spritz house (594 E. Rich St.). Featuring the stylings of Marina Peterson, Larry Marotta, Ryan Jewell, Dan Godston. Styrofoam on a snare drum sounds really really good, but also super intense, OK.

Tuesday August 12
11:45 am- 1:15 pm
As part of the Music in the Air concert series, the Topiary Garden / Deaf School Park hosts, Vocal Impact: Soulful harmonies with dynamic jazz arrangements. 11:45 a.m. 480 E. Town St.

Wednesday August 13th
noon-1pm
Screen Works | The Wonderful World of Dogs. A film by Mark Lewis. 52 mins.
This is happening here at the Urban Arts Space.
Bring your lunch and enjoy more Dog Days of August each Wednesday with us. See a women whose Chihuahua is carried off by a hungry pelican...and a dog with a sixth sense... The Wonderful World of Dogs explores the myths, the obsessions, and the wide variety of attitudes people harbor towards our four-legged friends by introducing a few of the barkers, bullies and roamers that make up the canine population.

Thursday August 14
5:30 - 7:30
Dialogue| Ways of Knowing Water here at the Urban Art Space.
Get With the Flow...Find Out How!
Learn from those who know! Representatives from MORPC (Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission), and local watershed organizations such as FLOW (Friends of the Lower Olentangy Watershed), FACT (Friends of Alum Creek & Tributaries), and other groups who work to protect our waters will be on hand to discuss creating a more river-friendly, greener Columbus. Become a river steward!

7:30 -11pm
After the talk at UAS, unwind with Cocktails at the Franklin Park Conservatory rooftop garden in the Palm House, where James Turrell has his new light installation. This is a new thing happening at the conservatory every Thursday. Full bar selection along with small plate hors d’oeuvres from Cameron Mitchell Catering. I think this place is gonna be amazing, (I like Turrell's work). I'll let you know. ( No cover – 21 and over – Free Parking)

All The Time in the World / August 7th

If I had all the time in the world to spend downtown at art events in the next few days this is the stuff I would do. (Columbus, Ohio)

Tonight, Thursday August 7th.
8pm
The Shelf Gallery, at 57 E Gay Street, is hosting an acoustic music event that is going to be perfect. All these bands can be found on myspace, but trust me, I think you'll really like it.

Friday, August 8th
12 pm
VOX - Columbus Gay Men's Chorus this just seems awesome. If someone can actually make it to this, please let me know what you think.

7pm
Horton Hears a Who is showing at Genoa Park on the Riverfront behind Cosi, 303 W. Broad St.
I will be at this. The film starts at 9ish and will surely give you alot to think about.

Saturday, August 9th
Mad Theatre presents Stripped Away.
"Carol is burning the candle at both ends. By day she is a sociology professor. By night, as part of her latest sociological study, she is a waitress at The Itchy Kitty, the tri-state's #4 gentleman's club. On top of that, her relationship with her boyfriend is crumbling, her sister wants to date the club DJ, her boss wants to fire her, and she'll do about anything to keep it together." Check out the trailer. This is gonna be super zany.

All The Time in the World

If I had all the time in the world to take in the arts of Downtown Columbus Ohio, this is what I'd do for the next few days. What fun!
-Eva Ball, exhibition preparator and guide

Friday, August 1st

12pm: Summer Fridays at the Statehouse: Opera Columbus
Free lunchtime performing arts and music series held on the West Lawn of the Ohio Statehouse. Broad St. & High St.

1pm:Midwestern Visions of Impressionism: 1890 - 1930
I think I am really going to this during my lunch break.
Christine Fowler Shearer, curator, will conduct a guided tour of the new exhibit at the The Riffe Gallery, located in the Vern Riffe Center for the Government and the Arts, across from the Statehouse on High Street in Downtown Columbus: 77 S. High

6pm: Happy Hour at Tip Top!!


8pm:Oliver Mtukudzi & The Black Spirits
This is super awesome afro-pop at Riverfront Amphitheater at Genoa Park, which is in front of COSI, i.e. Washington Blvd. between Town & Broad Streets.

"Called the Grand Master of Zimbabwean traditional pop, Oliver Mtukudzi is truly one of Southern Africa's greatest musicians."

Saturday, August 2nd

7-11pm: One Man's Junk Is Another Man's Treasure: Photography by Gina Christoffersen at ZenGenius Gallery 243 N. Fifth St.

Tuesday, August 5

11:45 am: The Ark Band
This concert is at my current favorite park in the city: The Topiary Garden / Deaf School Park at 480 E. Town St. The Ark Band is local reggae. This event is catered, but I think you have to buy your lunch. But a good way to get out of the office.

Wednesday, August 6th

12pm – 1pm: Read Aloud Program at the Urban Arts Space
Bring your lunch, sit back, and listed to author Charlene Fix read one of Thurber's dog stories and share her own poetic reflections on dogs -- from Elkhound/Keeshond, Collie/Shepherd, Great Pyrannes, to Basset Hounds.

"Charlene Fix is a Professor of English at the Columbus College of Art Design and a member of The House of Toast Poets. She has received poetry fellowships from the Ohio Arts Council and the Greater Columbus Arts Council, and has published poems in various literary magazines, among them The Journal, The Manhattan Review, The Cincinnati Review, Alimentum, and Poetry."

6pm: Brock Clarke at the Thurber House

Brock Clarke will read from his latest novel for the final installment of Thurber House's 2008 summer Literary Picnics Wednesday.