Flavor: Global, emphasizing grilled meats and fishAmbiance: Beautifully decorated interior; classy yet casual vibeService: Pleasant To me, little can be done to a piece of meat that makes it more alluring than smoking or grilling it over wood. The sensuous depth of flavor that smoke imparts is nigh impossible to replicate over a gas flame. … Read more
Local Music News Ting, the brand-new release by local musician Seth Kauffman, came in at No. 10 on the CMJ (College Media Journal) Top 200 for the first week of March. The album (written, recorded and engineered solely by Kaufmann) runs alongside big names like Jason Collett (of Broken Social Scene) and Calexico. Local bluegrass … Read more
• Check out the exhibit featuring Jason Weatherspoon and Jeremy Russell in the Arts Council’s Front Gallery before it leaves on March 28. • New Orleans refugee Christia Zelenka, manager of the Carol Robinson Gallery in that city for 12 years, is looking to build a stable of 30 artists for her new gallery on … Read more
Charissa King-O’Brien married her partner in the Long Island church where her father is pastor. In documenting her journey, she redefined her views of the “f word.” Charissa King-O’Brien, whose film In My Father’s Church will kick off the Sixth Annual F-Word Film Festival at UNCA, never considered her work “feminist.” But as she grappled … Read more
Seminally speaking: Bob Mould. The notion of an artist “coming full circle” or “returning to his roots” is an appealing one, especially to longtime fans — for whom such a “return” can sometimes seem no less portentous than the prodigal son coming home after years of decadent and callow indulgences. For the better part of … Read more
“Karadada,” by Lily K. Ask any trend-spotter about Australian art, and chances are they’ll pipe up about patterns of dots and rhythmic lines and depictions of mysterious Dreamtime Gods and animals. Since the introduction in the early ’70s of acrylic paints to the Aborigines, work by these indigenous peoples has become the emblem of art … Read more
“Everybody’s doing it,” reveals Joanie Smith, choreographer for Shapiro and Smith Dance, scheduled to perform at Diana Wortham Theatre March 28 and 29. She’s talking about performing modern dance to atypical forms of music. And she’s right — witness NC Dance Theatre’s balletic contortions to the hectic strains of local bluegrass boys the Greasy Beans, … Read more
