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News of Note....................................... 4
Tallahassee’s arts community has a lot to brag about!

Cover Story........................................... 6
All Work or No Play: Prop building, stage lighting, casting,
directing, promoting, costuming, rehearsing … Stacy Corry takes you
behind the curtain at the Capital City’s local theatres for an inside look
at how the magic happens.
Plus…Sneak Preview of the 2009-2010 Theatre Season

Capital Culture Interview....................14

He’s jazz, he’s funk, he’s blues, he’s classic, he’s urban, he’s world
fusion. And, oh yeah, he’s here! Kati Schardl interviews international
trumpet legend and Tallahassee resident Longineu Parsons.

Feature Story........................................18
Art and Sol: Summertime ‘09: Tallahassee teems with arts
and cultural happenings this summer. Here are ten suggestions from
COCA to help you make the most of the season.

MoreThanYouThought.Com............22
Highlights from COCA’s online cultural calendar to help you
find fun stuff to do.

Out & About: Places To Go, Things

To Do!
Entertainment. ....................................... 11
Participating........................................... 12
Alternative.............................................. 13
Exploring …............................................ 16
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For Kids................................................. 24
Shopping................................................ 26

COCA Notes........................................28
An exclusive first look at preliminary plans and drawings for the
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Arts Exchange.
LONGINEU
PARSONS ON THE COVER: Donna Marie
Nudd, co-founder of the Mickee
Faust Club, and co-stars. Profiles in the Arts..............................29
Photo: Ray Stanyard
When the sun goes down, dancer/choreographer Marcus Robinson
leaves his computer and his shoes behind and takes to the stage.

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CONTRIBUTORS
Copyright © 2009 Council on Culture & Arts
Stacy Corry is a graphic designer and freelance journalist. She is
A COCA publication sponsored in part by the City of also the art director for a publisher in Tallahassee, where she lives
Tallahassee,Leon County,the State of Florida,Division with her husband, singer/songwriter Jesse Corry. Her extensive and
of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Arts Council, and the
National Endowment for the Arts. eccentric history as an author has included stints writing comic books,
poetry, short fiction, concert reviews, technical manuals, interviews
with fantastically interesting people, and various rants about local
customs. Currently, she is working on her first novel for children,
and completing a degree in psychology, after which she plans on entering the field of
bibliotherapy. She enjoys reading, dissecting pop culture, and hanging out in a hammock
with her husband and two dogs, and is looking forward to eventually having enough free
time to develop terribly interesting hobbies.

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 FROM THE PUBLISHER

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Welcome to Tallahassee’s beautiful summer! Universities and the legislature may slow down during the hottest months, but the
city’s arts and cultural offerings continue to shine. Be sure to check out page 18 for COCA’s suggestions for ten cultural things to
do this summer.
This issue of Capital Culture introduces a new series of articles about the goings-on “behind the scenes.” We’ll bring you the magic
and the mystery of the arts by taking you “backstage” to learn about how it all works. You’ll learn about the things you DON’T see when
you visit Tallahassee’s wonderful museums, galleries, concerts, dance companies, literary presses, and more.
We begin with a place near and dear to my heart, the theatre. If you’ve ever wondered about what’s behind the curtain, the tidbits in
Stacy Corry’s article, “All Work or No Play” will fascinate you. While you’re there, use the “sneak peek” sidebar to plan ahead for the
upcoming season of shows. And then go out and buy some tickets!
Look for more inside secrets of the creative world in future issues.

Stay cool,

Peggy Brady

Kati Schardl is assistant features editor and arts writer for the Tallahassee Democrat. She is a true-blue North Florida
native – born in Panama City and raised in Marianna. She came to the big city of Tallahassee to attend FSU and earned
a social work degree before yielding to the scruffy allure of journalism (long hours! low pay! daily screaming deadline
panic!) and joining the staff of the original Florida Flambeau. Kati was a backup singer for and founding member of
legendary (some might say “infamous”) local band Coldwater Army. Her employment history includes several stints
as a lifeguard, five happy but feet-numbing years in service to the public’s musical needs at Vinyl Fever, and twelve
years working as the office manager and chief research assistant/go-fer for the St. Petersburg Times capital bureau, where the legendary
(some might say “infamous”) Lucy Morgan tried in vain to mold her into an investigative reporter. In 2006, Kati was awarded an
NEA Fellowship that enabled her to spend ten days in Los Angeles seeing plays, critiquing them and having her fellow Fellows rip her
critiques to tiny bits in writing workshops. It was one of the highlights of her career to date. She lives in Midtown West and loves its
eclectic funkitude as well as its proximity to her favorite cultural hotspots. She is a mighty fine cook, if she does say so herself.

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NEWS OF NOTE

In March, the Lawton Chiles High

School Chamber Orchestra,
under the direction of Chris Miller,
won First Place in the High School
String Orchestra Division at the
National Orchestra Festival in Atlanta.
Anthony Maiello, orchestral director
at George Mason University and
Honorary Conductor of the U.S. Navy
Band, praised the ensemble’s musical
maturity and attention to detail.

Tallahassee dancer Ken Alan, who played Bobby in the 2006

Broadway revival of A Chorus Line, is featured in the upcoming
documentary, Every Little Step, which traces the musical from its
creation in 1974 through the most recent revival. Every Little Step
opens in Tallahassee theatres in July.

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 NEWS OF NOTE
AWARDS & HONORS New Ventures
Three Tallahassee authors have The Havana Trading Company opened
been honored for their work by the in March at 208 First Street in Havana.
2008 Florida Book Awards. Susan This 2,000 square foot building is site of
Womble, a long-time teacher at the former Light ‘N Up Gallery, and new
Godby High School, won a gold medal owner Bob Lauther is subleasing space
for her children’s book, Newt’s World: to a number of local artists, including Joy
Beginnings. FSU Professor and poet Green, Terri Lantz (pottery), Shawnee
David Kirby was awarded the gold Franklin (photography and paintings), and
medal for his book of poetry The Lizette’s Great Bead Beginnings (custom-
Temple Gate Called Beautiful. Another made jewelry).
Tallahassee poet, Frank Giampietro,
was awarded a bronze medal for his
The Gadsden Arts Center announces a new
poetry book Begin Anywhere.
Artists Co-op, providing artists a space to
show and sell art work in the newly renovated
Tallahassee artist Keith B. Fletcher Building, 9 North Madison Street,
McCulloch’s painting “Morning Palm” was adjacent to the arts center. Fifteen artists
accepted into the Allied Artists of America Tallahassee quilter Maureen O’Doogan’s art
from Tallahassee, Havana, and Quincy have
95th Annual Exhibition, and won the Ethel quilt, “Egret” won an Honorable Mention at
already joined the Co-op.
Gilmore-Charles J. Romans Memorial the International Quilt Association’s Chicago
Award. More than 150 exhibitors competed show, Celebrate Spring. This annual event
for honors in this exhibit, held at the National draws more than 20,000 visitors each year. In January 2009, Tallahassee writer
Arts Club in New York City. Suzanne Allain started a new publishing
Local dancers Melinda Patrick Cowen company called LeMoyne House. LeMoyne
Dr. Pat Villeneuve, (aka Kamalie) and Jeneane Carter (aka House’s first publication is Allain’s own
graduate program Kini) won second place for their Hula second novel, Mr. Malcolm’s List, a historical
coordinator and director performance in the Azalea International Folk romantic comedy set in England in the
of the arts administration Fair and Dance Competition in Valdosta, early 19th century. The company plans on
program FSU Art Georgia. Dr. Cowen is president of a mobile releasing books in other genres of fiction and
Education Department, computer software training company called non-fiction in the coming months, as well as
was named the National Creative People Consulting and Ms. Carter is accepting submissions from other authors.
Art Museum Educator currently in graduate school at Florida State.
of the Year at the
National Art Education Association (NAEA)
conference in Minneapolis in April. With
more than 20,000 active members, the NAEA
is the leading professional organization for
art educators in PreK-12 as well as college
and university professors and researchers,
administrators, and museum educators.

At the 21st Annual Riverside Artsfest in

Bainbridge, Georgia, Tallahassee artists
won all three of the top prizes. William
McKeown won Third Place for his
watercolor “Two Tied,” Larry Fuchs
took Second Place for his traditional photo
“Pompano Joe’s,” and first place went to
photographer Jessie Lovano-Kerr for “Blue
Gate,” taken in the Greek Islands.

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 COVER STORY
Backstage at Quincy Music Theatre

