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The Great Gumbo Contest

by Linda Kobert
published 3:11pm Wednesday Mar 3, 2010
March 13, 2010 1:30 pm
Free

lesson-before-dying

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.

Bob Williamson

by Vijith Assar
published 11:09pm Sunday Jul 6, 2008
March 13, 2010 6:00 pm
Free

Dinnertime pianist

Albemarle Pipe and Drum, Soihadto, and Full Plate

by Vijith Assar
published 4:57pm Wednesday Mar 3, 2010
March 13, 2010 6:00 pm
$5

The wacko meter is off the charts here — it starts with the official Scottish Highland bagpipe and drum band of the Albemarle County Sheriff’s office, a local cover band, and an instrumental rock band from Baltimore featuring chef Duff Goldman from the Food Network’s riveting tell-all pastry-biz exposé Ace Of Cakes. Just to keep things sane, here’s a video of the latter performing at the 2008 annual Big Lebowski convention.

Eli Cook

by Vijith Assar
published 10:54pm Sunday Feb 1, 2009
March 13, 2010 7:00 pm
Free

Acoustic blues guitarist

Eli Cook - Static In The Blood


Heavy Metal Beer Dinner

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.

Baaba Seth

by Vijith Assar
published 1:05am Monday Feb 15, 2010
March 13, 2010 7:30 pm
$15

The popular local worldbeat band of yesteryear reunites again to play the newly rebooted Jefferson, at which they first performed back in 1995. Beleza Brasil opens with Latin jazz and samba fused with blues, and funky string wizards Morwenna Lasko and Jay Pun twist their fiddle and guitar tunes in unusual ways.

Baaba Seth - Wonderful
Baaba Seth - Upside Down [live]

Beleza Brasil - Water To Drink
Beleza Brasil - Fever

Morwenna Lasko and Jay Pun - B-Loose

Molasses Creek

by Vijith Assar
published 1:51am Wednesday Mar 3, 2010
March 13, 2010 7:30 pm
$5

Award-winning energetic acoustic bluegrass

Annea Lockwood

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.

Doug Bethel

by Vijith Assar
published 11:04am Monday Mar 1, 2010
March 13, 2010 8:00 pm
$6

Jazz

Dave Sanford

by Vijith Assar
published 4:29pm Monday Feb 9, 2009
March 13, 2010 9:00 pm
Free

Jazz

Mister Baby and Pantherburn

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.

Pantherburn - The Octopus
Pantherburn - Mister Baby [demo]

Corsair and Pinche Gringo

by Vijith Assar
published 4:04am Wednesday Mar 3, 2010
March 13, 2010 9:00 pm
$5

Corsair
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.

Corsair - Last Night On Earth
Corsair - Space Is A Lonely Place
Corsair - Starcophagus

And Urban Dictionary to the rescue regarding the precise meaning of bluesy one-man garage rock band Pinche Gringo’s quite-obviously-derogatory-in-Spanish name:

“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.”


The Naughty Dynamic

by Vijith Assar
published 12:34pm Monday Mar 1, 2010
March 13, 2010 9:30 pm
Free

Funk and R&B

Quiet Loudly

by Vijith Assar
published 3:37am Wednesday Mar 3, 2010
March 13, 2010 9:30 pm
$5

Artsy Brooklyn noise-rock and shoegaze meets soulfully bluesy 70’s-style southern rock, with retro indie-pop from The Hilarious Posters as your unlikely appetizer.

The Hilarious Posters - Absence
The Hilarious Posters - Geniuses

The Transmitters

by Vijith Assar
published 2:45am Monday Feb 1, 2010
March 13, 2010 10:00 pm
$5

Fredricksburg reggae quintet which recently served as the backing band for jamband loop guitarist Keller Williams.

The Transmitters - Charles Street Hustle


Jazz Collective #9

by Vijith Assar
published 3:03am Monday Mar 1, 2010
March 13, 2010 10:00 pm
$5

Jazz ensemble

Blake Brame

by Vijith Assar
published 6:25am Thursday Feb 18, 2010
March 13, 2010 10:30 pm
Free

Acoustic guitarist

Wisher

by Vijith Assar
published 6:36am Monday Mar 1, 2010
March 13, 2010 10:30 pm
Free

Rock

The Oratorio Society of Virginia

by Vijith Assar
published 5:56pm Sunday Feb 14, 2010
March 14, 2010 3:30 pm
$10-$30

Performing Brahms Requiem arranged for soloists, chorus, and two pianos.

Girlyman

by Vijith Assar
published 9:23am Wednesday Mar 3, 2010
March 14, 2010 7:00 pm
$15

Harmony-heavy alt-folk trio, notably with a big fat vote of confidence from Indigo Girl Amy Ray

The Hogwaller Ramblers

by Vijith Assar
published 10:49pm Sunday Aug 31, 2008
March 14, 2010 10:00 pm
Free

One more week with the longest-lived Americana band in town

Barling and Collins

by Vijith Assar
published 9:51pm Saturday May 24, 2008
March 14, 2010 11:00 pm
Free

This potty-mouthed duo makes fun of pretty much everything using a guitar and a cello.

Barling and Collins - (That’s Right) I’m Looking At Your Girlfriend


88 Keys Wilson

by Vijith Assar
published 11:22pm Sunday Jul 6, 2008
March 15, 2010 6:00 pm
Free

Dinnertime pianist

George Melvin

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.

Grada

by Vijith Assar
published 9:48am Wednesday Mar 3, 2010
March 15, 2010 7:00 pm
$12-$15

Traditional Irish folk

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