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Advice from the Arts Council

May 9 & 24, 2-5pm, The Grove, 71 Orange Street, New Haven

Let the Arts Council staff help you find exhibition space/opportunities, performance/rehearsal space, and develop new ways to promote your work or creative events and activities. Debbie Hesse, the organization’s director of artistic services and programs, will be available for one-on-one appointments. To schedule an appointment call (203) 772-2788 or emailinfo@newhavenarts.org. Walk-ins are welcome, but you may have to wait for an available slot.

Make.Art.Work. Presents Pricing & Presenting Your Artwork and Funding Your Art Career
Monday, May 20th, 6 to 8:30 p.m. University of New Haven’s Saw Mill Campus

You won’t want to miss the next workshop in our series: “Silvermine Arts Center, Gallery Director, Jeffrey Mueller, will walk artists through the process of pricing and presenting their work, in a step-by-step method that demystifies these often challenging subjects. Participants will gain tips for framing and presenting work for exhibition and sale. Artist will be given a variety of financial formulas to consider when pricing work. Make.Art.Work. Project Manager, Jeannie Thomma, will wrap up the evening's workshop with a brief presentation on "Funding Your Art Career," including a look at grants and other funding opportunities for visual artists.

Make.Art.Work. is a six-month comprehensive professional practice program for Connecticut visual artists presented by the Arts Council of Greater New Haven, Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County and the Greater Hartford Arts Council with support from the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation. Over the course of the program, artists will learn to strengthen their ability to set and achieve career goals; increase their business knowledge and entrepreneurial skill set; and develop a network of peer artists to foster continual career support. Each workshop will be presented in Fairfield, Hartford and New Haven. Registration cost for individual workshops is $28 each.

Register for the May 20th workshop at http://makeartworkmay.eventbrite.com

Make.Art.Work is presented by the Arts Council of Greater New Haven, Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County Greater Hartford Arts Council with support from the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation.

Spectra 2013 in the Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. Gallery

The Arts Council of Greater New Haven presents Spectra 2013 in the Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. Gallery, at 70 Audubon St., 2nd floor. The exhibition will be on display from May 17, 2013 through July 5, 2013 (Mon-Fri, 9-5). An artists’ reception is scheduled for Thursday, May 16th from 5 to 7 pm. The public is invited to attend.

Spectra is the annual members’ show of the Photo Arts Collective, an Arts Council program whose mission is to cultivate and support a community of individuals who share an interest in photography, through workshops, lectures, exhibitions, portfolio reviews, group critiques, and special events.

Open to Arts Council members, the Photo Arts Collective meets the first Thursday of each month at the Kehler Liddell Gallery, 873 Whalley Ave., New Haven. Members include local professional and amateur photographers that employ a wide variety of photographic styles, which will all be represented in the exhibition.

For more information about this annual exhibition at the Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. Gallery, or about the Photo Arts Collective, call the Arts Council at (203) 772-2788 or e-mail the Photo Arts Collective at photoartscollective@gmail.com.

New Exhibit at Kehler Liddell Gallery

Young John, pigment ink print on paper, 24” x 30”, 2013, John Harris, photograph by John Harris
Original photograph on photographic paper, photographed by Ms. Buttondorf, 1964

The Right to Bear Arms: Artists Respond
On view at Kehler Liddell Gallery May 9-26
Opening Reception: Friday May 10, 2013, 6 - 9pm

Kehler Liddell Gallery
873 Whalley Avenue, New Haven
203.389.9555

The Right to Bear Arms: Artists Respond is an exhibition of the work of 25 artists, each responding to this statement as they wish. It is a multi medium exhibition, which is both thoughtful and provocative. The number of works on view gives it breadth. The art provides the depth. Art is at its best here, stating what is often extremely difficult to communicate in words.

