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Real Art Ways E -News -June 14 2023
Arts and Entertainment
June 15, 2023
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Creative Cocktail Hour (CCH)
Thursday, 6/15 6-10pm
CCH is all about building and connecting with community.
You belong here.
Enjoy live performances by:
Quitapenas: Our mystery band is revealed! This tropical Afro-Latin combo borrows aesthetics from the radical 60s, 70s and 80s. Each song echoes a remix of history and invites one to listen to the music of Angola, Peru, Colombia, Brazil and beyond. The mission of QUITAPENAS is simple: to make you dance and leave you without a worry. Using a mix of guitar, saxophone, keyboards, bass, and percussion, they will keep you moving to the music all throughout their performance.
Sonia Sol is a traveling performing artist, DJ, singer, and acrobatic dancer. Born and raised in Hartford, Sonia draws a lot of inspiration from her Jamaican, Lebanese, and Spanish roots throughout her show experience. She uses an eclectic blend of Neo-Soul, Reggae, & R&B sounds. As a DJ, she blends all sounds but loves House, Hip-Hop, and Afrobeats (and will occasionally do a cartwheel)
DJ Mr. Realistic
DJ Mr. Realistic and Real Art Ways have a longstanding relationship! He has been our house DJ for CCH for many years, and is the owner of My House Radio, an internet broadcast radio station focusing on all genres of house music. For June's CCH, Mr. Realistic is putting together a set of LGBTQ anthems.
Gallery Exhibitions and Performances:
Exhibition Opening in the Real Room:
Barricade by Jim Whitten.
Curated by Dave Borawski
Barricade
Who's on one side?
Who's on the other side?
What does one of them want?
What does the other one want?
Will the barricade hold?
If not, how long does it hold for?
Does this extra time provide an opportunity?
Is everyone safe?
Speaking Sentences Backwards - featuring works from Paloma Izquierdo, Miguel Gaydosh, Matthew Schreiber, Laura Henriksen, Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste, and Dylan Hausthor.
Parir Los Pétalos - 2022 Real Art Award Recipient Romina Chuls
A Temporary Weight - Roni Aviv
Food Truck: Auntie's Pasta - authentic Italian cuisine!
As part of being at CCH, you're invited to create art yourselves! We give you an opportunity to participate in hands-on art making activities based on current exhibitions within our space. Led by Real Art Ways staff!
Cinema
Science on Screen
Wednesday, 6/14 6:30pm
The last installment in our annual Science on Screen series, where we present a brilliant, local figure in science, then a film!
Honeyland
“Stunningly beautiful and quietly powerful, this is a portrait of a vanishing way of life and of a determined woman who’s just trying to make her way in the world.”
– Empire Magazine
100% on Rotten Tomatoes
A woman utilizes ancient beekeeping traditions to cultivate honey in the mountains of North Macedonia. When a neighboring family tries to do the same, it becomes a source of tension as they disregard her wisdom and advice.
In Turkish with English subtitles.
Pre-film discussion with Dr. Kelsey FisherFisher from the Department of Entomology at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. Her expertise is in insect movement and dispersal ecology, behavior, pollinator conservation, agriculture pest management, spatial modeling and analyses. Dr. Fisher's presentation will showcase the different types of bee species (380 species) in Connecticut. She will also discuss the delicate place bees hold in the ecosystem.
Opens Friday 6/16!
Exhibition on Screen:
Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition
In the spring of 2023, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam opened its doors to the largest Vermeer exhibition in history. The show sold out within days of going on sale. This film offers you the chance to experience the exhibition of the century on the big screen. A truly once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to discover the genius of Vermeer and his fascinating and mysterious life.
With loans from across the world, this major retrospective brings together Vermeer’s most famous masterpieces including Girl with a Pearl Earring, The Geographer, The Milkmaid, The Little Street, Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid, and Woman Holding a Balance. In all, 28 of his surviving 35 works.
"This is more than an exhibition. It's a miracle." - The Guardian
"There will never be another Vermeer show as great as this one." - Washington Post
Opens Friday 6/16!
