(SCENE) Metrospace

3-in-1 Show

2010-04-25T09:14:00.002-04:00

(SCENE) Metrospace will unveil “The 3-in-1 Show” at a special public opening on Friday, March 12 from 6-9 p.m. The opening reception is free and members of the public are welcome to attend.

“The 3-in-1 Show” will feature three new exhibits, including “Pocket-Sized: A Close Look at Small Art,” “For Cheap’s Sake: Photocopied” and a special exhibition by featured artist Jennifer Ganzhorn. Ganzhorn is a bachelor’s of fine art student at Michigan State University.

Other featured artists will include Juanita Baldwin, Christopher Beer, Travis Black, Jada Bowden, Dorothy Brooks, Amy Brown, Jessica Burke, Harold Cowherd, Aaron Curtner, Lacy Draper, Lynn Gareau, Jesse Howell, Michael Jacobs, Satpreet Kahlon, Jessica Klumpp Held, Jen Magathan, Randy Maidlow, Tiffany Norman Fieldhouse, Justin Rhody, M. Burke Schoemehl, Bethanne Siettas and Jacquelynn Sullivan.

“The 3-in-1 Show” will be available for public view in the gallery space March 12-April 25.

(SCENE) Metrospace is East Lansing’s City-funded contemporary art gallery and performance space. It is located at 110 Charles St. in the colorful Division Street parking structure, next door to Georgio’s Pizza

Regular gallery hours are Thursdays from 2-5 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays from 2-6 p.m. and Sundays from noon-4 p.m.

Image: Patricia, by Jennifer Ganzhorn

Chain of Lakes/Brian Westrin/special guest tba

2010-03-27T08:55:00.000-04:00

Saturday, March 27th
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Chain of Lakes

Brian Westrin

special guest tba
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Doors @ 7:00, Music by 8:00
all ages
$5

Katy Needs a Life/This April/Res Publica

2010-03-20T10:28:00.003-04:00

Katy Needs a Life

This April

Res Publica

doors @ 8:00, music by 9:00

$5

2nd Annual Festival of Listening

2010-03-19T09:32:00.003-04:00

2nd Annual Festival of Listening

Friday, March 19th, 7 PM

Hosted by (SCENE) Metrospace

Join us for a chance to hear poetry read in many foreign languages, without translation, but with only a few words of introduction from the readers. Some of the participants will be reading in their native language, some will be reading in a language they have come to love. Reception with a sampling of international goodies.

This event is free and open to the public.

110 Charles Street
Downtown East Lansing

msu@scenemetrospace

2010-02-28T13:40:00.006-05:00

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Exhibition: msu@scenemetrospace

Opening reception: Friday, January 15th, 6-9 p.m., free, public welcome

SCENE Metrospace kicks off the 2010 exhibition season with a mixed media show featuring some of Michigan State University's finest. Exhibiting artists include Steve Baibak, Erika Birkhold, Deon Foster, A.M. Martens, Andrew Rieder, Grant Whipple and Andrea Wicklund.

Two Concerts

2010-02-27T19:18:00.004-05:00

Friday, February 26th

Vikesh Kapoor
Veloura Caywood
Wildfong & Friends

Doors at 8:00, Music by 9:00, all ages, $5

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Saturday, February 27th

Small Houses
Adam Arcuragi
Chris Bathgate

Doors at 8:00, Music by 9:00, all ages, $6

Call for Submissions

2010-02-22T14:31:00.003-05:00

SCENE Metrospace is currently taking submissions for the following two exhibits: Pocket-sized, and, For Cheap's Sake: Photocopied. These exhibits will run concurrently in the gallery from March 12th until April 25th. Please continue reading for guidelines and specifications.
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The Pocket-sized exhibit is open to any media. We are primarily looking for 2D work that belongs on the wall, but 3D work will also be considered. Subject matter is open-ended. The only stipulation for 2D work is that the piece fit in a 6"x9" mailer/envelope; for 3D work that it roughly fit in the palm of your hand.

For Pocket-sized, please send images and bio/resume for consideration to scenemetrospace@gmail.com

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: FEBRUARY 22nd
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For Cheap's Sake: Photocopied is a call for photocopy art, artwork in which the final product is a photocopy. Photocopies must be anonymous, and UNFRAMED. Subject matter and size are open-ended, though explicit, and/or offensive subject matter will not be considered.

No bio/resume or submission of images required for For Cheap's Sake: Photocopied. The gallery reserves the right to limit the number of participants included in this exhibit. No photocopies will be returned.

DEADLINE FEBRUARY 22nd

Please send photocopy art to the following address:

SCENE Metrospace
410 Abbot Rd
East Lansing, MI 48823
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Please direct questions to scenemetrospace@gmail.com

Eboni Hogan & Natasha "T." Miller

2010-02-17T20:23:00.000-05:00

Spitfire Poetry Reading Series at Scene Metrospace presents Natasha "T." Miller and Eboni Hogan.

