C'est la vie

so it was fun while it lasted but alas.. thanks to the richmond community for all of the love and support for art + music in the beautiful courtyard!

this friday!

..will be done a little differently than we are all normally used to, the art will be shown at the courtyard at 304 n. adams st and the music will be played at Gibson's Grill at 700 e. broad st (just a few blocks away!)


the lineup has changed a bit, Ben Shirley will be performing instead of quiet eyes road (that's shown on the posters).

Ben Shirley

The Green Boys at Davis & Main

The Itchy Hearts

please do come out and support both local art + local music!


more details:
art is being displayed in the courtyard starting 6pm!
sweet art by:
victoria carr
alicia carr mitsch
amanda erickson

music is being played at gibson's grill just a few blocks further down from the courtyard.. in the lounge starting at 8:30pm!
musicial awesomeness:
the green boys - http://www.myspace.com/thegreenboys
the itchy hearts - http://www.myspace.com/theitchyhearts
ben shirley - http://www.myspace.com/benshirleymusic

FREE!
ALL AGES! - even in the lounge at Gibson's Grill!
$1 PBR's

art + music

facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=166575270020302

unfortunate situation

I wanted to reach out and let you know how appreciative we are for your interest in playing music and displaying art at First Fridays in the Courtyard. Unfortunately, starting November 5th we won't be able to provide a live music venue. A new resident of the courtyard has made such a stink about the show that we are now not fully supported by all the residents to have live music in the space. We can however, provide an art gallery.

I want to invite all artists that are interested in displaying their art, whether that be preformance art, projections, installations or any innovative way to show one's appreciation for art and music in the community. I am not convinced this should stop what we have accomplished in the past year and a half. It means to much to a lot of people to stop the momentum that we have generated.


I still invite you to please come out and show your support. Let's cross our fingers that they do not renew their lease and we can continually provide Richmond with live music and art each month.

UPDATES:  Gibson's Grill has stepped up and allowed us to have our live music preformed in their lounge area downstairs. After indulging in First Fridays in Jackson Ward, head downtown to Gibson's Grill at 700 E. Broad Street, next to The National. Music starts at 8:30pm.

this october..

ki: theory - http://www.myspace.com/kitheory

slow news day in the vampire world

zac hryciak and the jungle beat - http://www.myspace.com/zandthejungleb

birdie busch (pa)  - http://www.myspace.com/birdiebusch

ki: theory - "holiday heart"

featuring art by matt clough - http://www.mattclough.com/

some samples of matt's work..

a gorgeous evening in september!

the evening was lit by tealights..

brooches by corey marie

frames by corey marie

journals by corey marie

"from here on blue"

the turnout was great, people took the blankets pretty well!

"lobo marino"

"colloquial orchestra" finished off the night right, with an encore!

"colloquial orchestra" (dave watkins + mall klimas)

"lobo marino"

dave's drum action with what looked like bambo sticks!

many thanks to: dave watkins, matt klimas, corey marie, deanna miller, from here on blue, and lobo marino.
first fridays in september was beautiful and hopefully our last humid evening for a while.. but you can never be sure.
*featured video projections: disney's black claudron, attack of the killer tomatoes

"attack of the killer tomatoes"

i realize the ridiculousness of this movie, that's why it would be fun to have it playing on the projector throughout the course of the evening tomorrow night!
my co-worker found it recently and thought i may be interested in having it up during the performances.. why not?
and there will be more surprises to come as well!
i'm psyched to hear that hurricane earl may not show it's face in richmond that day/evening..
but you can never tell. i will be prepared either way..

silly me..

so i thought i'd share this, because i think it's funny and laney got a kick out of it herself.. but i was e-mail everyone that was going to be involved this month for first fridays.. and i wrote lomo marino instead of lobo marino when writing the e-mail.
for some reason i did that with everyone of my notes without noticing it.. but laney e-mails me back that lomo marino means "sea pork" haha.. instead of lobo marino which means "sea lion" haha.. at any rate it was laughable to say the least.. thankfully the posters didn't say "sea pork"... phew!

ps. i'm really psyched for next week!

rain or shine..

musical awesomeness!
lobo marino - http://www.lobomarino.bandcamp.com/

from here on blue - http://www.myspace.com/fromhereonblue

late set with dave watkins (colloquial orchestra) - http://www.davewatkinsmusic.com/

 

artistic brillance!

corey marie - http://www.coreymarie.com/

deanna miller - http://www.missingmonsters.com%20/

i went with this poster design to hopefully ward off rain for that evening since we've had so much rain come pouring down last time.. but even if the weatherman says otherwise.. we are prepared with our event tent and plenty of plastic bags..