See Artwork by Janet Lage

Trashed
An Exhibit of Paintings by Janet Lage
May 10 - June 29, 2013
Artist reception: Friday, May 10, 6-8pm
Artist talk: Wednesday, May 29, 6pm
The Orison Project
8 Railroad Ave, Essex, CT
The Witch Hazel Complex, Building #7

Madison Art Society Annual Art Exhibit

Lisa De Fillippo, Head in Hands

May 6, 2013 - May 30, 2013
The Madison Art Society 38th Annual Art Exhibition
EC Scranton Memorial Library, 801 Boston Post Road, Madison
Open during normal public library hours at no cost.

The Madison Art Society 38th Annual Art Exhibition's Best in Show award is the oil portrait, Head in Hands, by Madison artist, Lisa De Fillippo. Rhode Island artist and juror, Cindy Baron selected artwork and awards from over 140 artists from throughout Connecticut. Cindy Baron stated in her juror's statement, "it was a very hard show to judge because there were so many terrific works of art which resulted in a wonderful show by an amazing group of artists." An open reception will be held on Wednesday May 15, 2013 from 5-7 p.m. where awards donated by local businesses and individuals will be awarded.

The artwork will be on display though out the month. The paintings will be the inspiration for original poems which will be created and read by the Guilford Poets Guild at a joint reception on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. at the E.C. Scranton Memorial Library.

Roots & Wings at DaSilva Gallery

Evie Lindemann "ROOTS & WINGS"
MAY 8 - JUNE 1, 2013
Artist Reception, Friday, May 10 5:30-8pm

DaSilva Gallery features new printmaking show. A sixth generation Californian now living in New Haven, CT, Evie Lindemann teaches full time in the Graduate Art Therapy Program at Albertus Magnus College.

Her primary media include printmaking, encaustics on wooden panels, large scale drawings and mixed media. Her themes include reflections on mortality, healing, loss and regeneration through archetypal experiences.

She is an internationally recognized printmaker, having participated in a show in Hong Kong and the Biennale in Florence, Italy. She has also been featured in the following exhibits: “Cycles of Transformation” at Albertus Magnus, That Gallery, Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, Guilford Art League 63rd Annual Juried Exhibition, and “Cultural Passages” a juried show at Creative Arts Workshop.

DaSilva Gallery
897-899 Whalley Avenue, New Haven, CT

Hope High: Class of '84

Bregamos Community Theatre's Warehouse Ensembe presents the world premiere of Hope High: Class of '84

Hope High: Class of ’84 will have three shows taking place on Long Warf Theatre’s Stage II; Friday, May 10 and Saturday, May 11, 2013 at 7:00pm and a matinee on Sunday, May 12, 2013 at 2:00pm.

This work is a stage play production written and directed by New Haven playwright, Sharece M. Sellem. It will be the first production put on by Bregamos Community Theater’s new Warehouse Ensemble; New Haven’s only youth theater program for teens ages 12-19.

Hope High: Class of ’84 tells the story of the students of Cedar City High; an inner-city high school falling deeper and deeper into ruin. The story centers around the school and at Uncle Kang’s Diner, the backbone of their community. This play focuses on love, teen social groups, bullying, mental illness, problems within the public education system and community enrichment. “I’m excited to work with the Warehouse Ensemble to bring my play to life!” Sellem says, “I’ve lived in Cedar City’s world for over 5 years and I can’t wait to bring everyone else into it.”

New Haven Theater Company Presents Shipwrecked!

New Haven Theater Company at Lighthouse Park, New Haven

New Haven Theater Company presents Shipwrecked! An Entertainment: The Amazing Adventures of Louis De Rougemont (As Told By Himself), by Pulitzer Prize-winning New Haven playwright Donald Margulies, directed by Peter Chenot.

The play will take place at Whitney Arts Center, located at 591 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, on May 12, 18, 19 at 4 pm and 7 pm. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for children under 13.

Louis De Rougemont has a spectacular tale to tell, one of bravery, romance, and fantastical deeds – surviving a epic sea journey, riding sea turtles, vanquishing his enemies, and finding true love with a native princess. But is what he describes the truth, or something entirely different? A magical quest fit for the entire family,Shipwrecked! is filled with wonder enough for children and questions enough for adults.

