Weekend Top 6 Picks for June 23rd and 24th

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Saturday June 23, 2018

3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Beth Marshall Presents New Works Series (Wilds). ClassAct Studios 11561 Lake Underhill Road, Orlando, Florida 32825.

WILDS

By Lisa VillaMil

Director: Tara Kromer

Wilds is a
surrealist play about intolerance, whose plot draws from social and
political events of the past year, including Brexit, the United States’
election, Poland’s attempted total-ban on abortion, and the Syrian
refugee crisis, particularly in relation to Hungary. It is told in a
series of short interwoven scenes of various plotlines.

Dinah – Alexia Correa

Phoebe – Arianna Aviles

Man 1 – Nick Serino

Man 2 – Joshua Huff

Boy/Stage Manager- Jazzlyn Whiddon

Post Show Talk-Back!

Visit BethMarshallPresents.com for more details and to book your tickets.

Class Act Studios is located in the Harrington Center on the backside of the building.

6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Free but get a brew. The Bloody Jug Band. The Veranda Live 111 N Summerlin Ave, Orlando, Florida 32801. Drawing inspiration from historic JUG bands of the 1920’s and 30’s as
well as the darker side of Blues and Rock n’ Roll, the BLOODY JUG Band
carves out its own niche in a genre of music that has never seen such a
bloody incarnation.

7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Beth Marshall Presents New Works Series (Stuck). ClassAct Studios 11561 Lake Underhill Road, Orlando, Florida 32825.

STUCK

By Paris Crayton lll

Director: Clark Levi

Stage Manager: Gabriel Neil Barnert

From
the writer of BMP’s HOODIES and Trayvon Martin Project’s: Worthless,
and Spare The Rod comes Stuck. The story of thirty-something, Jacob who
is struggling with the acceptance of his homosexuality later in life
while at the same time discovering his girlfriend is pregnant. He seeks
counsel from his therapist who is battling her own demons. When faced
with what to do, Jacob’s life and mind are a whirlwind of poetry and
overwhelm. How will he move forward?

Cast:

Jacob – Stelson Telfort

Whitney – Kate Murray

Patricia – Dernika David

Jessica –Lizzie Black

Mike – Coletyn Hentz

Post show talk-back!

Visit BethMarshallPresents.com for more details and to book your tickets.

Class Act Studios is located in the Harrington Center on the backside of the building.

Sunday June 24, 2018

9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.  Crealde Urban Sketching Class 1 of 6. Crealde School of Art, 600 St Andrews Blvd, Winter Park, FL 32792. Tuition $275.

Instructor: Thomas Thorspecken

Location: Main Everest Campus

Duration: 6 Weeks

Learn to sketch from subject to the environment. Classroom sessions will
focus on sketching clothed models and progress towards sketching the
model and classroom environment. Learn how to incorporate storytelling
into your sketches in our location sessions. These trips to local venues
will challenge you to use your sketchbook the way a photojournalist
uses a camera. The six-week goal is to produce finished sketches using
pencil, pen, and watercolor within two hours. Skill level: Intermediate.

2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Irish Music. Olivia’s Coffee House, 108 N Bay St, Eustis, Fl. http://www.oliviascoffeehouse.com/

10 p.m. to Midnight Free but get a drink. Comedy Open Mic. Austin’s Coffee, 929 W Fairbanks Ave, Winter Park, FL. Free comedy show! Come out and laugh, or give it a try yourself. 

The Bloody Jug Band performed at the Hourglass.

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John Theisen, the lead singer of the Bloody Jug Band, ordered some cards with a sketch I did of the band at Fringe. We met behind The Hour Glass (480 S Ronald Reagan Blvd Longwood, FL) where we made the exchange. I decided to stay to watch the first set and have a drink. There must have been a comic con convention in town because folks at the next table were dressed in Star Wars regalia. i wish they had made it into the sketch, but they sat down after the scene was blocked in.

The Bloody Jug Band draws inspiration from historic Jug bands of the 1920’s and 30’s as well as the darker side of
Blues and Rock n’ Roll, The Band carves out its own niche in a genre of music that has
never seen such a bloody incarnation. Their high energy dark themed music is quite addictive. I love that tips go into a tiny coffin. Salvador Dali overlooked the performance with a smirk as if in approval of the sinister, surreal lyrics and driving beat.

The Hourglass Brewery features Halloween Art through November

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I went to the Hourglass Brewery, 480 S Ronald Reagan Blvd, Longwood, FL, for the first time about a month ago to sketch the Bloody Jug Band. The place has a nice sized stage and lively atmosphere. The brewery specializes in Artisan ales that are brewed in small batches. The featured beers this month are aStraub Van Graham which is a Strawberry Vanilla Wheat Ale, Pendulum, a coconut Porter, Barista’s Blessing, a nitro vanilla coffee brown ale and Zandloper, a Belgian Blonde.

There was a call for artists on Facebook, so I decided to submit one of my zombie march sketches. On a drive downtown, I heard on the radio that someone had been shot at a zombie convention. I always try and sketch zombie marches when they are in town, but now I’m left to wonder if the guns in in zombie hunter’s belts are real or fake. Democratic presidential candidate Martin O’Malley made an appearance on the Daily Show last night and his primary platform was gun control. He was governor in Maryland and that state outlawed the sales of assault weapons, and background checks along with fingerprints are required when a gun is purchased. He made the point that one terrorist got onto a flight with a bomb in his shoe, and now we all have to take off our shoes and wait in long lines in airports. Yet there are over ten thousand deaths annually because of fire arms. The United States is a joke to developed countries around the world. A taxi driver in Turkey asked why Americans are gunning each other down.

Anyway, if you want to see a zombie apocalypse sketch, head over to Hourglass Brewery and sample one of their home brewed ales. Leave the guns at home.

Jug-ly Art & Antics

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John Theisen from the Bloody Jug band told me about this fundraising event at the Peacock Room. When I got to the Peacock Room I was fascinated by a phosphorescent blue tree in the main bar area. It would have made a great sketch but I heard music in the back room so I headed that way. The pool room had an exhibit of jugs from all over the country. The art exhibit was inspired by Traditional JUG Bands and the Americana Movement. The jugs were on shelves and with the dim lighting it was hard to see the name plates. I lit them up with my iPhone. Some jugs were already sold as indicated by the red dots. Orlando artist Mike Siedsma had his own wall filled with fanciful face jugs.

On a table there were a dozen or so cigar box guitars for sale. The artist, Jim Mitchell, stressed that cigar box guitars have a long, rich history in American music. He handcrafts each instrument one at a time so he is always open to clients individual needs. People were encouraged to pick up the guitars and try them out. John Theisen pointed out to me that the Bloody Jug Band would be using several in performances later that evening. All Proceeds from art sold that evening went to benefit, A Gift for Music and Crealde School of Art.

GT Springer was on stage performing some lively rock and roll covers. At one point several members of the Bloody Jug Band got on stage to join in on the vocals. Someone shouted “Freebird!” As the guitar gods performed, a washtub single string joined in performing in a green spot light.