Monday, May 30, 2011

The Cuban Sandwich Show: June 1st to June 30th

June is going to be an arts-rich environment in Tampa. The 2011 Cuban Sandwich Show is the twentieth year anniversary of a very popular annual arts exhibition conceived by Gordon and Denise Mhyre. First held in Ybor City in 1991 and continued in Seminole Heights for a number of years. Of course, this one is a much bigger event than it was two decades ago.

The Artists and Writer's Group and HCC Ybor partner to put this together, along with the following participants: Arts Council of Hillsborough County Advisory Committee, Bamboozle Café, Blue Bird Books, Café Hey, Community Stepping Stones, Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Gram's Place, Grown Man Brand Studios, Hillsborough Community College-Ybor Art Gallery, Joffrey’s Coffee and Tea Company, Tampa Regional Artists at Old Hyde Park Art Center, King Corona Cigar Cafe, La France, MacDonald Training Center, Michelle Faedo's On the Go, The Pyramid, Silver Meteor Gallery, Tre Amici at the Bunker, Ybor Art Association, Ybor City Saturday Market.

MASTER SCHEDULE (lifted straight from their FB page) June 1-30: (subject to change at any time for any reason) 

WEDNESDAY JUNE 1: 
24 Hours a Day: Display Window: Free
Tampa Deja Vu (runs June 1-30)
La France
1612 East Seventh Avenue, Ybor City
813.248.1381
http://www.facebook.com/pages/LaFrance/91899998039

WEDNESDAY JUNE 1: 
7:00 – 10:00pm: Artists Reception. Free (must be 21 or older)
Tocobaga Label Design Contest (show runs June 1-30)
Cigar City Brewing Tasting Room
3924 W Spruce Street Suite A, Tampa 33607
www.cigarcitybrewing.com
Release party for Cigar City Brewing's Tocobaga Red Ale and the unveiling of the winning label design. The top ten entries of the label design contest will be displayed at the Cigar City Brewing tasting room throughout the month of June. * The Tocobaga Indians lived in small villages at the northern end of Tampa Bay from A.D. 900 to the 1500’s.

FRIDAY JUNE 3: 
6:00-8:00pm: Opening Night with Artists Talk. Free June 3. $10.00 general admission all other times.
Tampa Pix-Cuban Sandwich (June 3-July 6)
Florida Museum of Photographic Arts
200 N. Tampa Street 33602 (Entrance corner of Jackson Street and Ashley Drive)
813.221.2222
www.fmopa.org
Group photography show in Gallery D, in conjunction with the museum’s Classic Images: the Photography of Ansel Adams
This photo show curated by David Audet includes Suzanne Williamson, Steve Gregory, Cat Thompson, Suzanne Camp Crosby, Bud Lee/David Audet, Gordon Myhre, among others.

SATURDAY, JUNE 4: 
5:00-10:00pm: Juried Art Show. Free
Essence of Ybor (June 4)
Ybor Art Association
Historic Ybor Square Courtyard
9th Avenue and Avenue Republica de Cuba (14th Street), Ybor City
Contact: Moira Shiver at: submissions@yborart.org
Juried art show and a scavenger hunt (6:00-7:30pm)
Jurors: David Audet, Artists and Writers Group; Sharon Rose, Artist and Owner of Wear Me Out Boutique; Bruce Marsh, Retired USF Professor of Art.
Artists include Dominique Martinez, Marc De Waele, Rick Reeves, Paul Tabio, John Canning, Jason Shiver, Samantha Churchill, Donna Morrison, Greg Latch, Ray Paul, Bruce Ferguson, Terry Klaaren, Tatyana Igumnova Hankinson, Susan O’Hara, Nancy Baier, Melody Swindle, Bob Pomeroy, Clyde McLaughlin, Antony Capers, David Edmund, John Costin, Roberta Scholfield, Willie Emerson, Kellie Schultz, and Paula Brett.

TUESDAY JUNE 7: 
6:00-9:00pm: Artists’ Reception. Free
Cuban Sandwich-Pressed Art (June 1-30)
Bamboozle Café
516 North Tampa Street, Tampa 33602
813.223.7320 www.bamboozlecafe.com
Group art show of paintings, prints, photography and mixed media.