For more information, visit www.newhaventheatercompany.com.
To purchase tickets, visithttp://www.newhaventheatercompany.ticketleap.com/shipwrecked/

Clybourne Park at Long Wharf Theatre

Long Wharf Theatre concludes its 2012-13 season with Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning play Clybourne Park, by Bruce Norris, and directed by Associate Artistic Director Eric Ting.

The play will take place on The Claire Tow Stage in the C. Newton Schenck III Mainstage from May 8, 2013 through June 2, 2013. Tickets are $40-$70.

Race and real estate collide in this outrageously funny and provocative Tony- and Pulitzer Prize winning play. The action begins in 1959, with a nervous group of neighbors trying to talk their friends out of selling their home in a Chicago neighborhood to a black family. Fast forward to the same house fifty years later when a white family attempts to move into the now predominantly African-American neighborhood. Described as “an ingenious, audacious lightning rod of a play” byEntertainment Weekly, this provocative and funny Pulitzer Prize-winning play delves into America’s complicated relationship with race with sharp humor and deep perception.

“This is one of the most provocative plays about race written in the past decade. It is a masterpiece,” said Artistic Director Gordon Edelstein. “It juxtaposes attitudes in the 1950s and in the 21st century, and in making that comparison, points out our folly.

Long Wharf Theatre is also using this production to partner with the New Haven Free Public Library on a series of community conversations about race and real estate in New Haven, moderated by local historians and geared towards discussion the city’s evolution and history. The conversations will take place at every city library branch throughout May.

For more information about Long Wharf Theatre, or to purchase tickets, call 203-787-4282 or visit www.longwharf.org.

Performances at Best Video

Nick Di Maria

Best Video Performance Space
1842 Whitney Ave., Hamden, CT
(203) 287-9286

Wed., May 8, 8 PM, $3 cover
Indie Rock: Pools Are Nice, Buck McGrane
The lineup of Pools Are Nice is: Sean Nash (Guitar, drums, vocals, bass), Mike Cipressi (bass, guitar, vocals), Dan Provenzano (guitar, bass, vocals), Vincent Adinolfi (drums/photography/videography). Dan Provenzano describes the group as having a “catchy lofi post-punk sound.” BuckMcGrane, who opens the show playing solo, plays sad songs that make you feel good. Originally from Marlborough, CT, Buck has been writing / recording music since 2004 with influences ranging from Owen to Brian Wilson to about a million other other things.

Thurs., May 9, 8 PM, $10 admission
Rock: Richard Brown 60th birthday bash with The Furors, The Streams, SteveChillemi, Happy Ending & more
Best Video manager Richard Brown (then and now, in photo at left) turns 60 this night and to celebrate he has invited a number of his friends from a life in music to come and play. It will be a gala event featuring renowned area groups The Furors, The Streams and Happy Ending (which features Richard on guitar and sax and Best Video employee Hank Hoffman on guitar and vocals). Richard will be playing some songs with each group as well as with Steve Chillemi, his former bandmate in Tynkankow and Looking for Jobs.

Wed., May 15, 8 PM, $5 admission
Jazz: The Nick Di Maria Quartet
Nick Di Maria is a New Haven, CT based trumpeter, composer and educator. Agraduate of Western Connecticut State University, Nick holds a Bachelor’s in Jazz Performance studying under Eddie Henderson, Dave Scott, Jeremy Pelt, Taylor Ho Bynum and Rich Clymer. In 2008, after some personnel changes, Nick assembled his current line up. The music of Herbie Hancock’s "Mwandishi" group was very influential in the creative sound of this current group. Nick began composing in the style of the band, using electronic and avant garde influences in his writing and sound. The band released their first album in May 2011 entitled "Between You & Me" to positive reviews.

