The Arts Paper - March 2014

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Souleymane Badolo will perform during Wesleyan University Center for the Arts’ DanceMasters Weekend.

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Artists Next Door Michael Galvin and Luke Hanscom push “arts incubator” in Westville

staff Cynthia Clair executive director Soonil Chun director of finance Julie Trachtenberg director of development & marketing Debbie Hesse director of artistic services & programs Bobbi Griffith director of membership & advertising Stephen Grant communications manager Winter Marshall executive administrative assistant David Brensilver editor, the arts paper Russell Shaddox, Quicksilver Communication design consultant

board of directors Robert B. Dannies, Jr. president James Alexander vice president Lois DeLise second vice president Ken Spitzbard treasurer Mark Potocsny secretary directors Daisy Abreu Wojtek Borowski Susan Cahan Lindy Lee Gold Charles Kingsley Kenneth Lundgren Jocelyn Maminta Josh Mamis Elizabeth Meyer-Gadon Frank Mitchell Mark Myrick Vivian Nabeta Eileen O’Donnell Bill Purcell David Silverstone Dexter Singleton Richard S. Stahl, md

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Book Review

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Elizabeth Weinberg recommends Ruth Ozeki’s A Tale for the Time Being

al-Mutanabbi The Institute Library hosts literary project born of Baghdad bombing

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DanceMasters Annual Wesleyan event showcases ascendant and wellknown artists

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Letter from the editor In this edition of The Arts Paper, we celebrate the Wesleyan University Center for the Arts’ 15th annual presentation of DanceMasters Weekend, a two-day event that brings ascendant and well-known dancers and choreographers to the school for performances and master classes. This year’s program features the Dance Theatre of Harlem, Ronald K. Brown/Evidence, A Dance Company, and Souleymane Badolo — who’ll receive the Center for the Arts’ Mariam McGlone Emerging Choreographer Award.

Also, in this edition of The Arts Paper, Hank Hoffman introduces us to Michael Galvin and Luke Hanscom, two area artists who’re in the process of turning a former Westville factory building into a resource for artists.

In his piece, Hank writes: “Dubbed the Aerial Map Factory by organizers Galvin and Hanscom for its use during World War II making maps for Allied bombing runs, the facility offers 50,000 square feet of space. Organizing as a not-for-profit llc, Galvin and Hanscom hope to develop the Aerial Map Factory into a mixeduse facility, apportioning space among private studios and co-working spaces.”

Elizabeth Weinberg has contributed another excellent book review — this one about New Haven native Ruth Ozeki’s A Tale for the Time Being. In addition to that piece, Weinberg contributed an interview with Beau Beausoleil, the organizer of al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here, a literary project born of a bombing in Baghdad that destroyed a popular bookstore. Materials from the collaborative project will be on view at The Institute Library through May 3.

As quoted by Elizabeth, Beausoleil explains that “one of the things that this project isn’t is a healing project. In order to begin any kind of healing, you have

to understand what the wounds are. And the wounds that we’ve left in Iraq will be coming to the surface for years to come. We’re a project of witness and solidarity.”

In addition to the above-mentioned DanceMasters Weekend preview, I’ve contributed a short “Sounds Off” piece about Sony Masterworks’ 2013 release of Leon Fleisher: The Complete Album Collection, which I gave my father as a gift during the holidays. I had the opportunity to work with Fleisher in college, which helped me understand what a brilliant musician he is. As I write in my piece, “I’ve listened countless times to the recordings he made with Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra and will never forget the opportunity I had as a student to work with such a remarkable artist.” Today, I’m looking forward to exploring his entire, incredibly impressive discography, whenever my father sees fit to loan me the CD collection I gave him during the holidays.

Stephen Grant, the Arts Council’s communications manager, lets us know in this edition of The Arts Paper that a long-dormant Arts Council program called Artspot — a happy hour with an arts twist — has been resurrected and, starting on March 27, will once again offer a social venue in which local creative types can meet and talk about shared artistic interests.

I hope you’ll enjoy the stories in this edition of our publication, which we continue to scrutinize with an eye on appealing to an ever-growing readership. As we remind you to do each and every month, please remember to recycle this publication when you’re finished reading it. Until then, enjoy the articles herein. ■ Sincerely,

In the next issue …

David Brensilver, editor The Arts Paper

The April edition of The Arts Paper will include a story about The Both, a project that features Aimee Mann and Ted Leo. The duo is scheduled to perform at Toad’s Place on April 27.

Photo by Christian Lantry.

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A recent Afro-Caribbean doll-making Workshop presented by the Arts Council of Greater New Haven featuring Elaine Peters, left, at Dixwell/Newhallville Senior Center. The workshop was funded in part by First Niagara Bank.

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the arts council sounds off on …

Leon Fleisher david brensilver For the holidays, I bought my classicalmusic loving father a comprehensive collection of recordings by iconic American pianist Leon Fleisher. Admittedly, the boxed-set — which was produced by Sony Masterworks and is called Leon Fleisher: The Complete Album Collection — is one that appeals to me as much as I knew it would strike the right chord (if you’ll excuse the pun) with my father.

In 1952, Fleisher traveled to Brussels, Belgium, where he won the Queen Elizabeth Competition. In the ensuing years, he recorded the Beethoven and Brahms piano concertos with George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra, along with other works, before he lost the use of his right hand as a result of a condition called focal dystonia.

Fleisher continued to perform works for left hand alone, and also taught and conducted regularly.

My first encounter with Fleisher came during my freshman year at the Peabody Institute, where he’s the Andrew W. Mellon

Foundation Chair of the piano department.

Fleisher was in the audience when one of his students, Awadagin Pratt, conducted a student orchestra in a performance of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 23 — as a warm-up for Stephen Prutsman, who later traveled to Moscow where he medaled at the 1990 International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition.

I played timpani in that student group and with the Peabody Symphony Orchestra when Fleisher conducted us in a program at Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, home of

Leon Fleisher performed a recital at the Yale School of Music in November. Photo by Joanne Savio.

the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.

Fleisher eventually regained the use of his right hand, which inspired Nathaniel Kahn’s 2006 Academy Award-nominated documentary film, Two Hands: The Leon Fleisher Story.

Even before his physical struggles altered the course of his career, Fleisher had established himself as one of the most accomplished and important American pianists of his or any time. I’ve listened

countless times to the recordings he made with Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra and will never forget the opportunity I had as a student to work with such a remarkable artist.

Today, I’m looking forward to exploring his entire, incredibly impressive discography, whenever my father sees fit to loan me the CD collection I gave him during the holidays. ■ David Brensilver is the editor of The Arts Paper.

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Factory (creative) outlet Two artists push “arts incubator” in Westville david a. brensilver

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rtists Michael Galvin and Luke Hanscom both dig into the past for artistic inspiration in the present.

Galvin — a painter, sculptor, and printmaker — draws on mythology, particularly the tale of Apollo and Daphne. Hanscom — a commercial and fine art photographer — blends found photographs and documents from the early 1900s with his own imagery in evocative montages printed through vintage, alternative processes. Now, the two artists have teamed up to use another vintage found object for art. In a bold bid of arts entrepreneurship, they hope to renovate a vacant, historic factory building in Westville and run it as a community center for the arts.

The building — dating to the early 1900s and last occupied by a community action agency — sits on the corner of Whalley Avenue and Fitch Street. Dubbed the Aerial Map Factory by organizers Galvin and Hanscom for its use during World War II making maps for Allied bombing runs, the facility offers 50,000 square feet of space.

Organizing as a not-for-profit LLC, Galvin and Hanscom hope to develop the Aerial Map Factory into a mixed-use facility, apportioning space among private studios and co-working spaces.

“We see the Aerial Map Factory as a community-based building providing resources necessary for artists to realize their projects,” says Galvin. “We’re calling it an ‘incubator space.’ ” AMF will provide space and resources on several levels: private and co-working studio spaces, gallery space for artists seeking to mount exhibitions, resources for artists who want to try new things but don’t have the equipment or supplies, and classes and workshops for beginners and more experienced artists.

“This is the incubator space for that to happen,” Galvin says.

“In our dreams, we’re exploring the idea of a woodworking shop, printmaking shop, photography studio, performance space, and co-working shared space,” says Hanscom.

Their vision embraces both working professional artists and novices looking to explore.

“The communal spaces might support

Michael Galvin, left, and Luke Hanscom in front of the Aerial Map Factory, in Westville. Photo submitted.

people in the community who want to try something or an artist with a regular practice who doesn’t have the resources and wants to take it to the next level,” Galvin says.

