First night of Huntsville's new Arts & Entertainment District
June 20, 2013
(Huntsville, AL) - The City of Huntsville is launching two new Arts & Entertainment Districts on Thursday, June 20, in downtown Huntsville. The City is taking advantage of the State's new open container legislation to develop cultural districts where street performers, block parties, concerts, live art demonstrations, art strolls, outdoor movies and more will occur in the Quigley and Meridian Arts & Entertainment Districts. This downtown entertainment will showcase the arts in Huntsville while supporting restaurants and bars as they participate in the new district by serving drinks to-go.
The districts will begin with a 90-day soft roll out on Thursday and Friday evenings from 5 - 10 p.m. During that time, patrons may purchase a beverage at one of the participating bars and restaurants, and stroll downtown to experience the entertainment.
When we first looked at the Entertainment District legislation, we recognized it was basically an open container law, and we knew that wasn't exactly what we wanted, said Mayor Battle. We assembled a stakeholder group of citizens, businesses, city employees and downtown interests and asked for their input. They decided the City should animate downtown with arts and cultural activities. Strolling with a beverage was just an extra plus.
To set the stage for a successful cultural launch, the Mayor turned to The Arts Council for assistance in helping to develop programming for the Quigley District.
The Arts Council Director Allison Dillon-Jauken said her group was pleased to help. The new arts programming is a natural fit with events already happening in downtown Huntsville during the summer months.
For example, the Sidewalk Arts Stroll will feature area artists once a month in Constitution Village on June 20, July 18 and August 15. The Historic Huntsville Foundation is bringing back the popular Movies In the Park series and asking patrons to cast their vote on their preference of films at historichuntsville.org. The Greene Street Market, hosted each Thursday on the corner of Eustis and Greene streets, welcomes the public to visit downtown and purchase fresh products from local farms, bakers, gardens and more.
When the district opens for the first time this Thursday, The Arts Council will kick off weekly Art2 programming with free, public performances around the square and in Big Spring East. Highlights of Art2 programming through July 5 include:
· Thursday, June 20th - Performances by saxophonist Reginald Jackson, the Rocket City Jugglers, street magician Dr. Osborn, ukulele singer/songwriter Wanda June, acoustic musician Scott Morgan, and the flute/guitar duo Toot & Twang on the square, and the Huntsville Drumline in Big Spring Park East.
· Friday, June 21st - Performances by Gavin Boost and Geoff & Bryan Acoustic Duo on the square; saxophonist Alex Banks, II, followed by Live By Satellite in concert in Big Spring Park East.
· Thursday, June 27th - ArtsAlive Block Party on Eustis Street off the square featuring The Arts Council's 2013 Homegrown Talent Final Round and The 911 Reporters, performance on the square by the North Alabama Flute Choir, and live art demonstrations by the North Alabama Wood Crafters and Green Pea Press.
· Friday, June 28th - Performances by Winslow Davis and Audio Radiance on the square and additional programming in Big Spring Park East.
· Thursday, July 4th - No programming due to Independence Day.
· Friday, July 5th - Performances by Wanda June and Chris Wade on the square; Splitting Atoms concert in Big Spring Park East.
The Arts Council's Art2 programming is made possible with support from Big Spring Partners, Committee of 100, The Downtown 47, Historic Huntsville Foundation, and the City of Huntsville and its Department of Parks & Recreation.
More information on the Arts & Entertainment Districts may be found on the City of Huntsville web site at huntsvilleal.gov/artsentertainmentdistrict/. There is a map of the districts, and answers to Most Frequently Asked Questions. Comments about the districts are welcome on imaginehuntsville.com and by emailing contact@huntsvilleal.gov.
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For more information, contact:
Kelly Cooper Schrimsher, Director of Communications, Office of the Mayor, City of Huntsville, 256-427-5006 (w), kelly.schrimsher@huntsvilleal.gov
We Climbed the Water Tower! Lowe Mill Video Newsletter 7-24-2012
We braved the EPIC heights of the Lowe Mill water tower this week to bring you all the EPIC EVENTS we have going on this week! There's sooooo much to do at Lowe Mill this week, it is surely going to be EPIC.
