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Program, Studio@620 Third Annual Fundraiser, 2007, Studio@620, Dundu Dole Urban African Drummers, Ben Verhulst, Jeff James, St. Pete Men's Chorus, Aleasha Harris, Chris Walker, Jamieson Lindenburg, Dylan Glatthorn, Soul Kitchen, Sharon Scott, Babs Reingold

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We proudly invite you to join us for an evening of celebration and entertainment. This annual event celebrates the people and programs that took place at The Studio@620 over the past year and to raise funds for future events.

Program, Say What?/?Di Qué?, 2007, Studio At 620, Bob Devin Jones, Peter Meinke, Susan Alexander, Ranney, David Manson, Dionisio Martinez, Oluyemi Thomas, Ijeoma Thomas, Dundu Cole Urban African Ballet, Photo Corps, Jule Buckner Armstrong, Irritable Tribe Of Poets, Venus Jones, Manuel Ramos, Jeffrey James, Pedro Jarquin, Moving Current, The Conscious Party, Spittin' Image Performers, Soulscribes

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SAY WHAT? will be a unique spoken word experience, the first of it's kind in the Tampa Bay area. This event is a celebration of the richness and diversity of the spoken word in the Tampa Bay area showcasing local poets and venues. SAY WHAT? will include 15 noted visual artists displaying a variety of work. This exhibition is a visual and verbal delight and includes the artists Grace-Ann Alifero, Shirley Spear-Begley, Rocky Bridges, Lisa Kirksey, Martha Lent, Betsy Lester, Renee Little, Duncan McClellan, David Meek, Lenn Neff, Leslie Newmann, Ruth Pettis, Kim Radatz, Celeste Simon, and David Williams.

Program, The Water Is Wide: The Art Of Boat Building, 2007, Studio At 620, Bob Devin Jones, Dave Ellis, Lee Hickock, Richard Agan, Roger Allen, The Bay Area Electric Boaters, Kendall Butler, Steve Cropper, Eric Folsom, Aleshea Harris, Johannes Joshefus, Patricia Hoover, Alfonsus Helsen Iii, Bill Hough, Jeffrey James, Allison Jolly, Lucy D. Jones, Michael Jones, Robert N. Macomber, The Mainhatch Motleys, Carol Mickett, Jeff Moates, Charles E. Morgan, Mélanie Oubak, Lee Pearson, Terry Powell, Joe Richards, Lou Ronca

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This exhibition is a presentation of a small part of the history and the art of boat building on the West Coast of Florida. Using full scale boats, models, hands-on building experiences and lectures as well as the written word we can begin to understand something of the influence that boats have had on the lives of people who have called this area home. This is an unusual gathering of boats as well as men and women of the sea. We hope you will enjoy it. The exhibition features Irwin Schuster, Robert Stackhouse, George Stovall, Karen Vann, Terry Tomalin, Bob …

Program, Gospel Music From "Passages Of Martin Luther King", 2007, Studio At 620, Kenneth D. Alston, Ray Arsenault, September G. Penn, Fredrick Eugene Alexander, Chelsi A. Butler, Re Phillips, Ray Arsenault

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“...Passages of Martin Luther King has an important message for China and for people everywhere, because it shows that a great leader is also a human being like the rest of us. The play tells us that even ordinary people can do extraordinary things.”

The life affirming pulse of the gospel music performed in the show amplifies that same message of hope and humanity.

Ray Aresenault will moderate the Social Justice Round Table discussion, immediately following the concert. Ray Aresenault is author of the New York Times reviewed bestseller "Freedom Riders 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice"; which will …

Program, Fotokids: Imágenes De Guatemala, 2006, Nancy Mcgirr, Studio At 620, Jamie Bennett

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The purpose of Fotokids is to help small grous of Central American young people from the poorest of barrios develop useful, employable skills as a means to self exploration, expression, and discovery. Through intensive, long-term personal relationships with teachers and mentores, participating children learn to use photography, creative writing, and computers as tools to examine their lives, families, communities and environment.

Program, Andrew Lippas's Wild Party, 2006, Jamieson Lindenburg, Studio At 620, Andrew Lippas, Glenn Grieves, Matthew Everett, Dylan Glatthorn, Maya Flock, Jared O'Rourke, Amanda Witt, Samuel Froeschle, Alana Clapp, John Wilder, Benjamin Verhulst, Amy Anderson, Mark Fienman, Chris Lindenberg, Wayne Mcevilly, Jen Medina, Alex Schultz, David Thut, David White

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The Wild Party, based on Joseph Moncure Marchs 1928 epic poem, tells the story of Queenie and Burrs, vaudeville performers who throw a party for their colorful friends in an effort to revive their stale relationship. The intersection of passion, rage, and moonshine causes a tumultuous evening, and the night truly becomes the party to end all parties. The program stars Ann E. Cornelius as Queenie, John Bambery as Burrs, Arianna Hoeppner as Kate, Leonard Williams as Black and Micelle Dowdy as Mae. Performances also include José Castillo, Colleen Cherry, Colleen Daly, Michaely Finkle, Robert Kivlen, Dahne Ledford, Michelle Methot, …

Program, Midtown: Through Our Eyes, 2006, Melrose Elementary School, Studio At 620

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Midtown Magazine is produced by the participants of a three-week summer journalism camp attended by fourth-through ninth-graders at Melrose Elementary and John Hopkins Middle magnet schools. The summer camp has been funded by the Pinellas County School Board and Pinellas County Schools' Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Entitlement grant.

