Curators, Cooks, Calligraphers and Bloggers on a Friday at Calstleberry

Three architecture tourists did the Castleberry Hill Stroll on Friday. We met some nice folks. Here is some huge calligraphy at Peters Street Gallery to get us started.


I'll get back to the art in another post.

On the left is Mark Mason Karelson of Mason Murer Gallery. He curated the current exhibition at Peters Street. Very fine work I think.


Next door is Artist Trifecta owned and curated by Amanda Brown on the left with AT Katherine. In the background: work by Nigel Marson, a cover for Edwin McCain's Austin Series CD.


We ran into 3 other online notables at the Granite Room: from right to left: Ciambellina, HamWithCam, Inside the Perimeter, and me (Architecture Tourist). We're all a little shiny from the waw'm Atlanta evening.

• Ciambellina is Jeanne Bonner who blogs in Italian and English!! Jeanne is also a writer/voice on WABE and blogger on Atlanta Unsheltered. If she sees my daughter, she seeks me out to say hello - thanks Jeanne.
  
• HamWithCam is my old friend John from Decatur. John does is blogging with pictures on Flickr. He's a stalwart supporter of the Atlanta Photography Exhibit which hosted the Granite Room show for local photographers. I hadn't seen John in nearly 20 years which is my loss. Plus, John has the coolest shirt.
  
• Paul Nuesslein is the blogger Inside the Perimeter. He's a photographer and software guy who first ITP post was in October 12, 2004. I'm looking forward to meeting Paul again.
  
• I'm Terry your host. I'm honor to be in the picture.
  

Cooks? You've heard about the Atlanta Street food Coalition? They are about to get you and that's a good thing. Here is Hector Santiago cooking in a tent behind Peters Street Gallery.

Hector is one of the 3 Atlanta Top Chefs from last year and owner of Pure Vida. Nice guy.

This is the Good Food Truck. Yummy. The whole truck looked good enough to eat.


I've got to go now. It's my birthday.

Thanks,
Terry

Your Head is Full of Stars

I got some cool pictures.
"Your Head is Full of Stars" Improv Dance and Music left me with great memories. I went on a lark with GloATL fresh on my mind. Why not try more improv dance?

Allen Welty-Green is keyboardist for Zentropy featuring Gabriel Monticello - bass and Davis Petterson, drums. They supplied the music.

Crossover Movement Arts, (Blake Dalton, artistic director) provided the dancers.

3 sets of music, 3 sets of dancing, an hour and a half of unexpected delight.


The music and dance would have been fine by themselves. Musicians and dancers played close attention to each, rare for rock/jazz music genre. It made me feel more involved. Allen is wearing the hat.


There was a red dance.


And a white dance.


This is local renaissance man Thomas Bell, co-founder of the Decatur Book Festival and the festival's program director. Dances a bit too.


One of the great things about Eyedrum is that I don't feel tied down to a seat. I moved around to get different views. I guess that's crowd dancing.


The body curves mesmerized at times.


I never quite knew was was next or even if they would stay on the wraparound stage.




Here is Allen Welty-Green (hat) after the show. Another renaisance man, Allen is the leader of Eyedrum which founded, funded, designed, constructed, staffed, cleaned, and managed by Atlanta artists. It's an Atlanta treasure, located 2 blocks west of Oakland Cemetery. It's a bit on the edgy side.


I got a tiny bit of video of some funky sashaying during the white dance.


This one is on it's side (dunderhead!!) with a bit more "space" in the music.


So thanks to Eyedrum, Zentropy and Crossover Movement Arts for a great night, March 13, 2010.

Terry