Weekly Picks for this week...
PICK ONE:
Miss-i-sippin is back!
This twist on the wine and food pairing parties is such a great time!
Many different regional beers and food flavors will be available to pair together.
NOT TO BE MISSED! What better way to raise money for The Arts Council than to do with two things that are fun and social.. food and drink?
This takes place at The Powerhouse Arts Center
Thursday, March 31st. from 7:00-9:00.
Tickets are $35 ($25 for Arts Council members)at The Powerhouse.
See the full menu here.
PICK TWO:
Explosions In The Sky with The Octopus Project
are playing at The Lyric
Friday, April 1st.
Doors at 8:00
(I'm a huge fan of Explosions In The Sky, so I'm very excited for this show)
PICK THREE:
The Books are coming to The Lyric on
Tuesday, April 5th.
Doors at 8:00
**This is a general admission, seated show. Tickets are limited.
What are great week to be in OXFORD!
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Tuesday: Scene Beat- Band Of Horses
Today's Scene Beat is all about Band of Horses, which is now on our own local label Fat Possum. Years ago, before BoH, Ben Bridwell was in a band called Carissa's Wierd. They were an amazing local band to Seattle in the late 90's early 00's.
I lived in Seattle from 1999-2002 and became friends with Ben while playing softball together every Sunday, followed by a big group of us getting dinner and heading to the bar afterwards. It was like the pre-rock star team with members of Death Cab For Cutie, 764-Hero, Modest Mouse, Murder City Devils, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Hint Hint, Minus The Bear, and Kill Sadie, just to name a few, playing on the team, when they were still mostly unknown, underground local bands. We all did a lot together... like on nice, summer nights, we would get carloads of people to go night swimming in Lake Washington or have dinner parties at friends' homes. It was a good time.
The first Band of Horses video was filmed at the softball field we used to play on, with a lot of the teammates in the video as well.
And finally, Make Me A Mixtape by Ben Bridwell
"Here's my ten song mix for tonight while I'm drinking George Dickel Whiskey alone at the bar"
1. South Carolina- Archers of Loaf
2. Aids In Africa- Cass McCombs
3. Act together- Ron Wood
4. Sin City- Gram Parsons
5. Run Of The Mill- George Harrison
6. Pot Can't Call The Kettle Black- Jerry Jeff Walker
7. Just The Other Side Of Nowhere- Kris Kristofferson
8. Witchita- Gillian Welch
9. Wagon Wheel- Old Crow Medicine Show
10. Open Your Heart- Will Oldham
*Photo by Erin Austen Abbott- Seattle, WA 2001.
Property of Afterschool Oxford.
Please do not use without written permission. Thanks!
I lived in Seattle from 1999-2002 and became friends with Ben while playing softball together every Sunday, followed by a big group of us getting dinner and heading to the bar afterwards. It was like the pre-rock star team with members of Death Cab For Cutie, 764-Hero, Modest Mouse, Murder City Devils, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Hint Hint, Minus The Bear, and Kill Sadie, just to name a few, playing on the team, when they were still mostly unknown, underground local bands. We all did a lot together... like on nice, summer nights, we would get carloads of people to go night swimming in Lake Washington or have dinner parties at friends' homes. It was a good time.
The first Band of Horses video was filmed at the softball field we used to play on, with a lot of the teammates in the video as well.
And finally, Make Me A Mixtape by Ben Bridwell
"Here's my ten song mix for tonight while I'm drinking George Dickel Whiskey alone at the bar"
1. South Carolina- Archers of Loaf
2. Aids In Africa- Cass McCombs
3. Act together- Ron Wood
4. Sin City- Gram Parsons
5. Run Of The Mill- George Harrison
6. Pot Can't Call The Kettle Black- Jerry Jeff Walker
7. Just The Other Side Of Nowhere- Kris Kristofferson
8. Witchita- Gillian Welch
9. Wagon Wheel- Old Crow Medicine Show
10. Open Your Heart- Will Oldham
*Photo by Erin Austen Abbott- Seattle, WA 2001.
Property of Afterschool Oxford.
Please do not use without written permission. Thanks!
Monday, March 28, 2011
Monday: Things I'm diggin' today.
If you aren't familiar with Pinterest, here's the quick of it.... anything you see on the web, you "pin it" to a board and you will have all your inspiration all in one place. It's highly addictive yet very inspiring.