Both Galvin and Hanscom live in Westville. Through conversations with friends and stakeholders involved in the community and the arts, Galvin says, they found “a strong desire to see the building used as a community arts center.” As working artists, they extrapolated from their own experiences and needs to develop the AMF concept. Hanscom notes that he and his wife, Misty, also a photographer, have to have a photo studio to do their work. They rent a space full time even though they make use of it less than half that amount of time.

Their experience prompted him to wonder how they and other artists could better utilize space and share resources.

Affordability of working space and access to resources are essential for facilitating creative activity. For photographers, Hanscom envisions “several shooting spaces equipped with standard studio lighting and gear” and “a modern digital lab with calibrated computer screens” as well as a “traditional, alternative process wet lab.”

“Photography has gone very digital in

the commercial element,” says Hanscom, “but people are looking to get back to the original processes and explore.”

“We are trying to be practical in terms of what we can have and what people need the most,” Galvin says.

AMF’s organizers have has established a Web presence on Facebook, Wordpress, and Twitter and are using those platforms to solicit community input and develop a waiting list of artists interested in renting studios.

“We put out a form to the community asking, ‘How would you like to use this space?’ ” says Galvin. “There was tremendous interest in a photography studio and printmaking.”

The building is privately owned. Galvin and Hanscom are in discussions with an array of potential funding sources: the City of New Haven, local businesses, community organizations, historic preservation groups, and local and national foundations.

Structurally, the building is in good shape overall, although there are some roof leaks and some areas that need to be brought up to code.

Galvin and Hanscom expect usage of the space to be allocated through a multitiered membership structure that caters to everybody from the full-time working artist

to the novice who wishes to periodically come in and explore. They hope the provision of co-working spaces fosters a communal atmosphere conducive to collaboration and fertile exchanges between professionals and beginners, as well as artists working in differing media.

They seek to begin occupying the building by the end of the spring.

“In an ideal world, by fall we would be at full capacity,” says Galvin. “We hope by City-Wide Open Studios, we have a full building of people ready to open their doors.”

I ask Galvin what might constitute success for the Aerial Map Factory two or three years down the line.

“We’ll be successful if we have built a vibrant community that is involved in the Aerial Map Factory at every level, from the occasional visit from a community member wanting to take a class to a regular visitor who uses the woodworking shop or photo studio to the resident artist working in their studio,” he says.

“Down the road, we envision festivals and whatever surrounds a community cultural center such as this,” says Galvin.

“Who knows what it could morph into as it gets going?” ■

“We see the Aerial Map Factory as a community-based building providing resources necessary for artists to realize their projects …

We're calling it an 'incubator space.’ ” —Michael Galvin • march 2014

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Arts Paper ad and calendar deadlines The deadlines for the May and June editions of The Arts Paper are Monday, March 24, at 5 p.m., and April 28, at 5 p.m., respectively.

Calendar listings are for Arts Council members only and should be submitted online at newhavenarts.org. Arts Council members can request a username and password by sending an e-mail to amay@newhavenarts.org. The Arts Council’s online calendar includes listings for programs and events taking place within 12 months of the current date. Listings submitted by the calendar deadline are included on a monthly basis in The Arts Paper.

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ArtSpot: Happy hour with an arts twist stephen grant When I began working at the Arts Council, I couldn’t wait to deepen my involvement in the Greater New Haven arts community. During my time studying communications at Southern Connecticut State University, I applied every tool I learned with creative organizations hoping to land a job serving the artistic public. I did everything from working on music events to hosting a radio show and blogging about music.

I discovered my passion for event planning after hosting a monthly coffee-shop social that allowed artists and musicians to share ideas.

Month after month, locals met at various locations to marvel at what their creative peers were working on. It was great to create a space for artists, writers, and musicians to feel comfortable sharing and socializing.

After months of hosting those events and juggling a loaded school schedule, I decided to end the monthly social. It was hard to part with the idea, especially after witnessing relationships develop. However, I promised myself I would return to this idea as soon as I had the resources and time. Three years later, the time has finally arrived.

When I accepted the job with the Arts Council in September, I

couldn’t wait to suggest my art social idea to the team. As it turns out, the organization had hosted a similar event called ArtSpot years ago.

Suddenly, I was handed dozens of articles that highlighted the happy hour with an arts twist. I was elated to read that hundreds of people attended regularly, proving that the art scene in New Haven loves a good party with fellow locals that share similar interests.

Bobbi Griffith, who once coordinated the events with help from Yale University, smiled with nostalgia as she shared memories of previous events. The ArtSpot events featured local paintings, handmade jewelry boxes, and even graffiti art. The events were hosted at various arts venues in New Haven including the Yale University Art Gallery and Artspace on Orange Street.

If you’re looking for the perfect community event, ArtSpot will return on March 27. I am thrilled to be working with Bobbi Griffith and Daisy Abreu as one of the event coordinators, and to be helping to bring back the creative happy hour for artists and art lovers in the Greater New Haven area. Learn more about ArtSpot by visiting the Arts Council online at newhavenarts.org. ■ Stephen Grant is the Arts Council’s communications manager.

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“While the physical Artists at Work exhibit came down in late February, the project can be viewed online at newhavenarts.org.”

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In February, as part of Connecticut at Work – a yearlong Connecticut Humanities initiative – the Arts Council presented Artists at Work, an exhibit of photographs by Chris Randall that captured local artists at work.

On view in two vacant storefronts on Audubon, Artists at Work showcased artists as part of the local workforce, and how and where they work. The goal of the project was to foster conversations about art and among artists in the local creative community. Participating artists included writer Debby Applegate, violinist Colin Benn, spoken word artist Frank Brady, graphic designer George Corsillo, graphic designer/visual artist Susan McCaslin, children’s book illustrator and writer Deborah Freedman, sculptor Ann Lehman, dancer Adele Meyers, Flamenco guitarist Val Ramos, actor Steve Routman, painter Gordon Skinner, and soul singer Avery Wilson.

As part of the Arts Council’s project, participating artists responded to a questionnaire that asked them, among other things, how long they’d been practicing their craft, what inspired them to pursue that particular art form, and how and where they trained.

Benn, a member of the Haven String Quartet and the Music Haven teaching

staff, said, “Starting in sixth grade I received free tickets to concerts throughout Boston through a string scholarship program I was in. I would get to hear groups like the Boston Symphony Orchestra, or the Boston Chamber Music Society, on a regular basis.

I remember leaving those concerts feeling completely inspired and excited about music.”

Applegate, who earned a Pulitzer Prize for The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher (2007, Image Books), said, “I’d call myself more craftsperson and pleasure-seeker than artist. Reading was my pleasure, so writing became my craft.”

While the physical Artists at Work exhibit came down in late February, the project can be viewed online at newhavenarts.org.

See more of Randall’s photography at ilovenewhaven.org.

Artists at Work was presented as part of Connecticut at Work, a yearlong Connecticut Humanities initiative that explores the past, present, and future of work life in our state. For more information about the Connecticut Humanities initiative, visit cthumanities.org/ctatwork.

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the best book i read this month

A Tale for the Time Being, by Ruth Ozeki elizabeth weinberg For the reader, curled up on the couch with a well-worn library book or a crisp new hardcover, the writing process can seem, at best, opaque. We tend to think of creativity as a spark that happens mysteriously to some people and not to others, rather than acknowledging that it is the product of labor and conscious thought. At its root, though, the process of writing a story or novel tends to follow a certain pattern. First, an idea for a story line or character occurs to the writer, perhaps while she is out for a walk or talking to a friend, or perhaps while she is sitting, frustrated, at her desk. Then, that writer pursues the idea, thinks about it, obsesses over it, writes about it, then revises those writings again and again until the idea has turned into a cohesive story, and the character into a realistic, fully-imagined person. At that point, the story is handed to the readers, to do with it what they will. What the audience receives is a story that unspools itself as it is read, one page at a time; it’s the process of reading, of turning the page, that creates suspense, even though the whole story, beginning, middle, and end, is already in existence, bound between two covers, already thought through again and again by the writer.

Right?

New Haven native Ruth Ozeki’s most recent novel, A Tale for the Time Being (Viking 2013), takes this process and flips it on its head. At the heart of the novel are two characters: the first, Naoko Yasutani, known as Nao, a young Japanese girl writing her life down in a diary at some uncertain point before the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami; the second, Ruth, a writer living on Cortes Island, off the coast of British Columbia, unable to get her current memoir draft to work. Nao and Ruth have never met, but when Nao’s diary washes up on the beach near Ruth’s house, their stories become impossibly intertwined.

What follows is a novel that meditates

Image courtesy of Viking Press, Penguin Group.

Ruth Ozeki. Photo by Kris Krug.

wasting precious hours on someone else’s story?” But this “someone else’s story” is exactly what Ruth needs.

