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REAL ART WAYS'
6TH ANNUAL HARTFORD, CT – In its sixth year, Real Art Ways Family Festival will feature film, music, art, book readings and more for the whole family. Events will take place throughout the month of February 2004. For more information call 860.232.1006 or visit www.realartways.org/famfest. "Kids are naturally creative, so they fit right in at Real Art Ways," said Executive Director Will K. Wilkins. "Our Fest includes music, storytelling, movies and illustration — something for everyone, including adults."
FamFest is a month-long opportunity for families to spend quality time experiencing arts and culture together. It's a celebration of creativity that inspires families to think, talk and interact in exciting, new ways. For more information visit www.realartways.org/famfest. |
SECOND NATURE: Five Picture Book Artists Go To Work
Previously unseen sketches by children's book illustrators Eric Carle, Mary Azarian, Walter Wick, Ed Young and Jane Dyer, curated by renowned children's book historian, author and critic Leonard Marcus. .: Leonard Marcus Site at right: "Snowflake," © Walter Wick 1997, from the book A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder by Walter Wick |
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DAN ZANES & FRIENDS in Concert
Kicking off Real Art Ways' FamFest for the second year in a row, Dan Zanes performs hip, handmade, 21st-century music for little and big ears alike. Tickets: $5-$15 In 1989, Zanes' old rock band The Del Fuegos (Rolling Stones Best New Band in 1984) broke up and he threw himself into fatherhood. He quickly found that there wasn't any music out there that children and parents could listen totogether. So he gathered a bunch of dads near his New York neighborhood together and began recording music. Six albums later, Zanes has become a phenomenon... "Zanes kids' music works because it is not kids music; it's just music — music that's unsanitized, unpasteurized, that's organic even." — NY Times Magazine "A happy alternative to Raffi." — Rolling Stone Some of the people who ended up dropping by for Zanes' latest album, House Party were Deborah Harry, Angelique Kidjo, Grateful Dead's Bob Weir, English folksinger David Jones and Philip Glass, as well as the Rubí Theater Company, Rankin' Don (a.k.a Father Goose) and others. Said Zanes: House Party is "the musical version of the world I want to see all around me, which is pretty much an all-inclusive world filled with friends and gatherings and gardens and lots of fun and food and, of course, music." Photo courtesy of Festival Five Records. |
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February 13-22, 2004 The full schedule for FamFest2004 will be released in January! |
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"Their invigorating approach makes a joyful noise." — NY Concert Review Featuring five outstanding musicians of African-American and Latin Heritage, the members of Imani Winds joined forces in 1996 to create an ensemble that would push the boundaries of a traditional wind quintet. Tickets:
$5-$15 Imani, literally "faith" in Swahili, is the embodiment of the ensemble's mission: bridging European and African musical traditions, exploring repertoire from diverse cultural backgrounds and reflecting upon their rich experience as classical musicians of color. |
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Good Enough to Eat (HarperCollins), Lizzy Rockwell's first book as both author and illustrator, reveals much about its talented creator. Lizzy's love of food, sense of fun, and interest in education are apparent from the very first page. She is perhaps best known for illustrated books written by her mother, Anne Rockwell, such as Show & Tell Day and Halloween Day (both on HarperCollins). Rockwell resides in Norwalk, Conn. |
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ODDS BODKIN Storytelling/Performance
"A consummate storyteller." — NY Times. Odds Bodkin mixes musical theater with pure storytelling for a mesmerizing experience. His character-voice and music-filled stories feature original music on 12-string guitars, Celtic harp, grand piano and other instruments. Tickets:
$5-$15 Bodkin earned enormous praise for his Off-Broadway production, Art of the Tale, at Lincoln Center earlier this year. Wrote Time Out New York: "Master storyteller Odds Bodkin is the talk of the town with his remarkable one-man Art of the Tale." |
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Kids reviews in The Weekly Reader and more. Check www.realartways.org/famfest for details. |
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Founded in 1975, Real Art Ways is one of the country's seminal multi-disciplinary alternative spaces, featuring an extensive gallery exhibition program, as well as commissioned projects for public spaces and an on-going series of artist discussions, cinema programs, concerts, performances, spoken word and educational programs. |
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February
4 – March 14 in the Real Room
Saturday, February 7, 2004
Sunday,
February 15, 3pm
Saturday,
February 21, 2pm
Sunday,
February 29, 2pm