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Published: October 1, 2008
Greetings, Smittyheads.
A lot is happening around the Camel City, as of late. I’m kind of getting the feeling this will be an interesting fall in town this year. Also, for you bloggers, new media and social networking novices or gurus. ConvergeSouth, a free conference focused on moving North Carolina toward breakthroughs in creativity and diversity on the Web, is coming up October 17, 2008 in Greensboro. See details about this and other events below.
Also, the last Evening with Eight – Plus Smitty! dinner of 2008 is scheduled for Thursday, October 16, 2008. In celebration of Oktoberfest we have partnered with WSPrime restaurant in the Marriott Hotel’s Chef Tim Grandinetti and Spencer Davis of City Beverage to come up with our own German beer dinner. It’s going to be tasty. Seats are still available, but limited to 40 guest. Sign up today at EveningwithEight.com
Now to the business at hand. . .
NOMA @ Fourth and Marshall opening in October
An update to what was previously announced in Smitty’s Notes. NOMA which stands for NOrth MArshall, the street the building faces, is on track to open sometime in the middle to late October. Chris and Kathleen Barnes, owners of the popular Sixth and Vine restaurant in the Arts District, took over lease of the former Kababs space at the corner of Fourth and Marshall Streets.
NOMA will have a sleek, contemporary look and will serve upscale bar food; lunch will go for under $10 and dinner entrées will range between $9.95 and $17.95. It will seat 150 patrons.
With close to 5,400 square feet, all levels of the building will be used. The street level will be a smoking bar/lounge with flat panel televisions around the bar and each table. The upstairs will be non-smoking and will have a full service restaurant and sixteen tap bar. The room will be fitted with a projection screen to show films as has been done at Sixth and Vine this past spring and summer; there will be a midweek “Dinner and a Movie” theme night. Couches will available for lounging. Plans are to utilize the basement of the building as a Martini Lounge that will accommodate 30 patrons.
Stay tuned to the next edition for an exact opening closer to the date.
5IVE & 40RTY PRESENTS THE CITY OF THE ARTS IN THE EYES OF ITS ARTISTS
5IVE & 40 RTY bringstogether works by more than a dozen contemporary artists living in or near the city in Seeing Winston-Salem: Contemporary Artists’ View of the City. The exhibition opens Friday, October 3 and will remain on view through November 29, 2008. A reception will be held Friday, October 3 from 5:40 until 8:40pm.
The show is presented in collaboration with Reynolda House, Museum of American Art’s Seeing the City: Sloan’s New York Seeing Winston-Salem: Contemporary Artists View the City consists of works that depict or otherwise reference Winston-Salem, individuals who live and work here, and/or other aspects of the city’s life. Artists represented include Shawn Beard, Scott Betz, John Blackburn, Carlos Gustavo, Hieronymus, Laura Lashley, Trena McNabb, Leo Morrissey, Phil Morrison and Angus MacLachlan, Elsie Dinsmore Popkin, Juie Rattley, Liz Simmons, Peter Spivak, Ben Towle, Holly Wilbur, and Mary Ann Zotto. The show includes naturalistic cityscape renderings, boldly graphic image-and-text paintings, street photography, miniature architectural sketches, a mural-scale collage-based work, comic-strip imagery, and digital video. The exhibition is being curated by writer and independent curator, Tom Patterson.
This exhibition doesn’t attempt to illustrate or editorialize on the myriad issues that characterize contemporary life in Winston-Salem, but it does touch on at least a few of those issues. More importantly, it represents the singular, “on-the-ground” views of a few of the artists who live here and contribute to the city’s reputation as a “city of the arts.”
For more information on this exhibition, future shows at 5IVE & 40RTY or rentals of the gallery for meetings or special occasions, please call 336-724-2474 or email amy@5iveand40rty.com
Triad German Club's Oktoberfest 2008 - Saturday, October 4, 2008
The Triad German Club is hosting its annual Oktoberfest Saturday, October 4 th. What’s in store for the day is a lot of good German-style foods from bratwursts, potato salads, desserts and of course, beer! Oktoberfest wouldn’t be Oktoberfest without some good German brews to add to the merriment—not to mention men walking around in lederhosen doing the traditional chicken dance. A sight to see, indeed! You never know— you could spot your neighbor! The Little German Band will provide live music.
