http://www.beaufortcountynow.com Mon, 6 Sep 2010 06:22:54 EDT http://www.beaufortcountynow.com/post/473/26/lone-leaf-gallery-celebrates-one-year-anniversary-hangs-exhibit.html http://www.beaufortcountynow.com/post/473/26/lone-leaf-gallery-celebrates-one-year-anniversary-hangs-exhibit.html Now an official downtown-Washington success, Lone Leaf Gallery & Custom Framing, celebrated its one-year anniversary yesterday evening with hors d’oeuvres, drinks and a new art exhibit, ‘Interruptions’ by Ben Isburg. From 5 to 8 p.m., dozens of loyal patrons and supporters stopped by the gallery to congratulate the Loughlins and see the show.

After a shaky, but well intentioned, version of 'Happy Birthday', Neil and Meredith Loughlin, owners of Lone Leaf Gallery & Custom... Read More]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:30:44 EDT http://www.beaufortcountynow.com/post/446/58/rocky-hock-presents-david-a-man-after-god-s-own-heart.html http://www.beaufortcountynow.com/post/446/58/rocky-hock-presents-david-a-man-after-god-s-own-heart.html After watching this afternoon’s blowout performance of David (A Man after God’s Own Heart), I can now report that there is nothing ad hoc about the Rocky Hock Playhouse in Washington.

Just because it’s located in the old P.S. Jones Middle School building and is, by definition, a ‘Christian theater’, don’t assume that this theater company gives an unrehearsed performance. In fact, it was quite the contrary.

When compared with Raleigh’s Theater in ... Read More]]> Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:13:32 EDT http://www.beaufortcountynow.com/post/409/58/an-introduction-to-jazz-part-1.html http://www.beaufortcountynow.com/post/409/58/an-introduction-to-jazz-part-1.html Like any form of artistic expression, jazz music can be appreciated on many different levels. The deeper one explores, the more nuances and subtleties can be discovered. Delving into the evolution of the art brings to light an understanding of its musical and historical perspective. Jazz is both cerebral and visceral for both artist and listener. This symbiosis can be played out in the sterile atmosphere of a recording studio or in a live setting where, at the highest level, the audience and art... Read More]]> Mon, 5 Jul 2010 12:41:58 EDT http://www.beaufortcountynow.com/post/388/26/lone-leaf-gallery-exhibit-visually-imitates-birdcalls.html http://www.beaufortcountynow.com/post/388/26/lone-leaf-gallery-exhibit-visually-imitates-birdcalls.html Lone Leaf Gallery & Custom Framing in downtown Washington is currently featuring an extraordinarily unique art exhibition, ‘Cleat', by artist Lisa Beth Robinson, which will be on display at the gallery through July 24.

The exhibit is comprised of nine original pieces by Robinson, an East Carolina University art professor with far-reaching artistic influence. Each piece in the exhibit represents the range of emotions experienced when a person digs in their 'cleats' to stop and evaluat... Read More]]> Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:32:56 EDT http://www.beaufortcountynow.com/post/348/58/james-gregory-leaves-them-laughing.html http://www.beaufortcountynow.com/post/348/58/james-gregory-leaves-them-laughing.html Rubber faced comedian James Gregory, self-billed as "The Funniest Man in America," took to the boards of the Turnage Theater on April 24, 2010, and gave this near capacity crowd their money’s worth.

The man runs a clean show, and no one is safe from ridicule - especially the “calorically challenged,” rednecks in trailers, ardent and fatalist environmentalist and other sissified men. Before the end of the show I was even feeling a bit uneasy. Am I next?

Fortunately, I su... Read More]]> Thu, 13 May 2010 12:59:55 EDT http://www.beaufortcountynow.com/post/338/26/downtown-washington-caters-to-art-lovers.html http://www.beaufortcountynow.com/post/338/26/downtown-washington-caters-to-art-lovers.html Eastern North Carolina residents took advantage of the slow pace and warm breeze of a southern night to stroll down Main Street in downtown Washington, stopping along the way at the seven different art galleries and neighboring merchants participating in the spring Art Walk, organized by the Beaufort County Arts Council and Washington Harbor District Alliance. Washington's first Art Walk, the winter Art Walk, was held in November of last year, and was a huge success.

After laying down almost $... Read More]]> Fri, 7 May 2010 15:42:21 EDT http://www.beaufortcountynow.com/post/308/23/high-fiasco-for-some-bop-to-you-drop-for-others.html http://www.beaufortcountynow.com/post/308/23/high-fiasco-for-some-bop-to-you-drop-for-others.html And still I found the Holy Ghost Tent Revival, hailing from Greensboro, North Carolina, an enigma. Was it the music, or their stage presence - a high octane jump and dance competition, where all of the band members finished in first place - that forever colored my opinion? I don’t know.