Here are a few things I've pinned lately that I'm loving...
1. DIY bracelet
2. Mountains
3. Cardboard camera art
4. Caramel apples
Follow me here on Pinterest.
Here are a few things I've pinned lately that I'm loving...
2. Mountains
3. Cardboard camera art
4. Caramel apples
Follow me here on Pinterest.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
I Heart Motel Art
The 5th Annual One Night Stand at The Ole Miss Motel is back
October 29th, 2011.
Submissions are now being accepted until July 11th, 2011.
To submit, view Amelia and click on Motel Art Show for all the information.
Some things have changed, so please read carefully. YAY!!
*Photo is property of Erin Austen Abbott and Afterschool Oxford. Do not use without permission.
October 29th, 2011.
Submissions are now being accepted until July 11th, 2011.
To submit, view Amelia and click on Motel Art Show for all the information.
Some things have changed, so please read carefully. YAY!!
*Photo is property of Erin Austen Abbott and Afterschool Oxford. Do not use without permission.
Weekly Picks... 3/23 - 3/29
I am so sad that I missed the Fringe Art Crawl last night. I'd love to hear how it went.....And I'm really looking forward to the next one on April 26th.
But there so much to catch this week, starting with....
PICK ONE:
VOX PRESS ARTISTS SERIES presents
"Noises from the Nerve Center Collective"
on Thursday, March 24th 2011 at the Power House Arts Center.
Doors open at 7:00 p.m.
The event will feature a sound collage of experimental music and readings from Valerie
Wine, absinthe, and dinner will be served for a small donation. The event will be filmed and sound recorded for future television and radio programming.
The event is free to the public but donations to VOX PRESS, INC are greatly appreciated. VOX PRESS, INC is a non-profit literary press based in Oxford since 2004. All donations are tax deductible. The VOX PRESS ARTISTS SERIES is sponsored in part by the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council, the Mississippi Arts Commission, and West Jackson Wine and Spirits of Oxford, Mississippi.. The Series seeks to offer a free community forum for celebration and appreciation of the arts.
PICK TWO:
Southside Art Gallery has a really interesting art show opening this week.
Two writers, poet Claude Wilkinson and novelist, essayist and short-story writer, William Gay will show us
another side of their talents, painting.
The opening reception will be held on
Friday, the 25th
from 6:30- 8:30 at Southside on the Square.
PICK THREE:
Two-Stick Sushi presents
Auld Lang Syne (Rochester New York)
Adult - featuring Edwin Broyles and Deg Ronillo (Oxford, MS)
Jason Cimon (Oxford, MS)
on Saturday, the 26th
Show starts at 9:00
*Grab dinner at Two- Stick before the show
Have a fun week!!!!
But there so much to catch this week, starting with....
PICK ONE:
VOX PRESS ARTISTS SERIES presents
"Noises from the Nerve Center Collective"
on Thursday, March 24th 2011 at the Power House Arts Center.
Doors open at 7:00 p.m.
The event will feature a sound collage of experimental music and readings from Valerie
Wine, absinthe, and dinner will be served for a small donation. The event will be filmed and sound recorded for future television and radio programming.
The event is free to the public but donations to VOX PRESS, INC are greatly appreciated. VOX PRESS, INC is a non-profit literary press based in Oxford since 2004. All donations are tax deductible. The VOX PRESS ARTISTS SERIES is sponsored in part by the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council, the Mississippi Arts Commission, and West Jackson Wine and Spirits of Oxford, Mississippi.. The Series seeks to offer a free community forum for celebration and appreciation of the arts.
PICK TWO:
Southside Art Gallery has a really interesting art show opening this week.
Two writers, poet Claude Wilkinson and novelist, essayist and short-story writer, William Gay will show us
another side of their talents, painting.
The opening reception will be held on
Friday, the 25th
from 6:30- 8:30 at Southside on the Square.
PICK THREE:
Two-Stick Sushi presents
Auld Lang Syne (Rochester New York)
Adult - featuring Edwin Broyles and Deg Ronillo (Oxford, MS)
Jason Cimon (Oxford, MS)
on Saturday, the 26th
Show starts at 9:00
*Grab dinner at Two- Stick before the show
Have a fun week!!!!
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