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Chattanooga Shakespeare Auditions for The Merchant of Venice Wednesday, October 26, 2011
We are pleased to say that Shakespeare Chattanooga will be co-producing The Merchant of Venice with the Jewish Cultural Center. Performances will be in February (please see below for schedule) and the intensive rehearsal period will be in January. It’s a modern-dress production, and the role of Shylock is cast.
Auditions for other lead roles will be Saturday, October 29 from 12:30 to 3:30 and Sunday, October 30 from 2:30 to 5 at CreateHere, 55 E. Main St. in the Southside. If necessary, a callback will be scheduled. If you have a prepared Shakespeare piece, you can bring it, but please bring headshot and resume if available. Please also be aware before auditioning that in typical SC fashion, we cannot accommodate people being in another show during January, or being out of town for long periods in January.
Breakdown for this audition:
Portia: aristocratic, wealthy, sheltered. In love with a man she’s seen once. Age range: 25-35 (or you can play this range)
Nerissa: Portia’s lady’s maid. Smart, sassy—but also not smart in her choice of men. Age range: 25-45 (see above)
Jessica: Shylock’s daughter, who runs away with a Christian. Need strong young actress for this. Age 16-20 (see above)
Bassanio: Suitor to Portia. Flashy, goodlooking, a golddigger, a manipulator. Age 25-35 (see above)
Gratiano: Bassanio’s best friend. In this production will be played as a bad guy, anti-Semitic, brutal. Age range: 25-45 (see above).
Lorenzo: Jessica’s suitor, also friend to Bassanio. Young, heedless. Age range: 20-25 (see above)
Antonio: The “merchant” of the title. Hopelessly in love with Bassanio, wealthy, anti-Semitic. Age range: 45-65.
Launcelot Gobbo: Shylock’s servant, classic clown. Need gifted physical actor for this role. Age open.Tech/Dress Rehearsals
January 31, 6:30 – 10 pm
February 1. 6:30 – 10 pm
February 2, 6:30 – 10 pm
Performances:
Sunday, February 5, Matinee, 2-4:30 pm
Monday, February 6, Evening, 7:30 – 10 pm
Tuesday, February 7, Evening, 7:30 – 10 pm
Sunday, February 12, Evening, 7-9:30 pm
Monday, February 13, Evening, 7:30 – 10 pmWe at CreateHere are really excited that auditions will be held at our location this Saturday and Sunday, and look forward to the performances in early February.
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Why MakeWork Matters to Me—Christie Burns
Christie Burns, a local musician founder of the Folk School of Chattanooga, tells us why MakeWork is important to her life as a Southside picker.
MakeWork Grantee Christie Burns from CreateHere on Vimeo.
“My money is just like me: small but mighty!”
Generally I hold my head very high, knowing that MOST of the pocket money I throw around gets thrown into the local economy—I mean HYPER local, like within a mile of my house. It takes nothing for me to drop $8 on delicious beers for myself and a friend at the Terminal, or $8 on tacos from the cart next to the old Discoteca. I know that a coffee (in a Folk School mason jar) and 3 four-seed brochens with butter and jam make the perfect Niedlov’s breakfast (under $3!) or if I wake up with an extra large appetite, a tenner will get me something amazing at the Bluegrass Grill. I spent $45 on a shiny red bicycle pump at the new bike store on Main Street, simply to have the chance to welcome the new guys to the neighborhood (and so I wouldn’t have to bug everyone else every time I needed air in my tires). I probably didn’t need to spend so much on a pump, but I know I’ll have that thing forever, and I’ll always remember buying it from the place three blocks up from my house when a little “welcome to Jefferson Heights” probably mattered to them. I’m one of Sandy’s loyal supporters, so it’s pretty normal for me to donate $10 for a flower to decorate my fiddle on Monday nights at the Market St. Tavern. Add all this up, and hypothetically we’re talking about $74 joyfully spent in a single day around the southside/downtown. Or take the bike pump out of the equation, and we’re at $29 in purchases and donations I would never second-guess. These are the businesses and individuals I love, that make every day in Chattanooga really great, that I’d miss terribly if they were to go away.
After four years of giving away free money to fund really creative ideas, the MakeWork program (constantly refining their systems and processes, an art in itself) has a chance to raise a big bundle of redistributable cash—but it’s not something that just gets handed to them. They have a few tasks to complete in order to show the Lyndhurst Foundation and other major donors that THEIR support is well-placed. One of these tasks is to get 100% support from their closest circle of friends: the MakeWork grant recipients. If it feels strange to switch from being the “supported” to being a “supporter”, I’m right there with you. It’s like, gee, why would I be applying for grants if I had enough money to donate to granting agencies? Shouldn’t I be spending any spare (hah!) money on the things I purportedly do as an artist, and aren’t there rich people and corporations around here that should do the donating? Yes, as an artist I know I should be careful with my funds. When I run out of money (which happens more than I’d like to admit) all of my ideas have to sit on the back burner while I figure out a way to get the bills paid…But in all my care to make sure everything’s covered, I feel like I’d better stay close to the people who’ve put the pieces together in such a way to allow a few of my ideas to come to life. Ok, so right now MakeWork is asking me and the other current/past grant recipients to get their names on the donor list.
Honestly, I made only a small donation, something that felt “safe” to my bank account today…the same kind of contribution that I’d easily make to a friend’s kickstarter project just to say, “yes, I care”... a donation that is well within the ballpark of my regular Southside walkin’ around cash. I’m grateful for the local brews, the local tacos, bicycle experts on every corner, and a small group of hardworking people who see to it that artists in Chattanooga get big opportunities at least once a year. I think Kate and Helen at MakeWork really mean it when they say they’re looking at their grantees simply for 100% participation, so you can give any amount and still get in the game. This 100% stat will help them leverage the big bucks and show the other players in the game that they have the support that really matters—that even us artist types with our fluctuating incomes give enough of a hoot to give a little bit back for the perpetuation of these grants. I was able to earmark my little donation for future music projects in our city. What a great feeling!