What it takes to keep

community theatres thriving By Stacy Corry

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P
rop building, stage lighting, SuperFriends, which raised the additional handled differently at Mickee Faust. “A few
casting, directing, promoting, funds locally.” pieces demand an outrageous costume,
costuming, rehearsing, Faust’s tireless efforts have paid like a human robot, or a funky prop, such
fundraising…when it requires so off. Their website is chock full of recent as a portable ATM machine. Typically the
much time, money, and hard work, how did and upcoming projects, as well as critical performers or other company members
it ever get called a “play”? In short, there accolades. Nudd says it can be tricky to create them…it’s fun to see how inventive
is an enormous amount of effort involved promote Mickee Faust productions, they can be. Motorized scooters, used by
in community theatre – so much so, that it because they’re so atypical. Most of their performers with mobility-disabilities, have
absolutely has to be a labor of love. material is original work created by company become everything from Pharoah’s throne, to
Unlike professional theatre, where members, and may be in the form of plays, an emergency aid vehicle or General Patton’s
participants are paid, community theatre radio shows, videos, or other events. The tank.” MFC also frequents Goodwill and
is made up primarily of volunteer actors, only things consistent are diversity and other thrift shops seeking hard-to-find items.
directors, stage managers, designers, unpredictability– after all, Faust bills itself Their trademark “black balloon rat ears”
set painters, choreographers, ushers, proudly as ‘Community Theatre for the come from Walgreens, Nudd confides.
seamstresses, and others with a passion for Weird Community.’   In its 22nd year of existence, the
the performing arts. They rehearse evenings,
build sets on weekends, and manage to fit
in all the necessary tasks of creating theatre “Unlike professional theatre,
around their already-full-time jobs and lives.
Patronage is still high for the
performing arts even in this economy, but
where participants are paid,
so is the cost of making make believe. Five
local experts were willing to share just what it
community theatre is made
takes to keep the Big Bend area’s community
theatres thriving. up primarily of volunteers.”
Nudd says, “Our primary commitment company is now blessed with a bevy
Donna Marie Nudd is to develop new artists from under- of volunteers. Says Nudd, “Artistic,
Executive Director -
represented groups. In general, our seasons, promotional, space renovation and
Mickee Faust Club our productions, are foremost determined maintenance, administrative…for an average
Donna Marie Nudd co-founded the Mickee by what’s in the hearts and minds and social cabaret show, I’d estimate that no less than
Faust Club with Terry Galloway in l987. As consciences of our company members.” fifty people are involved in each production.”
its Executive Director, she wears many hats. This mission statement seems to
have garnered them quite a fan club. “Our
“I do a great deal of administrative work for
audiences are progressive and smart
Bill Mock
the company, though I also direct, perform, Managing Director -
produce events, write grants, and make a and funny. Their feedback and support
continues to sustain us. In terms of live Quincy Music Theatre
zillion trips to purchase much-needed, last
minute silly props, like seven pig noses.” performance, Faust has a loyal audience Quincy Music Theatre resides in the historic
Nudd is currently busy with extensive base and our cabaret shows are typically sold Leaf Theatre building. Originally built in the
renovations taking place at the Mickee out,” says Nudd. 1940s as one of the city’s two movie theaters,
Faust Clubhouse, located in Railroad MFC’s fierce commitment to inclusion the Leaf closed in 1980 and was reopened
Square. The Maryanne Ward Stage, named sometimes requires additional planning. “A in 1983 thanks to donations from local
for Mickee Faust’s first mobility-impaired number of disabled people in Faust can’t supporters. Bill Mock gives an expressive
writer and performer, is a work in progress. drive,” Nudd explains. “When we have tour of the facility, clearly attached to the local
Nudd explains their plan for the new late night rehearsals or writers meetings landmark. He started there as a volunteer
performance area. they can’t always depend on the bus.” So 30 years ago, and took on this more formal
“We were awarded a grant from the the theatre does a lot ride-sharing, and position when he retired from his career job
Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation sometimes needs to pay for wheelchair in 2007. His duties include managing the
for about $4,500. The grant was $2,000 accessible cabs. building and crews, designing and building
shy of what we needed to build an expanded, MFC’s alternative style lends itself to sets and props, directing, acting, singing,
truly accessible stage for performers with many creative solutions. Costumes, typically and occasionally, ghost hunting. But that’s
disabilities. So we had a fundraiser called a big budget item for most theatres, are another story.

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Right now, he is taking time out from Theatre A La Carte rehearsal
memorizing lines. “We’re off book tonight,”
he says, referring to their first night of
rehearsing without a script, “so I’ve got a lot
of work to do. They needed a tenor and I’m a
tenor. When I’m done here, I have to go pick
up some angel wings someone’s donating.”
Many people are willing to donate unusual
items or odd costume pieces. Even if the
theatre doesn’t have an immediate use for
them, these gifts often come in handy at some
point. Mock grins. “Someone says, ‘You
want a saddle?’ I say ‘Sure!’ Now we’ve got a
saddle.” He points to a saddle, leaning next
to a Victorian settee.
Mock gestures expansively around
the crowded backstage area. “One of the
problems we have is storage.” He points to
a huge three paneled standing prop, painted
black and emblazoned with ornate gold
Chinese dragons. “These panels are called doors costs us $3,900 a month. Insurance, And he should be proud. Theatre A
‘periactoids.’ They stand twelve feet tall and staff, utilities, website maintenance, phone, La Carte took top honors at the state-wide
they’re bulky. We have to work around them. DSL… have you priced toilet paper lately?” Florida Community Theatre Festival and at
You get creative in how you store things.” But Mock also describes the reciprocal the Southeastern Theatre Conference for
After 26 years, Quincy Music Theatre generosity between local theatre companies. its production of the musical Nine. At the
knows that keeping costs down is still “Our theater community helps each other regional competition, they also garnered
imperative to keeping the theatre affordable out when we can. If somebody needs awards for two cast members, Melinda
for patrons. “We can’t charge what it costs microphones, we’ll loan them out and vice Melendez and Rachael Adams, plus the
in production costs for a ticket,” says Mock. versa. It helps keep costs down.” award for Outstanding Production Values.
“I’m working on the budget for The Sound The company is next performing Nine
at the national festival, held this June in
of Music right now; it’s going to be around Eric Hurst Tacoma, Washington.
$13,000. When we did it here 26 years ago, Artistic Director and Board
it was a little over $700. Just to open the Theatre A La Carte has come a long way.
President - Theatre A La Carte “In our first two seasons we just did one
Quincy Music Theatre summer show,” says Hurst. “We expanded
Like Mock, Eric Hurst of Theatre A
to two for the 1992-93 season. That was
La Carte acknowledges the benefits of
also the season we began performing at
cooperative companies. “The local theatre
the newly-expanded Tallahassee Little
community is very good about loaning
Theatre, where we’ve been ever since.”
props and costumes to one another, and
Although Tallahassee Little Theatre
we absolutely depend on borrowing many
and Theatre A La Carte are separate
of those items that could otherwise be cost-
entitities, both companies benefit
prohibitive.”
from shared resources and audiences.
Theatre A La Carte was formed in
“Theatre A La Carte rents the TLT
January 1990 by a group of friends who
facility for two and a half weeks each
wanted to do musicals “a little out of
fall and summer for our performances.
the suburban mainstream,” says Hurst,
But the relationship goes much deeper
who is proud of how far the company has
than that. We’re partners in the arts
come. “After nearly 20 years, we still have
community, and share many things,
founders involved, as board or production
especially personnel. We help each
staff members. The continuity in our
other whenever and however possible.”
production staff is key to the consistent
Hurst cites a lack of permanent
quality of our productions.”
rehearsal space as one of his biggest

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challenges. He says that the planning working with this theatre for decades.” whatever way I can.”
process is more difficult without a One of those dedicated volunteers   These days, she and her husband,
dedicated place to work in full-time. He is June Dollar. “My involvement with Grady Enlow (another TLT volunteer),
also mentions the difficulties of the always- TLT started in spring of 2001,” Dollar are working more off-stage than on.
tight budget. explains. “I was asked to be the music They especially enjoy helping out in the
“Costumes can be very expensive. director for Man of La Mancha. I love “Coffeehouse,” TLT’s forum for smaller,
The costume budget for The Scarlet that show and was so thrilled to be more intimate performances. Coffeehouse
Pimpernel was $7,000,” Hurst says. involved with it in such a significant productions tend to be edgier material,
“It’s difficult to come out in the black.” way. I’ve served on the board and as board says Dollar. “Often plays that are fabulous,
Especially, he says, because the majority of president. I continue to volunteer in but with lesser name recognition - stuff
Theatre A La Carte’s income comes from
ticket sales.
Theatre A La Carte and Tallahassee
Little Theatre are currently teaming up to
present Titanic, the Musical this summer.
Says Hurst, “It will take lots of people both
onstage and behind the scenes working at
the top of their game to pull that one off.
It’s a co-production with TLT because
we’ll have to combine resources to make it
work. It’s a beautiful, powerful show. We
hope that audiences will turn out in force.”
 
Matt McCormick,
Caroline Sturtz Resident Designer/
Member Communications Technical Director, and
Coordinator volunteer June Dollar
build sets at Tallahassee
& Little Theatre

June Dollar, Volunteer

Tallahassee Little Theatre

Caroline Sturtz of Tallahassee Little

Theatre, calls Titanic, the Musical “the
largest technical undertaking that we’ve
ever attempted.” She is pleased that they
are co-producing, recognizing the mutual
benefits for both companies.
Currently celebrating its 60th year,
Tallahassee Little Theatre was created
in 1949 with the mission statement
‘To further and promote a community
understanding of the dramatic arts.’ The
original stage house was built in 1961,
but the current 259 seat auditorium was
dedicated in 1994.
Sturtz has been involved with TLT
for the past ten years. When asked about
their reliance on volunteers, she was
enthusiastic. “If there weren’t so many
wonderful volunteers, we wouldn’t have a
theater. We have volunteers who’ve been