Of course, logic says that this novel is the product of the typical writing and drafting process, but the existence of Ruth-as-character allows the reader to pretend that the diary, and this story, really did come to Ozeki suddenly and mysteriously.

A Tale for the Time Being catalogues a bevy of individual experiences through other characters’ memories and interpretations of them.

There is Nao, writing about her great-grandmother, a Buddhist nun, and about her great-uncle and her father.

And then there are footnotes: the translations and elaborations that Ruth appends to Nao’s diary as she reads and researches, and then, occasionally, those that are added to Ruth’s sections, which are written — by whom? Ruth herself, reflecting on her own plot? Ozeki the author? Some intermediary narrator? The precise source is unclear but what is clear is the act of observation. The details offered by Nao’s diary crystallize a sense of Japanese society in which the individual is subsumed into a broader cultural mission — Nao’s great-uncle was a reluctant kamikaze pilot, while her father repeatedly fails to fit into Japanese corporate culture — yet the footnotes Ruth and Ozeki add make it impossible to ignore that everyone in this novel is being observed on their own terms, as individuals.

“What is the relationship between author and reader, and author and character? The answer, A Tale for the Time Being seems to suggest, is that we are all more related than we seem to realize, and that barriers created by time and space may not be as fixed as we believe they are.”

—Elizabeth Weinberg on the subjects of time, influence, and interconnectedness — and, ultimately, authorship. There is, of course, the very fact that Ruth is a fictionalized version of Ozeki, who does indeed live on Cortes Island. This fictionalization allows Ozeki to detail the discomfort and uncertainty of writing while also creating a shield for herself: after read-

ing the first few pages of Nao’s diary instead of working on her failing memoir, she thinks, “Now, looking at the pile of pages [of the memoir], she felt a quickening flush of panic at the thought of all her own lost time, the confused mess she’d made of this draft, and the work that still needed to be done to sort it all out. What was she doing

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Grendl Löfkvist’s An Inventory of al-Mutanabbi Street, 2013. Ondine typeface by Adrian Frutiger, linoleum cuts, photopolymer plate from Logos Graphics, shards of broken glass from the streets of Oakland.

Born of Baghdad bombing, exhibit trains focus on Iraq Institute Library hosts al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here elizabeth weinberg images and image details courtesy of stephen kobasa On March 5, 2007, in the midst of the United States troop surge in Iraq, a car bomb exploded and killed 26 people on Baghdad’s al-Mutanabbi Street. The street, named for the 10th century Iraqi poet, was historically the locus of Baghdad’s bookselling and literary community. The destruction was such that the street remained officially closed for more than a year.

News of the bombing briefly appeared in the American media and made its way to Beau Beausoleil, a bookseller and poet based in San Francisco. Alarmed by the minimal response from the San Francisco literary scene, he organized a memorial reading. Out of that grew the al-Mutanabbi Street Coalition, which has since brought together writers, letterpress printers, and book artists to create works to memorialize and comment on the bombing. In the seven years since the bombing, the writings have been compiled into an anthology and parts of the project have been exhibited at numerous institutions across the United States, Europe, and North Africa as al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here. Beginning on March 1, an exhibit of selected materials from the project curated by Stephen Kobasa will be on view at the gallery of the Institute Library in New Haven.

I spoke with Beausoleil on the phone in January; what follows is an edited version — for clarity and length — of that interview.

EW: What made you expand the project after the memorial reading that you organized in 2007?

BB: I didn’t want the page to turn on what happened. I felt that by examining that one day in all the ways that we could, we would learn a great deal about the Iraqi people — their cultural community and their lives — and I began to see the commonalities between al-Mutanabbi Street and any street here that holds a bookstore, or a library, or a university, or a gallery or a museum. These are all shared cultural spaces.

EW: How did the project grow from there?

BB: I decided to go on from the 43 letterpress broadsides that we had first collected to sell at the reading to try to find 130 letterpress printers to contribute

Wuon-Gean Ho and Ingrid Scheider’s al-Mutanabbi, Once Again, 2012. Single sheet of paper screen-printed in five colors on both sides and letterpress in two colors on one side, folded and glued to make a book.

broadsides. Then in 2010 I decided that I wanted to call for book artists to join, because I felt that by bringing new art disciplines into the project we could continue.

Part of this project is constantly making people aware of Iraq and what’s happened to Iraq’s people. In this country we desperately want to walk away from it.

One of the things that this project isn’t is a healing project. In order to begin any kind of healing, you have to understand what the wounds are. And the wounds that we’ve left in Iraq will be coming to the surface for years to come. We’re a project of witness and solidarity.

EW: What would you like to see grow out of that witnessing?

BB: I’d like to see people assume responsibility. I want people to be troubled by the work that they see in these exhibits — troubled in the best possible sense of that word. I want them to turn over the ideas that they encounter in the exhibit and the associated events. I don’t want this work to be merely seen as an art exhibit. That’s the very last thing that I want.

And at some point I’d like for the project to be able to work with Iraqi artists and writers. But as far as I’m concerned, they have no real reason to work with us yet. We have to earn their respect for what we’re doing and what our motives are. And that will come — we have Iraqi writers in our anthology, and the director of the Iraq National Library welcomed a set of the broadsides into their archives because he feels that it’s important for the Iraqi people to see this work.

EW: To what extent were local Baghdadi and Iraqi artists and writers involved with the starting process, and how have you seen that change?

BB: We probably have more ArabAmerican writers and artists who are part Continued on page 18

Bettina Pauly’s A Sun that Rises, 2013. BFK paper, soft Unryu paper, Mulberry paper, hand-dyed silk ribbon, machine stitching; the background is an abstract etching, text letterpress printed, digitally set in Garamond, using photopolymer plates.

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DanceMasters Weekend to showcase the ascendant and the tradition-steeped Souleymane Badolo, Ronald K. Brown, and Dance Theatre of Harlem headline festival

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en years ago, to mark its 30th anniversary, Wesleyan University’s Center for the Arts, in collaboration with the Joyce Theater, made its first-ever commission. The resulting dance piece, Ronald K. Brown’s 2004 Come Ye, was recently described by CFA Director Pamela Tatge as a “spectacular work” and “one of my favorite pieces that he’s done.”

Brown and his Brooklyn-based troupe, Evidence, A Dance Company, return to Wesleyan this month for the Center for the Arts’ 15th annual DanceMasters Weekend — two days of performances and master classes that will also feature this year’s Mariam McGlone Emerging Choreographer Award winner, Souleymane Badolo, and the reconstituted Dance Theatre of Harlem.

Brown’s Come Ye, which had its premiere at Wesleyan, was inspired (if that’s the right word) by the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan that was launched in response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2011, and also by Nina Simone’s “Come Ye,” from her 1967 album High Priestess of Soul, which Brown found himself listening to around that time — and to which Brown’s choreography is set.

Ronald K. Brown’s Evidence, A Dance Company. Photo courtesy of Wesleyan University Center for the Arts.

That Come Ye can still be viewed as timely “breaks my heart, but it’s life … forever … unfortunately,” Brown said during a recent interview.

Also part of life, in Brown’s world, is dance itself. Part of his mission involves “making sure that people understand that dance is just part of life.”

As a youngster, Brown struggled to find the courage to dance, intimidated by classes dominated by the fairer sex.

“I was afraid to take dance classes,” Brown admitted matter-of-factly.

Around age 12, his supportive mother — who at the time was pregnant with his

Dance Theatre of Harlem performs Robert Garland’s New Bach. Photo by Rachel Neville.

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Above and below: Ronald K. Brown’s Evidence, A Dance Company. Photos courtesy of Wesleyan University Center for the Arts.

younger brother — planned to take Brown to a summer program run by Dance Theatre of Harlem but ended up going into labor.

Fortunately, after a few false starts, Brown found his way onto the global dance stage and has been running his own company for nearly 30 years. Still, the difficultly he had finding his way into dance is something he hopes to help younger generations avoid, if not navigate more easily.

“That’s why teaching and having these conversations is so important to me,” Brown said.

Helping younger generations find their way into the modern-dance scene is also of tremendous importance to Dance Theatre of Harlem Artistic Director Virginia Johnson, who oversaw the company’s 2012 rebirth after it went on a self-imposed, financially driven hiatus in 2004.

While Johnson said she and her colleagues welcomed a large turnout of dancers to auditions in San Francisco,

Chicago, Miami, and New York, as the company was being reconstituted, not many of those individuals were artists of color — an adverse impact of the company going on hiatus that Johnson said “we are happy to be correcting again.”

A longtime principal dancer with the company, Johnson was tapped to lead Dance Theatre of Harlem’s re-emergence in the dance world.