Thurs., May 16, 8 PM, $5 admission
Rock: Rope
Rope is a New Haven based trio (Sal Paradise, guitars, vocals; Pat Quinn, drums, back-up vocals; David Hurd, bass) playing original music, classics, underground gems, lowdown blues and folk. We also dig surf-music and lay it out both electric and acoustic. Members are all veteran performers having played in such bands as Bill Bakers Satins, SUBDUEDS (New Haven), Christine Ohlman, Hilton Valentine's Skiffledog (guitarist for The Animals) to name a few. Sal Paradise, guitars vocals composer/arranger, has been active in the New Haven and CT Music scene since 1978.

Haven String Quartet Performs This Saturday

Saturday, May 11
Pre-concert Talk: 6:30 p.m.
Concert: 7:30 p.m.

Music of Adoration
The Haven String Quartet performs music of Schumann, Janáček, and Carter Pann to close out its 2012-2013 Concert Series.

The Unitarian Society of New Haven
700 Hartford Turnpike, Hamden

Admission: $20, $10 students and seniors
Tickets available at http://www.musichavenct.org/concerts.html

The Jeremy Pelt Show

Friday, May 10th at 8:30 and 10:00 p.m.
Firehouse 12, 45 Crown Street New Haven, CT
Tickets are $18 (first set) and $12 (second set)
Tickets are available at http://firehouse12.com or (203) 785-0468

On Friday, May 10th, Firehouse 12 is pleased to welcome trumpeter Jeremy Pelt to celebrate his new album Water and Earth released earlier this year on High Note Records. The album and his new band pushes towards more electric and electronic textures. Find out more about Jeremy Pelt here: http://jeremypelt.net/

Concert on Beinecke Plaza Today

Brass
American Bandstand Concert on Beinecke Plaza
Wednesday, May 8 at 5:15 pm
Music by Holst, Vaughn Williams, Sousa, Copland, and more.

Inspired by the riches of the Beinecke's Americana collection, Brass celebrates the wind band as an iconic part of the Anglo-American musical tradition. From military roots, groups made up entirely of woodwind, brass, and percussion instruments grew to become serious musical ensembles in their own right.

Presented outside on the Beinecke plaza!
Rain location: Beinecke Library mezzanine.
Free and open to the public.

Branford Folk Music Society Presents Patrick Ball

May 11, 2013: Patrick Ball
Renowned Celtic harpist and storyteller Patrick Ball makes a return visit to the folk society after the success with us in 2009 of his critically-acclaimed solo musical theater piece, "O'Carolan's Farewell to Music". This time Branford listeners will get to hear Patrick in concert.

Ball, who hails from California, has long been regarded as one of the premier Celtic harp players in the world. He has recorded eight instrumental and two spoken word albums which have garnered numerous awards in both music and spoken-word categories.

Admission: $15 for nonmembers, $12 for members, $5 for kids 12 and under. Pay at the door.
Branford Folk Coffeehouse
First Congregational Church of Branford
1009 Main Street, Branford
8:00pm
Wheelchair accessible.

For more information call: 203-488-7715
Email: branfordfolk@gmail.com
http://folknotes.org/branfordfolk

Branford Folk Coffeehouse welcomes refreshment donations of pastries, cold drinks and other assorted goodies!
Bring your own travel mug or thermos and take home any leftover coffee!

ArtWalk This Weekend

16th Annual Westville Village ArtWalk - May 10+11

A community-based arts festival that spans Historic Westville Village every Mother's Day weekend, the Westville Village ArtWalk kicks-off this year's event on Friday evening, May 10th and continues with a full day of live music, art exhibitions and demonstrations, interactive art-making for kids and adults, theater & dance, history, art and studio tours, and a 25+ vendor Artist & Artisan Market on Saturday, May 11th.