Thursday: Join us Thursday as Huntsville celebrates the fine arts with a tour of 9 area galleries and studios. With your choice of locations and styles, this informal event showcases artists whose talents include painting, pottery, glass, sculpture, jewelry, design, photography and woodworking. Join the party after the tour with the Dirty Bourbon River Show at the Flying Monkey Arts theater on the 2nd floor of historic Lowe Mill. The music begins after 8pm, admission is $8.
Friday: Drawing deep from the blues, folk, bluegrass and soul/funk traditions, the Danberrys deliver inspired original tunes featuring strong harmonies and dynamic musicianship. Company Store, their first EP, was released in April 2010 and was followed by the single Shady Grove in June 2011. The group is currently recording several new songs for upcoming projects.
Concerts on the Dock is a family friendly event that is always FREE from 6-9 p.m. every Friday night from April to October. For your own comfort bring blankets, chairs and coolers. Dogs are welcome on a leash. We graciously accept donations.
Friday: The Epic Comedy Hour celebrates it's completely irrelevant one year birthday on Friday, July 27th at 8pm. It featuring Joe Pettis, Tom Hand, Jason Steinhauser, Tim Kelly, Bailie Clark, Scott Eason and host, Justin Ledlow Look at that little demon baby, he's cute. Rated R, not suited for people who get offended, contains adult material. Admission is $7.
Saturday: Tarp Lake Reception. Tarp Lake will be a massive art installation creating an artificial lake landscape with acres of used tarps. The lake will provide a surreal experience for audiences who get to wade into the lakebed, rest under the rolling blue tarps, and listen to audio interviews from the comfort of beach chairs. The project will not only provide a unique experience for audiences, but will address the relationship between built and natural landscapes. This project will be important. It will be beautiful. It will require some help to become a reality.
Saturday: Que Rico, Huntsville's newest Latin band features hot salsa and Latin jazz with Chip Gulbro on violin and guitar, Pete Harrison on keyboards, Ben Davidson on bass and Luciano Marquez and Eddie Vidot on percussion. Special guests include vocalist, Jose Matienza and Mark Copeland on guitar. Music begins at 7;30pm, admission is $10. More information at chipgulbro.com
Funky Pirates Jazz Band: Lowe Mill Video Newsletter 5-22-2012
Huntsville's wildest swing band, The Funky Pirates, are here to tell you all the amazing happenings this week at Lowe Mill Arts & Entertainment. Get ready for an entire week of fun!
Thursday: Take a peek into the past to a time when dangerous dames performed acts of the beautiful and bizarre. See the mistress of the blades and current host of MTV's Iggy Show, Heather Holiday, Professional Provocateur go-go Amy, the Dapper Dan of Danger Donny Vomit and straight from Bourbon St, Miss Alley Ooops and her fabulous hoops. You've seen them on NY Ink, Oddities and Celebrity Apprentice and now is your chance to see them live on stage! Show starts at 8:30, doors open at 8pm, admission is $15.
Friday: The Funky Pirates Jazz Band plays the music of New Orleans and features some of the finest jazz musicians in the Huntsville area. All of the musicians that perform with the Funky Pirates are also full-time professional musicians with the United States Army Band.
The Jazz genre has absolutely exploded over the past 100 years to encompass all forms of music. The Funky Pirates Jazz Band specializes in early jazz like you would hear on the streets of New Orleans in the 1910's and 20's. The Funky Pirates also mix in newer jazz, funk, hip-hop, r&b, rock, and other modern influences all with an early New Orleans flavor. The Funky Pirates Jazz Band has been featured in venues in New Orleans and the Southeast, but is based out of Huntsville, Alabama.
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Concerts on the Dock is a family friendly event that is always FREE from 6-9 p.m. every Friday night from April to October.
