Open
Studio
Episode: #918
Airdate: Thursday, January 18, 2007 @ 8:00pm
Heather Yarbrough
Chicory Café
No need to head south to have authentic cuisine from New Orleans. All you have to do is drive to the Chicory Café in downtown South Bend on the corner of Michigan and Jefferson. We had the pleasure of having Heather prepare beignets in our studio, which are their signature dish. Tasty and delicious!
Website: www.chicorycafe.net
Vickers Review with Jon Vickers
DVD Legacy:
Films of Kenneth Anger, Volume 1 (1958-1959)
Fantoma
Current "arthouse" titles:
This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006)
Directed by Kirby Dick
Genius Productions, Inc.
Reel Paradise (2005)
Directed by Steve James
Wellspring
The Animation Show, Volume 1 & 2 (2003-2005)
Various Directors
Paramount Home Video
Sherry Baby (2006)
Directed by Laurie Collyer
Universal Studios Home Video
Jesus Camp (2006)
Directed by Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Puffy Chair (2006)
Directed by Jay Duplass
Genius Productions, Inc.
Rebecca Waring-Crane
2nd Chance Designs
Rebecca takes furniture pieces that have been left on the curb or finds them at thrift stores and gives them a whole new funky look. Her furniture pieces are colorful, fun, and functional and would brighten any room!
Website: www.2ndchancedesign.com
Thomas Huntigton & Laura Turner
Violinist and Cellist
These two talented musicians will be playing with the South Bend Symphony on Saturday, January 20. Lara plays the cello and Thomas is a 13-year-old violinist. They both performed music pieces for this episode of Open Studio that will be part of the South Bend Symphony program, Go French!
Website: www.southbendsymphony.com
Experience Michiana
Crawlspace Eviction
Improv Comedy
246 North Kalamazoo Mall
Kalamazoo, MI 49007
Phone: 269.599.7390
Website: www.crawlspaceeviction.com
Beau Bilenki
Sculptor
He creates his distinctive works of art at the Fire Arts center in South Bend. One of the techniques Beau uses is concrete placed on steel frameworks. He leaves some of the metal exposed to give the sculpture a unique impression to the viewer.
Website: www.fireartsinc.com/artists/bilenki.htm
Eric Kanagy & Dave Kendall
24/5 Film Festival
Five teams are given nothing more than a camera, a computer, 3 props, and 3 one-sentence sayings. They have 24 hours to create 5 short films to show the public the following evening. Can they do it? Yes they can! New World Arts in Goshen is holding their second annual 24/5 Film Festival and viewing of the films will be on Saturday, January 20 at 8 and 10pm.
Website: www.newworldarts.org
Out & About with Craig Gibson
Man of La Mancha
Now thru January 28
South Bend Civic Theatre
Information: 574.234.1112
Website: www.sbct.org
Beau Bilenki Exhibit
Month of March
Colfax Cultural Center
914 Lincoln Way West, South Bend
Website: www.studioartscenter.org
Chicago Boat, RV, & Outdoors Show
Now thru January 21
McCormick Place - North
2301 S Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60616
Website: www.chicagoboatshow.com
Anna Deavere Smith
Friday, January 26
Little Theatre
Moreau Center for the Arts
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Information: 574.284.4626
Kathleen McGookey and Laura Van Prooyen
Poets
If you would like to take a trip up north, stop by and check out these two ladies. Kathleen and Laura will be featured at the Poetry Factory on January 21 (at 2pm) at the Box Factory up in St. Joseph, Michigan. On this episode of Open Studio, they each read a poem of their choice to give you a little sneak peek of what you can expect at their reading this weekend.
Website: www.poetryfactory.net
Website: www.kathleenmcgookey.com
Purple Martins, 1970
Even if picures tell the truth,
whose hand cradles that month-old purple martin,
like the new moon cradles the old? Hers?
I can see the wrinkles. One pert black eye,
a seed, dull light, and feathers sharpened to points.
And after, did my blue-eyed grandfather drop the bird
to its nest? Did their hands brush?
My grandparents kissed and laughed across the table
in Christmas movies, her hair dark, his shirt pressed. Once she tumbled
into the lake on a shoot for Audubon-
he rescued the camera first; the expense!
This picture is taken to show the band;
a then metal ring encircles its leg
but this baby bird doesn't scare.
I've held them myself, hands cupped full of feathers and skin
I can almost see through, skin like that on my grandfather's hands.
Their hearts against my palms, my eyelashes black
against my cheeks, I look down, down at my hands.
The dark calms them, my grandfather said,
so we'd lift them to his leather satchel,
then squeeze the metal bands with pliers
while their parents scolded and divebombed our heads.
People mailed him the bands they found
from birds killed on highways or dropped
who knows why. He sorted them into glass jars
while I spun on his office chair,
then held down one electric typewriter key
in a long metallic wail and it sounded like he was counting
his pocket change, like nails spilled
on a cement floor, or like smooth white stones
dropped into a lake, one by one, everything lost.
Website: www.lauravanprooyen.com
Three Encounters Not to be Ignored
I.
This poem meets her on the porch
where it caught her sweeping leaves
from cobwebs, shaking out the rug
that welcomed it to the door.
It wants her in white cotton,
gowned like her mother or another
productive wife as she brooms clean
a fresh morning. No white gown
for her, but the sweeping she will do.
Dirt sifts down through cracks like flour
dusting the years stashed under
the stairs, the hiding places of children.
II.
A girl is prostrate under a table screaming
because her mother stirred the oatmeal
and poured the juice. The mother considers
the offending spoon and inconsolable daughter.
She sighs at another day's lesson of autonomy
and concludes: I want no control.
III.
And now she's found lingering on a corner
between the coffee shop and pub where she once met her previous lover
who told her you look ravishing.
She recounted this to a friend,
but mistakenly said ravenous.
And still, she looks beautiful and hungry.
Kris Satkoski
The Gold Clipper
Kris has been involved with dogs since her parents brought her home from the hospital and she started her own business, The Gold Clipper in 1985. The place is a pet boutique and spa with Gooby fashions, Solid Health products and breed specific items. Several dogs will be featured, sporting outfits, jewelry and more. You will love the little doggies strutting their stuff!
Website: www.gold-clipper.com
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