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the theatre should be doing, but may be
too financially risky to put on Mainstage
because the titles aren’t as well known.” 2009-2010 Theatre Season Sneak Preview
Dollar talks about how different
each show can be, another aspect of
volunteering that she finds appealing. “In MICKEE FAUST CLUB THEATRE A LA CARTE
my experience, the rehearsal period can Terry Galloway’s Lardo Weeping The Light in the Piazza
be anywhere from four to eight weeks. September 18-20, 2009 February 26-28, March 5-7, 2010
When I worked on The Fantasticks, we Fall Cabaret On the Twentieth Century
rehearsed five weeks. It’s a small show, October 9-10, 15-18, 2009 August 20-22, 27-29, 2010
small cast, and small musical ensemble. Spring Cabaret
The Boys Next Door rehearsed over a Spring 2010
period of four months because part of Queer as Faust III THE SCHOOL OF THEATRE AT FSU
their rehearsal process included visiting June 2010 The Violet Hour
various providers of mental health services. October 2-11, 2009
It was important that the cast of that show On the Town
understand as completely as possible the Monticello Opera House October 23-November 1, 2009
life of those characters.” Fiddler on the Roof Waiting for Godot
  No matter how good the planning, September 11-13,18-20, 25-26, 2010 November 6-15, 2009
you still have to be prepared to handle the The Velveteen Rabbit
unexpected. Take, for example, Dollar’s November 19-22, 2009
“memorable moment” while working QUINCY MUSIC THEATRE Rent
on her favorite production thus far, The Peter Pan February 12-28, 2010
Fantasticks. “It was a work day at the October 2-4, 9-11, 2009 Hamlet
theatre and I showed up to help paint Caroline and Change February 26-March 7, 2010
the set. A huge storm came through and December 4-6, 11-13, 2009 New Horizons: Original Works
the power went out. We ate Chik-fil-A® Grease Festival
biscuits and painted by [the light of an] February 19-21, 26-28, 2010 April 8-18, 2010
emergency generator... suffice to say, we Meet Me in St. Louis
had a blast and the set got painted, in spite April 23-25, 30, May 2, 2010
of the weather.” YOUNG ACTORS THEATRE
Dollar seems undaunted by the Once Upon a Mattress
investment of time and energy, and is TALLAHASSEE LITTLE THEATRE November 13-22, 2009
willing to do whatever jobs are needed to The Producers Disney’s Geppetto & Son
help pull a show together. She finds the September 10-27, 2009 Spring 2010
culmination of the group’s efforts the most Bug Thoroughly Modern Millie
rewarding. “I love opening night. There’s October 9-18, 2009 June 25-July 4, 2010
nothing like it - nothing like the ‘high’ you A Lion in Winter
get from performing. My favorite part is November 5-22, 2009
just the satisfaction of putting something The Emperor’s New Clothes Also don’t miss TheatreTCC!’s season,
creative together. Putting a group of December 18-20, 2009 which includes Blues for an Alabama Sky,
Deathtrap, The Hobbit, and Rent, as well as
people whose sole purpose is to get the Agatha Christie’s Black Coffee
FAMU Essential Theatre’s season, which is
creative juices flowing and put on a show – January 28-February 14, 2010
still to be determined.
a really, really good show.” City of Angels
From traditional musicals to April 8-25, 2010 The Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center
contemporary plays to eclectic originals, ‘Night Mother will also once again be bringing in a Broadway
these companies vary in style and May 7-16, 2010 Series of touring shows, including: The Ten
presentation. One thing they share is an Noises Off Tenors (11/5), Camelot (11/22), Avenue
absolute commitment to keeping live June 10-27, 2010 Q (12/13), A Chorus Line (2/22-23), 100
theatre a vital part of their community. Years of Broadway (4/11), and Disney’s
Hats off to them and the many hats they Beauty and the Beast (4/21-22).
wear on – and off – the stage.

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Florida A&M University, 599-3334 942-6075, www.vocestally.org THEATRE & FILM
Florida State Opera Capital City Shakespeare
FSU College of Music, 644-5248, box office DANCE 386-6476, [email protected]
644-6500, www.music.fsu.edu/opera.htm African Music and Dance The Comedy Zone
FSU College of Music 508-2127, www.africanmusicanddance.org 401 E. Tennessee, St. 575-4242,
Florida State University, 24-hour concert line Arabian Flair www.comedyzonetally.com
644-4774, box office 645-7949, www.music.fsu.edu 445-7462, www.arabianflair.com Dysfunction Junction Improv Troupe
Seven Days of Opening Nights Essence Dance Theatre www.dj-improv.com
644-7670, www.sevendaysfestival.org. Florida A&M University, 412-7525,
Tallahassee Bach Parley [email protected]
www.tallahasseebachparley.org FSU Department of Dance Unless otherwise indicated, all area codes are
Tallahassee Leon County Civic Center 644-1023, dance.fsu.edu 850. This may not be a complete listing of
505 West Pensacola Street, 487-1691, box office Mahogany Dance Theatre all organizations. To see if your organization
is eligible to be listed, please contact
222-0400, www.tlccc.org Florida A&M University, 561-2318,
[email protected].
[email protected]

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ENTERTAINMENT, cont.
FAMU Essential Theatre

Write, Create, & Perform

Florida A&M University, Charles Winter Wood
Theatre, 599-3430, box office 561-2846,
www.essentialtheatre.us
FSU Film School
Florida State University, 644-7728, filmschool.fsu.edu While in Tallahassee, discover the artist or performer in yourself. Learn to paint,
FSU Student Life Cinema sculpt, bead, carve, or quilt. Tango the night away – bring your own partner,
Student Life Building, FSU Campus, 113 S. or meet someone new. Want to make music? Here’s your chance to play in the
Wildwood Drive, 644-4455, movies.fsu.edu string section or sing with the tenors. You’d rather work backstage or write the
IMAX Theatre at the Challenger Learning script? There’s something for you in here, too.
Center
200 S. Duval Street, 645-STAR, www.challengertlh.com
The Laughing Stock
Florida’s Musically Correct Political Cabaret,
841-4063, [email protected]
CREATE ART DANCE
Brush and Palette Studio African Caribbean Dance Theatre
The School of Theatre at Florida State 539-4087, www.fadf.org
893-1960, www.brushandpalettestudiocom
Florida State University, Fine Arts Building,
Capital City Carvers Arabian Flair, 445-7462
644-6500, theatre.fsu.edu
562-8460, carvers.mytalweb.com www.arabianflair.com
Tallahassee Film Society at the All
Florida Society of Goldsmiths, NW Chapter Argentine Tango Society of Tallahassee
Saints Cinema 222-2211, www.tangotallahassee.com
984-9938, www.fsgnw.com
918 Railroad Avenue, 386-4404, www.
FSU Museum Artists’ League Corazon Dancers
tallahasseefilms.com. www.myspace.com/corazondancers
644-1299, www.billhumphries.com/
Tallahassee Leon County Civic Center FSU Ballroom Dance Club
artistsleaguehome.html
505 West Pensacola Street, 487-1691, box office
222-0400, www.tlccc.org.
Lafayette Park Arts & Crafts Center Florida State University, www.fsuballroomdance.com
891-3945, www.talgov.com/parks/commcenter/ In Step Studio
Tallahassee Little Theatre
lfartscrafts.cfm 421-5151, www.instepstudio.com
1861 Thomasville Road, 224-4597, box office
LeMoyne Center for the Visual Arts Killearn Performing Arts
224-8474, www.tallahasseelittletheatre.org
222-7622, www.lemoyne.org 443-7512 or 894-9364, www.killearnpa.com
Theatre A La Carte
Oglesby Union Art Center Mountain Dew Cloggers
385-6700, www.theatrealacarte.org 644-4737, union.fsu.edu/artcenter 386-1263, www.clogforfun.com
Theatre TCC! Photographer’s Group Network Prophecy School of the Arts
Tallahassee Community College, 444 Appleyard 216-1400, www.photogroupnetwork.com 222-8085, www.prophecyarts.net
Drive, 201-8608, box office 644-6500,
Quilters Unlimited The Tallahassee Ballet
theatre.tcc.fl.edu
www.quilttallahassee.com 224-6917, www.tallaballet.com
Young Actors Theatre
Ribits Enchanted Cottage Tallahassee Community Friends of Old
609 Glenview Drive, 386-6602,
671-5859, www.ribitsenchantedcottage.com Time Dance
www.youngactorstheatre.com
Swamp Buddha Sumi-E 421-1559, www.tallydancer.com
Tallahassee Little Theatre 386-5041, [email protected] Tallahassee Irish Step Dancers
Tallahassee Polymer Clay Art Guild 443-7512, www.killearnpa.com
656-2887, www.polymerclayart.org Tallahassee Zydeco & Cajun Association
Tallahassee Senior Center for the Arts 212-0431, [email protected]
891-4006, www.talgov.com TJ’s Dance Conservatory
Tallahassee Watercolor Society 363-8365, www.tjdance.org
385-9517, www.tallahasseewatercolorsociety.com Tribal Wallah Dance Troupe
Talleon Independent Artists 459-0371, www.tribalwallah.net
386-7176, www.tfn.net/Talleon USA Dance
Wooly Bully 562-1224, homepage.mac.com/mweininger/
1223 E. Lafayette Street, 224-2855, www. tallusabda
woolybullyshop.com. Hours: Tu-F 11 am – 7 pm, Sa Wildwood Ballet
11 am – 5 pm. 891-1400, www.wildwoodpca.org
Women’s Belly Dance Center
629-H Industrial Drive in Railroad Square, 264-
Unless otherwise indicated, all area codes are 850. This may not be a complete listing of all 6986, www. thewbcenter.com.
organizations. To see if your organization is eligible to be listed, please contact magazine@ World Ballet Academy
cocanet.org. 228-2064, www.worldballetinc.com