Feel free to bring your dogs on a leash and food, drinks, blankets and chairs. We graciously accept donations.
Friday: The Epic Comedy Hour is hosted by Justin Ledlow with guest comedians; Jake Head, Florida, Michael McCall, Joe Raines and Stephen Claybrooks. This R-rated show starts at 8pm, doors open at 7:30, admission is $7.
Saturday: A night of EDM, NOT just DUBstep, but we will be bringing you the best tracks from, house, techno, trance...and really, anything that makes you JUMP!
With artist to include DJ Drew and his brother DJ Saint of The Boondock Saint Brothers,Zeplin, DJ Tryptone, and DJ Amish.
Come out ready to rage! This is an all ages show, admission is $5. Coolers are welcome, though waters will be available for $1 along with a variety of Glow South Merchandise.
This is a GlowSouth.com sponsored event, and we will keep it clean, and family friendly. There will be lots of sound and great people, so get ready to dance!! Located in the first floor connector of Lowe Mill ARTS & Entertainment
Saturday: Funky Pirates Jazz Band plays the music of twenties and thirties New Orleans . Join the party and don't forget your dancing shoes. Music begins at 8pm, admission is $10./general, $7./students, military and seniors.
Sunday: Flying Monkey favorites, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Spirit Family Reunion and Broken Wing Routine are on tour out of NOLA, They will keep you dancin' along with the Counterclockwise at 8pm in the Flying Monkey theater on the second floor of historic Lowe Mill. Admission is $8.
Currently on View - Heather Baumbach
Currently on view in our First Floor Ramp Gallery - Heather Baumbach's Running in Tight Circles. Join Heather this Saturday for her Artist Talk at 4 PM for a chance to meet the artist and ask questions about her work.
From the artist:
I paint everyday objects and ideas that tie me to my family, my life, and my memories. I am drawn to images that evoke emotion and nostalgia. I work in layers of chalk pastel, fabric, paper and acrylic on custom built wood panels.
About the artist:
Heather Baumbach is a graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Her work is inspired by her travels, her family, and the beauty of everyday life. She enjoys working in acrylic, watercolor, ink, and dabbles in any other medium she can get her hands on. In addition to art shows in Alabama, she has participated in festivals and exhibitions in Tennessee, Georgia, Kentucky Florida and Missouri. She also holds over 20 years of design and production experience in stage, television, and film. Her theater credits include The Cherry Lane Theatre, The Theater Outlet, The Santa Fe Opera, The Los Angeles Opera, Fantasy Playhouse Children’s Theatre, Main State Music Theatre, Center Theatre Group, Carsey-Warner Productions and Comedy Central. Having moved to Alabama in 2002 with her husband John to raise their three children, she is excited to be pursuing visual art full time. You can visit Heather at work in her studio, #2050 at Lowe Mill ARTS & Entertainment.