Wednesday, February 17th, doors at 7:30, poetry at 8:00. Students $3. General public $4.

Hogan, a poet from New York, and Miller, a poet from Michigan, inhabit totally different worlds. Hogan storms each venue with the unabashed bravado of the Big Apple, while Miller douses the stage with the sleek steel of Motor City. They carry in their throats the symphonies of their hometowns, but are not different solely in the geographical sense. Miller’s poetry often interrogates what it means to be American in the age of a black president, with the accuracy of a sharpshooter, while Hogan is a quirkier presence, offering candid and often lurid tales of her many misadventures. Their stories of love, loss, family, race relations and injustice are markedly dissimilar, but their devotion to telling their stories with raw honesty has been the catalyst for their joining of forces in this first-ever national tour. On stage they are a harmony and a discord, as women who have loved differently and survived their own unique hardships. Their understandings of their distinct worlds is the basis for a one-of-a-kind opus, composed of blaring taxi horns, the punch of steel workers clocking in, the record player catching the scratch in the vinyl and the rumbling of the subway below. Miller and Hogan are currently both on tour with Motown on Broadway.

photos:

Eboni Hogan (top)

Natasha "T." Miller (bottom)

MSU Musicians

2010-02-04T09:19:00.003-05:00

the Scene&Heard concert series

beginning Thursday, February 4th

doors @ 7:00, concert @ 7:30

students $3, general public $5
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The Scene&Heard concert series' mission is to provide an alternative to traditional concert aesthetics.
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Come listen to music commenting on art, technology and culture at large--music that connects jazz, noise, pop, poetry, theater, tagging, YouTube and more.

Third Annual Folkfest

2010-01-29T10:00:00.001-05:00

Coming January 29th and 30th

Earthwork Music and Fox on a Hill Productions present

The 3RD Annual (SCENE) Metrospace Folk Festival

In celebration of the thriving Michigan folk music community, Earthwork Music and Fox on a Hill Productions will host a lineup of some of the most talented and sought-after singer-songwriters in Michigan.

Friday performers include Seth Bernard, Chris Dorman, Steve Leaf, and Gifts or Creatures.

Saturday performers include May Erlewine, Ralston Bowles, Drew Howard, Sam Corbin, and Jen Sygit.

The Music begins at 8pm.

Tickets are $10 each night and only available at the door.

Limited seating, first come, first serve.

Doors open at 7pm.

Fields of Industry, White Pines, Stargrazer

2010-01-22T16:44:00.001-05:00

Fields of Industry
White Pines
Stargrazer

Friday, January 22nd

doors @ 8:00, music by 9:00

$5

beats, rhymes and late nights

2009-12-15T08:32:00.001-05:00

Tuesday, December 15th

8-11

$5

New Exhibit: What Comes Naturally

2009-12-13T22:45:00.003-05:00

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(SCENE) Metrospace, 110 Charles St., will unveil its latest art exhibit, What Comes Naturally, at an opening reception on Friday, Oct. 30 from 6-9 p.m.

The opening reception is free and members of the public are welcome to attend. The reception will include a performance by We're Dead, a local duo that offers a cinematic approach to ambient electronic music.

What Comes Naturally features mixed media art by Andrea Eckert (working with poets Ann Delmariani and Amy Diehl), plant assemblage by Russell Arthur Bauer (working with Janel Schultz), portraits by Clare Gerber and lighted glass sculpture by Tiffany Norman Fieldhouse. The artists in the What Comes Naturally exhibition work with natural ingredients--nature itself, in some instances--or forms, such as portraiture, most commonly associated with the history of art.

The What Comes Naturally exhibit will run Oct. 30-Dec. 13.

(SCENE) Metrospace is East Lansing’s City-funded contemporary art gallery and performance space. It is located at 110 Charles St. in the colorful Division Street parking structure, next door to Georgio’s Pizza. Contact Tim Lane at (517) 319-6832 or visit www.scenemetrospace.com for more information about the space. Regular gallery hours are Thursdays from 2-5 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays from 2-6 p.m. and Sundays from noon-4 p.m.

You & Yourn, Secret Twin, Fields of Industry

2009-12-12T10:20:00.002-05:00

you & yourn
secret twin
fields of industry

saturday
december 12th
doors @ 8:00
music by 9:00
all ages
$5

Unsilent Night

2009-12-11T09:00:00.001-05:00

Unsilent Night 2009, the ambient holiday boombox symphony, is about to descend on the streets of East Lansing for the third year running on Fri., Dec. 11, 2009. What better way to count down the 12 days of Christmas? No singing required! What is this, you might ask?

