Elizabeth Kramer

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Performances by musicians, poets, puppeteers and dancers along with screenings and curator talks make up the long list of non-stop activities The Speed Art Museum has announced taking place in its first 30 hours after reopening on Saturday, March 12.

The fanfare kicks off at 10 a.m. with a ribbon-cutting ceremony accompanied by the University Steel Drum Band on the new piazza. After is a gamut of events throughout the new facilities including Turner's Circus Acts, Kentucky Opera performances, flamenco and ballet dancing and live music by Rachel Grimes, the Louisville Leopard Percussionists, Wax Fang, The Tunesmiths and Jecorey “1200” Arthur. Also on offer are gallery tours, art activities and continuous film screenings in the new Speed Cinema. The events conclude at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 13. Admission is free.

The information is arranged by events, hands-on film programs, cinema events and gallery talks.

Events, Saturday, March 12

10:00 a.m., Ribbon-cutting ceremony with University of Louisville Steel Drum Band. Piazza.

11 a.m., Rachel Grimes, Grand Hall.

11 a.m., StageOne Family Theatre, Cinema Courtyard: Presenting StoryTellers, a program using projections, props and costumes to bring the audience into the storytelling experience.

11:30 a.m., Carmichael’s Books Storytelling, Gheens Hall: Stories include audience favorites and stories inspired by visual artworks from around the world.

11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Face Painter Amy Parks, Misc. Space.

11 a.m. to 2 p.m., local painter Liz Richter: Artists creates artwork inspired by the museum's reopening and guests create original postcards to send to a friend.

12:30 p.m., Turner’s Circus Acts (throughout the museum): Acts include jugglers, contortionists and more.

12:30 p.m., Kentucky Opera, Grand Hall.

1 p.m., Kentucky Shakespeare, English Renaissance Room: Two-person performance of “Romeo and Juliet.”

1 p.m., Actors Theatre of Louisville, Gheens Court: Theater and play-writing games.

1 p.m., Louisville Leopard Percussionists, Atrium: Louisville’s percussion ensemble with more than 60 student musicians ages 7 to 14, from 48 different schools.

1:30 p.m., The Kentucky Center Presents: Roots and Wings, Grand Hall: Multi-disciplinary group integrates art, poetry, dance and music as catalysts for community revitalization.

2:30 p.m., The Free Soul Effect, Atrium: R&B/Pop band performing original music.

2:30 p.m., Troubadours of Divine Bliss, Cinema Courtyard: Accordion and guitar duo from Louisville.

3 p.m., Camera Lucida, Grand Hall: Live cinema with interactive video and a semi-improvised score.

3:30 p.m., Flamenco Dancing, Atrium: Gareth Jones and friends perform and guide audience members in the Spanish art form.

4 p.m., Young Poets of Louisville, Gheens Court: Lance Newman hosts poetry readings by the Young Poets of Louisville, a nonprofit organization.

5 p.m., Louisville Orchestra/Louisville Ballet Joint Performance, Atrium.

5:30 p.m., Anemic Royalty, Grand Hall: A four-piece garage rock band from Louisville made up of musicians ages 11 to 15.

5:30 p.m., Compass Quartet, English Renaissance Room: Founded by former students of the University of Louisville School of Music, the quartet performs music from classical to doo-wop.

6 p.m., InKY Reading Series/Louisville Literary Arts, Gheens Court: New readings from poets Mitchell Douglass, Ellyn Lichvar and Makalani Bandele, along with fiction writers Leesa Cross-Smith and Frank Bill.

6 p.m., In Lightning, Cinema Courtyard: A seven-member rock symphony consisting of violin, cello, French horn, guitar, bass, piano and drums.

6:30 p.m., Louisville Orchestra/Louisville Ballet Joint Performance, Atrium

7 p.m., Mick Sullivan with Joe Watts, Kentucky Gallery: Local bluegrass musicians.

7 p.m., Junkyard Hawks, English Renaissance Room: Percussion ensemble of third, fourth and fifth graders at Hite Elementary School who perform Brazilian, Afro-Cuban and other musical styles directed bu Jecorey Arthur.

8 p.m., The Louisville Free Public Library Presents: Pajama Dance Party, Gheens Court: Suggested attire is pajamas for dancing and storytelling.

8 p.m., Squallis Puppeteers Present: Hippie Johnny, Atrium: The troupe's new, vinyl-spinning puppet. has two turntables and enough vinyl for two hours of music and dancing.

8 p.m., BEACONS, Cinema Courtyard: BEACONS uses a tube amp and djembe for a drum machine and incorporates electronics.

8:30 p.m., The Tunesmiths, Grand Hall: Four-piece Louisville band combining rock ‘n’ roll, R&B and soul.

