The Artist Advisory Committee invites you to TAPAS: Taste of the ArtsThe public is invited to a free afternoon of visual and performance art titled TAPAS: A Taste of the Arts, Sunday, January 31, 2010 from 3 to 5:30 p.m. in the Hillsborough Community College Ybor Arts Building.
Each year, by invitation, a new select group of artists presents a memorable afternoon of theater, music, visual arts and dance. This year awarded and recognized artists have also chosen their favorite artist, or an artist of interest to take part.
The 2010 fourth annual TAPAS: A Taste of the Arts Participating Artists of Excellence and their guests include visual artists Suzanne Camp Crosby, Jeremy Chandler, Kim Radatz, Phyliss McEwen, Taylor Ikin, Donna Morrison, Jason Fondron and Jon Rodriguez. Music, theater, poetry and dance will be offered by Sam Koppleman and Pamela Epps, Paul Keesling, Lynn Wimmer, Silvia Curbelo, Katherine Riegel, Jayne Trinette and chosen guests.
The gallery of the Hillsborough Community College Ybor Arts Building will feature this afternoon exhibition of visual art and the college Black Box Theatre will host the theater, music, poetry and dance performances.
The event is presented by the Arts Council of Hillsborough County’s Artist Advisory Committee(AAC). The group uses TAPAS: A Taste of the Arts as a vehicle to present a variety of disciplines in one event, hopefully exposing audience members to new works and talented local artists.
The event is free to the public with donations are welcome at the door. Any donations will be used by the Artist Advisory Committee to present additional community events. Free light refreshments and beverages will be available.
Hillsborough Community College Ybor Arts Building is located at 2112 N. 15th Street. For more information contact Jenny Carey at the Arts Council offices, 276-8250.
The AAC Committee is comprised of established artists of all disciplines from across Hillsborough County and acts as a liaison with the Arts Council of Hillsborough County to encourage artistic participation raise the awareness of artists and their intrinsic benefit to the community, and to facilitate the building of an artistic community.
image: Suzanne Camp Crosby
Live Art After Dark presents Danse du Fete
Ybor Art Studio and the Wimmin of Pit come together to host Live Art After Dark's Danse du Fete! A benefit for ACS' Relay for Life. A great night full of Belly Dancers of all ages, Art of Many Local Artists, Music, Food, Wine, Face and Body Painters, Prize Drawing, and more.This will be a night to remember as we raise funds to help those suffering with this terrible disease.
Danse du Fete will be held on Saturday, January 30, 2010 from 6:30-11PM at the Ybor Art Studio located at 2702 E 7th Avenue (& 27th Street)Ybor City, 33605. Admission is $8.
www.yborartstudio.com, 813-868-4879, yborartstudio@live.com WMNF Presents - Louisiana Saturday Night Party
Big Sam's Funky Nation, brass-driven funk, is a driving force of urban funk. Ryan White, of the Oregonian, says the band is “tight enough (and hot enough) to turn coal into a diamond!” The band is led by trombone powerhouse, Big Sam Williams, formerly the trombonist for the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, who the San Francisco Chronicle calls “the top man on the slide trombone in the birthplace of jazz.” Combining his distinctive trombone riffs with a call-and-response MC style, Big Sam refuses to let the audience sit still. Between the band’s solos and his trombone riffs, Big Sam second-lines (a uniquely New Orleans style of street-dance) and gets the crowd going. Big Sam’s Funky Nation is not a one man show; the members of the Funky Nation, a group of well trained and experienced musicians with impressive credentials of their own, meet the challenges of their funky band leader. BSFN masterfully combines a rock sensibility with improv-style associated with jazz and the horn-heavy front section that’s the hallmark of big band funk. The energy level is high voltage when this band takes the stage, and as Jambase Online proclaims, “as long as groups like Big Sam’s Funky Nation helm communal happenings like this one the funky fever is bound to spread.” www.bigsamsfunkynation.com With opening act Rosie Ledet & The Zydeco Playboys. Zydeco Music is most identified by the accordionists who lead the band. Chenier. Chavis. Delafose. Zydeco is male-dominated music, but over the last 12 years, a sultry, sexy female voice has risen through the ranks and established herself as one of the leading voices in Zydeco. Rosie Ledet wouldn't be denied, carving out a unique spot in the Zydeco pantheon, defined more by her special style than that she is one of a handful of female accordionists. Singing in both Creole French and English, Rosie is known for her songwriting ability, as well as her bluesy, sexy singing voice. In fact, her music has often been described as "blues with an accordion." myspace.com/rosieledet
Show time is 8PM.
Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door.
Skipper's Smokehouse is located at 910 Skipper Road, Tampa, 813.971.0666.
Heard Em Say Teen Poetry This Friday, January 29th
Their featured poet this month is an incredible artist and fellow youth advocate. He was recently appointed as a member of the Board of Directors for AMP@620 in St. Petersburg and hosts their open mic show the last Monday night of every month. He has been an active supporter of Heard 'Em Say since it's inception, mentoring and transporting Pinellas county youth phenoms like Briana "B-Lyrical" Miller and Giovanni. We are pleased to welcome...Mr. Brian Duncan!
Admission is FREE; However, please bring money to purchase product from our feature...remember, we support those that support us!
Heard Em Say will be held at Mattress Revolution U.S.A., 2010 E. Busch Blvd., (2 blocks W of 22nd Ave)
Doors open @7:30 pm, Show starts @ 8:00 pm
If you have any questions, need directions or flyers, please contact Wally B. at (813) 833-4186 or wallybclark@hotmail.com Jazz Ybor Presents Ira Sullivan this Sunday
Jazz Ybor, the Jazz Series of the Visual and Performing Arts Series of HCC Student Activities presented in association with Tampa Jazz Club is pleased to present Ira Sullivan in concert Sunday, January 31 at 3:00 pm at the Mainstage Theatre of the Ybor City Campus Performing Arts Building located at corner of Palm Avenue and 14th Street in Historic Ybor City.
They welcome one of the great figures in jazz, Ira Sullivan who has influenced generations of musicians while living in Miami for more than 40 years. Ira, who is equally proficient on trumpet, saxophone, and flute, plays one concert each year in the Bay Area and this is it !
When Ira played the famed Village Vanguard, the New York Times wrote, "His versatility is never an end in itself and, as a result, there is so much of Mr. Sullivan's playing to be absorbed that a single week in New York can scarcely do justice to his talent."
He's joined by a great band, featuring Michael Royal piano; Richard Drexler, bass; and world-renowned drummer, Marty Morrell.
Tickets are $21 General Admission / $16 club members / $5 students with I.D. Tickets will be available at the door - cash or check only. The Box Office will open approximately 45 mintues prior to the concert. Seating is limited.
Free for HCC students, staff and faculty.
Jazz With Jim - Jazz from the ‘60s
Enjoy a relaxing evening of Jazz from the 60s at the Carrollwood Cultural Center. Featuring noted Tampa jazz musician Jim Burge and the Jazz Directions, with Jim Burge on saxophone, Ron Delp on keyboard, Jeff Henson on percussion and Mike Ruvin on double bass. The group will explore tunes by Chick Corea, Horace Silver, Cannonball Adderley and more.
The show is tonight, Friday, January 29 at 7:30pm at the Carrollwood Cultural Center, located at 4537 Lowell Road Tampa 33618, 813.269.1310 http://www.carrollwoodcenter.org/ Tickets are $7 per person and can be purchased at the door.
Stageworks Presents Agnes of God by John Pielmeier