I’m raising a glass to MakeWork and all the hard work they’ve put in so far to make cool things happen around my town. A toast to your success as CreateHere becomes “CreateWuzHere”, to lots of future funding and a further refinement of the work you do. Cheers to the donors, big and small, who provide something of a “love fest” for the arts in Chattanooga. And, finally, a big high five to my fellow grantees who stay in the game beyond their own projects, shifting from recipient to donor and back again—making sure they’re right there playing whatever role is needed when a focused community effort is required to make the arts thrive!
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November’s 48 Hour Launch
This November’s 48 Hour Launch provides a platform for building collaboration among Chattanooga’s entrepreneurs, creatives, specialists, and business minded people to join together in teams and accomplish something awesome together over a weekend.
There will be three different types of teams representing:technology based ideas
product based ideas
social innovationsOver $30,000 of prizes will be awarded to winners in these three tracks, with each prize package including valuable business services from local supporters of innovation. In addition, up to three business ideas will be admitted into the SpringBoard Accelerator Program ($1500 value each). This will be awarded to the top three ideas selected by a panel of qualified business leaders and social entrepreneurs.
Chattanooga Stand and Causeway are sponsoring the Social Innovation track. Causeway.org, a new platform to support civic entrepreneurism, will provide a process for you to find causes that you care about, and work with others to make a way for these causes to be implemented.
Social Innovation refers to new strategies, concepts, ideas and organizations that meet social needs of all kinds. 48 Hour Launch weekend offers participants an opportunity to collaborate with passionate and committed people to develop better ways of functioning as a society, big or small, and tackle some of the main challenges we face in our community.WHO?
Anyone. Your idea doesn’t have to reflect your day job or be a dev nerd to pitch it.
48 Hour Launch gathers designers, social entrepreneurs, web developers, creatives, marketing minds, and business professionals to work on potential start-ups.Two ways to get involved:
Pitch an idea and form a group.
No Idea? Join a team and share your skills!WHEN?
Pitch Night-
November 3rd, 6PM at the CO.LAB.
Pitch your idea early and build a team.48Hour Launch Weekend-
November 11-13th, 6PM - 6PM
1517 Mitchell Avenue (The Old YMCA Building near Main St.)Demo Night-
November 13th- 6PM ($5 at the door for the public)
Food, coffee, and beer will be provided through the weekend, your registration fee helps us to cover those costs.HOW IT WORKS:
Call for Ideas
Ideas are always more powerful when shared. Your idea can be either a specific solution to a problem, or simply identify a need in a particular area. Either way, an idea that will create new models for solving social problems. We are looking for ideas they may become a stand-along venture (spare time gig), help a pre-existing non profit or governmental organization, or become a social enterprise, charity, or other business.
In the MeantimeTo get started: log on to causeway.org and create a profile. Next, post your cause that can be launched in 48 hours. Please make sure to check the 48Hour Launch category when submitting your cause. Once your “cause” is approved, you can begin rallying support around your cause and gathering the resources and volunteers you’ll need during the 48Hour Launch weekend.
-Createhere is hosting OPEN FRIDAYS. Come by on Fridays leading up to November 11th for feedback and idea development.
HOW YOU WIN?
The weekend ends with Demo Night on Sunday, November 13th at 6PM. We invite the community at large and a panel of judges, $5 at the door.
The public vote and panel of judges will choose the idea that is most likely to get off the ground, as well as the potential to scale-up or replicate the idea. The social innovation project chosen by the crowd’s vote will be awarded a package of relevant business services and $2,500 seed funding will be chosen by a panel of judges.
Please e-mail .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) if you have any questions, or drop by on a Friday. We are looking forward to seeing you on November 3rd.
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Harvested Here Restaurant Week Monday, October 24, 2011
We at CreateHere went to 212 Market Street restaurant for lunch Friday. The cornmeal crusted Pickett’s Farm trout and Falls Mill grits were so delicious, we couldn’t resist tasting it before we took a picture. Thank you Gaining Ground and 212 Market Street!
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Regional Planning Expert Armando Carbonell to Speak at Hunter Lecture; Nov. 1 Friday, October 21, 2011
With the recent attraction and expansion of several large businesses coupled with an enviable quality of life, the question isn’t “Will the Chattanooga region grow?” the question is “How will the Chattanooga region grow?”
As the Chairman of the Department of Planning and Urban Form at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Armando Carbonell has had extensive experience with communities across the nation planning to address the economic development, infrastructure and environmental challenges created by regional population growth and development. He can also speak to the negative impact on quality of life and economic stability that can occur when regions fail to plan.
In addition to his position at the Lincoln Institute, Mr. Carbonell is a professor of planning at Harvard University and is the co-chair of America 2050, a national initiative focused on helping regions meet the infrastructure and transportation needs resulting from regional growth trends. He is the co-editor of the book, Regional Planning in America: Practice and Prospect, which was released in April of 2011.
America 2050 - What Will We Build? // PART 5: Armando Carbonell from Forum for Urban Design on Vimeo.
Armando Carbonell will speak at 7pm, November 1, 2011, in the Roland Hayes Auditorium located inside the Fine Arts Center on the UTC campus as a part of the George T. Hunter Lecture Series.
Other speakers in the series:
Robert Pinsky, Three-time U.S. Poet Laureate — Feb. 7
Michael Pollan, Writer and Local Food Advocate — April 19All lectures are free and open to the public.
For more information visit benwood.org
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