BONEYARD ARTS FESTIVAL - PERFORMANCES

2006 Boneyard Arts Festival
Friday, April 21, 4-9pm
Saturday, April 22, 12-5pm
Sunday, April 23, 12-5pm (especially highlighting communities outside C-U)

Events occur on all festival dates unless otherwise noted.

CAMPUS

ART COOP
410 E. Green
Live music by The Invisible and special guests,
Friday 7-9pm
CAFFE PARADISO
801 S. Lincoln
Poetry and performance art of Las Manas
Friday 7pm
CANOPY CLUB
708 S. Goodwin Ave.
Local cookout featuring the Living Blue and other area artists.
Friday 8pm - 2am (catch the Boat Drunks Saturday @ 9pm)
ICYT BUILDING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS RESEARCH PARK
2100 S. Oak
Visual art and live performance at a reception featuring wine and cheese.
Saturday 1-5pm
KRANNERT CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS (LOBBY)
500 South Goodwin
Music of World Neighbors [Whirlwind Project Opening Concert]
Saturday 2-4pm
By gathering people of many faiths and traditions to explore sacred stories through music and the arts, Krannert Center joins the Whirlwind Project in fostering mutual respect and understanding within the community. At this performance, enjoy Chinese traditional and world fusion music by Yang Ying, opera scenes from Gerald Cohen's Sarah and Hagar, the middle-Eastern ensemble Balkanalia, the Sumatran gong and drum ensemble Talempong, Zimbabwe music traditions from the Mbira Ensemble, and the Bow-Dacious String Band.
MCKINLEY FOUNDATION
809 S. Fifth
Mixed media pieces by Charles Wisseman, and Spanish Colonial-style tinwork pieces by Karen Partlow, Saturday 12-5pm. (Don’t miss the Prairie Ensemble in its final concert of the season, at McKinley Foundation, starting Saturday 7pm)
POTBELLY SANDWICH WORKS
501 E. Green
Performance of Stanton McConnell, Caillin Passaro, Becky Kim, Frank Nunev and David McConnell
Time TBA
SPURLOCK MUSEUM
600 S. Gregory
Student film: "The University of Illinois vs. a Mummy"
Sunday 2pm
ZORBA'S
627 E. Green
Performance TBA

CHAMPAIGN

AROMA CAFE
118 N. Neil
Folk-rock of Darrin Drda w/ David Tcheng (Saturday 2pm) and Ryan Groff of elsinore (Saturday 3pm)
BOLTINI LOUNGE
211 N. Neil
Zoo Theatre Company Improv Troupe: 30 to 60 minute improvised comedy shows, based upon audience suggestions.
Friday 6.30pm, Saturday 1pm
FURNITURE LOUNGE
9 E. University
Live acoustic jazz with the Patrick Mustain Trio
Friday 6-8pm
OPENSOURCE Art
12 E. Washington
A selection of art from the Prison Creative Arts Project.
Friday 4pm-8pm, Saturday and Sunday 1-5pm
Opening reception Friday 8pm, followed by music by UC Hip-Hop
WELD GROUP (old JBJ's)
723 S. Neil
Middle Eastern Dance of Christy Ann Ela'amme
times TBA
WIND WATER & LIGHT
10 Main
Bluegrass/folk of Bailiff's Hollow (Saturday between 1-5pm)

URBANA

CINEMA GALLERY
120 W. Main
Group show of 45 artists from Central Illinois, displaying work in a variety of media.
Live performance by singer/guitarist Barb Hamilton (Saturday 1-2pm)
GRIGGS ST. POTTERS
305 W. Griggs
Jazz Quartet (with Ari Brown, trumpet; Carlos Vega, saxophone)
2-4pm Saturday
IRON POST
120 S. Race
Boneyard Jazz Quintet
Friday 5-7pm
SIAM TERRACE
212 W. Main
Jazz Cats perform Saturday 1-3pm
SILVERCREEK RESTAURANT
402 N. Race
Folk-rock of Ryan Groff of elsinore
Friday and Saturday 6-8pm
STRAWBERRY FIELDS
306 W. Springfield
Live music by Maria & Company (Saturday 11am-1pm)
UNCOMMON GROUND CAFE
Lincoln Square Food Court, 300 S. Broadway
Musician Karina Lepeley in a Courtyard performance for Uncommon Ground Cafe in Lincoln Square Mall. Karina is a Chilean American singer and songwriter who plays folks songs in both English and Spanish.
Saturday 12pm
URBANA STREETS - DOWNTOWN
The 5th Annual Street Theater Festival
Hosted by the Prompting Theater, the 5th Annual Street Theater Festival is a day-long event in downtown Urbana showcasing theatrical talents and venues from around Central Illinois. The 5th Annual Street Theater Festival will showcase many different forms of theater, including a comedy by the Prompting Theater (a local theater troupe comprised of adult actors with developmental disabilities), short sketches from old television shows and classic movies by the Rantoul Theater Group, improv by the Zoo Improv Troupe, a comedy in the Italian Renaissance comedy style, and much more.
Saturday from 12pm
URBANA-CHAMPAIGN INDEPENDENT MEDIA CENTER
late night spACE

For late-night revelers, the Boneyard follows up on last year’s wildly popular Cabaret with this year’s Late Night spACE at the Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, 202 S. Broadway, Urbana (the downtown Post Office). This immersive arts event will feature live interactive visual environments, light and sound installations, art exhibitions, performance pieces, dance, and live music, as well as special surprises from Chicago guest artists.
spACE stages are alive from 9 pm – 2 am Friday and Saturday. Doors open at 8:45pm. Cash bar for those with valid ID (water & soda also available).
Saturday from 12-5 pm, spACE also serves as an exhibition site and information area.  Tickets are $5 for a single pass or $7 for a two-day pass, and are available at the door or in advance at the 40 North office (call 351-9841).   Jason Finkelman once again serves as the spACE Artistic Director and has put together unique experiences for both nights.

the spACE line up:
LIVE Interactive Visual Environments by:
:::: Psymbolic Visual Communications ( www.psymbolic.com )
Live Music
Friday                                                  Saturday
Alma Afro-Beat Ensemble                    Alma Afro-Beat Ensemble
Brandon T. Washington                        Andrew Dixon Duo
Ear Doctor                                           Darrin Drda and David Tcheng
Environmental Encroachment                Environmental Encroachment
Nu Orbit Ensemble                               Nu Orbit Ensemble
Triple Whip

Boneyard Featured Artist Exhibition
Works by Patrick Harness

Choreography: Anna Marks

Video Piece by: Deke Weaver

Phonologistic Auralities - a Sound Installation organized by Anthony Ptak ( http://sound-art.blogspot.com )

Tether
Performance art by Ann Coddington Rast

Lighting Installations: SeanMurphyLIGHTS, Inc

Artistic direction: Jason Finkelman
Cherry Alley Artists also showing in conjunction with late night spACE