Everything will kick off at 6:00 p.m. at the Millennium Center located at 101 West Fifth Street. Admission is $10. The Triad German Club is a not-for-profit club that promotes the German language, culture, traditions, and heritage in the North Carolina Triad Region. They are always looking for new members, and you don’t have to be German to join. Only that you are interested in learning about and sharing an interest in the culture. Enjoy! For more information visit http://www.triadgermanclub.com.
Free State Funds Available To Remove and Clean Up Unused Buried Home Heating Oil Tanks
Buried in the yards of many homes built before 1975, are heating oil tanks that are no longer in use. What once heated those homes are today an environmental hazard. Out of sight should not mean out of mind.
These home heating oil tanks have spent decades underground, subjected to nature and all its corrosive elements. Even if the tank has been filled with sand or foam and contains no oil, decades of drips, spills and overfill during tank filling may have caused soil contamination.
In addition to environmental concerns, buried oil tanks pose a financial liability. Before a home can be sold or re-financed, many mortgage companies require the tank be removed.
Luckily, there is a state fund to cover the cost of tank excavation and soil clean up. The fund has finite dollars, so if you would like to know more about this program and how to have a heating oil tank removed at no cost to you, please call Katy O’Kennedy at 336 409 6877or email kok@triad.rr.com.
How Do You See Our City?
Winston-Salem in 2008 is a changing scene with the new baseball stadium, One Park Vista, the Southeast Gateway, Deacon Tower, and the Piedmont Triad Research Park. How do these and other potential changes impact our city’s future? Join Reynolda House Museum of American Art for a series of FREE community forums on how we envision our city in the 21st century. Seeing Our City: The Art of Defining a Place will feature talks by national experts and local leaders on three successive Thursday evenings at 7 p.m., starting October 9. A reception will follow each forum.
The series is being held in conjunction with Reynolda’s fall exhibition, Seeing the City: Sloan’s New York, which will be on display October 4 through January 4, 2009 and features the art of John Sloan, who focused on the people, street life, and the pedestrian experience of New York City during the early 20th century. You can find out more about these forums and watch the video at Reynolda’s website. Visit Reynolda’s Facebook page before and after the forums to find out more and continue the discussion about our city’s future.
Topics for the forums are:
October 9: The Face of Our City: Architectural Characteristics, Unique Assets, and Conscientious Development
October 16: The Heart of Our City: Downtown Living, Diversity, and a District for the Arts
October 23: Transforming Our City: Bridging Public Art and Public Works
Evening with Eight – Plus Smitty! Thursday, October 16, 2008
Intelligence. Humor. Good Conversation.
Evening with 8 -- Plus Smitty! is a different kind of dining experience, one where you can meet and mingle with cool people in a casual atmosphere. Plus, the food is first-class, and you can open your mind to new things. Just ask any of the 1,000 or so folks who have met, hung out and forged new friendships and contacts with Smitty over the past seven years. We like to think of it as building social capital in Winston-Salem—one meal at a time
The dinner is October 16 - WSPrime Restaurant @ 6:30 p.m. Oktoberfest Beer Dinner featuring Spencer Davis - Partner, City Beverage and Timothy Grandinetti - Executive Chef, Twin City Quarter
Spencer Davis is a Partner with City Beverage a popular independent beer and wine shop in Winston-Salem carrying beers, wines and home brewing supplies. Established in 1946, they are considered one of the best kept secrets in the city and Triad. They host a number of beer and wine tastings and dinners through the year lending their expert knowledge to the novice or connoisseur.
Executive Chef Timothy Grandinetti, C.E.C., arrived in 2007 at the Twin City Quarter from the St. Louis Renaissance Grand Hotel, and previously, the award-winning Washingtonian Center Marriott in Washington D.C., with the aim of repeating his success in achieving accolades for the food and beverage program.
Chef Grandinetti, leads a combined culinary brigade of 46, manages the hotel’s recently acclaimed W-S PRIME Restaurant, a total of seven kitchens and 170,000 square feet of banquet facilities.
Previous to Grandinetti’s success with Marriott International, he gained valuable experience as a leader on an opening task force with Lettuce Entertain You, Inc. where he played an instrumental role in bringing the newly created conceptual restaurant, “Big Bowl” to the Mid-Atlantic Region. Chef Grandinetti’s work experience also included an externship with world-renowned Chef David Kendrick at Kendrick’s Restaurant in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands, post-graduation from the Rochester Institute of Technology, in Rochester, NY with a B.S. in Hotel/Restaurant Management.
This will be an Oktoberfest dinner which will pair German beers presented by Davis with the culinary skills of Chef Grandinetti and the Twin City Quarter staff of German dishes. So, bring your friends for a great night of beer and fabulous food! This will be a set price beer dinner.