Founded in 1969 by Arthur Mitchell — the first African American member of the New York City Ballet — and his trailblazing mentor, Karel Shook, Dance Theatre of Harlem was established as a stage on which Black dancers could be introduced to a global audience.

As a youngster, Johnson had the opportunity to see Mary Hinkson perform with the Martha Graham Dance Company. That experience provided “an affirmation” for Johnson, who said, “I would pooh-pooh that kind of thing, but I had that … experience.”

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“Although Connecticut is so close to New York City, many dance students at Wesleyan and elsewhere in the state don’t have regular opportunities to experience new techniques and vocabularies outside their courses of study. Because of that, Tatge said, important works and those who create and perform them need to be brought to Connecticut.”

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Classes & Workshops ACES Educational Center for the Arts 55 Audubon St., New Haven.

203-777-5451. aces.org/schools/eca.

Modern and Ballet Dance Classes. ACES Educational Center for the Arts offers modern dance classes with Pamela Newell on Mondays, 6-7:30 p.m., through March 24, and ballet with Suzanne Stack on Tuesdays, 4:30-6 p.m., through March 4. Costs for classes range from $95 for two weeks to $350 for eight weeks. Contact Mariane Banar Fountain at 203-777-5451 x. 14202 or mbanarfountain@aces.org.

Artfarm Middlesex Community College, 100 Training Hill Road, Middletown.

860-346-4390. art-farm.org.

Shakespeare Acting Laboratory. Join Artfarm Artistic Director Marcella Trowbridge for the second Shakespeare Acting Lab, an eight-week workshop in Shakespeare scene study and performance.

Work will involve text analysis, developing emotional literacy and accessibility, voice and breath, physical training, improvisation, and play. Continued from January. Culminates in public presentation on March 12. Wednesdays, 7-9:30 p.m. $250.

Connecticut Natural Science Illustrators Yale Peabody Museum Community Education Center, 230 West Campus Drive, Orange.

203-934-0878. ctnsi.com.

We offer instruction in basic drawing, watercolor, pen and ink, oil painting, colored pencil, and mixed media. Our instructors are certified natural science illustrators. For schedule and pricing information, call, visit the website, or send e-mail to ctnsi.info@gmail.com.

Creative Arts Workshop 80 Audubon St., New Haven.

203-562-4927. creativeartsworkshop.org.

Spring Classes and Workshops. Explore your creative side with visual arts classes and workshops for adults and young people in book arts, design, drawing and painting, fiber, fashion, jewelry, photography, pottery, printmaking, and sculpture.

Spring session runs March 10 -May 30. See the course brochure or visit the website for dates, times, and fees. Online registration available.

Elm City Dance Collective Center for the Arts at Christ Church, 84 Broadway, New Haven. 401-7418140. elmcitydance.org.

Contemporary Technique. Intermediate/advanced contemporary technique taught by Kellie Ann Lynch through May 1. Classes are held every Thursday with the exception of Thursday, April 17. $160 for the semester, $17 drop in, $14 student drop in. 6-7:30 p.m.

Guilford Art Center 411 Church St., Guilford.

203-453-5947. guilfordartcenter.org.

Winter Semester of Classes. Adult classes include beading, blacksmithing, ceramics, drawing, fiber, glass, metals, painting, photography, sculpture, weaving, and more. Children’s after-school classes are available. Catalogs with all details are available by calling 203.453.5947. Through March 7. Spring semester begins March 31. Visit website for full descriptions and fees.

Jenai West Trinity Lutheran Church, 292 Orange St., New Haven.

917-753-1297. jenaimwest.wix.com/jenai.

Beginner Tap Class. Get fit in 2014 and learn the basics of tap dance! Drop-ins are always welcome.

Tuesdays, through March 25. 5:30-6:30 p.m. $15per class or $135 (pre-pay) for all 10 sessions.

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The Di Maggio Connection performs at Café Nine on March 21. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Neighborhood Music School 100 Audubon St., New Haven.

203-624-5189. neighborhoodmusicschool.org.

Dancing With Parkinson’s. Based on the Dance for PD™ program of the Mark Morris Dance Group, this class encourages people with Parkinson’s and related neurological disorders to experience gentle movement in a variety of dance styles, with live music. No experience is necessary and walkers, canes, and wheelchairs are welcome! Through June 30 at the Middletown Senior Center, 150 Williams St., Middletown. Mondays, excluding holidays. Contact Laura Richling at lrichling@neighborhoodmusicschool.org. Free.

1:30-2:45 p.m.

English Country Dance. All dances will be taught by Paul McGuire. Come with or without a partner.

Beginners welcome. Live music by Marshall Barron, Grace Feldman, Phoebe Barron, Margaret Ann Martin, and musicians from Marshall’s Dance Band Workshop. March 7 and March 21, 8-10:30 p.m.

Orchard Street Shul 232 Orchard St., New Haven.

860-717-0841. artistbeitmidrash.weebly.com.

The Four Sons of the Haggadah: A Textual and Visual Exploration. An artist critique and workshop related to Jewish textual study. Each session will include study of the Haggadah, followed by a critique of work created outside of class. For Jewish artists of all affiliations and skill levels. Rabbi Yossi Yaffe of Chabad of the Shoreline will teach the texts, and Leah Caroline will facilitate the critiques. Wednesdays, through March 26. $120. 78:45 p.m. Send e-mail to artistbeitmidrash@gmail.com.

Royal Scottish Country Dance Society Whitney Arts Center, 591 Whitney Ave., New Haven. 203281-6591. rscdsnewhaven.org.

Scottish Country Dancing. Enjoy dancing the social dances of Scotland. Come alone or with a friend.

All dances taught. Wear soft-soled non-street shoes. Tuesday evenings, March 4-May 20. $8 per class, first night free. 7:45-10 p.m.

Dance 8 Saturday The Connecticut Classic The Connecticut Dance Alliance’s summer scholarship competition weekend for pre-professional students of classical ballet. March 8-9. Master classes on Saturday, competition on Sunday (open to the public). 8:30 a.m.-7p.m. Westover School, Westover School, 1237 Whittemore Road, Middlebury. 860-5207263. ctdanceall.com.

22 Saturday Russian National Ballet Theater’s Cinderella This magical, fairy-tale story of Cinderella comes to life in this three-act, full-length ballet performed by the dancers of the Russian National Ballet Theatre.

Saturday 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Shubert Theater, 247 College St., New Haven. 203-562-5666. shubert.com.

Exhibitions Artspace 50 Orange Street, New Haven.

203-772-2709. artspacenh.org.

Smart Painting. A show of paintings by artists who respond to the institution of contemporary abstraction. Organized by John O’ Donnell. Featuring artists Blake Shirley, Sharon Butler, Deborah Dancy, Zachary Keeting, Ben Piwowar, Jenn Dierdorf, Rob D. Campbell, Derek Leka, Clare Grill, and Tatiana Berg. On view through March 22. Wednesday-Thursday, 12-6 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, 12-8 p.m.

Free.

Perceptual Data. Artist Neil Matthiessen draws on an amalgamation of science, technology, and visual culture. On view through March 22. Wednesday-Thursday, 12-6 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, 12-8 p.m.

Free.

Creative Arts Workshop 80 Audubon St., New Haven.

203-562-4927. creativeartsworkshop.org.

Creative Works Gallery Features Susan Froshauer.

Work from the collection of Susan Froshauer.

March 7-21. Monday-Friday, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.

Prizewinners Show: Hillary Charnas and Rebecca Murtaugh. Works by Hillary Charnas and Rebecca Murtaugh, prizewinners of CAW’s 2013 International Juried Show How Simple Can You Get? will be on display in the Hilles Gallery March 7-April 3.

Opening reception: Friday, March 7, 5-7 p.m. Monday-Friday, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.

Creative Works Gallery Features Bart Conners Szczarba. Works by Bart Conners Szczarba March 28-April 11. Monday-Friday, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.

Da Silva Gallery 897-899 Whalley Ave, New Haven.

203-387-2539. dasilva-gallery.com.

New Work: Larry Morelli. Artist Reception is scheduled for Saturday, March 1, 6-8 p.m. on view through March 31. Every Wednesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free.

Davison Art Center Wesleyan University Center for the Arts, 301 High St., Middletown.

860-685-2500. wesleyan.edu/dac.

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. This exhibition includes William Henry Jackson’s 19th century celebrations of the railroad in the American West, Jacques Henri Lartigue’s shots of early French automobile races, and the abandoned Ford cars of Robert Sheehan. The exhibition will also include works by other artists chosen by the Davison Art Center. On view through March 6. Tuesday-Sunday, 12-4 p.m. Free.

