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Off MAIN!
Off MAIN!
Just Announced! 2008 Fearless Film Festival Screening Schedule!
Fort Worth’s downtown theater district comes alive during MAIN ST. in OFF MAIN!, featuring films, lectures, seminars and performances in several usual and unusual performance halls throughout Downtown. National bands, off-beat comedy, Gospel celebrations, short films from around the world, regional theater, glass studio tours, public art symposiums and our featured display of “Art on Tour presented by Chesapeake Energy” curated by the students of the Fort Worth ISD Art Apprentice Program, take you off Main Street and throughout downtown into some of our more special, year-round venues.
The Fort Worth Central Library, UT Arlington/Fort Worth Center, Four Day Weekend, McDavid Studio, Bass Hall, Jubilee Theater and Circle Theater star in this major initiative to connect MAIN ST. visitors with our more eclectic downtown offerings.
Here's what up when you take a few steps off of the historic bricks and into Downtown:
FILM:
Fearless Film Festival 2 (3F2)
Fort Worth Central Library, David L. Tandy Lecture Hall
500 W. 3rd Street, West of Throckmorton Street
A celebration of short films submitted from filmmakers from around the world.
Free
Saturday and Sunday, April 19 & 20, 12:00 Noon - 6:00 PM
EXHIBITS:
"Art on Tour" presented by Chesapeake Energy Corporation
Fort Worth Central Library - Main Gallery
500 W. 3rd Street
The incredible array of art acquired by students in 2007 from the MAIN ST. Exhibiting Artists according to a specific theme. Stop by the Gallery of the Central Library during the day to view this exhibit and storyline of how twelve high school students researched, purchased and constructed an exhibit to tour throughout Fort Worth. A true celebration of the creativity of artists from the Fort Worth ISD.
Free
Show opens April 11 - April 21, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM (Library Hours).
BALLET:
DRACULA presented by the Texas Ballet Theater
Bass Hall
4th Street and Commerce Street
BE THRILLED AND BE CHILLED when Texas Ballet Theater performs Ben Stevenson’s Dracula. It's ballet to die for!
Set to the haunting music of Franz Liszt, the story opens in Dracula’s castle, where ghostly lighting illuminates the Count’s cold crypt. The atmosphere breathes with the spirit of evil and the smell of darkness as Dracula seals his latest marriage – with a bite!
RECOMMENDED FOR MATURE TEENS AND ADULTS.
Tickets:
Friday, April 18, 2008 at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 19, 2008 at 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 19, 2008 at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 20, 2008 at 2:00 p.m.
MUSIC:
Geoff Muldaur and Stephen Bruton
McDavid Studio
5th Street between Calhoun Street and Jones Street
Friends for decades, Geoff Muldaur and Fort Worth native Stephen Bruton are finally bringing together their unique blends of blues, jazz and rock. It's a rare coming-together of two highly-respected - and incredibly talented - musicians.
Tickets:
www.basshall.com
Friday, April 18, 7:00 PM
Gospel Jam
First Christian Church
612 Throckmorton (between 5th and 6th Sts)
Hosted by First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), the city’s first congregation, since 1855, is a Gospel Celebration featuring music from the congregations of Fort Worth, their choirs, ensembles and individual members.
To participate in Gospel Jam, please call 1st Christian Church, 817-336-7185, or visit us at www.fccftw.org
Free
Sunday, April 20, 1:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Scat Jazz Lounge
111 West 4th
Street midway between Main
and Houston Streets
817-870-9100; www.scatjazzlounge.com
Scat is a brand new live music venue showcasing some of
the best local, regional, and national talent with a primary focus on straight
ahead jazz.
Free Open House, Saturday, April 29, 3:00 PM
Shows (Club opens at 5:00 PM):
Wednesday, April 16: A Frank Rosolino Tribute, $5.00
Thursday, April 17: Johnny Reno, $5.00
Friday, April 18: Ricki Derek, $7.00
Saturday, April 19: Dave Monsch Quartet, $7.00
Closed Sunday
COMEDY:
Four Day Weekend Improvisational Comedy
Four Day Weekend Theater
Houston Street between 2nd Street and 3rd Street
One of the top comedy showcases in Texas featuring the talents of David Ahearn , David Wilk, Ray Sharp, Oliver Tull, Frank Ford, Joshua Roberts. 4 Day Weekend is a must-see for anyone wanting a dose of insanity and fun Downtown.
Tickets:
Friday, April 18, 7:30 PM and 10:00 PM
Saturday, April 19, 7:30 PM and 10:00 PM
Don't miss: Just Another Day - Thursday Night and Friday at Midnight
Join the cast of Four Day Weekend's latest show, Just Another Day, every Thursday night at 8 p.m and Friday nights at midnight in the Four Day Weekend Theater. See tomorrow's up and coming improv comedians as they bring the unique brand of improvisation to the stage. Thursday night tickets are $5 and the Friday midnight performance is free with a regular Four Day Weekend ticket.