The one thing that I do know is that their music suits their antics, and their antics were maddening in the sheer force of their constant energy in the second show of the first night of the Beaufort Co... Read More]]> Sun, 18 Apr 2010 00:28:27 EDT http://www.beaufortcountynow.com/post/301/23/turnage-theater-full-of-warm-spirit-lacking-warm-bodies.html http://www.beaufortcountynow.com/post/301/23/turnage-theater-full-of-warm-spirit-lacking-warm-bodies.html At $12 a ticket, the three-and-a-half hour opening concert to the Beaufort County Arts Council's second-annual Beaufort County Music Festival was a smart buy. Nevertheless, only 150 of the 300 tickets were sold, according to Turnage Theater Box Office Manager Katherine Buchholz.

The low turnout can be partly attributed to the ignored back-story of performer Lipbone Redding, aka Citizen One, aka Lawrence Vanderpoel Behr II, in preview stories and advertisements leading up to the event.

Lipbone... Read More]]> Sat, 10 Apr 2010 18:43:05 EDT http://www.beaufortcountynow.com/post/248/30/every-picture-tells-a-story-don-t-it-part-viii.html http://www.beaufortcountynow.com/post/248/30/every-picture-tells-a-story-don-t-it-part-viii.html Downtown Washington, North Carolina is a Regional Mecca for Art

This article is born out of two purposes: To give a short expose of some of the new art that was on display in the Washington, NC area and to finally give some exposure through our publication of some shows I attended since the first of the year, 2010. I intended to do 3 separate articles but time did not permit anything other than what I can offer at this juncture … and since this is art, and pretty fine art at that ̷... Read More]]> Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:40:54 EST http://www.beaufortcountynow.com/post/133/23/in-concert-riders-in-the-sky.html http://www.beaufortcountynow.com/post/133/23/in-concert-riders-in-the-sky.html In the Holiday Spirit the Cowboy Way ...

The worn wooden stage at the head of the Turnage Theater was aglitter and aglow with the bright, but tacky Christmas lights adorning some of the many stage props of the night’s entertainment, Riders in the Sky. The fabricated cactus that stood behind Joey the Cowpolka King and Too Slim was strung with the glittering lights, the synthesized campfire glow had its place in front of the singing foursome, with a large Woody action figure (from the Dis... Read More]]> Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:29:20 EST http://www.beaufortcountynow.com/post/117/30/andrew-wyeth-is-dead.html http://www.beaufortcountynow.com/post/117/30/andrew-wyeth-is-dead.html Andrew Wyeth May Have Passed But His Art Will Live On

When I was much younger, back in the early 1970's, and trying to find my way in this world of good and bad art, music and movies, I searched for living artists of quality to guide me as I sought my own path, and I discovered Andrew Wyeth. Andrew Wyeth was already middle aged and had produced some of his best work, including but not limited to; Christina's World, Evening at Kuerners, Master Bedroom, Karl and Winter 1946.

Winter 1946, a se... Read More]]> Tue, 8 Dec 2009 12:42:10 EST http://www.beaufortcountynow.com/post/99/26/art-walk-2009.html http://www.beaufortcountynow.com/post/99/26/art-walk-2009.html Washington, North Carolina, just 22 miles east of East Carolina University's School of Art and Design, now has the distinction of hosting a major showing of multiple works of art, by multiple artists, and in just a 3 hours period hundreds folks were entertained, fed and in some instances, plied with wine. Downtown Washington on the Water (DWOW) planned the event, and the owners of these shops pulled it off. The event was a huge success.

The people wandering the streets, looking for the next... Read More]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:59:24 EST http://www.beaufortcountynow.com/post/90/30/painting-lies.html http://www.beaufortcountynow.com/post/90/30/painting-lies.html As creator of the art program at what would become the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Claude Howell is considered the city’s father of the arts and possibly the most important figure in native art of our state.

Claude Howell (1915-1997) died in the same bedroom in which he had been born 82 years earlier — in number 53 at The Carolina Apartments in Wilmington. The apartment was the anchor for the rich life of a talented artist, academic, and teacher. Howell said he paint... Read More]]> Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:54:24 EST http://www.beaufortcountynow.com/post/83/23/weezer-raditude.html http://www.beaufortcountynow.com/post/83/23/weezer-raditude.html With the release of their seventh studio album Weezer has taken their brand of alternative rock and distinctly created their own niche within the more general genre. The quality song writing and production have continued in Raditude as they have in their previous six releases. This album has some of the same feel of their last release (The Red Album) which is most likely associated with the fact that, Jacknife Lee, the producer of "Pork and Beans" (probably the most popular song from that alb... Read More]]> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:42:23 EST http://www.beaufortcountynow.com/post/74/26/museums-in-review-part-iii.html http://www.beaufortcountynow.com/post/74/26/museums-in-review-part-iii.html The Franklin G. Burroughs and Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum Features an Assemblage of Work: Soul’s Journey: The Creative Process

On this occasion when I visited my good friend and publisher at his condo in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, I took the opportunity to visit the Burroughs and Chapin Art Museum on Ocean Boulevard. Once again this little museum, on the northern edge of the old Springmaid Hotel property, with its back facing the blue of the Atlantic Ocean, exhibited another notable... Read More]]> Mon, 2 Nov 2009 09:10:52 EST http://www.beaufortcountynow.com/post/62/23/in-concert-missy-raines-and-the-new-hip.html http://www.beaufortcountynow.com/post/62/23/in-concert-missy-raines-and-the-new-hip.html Rhythmic Rhapsody: Missy Raines and the Boys Get the House Rock'n

Missy Raines brought her new band, Missy Raines and the New Hip, to Washington, North Carolina on October 23, 2009, to play the Turnage Theater, and they really just blew me and the sparse crowd frequenting the Turnage Theater, into the stratosphere of rhythmic satisfaction. Some of you may query: Who is Missy Raines and the New Hip?