Elm City Artists Gallery 55 Whitney Avenue, New Haven.

203-922-2359. elmcityartists.com.

Equinox. Swing into spring with Equinox, an array of works in watercolor, collage/mixed media, oil, and pastel, plus functional and decorative pottery.

Watch while our artists are in the process of creating new work and learn more about their art.

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through calligraphy, poetry, painting, and installation. March 20-April 20. Opening reception: Sunday March 23, 3-5 p.m. Free and open to the public.

March 17-April 26. Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Free.

Firehouse Art Gallery Milford Arts Council, 81 Naugatuck Ave, Milford.

203-306-0016. milfordarts.org.

Green Exhibit. The Firehouse Art Gallery presents Green Exhibit. An opening reception is scheduled for Thursday, March 6, 6-8 p.m. Exhibition will be on view until April 4. Friday-Sunday, 12-4 p.m. Free.

Fred.Giampietro Gallery 91 Orange St., New Haven.

203-777-7707. giampietrogallery.com.

New Works by Linda Lindroth. Opening Reception is scheduled for Friday, March 21, 6-8 p.m. On view March 21-April 19. Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.- 4 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free.

Guilford Art Center 11 Church St., Guilford.

203-453-5947. guilfordartcenter.org.

Local Color. A travelling exhibit of fiber art from the Studio Art Quilt Associates celebrating the beauty and diversity of Connecticut. On view through March 16. Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m-4 p.m.; Sunday, 12-4 p.m. Free.

Kehler Liddell Gallery 873 Whalley Ave., New Haven.

203-389-9555. kehlerliddell.com.

Silent Poem, Spoken Light: Works by Maureen M. Squires and Sarah Beth Goncarova. This exhibition explores one of the most integral yet continuously perplexing questions of the art-making practice: How does one create work that is highly communicative yet largely unspoken? Artists Maureen M. Squires and Sarah Beth Goncarova examine this concept

Milford Center for the Arts Milford Arts Council, 40 Railroad Ave., Milford.

203-878-6647. milfordarts.org.

Quilt and Tapestry Exhibit. The Milford Arts Council presents a quilt and tapestry exhibit at Milford Center for the Arts. Opening reception is scheduled for Thursday, March 13, 5:30 p.m. On view March 6-28. Wednesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Saturday, 12-2 p.m. Free.

Paul Mellon Arts Center Choate Rosemary Hall, 332 Christian St., Wallingford.

203-697-2398. choate.edu/artscenter/boxoffice.

Patterns in a Lonely Crowd. Alumni artist Lucy Phillips (’00) uses portraiture to communicate ideas of social dynamics and human relationships.

The exhibit is free and open to the public. On view through March 14. Open daily when school is in session. 9 a.m.-9 p.m.

Rabinowitz Gallery Slifka Center at Yale University, 80 Wall St., New Haven.

203-432-1134. slifkacenter.org.

Time Is a Place. Large painted canvases are inspired by the peculiar relationship between time and place – places can freeze in time as one moves further away, or be created anew in the timeless realm of imagination. Max Budovitch infuses the work with subtle geometric motifs referencing the underlying order of existence and the connection between all things. On view through March 31. Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-11 p.m.; SaturdaySunday, 9 a.m.-11 p.m. Free.

Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. Gallery Arts Council of Greater New Haven, 70 Audubon St., 2nd Floor, New Haven.

203-772-2788. 1ifetime.wordpress.com.

Once in a Lifetime. Curated by Stephen Grant (the Arts Council’s communication manager), Once in a Lifetime will feature a range of artistic styles including paintings, photographs, mixed media, abstract art, and collages. Follow the blog for show updates, artist bios, photos, and more. On view through March 21. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free.

Whitney Humanities Center 53 Wall St., New Haven.

203-432-0670. yale.edu/whc/GalleryAtTheWhitney/current.html.

At the Crossroads of Hope and Despair: America since the Crash. This exhibit comprises images taken across the country from 2009 to 2013 that speak to the complexities of the moment. Photographs by Matthew Frye Jacobson. On view through March 28. Monday-Wednesday, 3-5 p.m. or by appointment. Free.

Paul Beckman’s Posing in Yellow is part of IMAGES 2014, the Shoreline Arts Alliance’s 33rd Annual Juried Photography Competition & Exhibition, March 28-30 at the Guilford Art Center’s Mill Gallery. Photo courtesy of Shoreline Arts Alliance.

Galas & Fundraisers 2 Sunday Second Annual Red Carpet Gala The Milford Arts Council will host its Second Red Carpet Gala in honor of the 2014 Academy Awards. Dress to impress. Black tie suggested, although elegant creative options are also welcome. Appetizers and cash bar. Silent auction, raffle, and more. View Awards live on giant screen! Milford Arts Council, Center for the Arts, 40 Railroad Ave., Milford. 203878-6647. milfordarts.org.

Kids & Families

English Choral Masterworks with David Hill

Musical Folk First Presbyterian Church, 704 Whitney Ave., New Haven.

203-691-9759. MusicalFolk.com.

Music Together Classes for Toddlers. A fun and creative music and movement program for babies through 5 year olds and the adults who love them.

Come sing, dance, and play instruments in an informal setting. Classes are ongoing through the year in New Haven, Hamden, Woodbridge, Cheshire, and East Haven. Classes offered daily (morning, afternoon, and weekend classes available). Four semesters a year. Ten-week semester is $214 and includes CD and illustrated songbook.

Each semester features a new collection of music.

Milford Center for the Arts 40 Railroad Ave. South, Milford.

203-937-6206. pantochino.com.

Pirate Schmirate! Award-winning Pantochino Productions Inc. presents a new musical for the entire

Music of Britten, Vaughan Williams, Elgar, and Parry

Yale Camerata Marguerite L. Brooks, director

Yale Glee Club Jeffrey Douma, director

Yale Schola Cantorum David Hill, principal conductor

saturday, march 1 · 8 pm woolsey hall, 500 college at grove

David Hill, conductor Richard Cross, narrator

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family. Take a wild ride on the high seas with a bevy of beauteous lady pirates who find and island of handsome princes! Filled with all kinds of fun and swashbuckling nonsense! Book and lyics by Bert Bernardi, music by Justin Rugg. March 21-30.

Fridays at 7:30 p.m., Saturdays at 2 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m. All seats $17.

Paul Mellon Arts Center 332 Christian St., Wallingford.

203-697-2398. choate.edu/boxoffice.

Henry and Mudge by Theatreworks/USA. Based on the best-selling series of books by Cynthia Rylant, this one-hour musical follows the adventure of Henry and Mudge, his great, big 182-pound canine buddy. After a misunderstanding, the two become inseparable. Appropriate for ages 4 and older.

March 8. 2 p.m. Adults $15, children 12 and younger $10.

Thornton Wilder Hall, Miller Complex Hamden Arts Commission, 2901 Dixwell Ave., Hamden.

203-287-2546. www.hamdenartscommission.org Willy Wonka’s Wonkaville. Actor David Engel portrays Mr. Wonka, that mysterious inventor of sweets. Engel’s show presents a world of imagination, which includes music, bubble play, puppetry, and silly games. March 8. 1 p.m. Admission is $2 for children and $3 adults.

Music 1 Saturday Joint Choral Concert: Yale Camerata, Schola Cantorum, Glee Club English choral masterworks.

David Hill, conductor. Works by Britten, Vaughan Williams, Elgar, and Parry. Continuing an annual tradition, three Yale choral ensembles will present a joint concert at 8 p.m. in Woolsey Hall. Each choir will perform a section of the program, which features music from Great Britain. Free. Yale Institute of Sacred Music, Woolsey Hall, 500 College St., New Haven. 203-432-5062. ism.yale.edu/event/joint-choral-concertcamerata-schola-cantorum-gle.

7 Friday Cabaret: Songs of Love! Join us for an evening of fun cabaret music, led by Broadway singer and former Miss America runner-up Kristin Huffman, featuring local talent. We will take donations to support IRIS, a refugee resettlement agency in East Rock. Please reserve a seat by sending e-mail to music@bethesdanewhaven.org. 7 p.m. Free-will donation. Bethesda Lutheran Church, 450 Whitney Ave., New Haven. 203-787-2346. bethesdanewhaven.org.

Music Haven Concert Support the transformative work of Music Haven — join the Haven String Quartet under the stars in two beautifully choreographed programs presented by Yale’s Leitner Family Observatory and Planetarium. Bid on a fabulous array of silent auction items and join us for a dessert and drinks reception! Two sets: first at 6:30 p.m., second at 8:30 p.m., and a reception at 7:15 p.m. $50. Leitner Family Observatory and Planetarium at Yale University, 355 Prospect St., New Haven. 203-745-9030. musichavenct.org.