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 PARTICIPATE
WRITE ACT UP
Apalachee Press The Artists’ Workshop
942-5041, www.apalacheereview.org 339-4413, www.theartistsworkshop.org.
Back Talk Poetry Troupe Curious Echo Radio Theater
459-7399, www.blackonblackrhyme.com 228-2473, www.curiousecho.org
Florida State Poets Association FSU Film School
Big Bend Chapter, 894-0024 644-7728, filmschool.fsu.edu
LeRoy Collins Public Library Mickee Faust Club
606-2665, www.leoncountylibrary.org 224-3089, www.mickeefaust.com
Society of Children’s Book Writers & Quincy Music Theatre
Quincy, 875-9444, www.qmtonline.com
Illustrators
656-3410, [email protected] Tallahassee Little Theatre
www.tallahasseelittletheatre.org, 224-4597
Tallahassee Contemporary Poets Society
1-888-248-3495, www.myspace.com/tcpoetssociety Theatre A La Carte
385-6700, www.theatrealacarte.org
Tallahassee Writers’ Association
MAKE MUSIC 671-3731, www.twaonline.org
Barbershop Harmony Society
562-3104, www.capitalchordsmen.org
Big Bend Community Orchestra
224-9934, www.bbcorch.org
Tallahassee Chapter, Nashville
Alternative
Songwriters Association Expand your horizons with independent music, experimental theatre, avant-garde art, or offbeat poetry
509-3002, www.nashvillesongwriters.com readings. Expect to be surprised and delighted when you venture off the beaten path to the world of the
Tallahassee Civic Chorale alternative.
878-2711, www.civicchorale.org
Tallahassee Community Chorus 621 Gallery Floyd’s Music Store
668-5394, www.tcchorus.org 621 Industrial Drive, 224-6163, www.621gallery. com. 666-1 West Tennessee St., 222-3506,
Tallahassee Pipe Band Hours: W-F 11 am-2 pm, Sa-Su 12-4 pm www.floydsmusicstore.com
576-0708, www.saintandrewtallahassee.org Anhinga Press Poetry Readings FSU Big Bend Contemporary Gallery
Tallahassee Winds 442-1408, www.anhinga.org 629 Industrial Drive in Railroad Square,
668-7109, tallahasseewinds.org American Legion Hall www.bigbendcontemporary.com. Hours: F 6–9 pm, Sa-Su
TCC Jazz Band 229 Lake Ella Drive, recorded event information 12 – 4 pm
576-6336 222-3382 FSU Oglesby Gallery
Voces Angelorum Apalachee Blues Society FSU Oglesby Student Union, 644-3898,
942-6075, www.vocestally.org 222-1181, www.apalacheebluessociety.com www.union.fsu.edu/artcenter. Hours: M-F 8 am-10 pm,
Atlantis Club & Grill Sa-Su 12-10 pm
2712 Mahan Drive, 224-9711 Maggie Allesee National Center for
DISCOVER HERITAGE Back Talk Poetry Troupe Choreography (MANCC)
Asian Coalition of Tallahassee 459-7399, www.blackonblackrhyme.com 645-2449, www.mancc.org
878-0051, www.asiantlh.org
Bannerman’s Mickee Faust Club
Association de Francaise de Tallahassee 6800 Thomasville Road, 668-8800. Hours: M-Th
445-3760, www.aftally.org. 623 McDonnell Drive, 224-3089, www.mickeefaust.com
11am-midnight, F-Sa 11 am- 2am, Su 12 noon-7 pm The Moon
FSU International Center Bradfordville Blues Club
107 South Wildwood Drive, FSU Campus, 645- 1105 E. Lafayette St., 878-6900, www.moonevents.com.
7152 Moses Lane, 906-0766, Box office hours: Tu-F 12-6 pm
4793,
www.internationalcenter.fsu.edu.
www.bradfordvilleblues.com Railroad Square Art Park
India Association of Tallahassee Cafe Cabernet 567 Industrial Drive, 224-1308,
1019 N. Monroe St., 224-6158, www.railroadsquare.com
www.iatlh.org
www.cafecabernet.com. Hours: M-Sa 5 pm-2 am Tallahassee Little Theatre Coffeehouse Series
North Florida Hispanic Association
216-6049, www.tnfha.org
Club Downunder 1861 Thomasville Road, offices 224-4597, box office
Oglesby Union, Florida State University, 644-6673, 224-8474, www.tallahasseelittletheatre.org
Tallahassee Highland Games and Celtic www.cdu.unionproductions.org The Warehouse
Festival The Engine Room (formerly The Beta Bar) 706 W. Gaines Street, 222-6188
212-2926, www.tallahasseehighlandgames.com.
809 Railroad Avenue, 222-8090, Waterworks
Tallahassee Irish Society www.engineroomsounds.com. Hours: M-Su 5 pm- 2 am. 1133 Thomasville Road, 224-1887. Hours: M-F
www.irishtallahassee.org
Fermentation Lounge 5 pm-2 am, Sa 8 pm-2 am, Su 9 pm-2 am
113 All Saints Rd., 727-4033,
www.thefermentationlounge.com. Hours: Tu-Th 5 pm –
Denotes First Friday participant
Capital Culture Magazine 12 am, F 5 pm – 2 am, Sa 4 pm – 2 am, Su 4–11 pm
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He’s jazz, he’s funk, he’s blues, he’s expand his musical network. He also loves Tallahassee, and says it’s a
great place to come home to after musical adventures abroad.
The laid-back Jacksonville native talked about his newest venture, a
classic, he’s urban, he’s world fusion. new recording company called Tribal Records, his latest visit to Paris
and what makes Tallahassee culturally rich during a far-ranging phone
conversation recently, as he recuperated from the flu at home and
And, oh yeah... fended off the solicitous attentions of his two big dogs.

KS: It’s been a while since I’ve talked to you – what’s new in
Longineu World?
LP: Well, last summer I did a residency at an artist colony in Paris,
which I spent composing new music for trumpet and piano that mixes
classical music with all my jazz and world music. And I’ve been working
on the development of my new recording company, Tribal Records.

L
While I was there in France I recorded this Polish drummer, a really
sweet guy. It turned out to be a great move, because he’s a real hustling
ongineu Parsons is a master of improvisation – both in life type and he’s got us booked up in Poland all summer. I love being in
and in music. Europe – the audiences are much more appreciative there. Whenever I
Trained at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in get to Paris, I feel like I’ve arrived back in civilization.
Boston, the 57-year-old trumpet and recorder virtuoso has
KS: You’ve also gotten married since the last time we talked.
spanned the divide between classical and jazz music to create his own
hybrid – a sound he calls “tribal music” – that incorporates influences LP: Yes, about a year-and-a-half ago I married Joanna Sobkowska.
and elements from a multitude of genres and musical traditions. She’s a piano professor at FAMU. We met there and started off playing
A globe-trotting performer who has worked with such legends as music together, and then started to do concerts. After about a year of
Nat Adderly, Herbie Mann, Archie Shepp, Sun Ra, Mal Walderson and practicing together, we realized something else was going on [between
Jimmy Witherspoon, Parsons is also an educator who regularly swaps us] and we decided to explore that. Well, about a day into that we knew
the clubs and concert halls for the classroom to help mold the next this wasn’t casual, and so we made the jump over the broom. Now it’s
generation of jazz luminaries. no more of the crazy old life for me – I’m all settled in now.
Parsons loves Paris, where he was based for three life-changing years KS: You sound pretty happy about it.
early in his performing career. It’s a city he
returns to periodically in order to refresh his LP: I have a very nice life. We live
soul, recharge his creative batteries, and at the edge of the Apalachicola
National Forest. We go

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 INTERVIEW

“I like living in Tallahassee – it’s a

great place to come home to.”
canoeing and biking and hiking. I like living playing knowledge of my history
in Tallahassee – it’s a great place to come of music. My training is classical,
home to. so I’m going to play precisely. As
KS: I know you originally came to a university professor, I’m in a
Tallahassee as a student at FAMU before position of responsibility, so I’m
going on to Boston and Berklee, and going to be where I need to be
then on to a performing career that took when I need to be there.
you around the world. What brought you And there’s my multi-
back here? cultural approach to music [that
keeps me interested]. I have
LP: My friend Lindsey Sarjeant wrote me a some new CDs coming out on
letter telling me that FAMU had a position Tribal Records, and the most
open for a trumpet professor. I wrote back interesting to me right now is
and said I was flattered he would think of me, one by a guy from Tunisia who
but I couldn’t do it because of my performing plays the oud [a Middle Eastern
career. Then he called and read me the job lute] and a marimba player from
description, which said the person who filled France. We have a trio. All these
the position could continue their performing things help enhance my own music.
career. So I came here to meet with the music
department and personally thank them and KS: You’re from a generation of KS: As a member of the COCA board, you
explain why I still had to decline. Somehow musicians that bridges the divide between have an active role in the local cultural
that visit turned into a formal job interview. classic early jazz and contemporary jazz. scene. And as a world traveler, you have a
[Legendary FAMU music director] Dr. The early music arose during the Great global context for viewing the Tallahassee
William Foster was there. Depression and was informed by the arts landscape.
I said I had to think about it. I went attendant seismic shifts in culture and LP: It’s unusual for a city as small as
back to Jacksonville. I had just started the society. Is today’s jazz also a reflection of Tallahassee to have as much going on as it
doctoral program in composition at the the cultural zeitgeist? does. There’s a place where I like to spend
University of Florida, where I really had a LP: Jazz stands for something different a lot of time – Lausanne, Switzerland – and
free ride. But I came back to Tallahassee for a now. Back in the beginning, it was new and Tallahassee makes me think of that. We
FAMU football game, and the Marching 100 revolutionary and contrary to “traditional have an outstanding symphony; we have
played the school song, and some tears rolled American music values.” By the ‘60s, the community activists who are into promoting
down my cheeks, and that was that. Now, new jazz was definitely revolutionary, both the arts. We have more going on here than in,
more than ten years later, I’m here with no the music itself and the people playing it. say, Jacksonville.
intention of going anywhere. An old friend of Jazz has become America’s classical B Sharp’s Jazz Café has great jazz
mine told me a long time ago that I was born music. My generation of jazz musicians is going on all the time. Tallahassee is pushing
to be a teacher, whether I liked it or not. sort of a forgotten generation. I’m from forward with the performing arts center. And
KS: You balance teaching with recording the group that came out of the Civil Rights what we’re doing on Gaines Street, bringing
and performing. What keeps you movement. The whole thing about social the [FAMU and FSU] campuses together, it’s
motivated and connected in that sphere? responsibility and about standing up and really nice for me from a personal standpoint.
putting yourself on the line for what’s right – When I was a student at FAMU as an
LP: People hire me to work with them that’s a part of who I am and what my music undergrad, I promised I would never come
because they like what I do, so it’s a is and what I’m here to express. I’m going to back to Tallahassee for anything. But here I
confidence boost to know that they tell it like it is. To me, artists have a duty to am, and loving it!
appreciate my body of work. I have an stand up and tell the truth. You use your art
extensive network of connections and I to touch people and move them.
stay plugged into that. I have a thorough Read more about Tribal Disorder Records at
www.tribaldisorder.com.