Written by downtown NYC composer Phil Kline, Unsilent Night is an outdoor ambient music piece for an infinite number of boomboxes. When performed in the confines of a city, Unsilent Night reverberates off the buildings and streets, resulting in a drifting cloud of ethereal undulating sound. In effect, performers become a single element in a two-block-long stereo system. The Village Voice describes Unsilent Night as "a marvelously fluid, traveling spatial sound sculpture that disintegrates and reforms at nearly every stop light." Time Out calls the event "an electro-happening" and depicts the music as "a winter wonderland of shimmering sleigh bells, chimes and grand chorales."

In East Lansing, the Unsilent Night tradition has been carried on by a diverse collection of participants, anchored by the students of the MSU College of Music, and including participants from Lansing and Ann Arbor. This year, we’re looking to get lots more people involved from the MSU, and EL/Lansing/Okemos community. Want to get hip to the holiday spirit with our boombox symphony? Download your part of the music at unsilentnight.com/download (burn to CD or MP3 that you can play aloud on any ol’ contraption!). Also be sure to visit Scenemetrospace.com for further details, or contact the organizer, Geoff Deibel, for more information. Hoping to see everyone at our hometown gallery, Scene Metrospace in East Lansing on December 11 at 7 pm! We’ll take an hour to organize, hand out tapes/CDs and let people check out the great exhibits at Scene Metrospace. The parade begins at 8 pm sharp!! So dig your old boombox out of the closet, and bring it along! You can even play the music off your iphone!

Since its debut in 1992, Unsilent Night has become a cult holiday tradition in NY and around the world, drawing crowds of up to 1,500 participants. This year will see repeat presentations in San Francisco, Philadelphia, San Diego, Vancouver BC, Middlesbrough (England) and Sydney, Australia, as well as the first ever performances in Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Baltimore, Charleston, Rochester, Milledgeville (Georgia), and Banff (Alberta, Canada). In February 2006, a new version of Unsilent Night was presented at the Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, as part of a sound art festival in the Alps.

OMG Is Coming to SCENE

2009-12-05T20:00:00.003-05:00

Oh My God
with
The Continental Things

saturday, december 5th
doors @ 7:00
TCT @ 8:00
OMG @ 9:00
$8

Jeremy Cronk with Zach Vinson and Nick Van Huis & the Bone Jangles

2009-12-04T16:23:00.001-05:00

Jeremy Cronk
with
Zach Vinson
and
Nick Van Huis & the Bone Jangles

Friday, December 4th
doors @ 8:00
music by 9:00
$5

Sam Corbin CD Release Concert

2009-11-19T11:29:00.004-05:00

Sam Corbin
“Michigan’s Waltz” CD Release Concert
wsg Brian Westrin

Nov. 19th 2009
Doors at 7pm
$5.00 cover

Come join us for an evening of music with the release of “Michigan’s Waltz”, the second full length studio album from Lansing native Sam Corbin. In this Americana/Roots release, Sam writes about experiences of love, loss, traveling, and Michigan from it’s beautiful countryside to it’s struggling economy. This will be a rare full band performance with Jen Sygit, Mike Lynch, Drew Howard, Spencer Cain, Billy Harrington, and Brandon Foote.

Brian Westrin will be opening.

Scott Woods

2009-11-18T20:00:00.000-05:00

Spitfire Poetry Reading featuring Scott Woods

Wednesday, November 18th

doors at 7:30, poetry at 8:00

students $3, general public $4

Scott Woods is the author and editor of over nine books and has been featured multiple times in national press, including multiple appearances on National Public Radio. He is currently President of Poetry Slam Inc., which oversees the annual National Poetry Slam, the Individual World Poetry Slam, and the Women of the World Poetry Slam; and is the founder of the Writers’ Block Poetry Night in Columbus Ohio. In April of 2006 he became the first poet to ever complete a 24-hour solo poetry reading, a feat he bested in 2007 by performing for another 24 hours, but without repeating a single poem. He pens a monthly column for GotPoetry.com, entitled "Poetry is Doomed", is the founder of the Greatest Slow Jam Ever website, DJ's a PodCast called Scott's Groove Locker, and has been featured at an art show called "Traces" featuring his original paintings. In between all this he finds time to write poetry. He is Lex Luther meets Paul Roberson with a touch of Chuck D for Style Points.

Caribbean Night

2009-11-13T08:37:00.002-05:00

Come and experience the amazing culture of the Caribbean through an exciting evening of music, dancing and the best of Caribbean cuisine. The unforgettable event begins at 7 with a live band playing Reggae and Soca topped by a menu of mouth-watering Caribbean delights, from jerk chicken to beef patties. We switch gears, at 9 and showcase two talented DJs playing the hottest Reggae, Soca and Caribbean rhythms. Bring your friends and everyone you know to enjoy a slice of paradise in East Lansing.

