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January 3, 2013

Guitar Man


Congrats Steve!

Steve Balkun in his shop with his own custom designed guitars.


Check out the Hartford Courant's hardcopy starting on today's front page or online with lots of pics:


More to come on Steve heading to Memphis for the International Blues Competition.

www.balkunguitars.com, wwwbalkunmusic.com
 
Thanks for all your support!

August 17, 2012

Late August Line-up

Just opened and upcoming this week, go check 'em out!

ART:




 Museum After Dark Presents: Annual Art Auction
Friday, Aug. 17, 8 p.m.-Late
$15 members, $20 non-members


"Early Hour" by Suzan Scott, at NBMAA auction
It’s that time of year again! Join us for our Backyard Summer Bash: Museum After Dark’s 5th Annual Summer Art Auction! 
This year’s silent art auction, sponsored by BLICK Art Materials, will feature over 50 local artists. Bidding opens at 8 p.m. and will carry on until 10 p.m. Place a bid and then head outside to soak up one of the last nights of summer on the Museum terrace and lawn! Dance and laugh to the tunes of live Bluegrass while you sip on Limoncello Lemonades served up from our specialty cocktail bar, generously sponsored for the second year in a row by PEEL Liqueurs. At 10:30 head inside and dance the rest of the night away with the help of Hartford’s DJ Stealth.
The Backyard Summer Bash will be one of the best summer shindigs this side of the Mississippi! So throw on your overalls and meet us on the back porch! 
Party’s startin' up @ 8 and ramblin' on 'til late! See ya’ll there!
21+only – ID’s checked at door
$15 Museum members; $20 non-members
Fee includes admission to Museum, exhibits, music, performances, light food, beer and wine bar
$5 specialty drink bar
Food generously donated by Jordan Caterers!
For more information, contact Melanie Carr Eveleth at
evelethm@nbmaa.org or (860) 229-0257, ext. 222.



Riley Brewster, carry, 2012. Oil on canvas.
Jan Cunningham, Fence III, 2012.  Oil on linen.
K. Levni Sinanoglu, January 15, 2012, 2012. Oil on canvas with straight pin.
Outside, Inside and the Window:

Spatial Encounters in Work by Riley Brewster, Jan Cunningham
and K. Levni Sinanoglu

August 25 through September 22, 2012

Artists' reception, Saturday, September 15, Noon until 2

Curated by Steven DiGiovanni

The Institute Library . 847 Chapel Street . New Haven, CT

Monday through Friday, 10:00 to 6:00 and Saturdays, 11:00 to 2:00
While rooted in the traditions of modernist practice and benefiting from the aesthetic and conceptual innovations of the early twentieth century, the works on exhibition speak back to a pre-Renaissance poetry of immanent and multi-dimensional, spaces. For these three artists, space is an agent and a medium. It is matter and form.


MUSIC:

Val Ramos: Noche Flamenca
Summer Concert at Charter Oak
Saturday, August 25 2012
7:00 PM
Charter Oak Cultural Center, 21 Charter Oak Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106
Admission: Free
The Val Ramos Flamenco Ensemble performs again at the Charter Oak Cultural Center bringing the best of contemporary and traditional Flamenco music, song, and dance to Hartford.  The ensemble features Flamenco guitarists Val Ramos and Jose R. Ramos, Flamenco singer Alfonso Cid, Flamenco dancer Melinda Marquez, violinist Ashley Jones, bassist Carlos Hernandez Chavez, and percussionist Matt Moadel.  This concert is possible thanks to the generosity of the Evelyn Preston Memorial Trust Fund/Bank of America Trustee. Co-sponsored by the Charter Oak Cultural Center.
The Val Ramos Flamenco Ensemble is one of the best Flamenco fusion groups in the United States. Hailed as “the best of classical Flamenco brought to modern standards” (Rootsworld.com), “a hidden treasure of the Flamenco world in the Americas…superb musicianship..” (Flamenco Connection), and “simply brilliant” (Flamenco Buzz.com).
Charter Oak Cultural Center, is housed in Connecticut's oldest synagogue building, is a non-profit, multi-cultural arts center committed to preserving the Jewish Heritage of our building, giving access to the arts to all people and doing the work of social justice. Charter Oak has long been an arts showcase for the region's ethnically and culturally diverse communities. We offer performances, exhibits, classes, two free after school programs for inner city youth, lectures and cultural programming that nourish the mind, soul, body and spirit of young and old alike. Our mission is to provide access to the arts for all.  For more information, please visit our website atwww.charteroakcenter.org or become a fan on Facebook (www.facebook.com/CharterOakCulturalCenter)!