10 p.m., Wax Fang, Grand Hall: Performing with collaborator/producer Corey McAfee and a rotating cast of musicians.

11 p.m., Buti Yoga, Atrium: A practice fusing power yoga, tribal dance and plyometrics into a high-intensity workout.

11 p.m., Stand-Up Comedy, Cinema Courtyard: Comedians Ranaan Hershberg, Kent Carney and Jake Reber.

11:30 p.m., March Dabness, Grand Hall: Single-elimination, Louisville hip-hop tournament.

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Events, Sunday, March 13

8 a.m., Blessing of the Day with the Center for Interfaith Relation, Atrium

9 a.m., Yoga with Shadia Heenan, Atrium: Mixed-level vinyasa class includes a creative flow of asanas (poses) set to inspiring music led by Shadia Heenan.

9:30 a.m., The Louisville Free Public Library Presents: Pajama Dance Party, Gheens Court: Suggested attire is pajamas for dancing and storytelling.

10 a.m., Tai Chi with Lloyd Kelly, Atrium: The ancient Chinese discipline involves slow, deliberate, meditative body movements that facilitate relaxation and promote feelings of peace and calmness.

10 a.m., Explore Printmaking, Classrooms: Inspired by the Speed's latest Wall Together installation, learn about printmaking from local artist Susanna Crum of Calliope Arts.

10:30 a.m., Shine Studio Presents: The Art of Movement, Atrium: Nia is an expressive body-mind-spirit movement combining simple dance moves with martial arts and yoga.

11 a.m., Governor’s School for the Arts Alumni Showcase, Gheens Court: Performances by alumni of the Governor’s School for the Arts.

11 a.m., Louisville Zoo, Cinema Courtyard: Curators from the Louisville Zoo give an interactive talk with some furry friends.

11 a.m., Henna Parlor with Areeba Chaudhry, location to be determined: Henna artist Areeba Chaudhry created design on skin.

11:30 a.m., Historic Locust Grove, English Renaissance Room: Re-enactors from Locust Grove will portray individual who lived in or near the city in 1816.

12:30 p.m., Louisville Orchestra/Louisville Ballet Joint Performance, Atrium

1 p.m., Carly Johnson & Craig Wagner, Grand Hall: Guitarist Craig Wagner and vocalist Carly Johnson perform jazz standards and blues.

1 p.m., Tamerlane Trio, Kentucky Gallery: Original and modern interpretations of traditional American music.

2 p.m., Louisville Orchestra/Louisville Ballet Joint Performance, Atrium

3 p.m., Super Ensemble, Grand Hall: Musicians from the weekend and new ones perform.

3:30 p.m., Wish for the Speed, Misc Space: Finale gathering at Mark Handforth’s “Silver Wishbone,” a symbol of good fortune and merry thoughts.

Hands-On Film Programs: Saturday, March

10:a.m. to 2 p.m., 24 Frames a Second, Cinema Lobby: Draw on 24 frames of 16mm film leader equating one second of film. Each film section will be edited together and projected in the Speed Cinema at 7 p.m.

4 to 8 p.m., Virtual Reality: The New Frontier, Cinema Lobby: Try out Google Cardboard to see new works commissioned for this year’s Sundance Film Festival, the New York Times selected by local producer Steven Schardt, Speed Curator of Film Dean Otto and a group of journalism students from Manual High School.

Cinema Events: Saturday, March 12 (all located in the cinema)



10 a.m., "Triadic Ballet" (Triadisches Ballett), directed by Franz Schömbs, International Film for Children, 1970, DVD, 31 minutes: A recreation of the avant-garde ballet featuring costumes by Oskar Schlemmer. Screening courtesy the Goethe Institut, Chicago.

10:32 a.m., "Zarafa," directed by Rémi Bezançon and Jean-Christopher Lie, International Animated Film for Children, 2015, DCP, 78 minutes: Inspired by the story of the first giraffe to visit France.

11:50 a.m., "The Story of Film: An Odyssey," directed by Mark Cousins, Film History/Essential Cinema 2011, video, 15 one-hour sections: Scottish film curator and critic Mark Cousin adapts his book on the history of international cinema into a documentary featuring clips from hundreds of films.

11:50 am Part 1: The Birth of a Great Art Form

12:50 pm Part 2: Movies in the Roaring Twenties

1:50 pm Part 3: World Cinema in the 1920s

2:50 p.m., "The Quay Brothers" in 35mm, directed by The Quay Brothers and curated by Christopher Nolan, Film History/Essential Cinema, 1986-2015, 35mm, 67 minutes: A meticulous series of short films. Three of their short films complimented by a short film by Christopher Nolan ("Inception," "Insterstellar").