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EXPLORE

Don’t just sit on the couch watching

reruns! Get up, get out, and explore
Tallahassee’s incredible variety of
art galleries, museums, historic sites,
and more. You never know what
you’ll discover – all you have to do
is look.

Tallahassee Museum

621 Gallery Capitol Complex Galleries FSU International Center Art Gallery
621 Industrial Drive, 224-6163, www.621gallery.com. 245-6480, www.florida-arts.org 107 South Wildwood Drive, FSU Campus,
Hours: W-F 11 am-2 pm, Sa-Su 12-4 pm Character & Heritage Institute 645-4793, www.internationalcenter.fsu.edu. Hours:
Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park 450 St. Francis St., 224-0372, M-F 8 am-5 pm
3540 Thomasville Road, 487-4115, Ranger Station www.TheCHinstitute.org. Hours: M – F 9 am–5 pm FSU Museum of Fine Arts
487-4556, www.floridastateparks.org. Hours: Daily City Hall Art Gallery Florida State University, Fine Arts Building, 644-1254,
8 am-sunset City Hall, 300 South Adams Street, 224-2500, www.mofa.fsu.edu. Hours: M-F 9 am-4 pm, Sa-Su
Ars Magna @ the NHMFL, National High www.cocanet.org. Hours: M-F 8 am-5:30 pm 1-4 pm, closed weekends during the summer
Magnetic Field Laboratory at FSU Downtown Marketplace Goodwood Museum & Gardens
1800 E. Paul Dirac Drive, Innovation Park, 644-1933, Ponce de Leon Park, Monroe Street at Park Avenue, 1600 Miccosukee Road, 877-4202,
www.magnet.fsu.edu. Hours: M-F 9 am-5 pm 224-3252, www.tallahasseedowntown.com. Hours: www.goodwoodmuseum.org. Hours: Main House Tours
Art Galleries at Tallahassee Sa 8 am – 2 pm, March-November M-F 10 am-4 pm, Sa 10 am-2 pm; Garden M-F 9 am-
Community College The Florida Historic Capitol and 5 pm, Sa 10 am- 2 pm
444 Appleyard Drive, 201-8713. Hours: M-F, 12 noon-4 pm Legislative Research Center John G. Riley Center / Museum of African
ArtPort Gallery 400 South Monroe Street, www.flhistoriccapitol.gov, American History and Culture
Tallahassee Regional Airport, 224-2500, 487-1902. Hours: M-F 9 am-4:30 pm, Sa 10 am- 419 E. Jefferson Street, 681-7881,
www.cocanet.org. Hours: Daily 8 am-11:30 pm 4:30 pm, Su 12-4:30 pm www.rileymuseum.org. Hours: M- F 10 am-4 pm
The Black Archives Capitol Complex at Foster Tanner Fine Arts Gallery The Kirk Collection of Antique Radios
the Historic Union Bank Florida A&M University, Foster Tanner Fine Arts The Public Broadcast Center, 1600 Red Barber Plaza,
219 Apalachee Pkwy., 561-2603, Building, 599-3161. Hours: M-F 10 am- noon, 1-4 pm www.wfsu.org. Hours: M-F 9 am-5 pm
www.taltrust.org/blkarchv.htm. Hours: M-F 9 am-4 pm

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 DOWN THE ROAD
Knott House Museum
301 East Park Avenue, 922-2459, www.
museumoffloridahistory.com. Hours: W-F 1-4 pm,
Sa 10 am-4 pm; closed August
Lake Ella Art Gallery
1621 North Monroe St., 521-0091. Hours: Tu – Sa
11 am– 6 pm, Su 12–4 pm
LeMoyne Center for the Visual Arts
125 N. Gadsden St., 222-8800, www.lemoyne.org.
Hours: Tu-Sa 10 am-5 pm
The Mary Brogan Museum of Art & Science
350 South Duval Street, 513-0700, www.thebrogan.org.
Hours: M-Sa 10 am-5 pm, Su 1-5 pm Think you’ve seen and done it all in Tallahassee? Well, there’s another world waiting just a
Mildred and Claude Pepper Museum & few miles in every direction. Check out the arts in Quincy, Havana, Monticello, Apalachicola,
Bainbridge, and all the rest, right down the road.
Library
636 W. Call Street, FSU Campus, 644-9311, Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts Monticello Opera House
www.claudepepper.org/museum. Hours: M-F 527 N. Patterson Street, Valdosta, GA, 185 W. Washington Street, Monticello (30 miles
9 am-5 pm 229-247-2787 (84 miles from Tallahassee), from Tallahassee), 997-4242,
www.turnercenter.org. Hours: M-Th 10 am-6 pm, www.monticellofloridaoperahouse.com
Mission San Luis
F-Sa 10 am – 4 pm, Su 1-4 pm Pebble Hill Plantation
2021 W. Mission Road, 487-3711,
Bainbridge Little Theater U.S. Highway 319, Thomasville, GA (30 miles from
www.missionsanluis.org. Hours: T-Su 10 am-4 pm Tallahassee), 229- 226-2344, www.pebblehill.com.
220 Troupe Street, Bainbridge, GA (42 miles from
Museum of Florida History Tallahassee), 229-246-8345, Hours: Tu-Sa 10 am-5 pm, Su 1-5 pm
R.A. Gray Building, 500 S. Bronough Street, www. bainbridgelittletheater.com Quincy Music Theatre
245-6400, www. museumoffloridahistory.com. Dixie Theatre 118 East Washington St., Quincy (25 miles from
Hours: M-F 9 am-4:30 pm, Sa 10 am-4:30 pm, Su 21 Avenue E, Apalachicola (75 miles from Tallahassee), 875-9444, www.qmtonline.com
and holidays 12-4:30 pm.; extended hours the 3rd Tallahassee), 653-3200, www.dixietheatre.com San Marcos de Apalache Historic State Park
Thursday of each month First Street Gallery 148 Old Fort Road, St. Marks
204 First Street NW, Havana (15 miles from (20 miles from Tallahassee), 925-6216,
Old Armory Gallery
Tallahassee), 539-5220, www.firststreetartgallery.com. www.floridastateparks.org/sanmarcos.
Tallahassee Senior Center, 1400 N. Monroe St., Hours: F-Sa 10 am-5 pm, Su 12-5 pm Hours: Th-M 9 am-5 pm
891-4000, www.talgov.com. Hours: M - F 9 am – 9 pm The Frog & The Hummingbird Co. Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park
Tallahassee Automobile Museum and Butterfield’s Roadhouse US 129 north of Live Oak (80 miles from
6800 Mahan Drive, 942-0137, www.tacm.com. 118 Municipal Ave., Sopchoppy (33 miles from Tallahassee), 386-364-1683,
Hours: M-F 8 am-5 pm, Sa 10 am-5 pm, Tallahassee), 962-BLUE. www.musicliveshere.com
Su noon-5 pm Gadsden Arts Center Swamp Gravy
Tallahassee Museum 13 North Madison, Quincy (25 miles from Cotton Hall, Colquitt, GA (64 miles from
Tallahassee), 875-4866, www.gadsdenarts.com. Tallahassee), 229-758-5450, wwwswampgravy.com
3945 Museum Drive, 575-8684, 24-hour info line
Hours: Tu-Sa 10 am-5 pm, Su 1-5 pm Thomasville Cultural Center
576-1636, www.tallahasseemuseum.org. Hours:
Gulf Specimen Marine Laboratories 600 E. Washington St., Thomasville, GA (35 miles
M-Sa 9 am-5 pm, Su 12:30 Panacea, FL (30 miles from Tallahassee), from Tallahassee), (229) 226-0588,
Tallahassee Trust for Historic 850-984-5297, www.gulfspecimen.org. Hours: M-F www.thomasvilleculturalcenter.com. Gallery hours:
Preservation 9 am-5 pm, Sa 10 am-4 pm, Su 12 pm-4 pm M-F 9 am-5 pm, Sa-Su 1-5 pm
423 E. Virginia Street, 488-7100, www.taltrust.org. Havana Trading Company Thomasville Entertainment Foundation
Hours: M-F 9 am-4 pm 208 First St. NW, Havana (15 miles from Thomasville, GA (35 miles from Tallahassee),
Tours in Tallahassee Tallahassee), 561-723-5205. Hours: W-Sa 10 am – 229-226-7404, www.tefconcerts.com
6 pm, Su 12-5 pm.
561-0317 or 212-2063,
www.toursintallahassee.com
It’s a JEM Fine Art
307 North Main St., Havana (15 miles from
Tallahassee), 539-0335, wwwitsajem.com. Hours:
Denotes First Friday participant M-Sa 10 am-6 pm, Su 12-6 pm

Unless otherwise indicated, all area codes are 850. This may not be a complete listing of all organizations. To see if your organization is eligible to be
listed, please contact [email protected].

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FEATURE STORY

T allahassee teems with arts and cultural happenings this summer, making dance, music, theatrical productions, art exhibitions—even
stepping back in time—easy, accessible and downright entertaining. Whether you’re here in Tallahassee for a visit or have lived in the Capital City
for years, you’re about to see there’s more than one excellent adventure awaiting you.

HEART POUNDING RHYTHMS ART COLLECTORS REJOICE

The African Caribbean Dance Theatre, rated as one of the Top Artopia 2009: Starry Night, the 11th annual art auction to benefit Big
100 Florida Events by Miami-based Bizbash, has wowed audiences Bend Cares, is right around the corner. Both silent and live auctions give
with its pulsating and energizing performances for sixteen years, you the chance to bid on Chinese sumi-e ink paintings, hand-thrown
at inaugural events, festivals, concerts, and other special events ceramics, watercolors, large-scale acrylics, enameled jewelry and just about
throughout the Southeast. every other imaginable medium—about 150 pieces in all—from many of
ACDT invites you to celebrate Africa during the 12th Annual Tallahassee’s finest artists. There will be heavy hors d’oeuvres from some of
Florida African Dance Festival June 11th-13th, an exceptional the city’s favorite restaurants.  
gathering featuring internationally renowned artists participating in Mark your calendar for Saturday, June 20th, 6:00 pm at the
dance and drum workshops, special dance workshops for children, Moon on Lafayette Street. Catch a preview of the artwork at www.
plus a breathtaking performance concert, slated for 8:15 pm bigbendcares.org. Tickets can be purchased by calling 656-2437
Saturday, June 13th at Lee Hall Auditorium on the FAMU campus. x225, online, or at the door the night of the event.
For additional details about the artists, festival schedule, and concert
go to www.fadf.org. (Note: our list is presented in no particular order and the numbers are
not intended to provide ratings.)