To purchase work from any of our galleries, please contact Robert Daniel, Gallery Coordinator, at robertdaniel@lowemill.net
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Huntsville, Alabama | Wikipedia audio article
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00:01:14 1 History
00:01:23 1.1 First settlers
00:02:41 1.2 Incorporation
00:04:00 1.3 Emerging industries
00:04:59 1.4 Civil War
00:06:46 1.5 After the Civil War
00:08:06 1.6 Great Depression 1930s
00:08:32 1.7 World War II
00:09:21 1.8 Missile development
00:11:11 1.9 Space flight
00:13:30 1.10 Biotechnology
00:14:43 2 Geography
00:16:19 2.1 Boundaries
00:17:12 2.2 Climate
00:20:33 3 Demographics
00:22:29 3.1 2010 census
00:24:08 3.2 Demographic distribution
00:24:17 3.3 Sex ratio and income distribution
00:24:28 4 Politics and government
00:26:03 5 Public safety and health
00:26:32 5.1 Fire
00:27:16 5.1.1 Volunteer organizations
00:28:02 5.2 EMS
00:28:36 5.3 Police
00:29:01 5.3.1 Police Academy
00:29:22 5.4 Hospitals
00:29:35 6 Economy
00:30:56 6.1 Retail
00:31:33 6.2 Space and defense
00:32:02 7 Infrastructure
00:32:11 7.1 Transportation
00:34:33 7.1.1 Public transit
00:35:14 7.1.2 Railroads
00:37:19 7.2 Air service
00:37:48 7.3 Ports
00:38:19 7.4 Bicycle routes
00:38:33 7.5 Utilities
00:39:27 8 Media and communications
00:39:37 8.1 Newspapers
00:40:59 8.2 Magazines
00:41:19 8.3 Radio
00:41:40 8.4 Television
00:43:38 8.5 Film
00:45:15 9 Education
00:45:24 9.1 K–12 education
00:47:35 9.2 Budgeting
00:48:05 9.3 Higher education
00:50:05 10 Culture
00:50:13 10.1 Historic districts
00:51:15 10.2 Museums
00:53:03 10.3 Parks
00:56:11 10.4 Festivals
00:59:34 10.5 Public golf courses
00:59:59 10.6 Private golf courses
01:00:50 10.7 Libraries
01:01:47 10.8 Arts associations
01:02:14 10.8.1 Arts Council
01:03:30 10.9 Performing arts
01:09:26 10.10 Visual arts
01:10:27 10.11 Convention center and arena
01:11:07 10.12 Local breweries
01:12:09 10.13 Comedy and other entertainment
01:12:34 10.14 Other
01:13:04 11 Sports
01:13:13 11.1 Current sports franchises
01:14:20 11.2 Past sports franchises
01:15:34 11.3 Stadiums
01:15:51 12 Notable people
01:16:00 13 Sister cities
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Huntsville is a city located primarily in Madison County in the Appalachian region of northern Alabama. Huntsville is the county seat of Madison County. The city extends west into neighboring Limestone County and south into Morgan County. Huntsville's population was 180,105 as of the 2010 census. Huntsville is the third-largest city in Alabama and the largest city in the five-county Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL Combined Statistical Area, which at the 2013 census estimate had a total population of 683,871. The Huntsville Metropolitan Area's population was 417,593 in 2010 to become the 2nd largest in Alabama. Huntsville metro's population reached 441,000 by 2014.It grew across nearby hills north of the Tennessee River, adding textile mills, then munitions factories, NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and the United States Army Aviation and Missile Command nearby at the Redstone Arsenal. The National Trust for Historic Preservation named Huntsville to its America's Dozen Distinctive Destinations for 2010 list.
International Jazz Day 2015 Huntsville, AL
Huntsville Alabama celebrated International Jazz Day on April 30, 2015. Mr. Howard Bankhead, Executive Director of the Tennessee Valley Jazz Society (TVJS) was honored by the City Of Huntsville, Alabama for his support of the jazz art form by proclamation awarded by Mayor Tommy Battle, & Kenneth Anderson, Huntsville MultiCultural Affairs Officer.
International Jazz Day was made possible by the following:
Downtown Huntsville Inc.
Alabama State Council on the Arts
WJAB 90.9FM
Alabama Tourism Department
Jazz Education Network
City of Huntsville Arts and Cultural Grants Program
Datatek Reprographics
New Beginnings Christian Church
DMS Graphics
JAM Smithsonian's National Museum of American History
City of Huntsville Parks and Recreations and Office of Multicultural Affairs
Tennessee Valley Jazz Society-Huntsville
The celebration was held at two locations featuring the following performances:
Downtown Huntsville Northside Square
Performers included:
The TVJS Allstars (Christian (d), Devere (b) & Pete (k)
The US Army Materiel Command Jazz Project
Lauren Hathaway
McDonnell Elementary School
The TVJS Allstars (Christian (d), Stan (g) & Pete (k)
An audience of 15 teachers and 205 students.
Since 1998, Jazz education in the schools has been presented
to over 32,075 students, faculty and staff.
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