artKitchen Café Performance Series Winter/Spring 2013
January 31, 2013 - June 6, 2013
Be inspired. Join us in the artKitchen Café for live music, poetry, film, dance. Unwind after work in a relaxing, creative environment with savory comfort food and a cash bar.
Sign up today for our Great Performances Membership. Get all the usual benefits of a Fuller Craft membership plus 2 Great Performances of your choice! Dual memberships include passes for you and a guest.
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What is the artKitchen Café Performance Series? This year long series is 44 evenings of eclectic programming that celebrate values and excellence of contemporary craft through various media: music, words, film, and theater. Stroll through our galleries. Have a guided conversation with our Museum Educators. Visit our website for the most up-to-date info. Stroll through our galleries, which are free and open to all. Have a guided conversation with our Museum Educators.
Watch our website for the most up-to-date details about admission and performers. Of course admission to the Museum and all the galleries is still free on Thursday evenings. Check out the schedule below (information is subject to change) and feel free to call us at 508.588.6000, or email us at artkitchen@fullercraft.org.
The artKitchen Café Performance Series is funded in part by the following cultural councils: Abington, Bridgewater, E. Bridgewater, Brockton, Dedham, Duxbury, Easton, Hanson, Hingham, Mansfield, Middleborough, Plympton, Randolph, Rockland, Sharon. These local agencies support the arts with funding provided by Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. We are grateful for their support. Thank you also to Walgreens and Martignetti Co. for their support.
february 7 • Doug Logan
6:30 – 8:30 pm, $6 Members $10 Nonmembers
Doug Logan returns to artKitchen with his collection of familiar songs performed with a fresh new style. Last time he treated us to songs by Bob Dylan, Etta James, Foster the People, and Bill Withers.
february 14 • Love Craft @ artKitchen Café
Thursday, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm, tickets $20 or 2 for $35
Fuller Craft Museum invites you to feed your senses with an evening of Valentine’s fun. Try your hand at the potter’s wheel with the assistance of ceramic artist Debbie Winnick, and express yourself in clay (adults only). Mingle to music courtesy of DJ Cadillac Jack. Enjoy a light supper, open dessert bar, and love poetry. Door prizes and games are all included with tickets. Register online at www.fullercraft.org or call 508.588.6000. This Xintada event is co-produced by Movimentu Shokanti & Fuller Craft Museum
february 16 • Brockton Arts Poetry Series
Saturday, 12:00 pm – 4:30 pm, Free
Back in the 1990s the Brockton Arts Poetry Series used to convene at Fuller Craft. We’ll that group has returned in a new partnership. Every third Saturday (2/16, 3/16, 4/20, 5/18) join us for writing workshops, an open mic, and featured poets. Schedule: 12:00 – 2:00 pm workshop; 2:30 – 3:15 pm open mic; 3:30 – 4:30 pm featured poet.
2/16: Featured poets are Marlon O. Carey & Lawrence Nunes
Indaba Theatre
february 21 • Everyday People, Extraordinary Inventions*
Thursday, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm, $5 Kids $8 Adults.
8:00 pm – 9:00 pm concert with Clef Nite & Offiong Bassey
This winter break treat your family to this entertaining and informative play by Indaba Theater. What happens when strangers meet on a train platform in the early 1900s? They discover that they each have made vital contributions to society and share common bonds. Madam C. J. Walker is on her way to a business conference when she runs into Granville T. Woods and Garrett Morgan, two men whose creative technology has a lasting global impact. All of a sudden, they are introduced to George Washington Carver who was treated unfairly by the railway system, only to find out that three of the inventors have ties to Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell. This performance highlights the extraordinary inventions these everyday people have created and how they have impacted our lives.
Clef Nite
Offiong Bassey
Later that evening 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm, hear a concert with musicians Clef Nite & Offiong Bassey.
february 28 • Xintada: Lusophunk!