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 FEATURE STORY
KIND OF FAUSTY STOMPIN’ IN THE SWAMP
The Mickee Faust Club is going all out (so In its 31st year, the Tallahassee Museum’s
to speak) for Gay Pride Month, hosting Swamp Stomp, Saturday, July 11th, is the
Us, a solo performance by internationally- Performance summertime’s most anticipated event
renowned performance artist Tim Miller artist Tim Miller
for acoustic music lovers. The festival
at the Mickee Faust Clubhouse in Railroad features live performances by rising and
Square June 5th-6th. Fast, funny and accomplished singer-songwriters with roots
furious—and nominated for a New York in north Florida and south Georgia.
City Drama Desk Award as best solo Hear music as diverse as saltwater,
performance on- or off-Broadway—Tim rhythm and blues, bluegrass, and
takes a whirlwind journey that rethinks contemporary acoustic, from the upbeat to
the American musical as inspiration for the down low, and ranging from ballads and
radical politics and gay identity. Tim is reels to rock and soul—plus old-fashioned
also conducting a week-long workshop for amusements for the whole family. For more
actors while he’s in town, the grand finale information call 575-8684 or visit www.
of which is Our Voices on June 12th at 8:00 tallahasseemuseum.org. Admission fee for
pm. Call 562-RATS for ticket info. non-members.

Drew Tillman
HOPPING GOOD TIME rocks the crowd
at the ‘08
COCA’s wildly popular city-wide First Friday Gallery Hop can artfully and deliciously fill three of
Swamp Stomp.
your summer evenings. Galleries and museums all over town remain open until 9 pm on the first
Friday each month (hence the name) for literally thousands of First Friday visitors. Drive to the First
Friday sites yourself (check for participating galleries and museums at www.firstfridaytallahassee.
com) or hop on one of the COCA First Friday shuttles. This summer, First Fridays happen on June
5th, July 3rd and August 7th.
On board the shuttles, entertainers make the evening even more enjoyable, cracking wise
and pointing out landmarks during the journey. Tickets for the three-hour shuttle tour go on
sale outside Kleman Plaza’s 101 Restaurant at 5:30 pm, and the shuttle departs at 6:30. Seating
is limited, so come early. Five dollars is all it costs to ride the shuttle; admission to the galleries
and museums is free.

CHILLING AND THRILLING

Tallahassee Little Theatre and Theatre A La
Carte team up this summer with captivating
results. The story of the Titanic has awed
the public since the tragic night in 1912
when she struck an iceberg and sank in the
North Atlantic. The Broadway production of
Titanic, the Musical won five Tony Awards,
including Best Musical. The result is a triumph
of enthralling storytelling and stagecraft. July
10-12, 17-19, 24-26. Call TLT at 224-8474
for tickets or purchase online.
Or if you’re in the mood for lighter
fare, check out Young Actors Theatre’s
version of Disney’s High School Musical
June 18-21 and 24-28. Look for more
details on page 23.

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FEATURE STORY
MUSEUMS ROCK FOR LINGER ON THE SIDEWALKS TIME MACHINE
SUMMER Each weekendTallahassee’s Downtown Mission San Luis is a place where history
How lucky Tallahassee is to have so many Marketplace is the absolute be-there-or- literally comes to life each and every day,
museums to challenge the mind and be-square place for daytime entertainment showing the 21st Century how Apalachee
imagination! Spend a day or three or four on and diversion (don’t forget shopping!). Indians and newcomers from Spain lived
journeys back in time—or marveling at the Under the stately oaks of Ponce de Leon side-by-side during the early settlement of
creations of kite-makers in far off lands. Park, celebrated local musicians perform, the capital of La Florida from 1656 to 1704.
The Mary Brogan Museum of Art and authors and poets read their latest works, Today’s visitors to Mission San Luis
Science takes you up, up and away with and regional artists and craftsmen show their discover a complete community where they
the Art on a String exhibit of Asian kites, latest work. The Marketplace also features meet the people of San Luis—docents in
while the John Gilmore Riley Center and local farmers offering the best of Mother authentic costumes of the period—going
Museum presents the inspiring Ascension Nature—homegrown and organic produce, about the tasks that sustained life centuries
of a People, an intensive examination of the fresh bread, cut flowers. Saturdays from 8:00 ago. Walk the plaza where the Apalachees
struggles of a people from slavery to election am until 2:00 pm. Free. played their traditional ball games. Visit the
of the 44th President of the United States. most important structure in the Apalachee
You’re transported to the 1860s when you village, the council house, as well as the
visit the Tallahassee Museum’s Florida in the church built under the supervision of
Civil War, or from the 16th century forward Franciscans and the adjacent friary where
with Florida Cattle Ranching: Five Centuries they lived. Open Tuesdays through Sundays,
of Tradition at the Museum of Florida 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Free.
History.
See “More Than You Thought” on
page 22 for more details about all these
interesting exhibits.

NATURE’S PALETTE
What a perfect getaway! Visit Alfred B.
Maclay Gardens State Park to enjoy this
masterpiece of floral architecture—and swim,
fish, canoe and kayak in beautiful Lake Hall.
Pavilions and grills along the lake shore
provide a peaceful setting for picnics.
For walking enthusiasts, two short
nature trails meander through the woods
overlooking the lake. Hikers, bicyclists,
and equestrians can experience five miles of
multi-use trails winding through the woods
surrounding Lake Overstreet. First planted
in 1923 by Alfred B. and Louise Maclay,
the gardens feature a picturesque brick
walkway, a secret garden, a reflection pool, a
walled garden, and hundreds of azaleas and
camellias.
The park is open daily from 8:00 am
until sunset, and the gardens are open from
9:00am to 5:00pm daily. Admission fee.

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3. Enjoy a romantic picnic and kite flying at Tall Timbers Research Station.

4. Take a leisurely drive along the Big Bend Scenic Byway, which winds its way
along two-lane roads through rural communities and open countryside.

5. Plan an afternoon at Mission San Luis - Tallahassee’s best kept secret! You’ll
love the costumed interpreters and the historic buildings.
6. Spend an entire day at Wakulla Springs - swim, walk along the nature trails,
take the scenic river boat tour and have lunch in the lodge.
7. Explore downtown Tallahassee by walking to the various museums, memori-
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8. Take up geocaching. If you don’t know what it is, check it out online at
VisitTallahassee.com.

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10. Try bird watching at the Ochlockonee River State Park - biologists have
marked trees where the endangered Red-cockaded Woodpeckers live.

11. Take a hike along the Florida Trail that runs through the Apalachicola
National Forest down through the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge.
12. Grab a rod and reel and take the kids fishing on Lake Talquin. When you’re
finished, stop by the Whippoorwhill for dinner.

For more information call or stop by the Tallahassee Visitors Center

Located at 106 E. Jefferson Street, Downtown
850.606.2305 or 800.628.2866
ARTS CALENDAR

COCA’s MoreThanYouThought.com
is a free, on-line interactive
community events calendar.
Everyone is invited to post their
events (art-related and otherwise) to
the calendar for no charge.
Here is a small sampling of the
events posted for June, July, and
August 2009...

(Note: All events are subject to change without

notice. Check www.MoreThanYouThought.com,
or contact the individual organizations listed for
updated information.)

ART EXHIBITS
Art on a String: Asian Kites showcases the The FAMU Foster Tanner Fine Arts HISTORY/HERITAGE
intricate, colorful art and workmanship of Gallery will display the work of the winning
aeronautical beauties from Japan, China, participants of its first annual PINNACLE EXHIBITS
Korea, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, National Juried Exhibition from June 5 to Yee-haw! The Museum of Florida History
Pakistan and Afghanistan. Whether built to fly June 26. Works in a wide range of media from rounds up the history of cattle ranching from
or to serve a decorative purpose, their designs artists all around the nation will be included Spanish Colonial times to modern times in
vary wildly. Made from leaves, bamboo, paper, and will compete for awards. For information, Florida Cattle Ranching:
silk and hemp, they take the form of birds, call 599-3161. Five Centuries of Tradition
insects, fish and dragons and sometimes through August 9. This
June is Caribbean American Heritage Month,
include built-in noisemakers meant to mystify traveling exhibit explores
and to celebrate it, the FSU International
the unsuspecting. At the Mary Brogan the long – and largely
Center Art Gallery, the Caribbean American
Museum of Art and Science, June 12 to unknown – history of
Heritage Council, and Friends of the Caribbean
August 23. Call 513-0700 for information. the industry through
are presenting Visions of the Caribbean through
artifacts, and vintage and
June and July brings the fourth annual All- July 3. Capturing the essence of life, people, and
current photographs.
Media National Juried Exhibition (ANJE) landscape in Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad,
Call 245-6400 for
at the 621 Gallery in Railroad Square Art the Dominican Republic, and the Bahamas,
further information.
Park, featuring a variety of work from across the exhibit features paintings and photography
the nation. At the same time you can see the of local artists plus selections from private
Wear the uniforms. Read the soldier’s
work of ANJE III winner Tadja Dragoo in the collections of Haitian folk art. Call 656-4019
letters. Step back in time to learn more
adjacent Nan Boynton Memorial Gallery. for information.
about the tragic war between the states

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 ARTS CALENDAR
and the courage of soldiers and families
who endured it. Opening June 15 at the
Tallahassee Museum, Florida in the Civil FESTIVALS
War is a thought-provoking exhibition The annual Possum Day Festival is a Washington County
that depicts a Florida many people don’t institution, one everyone should experience at least once. Head
know—a Florida that played a major role over to Wausau, Florida, Friday night July 31 for the Possum
in the Civil War, a Florida that provided a King and Queen contest and stay for Saturday’s parade and
greater portion of its citizens to fight than possum auction August 1. Try some possum stew and sample a
any other Southern state. Call 575-8684 variety of other unique southern foods, the most popular treat
for more information about this hands-on being possum ice cream—really. Visit arts and crafts booths and
historical experience. listen to local bluegrass, gospel and country bands. For more
information, call 638-1781.
Through July 31, the John G. Riley
Center and Museum presents a moving
experience, Ascension of a People.
Photographic and historical documents
chronicle significant periods in history
from the public display of negative
myths and stereotypical images, through
slavery, Reconstruction, and the civil
rights movement, to the election of the
44th President of the United States. For
information, call 681-7881.

