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  Postcard, The Empowered Voice: Divine Divas, 2011

  Conspiracy Productions, Studio at 620, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Lena Horne, Sharon E. Scott, Jayne Trinette, Stephanie Roberts, Tia Jemison, and Venus Jones

  Conspiracy Productions invites you to a one of a kind performacne featuring five phenomenal female voices celebrating all things DIVA! The Bay Area's premier vocalists pay homage to legendary performers including Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, and Lena Horne among others. Don't miss this tutorial in elegance and class starring our own local Divine Divas: Sharon E. Scott, Jayne Trinette, Stephanie Roberts, and Tia Jemison. Also featuring spoken word artist, Venus Jones.

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  Postcard, Sacred Forests of India: Conservation Traditions, 2011

  Alison Ormsby, Studio at 620, Eckerd College, and Community Forestry International

  The Studio@620 invites you to "Sacred Forests of India: Conservation Traditions," a photography exhibit with film screening and lecture presentation by Alison Ormsby. This show highlights the history of sacred groves in two states of India, Meghalaya and Karnataka. Sacred forests or groves hold cultural and spiritual significance for the people who live near them. Grove conservation reflects people's respect for the god believed to reside in the forest. Alison Ormsby is an Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at Eckerd College and was a Fullbright-Nehru scholar in India from October 2009 to May 2010.

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  Postcard, Sharing Negrobilia, 2011

  Bob Devin Jones, Studio at 620, Bill Maxwell, and Unitarian Universalists of Clearwater

  Bob Devin Jones and Bill Maxwell invite you to "Sharing Negrobilia" on Sunday, February 27. Enjoy an afternoon of sharing and conversation about African-American memorabilia. Bring your memorabilia and enjoy delicious southern fare of beans and rice, cornbread, and sweet potato pie! (Donation suggested for lunch).

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  Postcard, Celebrate Black History: Florida Folk and Their Tales and The Spirit of Marcus Garvey

  Phyllis McEwan, Studio at 620, The Florida Humanities Council, Zora Neale Hurston, Ron Bobb-Semple, and Marcus Garvey

  The Studio@620 and The Florida Humanities Council welcome Phyllis McEwen as she brings to life Zora Neale Hurston's folklore. The evening will showcase the work songs, creation myths, spirituals and comedy that Zora collected in the turpentine camps and jook joints of Florida during her tenure with the WPA.

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  Postcard, Radio Theatre Project, 2011

  Studio at 620, WMNF, Sheila Cowley, Mark McKain, Lisa Rosenthal, and Matt Cowley

  Live Radio Theatre takes center stage each month--we'll bring the voices and sound effects, you provide that special studio audience flavor that makes live radio theatre so exciting and fun! Each month you'll hear a variety of audio plays which will be broadcast on WMNF 88.5 FM as part of the Soundstage show.

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  Postcard, Mostly For Love and Peanuts, 2011

  Erik Wagner, Studio at 620, and The Trigger Group

  You're invited to "Mostly for Love and Peanuts," an original dance theatre piece by Erik Wagner and The Trigger Group. The Studio@620 is pleased to welcome Erik back, who you may recall from his prior performance, "Look Tonight," presented in 2010. In this new choreography, Erik examines "work" and the value of art and the artist in society, as well as the survival strategies that both contribute to and hinder one's longevity.

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  Postcard, Nate Najar Trio, 2011

  Nate Najar, Studio at 620, John Lamb, and Stephen Bucholtz

  The Studio@620 invites you to three evenings of live jazz entertainment featuring The Nate Najar Trio. This series covers three Tuesday evenings: February 8, April 5, and May 3, 2011. Each performance begins at 7:30 PM and will feature swinging jazz bossa nova and classics, all done in Nate's inimitable style. The Nate Najar Trio consists of Nate Najar on guitar, John Lamb on bass, and Stephen Bucholtz on the drums.

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  A Benefit for A Simple Theatre

  Studio at 620, Gavin Hawk, Meg Heimstead, Roxanne Fay, and A Simple Theatre

  Tampa Bay’s Newest Professional Theatre Company Join us for this special night as we celebrate and introduce to the world a brand new non-profit theatre company in the Tampa/ St. Petersburg area. Formed by local Bay Area actors/directors Gavin Hawk, Meg Heimstead, and Roxanne Fay, A Simple Theatre’s mission is founded on the belief that great theatre is rooted in the simplicity of compelling stories told by talented storytellers. Focusing on excellent acting, intelligent direction, elegant design, and brilliant modern playwrights, their productions will challenge, provoke, and emotionally engage audiences. Their first production will be Ariel Dorfman’s thrilling play DEATH AND THE MAIDEN, presented at The Studio@620 in early September. The evening’s events will include a fantastic wine tasting, a short play reading by the founders of the company, silent auctions on unique gift baskets, and much more!