Thursday, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm, $6 Members $10 Nonmembers
LusoPhunk! is an artistic and musical project by Peter Arteaga blending hypnotic, old world dance rhythms of the Cape Verdean and Brazilian Diaspora with traditional American song styles, blues and funk. LusoPhunk! will “season” any event with a sound drawn from the heart like a home-cooked family meal. Co-produced by Movimentu Shokanti & Fuller Craft.
march 7 • Mill City Growlers
Thursday, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
$6 Members $10 Nonmembers
Mill City Growlers kick off our new music series with their cinematic, original lyrics and their blend of sophistication and grit. The Growlers incorporate R&B with jazz and an occasional country or Latin tinge. This quartet includes Steve Ventura—acoustic guitar and vocals; Mike Paolucci on electric guitar; Paul Curran on sax, flute, harp and vocals; and Don Barry on electric upright bass. The music ranges from simple and evocative “On Our Way Home” to the gritty and amusing “Demon of Love.”
Hockomock Jazz Trio
march 14 • Hockomock Jazz Trio
6:30 pm – 9:30 pm, $6 Members $10 Nonmembers
Drummer Dale Ellenberg, pianist Rick Weldon, and Michael Paolucci (guitar/bass) play hard bop and reinvented jazz standards influenced by jazz greats like: Miles, Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, Eddie Harris, and Horace Silver. Their trio is named after the misty, mysterious Hockomock Swamp in southeastern MA.
march 16 • Brockton Arts Poetry Series
Saturday, 12:00 pm – 4:30 pm, Free
Featuring Nicole Terez Dutton, Ifeanyi Menketti, and William Orem
Vanessa Morris and Scott Sandvik
march 21 • Vanessa Morris and Scott Sandvik
Thursday, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm $6 Members $10 Nonmembers
Morris’ unique sound is a blend of influences from Betty Carter and Nina Simone to Antonio Jobim and Al Green. She is a classically trained pianist who branched into jazz at the Oberlin Conservatory and continued graduate work in Jazz Studies at New England Conservatory. Her music is simultaneously laid back and electrically charged. The softness of her voice at times is incongruous with the intensity of her music. Morris will perform with long time collaborator, guitarist Scott Sandvik.
Cultures of Resistance
march 28 • Xintada: Cultures of Resistance,
a documentary film by Iara Lee
Thursday, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm (Free)
The film highlights artists, musicians, and dancers throughout the world working for peace and justice, re-conceiving resistance as a fundamentally creative act. Limited space. Call 508.588.6000 to register. Co-produced by Movimentu Shokanti & Fuller Craft
Jerry Lagadec
april 4 • Jerry Lagadec
Thursday, 6:30 – 8:30 pm, $6 Members $10 Nonmembers
Join us for a dynamic, high energy performance with singer, songwriter, and guitarist Jerry Lagadec. Jerry Lagadec is a versatile composer and musician whose fascination with Native American cultures has fostered his discovery and mastery of the Native American Flute. Jerry’s study and practice of this instrument have led to exciting collaborations.
april 7 • Chamber Music Concert
Brockton Symphony Orchestra
Sunday, 2:30 pm – 5:00 pm, $15 Members, $20 Nonmembers, $10 Children 12 and under. Come to the premiere performance of “Dark Garden” by contemporary classical composer Erik Lindgren inspired by Linda Huey’s current exhibition of the same name. The rest of the music program t.b.a. Glorious music in the galleries with a reception and cash bar. Space limited. Get your tickets today online at www.fullercraft.org or call 508.588.6000.
april 11 • Hockomock Jazz Trio
Thursday, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm, $6 Members $10 Nonmembers
april 16 • Craft & Music Festival
Tuesday, 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Free)
Join us for a free family day full of craft and music. Craft your own instruments and music in workshops by educator Judith Spitzberg then play with the Brockton Symphony Orchestra.