Highlights this year include: ArtWalk Patio Party with Glenn Roth and DJ Dooley-O; performances by Kindred Queer, Sound Affect, Milksop Unsung, Mark Zarillo, Lady Blaze, and Five in the Chamber; Tarantella Spider Dance @Lyric Hall; 25+ interactive art stations like iMap New Haven, Bike- & Hand-Powered Spin Art, Chinese Paper-Cutting, Before I Die...in New Haven wall, an outdoor reading room and more; gallery shows The Right to Bear Arms: Artists Respond and Evie Lindemann: Roots & Canals; Artist Studio Tours + Art in Windows; A Broken Umbrella Theatre Studio; Westville History Tour with Colin Caplan plus Public Art of New Haven by Bike; unparalled Mothers Day shopping opportunities featuring local artists' work, hand-crafted jewelry, ceramics, textiles and more; and a huge variety of dining with over 20 restaurants, cafes and food carts.

For a full schedule of events and activities for this Friday and Saturday, visitwestvillect.org/artwalk2013.

MiddletownRemix - A Festival of Art and Sound

Wesleyan University's Center for the Arts and Green Street Arts Center presentMiddletownRemix: Hear More, See More – A Festival of Art and Sound
Saturday, May 11 from 2pm to 5pm
Along Main Street in the North End neighborhood of Middletown.
Festival to celebrate the city’s acoustic identity, and feature four world premieres of works commissioned for the festival, three live DJ sets, two art/sound installations, a laptop orchestra, a flash mob dance, food trucks, and gallery walk.
For more information about MiddletownRemix, please visithttp://www.middletownremix.org.

ARTFARM's Shakespeare Slam and Masked Bash

ARTFARM's fourth Shakespeare Slam and Masked Bash features energetic and unorthodox performances of Shakespeare, live music, costumed characters, celebrity host Chion Wolf of WNPR, food and drink, all in a festive Elizabethan atmosphere where masked adults have fun in a children's museum.

Perform, imbibe or simply enjoy the company and entertainment at this unusual fundraiser at 7 pm on Saturday, May 11 at Kidcity in Middletown.

ARTFARM's Shakespeare Slam and Masked Bash is a unique event which is built around performances of shorts bits of Shakespeare (2 minute maximum per performer) by performers of all kinds who have been sponsored by generous patrons. Attend as a performer, a patron, or simply as a partygoer. The Slam is the centerpiece of a festive evening of food, drink, music, masks and fun of all kinds with costumed characters under the spell of WNPR’s comic and provocative Chion Wolf.

Masks and festive attire are encouraged, but not required. For anyone unable to locate or create a mask of their own, masks made by students at Kidsartspace will be available for a nominal fee.

Tickets for the Shakespeare Slam are $25 for adults, and $15 for anyone 25 years of age or younger. Performers attend for free, but must have a minimum of $50 of Sponsorships in order to perform. Prizes will be awarded to the performers who generate the most Sponsorship. Tickets include food, drink and entertainment. Wine is provided courtesy of the Bottle Shop, draft beer thanks to City Steam Brewery, and fine comestibles will be donated by It’s Only Natural Restaurant, It’s Only Natural Market, Anoho, Illiano’s, The Bridge, and other fabulous Middletown eateries.

For more information, tickets, or to register as a performer, contact ARTFARM at (860) 346-4390 or email info@art-farm.org. Sponsor forms and performer guidelines can be downloaded at www.art-farm.org.

You're Invited to Celebrate The Perch

Please join us to celebrate the inaugural issue of The Perch
An Arts & Literary Journal
Wednesday, May 15 - 4:30-6:30 pm

The Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health
Erector Square, Building One
319 Peck Street, New Haven

READINGS BY CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Christine Beck | Claire Bien | Ashley Clayton | David Fitzpatrick

DISTINGUISHED GUEST SPEAKERS
Paul DiLeo
Deputy Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services

Thomas Duffy
Professor of Internal Medicine and Director of the Program for the Humanities in Medicine, Yale Medical School

Michael Rowe
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Yale Medical School, Co-Director, Yale PRCH

Michael Sernyak
Professor of Psychiatry, Yale Medical School, and CEO of the Connecticut Mental Health Center

John Strauss
Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, Yale Medical School

Displays of visual artwork from The Perch
Appetizers will be served
RSVPs (to Erica.stern@yale.edu) are appreciated but not required

The Perch, a new publication of the Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health, features original, creative work—both writing and visual artwork—dealing with themes of mental health and recovery.

