by Linda Kobert published 3:11pm Wednesday Mar 3, 2010
March 13, 2010 1:30 pm
Free
In “A Lesson before Dying” by Ernest J. Gaines, the young black man Jefferson is condemned to die for murder. As he awaits the electric chair, he is visited by Grant, the local teacher at the plantation school. Grant’s mission is to spend time with Jefferson so that he might confront death with his head held high. In the process, Jefferson is cajoled into eating some of Miss Emma’s gumbo. In honor of this food that is made with love, Central Library hosts the “Great Gumbo Contest.” Contestants are invited to show off your gumbo making skills, and the public is invited to try out the entries. Rules for the contest can be found here. It’s all part of “The Big Read.” 201 E. Market St. 979-7151.
by Vijith Assar published 7:15am Monday Mar 1, 2010
March 13, 2010 7:00 pm
$50, $90/couple
The 12th Street Taphouse’s Heavy Metal Beer Dinner pairs five terrifying metal bands (chugging palm-muted guitars) with five delicious beers (for chugging). And since they’ve chosen more or less the perfect beverages for an operation of this sort, let’s now play a quick round of Beer Or Band?
1) Skullsplitter
2) Monk’s Blood
3) Judas Priest
4) Megadeth
5) Arrogant Bastard
6) Black Sabbath
7) Iron Maiden
8) Lucifer
9) Ommeggedon
10) Metallica
Highlight to see the answers: Beers: 2, 9. Bands: 3, 4, 6, 7, 10. Both: 1, 5, 8.
by Vijith Assar published 5:19am Wednesday Mar 3, 2010
March 13, 2010 7:30 pm
$5
The Bridge once again proves itself most friendly to the wildly avant-garde of all C-ville venues (yes, including you, Tea Bazaar, sorry) by way of septuagenarian composer and Vassar contemporary electronic music professor Annea Lockwood, who did a series of works in the 60’s and 70’s which involved pianos which were (her own words here) “burned, drowned, beached, and planted in an English garden;” not entirely clear on why the particular provenance of the garden is of such importance, but there you have it. She worked heavily with environmental recordings for a period as well, but her pieces have tended in scope toward full-fledged “audio installations” of late. This more road-friendly but still wildly conceptual set for cello, tape, and voice (that’d be occasional collaborative pal Thomas Buckner) juxtaposes, among other things, one piece about the horrific camps run by Stalin and Hitler and another based on three poems written by prisoners at Guantanamo Bay.
by Vijith Assar published 10:22pm Sunday Jan 31, 2010
March 13, 2010 9:00 pm
$5; additional donations encouraged
Mister Baby beefs up the tunes of local alt-country songwriter Megan Huddleston. Also featuring local Americana rock outfit Pantherburn and Asheville country-rockers Wooden Toothe. This show is a dual fundraiser for both the SPCA and Mister Baby bassist Jake Hopping’s ailing mother.
by Vijith Assar published 4:04am Wednesday Mar 3, 2010
March 13, 2010 9:00 pm
$5
Photo by Andrew Shurtleff
Iron Maiden-style and 70’s mustache-metal with songs about spaceships and dragons, which are about the only thing that could make old metal any cooler. Or mustaches, for that matter.
“An all-purpose insult enhancer, which would be roughly equivalent to the use of “f*cking” in English… pinche is strongly associated with cursing in Mexican Spanish and the very moment you use it gives you away as a Mexican national. So you pinches gringos take that into account if youre trying to pass for an Argentine or whatever.”
by Vijith Assar published 6:48pm Sunday Jun 29, 2008
March 15, 2010 7:00 pm
Free
For his long-standing “Group Sound” gig at South Street, B3 and piano player George Melvin plays several keyboards at once, using his left hand for walking basslines that match up with jazzy drum loops and working the sustain pedal to give the illusion of multiple right-hand parts. Guest musicians drop in regularly.
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