Bach’s Lunch Faculty Concert – First Fruits Come feast on some baklava along with the works of J.S. Bach. Enjoy arias from various cantatas and works for violin and piano, including the B minor Sonata.

Performed by Terrence Fay, tenor; Mark Rike, violin; and Alexis Zingale, piano. 12:10-12:50 p.m. Free and open to the public. Neighborhood Music School Recital Hall, 100 Audubon St., New Haven.

203-624-5189. neighborhoodmusicschool.org.

8 Saturday Arc Duo – Music for Guitar and Flute The New England Guitar Society presents the Arc Duo. Guitarist Bradley Colten and flutist Heather Holden

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Sarah Beth Goncarova’s installation and performance The Spinning Wheel is part of Silent Poem, Spoken Light, on view at the Kehler Liddell Gallery March 20-April 20. Photo by Tom Slio.

formed the Arc Duo out of an unwavering dedication to the music and composers of our time, as well as their enthusiasm for the richness of chamber music with the intimacy of solo performance. The Arc Duo will also hold a master class on Sunday March 9 at 2 p.m. Master class admission is $10 for auditors, $50 for performers. Concert admission is $20, $18 seniors, $15 MAC members. Milford Arts Council, Milford Center for the Arts, 40 Railroad Ave., Milford. 203-878-6647. milfordarts.org.

8 Saturday A Franco-American Soirée Renowned FrenchCanadian chanteuse Josée Vachon and fiddler extraordinaire Donna Hébert continue the vibrant association of performing together that they forged more than 20 years ago when they founded the famed folk group Chanterelle.

Bassist/accordionist Alan Bradbury and guitarist Max Cohen will join the women for the concert. Hall is wheelchair accessible. 8 p.m. $15 general admission. Branford Folk Music Society, First Congregational Church of Branford, 1009 Main St., Branford.

203-488-7715. folknotes.org/branfordfolk.

Bach’s Lunch – As Time Goes By Featuring music by medieval to contemporary composers. Performed by Grace Feldman, violin and viola da gamba; Marshall Barron, violin and viola da gamba; Phoebe Barron, violin, recorder, and viola da gamba; Julia Blue Raspe, voice, recorder; Rosamund Morley, viola da gamba; Margaret Ann Martin, voice, keyboards; and Lawrence Zukof, viol, recorder. 12:10-12:50 p.m. Free and open to the public. Neighborhood Music School Recital Hall, 100 Audubon St., New Haven. 203-624-5189. neighborhoodmusicschool.org.

Faculty Friday Concert Kick off your weekend

with a relaxing concert performed by Neighborhood Music School faculty members. Call or check our website for details. 7:45 p.m. Free and open to the public. Neighborhood Music School Recital Hall, 100 Audubon St., New Haven. 203624-5189. neighborhoodmusicschool.org.

15 Saturday The Emerald Isle St. Patrick’s Day brings tunes and talents of the Old Sod. Sarah Ionnides (former assistant conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra) has conducted in England, France, and Germany, but returns home to Connecticut for the wearing of the green. 2:30-4:30 p.m. New Haven Symphony Orchestra, Hamden Middle School, 2623 Dixwell Ave., Hamden. 203-865-0831.

NewHavenSymphony.org.

A Great Gathering Please join us to celebrate the 50th anniversary of teaching at Neighborhood Music School for two outstanding faculty members: Grace Feldman and Myron Radawiec. Please bring your favorite dish to share. 2-6 p.m. Free.

Neighborhood Music School Recital Hall, 100 Audubon St., New Haven. 203-624-5189. neighborhoodmusicschool.org.

16 Sunday Beethoven Piano Sonatas Canadian concert pianist Eric Trudel plays Beethoven’s Sonatas Op. 54 and Op. 106. Free parking. Reception to follow.

Bring a friend! 4 p.m. Free-will offering to Resurrection Day Camp. Bethesda Music Series, Bethesda Lutheran Church, 450 Whitney Ave., New Haven. 203-787-2346. bethesdanewhaven.org.

14 Friday Baltic-Scandinavian Concert with Haven String Quartet Hear works by Baltic-Scandinavian composers Peteris Vasks, Edvard Grieg, Hilding Rosenberg, and Jean Sibelius. Presented by the Yale University European Studies Council, as part of the Second Joint Conference of the Association for Advancement of Baltic Studies and the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study. 7 p.m. Free. Sudler Performance Hall at Yale University, Harkness Hall (2nd floor), 100 Wall St., New Haven. 203745-9030. musichavenct.org.

Pieces of a Dream performs at Southern Connecticut State University’s John Lyman Center for the Performing Arts on March 29, as part of the venue’s annual jazz series. Photo by John Secoges.

The Emerald Isle St. Patrick’s Day brings tunes and talents of the Old Sod. Sarah Ionnides (former assistant conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra) has conducted in England, France, and Germany, but returns home to Connecticut for the wearing of the green. 3-5 p.m. New Haven Symphony Orchestra, Shelton Intermediate School, 675 Constitution Boulevard North, Shelton. 203865-0831. NewHavenSymphony.org.

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21 Friday Bach’s Lunch – Guitar and String Quartet Works

by Boccherini and Beethoven, performed by Neighborhood Music School faculty members Alexander Vlassenkov, guitar; Mary Larew, violin; Gretchen Frazier, viola; and Yun-Yang Lin, cello; with guest artist Mark Tine, violin. 12:10-12:50 p.m.

Free and open to the public. Neighborhood Music School Recital Hall, 100 Audubon St., New Haven.

203-624-5189. neighborhoodmusicschool.org.

23 Sunday Musical Anniversary Bash with Friends Celebrate the 250th anniversaries of Jean-Marie Leclair and Pietro Antonio Fiocco at this festive performance by Music Haven artists and special guests! Leclair’s and Fiocco’s violin works will be combined with works by Dvorak, Coldplay, and others. 4 p.m. $20 adults, $10 students, seniors, and Unitarian Society of New Haven members.

Unitarian Society of New Haven, 700 Hartford Turnpike, Hamden. 203-745-9030. musichavenct.org.

Bach’s Brunch – Traditional and Contemporary Music for the Celtic Harp You’ll be charmed by the magic of the Celtic harp, as Haley Hewitt performs traditional selections from diverse backgrounds such as Scotland, Ireland, France, Mexico, and the United States. Works are composed by Michael O’Sullivan and arranged by Hewitt. 12:10-12:50 p.m.

Free and open to the public. Neighborhood Music School Recital Hall, 100 Audubon St., New Haven.

203-624-5189. neighborhoodmusicschool.org.

27 Thursday The Huntsmen of Wagner, Strauss, and Beethoven The summit of German romanticism!

Former New Haven Symphony Orchestra hornist Leelanee Sterrett sounds the call in Strauss’ Horn Concerto No. 2. Be moved by Wagner’s haunting Siegfried and revel with Beethoven’s peasant dancers to the Pastoral Symphony. 7:30-9:30 p.m.

Woolsey Hall, 500 College St., New Haven. 203865-0831. NewHavenSymphony.org.

28 Friday Milford Arts Council Performance Coffeehouse: Cotton Hollow Rising Cotton Hollow Rising plays folk, Americana, Celtic, and World music, and forays into ragtime, blues, and any other style that takes their collective fancy. The band members are Cece Borjeson and Ruth George (a duo since 1997), Kim Hoffman, and Kevin Gallagher. They are all multi-instrumentalists. Doors open at 7:30 p.m., concert begins at 8 p.m. $15, $10 MAC members. Milford Arts Council, Milford Center for the Arts, 40 Railroad Ave., Milford. 203-878-6647. milfordarts.org.

The New Haven Symphony Orchestra will perform works

by Augusta Read Thomas, including the world premiere of the composer's saxophone concerto, in a Feb. 27 program that also features Ravel's Ma Mère L'Oye (Mother Goose).

Photo of Augusta Read Thomas by Michael Lutch.

Putting it Together: From Teaching to Composing for Steel Pans. This Faculty Friday concert features original works composed and performed by Neighborhood Music School faculty members Jesse Hammeen II(drums), Jeff Fuller (bass), Istvan B’racz (bass); Debby Teason (steel pans), and guest performers Sara Heath (steel pans) and Kenneth Joseph (steel pans). Chamber works by Bach, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Bartók, arranged for pans. 7:45 p.m. Free and open to the public.

Neighborhood Music School Recital Hall, 100 Audubon St., New Haven. 203-624-5189. neighborhoodmusicschool.org.

