Scott Regan held court in the Little Theater Café on Sunday night as he signed copies of his just released book of sketches of musicians playing live. Everyone knows Scott’s voice from his organic morning show on WRUR and anyone who regularly sees live music may have spotted him looking over his glasses as he creates these beautiful sketches. The show included a large pastel by Scott, the original art for the Colorblind James lp, “Why Should I Stand Up?” Jeff Spevak supplied the artful haikus and Scott’s wife, Sue, had a few nice drawings in there but the night belonged to Scott’s sketches. The café was more crowded than I have ever seen it, too packed to really see the art work and too loud to hear Jaffe at the piano but perfect for celebrating Scott’s work. Not all the sketches on the walls were included in the book and many from the book are not on the walls so you should really do both. Margaret Explosion made the wall. The one above, of Pete LaBonne on the grand piano, was missing in action.
The Polish Film Festival was in full swing in the theaters so we bought tickets to “The Mill & the Cross,” a film by Lech Majewski about Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s 1564 masterpiece, “The Way to Calvary.” I have been a fan of his art since I saw a poster in the old Rochester Club Restaurant when they changed their name to Gerry’s and hired us to do a logo. No much, in the traditional sense, happens in the movie and it’s based on a book. I can’t imagine. But we were given an abundance to observe. Computer-generated effects and painted backdrops mixed with some astounding location shots and fantastic cinematography made us feel like we stepped inside one of these Bruegel marvels.
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