3:57 p.m., "The Story of Film: An Odyssey," directed by Mark Cousins: Film History, 2011, video, 15 one-hour sections. Scottish film curator and critic Mark Cousin adapts his book on the history of international cinema into a documentary featuring clips from hundreds of films.

3:57 pm Part 4: The 1930s Talkies Upend Everything

4:57 pm Part 5: World War II and a New, Daring Cinema

5:57 pm Part 6: Sex and Melodrama in the ‘50s

6:57 p.m., "24 Frames per Second," directed by visitors to the Speed Cinema: Short works created by visitors to the Speed Cinema created earlier in the day.

7:28 p.m., "Decasia: The State of Decay," directed by Bill Morrison, Experimental Cinema/Film History/Essential Cinema 2002, 35mm, 67 minutes: Re-shot film footage that has decayed and with fleeting glance of images moments before they’re lost. Complimented by Michael Gordon’s score.

8:35 p.m., "The Dark, Krystle," directed by Michael Robinson: Experimental Cinema, 2013, video, 9.5 minutes. Robinson reworks pieces of popular culture into new works including footage from the 1980s nighttime soap "Dynasty."

8:35 p.m., "The Smell of Burning Ants," directed by Jay Rosenblatt, Experimental Cinema, 1994, 16mm, 21 minutes: Rosenblatt’s essay uses found footage from educational films, ads and pop culture to investigate the construction of masculinity and development of codes of behavior.

9:06 p.m., "The Story of Film: An Odyssey," directed by Mark Cousins, Film History/Essential Cinema, 2011, video, 15 one-hour sections: Scottish film curator and critic Mark Cousin adapts

his book on the history of international cinema into a documentary featuring clips from hundreds of films.

9:06 pm Part 7: Explosive Films of the Late '50s and ‘'0s

10:06 pm Part 8: Global Cinema in the Dazzling 1960s

11:06 pm Part 9: American Cinema Matures in the late '60s and '70s

Cinema Events: Saturday, March 13 (all located in the cinema)

12:06 a.m., "Abby," directed by William Girdler, Midnight Movies/Local Cinema, 1974, 16mm, 89 minutes: Louisville’s impresario of schlock cinema, William Girdler, hit box office gold in this Blaxploitation film inspired by

"The Exorcist."

1:35 a.m., "Sins of the Fleshapoids," directed by Mike Kuchar, Midnight Movies, 1965, 16mm, 43 minutes: A favorite film of John Waters, Kuchar's tale of lust, pleasure and hate is set a million years into the future.

3:18 a.m., "The Story of Film: An Odyssey," directed by Mark Cousins, Film History/Essential Cinema, 2011, video, 15 one-hour sections: Scottish film curator and critic Mark Cousin adapts his book on the history of international cinema into a documentary featuring clips from hundreds of films.

3:18 a.m. Part 10: Seventies Movies that (Tried to) Change the World

4:18 a.m. Part 11: Groundbreaking American Blockbusters in the 1970s

5:18 a.m. Part 12: Protest Movies of the 1980s

6:18 a.m. Part 13: Nineties Film—a Surprise Golden Age

7:18 a.m. Part 14: Brilliant, Flash, Playful Movies of the ‘90s

8:18 a.m. Part 15: Movies Come Full Circle

9:18 a.m, "The Girl Chewing Gum," directed by John Smith, Experimental Cinema/Film History/Essential Cinema, 1976, 16mm, 12 minutes: the power of narration is upended in this brilliant funny film. Smith barks out orders to the actors and extras in the frame and the orders become increasingly absurd.

9:30 a.m., "Troublemakers: The Story of Land Art," directed by James Crump, Artists’ Cinema/Documentary, 2015, DCP, 72 minutes: New documentary focuses on a group of ambitious artists who create earthworks on a monumental scale such as Robert Smithson, Walker DeMaria and Michael Heizer.

10:42 a.m., "Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict," directed by Lisa Immordino, Vreeland, Artists’ Cinema/Documentary, 2015, DCP, 96 minutes: Portrait of the life of legendary art patron who developed relationships with Picasso, Duchamp and Ernst and created an unparalleled collection.

12:18 p.m., "Outer Space," directed by Peter Tscherkassky, 1999, 35mm, 10 minutes, Experimental Cinema: Begins with footage of a woman traversing a dark corridor in a thriller, and descents into madness as the film appears to destroy itself.

12:18 p.m., "Instructions for a Light and Sound Machine," directed by Peter Tscherkassky, 2005, 35mm, 17 minutes: A man discovers he is being manipulated by the subject of a film while being led to death and an afterlife where he can create his own cinematic world.

