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Down the Road Events

New York - Geoff Stein '82 at the Empire State Building

Thursday, October 1, 2009 - Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Offices of Ronnette Riley Architects, 74th Floor

Geoff Stein '82 has five paintings from Irrational Exuberance, his series of portraits about the credit crunch, at Art at The Top, a Pop Up Exhibition curated by Corbett Projects at the Empire State Building. Contact: Gussie, gschultz@ronnetteriley.com, 212-594-4015. http://www.thecynthiacorbettgallery.com E-mail to Friend

Ridgefield, CT - Chad Kleitsch '91 in Exhibition

Sunday, January 31, 2010 - Sunday, March 14, 2010
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, 258 Main St, Ridgefield

The public seldom gets behind the scenes to view artworks submerged in packing peanuts, propped against gallery walls, and wrapped in blankets inside large empty galleries.

The exhibition Chad Kleitsch: White Box—Photographs of the Unseen Museum invites visitors to The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum to experience “show change,” an industry term for the intense and exciting period of time from the point when artworks arrive on site—sometimes following transatlantic voyages—to the time an exhibition is ready to make its public debut.

Through the camera lens, visitors are afforded a glimpse of what happens out of sight and are invited to reconsider the objects in unusual situations. According to Richard Klein, Aldrich exhibitions director, “Kleitsch’s photographs often exhibit a deadpan humor, reveling in the accidental juxtapositions that occur outside the public’s view.”

The photographs reveal the complex relationship between art and the space in which it is presented, lifting a curtain on a provisional environment where institutional hierarchy is missing or turned upside down, where the division between art and the circumstances of its presentation is blurred, and where the installation processes themselves are aestheticized.

The opening will take place on Sunday, January 31, 2010, from 3 to 5 pm. FREE onsite parking is available, as is continuous round-trip transportation from the Metro North Katonah Train Station to the Museum. Patrons are invited to join exhibitions director Richard Klein and artist Chad Kleitsch during the installation period for a revealing discussion about his photographs and the show change process on Sunday, January 24, from 2 to 3 pm.
203-438-4519. http://www.aldrichart.org E-mail to Friend

Brooklyn, NY - Jeff Lewonczyk '98 and Hope Cartelli '98 Produce Show

Friday, February 26, 2010 - Saturday, March 13, 2010
The Brick, 575 Metropolitan Ave, Williamsburg

Special Deal for Bardians for Craven Monkey and the Mountain of Fury

Craven Monkey and the Mountain of Fury is returning to The Brick Theater in Williamsburg, Brooklyn this month!  Use code "FAMILY" for $10 tickets (2 ticket minimum purchase) to any performance! The performance is written and directed by Jeff Lewonczyk '98 and features Hope Cartelli '98.

Can one perverted Simian overcome his family, a gang of grotesque predators and Mother Nature herself to evolve to the next level of life? Or will he end up just another damn dead monkey? Find out in this Darwinian martial-arts fairy tale in which monkeys and monsters beat the crap out of each other.

February 26 and 27, 10:30pm
March 4-13, Thursday-Saturday, 8:00pm

"This show is worth checking out for the costumes alone-sparkly, hairy, vibrant realizations of a world without rules, designed by Julianne Kroboth. But the actors' spot-on, endearing performances are what make this show thrive. Although they have no dialogue, they bring fantastic creatures to life."
-- Time Out New York

Contact: The Brick, info@bricktheater.com, 718-907-6189. http://www.bricktheater.com/ E-mail to Friend

Brooklyn, NY - Maddy Rosenberg '87 Curates Exhibition

Thursday, March 4, 2010 - Sunday, May 2, 2010
Central Booking, 111 Front St, Gallery 214

Central Booking opens with the Big Bang in its new space as Astronomy: The Celestial inaugurates Gallery II. In this exhibition, artists explore the universe from a very earthly base as well as a more cosmic one. Artists include Eva Lee '87, Ted Victoria, Doug Beube, Barbara Houghton, Karen Hanmer, Mary Hambleton, Ilse Schreiber-Noll, Eric Puybaret, Donna Levinstone, John Noestheden, Susan Schwalb, Carol Prusa, C Bangs, Pamela Moore, and Despo Magoni.

Special Appearance & Book Signing by Judy Collins
Thursday, March 4, 5:30 to 7:30pm

Artist's Reception
Thursday, March 25, 6 to 8pm

Panel Discussion: Reconstructing the Cosmos
C. Bangs, Dr. Denton Ebel, Dr. Ari Maller, Dr. Greg Matloff
Thursday, April 8, 6:30pm
Contact: Maddy Rosenberg '87, , 347-731-6559. http://CentralBookingNYC.com E-mail to Friend