It Ain't Over
An intimate portrait of a misunderstood American icon, this emotional and uplifting documentary about Yogi Berra takes us beyond the caricatures and “Yogisms,” and into the heart of a sports legend whose unparalleled accomplishments on the baseball diamond were often overshadowed by his off-the-field persona.
98% on Rotten Tomatoes
“A comprehensive encapsulation of an American icon known more for his ubiquitous turns of phrase… than for his exploits on the diamond.” – Washington Post
"It Ain’t Over has two purposes and succeeds delightfully at both. One is to make some sense of the famously self-nullifying sayings… The film’s other purpose is to re-establish Berra’s standing in baseball history.” –
Wall Street Journal
"A lively, engaging, and moving documentary.” – New York Times
98% on Rotten Tomatoes
Showtimes Trailer Tickets
Held Over!
The Eight Mountains
After meeting as children over a series of summers in the Italian Alps, Pietro and Bruno reunite as adults to build a mountainside cottage which becomes a site of both reflection and reconciliation.
Based on the best-selling novel by Paolo Cognetti.
In Italian with English subtitles.
"The spiritual dimension of Pietro and Bruno’s bond has its appeal, and one of the movie’s pleasures is that it takes male friendship seriously." -
New York Times
Last Days Wednesday (6/14) & Thursday (6/15)!
You Hurt My Feelings
Beth, a popular writer, and her husband Don are actually in love. When Beth discovers that Don has been untruthful to her about his opinion of her work for years - Beth's world comes crashing down.
Starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Tobias Menzies.
"A barbed comedy about human failings and the equally human tendency not to be truthful about them." - Toronto Star
96% on Rotten Tomatoes
Showtimes Trailer Tickets
Opens Friday, 6/23!
Asteroid City
The itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention (organized to bring together students and parents from across the country for fellowship and scholarly competition) is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.
Directed by Wes Anderson.
Starring Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Steve Carell, Maya Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Jeffrey Wright, and Jason Schwartzman.
"Wes Anderson returns with one of his most dazzling, rich and playfully self-reflexive films to date, brought to eye-popping life by an all-timer ensemble." -
Little White Lies
"Its eccentricity, its elegance, its gaiety, and its sheer profusion of detail within the tableau frame make it such a pleasure." - Guardian
"Anderson’s most disarmingly spiritual film in some time." - Inverse
"There has always been a method to Wes Anderson’s madness, but Asteroid City reminds you that there is also a madness to his method. And that, ultimately, is what makes him a great artist." - New York Magazine
In Our Galleries:
Speaking Sentences Backwards
Featuring Paloma Izquierdo, Miguel Gaydosh, Matthew Schreiber, Laura Henriksen, Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste, and Dylan Hausthor
Curated by Cody Boyce
Photography, sculpture, video, sound, holography, poetry, and design.
The featured artists look to broaden thresholds of perception, receiving signals through environment, radio waves, sub-bass frequencies, interference patterns—the infra- and ultra- ranges of experience.
parir los pétalos
2022 Real Art Award Recipient Romina Chuls
Drawing, sculpture, indigenous embroidery and knitting techniques.
Chuls explores feminist issues and reproductive choice
surrounding Peruvian and Latin American women.
A Temporary Weight
Roni Aviv
Curated by Cody Boyce
Photo by Peter Brown
A remarkable photographic exhibition commenting on the opacity and invisibility of experiences in everyday life.
Mark Your Calendar!
Mark Dresser, Gerry Hemingway, and
Marilyn Crispell in Concert!
Free Admission
Friday, 7/7 at 7:30pm
Mark Dresser - Bass
“Mr. Dresser, a bassist who is one of the great instrumental forces in recent American jazz outside of the mainstream.” – New York Times
Gerry Hemingway - Percussion
"Gerry Hemingway's Music is consistently fascinating and intriguing." - All Music
Marilyn Crispell - Piano
“Marilyn Crispell….has been one of the most deliciously unpredictable and distinctive piano improvisers in jazz for more than four decades.” – The Chicago Reader
This free concert is made possible through the generous support of the
Evelyn W. Preston Memorial Trust Fund, Bank of America, N. A., Trustee.
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