rain rain!!

so, it rained last night but that didn't do much to stop the evening!
around 8pm, Ohbliv got into his set the rain started coming down real good but we thought that it would pass like every other rain cloud that passed through but this one came down! Ohbliv actually hovered over his mixer to shelter it from the rain.. but when that wasn't good enough he tried playing underneath the table..
but the PA wasn't going to be okay sitting out in that stuff so we brought it all in.. at first everyone was certain that was going to kill the evening. but shortly after people kept flowing into the courtyard but we also had an event tent that we probably should have gotten up prior to all this (oops..) but at any rate we popped it up  (in the pouring rain, so we all got soaked - but after probably one of the hottest summer days in richmond.. it was a well deserved shower!) and moorish temple was ready to go!

moorish temple consists of marshe wyche on the bass, dean lee on the lead guitar and josh on the drums.
they were fantastic, everyone was stoked to hear them! it was unbelievable to me that marshe has only just learned the bass a couple of months ago, she killed some bass!

immediately after their set, we brought the tent down so everyone could see dave watkins set the best.. because at this point the rain clouds subsided and you could see a few stars.
we had a dancer that night in a yellow shirt that just jammed out like no ones business, he even kicked the pieces of tent left behind to clean up later, so he could have enough room to dance!
dave's set blew everyone out of the water, as usual! i request that dave bangs on the drum more often!

thank you for everyone sticking it out despite the rain!
"if only sound equipment was 'waterproof' i'd say let's play in the rain everyday!" - dave watkins

august 6th..

we're excited to once again introduce richmond to some amazing artists from atlanta, georgia that will be joining us august 6th! check out the musician and artists to expect by checking out their sites below.

musical awesomeness_
ohbliv - http://www.myspace.com/ohblivmusick
moorish temple - http://www.myspace.com/moorishtemple
dave watkins - http://www.davewatkinsmusic.com/

featured artists_"fatkids"
pierre cerrato - http://www.pierrecerrato.net/
brent mellecker - http://www.brentmellecker.com/
jon bass - http://bassholeart.com/
killamari - http://www.killamari.com/
chi duong - http://designbychi.com/index.html

triple stamp press was so kind to provide the print out for this months posters, they look great screenprinted! :]

the best yet..

“the best yet i think!”

first fridays in the courtyard - july 2nd
jonathan vassar and the speckled bird is always a breathe of fresh air. hezekiah jones was a beautiful addition to the courtyard.. and matt jones was a pleasant surprise, his voice was so “unique and good” — was how most people described him.
dave watkins of course surprised everyone once again with his spontaneous sound! it left the crowd’s mouths dropping and not a person in the courtyard left empty-handed.

it was a beautiful july evening, with no humidity to speak of.

july 2nd

designed by matt klimas

july 2nd..
@ 304 n. adams st (on the corner of adams + broad st)free!
doors open at 6pm
music starts at 7pm

fabulous music by..

jonathan vassar + the speckled bird
hezekiah jones
guest appearance by matt jones
dave watkins
rsvp >> facebook event

tomorrow in the courtyard..

Facebook Event: http://www.facebook.com/?!/event.php?eid=124043457629072&ref=mf#!/event.php?eid=124043457629072&ref=mf

may 7th

may 7th
doors open at 6:00pm, music starts at 7pm.
white laces
lubec
ghost lotion

spring!

spring has sprung and we are now breaking out of hiberation to bring you some more courtyard greatness, stay tuned!

help us get our exit signs!

okay... IT'S ON! Support the courtyard! Exit signs or not, were back in service in April! So come out for our last awesome benefit for the exit signs on March 19th! it's at Cous Cous! We've got an awesome line up with Hugo Haggie, Andrew Shearin, and Ghost Lotion. Doors open at 10 and bands play at 11. Sorry the show is 21 and up!

Band Websites:
Hugo Haggie- http://hugohaggie.com/live/
Andrew Shearin: http://www.myspace.com/andrewshearin
Ghost Lotion: http://ghostlotion.muxtape.com/

Click here to RSVP the Facebook event

shhh... listen!

i highly recommend coming to The Listening Room.
it's delightful!
if you appreciate music and you want somewhere to truly listen that's not a loud bar or restaurant, come to The Listening Room. i went when i got back from my vacation in jackson hole and i was stoked to experience it, don't forget to come February 23rd!

p.s. thank you again for your support back in december for our ugly sweater party! shannon is conjuring something awesome at Cous Cous, i will keep ya'll updated with that very soon!