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September 2007
Performance
SeriesSaturday, September 1 @7pm & 10pm
Busman's Holiday
Location: Rose Firebay
Tickets: TBA
Live
Music. The BAAC
is proud to kick off its “Emerging Artists’ Spotlight” with not one,
but two
performances of up-and-coming musical sensation Busman’s Holiday. Elements
of rock, folk, jazz, vaudeville, and barbershop are expertly blended
with
audience interaction and a finely honed sense of stagecraft. The band, composed of two sets of brothers,
has been paying its dues for the past few years playing anywhere and
everywhere. Come on down and help usher these boys into the spotlight!
Saturday, September 8
@
11 amBrown County Extravaganza
WFHB's Saturday's Child Performance
Location: Rose Firebay
Tickets: Free
Saturday's Child, Bloomington's longest-running live music show, is
broadcast the second Saturday of every month from the Waldron Firebay
on WFHB community radio. Admission is free and the studio audience is
treated to free bagels and coffee, in addition to outstanding performances
by local musicians.
Saturday, September 8 & 15 @ 8pm; Friday, September 14 @ 8pm;Sunday, September 9 @ 2pm
Miss Witherspoon
Location: Auditorium
Tickets: $15 adult
A wild new comedy by award-winning playwright Christopher Durang and directed by Bruce Burgun.
Part fable, part farce, part stand-up comedy, Miss Witherspoon tells a story about the afterlife and puts an intriguingly hopeful spin on the modern world.
Bloomington favorite Diane Kondrat plays the title role and wrestles with her insistently cheerful spirit-guide played by Martha Jacobs. Joining the fray are Carmen Meyers, Ben Gougeon, and Ama Boakyewa.
Monday, September 10
@ 8pmDavid Bazan Concert
Location: Auditorium
Tickets: $10 door, $8 advance
Known for his tenure performing as Pedro the Lion, songwriter David Bazan recently retired the band moniker to continue making music under his own name and his electronic side project, Headphones. His solo debut EP "FEWER MOVING PARTS" finds the beloved Seattle songwriter [who was recently named 85 in Paste Magazine's Top 100 Living Songwriters] roaring back to his creative roots, performing and recording everything himself in his home studio, while expanding his sonic canvas. His signature songwriting, voice, and melodies are framed in layered harmonies, multi-tracked guitars, and analog keyboards. The 10-song EP includes electric and acoustic versions of five new Bazan songs. Acclaimed graphic novelist, Zak Sally created new original artwork for the EP.
Tuesday, September 11 @ 5pm
BAAC Annual Meeting
Location: Auditorium
Active BAAC members will elect the new Board of Trustees, Region 8 grant recipients will be announced and receive their checks and an update on the status of the BAAC will be provided. The meeting is open to the public and all are invited to attend. Memberships may be obtained at the door or in advance by contacting
Ed Vande Sande at 334-3100 or at ed@artlives.org.
Monday, September 17 & 24 @ 4pm
Ballroom Dance Lessons
Location: Auditorium
Tuesday, September 18 @ 8 pm
Shapes & Sizes, Yeasayer, Vollmar
Tickets: $7
Location: Auditorium
British Columbia, Canadian indie rock quartet Shapes and Sizes spin noise, odd time signatures, and quirky instrumentation into an infectious elixir of pop mayhem reminiscent of Deerhoof, Impossible Shapes, and Frog Eyes.
Yeasayer - from the opening splash of spacey reverbed rainforest soup to the dignified madrigal strum on the outro—and basically an excellent indie-rock song, one rooted deep in familiar pleasures like the magic mushroom ’70s, the Elephant 6 ’90s, and the artsy-cum-epic Brooklyn/Montreal ’00s. Its jangle sounds a bit like the Edge applying his utility belt of FX to a Fairport Convention riff.
Wednesday, September 19
Bloomingtonarts.info Users Meeting
Performance Series
Saturday, September 22 @ 7pm
Bloomington Variety Show
Location: Waldron Auditorium
Tickets: $10 adult/senior/student; $5 child
Artists, musicians, acrobats, comedians, and more come together for an unforgettable evening of performance. Styled after a good old-fashioned variety show, this event will be fast-paced and jam-packed with talent.
Produced by Bloomington Musicians and Songwriters Association
Tuesday, September 25 @ 5:15
Artists After Hours
Location: Rose Firebay
In response to requests from artists, the BAAC offers a free supportive networking group, Artists After Hours, held monthly at the John Waldron Arts Center. Community artists of all disciplines are invited to regularly engage in lively discussion. The program is modeled after the Chamber's successful after hours events, and features invited speakers to address different topics of interest.
Designed specifically for artists to communicate, Artists After Hours provides the structure of a monthly forum, encouraging unity through an open exchange of knowledge, resources and personal experience. It is scheduled for the fourth Tuesday of each month, usually starting at 5:15 pm.
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