Program, Sunscreen Film And Video Festival, 2006, Studio@620, Tony Armer, Derek Miner, Tom Thompson, J. Declan Flynn, Brad Sibbersen, Corey Janner, Glenn Goldberg, Matthew Maaskant, Dave Ellis, Paul Wilson, Marilyn Armstrong

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"When Derek Miner and I came up with the idea to do a film festival in the St. Petersburg area we originally thought, 'Well here's a chance for people to get a look at some good locally made films along with a few films from other parts of the country'. Then we got started with the project and the next thing you know, not only were local filmmakers submitting their projects but filmmakers from all over the world. We received close to 200 films from across the USA, Canada, Australia, Sweden, Germany, Italy, and the UK, With so many quality …

Program, Renée Stout: Church Of The Crossroads, 2006, Renée Stout, Studio At 620, Renée Stout, Evelyn Craft, Sànóyęmi A. Ògúnsànyà, Greg Staley

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The concept of the crossroads is fundamental to the work in our latest exhibition, Church of the Crossroads. Renée Stout utilizes her skills as a photo-realist painter to imbue her mixed-media works and installations with socio-historical critiques, vodou imagery, and elements of Yoruba, Creole and African-American culture. In a uniquely informed voice, Stout masterfully blends Old World traditions with contemporary and personal issues to create profound statements on the often tense intersection between society, theology, and political forces.

Program, The St. Petersburg Chamber Music Festival, 2006, Bob Devin Jones, Studio At 620, Mark Sforzini, Richard Eliason, Chris Fleming, Joan Gessler, Fred Gratta, Gale Laubach, Tom Santee, Mark Spano, Vernon Taranto Jr., Dar Webb, Martin Hebert, Brian Moorhead, Catherine Wendtland-Landmeyer, James Wilson, Dee Moses, John Shaw, Elsa Valbuena, Cory Hall, Wu Han, Benjamin Hochman, David Irwin, Ani Kavafian, Duncan J. Macmillan, Catherine Mcglasson, J. Brian Moorhead, Clancy Newman, Ruth Northcutt

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Quantum Winds and Friends present an evening of American Music. Included in the program are two world premieres; one by TFO Principal Bassist, Dee Moses, featuring dancer- choreographer, Elsa Valbuena, and a new Sextet by TFO Principal Bassoonist, Mark Sforzini. Featured musicians include Richard O'Neill, Barbara Prescott, Gary Schocker, John Shaw, Gaudere Danza, Jason Vieaux, Theresa Villani, James F. Wilson and the St. Petersburg College Madrigalians

Program, 3 For The Soul, 2006, Studio At 620, Renée Stout, Paulette Walker Johnson, Tom Feelings, Bob Devin Jones

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A collaborative evening provided by 3 downtown St. Petersburg arts institutions. Enjoy a free evening of art, dance, theatre, music and poetry. A trolley will be provided for transportation between the three locations.

Renée Stout utilizes her skills as a photo-realist painter to imbue her mixed-media works and installations with socio-historical critiques, Vodou imagery, and elements of African-American, Creole, and African culture. Docent tours available continuously through the evening. Live jazz guitarist Nikola—refreshments served.

Come and enjoy an original work of dance commissioned by the Studio and created by Paulette Walker Johnson, Artistic Director of Soulful Arts Dance Academy. The …

Program, Krapp's Last Tape, Samuel Beckett, 2006, Studio At 620, T. Scott Wooten, Steve Garland, Quirky White Chicks, Renegade Theatre Project

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Mr. Beckett’s play ponders the basic questions of life: If you could change one choice in your past, what would it be? How would your life have been different? What is the price of regret? Beckett’s “everyman” looks back and peers into the mirror of love lost and a life squandered, observing his recorded history at the end of his life.

The play is starring Steve Garland as "Krapp."

Program, Three Plays In Rep, 2006, Studio At 620, Bob Devin Jones, Athol Fugard, Gregg Jones, Trisch Kelly, Mark Stein, Rhonda Sonneberg, Lenard Williams, Jordan Stoval, Gregg Jones, Benjamin Verhulst

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Three plays in rotating repetition will be presented along with discussion sessions.

Program, Outside It Was Hot, 2005, Bob Devin Jones, Studio At 620, Neverne Covington

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The program will feature recent fine art works of Neverne Covington. The work of Neverne Covington’s is an ecology of near dream landscapes, of Paradise regained, lost and re-found among the anthropomorphic and the ironic. The playful intersection of what you imagined your mother told to you, and the evidence of the things not seen of what she actually said.

Program, Film Noir: The Shadow In The Fog, The Lady In The Bay, 2005, Studio At 620, Rich Agan, Margaret Murray, Nancy Cervenka, La France Of Ybor City, Creative Clay, Eddie Page, Clint Page, Wmnf

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Thrill to classic films, live radio dramas and a presentation of graphic novels - all of which incorporate this dark artistic side of society...

Studio@620, one of the area’s newest cultural and artistic endeavours, expands its cutting edge programming to include a slate of over 20 films culled from the golden age of film noir.

Included in the lineup are classics such as Double Indemnity and The Big Sleep, and lesser known examples of the genre, like Detour, the classic B-film directed by cult director Edgar G. Ulmer, which has been cited by filmmakers such as Godard and Luc Bresson …

Program, Grand Ma's Hands: One Hundred Years Of African American Quilting, 2004, Sangoyemi A. Ogunsanwa, Studio At 620, Bob Devin Jones, Dave Ellis

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The African American-made quilts and African textiles presented in this Studio @ 620 inaugural exhibition, entitled Grandma's Hands, are the records of man souls. Numerous quilts dating from 1880-1970 made by African-Americans (2 barkcloths from The Kingdom of Kuba, Africa; 2 Gee’s Bend quilts / multiple quilts are also displayed at The Arts Center (January 14 - February 13), the rest are at The Studio @ 620.