Midterms are almost here, but District Detours is here to fill your free time this weekend with events going on around Savannah.
Thursday January 30, 2013
Unfamiliar Behavior: Works by Hye Yeon Nam
Jepson Center, 207 West York St.
Student admission $5
Runs through April 28
Telfair presents the first solo museum exhibition by Hye Yeon Nam, a digital media artist working in performance video, experimental interaction design, and robotic installations. Her work makes the familiar strange, interpreting everyday behaviors in performative ways. The exhibition includes “Please Smile,” an interactive robotic sculpture in which five skeleton arms point to the viewer and wave when the viewer smiles, thanks to face tracking software. Miniature figures bow to the viewer in the sculpture “Hooray,” and the experimental “Kiss Controller,” allows a kissing couple to control a video game. The exhibition also includes performance videos that speak to the Korean-born artist’s initial feelings of displacement in the U.S.
SLIDELUCK Savannah Opening Reception and Gallery Show
Oglethorpe Gallery, 206 East Oglethorpe Ave.
6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Gallery show featuring the work of 26 artists who were a part of SLIDELUCK, Savannah’s sold out inaugural event. Event will be catered by Moon River Brewing Company. For more information about SLIDELUCK Savannah, click here.
Star Search
Club One, 1 Jefferson St.
11:00 p.m.
Check out Savannah’s local undiscovered talent. Enter to win cash prizes, bar tabs, and a chance to perform with the Club One Cabaret. For details and rules, click here.
February 1, 2013
Chocolate Lace
Desotorow Gallery, 2427 Desoto Ave.
6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Chocolate Lace features artwork showcasing the raw emotion behind falling in love, falling in lust, and falling out. Chocolate Lace explores the relationship between artist and muse, inspired by heartache, heartbreak, sex, lust, and good old-fashioned love on any medium.
Graveface #2 Grand Opening and Spook Show Soiree
Graceface Records and Curiosities #2, 22 East Broughton St.
7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Black tie affair featuring 20 percent discount on all purchases of new and used records, various taxidermy and bones, vintage board games, handmade instruments, comic books, bitters and other collectibles at both locations. Special musical performances by Dreamend, The Marshmallow Ghosts, Coma Cinema, White Treasure, Mumbledust, and Halluncinex. Ghost stories will be told by Louis Claussi of the Savannah Hearse Ghost Tours. The night will end with a fashion show of “Real Life Mannequins” and a spook set by DJ Employee Ray.
Neo-Bathaus Opening Reception
Non-Fiction Gallery, 1522 Bull St.
6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Neo-Bathaus is a multimedia group exhibition of Absurdist works in the digital era. The show features the work of seven artists from Philadelphia, Miami, Detroit, and Savannah working in painting, video, performance, and installation. The opening reception will present live ice-cream serving from the shallow depths of a kiddie pool.
Video Wasteland
Safe//Sound, 633 East Broad St.
5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Video Wasteland is a pseudo-video store consisting of only hand-painted VHS tapes. Featuring the work of Chris D’Antonio, Gordon Rabut, Lomaho Kretzmann, Lisa Hoffner, Phil Musen, Clayton Walsh, Justin Harris, Brooke Schwartz, Alex Soto, and Paige Russell.
Savannah Philharmonic Presents “A Night in Vienna”
Trustees Theater, 216 East Broughton St.
7:30 p.m.
Admission $16 to $65
Featuring Flerdermaus Overture, Gypsy Baron Overture, Blue Danube Waltz, Tritsch Tratsch Polka, and Pizzicato Polka. Includes performances in collaboration with the V.O.I.C.Experience Foundation, a leading educational training program for opera singers. For ticketing information, call 912-525-5050.
February 2, 2013
Screening of “Groundhog Day”
Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St.
7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
General admission $8, student admission $5
“Groundhog Day” is a comedy directed by Harold Ramis, starring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell. Murray plays Phil Connors, an egocentric TV weatherman who is told to cover the annual Groundhog Day event in Punxsutawney. Annoyed with the assignment, he gives a sarcastic report and tries to leave, but a blizzard keeps him and the news crew stuck in town. He finds himself in a time loop, repeating the same day again and again. After indulging in hedonism and numerous suicide attempts, he begins to re-examine his life and priorities. For ticketing information, call 912-525-5050.