Paintstiks Demo at Hamden Art League Meeting

Hamden Art League's May 14th meeting will feature artist Diana Lyn Cote who will demonstrate the use of Paintstiks, an oil paint medium in stick form, much like large crayons. Cote has been working in this medium for nearly two decades. She enjoys the freedom and texture not found in other oil media. Meeting to be held at the Miller Memorial Library Senior Center's Social Hall, 2901 Dixwell Avenue, Hamden, CT. Coffee and conversation at 7 pm; business meeting at 7:15, followed by artist demo at 7:30. Free and open to the public. Info: 203-494-2316www.hamdenartleague.com

Figure Drawing Class

Project Storefronts presents Figure Drawing on Chapel
Thursday, May 9 - 7 to 10pm
756 Chapel Street, New Haven
$12.00

Artists, join us for an uninstructed life drawing class! 5, 10, 20 and 40 minute poses all night.

Chairs provided, bring your own art supplies, drawing boards and easels.
Refreshments served or BYO
Street parking nearby (unlimited meters for $3 max, free after 9)

Please RSVP to cheryl@cherylelliottstudio.com
18 or older
No photography without model permission

Project Management Masters Certification Program

The Project Management Masters Certification Program will be offered June 25 - 28, 2013 in New Haven, Connecticut at Yale University campus. Project management professionals, business and technology professionals, students, and educators are invited to register at the American Project Management website here.

June 25 - 28, 2013
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut

The PMMC is designed for those seeking professional project management certification. It serves as both a thorough professional education and recognized certification. Our certificate program teaches technical and business professionals how to master the critical skills of project management techniques as part of their technical career development.

The skills developed in the Project Management Masters Certification program apply to large and small projects, product design and development efforts, construction projects, IT projects, software development, and any project with critical performance, time, and budget targets.

Tuition for the four-day Project Management Masters Certification program is $995.00

Charles Knight, The Artist Who Saw Through Time

The John H. Ostrom Program Series presents Charles R. Knight: The Artist Who Saw Through Time
With Richard Milner
Thursday, May 9 at 5:30 pm
Yale Peabody Museum, 3rd floor auditorium
Free admission

Richard Milner of the American Museum of Natural History has authored a new biography of Charles R. Knight (1874–1953), the famed Brooklyn-born paleoartist and muralist who “invented” our visions of dinosaurs, mammoths and prehistoric peoples.

Milner’s illustrated talk takes us back to the early days of the American Museum and the Bronx Zoo, where Knight sketched a thousand species of living animals before working with paleontologists to bring dry fossil bones back to life. This full-color art book, Charles R. Knight: The Artist Who Saw Through Time (Abrams, 2012), presents the most complete compilation of Knight’s famous works, as well as many “lost” images never before published. Knight’s paintings inspired generations of scientists and filmmakers, as well as children’s imaginations — and the Rudolph Zallinger murals in the Yale Peabody Museum.

Rhoda Knight Kalt, the artist’s granddaughter, will share childhood reminiscences of “Toppy.”
Book signing to follow.
Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, 170 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT
www.peabody.yale.edu

Talk by Yale Art Gallery Renovation Architect

In honor of May’s designation as National Historic Preservation Month, the New Haven Preservation Trust and Yale University Art Gallery present a talk entitled “The Yale University Art Gallery: Preserved for the Future.” Duncan Hazard of Ennead Architects, Partner-in-Charge of the Gallery’s recent renovation and expansion, will discuss the design goals and preservation efforts behind the integration of three landmark buildings.

The lecture will take place in the Yale University Art Gallery Lecture Hall at 6:00 pm on Thursday, May 16, 2013.
The event is free and open to the public.
The Preservation Trust is grateful to Dimeo Construction Company for its support for this event.
For more information, call the Trust at 203-562-5919 or visit www.nhpt.org.