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  Ben Hamburger: The Isolation of Intimacy

  Studio at 620, Ben Hamburger, Will Scecina, Jim Morey, and Ann Van Atta

  The Studio@620 presents an exhibition of recent work by emerging painter Ben Hamburger. Ben is an oil painter whose work revolves around the human form while indulging in various textures and work surfaces. His work is concerned with revealing energy within his subjects through vigorous brushstrokes and capturing the form in vibrant intensity. This painting installation portrays the mysterious, often contradictory, intricacy of our being.

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  Decades of Day Work

  Studio at 620 and Your Real Stories Productions

  Your Real Stories Productions and Studio@620 collaborate to bring you “Decades of Day Work,” a series that uses live presentations, music, drama, and spoken word to celebrate the dignity of a day’s work! “Decades of Day Work” responds to the best-selling novel and blockbuster movie, “The Help.” Both of these introduced new generations of Americans to the restricted world of domestic workers in 1960’s Mississippi. Now, “Decades of Day Work” lets us hear the real stories from our friends and neighbors—from Black women who worked ‘in family’ and the White men and women who employed them. Come and be inspired.

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  Extremities

  Studio at 620, William Mastrosimone, Marion Wolfe, and Pinellas County Center for the Arts

  The Studio@620 welcomes students from Pinellas County Center for the Arts as they present “Extremities”, a play by William Mastrosimone. When a woman turns the tables on a would-be rapist, an ordinary day becomes anything but. Extremities is a chilling and disturbing journey of exploration through the impulses of self-preservation and revenge, dealing intimately with conflicting views on a woman’s place in society and the relationship between women in respects to competition, jealousy and sex.

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  For the Love of Clay: Juried Exhibition 2011

  Studio at 620, DMW Fine Art Studio, Wendy Durand Pottery, Bob Devin Jones, Hal Freedman, and Jorge Vidal

  The Studio@620 in partnership with DMW Fine Art Studio and Wendy Durand Pottery proudly presents “For the Love of Clay: A Juried Exhibition” Featuring Work By: A Juried selection of Tampa Bay’s Top Clay Artists

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  Here's to You, Harold Pinter (The Late, Great Harold Pinter)

  Studio at 620, Harold Pinter, Chris Jackson, Jessica Alexander, James Rayfield, Meg Heimstead, David O'Hara, and Revolve Theatre Co.

  The Studio@620 welcomes Revolve Theatre Company and their production of Here‘s to you, Harold Pinter (The Late, Great Harold Pinter). Includes performances of “Victoria Station”, “Ashes to Ashes”, and “A Kind of Alaska” by Harold Pinter. Featuring: Chris Jackson, Jessica Alexander, James Rayfield, Meg Heimstead, and David O‘Hara.

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  Knives in Hens

  Studio at 620, David Harrower, Samuel French, Mina Asayesh-Brown, Rebekka Walker, Nathaniel French, Jacob Stewart, Alexander Whittenberg, and Amelia Johns

  In a pre-industrial, God-fearing nowhere land, a young woman is given a language for her heart—freeing and exposing her. An uneducated young woman, trapped by marriage in a closed and superstitious community, develops an intense relationship with the village outcast. Sensuality and poetic language combine to make this a seductive tale of solitude, sexuality and intellectual awakening.

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  Murder Ballad

  Studio at 620, Heather L. Jones, Selena Ambush, and The Blue Scarf Collective

  The Blue Scarf Collective and The Studio@620 present “Murder Ballad” as part of the Golden Ticket Theatre Series. “Murder Ballad” tells the story of men and women in Knoxville, TN, one year after the end of the Civil War, as they struggle to accept the tragedies they experienced during the war, and embrace love and life. Based on the stories in traditional American murder ballads, the play is a tense, spooky, heartbreaking and hopeful look at how war affects community. Directed by Selena Ambush.

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  Pillowman

  Studio at 620, Martin Mcdonagh, Anthony Gervais, George Kielty, Dacey McNally, Dylan Barlowe, Pinellas County Center for the Arts, and The Dags

  The Studio@620 invites you to Pillowman, a play by Martin McDonagh, as presented by a group of PCCA theatre students led by George Kielty.

  In Pillowman, a writer in a totalitarian state is interrogated about the gruesome content of his stories and their relation to several child murders in his town.

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  PRIDE (and Prejudice)

  Studio at 620 and Lamar Marchese

  The Studio@620 welcomes photographer Lamar Marchese as he presents “PRIDE (and Prejudice) A Photo Essay”. The exhibit of large format color photographs documents the 2009 & 2010 Gay Pride Parade in St. Petersburg, one of the largest such events in the southeast. As a photographer, Marchese's interest lies in the canvas of the human face and is a mix of portraiture and photojournalism.

