Group Art Show and Sale

Here is the deal. We are in need of some new sound equipment to make On the Rise At Night sound even better than it already does. Our speakers and amplifier are great. The mixer we have been using is starting to lose some of its channels. The monitor system we have needs improvement and a few more mics are in order, especially when we bring in the big bands. To raise money for these purchases we came up with an idea that is fun and will involve all of us in a creative venture. For the month of May at OTR the art on the walls will be pieces made for the “cheap art sale”. We are asking supporters of art and music at On the Rise to create sketches, prints, collages, and photos: anything that you can hang on the wall to contribute to this extravaganza. Customers can buy works off the wall and 100% of all proceeds will go directly to the purchase of our new sound equipment.

Why can’t On the Rise Bakery purchase the equipment needed?
We are a small venue. We don’t make a lot of money on the music. We are committed to bringing music, film and theatre to the community, but we need your support in sustaining the effort. Sale of drinks and food pays for our materials and employees behind the counter but does not always stretch far enough to pay for the outstanding performances you enjoy. It does not generate any revenue to allow for equipment upgrades so we embark on this fundraising art show.

Community Art supports local music and performance.
Aside from being a great fundraising event the art show offers everybody in the On the Rise Community to show off his or her individual talent in a group art show that we hope will cover every square foot of our available wall space. The visual impact should be stunning and inspiring. Thank you in advance for your participation.

Party!
We will have an installation/ opening party on Weds April 30th. The evening will get everybody involved together to put up the artwork, listen to music, eat free fresh pizza and have a great time. Schedule and details to be announced soon.

All the best,
Ben&Rae

*Artwork does not need to be framed, or fancy.
** Feel free to respond to Rae or myself with questions and suggestions

JANE KEIR'S CD RELEASE PARTY VERMONT:

We our opening up for a special show on Monday February 18th. Jane our friend, collegue and super talented musician is coming in to play a great show highlighting tunes from her new CD. Check it out it should be a great night of fun. (We will not be cooking our usual dinner menu but will have plenty of goodies sweet and savory for you to snack on)

CROPS
Talked to Sara Jane about upcoming film: The Real Dirt On Farmer John which she will host here at on the Rise on Thursday March 13th. Also again next year we will contract with Jubilee farm for carrot and onion storage crops. I am working on design for our new storage root cellar.

MONDAY NIGHT THEATRE UPDATE:
Kevin picked up on the fact that the play we are showing this Monday Feb 4th is based on an event that happened in Huntington, VT over 100 years ago..." Hi Ben, I was intrigued by the "Mildred Taken Crazy" play. Folks may like to know that Mildred was a daughter of the Brewster farm family in Huntington, from which Brewster-Pierce School gets its name. A little notariety in our past! I've attached an old newspaper article written at the time of the murder. I hope to attend the performance. Kevin"
Thank you Kevin,
Ben

POSTERS
You probably know this already but we have great music and films at On the Rise Weds thru Saturday nights. I am looking for a little help getting the word out. If you are willing and know of a good place to hang a venue poster with our schedule on it I would be grateful! I would like to set up a "poster distribution list" for anyone who wants to print one out and stick it up at work or on a busy corner. I will send the poster out once a week. It will be a simple black and white .jpg file. Drop me an e-mail ben@ontherisebakery.net if you are interested.
Thanks,
Ben

All the best,
Ben

THEATRE
So, some of you know me for the bakery, baking bagels, gardening or maybe drawing and building houses. Before Rae and I moved back to Richmond. I worked for six years as a stage and lighting designer in NYC on and off broadway. I made a lot of great friends during my stint in the city. Many of the closest, I worked with while teaching design, and technical direction at Barnard College. Denny was the chair of the theatre dept. while I was there and Steve taught acting and play-writing. Now I am so glad to welcome them to our little venue in Richmond to perform their latest work. Read on now, I will cut and paste in a summery. Special engagement Monday Feb. 4th 7:30.

Mud Time Theater presents
MILDRED TAKEN CRAZY
A performance by Steve Friedman and Denny Partridge

MILDRED TAKEN CRAZY is an original two-person play about a Vermont murder of 1897, famous in its day and now forgotten, a crime of passion replete with issues of sexual exploitation, the nature of madness and the pitfalls of romantic love.

The play is 40 minutes long and spans five decades in epic fashion with two actors and a single chair. It uses a fresh combination of song, drama and storytelling to help the audience both feel and think its way through a moment of violence with far-reaching consequences.

The performance is followed by a discussion and Q/A with actor/writers Friedman and Partridge on the strategies and techniques used in making MILDRED TAKEN CRAZY and on approaches to making a play from local materials. The play’s creators will also share their experience in uncovering a new ending to the old story of Mildred Brewster.

Steve Friedman and Denny Partridge have been pioneers of “epic minimalism” since the 1970s, finding ways for theaters with little or no means to tackle very large subjects and do them justice. Among other things, MILDRED TAKEN CRAZY is an object lesson in how to make a show happen without waiting for your big break.

MILDRED TAKEN CRAZY premiered at the November 2007 International Federation for Theater Research Conference on Storytelling in Krakow, Poland, with an additional public performance at the Ernst Busch National Theater School in Berlin, Germany.

A spring-summer 2008 tour of New England and New York is currently being booked, followed by a week’s run at the 2008 Victoria (British Columbia) Fringe Festival in August.

MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS:

Sometimes on Mondays or Tuesdays we open back up in order to host talks, work shops, or performances that are relevant to our community. On Feb19th we are happy to lend our space to the Natural Family Health Lecture Series CHILDREN & NUTRITION Instilling Good Habits. These events sponsored by are great, informative, free, and open to the public. Click here to see the full poster.

If you have ideas for MOnday or Tuesday nights let us know...

BB

SEED ORDERS-GARDEN-WORM FARMS
Working on ordering seeds for the gardens, scheduling to start seeds in the green house, thinking about red worm composting in order to reuse our vegetable compost. We are really stoked to expand our gardens this summer even further in order to bring the best fresh, local pizza toppings and salads to Richmond this spring. If you have advice for me about starting into worm composting I would be happy if you e-mailed me. Right now I plan on continuing to compost a good chunk of our waste in bins as we have successfully so far but I would like to turn some of our good veggie waste into vermicompost.
Ben

INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this section of our site is to get ours news, ideas, brainstorms or rants out to you quickly. I will try to proof read and spell-check but just as often I will throw out fragments and/or stream of consciousness, run-on sentences. So welcome! You can always e-mail me at ben@ontherisebakery.net and share your ideas with us and I may post your writings ideas or comments from time to time so make sure to tell me if you don't want me to share.
all the best,
Ben