Special Events 11 Tuesday March Meeting and Guest Artist Program Watercolorist Diane Dubreuil will give a presentation on the use of watercolor journals while traveling or painting “en plein air,” which become useful tools in planning out final paintings. She will cover the stages of drawing and laying in transparent washes and will show samples from her trips to France, Italy, Maine, and the New Milford area. Coffee and conversation at 7 p.m., followed by a brief business meeting at 7:15 p.m. and the artist’s program at 7:30 p.m. If the library is closed due to inclement weather, the meeting will be cancelled. Free and open to the public.

Hamden Art League, 2901 Dixwell Ave., Hamden.

203-494-2316. hamdenartleague.com.

Drive-By Truckers appear at Toad’s Place on March 18. Photo by David McClister.

Center for Greater New Haven, 360 Amity Road, Woodbridge. 203-387-2522. jccnh.org/page.aspx?id=265294.

These Paper Bullets Meet the Quartos. Ben, Claude, Balth, and Pedro. Their fans worship them.

Their former drummer will stop at nothing to destroy them. Can these fab four from Liverpool find true love in London and cut an album? These Paper Bullets is a rocking and rolling version of Shake-

speare’s Much Ado About Nothing with a serious backbeat. March 14-April 5. Tuesday-Saturday, 8 p.m. $20-$98. Student, senior, and group discounts available. Yale Repertory Theatre, 222 York St., New Haven. 203-432-1234. yalerep.org.

STOMP Explosive, sophisticated, and sexy, STOMP is utterly unique. The young performers use everything but conventional percussion instruments – trash cans, brooms, matchboxes – to fill the stage

Theater ONCE – A New Musical Featuring an ensemble of actor/musicians, this breathtaking musical tells the tale of a Dublin street musician who’s about to give up on his dream when a beautiful, young Czech woman takes an interest in his haunting love songs. Their unlikely connection evolves into a powerful romance, heightened by the songs they create together. Through March 2. Saturday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.; Sunday at 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.

Ticket price based on seating location. Shubert Theater, 247 College St., New Haven. 203-5625666. shubert.com

Gordon Edelstein directs the world premiere production of Athol Fugard’s The Shadow of the Hummingbird at Long Wharf Theatre, March 26-April 27. Photo courtesy of Long Wharf Theatre.

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JCC Theaterworks presents The Last Seder Written by Jennifer Maisel. Directed by Dana Sachs.

With poignancy, hilarity, dysfunction, and grace, four daughters return for their final Passover celebration in their childhood home. Contact DeDe Jacobs-Komisar at dedek@jccnh.org. March 6-10.

Thursday, March 6, 8 p.m.; Sunday, March 9, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.; Monday, March 10, 8 p.m. Tickets: $25, $12 seniors and students. Jewish Community

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Dance Continued from page 11 Today, Johnson sees Dance Theatre of Harlem as “a continuation of Arthur Mitchell’s vision from 1969.” Still, she said, “we are definitely, without a doubt, a new company.”

She said, “Everything about Dance Theatre of Harlem is about education … about gaining new perspective.”

That is, aspiring artists who may need direction in terms of how they can contribute to society “are active participants in creating the future,” Johnson explained.

At Wesleyan’s Center for the Arts this month, Dance Theatre of Harlem will perform New Bach, a work by the company’s resident choreographer and former principal dancer, Robert Garland.

Johnson said the work — which was premiered in 1999 in celebration of the company’s 30th anniversary — “really epitomizes what Dance Theatre of Harlem is all about.”

She described the piece — which is set to Johann Sebastian Bach’s Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041 — as “postmodern, urban neoclassical dance” that combines all of the influences that young, contemporary dancers experience.

Whereas New York City Ballet founder and choreographer George Balanchine “pushed the envelope” choreographically, making the dance vocabulary “more expansive” and “more dynamic,” Johnson said, Garland has fused “more of the vernacular dance” (of the 20th and 21st centuries) “into the neoclassical.”

Through work like Garland’s, Johnson said, “we are understanding how our cultural influences connect.”

In terms of outreach and education, Tatge said she and her colleagues “felt like Dance Theatre of Harlem had to be on this

Dance Theatre of Harlem’s Lindsey Croop and Fredrick Davis perform Robert Garland’s New Bach.

Photo by Rachel Neville.

series at some point. It is a major American company that should be part of DanceMasters.”

Badolo’s DanceMasters Weekend performance will serve to connect audiences to other cultures’ challenges — specifically, to environmental issues facing places many of us haven’t seen.

A native of the West African nation of Burkina Faso, Badolo arrived in the United

States in 2009, in part to study modern dance at Bennington College, where he became the first dancer from Burkina Faso to earn a master’s degree in dance, Tatge said.

In 2012, Badolo earned a Juried Bessie Award (a New York Dance and Performance Award whose informal name honors the late Bessie Schonberg), which Tatge said marked a turning point in the ascendant performer’s career. In 2013, Badolo

served a two-week residency at Wesleyan University’s Institute for Curatorial Practice, based on which he earned the above-mentioned Mariam McGlone Emerging Choreographer Award, which he’ll receive during DanceMasters Weekend. It should be mentioned that Badolo’s partner, Nora Chipaumire, received the Mariam McGlone Emerging Choreographer Award – which Tatge said Wesleyan gives out “when we feel that there’s someone who’s really deserving of it” — in 2007.

At the DanceMasters Weekend Showcase Performance, Badolo and Charmaine Warren will perform his Benon, which he said explores our use of plastic and what the material is doing to the environment – particularly in Africa and India.

Tatge said that along with Badolo, Brown and Johnson “are doing us such a huge favor” by coming with their entire companies to Wesleyan. Barbara Ally, the Wesleyan University Center for the Arts’ associate director for programming and events, deserves mention for bringing such notable and influential companies to the university.

Although Connecticut is so close to New York City, many dance students at Wesleyan and elsewhere in the state don’t have regular opportunities to experience new techniques and vocabularies outside their courses of study. Because of that, Tatge said, important works and those who create and perform them need to be brought to Connecticut.

The DanceMasters Weekend Showcase Performance, featuring Souleymane Badolo, Dance Theatre of Harlem, and Ronald K. Brown/Evidence, A Dance Company will take place on Saturday, March 8, at 8 p.m., at Wesleyan University’s Center for the Arts.

Master classes with those artists and others are scheduled to take place during the day on Saturday and Sunday. For details about DanceMasters Weekend, including ticketing and registration information, visit wesleyan.edu/cfa/dancemasters or call 860-685-3355. ■

“Everything about Dance Theatre of Harlem is about education … about gaining new perspective.”

—Virginia Johnson, artistic director

Calendar Continued from previous page with compelling and infectious rhythms. With no spoken word, STOMP is perfect for people of all ages, languages, and cultures. March 28March 30. Friday at 8 p.m.; Saturday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.; Sunday at 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.

Ticket price based on seating location. Shubert Theater, 247 College St., New Haven.

203-562-5666. shubert.com.

The Yale Repertory Theatre presents These Paper Bullets, which the theater describes as “a modish ripoff of William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing” adapted by Rolin Jones with songs by Billie Joe Armstrong. Artwork courtesy of Yale Repertory Theatre.

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Book review Continued from page 8 When Ruth’s very reading process begins, impossibly, to affect Nao’s life and actions, these subtle observational relationships become crucial. When Nao’s persistent threat to kill herself becomes a real possibility, the final pages of the diary suddenly turned blank, Ruth’s husband suggests that the end of the diary “calls our existence into question … I mean, if she stops writing to us, then maybe we stop being, too.” Given this possibility, Ruth must find a way to bring Nao’s words back in hopes that that will save the teenager’s life. All of the underlying questions about authorship surface as Ozeki

ties all the disparate pieces of the novel together: Who creates the story? What is the relationship between author and reader, and author and character?

The answer, A Tale for the Time Being seems to suggest, is that we are all more related than we seem to realize, and that barriers created by time and space may not be as fixed as we believe they are. The very act of observation can save a life — but not knowing, that is, allowing all the possibilities to exist simultaneously like they do before the page is turned, can be just as important.

Also Recommended: Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel.

Learn more about New Haven-based writer and editor Elizabeth Weinberg at elizabeth-weinberg.com.

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The Arts Council provides the job and bulletin board listings as a service to our membership and is not responsible for the content or deadlines.

Call For Artists Shoreline ArtsTrail seeks artists from Branford, Guilford, and Madison for the 13th annual Open Studios Weekend, November 22 & 23, 2014. Media: pottery, glass, painting, jewelry, sculpture, weaving, prints, photography, textiles, quilts, paper, and wood. See shorelineartstrail.wordpress.com for benefits/requirements. Application fee: $10. Deadline: March 21. To apply, send e-mail to Barbara at pbsk@comcast.net or call 203-453-3111.