Guilford Art Center Summer Youth Program

Guilford Art Center announces its 9-week 2013 summer youth program, June 24 – August 23, for students ages 3 ½ to 13. Sign up for all sorts of art experiences, from painting and drawing to ceramics, mixed media and more, and on topics from Animals to Architecture to Princesses.

Classes are scheduled on a weekly basis and are offered mornings (9am-noon) or afternoons (beginning 1pm). Morning and afternoon classes may be combined to make a full-day program.

Tuition assistance for classes is available. For more information, to register, and to download a copy of the summer youth brochure, visit the Art Center’s website,www.guilfordartcenter.org, or call 203-453-5947.

Filmmakers Retreat

Kopkind + CID Filmmakers Retreat 2013
INVITATION TO FILMMAKERS
Deadline to apply is June 7, 2013

We are pleased to announce a call to independent documentary filmmakers who would like to participate in a week long seminar and retreat in southern Vermont, limited to nine filmmakers along with special invited guests.

July 28 - August 4, 2013. Treefrog Farm - Guilford, Vermont.

Imagine: you, your film or work-in-progress, and a week in a bucolic setting with other filmmakers. Enjoy film screenings in the barn, problem solving in the hot tub, networking at the swimming hole, conquering crowdfunding over coffee on the deck...

At a time when you may feel overwhelmed by everything it takes to make your film, this is the week to finally take the time to assess what filmmaking is to you and what it will take to make you succeed on your terms. Join us to explore your own work and the issues you face with your film and recharge your creative battery with a special brand of "radical relaxation: great films, great food and deep discussions on the art, politics and the plain fun of filmmaking."

More info and how to apply: http://documentaries.org/newsevents/kopkind2013

Avaloch Farm Music Institute Fall Residencies

Avaloch Farm Music Institute (Boscawen, NH) is extending their deadline for fall residencies to June 15th. The Institute hosts chamber music ensembles at all stages of development, giving time and an insulated environment where groups can work on repertoire, prepare for recordings, concerts, and competitions, and "forge or reconnect to their musical identity". There is currently room for two to three more groups to take part in the inaugural residency (September & October).http://www.avalochfarmmusic.org/apply.html

Video Contest

Smithsonian in Motion
Deadline: May 31, 2013.
$4,000 in Prizes. No Entry Fee. 5 Categories: Nature, Arts, Travel, People AND Mobile.
Click here for details

Movie Poster Design Contest

You're in the movie theater getting ready to watch the latest blockbuster when you see it: a preview for the movie based on your all-time favorite book!! "No way!" you think, "This is too good to be true!" You're not dreaming - they really are making that book into a movie!

Which book(s) do you want to see up on the big screen? Design your own movie poster based on your favorite book and submit it to the R.J. Julia Bookstore. Submit your entries before May 31st and be sure to include your name, age, date and a phone number where we can reach you!

*The R.J. Julia May Movie Madness Contest is open to anyone ages 10-18
*All entries must be submitted on an 11" x 14" sized poster board
*Entries MUST include the following: Title of the book/movie, an original art concept, and your name, age, date, and phone number on the back of your poster (entries without this information will not be considered)
*Entries may also include your choice of actors/director/production company, suggested release date, a tagline to go along with the movie (ex. from The Hunger Games: "May the Odds Be Ever in Your Favor")

Be creative! There will be one Grand Prize Winner and two runners-up. The Grand Prize Winner will receive a $20 R.J. Julia gift card and the runners-up will each receive a $5 R.J. Julia gift card. Winners will be notified* by June 7th. Winning posters will be showcased at the store. When the contest is over, participants will have until June 21st to pick up their entries.

Please call Kathy at (203) 245-3959 or e-mail at ksharp@rjjulia.com if you have any additional questions.
*Due to the large volume of submissions received, only the winners will be notified.

R.J. Julia Booksellers
768 Boston Post Road, Madison, CT 06443
phone: 203-245-3959 or 800-74-READS
www.rjjulia.com

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203-772-2788
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