Eye / Ear / Mind creative overload!!

TRIPLE FEATURE 2
a night of photography, film, and music

Friday, November 7, 2008
Eggroll Cafe, 110 University Ave, Lowell, MA
6-11:30 pm

Come hang out with us--watch a film, listen to a bunch of great musicians, look at 4 photographers' work, eat eggrolls, and drink saki!


SCHEDULE:

6pm: Lateral Thought Gallery

Students and alumni from the photography program at UMass Lowell, Giovanna Aviles, Bridget Clarke, Sarah Coughtry, and Jessica Hosman use photographs to explore the themes of roots, history, memory, and family.


7pm: Dreams and Songs of the Noble Old film screening

An examination of the talents and wisdom of elderly musicians, singers, and story-tellers, who perform not for fame or fortune but to preserve and share their culture. Featuring stories, ballads, fiddle tunes, and tales of moonshining and feuds, along with footage from the Alabama Sacred Harp Convention in Fyffe, Alabama, in which people of all ages gather to sing old-time shape-note hymnody. www.folkstreams.net/film,127. Sponsored by the Lowell Film Collaborative (www.lowellfilmcollaborative.org)


8–11:30pm: Live music with Arielle Natale, Mark "Big Daddy" Brack, and special guests

Arielle Natale is new musician on the Lowell scene with a captivating voice and a fresh songwriting style. Her command of the piano brings her inspired melodic ideas to a new level. Don't miss her debut public performance! Mark Brack is a folk singer who has risen from homeless veteran to a joyful and progressive musician. On top of his knowledgeable guitar playing, his powerful voice carries songs of life, love, and the human condition. He will be performing with Seth Bailin (bass guitar, saxophone) and Paul Spano (percussion).