THEATER:
CROWNS
Jubilee Theater
Main Street between 4th Street and 5th Street
By Regina Taylor
Adapted from the book by Michael Cunningham and Craig Marberry
Directed by Ed Smith
A moving and celebratory musical play in which hats become a springboard for an exploration of black history and identity as seen through the eyes of a young black woman who has traveled South to stay with her grandmother after her brother is killed in Brooklyn. There is a hat for every occasion, from flirting to churchgoing to funerals to baptisms, and the characters use hats to tell tales concerning everything from the etiquette of hats to their historical and contemporary social functioning. Music and dance underscore and support the narratives in this uplifting gospel musical by Dallas native Regina Taylor.
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SYMPOSIUMS, LECTURES, AND TOURS:
URBAN IMPACT: Public Art in Downtown Fort Worth
McDavid Studio
5th Street between Calhoun and Jones Streets
Sunday, April 20, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Meet two internationally renowned artists whose work will soon change the urban landscape of downtown Fort Worth: Cliff Garten (Cliff Garten Studios) and Christopher Janney (PhenomenArts, Inc.) co-sponsored by Fort Worth Public Art - a City of Fort Worth program managed by the Arts Council of Fort Worth & Tarrant County (
www.fwpublicart.org).
The Avenue of Light (image above right, courtesy Cliff Garten Studio) will complete the transformation of Lancaster Avenue into a revitalized, pedestrian oriented boulevard. Drawing inspiration from the Art Deco details of the Texas & Pacific Terminal lobby, Cliff Garten has designed a series of six soaring stainless steel sculptures that will bring a contemporary twist to this historic street.
Sound Environments of Fort Worth will fill the air inside the new Fort Worth Convention Center Parking Garage. This interactive soundscape will engage the senses, as will the transparent color glass corners and “fins” on this eleven story building now under construction ("Fin Sculpture," image lower right, courtesy of Jacobs Facilities, Inc.).
Visual presentations followed by an engaging dialogue about the nature and challenges of public art will take place a 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 20, 2008 in McDavid Studio.
Heritage Trails Self Guiding Walking Tour
Throughout Downtown
At your leisure!
Stroll through Fort Worth’s rich history presented by Heritage Trails, a series of decorative sidewalk markers identified with the iconic cubistic longhorn. Enjoy reading about the colorful stories of our past and compare photos of yesteryear to today’s street scenes.
Have your picture taken alongside the sleeping panther that rests on the Tarrant County Administration Building lawn. With a nod to our humble beginnings, the twice life-sized panther keeps a somnambulant watch over our now thriving city.
If you need help finding the trail, go to the kiosk at the Renaissance Worthington to view a map of the trail and find out where to obtain walking tour maps available in locations throughout downtown. Heritage Trails is collaboration between Downtown Fort Worth, Inc., City of Fort Worth, Fort Worth Chamber Foundation and Fort Worth Convention & Visitors Bureau.
Discussion - Music in Ancient China: An
Archaeological and Art Historical Study of Strings, Winds, and Drums
during the Eastern Zhou and Han Periods (770 BCE-220 CE).
Ingrid Furniss, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Art and Art History
UT Arlington/Fort Worth Center
Santa Fe Station, 1401 Jones Street, Downtown
Thursday, April 17, 1:00 - 2:00 PM
Join author Dr. Ingrid Furniss in a lively discussion on her first book, Music in Ancient China: An Archaeological and Art Historical Study of Strings, Winds, and Drums during the Eastern Zhou and Han Periods (770 BCE-220 CE). Under contract with the academic publisher, Cambria Press (New York), the book will be published in the summer of 2008. The book will examine the numerous types of musical instruments that were found in early Chinese elite tombs, as well as the history of their development and usage in ancient musical practice. Wooden instruments (zithers, winds, and drums) that formed the basis for many early Chinese musical ensembles are the focus of the book. While bronze bells have been a topic of extensive research over the years, this book will be the first to examine the archaeology and history of wooden musical instruments and their role in ancient musical life in both ritual and entertainment capacities.
Dr. Furniss has worked on a number of research and exhibition-related projects at museums in the U.S., including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, St. Louis Art Museum, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture at University of Washington (Seattle), and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. She has written articles on Asian art for museum journals and exhibition catalogues, including Princeton University Art Museum’s Recarving China’s Past: The Art, Archaeology, and Architecture of the Wu Family Shrines (2005).
In 2005, Furniss received her Ph.D. in Chinese Art and Archaeology from Princeton University. She has taught at University of Texas-Arlington since Fall 2006. Her courses deal with the art and archaeology of the Nonwestern world.
Glass Art Studio Sale and Tour
UT Arlington Glass Studio, 810 S. Davis St., Arlington. 76019
Wednesday, April 16, 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Shuttle service available from UT Arlington/Fort Worth Center Downtown
Santa Fe Station, 1401 Jones Street, Downtown
Glass Sale Shuttle leaves the Fort Worth Center at 11:00 AM to go to the UT Arlington Student Glass Sale. Departs from UT Arlington for the Fort Worth Center at 1:30 PM.
This incredible glass art sale is held only one day a year at the UT Arlington Glass Studio. Sales begin at noon and most people arrive quite early to select the work they wish to purchase, watch glassblowing demonstrations and bid on the silent auction pieces. Silent Auction ends at 1 pm. Work by David Keens, nationally renowned glass artist, and Texas State Artist, as well as many other distinguished glass artists will be available in the auction and sale. These pieces, as well as hundreds of student handmade collectible glass art pieces will be available for purchase at a fraction of their typical gallery prices.