Patti di Rosa
april 18 • Patti DeRosa
Thursday, 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm, $6 Members $10 Nonmembers
“Patti De Rosa imbues her folk based music with a distinctive jazz and R&B flavor and an overall sense of musicality that places her in the upper echelon of today’s singer-songwriters.”—Mark Stepakoff, The Center for Arts at Natick.
april 20 • Brockton Arts Poetry Series
Saturday, 12:00 – 4:30 pm • Martha Collins, Kathleen Flenniken & Sharon Bryan
Peter Joseph
april 25 • Peter Joseph
Thursday, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm, $6 Members $10 Nonmembers
Peter Joseph Acoustic comes to artKitchen café to share his eclectic blend of folk, soul, blues, pop and reggae, all powered through his acoustic guitar. This 23-year-old has been playing his brand of feelgood music on the Boston music scene for many years with one mantra—“I just want to make good music, and I just want people to listen.”
Virginia DePina
may 2 • Virginia DePina & Titilayo
Thursday, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm, $6 Members $10 Nonmembers
This duo of Brockton residents comprising bass player Virginia DePina and vocalist Titilayo Ngwenya explore soul, rock, and original music together in a new collaboration.
RESCHEDULED TO FALL 2013 may 9 • Stories of Our Mothers
Thursday, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm, $8 Members $12 Nonmembers
Looking to celebrate your mother in a special way this Mother’s Day. Bring her to “Stories of Our Mothers” a night of funny, bittersweet, and poignant stories about mothers told by artists, poets, and special guests. Ticket price includes a raffle ticket to win a lovely Mother’s Day present. Beverages and dinner will be available for purchase.
Yoron Israel
may 16 • Yoron Israel
Thursday, 2 shows: 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm & 8:30 pm – 10:00 pm
$8 Members $12 Nonmembers
Yoron Israel, a native Chicagoan and Brockton resident, returns to Fuller Craft with his quartet High Standards: Laszlo Gardony (piano/keyboard), Lance Bryant (tenor & soprano saxophones), Henry Lugo (bass), and Israel on drums. This foursome represents a depth of virtuosity that is remarkable and infectious. Limited seats. Reserve your tickets online at fullercraft.org
may 18 • Brockton Arts Poetry Series
Saturday, 12:00 pm – 4:30 pm, Free, Joyce Wilson & Barbara Helfgott Hyett
"Chachi" Carvalho
may 23 • Xintada: “Chachi” Carvalho
Thursday, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm $6 Members $10 Nonmembers
Charles “Chachi” Carvalho is a multi-talented performing artist, emcee, poet, and songwriter. A first generation Cape Verdean/American born and raised in Pawtucket, RI, Chachi was 2 time national champion in 2008 on BET’s hit television show 106 & Park and was recognized as the best hip hop act in Phoenix Magazine (2011). He will perform a jazz set of his hiphop CD about his father, “In Dust Real Evolution.” Co-produced by Movimentu Shokanti & Fuller Craft.
may 30 • Mill City Growlers
Thursday, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm, $6 Members $10 Nonmembers
june 13 • Gift to Our Fathers Just in time for Father’s Day!
Thursday, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm, $6 Members $10 Nonmembers
An evening exploring classical and contemporary themes of fatherhood.
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Under Icarus
The evening begins with a series of readings in celebration of fatherhood beneath the Museum’s remarkable, mobile installation by Mark Davis, Icarus, a work inspired by the classic Greek tale of father and son.
7:45 pm – 8:45 pm Step Up, a documentary about fatherhood
This gritty and touching documentary exposes the social reasons why some fathers are not around while praising the fathers that are present. Written and produced by up-and-coming, filmmaker Noube Rateau.
8:45 pm – 9:30 pm Panel Discussion
With individuals featured in the film: Coach Dennis Wilson, Madison Park High School; Colin Harris, StreetSafe Boston; and Tremeda Martin.
Scapegoat Garden Dance Troupe
june 27 • Xintada: Scapegoat Garden Dance Troupe
Thursday, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm, $ 15 Members, $20 Nonmembers, $10 kids 12 and under. Add $10 to join us for a light supper at 5:30 pm. Space limited. Reserve to spot online at www.fulercraft.org. Scapegoat Garden is a collaborative dance theater based in Hartford, Connecticut, driven to create daring, interdisciplinary performance. In the quest to create original performance works built on a commitment to artistic integrity, the company conjures lush worlds where movement, sound, video, costume, set and light design are brought together to engage, inspire, inform, and transform.