Missy and the boys take stage.

Understandably, I did not know of their existence before that... Read More]]> Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:43:41 EDT http://www.beaufortcountynow.com/post/61/23/cage-the-elephant.html http://www.beaufortcountynow.com/post/61/23/cage-the-elephant.html Yeah the dude sounds like Jack White - Get over it!

I have heard it from just about everyone as soon as the vocals for 'Ain't No Rest For The Wicked' begin and to be honest I completely agree. The lead singer, Matt Shultz, definitely has a voice that is a close comparison to Jack White's, but if you listen to the rest of the record (can I really call them records anymore, maybe I should have stated cd) you will notice where he has his own voice so to speak. In fact on their own website I fou... Read More]]> Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:21:54 EDT http://www.beaufortcountynow.com/post/58/23/dillon-fence-plays-the-turnage.html http://www.beaufortcountynow.com/post/58/23/dillon-fence-plays-the-turnage.html Dillon Fence Enjoys a Piece of Their Past

Dillon Fence enjoyed a nostalgic night of partying with their friends at the Turnage Theater in Washington, N.C. Dillon Fence was, in the early 1990's, a big draw in Chapel Hill, but as of late, they really haven't had much success as an ensemble.

Their Saturday night at the Turnage was a reminder of their days in Chapel Hill playing Cat's Cradle, and knowing the admiration of folks that understood and seriously enjoyed their music. It must have bee... Read More]]> Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:32:01 EDT http://www.beaufortcountynow.com/post/54/23/the-flaming-lips-embryonic.html http://www.beaufortcountynow.com/post/54/23/the-flaming-lips-embryonic.html Experimental alternative psychedelic rock at it's finest

The Flaming Lips have long been known for their forward thinking and shall I say progressive experimental music. For about the last decade they have transcended what many would consider traditional rock music and blended it with a mixture of sounds, most of which can only be produced in studio environment. In fact during the last few tours they have been forced to use a lot of digital sampling during their live performances becuase the... Read More]]> Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:53:50 EDT http://www.beaufortcountynow.com/post/38/10/museums-in-review-part-ii.html http://www.beaufortcountynow.com/post/38/10/museums-in-review-part-ii.html The Franklin G. Burroughs and Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum Features the Story Painter: E. B. Lewis

Every time I vacation in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, I visit the Burroughs and Chapin Art Museum on Ocean Boulevard near the Farrow Parkway intersection with Kings Highway (US Hwy. 17 Business). The little museum, with its back facing the blue of the Atlantic Ocean, on every sunny day, often has a worthwhile show of some talented artist that is of local or regional renown.

On my latest visit... Read More]]> Sun, 4 Oct 2009 23:33:35 EDT http://www.beaufortcountynow.com/post/32/23/pearl-jam-backspacer.html http://www.beaufortcountynow.com/post/32/23/pearl-jam-backspacer.html Pearl Jam From Start to Finish...

What can I really say about this album?

That is exactly what I asked myself after listening to this album for the fourth time. Truthfully, I am pretty close to a loss of words. The music really speaks for itself and it is almost an injustice to write a review about Pearl Jam's ninth studio album. However, as it is my job I will attempt to do the justice it deserves by at least giving you an insight into what you can expect.

Before I get into this specif... Read More]]> Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:32:58 EDT http://www.beaufortcountynow.com/post/29/30/andrew-wyeth-s-helga-series.html http://www.beaufortcountynow.com/post/29/30/andrew-wyeth-s-helga-series.html Andrew Wyeth’s Helga: a Compulsive Fetish or his Best Work

Probably somewhere in between is the best answer. For all who are not familiar with Wyeth and his Helga Series, I shall endeavor to explain it simply as 240 pieces of work (mostly water color studies, some spontaneous sketch studies in monochromatic mediums and a smaller number of finished egg tempera canvases) of one woman, Helga Testorf, that were made between 1971 and 1985.

Andrew Wyeth had met Helga as a young 32 year old... Read More]]> Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:08:15 EDT http://www.beaufortcountynow.com/post/22/10/the-local-gallery-and-its-show-part-i.html http://www.beaufortcountynow.com/post/22/10/the-local-gallery-and-its-show-part-i.html Lone Leaf Gallery Unveils the Showing of a New Artisan and Bids Goodbye to the Last

In Washington, North Carolina, on the southwest corner of Market and West Main Streets, is the recently opened Lone Leaf Gallery, featuring an eclectic collection of work by local, regional and national artists and artisans. The gallery, studio and shop, within this small, quaint and most efficient space, is owned by local residents Neil and Meredith Loughlin. Both owners are artisans / artists themselves, ha... Read More]]> Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:18:42 EDT