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RAPID RIVER ARTS & CULTURE MAGAZINE Established in 1997 • Volume Fourteen, Number Four
DECEMBER 2010
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Publisher/Editor: Dennis Ray Managing Editor: Beth Gossett Marketing: Dennis Ray Staff Photographer: Dennis Ray Layout & Design: Simone Bouyer Book Editor: Cauley Bennett Poetry Editor: Ted Olson Proofreader: Mary Wilson Accounting: Sharon Cole Distribution: Dennis Ray CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: Judy Ausley, Kenneth Black, Patti Cameron, James Cassara, Franzi Charen, Brian Claflin, Michael Cole, Amy Downs, Ann Dunn, John Ellis, Rae Geoffrey, Beth Gossett, Chall Gray, Max Hammonds, MD, Phil Hawkins, Janna Hoekema, Phil Juliano, Justin Kaiser, Sam Katz, Chip Kaufmann, Michelle Keenan, Jim Kitchens, Ron Lambe, Amanda Leslie, Peter Loewer, Christopher Lynn, Kay S. Miller, April Nance, Karen Newgard, Ted Olson, David Ostergaard, Michael Parker, Joseph Rathbone, Dennis Ray, John Russell, John Russell, Clara Sofia, Megan Stone, Greg Vineyard, Bill Walz, Lisa Zahiya, Joe Zinich.
INFO Rapid River Arts & Culture Magazine is a monthly publication. Address correspondence to info@rapidrivermagazine.com or write to: Rapid River Arts & Culture Magazine 85 N. Main St. Canton, NC 28716 Phone: (828) 646-0071 www.rapidrivermagazine.com All materials contained herein are owned and copyrighted by Rapid River Arts & Culture Magazine and the individual contributors unless otherwise stated. Opinions expressed in this magazine do not necessarily correspond with the opinions of Rapid River Arts & Culture Magazine or the advertisers found herein. © Rapid River Arts & Culture Magazine, December 2010 Vol. 14 No. 4
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2ACTStage Preview – A Christmas Story . . . . . . . .
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4ThePerformance Nutcracker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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A Christmas Carol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 NC Stage – It’s A Wonderful Life . . 9 ACT – Santaland Diaries . . . . . . . . . 9 ACT – Once Upon a Time . . . . . . 9 Bernstein Family Christmas . . . . . 9
Joy From the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 A Swannanoa Solstice . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Holiday Pops Concert . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Heart and Hearth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 BCA’s Magical Nutcracker. . . . . . . 8
10 Columns James Cassara - Music . . . . . . . . . .
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Peter Loewer - Thoreau’s Garden . 12 Judy Ausley - Southern Comfort. . 1 Ted Olson - Poetry . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Cauley Bennett - Books . . . . . . . 25-26 Bill Walz - Artful Living . . . . . . . . 27 Max Hammonds, MD - Health . . 28 Joe Zinich - Beer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Michael Parker - Wine . . . . . . . . . . Greg Vineyard - Fine Art . . . . . . . . 7
11 Music Interview with Tom Godleski . . . .
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Adam Taylor at the LAB. . . . . . . . . 4
14 Movie Reviews 20 Fine Art Simple Elegance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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dance is the new visual art is an installation of multiple video pieces on the subject of dance and movement. Each one is created specifically for camera and is a visual art piece (not documentation of a dance performance.) The videos are played simultaneously and continuously. Some are projected onto screens and others are displayed on monitors. The videos are all created by Claire elizabeth Barratt, director of Cilla Vee Life Arts, in collaboration with numerous artists from a variety of disciplines. Sound for each video can be heard on individual headphones connected to its play source. This provides an intentional and intimate listening experience for each piece. The entire exhibit is interconnected by a sound installation by composer Dr. Rick Nance. This movement video installation will be on display at the Flood gallery – Phil Mechanic Studios, in Asheville’s River Arts District, January 8-31, 2011. An opening reception will be held Saturday, January 8 at 7 p.m. Live nativity, Saturday, december 4 in Saunooke Village, Cherokee, NC. Begins at 6 p.m. and features live camels and other animals. The nativity will come alive on the cobbled streets of Saunooke village, and will feature songs of the season sung acapella. More than 35 community members are involved in bringing alive the oldest story ever told.
Video and sound installation by Claire Elizabeth Barratt at the Flood Gallery. Photos: Matt Jamie
give the gift of aRt! For the art lover on your list, a membership to the Asheville Art Museum is the perfect gift. With a membership, you gift a whole year of unlimited admission to the Museum, invitations to all Museum programs, discounts on ticketed special events and in the Museum Shop, and more! Visit www.ashevilleart.org to purchase the gift of membership. Great Art. Great Experiences. Great Gift. Asheville Art Museum, 2 South Pack Square, in Asheville.
Holiday enthusiasts are invited to celebrate dinner with dickens in the historic Masonic Temple at 80 Broadway in Asheville. A sumptuous five course feast will be served by costumed members of the Montford Park Players who will perform vignettes from Dickens’ classic, A Christmas Carol, between courses. The event takes place on Saturday, december 4 at 6:30 p.m. and will be preceded at 5 p.m. by a rare opportunity to observe the installation of the 2011 officers of the Masonic Lodge. Admission for dinner is $25 with tax deductible proceeds going to the Masonic Home for Children and the Amaranth Diabetes Foundation, Inc. Tickets may be purchased online at www.tinyurl.com/dinnerwithdickens or at the temple. Admission for the installation of the officers is free and open to the public.
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