THEATRE
The Disney Channel’s smash hit, High
School Musical, comes to life on the Young
Actors Theatre stage in this Tallahassee
premiere June 18-21 and 24-28. Troy
Bolton, the popular captain of the basketball
team and Gabriella Montez, the brainy and
beautiful member of the academic club,
break all the rules of the East High society
when they secretly audition for the leads
in the school’s musical. As they reach for
the stars and follow their dreams, everyone
learns about acceptance, teamwork and
being themselves. So, what are you waiting
for? Get’cha head in the game and call 386-
6602 for tickets.

The Mickee Faust Club, which bills itself

as “community theatre for the weird
community” presents Queer As Faust 2, an
evening of queer-themed material to make
you laugh, cry, and think. It’s a mixture of
their regular satirical sketches and songs,
and their authentic selves as well. At the
Mickee Faust Clubhouse in Railroad
Square, June 19-20 and 26-27. Call 562-
RATS for tickets.

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CHILDREN
Tallahassee Mission
Youth Orchestras
San Luis

Give your kids a break and get

them away from the video games
with these fun and educational
activities. Dance classes, theatre,
music, or art for vacations, after
school, weekends, and more. There
are some great birthday party ideas
here, as well.

- Classes and/or Private Lessons - Birthday Parties - Performances & Events to Attend - Summer Camp

African Caribbean Dance Theatre Gadsden Arts Center LeMoyne Art Foundation
539-4087, www.fadf.org 13 North Madison, Quincy, 875-4866, 125 N. Gadsden St., 222-8800,
Boys’ Choir of Tallahassee www.gadsdenarts.com www.lemoyne.org
528-2403, www.boyschoirtlh.org Gordon’s String Music LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Library
Bradfordville Fine Arts Academy 1903 N. Monroe Street, 386-7784 200 West Park Avenue, 606-2665,
6494 Thomasville Road, 205-1821, Home Music Educators www.leoncountylibrary.org
www.b-fbc.org 656-7613, www.homemusiceducators.com The Mary Brogan Museum of Art &
Brush and Palette Studio Jim’s Pianos Science
1379 Timberlane Road, 893-1960, 2695-A Capital Circle N.E., 205-5467, 350 South Duval Street, 513-0700,
www.brushandpalettestudio.com www.jimspianos.com www.thebrogan.org
Challenger Learning Center Killearn Performing Arts Mason’s School of Music
200 S. Duval Street, 645-STAR, 4500 W. Shannon Lakes #20, 443-7512 or 19 North Calhoun Street, 412-0102,
www.challengertlh.com 894-9364, www.killearnpa.com www.masonsmusic.com
Character & Heritage Institute Knott House Museum Mission San Luis
224-0372, www.TheCHinstitute.org 301 East Park Avenue, 922-2459, 2021 W. Mission Road, 487-3711,
Florida Arts and Community Enrichment www.museumoffloridahistory.com www.missionsanluis.org
(F.A.C.E.) Lafayette Park Arts & Crafts Center Montgomery Schools of Dance
644-8533, [email protected] 403 Ingleside Drive, 891-3945, www. talgov.com/ 1369 E. Lafayette Street, 877-4874
parks/commcenter/lfartscrafts.cfm

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 CHILDREN
Museum of Florida History, R.A. Gray 3131 Thomasville Road, 422-7795 x210 or x216, Note: the preceding listings are for programs
Building www.thomasvilleroad.org/academy.htm
designed especially for children. Many places
500 S. Bronough Street, 245-6400, TJ’s Dance Conservatory
www.museumoffloridahistory.com 363-8365, www.tjdance.org in other sections, like the “Get Up, Get Out,
Music Center
1221 E. Lafayette Street (next to The Moon), Wildwood Ballet & Explore” section, are great for kids, too.

942-0626 891-1400, www.wildwoodpca.org

Unless otherwise indicated, all area codes are
Music Lessons Express World Ballet Academy
228-2064, www.worldballetinc.com 850. This may not be a complete listing of
219-3653, www.MusicLessonsExpress.com.
Young Actors Theatre all organizations. To see if your organization
Musikgarten
609 Glenview Drive, 386-6602,
Best Beginnings, 1415 Timberlane Road in Market is eligible to be listed, please contact
www.youngactorstheatre.com
Square, 668-2119,
[email protected].
www.best-begin.com/musikgartensignup.html
Performing Arts Center of Tallahassee
562-1430, performingartscenteroftallahassee.com Mission San Luis Summer Camp

Prophecy School of the Arts

222-8085, www.prophecyarts.net
Ribits Enchanted Cottage
215 Lake Ella Drive, 671-5859,
www.ribitsenchantedcottage.com
The School of Theatre at Florida State
Florida State University, Fine Arts Building,
644-6500, theatre.fsu.edu
Sharon Davis Schools of Dance
893-5900
Southern Academy of Ballet Arts
222-0174, www.sababallet.com
Stubbs Music Center
1260 Timberlane Road, 893-8754,
www.stubbs.org
The Tallahassee Ballet
224-6917, www.tallaballet.com
Tallahassee Girls’ Choir of C.H.O.I.C.E.
576-7501
Tallahassee Leon County Civic Center

Reach Out
505 West Pensacola Street, 487-1691, box office
222-0400, www.tlccc.org
Tallahassee Museum
3945 Museum Drive, 575-8684,
www.tallahasseemuseum.org Place your ad here.
Tallahassee Symphony Youth
Orchestras (TSYO) Contact [email protected] for
1345 Thomasville Road, 224-9232, information.
www.tallahasseesymphony.org
Tally Piano & Keyboard Studios
2933 Kerry Forest Parkway, 386-2425,
www.tallypiano.com
Thomasville Road Academy of the Arts

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SHOPPING
The Other Side Vintage

Cover your walls with fine art,

accentuate your wardrobe with
handmade jewelry, or put on
some new dancing shoes. Rent an
obscure documentary or a musical
instrument, or buy what you need
to create your own art. And, of
course, there’s no place better to find
the perfect gift than at one of these
arts-related businesses.

Fine Art and Gifts

1123@Midtown Glasshopper Images of Tallahassee
1123 Thomasville Road, 562-8696 The Gallery at Market Street, 1419 Market Street, 1355 Market St., #A10-2, 894-5596,
Almost Exclusive 668-5007, www.glasshopperonline.com. Hours: M-F www.russellgraceimages.com. Hours: M-F,
1460 Market St., Suite 2, 894-3925, 10 am-6 pm, Sa 10 am-3 pm 10 am-6 pm, Sa 10 am-4 pm
www.almostexclusive.com. Hours: M-Su, 11 am – 8 pm Glassworks by Susan LeMoyne Gifts and Art Supplies
Bali HI Trading Company 1661 North Monroe St., 222-5095. Hours: Tu-F 133 N. Gadsden St., 222-2234, www.lemoyne.org.
617 Industrial Drive in Railroad Square, 776-7175, 10 am-6 pm, Sa 10 am-4 pm Hours: T-Sa 10 am-5 pm, Su 1-5 pm
www.balihi.us. Hours: W-Sa 11 am-6 pm, Su 12-5 pm Guinevere’s Gallery Linda Clark Watercolor Studio & Gallery
Depot Agent Gallery 3645 Hartsfield Road, 877-7650 676 Industrial Drive in Railroad Square, 386-3171,
1034 Commercial Drive in Railroad Square, Historically Florida: Florida’s History www.LindaClarkWatercolor.com. Hours: Tu, Th, Sa
363-3674, www.railroadsquare.com/glaser.html. Shops 12 – 4 pm
Hours: M-F 10 am – 3 pm, Sa 12 – 5 pm Museum of Florida History, R.A. Gray Building, M Gallery
El Mercado History Shop at Mission 245-6396, Old Capitol, 922-2432, The Capitol Plaza 2533 Greer Road, Suite 1, 531-9925,
San Luis Level, 487-2044, www.floridashistoryshops.com [email protected]. Hours: M-F 9 am-5 pm, Sa 10
2021 W. Mission Road, Humidity Gallery am – 2 pm
487-3711. Hours: Tu-Su 10 am - 4 pm 1355 Market Street, 222-0380, The Other Side Vintage
Gadsden Arts Center Gift Shop www.humiditygallery.com. Hours: Tu – Sa 10 625 A Industrial Drive in Railroad Square, 224-6666,
12 North Madison, Quincy (25 miles from am–6 pm www.theothersidevintage.com. Hours: Su-Tu 12-5 pm,
Tallahassee), 875-4866, www.gadsdenarts.com. W-Sa 11 am- 6 pm.
Hours: Tu-Sa 10am-5pm, Su 1-5pm