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  Proof

  Studio at 620, David Auburn, Pinellas County Center for the Arts, and The Actors Studio of Tampa Bay

  The Studio@620 welcomes students from Pinellas County Center for the Arts (PCCA) as they present Proof by David Auburn. Proof won the 2001 Tony Award for Best Play, as well as the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and tells the story of Catherine, the daughter of a recently deceased mathematical genius. Catherine may have inherited a touch of her father’s talent, but did she also inherit his demons?

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  Resonance

  Studio at 620, University of Florida, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), Nan Smith, Linda Arbuckle, Anna Callouri Holcombe, Raymond Gonzalez, Kathy King, Lynn Duryea, Kate Murray, Tara Wilson, Erin Furimsky, Ovidio Giberga, Magdalene Gluszek, Thaddeus Erdahl, Andrew Cho, Jeremy Randall, Elliott Marquet, Renee Audette, Patrick Coughlin, Pavel Amromin, Jeff Pender, Holly Hanessian, and Kevin Snipes

  The University of Florida Faculty and Alumni Exhibition for the 2011 NCECA Conference

  The Studio@620 welcomes "Resonance" as part of the 2011 NCECA Conference. (NCECA is the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts) You're invited to experience an exhibit of recent ceramics work by a select group of artists. Opening reception will be held Thursday March 31 from 6:30-9:30 PM. Admission is free and open to the public. A special UF Alumni reception will precede the opening from 5:30 - 6:30 PM on March 31, 2011.

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  Same Clay Old Way

  Studio at 620 and David Bewley

  The Studio@620 invites you to “Same Clay Old Way”, an exhibition of ceramic objects dating from 3000 BCE–1900 CE used in daily life by ordinary people. This exhibit of ceramic antiquities is presented by David Bewley and will be on display April 7–16, 2011 with an opening reception to be held on Thursday April 7 from 6:30–9:30 PM. All artifacts will be available for purchase. Come see how much and how little has changed over centuries of use of clay in our daily lives.

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  The Autonomous Art of Antarctica

  Studio at 620; Paul Suprenand; Jose Torres; Ted McLaren; University of South Florida, College of Marine Science; St. Peterburg Times; and National Science Foundation

  The Studio@620 welcomes Paul Suprenand and The Autonomous Art of Antarctica. Antarctica is a land of environmental extremes that is owned by no one… living largely in Nature’s own autonomy. The continent is home to an incredible ecosystem with ever-changing borders of land and ice, setting the canvas for natural artistic opportunities to abound, and with imagery never to be seen the same way again. To enjoy a piece of Antarctica you are invited to join us for a walk among the artistry of Paul Suprenand’s landscape and animal imagery.

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  The Laramie Project

  Studio at 620, Moisés Kauffman, and Pinellas County Center for the Arts

  The Studio@620 welcomes The Laramie Project, June 20-22, 2011. This powerful and emotional play focuses on the murder of Matthew Shepard (October 1998), a gay college student living in Laramie, Wyoming. Throughout this show you will meet a myriad of real characters reporting the circumstances of what is happening with Matthew, the legal side of what happened, and personal reactions and opinions. Ryan Monroe specifically wanted to mount this show in June because he understands the importance of the message in The Laramie Project. It has been one of Ryan’s goals to produce this show in hopes of spreading awareness of hate crimes during St. Pete Pride Month. Please come out and support Pinellas County Center for the Arts students as they produce The Laramie Project for you.

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  Studio at 620, Samuel French, William Joseph Stribling, and Jacob Stewart

  Three plays, Three Weekends, One group of talented young people

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  Uncle Bends: A Home-Cooked Negro Narrative

  Studio at 620, Bob Devin Jones, Chris Jackson, Nate Najar, Vincent Simms, and Darryl Rouson

  The Studio@620 presents “Uncle Bends: A Home-Cooked Negro Narrative”, written and performed by Bob Devin Jones, Directed by T. Scott Wooten Join us as we reawaken the voices of the past and sit down with them for dinner during “Uncle Bends”, July 14-17, 2011. Bring your appetite for powerful storytelling! Bob prepares a meal for the audience while portraying characters ranging from young to old, man to woman, slave to free man. Musical accompaniment by Nate Najar and Vincent Simms.

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  Wrecked: A Collision of Art

  Studio at 620 and Pixelated Productions

  A social networking premier created to bring together many facets of the art community for one night of pure creative indulgence! This event will premier short films smashed together with several local featured artists, topped off with some breathtaking performance art and live music. It is sure to be a collision of inspiration and passion! Proceeds for this event will go to Creative Clay, a local non-profit that focuses on making the arts accessible for every member of the Tampa Bay community.