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Real Art Ways News - August 9, 2023
Arts and Entertainment
August 10, 2023
From: Real Art WaysCinema
Last Week of Barbie!
Playing Seven Days a Week!
Barbie
To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place. Unless you have a full-on existential crisis. Or you're a Ken.
Directed by Greta Gerwig.
Starring Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, America Ferrera, Kate McKinnon,
Will Ferrell, Simu Liu, Michael Cera, and Helen Mirren.
"A summer movie that has more depth than you might expect, and demands to be seen on the big screen to take in every ounce of all the incredible craftsmanship in front of and behind the camera." - Mashable
"It’s funny, it’s bright and uplifting, and I think has a lot to say about the modern world – both in terms of feminism and gender equality." - BBC.com
"I sat in the theater beaming with a grin not even a bright-pink bazooka could wipe off my face." - Boston Globe
Coming Soon!
Oppenheimer
During World War II, Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves Jr. appoints physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer to work on the top-secret Manhattan Project. Oppenheimer and a team of scientists spend years developing and designing the atomic bomb. Their work comes to fruition on July 16, 1945, as they witness the world's first nuclear explosion, forever changing the course of history.
Directed by Christoper Nolan
Starring Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr., Emily Blunt, Josh Peck,
Matt Damon, Florence Pugh, Rami Malek, and Gary Oldman.
"...jarring and memorable, an ode to creation and consequence." -
Chicago Reader
"As a physical experience, Oppenheimer is something else entirely—it's hard to say exactly what, and that's what's so fascinating about it." - RogerEbert.com
“Oppenheimer is a great achievement in formal and conceptual terms, and fully absorbing, but Nolan’s filmmaking is, crucially, in service to the history that it relates." - The New York Times
"This terrifying, transfixing epic emerges as a monumental achievement on the march into screen history." - ABC News
Coming Soon!
Theater Camp
The eccentric staff of a rundown theater camp in upstate New York must band together with the beloved founder's "tech-bro" son to stage a masterpiece to keep their beloved summer camp afloat.
"The message of Theater Camp is clear: Its eccentric world of show tunes and show people is big enough (and funny enough) for everyone." - Washington Post
"It knows how to put on a show...Theater Camp in the end hits just the right note between satire and sincere." - Associated Press
"You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, jeez, you might even sing." - indieWire
Creative Cocktail Hour
Thursday, 8/17 6-10pm
Every Third Thursday
(We'll be outside, weather permitting)
$15 General Admission,
This month, free for members!
Live Music: Nelson Bello and Friends
Featuring Nelson Bello on percussion, Dexter Pettaway on drums,
Simone Moñe on vocals, Kris Jensen on saxophone, Asa Livingston on bass, and Jeremiah Fuller on piano
Art Exhibitions:
Speaking Sentences Backwards featuring works from Paloma Izquierdo,
Miguel Gaydosh, Matthew Schreiber, Laura Henriksen, Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste, and Dylan Hausthor
Burn the Midnight Oil by Ying Ye
A Temporary Weight by Roni Aviv
Barricade by Jim Whitten
Park Art Celebration:
Every year, Real Art Ways offers free art making workshops for kids in our neighborhood in the park across the street! Please join us at our End of Park Art Celebration, starting at 5pm (Free admission before 6:00pm).
Food Truck:
Rolling Roti, authentic Guyanese cuisine!
Art-making activities, great for all ages!
Mark Your Calendars!
Allen Lanz in Concert
Wednesday, September 13 7:30pm!
Kris Allen and Benjamin Lanz
Free Admission
Allen Lanz, a group made up of West Hartford natives Kris Allen (Triangle Offense) and Benjamin Lanz (The National, Beirut, LNZNDRF) will perform a concert at Real Art Ways. Their upcoming album, Ballard, is named after the street that they both grew up on in West Hartford!
Funding for this performance is provided by the Evelyn Preston Fund.
Hartford Brass Band Bonanza
Saturday, September 23 12-6pm
Free Admission!
Featuring:
Fiesta Del Norte
Rara Bel Poze
Hartford Proud's Drill Drum and Dance Corp.
Extra Syrup
The Hartford Hot Several
This performance is free to the public with performances starting at 12:00pm. We will have food from Samba's Cuisine Food Truck!
Support for this event comes from the Evelyn W. Preston Memorial Fund.
Save the Date!
Get on Board!
Tuesday, September 26 from 6-9pm!
Our event will feature fun people, great food from Grano Arso, live music, and the unexpected!
We will present Realie Awards to four special people who have made significant contributions to the Real Art Ways Community
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
Photo by John Groo
How do we know what we know?
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.
Burn the Midnight Oil
Photo by John Groo
This installation from Chinese-American artist Ying Ye incorporates ingredients from her family's restaurant called China Eagle located in Ellington, including soy sauce, soy bean paper, tofu skin, soy beans, along with a bike sculpture. As a Chinese citizen and immigrant to America, Ye redefines her Chinese-American identity through her painting, scultpure, and performance.
Ying Ye is the recipient of a 2022 Real Art Award.
A Temporary Weight
Curated by Cody Boyce
Photo by John Groo
A photographic installation that comments on the invisibility of experiences in everyday life.
Barricade
Jim Whitten
Curated by David Borawski
Photo by John Groo
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?
Connecticut Summer at the Museum!
Children under the age of 18 and one accompanying adult receive free admission to our cinema and galleries! Through Monday, 9/4.
Real Art Ways was recently awarded a grant from Connecticut Humanities to support our participation in the CT Summer at the Museum initiative!
Funding for the initiative is provided by the CT General Assembly, with the support of Connecticut Humanities and the Department of Economic and Community Development, Office of the Arts, which also receives support from the federal ARPA.
We're Hiring!
Real Art Ways is seeking a Front of House and Events Manager to join our team!