Founded in 2006, the Caribbean Students Association CSA at Michigan State University represents students from over 30 countries in the Caribbean. The group aims to foster an awareness of the cultural, political and economic issues facing the Caribbean and its people. For more information contact us at: carib@msu.edu or visit us on our Facebook page: Michigan State Caribbean Students Association.

Loune/Theodore/Bird Dog

2009-11-11T15:55:00.002-05:00

Loune

Theodore

Bird Dog

Wednesday, November 11th

doors at 8:00/music by 9:00

$5

Brandon John Foote, Daniel Hoover, Doug Mains

2009-11-06T09:22:00.005-05:00

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In celebration of the thriving Michigan folk music community, Scene Metrospace and Earthwork Music will host a lineup of talented Michigan-based troubadours. The event will be held at Scene Metospace in East Lansing. Performers include Daniel Hoover, Brandon John Foote, and Doug Mains. Forged in the flames of Jackson, Michigan, Daniel Hoover lives his life today in a constant flow of musical majesty with words and stories that look forward in song. Armed with vintage guitar, Brandon John Foote shares stories about Harry Houdini, Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, William Booth and beyond. Doug Mains has wowed music-lovers throughout the state with his appealing twist on modern folk music.

The Earthwork Music Collective believes in the intrinsic and historical power of music to raise both community and self-awareness and serves to facilitate and encourage original music in the state of Michigan and beyond.

The Music begins at 9pm at Scene Metrospace in East Lansing. Admission is $5.

Poetry Reading

2009-11-05T15:48:00.002-05:00

echoes spoken word poetry reading

doors at 7:30/reading at 8:00

featured poets: zac buc/jon james/diana vashti/cat batsios

open mic to follow

donations appreciated

Halloween at (SCENE)

2009-10-31T23:47:00.002-04:00

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Costumes encouraged!

8-10 P.M.

Tuple Bassoon Duo

2009-10-22T20:50:00.002-04:00

Tuple

Thursday, October 22nd, 7:00

$5
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The bassoon may not be the first instrument that comes to mind when most people think about experimental music, but for Rachael Elliott and Lynn Hileman, the usually low-profile instrument is the perfect vehicle. The two bassoonists make up the chamber ensemble Tuple, and will present a concert of avant-garde music for two bassoons at East Lansing's (SCENE) Metrospace on Thursday, October 22 as part of their fall tour, which also includes appearances at the University of Michigan and Northwestern University.

Tuple's virtuosic repertoire—which includes music by Dutch composers Louis Andriessen and Chiel Meijering, Russian Sofia Gubaidulina, and Americans Michael Daugherty and Marc Mellits—spans a melodic, timbral and stylistic range of surprising breadth. The music is by turns edgy, humorous and transcendent, and makes extraordinary demands on the players in terms of technique, stamina and breath control.

The duo is used to the fact that most of their audience members have never heard two bassoons playing together outside of the symphony orchestra. Tuple is working to change that by performing in clubs, concert and art venues. They also challenge the notion that contemporary classical music is difficult for audiences to relate to.

“We may perform modern music, but that doesn't mean that an indie rock fan, a classical music lover or a die-hard metal-head won't each find something to connect with in our music,” said Hileman, who is Professor of Bassoon at West Virginia University in Morgantown and Principal Bassoonist of the Binghamton Philharmonic. “Two bassoons together have such a wide degree of flexibility and sonorities available. It’s a unique and unexpected sound.”

The North Carolina-based Elliott, who has toured widely throughout the U.S., Europe and Australia with her group, Clogs, has also appeared in rock/pop and improvised settings over the past decade as a guest with The National, My Brightest Diamond and Sufjan Stevens, among others.

“We’ve nearly exhausted the catalog of new music for two bassoons,” said Elliott. “Now we are working with composers to write for Tuple. We premiered new music by the Australian composer Padma Newsome last spring, and we are looking forward to presenting even more new pieces in the coming season.”

That’s not to say that they have tired of Sofia Gubaidulina’s Duo Sonata from 1977, the oldest piece on their program. In fact, the work has a special place in Tuple’s repertoire: it is the first piece that Hileman and Elliott performed as a duo, and one with deep spirituality behind the music. Gubaidulina, one of the "Great Three" of contemporary Russian composers and a devout Orthodox Christian, has described her approach to composition as one that juxtaposes the earthly realm (expressed by guttural trills, micro-chromatic pitches and grinding dissonance) with the heavenly realm (represented by pure intervals, simple melodies and meditative stillness). By setting up such audible oppositions, she offers the audience and performers a clear window into the piece and its emotional content.