12:18 p.m., "Horizontal Boundaries," directed by Pat O’Neill, 2008, 35mm, 23 minutes: The frame lines that segment one frame of film from another (and usually hidden as a film

rolls through a projector) become the subject of this film.

1:08 p.m., "Layover," directed by Vanessa Renwick, 2014, video, 6 minutes: Vaux’s Swifts birds descend upon Portland during their migration to South America.

1:08 p.m., "A Million Miles Away," directed by Jennifer Reeder. 2014, video, 27 minutes: Coming-of-age film to the beat of an '80s heavy soundtrack. Reeder will shoot her first feature film, "As with Knives and Skin" soon in Louisville.

1:08 p.m., "Blood Below the Skin," directed by Jennifer Reeder, 2015, video, 30 minutes: Three girls from different social circles form a bond in the week before a school dance.

2:11 p.m., Sundance Award-Winning Shorts Program, Directed by Don Hertzfeld, Frankie Show, Atsuko Hirayanagi, Kitty Green, Paul Cabon, and Paulina Skibińska, 2016, video, 83 minutes: Top short films from the 2015 Sundance Film Festival

Gallery Talks: Saturday, March 12

11:15 a.m., Miranda Lash, Curator of Contemporary Art: A tour of the new Contemporary Art space on the second floor of the North Building. Works by artists including Sam Gilliam, Alice Neel, and Frank Stella. Meet between the elevators on the second floor of the North Building.

Noon, Tour of the Kentucky Gallery on the lower level with pieces from the Kentucky collection, including a life mask of Abraham Lincoln and a totem pole charting the history of a Louisville family. Meet at the foot of the Grand Staircase. Guide is Scott Erbes, Chief Curator and Curator of Decorative Arts and Design.

1:30 p.m., Tour of the Dutch and Flemish Art including works by Peter Paul Rubens, Gabriel Metsu and Rembrandt. Meet in Gallery 4. Guide is Erika Holmquist-Wall, Mary and Barry Bingham, Sr. Curator of American and European Painting and Sculpture.

4 p.m., Tour of the new Contemporary Art space with works by Yinka Shonibare, Ebony Patterson and Kiki Smith. Meet between the elevators on the third floor of the North Building. Guide is Miranda Lash, Curator of Contemporary Art.

5:30 p.m., Tour of the Kentucky Gallery with Speed’s Kentucky including a rare daguerreotype of Henry Clay and artwork from the Southern Exposition. Meet at the foot of the Grand Staircase. Guide is Scott Erbes, Chief Curator and Curator of Decorative Arts and Design.

6 p.m., Tour of the Speed’s new African Gallery, including art of the Kuba, Edo, and Yoruba cultures. Meet outside the elevator in Gallery 8. Guide is Kim Spence, Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photography.



7:30 p.m., Tour of the Speed’s new Ancient Gallery with art from Ancient cultures of Greece, Rome, and Egypt. Meet at the top of the Grand

Staircase outside Gallery 6. Guide is Kim Spence, Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photography.

Gallery Talks: Sunday, March 13

Midnight, Tour the Speed’s 17th century English Renaissance Room. Meet in the English Renaissance Room. Guide Scott Erbes, Chief Curator and Curator of Decorative Arts and Design.

10 a.m., Tour of the Speed’s new Native American Gallery with art of the Lakota Sioux, Arapaho and Cheyenne cultures. Meet in Gallery 24. Guide is Kim Spence, Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photography.

11:30 a.m., Tour of the Speed’s Leight Collection of Contemporary Glass. Meet in the Leight Gallery on the second floor of the North Building. Guide is Scott Erbes, Chief Curator and Curator of Decorative Arts and Design:

1 p.m., Tour of the new Contemporary Art space with works by Sam Gilliam, Alice Neel and Frank Stella. Meet between the elevators on the second floor of the North Building. Guide is Miranda Lash, Curator of Contemporary Art.

2 p.m., Tour of the Dutch and Flemish art including works by Peter Paul Rubens, Gabriel Metsu and Rembrandt. Meet in Gallery 4. Guide is Erika Holmquist-Wall, Mary and Barry Bingham, Sr. Curator of American and European Painting and Sculpture.

2:30 p.m., Tour of the Kentucky Gallery with the Speed’s Kentucky collection that includes a rare daguerreotype of Henry Clay and artwork from the Southern Exposition. Meet at the foot of the Grand Staircase. Guide is Scott Erbes, Chief Curator and Curator of Decorative Arts and Design.

Reach reporter Elizabeth Kramer at 502-582-4682 and ekramer@courier-journal.com. Follow her on Twitter @arts_bureau and on Facebook at Elizabeth Kramer - Arts Writer.