August 3, 2012

Rock and Roll to-go!

Why do we all want to be rock stars?  Here's a glimpse of rockin' life through the eyes of the artist's palette:

Photos by George Kalinsky at the Southern Vt. Arts Center:
Series of Rock and Roll Hall of Famers photographs
Pastel paintings at the new VT Center for Contemporary Art:  (gorgeous new gallery space!)
Jack Dowd's 27 
Amy, Jimi, Jim

Last week: live rock at Main St. Pub, the Three Wheeled Fonk Cirkis presents King Kong Dump Truck  http://balkunmusic.com/kingkongdumptruck/

Steve, Nick, Dan
Fonk Cirkis will be playing tonight at Arch Street Tavern Hartford.  Good way to get you in the groove! Starting at 9 pm.
When you're livin' with the Cirkis you never know where you'll end up.  We caught Gary Clark Jr. at the Ridgefield Playhouse - unbelievable!!  This guy can do it all.



July 18, 2012

Live and Local

Real Tunes:



Howling Kettles live at Backstreet Pizza last week, featuring Jackson Emmer and Sam Moss
Upcoming shows:

7.20.12 - Bradford, NH. @ Town Meeting House. 7pm.
7.21.12 - Worcester, MA @ House Concert. 7pm ** 1 Bay State Rd. BYOB **
7.22.12 - Putney, VT. @ Putney Farmer’s Market. 12-3pm
8.16.12 - Morrisville, VT. @ The Bee’s Knees, w/Katie Trautz details tba
8.17.12 - Montpelier, VT. @ The Black Door w/Katie Trautz, details tba
8.25.12 - Alstead, NH. @ Mole Hill Theater. 8pm, w/Bradford Bog People, details tba
9.2.12 - Guilford, VT. @ Guilford Fair, details tba
9.11.12 - Massachussetts @ Private.
9.12.12 - Stowe, VT. @ Crop Bistro. 9pm-12
9.14.12 - Bellows Falls, VT. @ Bellows Falls Farmers Market. 4-7pm
9.30.12 - Greenfield, MA. @ Greenfield Farmer’s Market. 10-12:30pm

Three Wheeled Fonk Cirkis: This Thursday, Friday and beyond
Black-eyed Sally's Specialties: Jim, Nick, Jim and Steve


Real Artists At Real Art Ways:


Bated Breath
Interludes: Beyond the foot of the Stage

This summer, Bated Breath is in residency at Real Art Ways, creating new bite-sized works of interactive theatre inspired by the visual arts program. A full evening showcasing all of Bated Breath's works produced during the residency will be performed.

About Bated BreathBated Breath Theatre Co. is a theater collective that produces classical, contemporary and devised work in ways that breathe new life into the theatrical experience. The company's work is often characterized by its non-traditional use of theater spaces and its unconventional engagement of the audience. In five short years, the company has performed a new translation of Ibsen's A Dolls House (by former Artistic Director Helene Kvale) at the Gene Frankel Theater in New York, The Parkville Project at the Playhouse on Park in West Hartford and Hunger at Real Art Ways last September. The company is composed of highly acclaimed Hartford-based theater artists: Mara Lieberman, Michael Bradford, Paul Spirito, Greg Webster, Helene Kvale, Ann Sciglimpaglia and Glen Nicholes. Bated Breath collective members specialize in everything: puppetry, playwriting & performance art.



October 14, 2011

Music in the air!

Followin' the Fonk Cirkis tour and Donna Martin's new cd!!
November 4th - Toad's Place Upstairs (Lilly's Pad) - New Haven CT
November 12th - Pub 32 - Storrs CT
January 7th - Iron Frog Tavern - Simsbury CT

Ck out the Three Wheeled Fonk Cirkis on their new website:


and here is the webpage for the toad's place show to get tickets:


Promo code is: THREE662


AND

Donna Martin's new cd release party coming in November, we can't wait!!

From Donna: "I'll be performing the show with a great little trio.  Jeff Lorello will be joining me on upright bass and Danny Reilert on guitar.  These great musicians stepped up at a moments notice to join me in the studio and make Big Country happen in record time.  So, if you are in the mood to tap your toes, clap your hands and have an all around good time I hope you'll join us."

                           Donna Martin CD Release
            November 5th, 2011
                   7:30pm
                       Northwest Park Nature Center
                        145 Lang Road, Windsor CT
                                  Tickets $15.00
                           www.northwestpark.org