Artists Guilford Art Center has an open call for submission for Soulcology in Metals – fine metal work for juried exhibition. Submit up to three images. Juror: Robert Dancik: Deadline: April 11. guilfordartcenter.org.

Artists The 2014 Art Kudos International Juried Online Art Competition sponsored by Artshow.com is open to all artists 18 years and older. $4,500 in cash awards. Awards judge: Graeme Reid, director of collections and exhibitions at the Museum of Wisconsin Art. All media except video/film and wearable art (clothing or jewelry). $35 for three images. Deadline: June 30.

Visit artkudos.com/callforentries.html for prospectus and entry form.

Artists Artspace (50 Orange St., New Haven) is inviting artists to apply for a one-year artist-inresidence program, June 2014–May 2015. Residency is $500/month (or equivalent in bartered services). For more information or to apply, visit artspacenh.org. Deadline: February 28.

Artists Shoreline Unitarian Universalist Society is seeking fine artists, artisans, and community organizations for the Fifth Annual Shoreline Spring Festival on Saturday, May 17, on the historic Madison Green, in Madison. An affordable, one-day fine arts and crafts festival of handmade work from all over New England. For application details visit shorelineunitarian.org, send e-mail to suus@shorelineunitarian.org, or call 203-2458720. Reserved space: $65, $35 for nonprofits before April 1.

Dancer Elm City Dance Collective is seeking a dancer to be a part of the cast of Contemporanea, a piece incorporating contemporary dance with the art of Capoeira. Dance or capoeira experience required. Please come ready to improvise, play, and learn. Performance: Feb. 9. This is an unpaid experience. To register for the audition please send email to elmcitydance@gmail.com.

Singers The award winning Silk’n Sounds Chorus is looking for new members from the New Haven area. We invite women to join us at any of our rehearsals to learn more. We enjoy four-part a cappella harmony in the barbershop style, lively performances, and wonderful friendships. Rehearsals are held on Tuesdays from 7-9 p.m. at the Spring Glen United Church of Christ, 1825 Whitney Ave., in Hamden. Contact Lynn at 203 6231276 for more information. silknsounds.org.

Service Chair Repair We can fix your worn out chair seats if they are cane, rush, Danish cord, Shaker Tape, or other woven types! Celebrating our 25th year!

Work is done by artisans at The Association of Artisans to Cane, a project of Marrakech, Inc., a private nonprofit that provides services for people with disabilities. Open Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.4 p.m. 203-776-6310.

Japanese Shoji Screens Designed for Connecticut homes. Custom built for windows, doorways, or freestanding display, these screene allow beautiful filtered light to pass through while insulating. For a free quote, contact Phillip Chambers at 203-8884937 or pchambers9077@sbcglobal.net.

Jobs Please visit newhavenarts.org for up-to-date local employment opportunities in the arts.

Historic Home Restoration Period-appropriate additions, baths, kitchens, and remodeling. Sagging porches straightened/leveled, wood windows, plaster, and historic molding and hardware restored. Vinyl/aluminum siding removed. Wood siding repaired/replaced. Connecticut and New Haven Preservation Trusts. R.J. Aley Building Contractor 203-226-9933. jaley@rjaley.com.

Professional Art Installer For residential and commercial work. More than 15 years’ experience in museums, galleries, hospitals, and homes in New York City, Providence, New Haven, Chester, etc. Rate is $30 an hour, no job too small or large.

Contact Mark at (203)772-4270 or livepaint@aol.com. More information and examples at ctartinstall.com.

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and exhibits just to talk to me and thank me for doing this.

There’s often somebody in Continued from page 9 the back at readings who stands of the project now, either through conup and accuses us all of being, tributing work or helping with exhibits. you know, secret jihadists — but There are only a few Iraqi writers who you have to deal with people are still in Iraq that have worked with like that. the project, and really no artists yet.

EW: How do you deal with And again, that will happen when it that? happens.

BB: I try to stay really calm, We just had an exhibit open at a explain what the project’s gallery in London called the Mosaic about, and that we aren’t who Rooms, which shows work from the Midthey want us to be. I mean they dle East and North Africa. We’re sharing want us to be some kind of the exhibit space with an Iraqi artist straw dog and they want to be named Hanoos Hanoos. That’s the very the person who reveals what first time we’ve exhibited with an Iraqi. our real agenda is.

And on March 5, we have an exhibit But you know, at that same opening at the American University in reading, after it was over, this Cairo, which is the first time that we’ve young woman came up and exhibited in the Middle East. bought a copy of our anthology.

Beau Beausoleil and Andrea Hassiba’s Until it is in Flame, 2012. Mixed media, paint, papier-mâché, bronze Milagros, EW: How has preparing for that exShe said that her father was still schoolbook strap, and paper. hibit been different? in Baghdad, that he refused to BB: One art museum in the Netherlands wanted to put BB: One thing is that customs held the work for 10 days. leave, and that she was going to send him a copy of the ana disclaimer on the exhibit that they didn’t necessarily I thought the work would be seized. We talk about the car thology. She just started crying at that point, and all I could agree with the project. And we had a similar thing when an bombing in a lot of the works, so I just thought my god, if do was embrace her and start crying myself. So I know that exhibitor in Los Angeles solicited the project and then the wrong person sees this. It was finally released after 10 we touch people deeply and that the work that we’re doing ended up backing out. days and one of the people at the university wrote me and can symbolize really positive things for people.

But it’s mostly been really positive responses. I mean said it was clear that the work was very carefully examined. al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here will be on view at the Instiyou can imagine how, if you’re an Iraqi and you’re here in But I can’t think of a better time for it to be in Cairo than tute Library from March 1 through May 3. There will be readings this country either by your own decision or because you right now. from the anthology al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here during the were forced to leave your country, and you see a project EW: What responses have you had from hosting instiopening reception on Saturday, March 1, and a panel discussion on like this, it’s like something thrown into the water that you tutions and audiences? books in a time of terror on Saturday, April 5, at noon. can grab hold of. A lot of people approach me at readings

Iraq exhibit

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Perspectives …

Gallery at Whitney Center Location: 200 Leeder Hill Drive, South Entrance, Hamden Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 47pm and Saturdays, 1-4pm Self Ease: Contemporary Portraiture Curated by Debbie Hesse Dates: March 17–June 17 Public Reception: May 10, 3-5 p.m.

Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. Gallery Location: The Arts Council of Greater New Haven, 70 Audubon St., 2nd Floor, New Haven Hours: Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm

Perspectives ... The Gallery at Whitney Center. Steven DiGiovanni.

Once In A Lifetime …

Curated by Stephen Grant 1ifetime.wordpress.com Dates: Through March 21 Artist. Art Therapist: Artwork and Reflections from Regional Art Therapists Organized by Debbie Hesse Learn more at artistarttherapist.wordpress.com Dates: April 3–May 9

Advice from the AC Let the Arts Council staff help you find exhibition space/opportunities, performance/rehearsal space, and develop new ways to promote your work or creative events and activities. Debbie Hesse, the organization’s director of artist services and programs, will be available for one-on-one appointments. To schedule an appointment call (203) 772-2788. Walk-ins are welcome.

Make.Art.Work.

Career Strategies for Visual Artists – Season 2 Finance, Funding and Legal Considerations for Artists

Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. Gallery. Alexandra Shaheen.

Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. Gallery. Briah Luckey.

Explore the fundamentals of financial planning as it pertains to artists with guest expert Galia Gichon of Downto-Earth Finance. Discussions will include how to manage your finances with a variable income stream, and how to utilize the benefits of your “second job” to create financial harmony. You’ll take a look at record-keeping, budgeting, taxes, money management, and more.

Make.Art.Work. Project Manager Jeannie Thomma will wrap up the evening’s workshop by sharing a multitude of career funding resources available to artists, from grants to fiscal agents and more. Participants in this evening’s workshop will also receive a take-home packet of basic legal considerations for professional artists. For more information and to register, visit make.art.work.org.

Monday, March 3, from 6-8:30 p.m.

University of New Haven, Saw Mill Campus Program presented by the Arts Council of Greater New Haven, Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County, and Greater Hartford Arts Council, with support from the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation.

Photo Arts Collective. Jordan Nodelman.

Photo Arts Collective The Photo Arts Collective is an Arts Council program that aims to cultivate and support a community of individuals who share an interest in photography, through workshops, lectures, exhibitions, portfolio reviews, group critiques, and special events. The Photo Arts Collective meets the first Thursday of the month at the Kehler Liddell Gallery, 873 Whalley Ave., New Haven, at 7 p.m. To learn more, send email to photoartscollective@gmail.com.