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Another look at music and art by Kendall Bruns
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An image from Kendall Bruns' Bigfoot
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Kendall Bruns makes things. The banner on his Web site, www.kendallbruns.com, says so. On Saturday at Southgate House you can check out two floors of his musings in events spanning both the newly renovated upstairs gallery and the parlour, the fruits of full scheduling on behalf of the gallery's new director, Andrew Loughnane.
In the newly renovated gallery, Relics reflects a manifestation of a lot of different performances Bruns has done in the past. In the show, his past works weigh heavily upon performance, collaboration and consequent documentation of their results. Through reinvestigation, he aims to put his performances and installations in a new context using objects and other informative materials, expanding anew to a possibly un-Bruns'd reserve of onlookers.
You can expect a total rebirth of Bruns' past performances, sans the facsimile performance, of course. The selection includes remnants from his 2001 Bigfoot installation at the Civic Garden Center of Greater Cincinnati and his participatory competition, "Spelling Bee," from Sue Spaid's Proposed and Delivered show at SSNOVA last year. In an event of extreme contemplation, the superior speller took home a handmade trophy after out-spelling fellow competitors with words like "cat" and "nervous."
Meanwhile, things will brew downstairs in the second floor Parlour in an after-show release party for Bruns' latest recordings, A Mild and Crazy Guy and Reform Now CDs. Lyrical arrangements of his solo acts are re-arranged and performed by local and national composers including enduser, David Enright, Sonik, Kenya DuBois, Shapethrower and Dark Audio Project.
The night of total Bruns wraps up with performances by Ahankara, Autoshape, BxC, enduser, Line 47, Realicide, Super77, Sonik and Tears on Sunday. 859-431-2201. (See Art.) -- LIBERTY WAMPLER
Thursday 06
Few filmmakers tackle contemporary issues with as much passion as Spike Lee. His 2000 film, the overlooked -- and at times, overcooked -- satire, BAMBOOZLED, is no exception. In it, Lee examines racial stereotyping in the television business with unblinking, politically incorrect audacity. Along the way he also gets in jabs at ghetto fashion, bling bling rappers and racial profiling. Part of Xavier University's Forty Years in the Wilderness: Racism and Reconciliation After the Civil Rights Era film series, Bamboozled is sure to get the post-screening discussion crowd buzzing. And it's free! 7 p.m. Thursday. Kelley Auditorium in Alter Hall, Xavier campus. 513-745-3320. (See Events.) -- JASON GARGANO
Saturday 08
The run-of-the-mill Black Tie gala doesn't offer much for fashion-iados. There's virtually nothing sartorial to poke fun at, save the 250 or so stuffed penguins escorted by 250 debutante/pageant alumnae has-beens/wannabes/ wannabe has-beens. But thanks to the Young Professionals of the American Cancer Society and their CREATIVE BLACK TIE AND MAD HATTER GALA Saturday, the opportunities for fashion faux pas are endless. For the third consecutive year, their fundraiser for the Cancer Society requires no tux, only a hat and tie with a touch of whimsy. And it could get pretty crazy. Some of the award categories include "Most Creative" and "Most Creative Hat & Tie Combo." Told ya -- it's wild. Other than the dress code, it's a typical gala -- food, dancing, silent auction and prizes for a good cause. Watch out for those hat/tie combos, though. 8 p.m. $40. 513-891-1600. (See Events.) -- JESSICA TURNER
Sunday 09
What's a big Broadway star like PAM MYERS doing in Indian Hill? Singing, it seems. Myers -- who earned a Tony nomination back in 1970 for her role in the original production of Stephen Sondheim's Company -- recently was back on Broadway in the revival of another Sondheim favorite, Into the Woods. The CEA Hall of Fame performer starred in the Cincinnati Playhouse's 2001 production of Gypsy (and won another CEA in November for her efforts). On Sunday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. she'll be singing at the Cincinnati Country Day School for a Jewish Community Center "CENTERpiece" event. After she performs, she'll answer questions from the audience. It's a great chance to get up close and personal with someone who's been there. 513-761-7500. (See Onstage.) -- RICK PENDER
Monday 10
Some people think that most of what we publish in CityBeat is almost obscene, but in this particular case it's absolutely true. The Cincinnati Playhouse kicks off its Alteractive series of alternative theater performances with ALMOST OBSCENE, a one-man show by Joe Raiola, monologist and Mad magazine senior editor. He could be a stand-up comic, but Raiola's social satire and autobiographical humor take him to a new plane. The Rosenthal Plaza is where Alteractive events happen. Show up around 6:30 p.m., pay your $10 and grab a seat. The show starts around 7 p.m. 513-421-3888. (See Onstage.) -- RICK PENDER
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Previously in To Do List
To Do: Full Plate CCM offers a banquet of performances
(January 29, 2003)
To Do: Charmed Career Maestro Lockhart conducts a return engagement
(January 22, 2003)
To Do: Whoopi-ti-yi-yo! Saddle up for one tough rodeo
(January 15, 2003)
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