The best part about Evening with 8— Plus Smitty! is that everyone gets the chance to mix good conversation and good food.
If this sounds right up your alley, sign up now! Seating is limited and spaces fill up fast. Check out our Web site for more interesting news and up-to-date information at EveningwithEight.com .
ConvergeSouth New Media Conference – October 17, 2008 in Greensboro
Coming up in October is a meeting of bloggers and new media types. ConvergeSouth will be held in Greensboro on Friday, October 17 th on the campus of North Carolina A&T University. The event is in its fourth year and is the South's only free conference focused on moving North Carolina toward breakthroughs in creativity and diversity on the Web. Speakers from around the country will be presenting. There will be breakout session on various topics, such as PR and marketing; trends in social media and social networking; and how bloggers, podcasters and videocasters can get hooked up with big media on providing content. Last year’s ConvergeSouth Conference was attended by more than 400 people.
To find out more about this event or to register for the conference visit http://2008.convergesouth.com. Smitty’s Notes is a sponsor of this event.
Friday Night Fights return Downtown – October 17, 2008
Boxing is back on this fall. Rings of Dreams, which has held a number boxing matches over the past few years will hold their next fight on Friday, October 17th at Millennium Center, located at Fifth and over Trade Streets.
Great matches are set up, including crowd pleaser Derek "The Black Lion" Edwards (22-0) will be highlighted in a tough match against Brian "The Assassin" Norman (16-8) of Georgia. Norman's last 2 bouts have shown his hunger to take on tough opponents, and this is assured to be a great fight.
Also on the card, local favorite Earl "Chocolate Drop" Ladson will take on Derrik Walker of Georgia. Two newly signed cruiserweights with Ring of Dreams will also be on the card, one the up-and-coming Fred McClinton and the other Gary Lavender, who has appeared on ESPN twice and is shooting for the cruiserweight title. Returning from Kentucky is David Saulsberry (6-2), who will be taking on Winston-Salem's Roberto White (3-1). A host of other boxers from out of town will also be matched
Tickets are on sale now. However, the number is limited due to the smaller venue. General admission and ringside reserve are available. General admission is $20 in advance, $25 at the door. Reserve Ringside seats are $30 in advance, $35 at the door. Bouts and the lineup of boxers are subject to change. This event is sanctioned by the North Carolina Boxing Commission.
If you are looking for something a little different to do that weekend, this is a solid option. Good atmosphere. Diverse crowd. Live action-packed entertainment. First bout: 7:00 p.m. For more information call 201-0081 e-mail smith@nclawyer.com or visit http://www.ringofdreams.com. Let’s get ready to rumble!
The AFAS Group (Art for Art’s Sake) announces their fall event schedule for Winston Salem, NC…
Arts on Sunday Series continues its successful run in October. The Arts on Sunday Series is a sidewalk art and fine craft show presented on Trade St in the heart of the Arts District in Winston Salem. Free to the public this event will take place every Sunday in October from 1PM to 5PM.
To compliment the visual arts on display, a Kids Corner booth will be set up to engage children in the world of art. Each week they will be able to design a particular craft which they can take home with them.
In addition, a themed series of performing arts will take place each Sunday. The following is the scheduled lineup:
October 5 th: “Blues-a-Palooza”. Back by popular demand over 3 bands will perform live in the parking lot across from Finnegan’s Wake Pub. Free to the public. Scheduled acts will include: Damn Fino; Luxury Sedan; Robby Carr and Friends; and Dan Dockery and the Rising.
October 12 th: “Merlin’s Concert”, presenting women artists in support of the Forsyth County Humane Society. Bring the whole family and shop the arts’ booths while being entertained with live music and dance by participating artists. The event is a presentation of the LAAC in cooperation with The AFAS Group.
October 19 th: “Art for Healing, Health and Wellness”. While walking the art show be educated and entertained by demonstrations of yoga; drumming circles; martial arts; dance; henna body art; music therapy to name but a few.
October 27 th: “Art to Wear Fashion Show”. Get an early jump on Christmas shopping and see a live model presentation of art clothing and accessories on “the runway”. One of a kind art for Christmas? …what a unique idea!
The AFAS Group is a non profit organization whose mission is to… “Build, educate and celebrate community through art”. For more information contact Julie Knabb at textures@bellsouth.net 336-413-6667 or visit http://www.theafasgroup.com>
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