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 SHOPPING
Prickly Pear Gallery Music Books & Video
1019 Commercial Drive in Railroad Square, 580- Beethoven and Company El Mercado History Shop at Mission
7327, www.thepricklypeargallery.com. Hours: W-F 1415 Timberlane Road in Market Square, San Luis
11 am – 6 pm, Sa 10 am – 4 pm, Su 1-5 pm. 894-8700, www.beethovenandcompany.com. 2021 W. Mission Road, 487-3711. Hours: Tu-Su 10
Pyramid Studios Hours: M-F 10 am – 6 pm, Sa 10 am-4 pm am - 4 pm
1770 Thomasville Road, 513-1733, Coe Percussion Historically Florida: Florida’s History
www.pyramidinc.org. Hours: M-F 8 am-5 pm 682 McDonnell Drive in Railroad Square, 228-6960, Shops
Railroad Square Art Park www.coepercussion.com. Hours: M-F 9 am – 6 pm, Museum of Florida History, R.A. Gray Building,
567 Industrial Drive, 224-1308, Sa-Su by appointment. 245-6396, Old Capitol, 922-2432, The Capitol Plaza
www.railroadsquare.com Gordon’s String Music Level, 487-2044, www.floridashistoryshops.com
Really Knit Stuff 1903 North Monroe Street, 386-7784. Hours: Paperback Rack
645 McDonnell Drive in Railroad Square, 907-3590, M-F 10 am-6 pm, Sa 12-4 pm 1005 North Monroe St., 224-3455. Hours: M-Sa 9
www.reallyknitstuff.com. Hours: W-Su 11 am – 6 pm. Jim’s Pianos am-9 pm, Su 12 noon - 6 pm
Sally Rude Antiques and Fine Art Gallery 2695-A Capital Circle N.E., 205-5467, St. John’s Bookstore
1123Thomasville Rd., 222-4020, www.jimspianos.com. Hours: M-F 10 am–6 pm, 131 North Calhoun Street, 222-8814, www.saint-
www.trocadero.com/mctc. Hours: M-Sa 11 am- 6’ish Sa 10 am – 5 pm john.org/bookstore. Hours: M-F 10 am – 4 pm, Su
Signature Art Gallery LPs Music and More 9 am – 1 pm.
2779 Capital Circle NE, 297-2422, www. 1042 Commercial Drive in Railroad Square, 574- Video 21
signatureartgallery.com. Hours: M-F 10 am-5:30 pm, 3300. Hours: W-F 11 am – 6 pm, Sa 11 am – 4 pm. 1449 E. Lafayette St., 878-3921. Hours: M-F 10
Sa 10 am-2 pm MusicMasters am - 11 pm, Sa-Su 11 am - 11 pm
Simply Artistic 1114 N. Monroe St., 800-848-6158,
602 McDonnell Drive in Railroad Square, www.musicm.com. Hours: M-F 9 am-6 pm, Sa 10 am- 6 pm
Dance & Theatrical
402-0073, www.simplyartistic.net. Hours: M – Sa Music Center
10 am – 6 pm; Su 1-5 pm 1221 E. Lafayette St., 942-0626. Hours: M-Sa Supplies
South of Soho Co-op Gallery 10 am-6 pm, Su 12 pm-5 pm Halimeda’s Oasis
563 Industrial Drive in Railroad Square, 508-0871, Music Xchange 2609 Glover Road, 421-5151,
www.southofsohogallery.com. Hours: Sa 11 am- 221 East Third Ave., 681-7443, www.halimedasoasis.com. Hours: M-F 6:30 pm-9:30
5 pm www.themusicxchange.com. Hours: M-Sa 10 am- 6:30 pm pm or by appointment
Southern Scenes Gallery & Frame Stringfest Head Over Heels Dancewear
4500 Shannon Lakes Road, 504-0555, 4352 Charles Samuel Drive, 222-7467, 1621 N. Monroe Street, 224-5140. Hours: Tu-Sa
www.southernscenesgallery.com. Hours: Tu–F www.stringfest.com. Hours: M-F 5-10 pm, Sa –Su 1-10 pm 10 am - 6 pm
10 am–6 pm, Sa 10 am– 2 pm Vinyl Fever Magic & Fun Costume Shop
The Spot at the Square 2256 W. Pensacola St., 580-2480, 1787 W. Tennessee Street, 224-6244,
661 Industrial Drive in Railroad Square, 294-9149. www.vinylfever.com. Hours: M-Sa 10 am-9 pm, www.magicandfuncostumeshop.com. Hours: M-F 11
Hours: Tu-Sa 11 am – 3 pm. Su 12-7pm am-7 pm, Sa 11 am-5 pm
Ten Thousand Villages
1415 Timberlane Road, Suite 322, 906-9010, Handmade Jewelry Art Supplies
www.villagesoftallahassee.org. Hours: M-Sa, Blue Abaco Trading Company LeMoyne Gifts and Art Supplies
10 am – 6 pm 1690 Raymond Diehl Road, 325-2323, 133 N. Gadsden St., 222-2234, www.lemoyne.org.
Textures Handmade Market www.blueabaco.com. Hours: M-Sa 10 am-6:30 pm, Hours: T-Sa 10 am-5 pm, Su 1-5 pm
825 Railroad Avenue, 329-6569, Su 12-5 pm Utrecht Art Supplies
www.textureshandmademarket.com. Hours: Tu-F 11 EtCeterocks Gallery 1350 East Tennessee Street, 877-0321,
am – 6 pm, Sa 10 am – 4 pm 1038 Commercial Drive, Railroad Square Art Park, www.utrecht.com. Hours: M-F 9 am-5 pm, Sa 10
Turtle Island Trading Post 222-1630, www.et-ceterocks.com. Hours: Sa 11:30 am-6 pm, Su 12-5 pm
1707 N. Monroe St., 425-2490, am – 4:30 pm or by appointment Wooly Bully
www.turtleislandtradingpost.com Quincie’s Art Jewelry 1223 E. Lafayette Street, 224-2855, www.
Wild Women Art Gallery 1325 Thomasville Road, 222-8411, woolybullyshop.com. Hours: Tu-F 11 am – 7 pm, Sa
567 Industrial Drive in Railroad Square, 222-6889, www.quinciehamby.com. Hours: Tu - F 11 am – 5 11 am – 5 pm.
[email protected]. Hours: M-F 11 am-2 pm pm, closed Sa during summer
For other places to buy local art and souvenirs,
see pages 13, 16 & 17. Unless otherwise
indicated, all area codes are 850. This may
not be a complete listing of all organizations.
To see if your organization is eligible to be
listed, please contact [email protected]

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 NOTES

FULL SPEED
AHEAD
The Arts Exchange
Project “Gaines”
Momentum

Mayor John Marks, Boys’ Choir member Jamaal Sharaaf-Rogan, and Arts Exchange Chairman Margo
Bindhardt cheer on the unveiling of the sign on the Arts Exchange site. The ceremonial groundbreaking was
Activity will abound as artists of all genres also attended by Secretary of State Kurt Browning, County Commissioners Bryan Desloge and Bob Rackleff,
work under one roof on a small piece of land FSU President T.K. Wetherell, TCC President Bill Law, and many other project supporters. Photo: Chiahsing Jao

destined to be the hub of artistic activity in

the Gaines Street corridor. With the recent
designation of a half-cent of bed tax revenue
IN THE NEXT ISSUE...
going toward the project starting in 2012,
the Arts Exchange unveils its preliminary Entrypoint: opportunity to observe what goes on
in the mind of a choreographer.
site plans and renderings. Plans include an
MANCC: The Maggie Allessee National Center
arts incubator, a black box theatre, future for Choreography, right here in Tallahassee.
home of the Boys’ Choir of Tallahassee Happy Birthday! Five years of bringing 50 of the
and the Tallahassee Ballet, specially leading dancemakers from around the globe to
Tallahassee.
designed live/work spaces for artists, and
See the next issue of Capital Culture Magazine
retail spaces for stores, cafés and coffee MANCC Choreographic Fellow KT Niehoff at the
for details of MANCC’s major national Tallahassee Railroad Station. Photo: Amanda Dorsett
houses. (For additional information, visit choreography summit happening this summer!
www.the-arts-exchange.com.)

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his is no Gene Kelly in black loafers and
white socks kind of dancing. This is
Marcus Robinson’s big booming beat,
energized and energizing kind of dancing. This
is the heart-pounding, smile-producing stuff that
makes you wonder, “How does he do that?”
Practice, practice, practice! Marcus is an alum
of FAMU’s Orchesis Contemporary Dance
Theatre. And he’s the first to admit that working
with renowned African dance instructors and
devoting countless hours to research set the
stage for his commitment to both teaching and
choreographing. He also felt a profound
need to do all he could to protect and
perpetuate African dance as an
art form. With his
wife, Jevelle,
Marcus is
cofounder
(also president
and artistic
director) of
the African
Caribbean
Dance
Theatre
(ACDT). With its
year-round classes and programs, plus the annual
state-wide Florida African Dance Festival (FADF),
Marcus and ACDT are paving the way for the

Marcus Robinson at the 11th Annual Florida African Dance Festival

preservation of African dance and drumming for
future generations.
Marcus is a frequent award-winner and has
received special recognition for his community
service. Most recently, he was a performing artist
nominee for a 2009 statewide Onyx Award
(Orlando’s Onyx Magazine). And, a photo of his
brainchild FADF was featured in the 2007 National
Endowment for the Arts’ annual report, which
selects only two arts organizations from each state.
Photo: Austin Roberts

An electrifyingly omniscient computer analyst

for the City of Tallahassee by day (for 30
years, no less!) and a not-so-mild-mannered,
leaping-tall-buildings-in-a-single-bound
phenom dancer by night—that’s Marcus
Robinson. And we’re all very lucky that
he’s gotta’ dance.

Capital Culture’s profiled artists are selected from the many visual, performing, literary, and media artists featured on
COCA’s online Artist Directory. Listings in the Artist Directory are free, with enhanced listings available for COCA
members. Visit the Directory online at www.cocanet.org.
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