Short Stories Rubinsesque
“Nancy Rubins is one of the leading artists of our time who has created some of the major public sculptures of the last twenty years,” says Nancy Doll, director of Weatherspoon Art Museum, “and yet she has never had a major solo museum exhibition in this country.” Born in Naples, Texas, and working out of Topanga Canyon, California, Rubins has sculptures in Paris, Las Vegas, Lincoln Center in New York and the San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art. Through May 4, Weatherspoon is featuring the first exhibit that includes
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other media and explores the relationships among her various bodies of work — Nancy Rubins: Drawing, Sculpture, Studies. “Her sculptures, using airplane parts and full-scale boats, rise and cantilever into space,” says Doll, “in ways that suggest they’re much lighter than they are.” On March 6 at 6. p.m., Lynn Book, a specialist in interdisciplinary practice, and Amy Catanzano, a poet and experimental fiction writer, both from Wake Forest University, will lead an Art After Dark workshop at the museum focusing on Rubins’ work. The workshop is free, but pre-registration is required: t_dowell@uncg. edu. Info: (336) 334-5770, weatherspoon.uncg.edu. DCB
Right across from the Coliseum on the corner of Chapman and West Lee Street is a big, brick, nondescript building, which is apropos for a place called the Bunker. Just in time for March Madness, every Friday from 5 – 9 p.m. the front lobby of Natty Greene’s 20,000-barrel-capacity brewing facility becomes the Bunker at the Brewery, a tasting room where you can tap into the homegrown beer-maker’s latest and greatest creations for $4 a pint on draft or $3 a bottle. Recent special releases have included chocolate stout, weizenbock and IPAs a’plenty. And just in case your team didn’t triumph during the games, growlersized bottles can be ordered so you have plenty of beer to cry into. And while you’re waiting, you might want to reflect upon a quote from General Nathaniel Greene that’s displayed on the wall: “We fight, get beat and fight again.” Info: (336) 274-1373 or www.nattygreenes.com. DCB
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March 2014
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So what’s with the March 22nd Birthday Bash being planned at the Greensboro Historical Museum? It turns out that on March 25, 1808, the commissioners of the new town of Greensborough paid Ralph Gorrell $98 for the forty-two acres needed to create the new county seat of Guilford. Wanting to stage a party, the museum decided to celebrate the 206th anniversary of that date. If you were 206, wouldn’t you want to party? March 22nd was chosen instead of the 25th because it is a Saturday, the best day for drawing a crowd. With doors opening at 11 a.m., director Carol Hart will share stories about the “Birth of a City” at noon. At 2 p.m., the museum’s community historian, Linda Evans, will give a survey of how Greensboro’s neighborhoods developed historically, “Why We Love Our Neighborhoods.” Jugtown potter Travis Owens will be in the museum’s gift shop to introducer a signature piece of pottery he created for the occasion. For museum members, noted author and O.Henry authority Elliott Engel will present “Our Slippery Mother Tongue” at 7 p.m. Nonmembers can attend the event by joining the museum. Reservations and info: (336) 373-2043 or www.GreensboroHistory.org JS
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The Greensboro Farmers Curb Market on Yanceyville Street will be greener than ever when vendors celebrate St. Paddy’s Day on Saturday, March 15. Anticipating spring’s bounty, shoppers can go green with spinach, creasy, parsley, mustard greens, turnip greens, kale, lettuce and even green tea. Lamb will be available for Irish stew and shepherd’s pie; sausage for bangers and mash; and Irish soda bread to soak up the gravy. Fresh green herbs, potted and by the bunch, will also be for sale. Drawing on his Irish forebears, Chef Brendan Hofacker of the Worx restaurant downtown will be offering samples of Irish fare in the Harvest Community Room. Included will be a preview of items that will be available on Monday, March 17, at The Railyard at South End. And with the luck of the Irish, children 12 and under can compete for treats, searching for four-leaf clovers hidden around the market. 501 Yanceyville Street, Greensboro, (336) 373-2402 or gsofarmersmarket.org. DCB
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