THURSDAY JUNE 9: 
5:30-9:00 pm: Artists Reception. Free
The Cuban Sandwich Show (June 8-July 8)
Hillsborough Community College-Ybor City Campus
Art Gallery on the first floor of the Performing Arts Building
2112 North 15th Street Tampa, FL 33605
Gallery director, Carolyn Kossar 813.253.7674
www.hccfl.edu/yc/art-gallery.aspx
Invitational group show of painting, drawing, prints, sculpture, photography and mixed media: *Tampa Poet Laureate James Tokley, Sr. will give a reading of his Epic of the Sandwiche Cubano
Note: The Artist Advisory Committee is simultaneously curating a juried show, Get Wired, in this venue with the artists utilizing 3-D coffee cups in each work.
Artists include: Jay and Peter Aalberg, Linda Alexander, Bradley Arthur, Tracy Assalone, David Audet, Lori Ballard, Kris Berry, Sarah Butz, Mike Cantwell, Nancy Cervenka, John Costin, Neverne Covington, Suzanne Camp Crosby, David Dye, David Edmund, Melissa Fair, Steve Gregory, David Hall, Dee Hood, Laszlo Horvath, Joe Howden, Joanna Karpay, Art Keeble, Rocky Kester, Mic Knight, Stan Kozma, Carolyn Kossar, Bud Lee, Phil Lee, Charles Lyman, Rick Melby, Elizabeth Mitchell, Gordon Mhyre, Tom Overly, Chris Peattie, Ed Ross, Steve Smith, James Tokley, Sr., Cat Thompson, Patrick Thomsen, Judith Villavisanis, Suzanne Williamson, Kelly Young.

FRIDAY JUNE 10: 
Noon-3:00pm. Art Exhibition and Juried Art Show. Free
The Built, The Lost & The Dreams: The Architectural Drawings of M. Leo Elliott (June 10-July 8)
Tampa Regional Artists at Old Hyde Park Center
705 West Swann Avenue 33606
813.251.3780
Architect M. Leo Elliott is responsible for some of Tampa's signature buildings including Tampa City Hall, the Palace of Florence on Davis Islands, the Leiman-Wilson house in Hyde Park and Centro Asturiano, the Cuban Club and the Ritz Theater in Ybor City. More than one dozen images of the architect’s elaborate drawings documenting Tampa’s early -20th century architecture will be on view for the first time.

FRIDAY JUNE 10: 
6:00-9:00pm: Artists Reception. Free
Ybor Art Series (June 10)
Ybor Art Association
Cuban Club, Corner of Palm and 14th Avenue, Ybor City
Join the Ybor Art Association for an artistic evening nestled in one of Ybor City's most beautiful and historic landmarks.

SATURDAY JUNE 11: 
10:00am-Noon: Film Screening and Panel Discussion
Living in America: 100 Years of Ybor (June 11)
Hillsborough Community College-Ybor City Campus
HCC-Ybor Room. Free and open to the public
2001 N. 14th Street and Palm Avenue (directly across from the Cuban Club)
813.323.7830
www.cubansandwichshow.com
Director Gayla Jamison will screen and host a panel discussion of her film documentary. Coffee at 10:00am; screening 10:30-11:30am; panel discussion follows.
The panelists are Dr. Susan Greenbaum, Professor Emerita of Anthropology at University of South Florida, Dr. Cheryl Rodríguez, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Institute on Black Life at USF, Maria Pasetti, who is on the Executive Board of Tampa Hispanic Heritage, Rene Tamargo, educator and Tampa native, and HCC history professor Bobbie Harris.
Following the panel discussion, a short presentation on a mobile project Ybor Memories by Nancy Yasecko, using excerpts from ―Living in America: 100 Years of Ybor.
Video excerpts of the Latin life documented in Gayla Jamison’s film “Living in America: 100 Years of Ybor City” have been joined to historical Ybor locations for playback on mobile devices. Glimpses of the people and places of the past viewed in the same geographic locations enhance our emotional connection and the sense of time passing in the City. A conversation about the project and instructions on how to use the SCVNGR application will be provided. This project will be functioning June 2011 with no end date.
Flags stationed at each location where a time-travel viewing opportunity can be found will identify how to access that video link. Segments tied to their respective locales may include:
Roasting beans at Naviera Coffee
Tea Dance at the Centro Espanol
Hand rolling cigars at Maniscalco Factory or El Sol retail shop
Factory cigar making on the site of Corral-Wodiska Factory
Baking Cuban bread at La Segunda
Dominos in the Centro Asturino or Cuban Club
Picnic at the Marti-Maceo club
Carmen’s Spanish Dance Studio
Making sandwiches on the site of the Silver Ring Café
Tea dance at the Centro Espanol
Truck farming at the Giunta Farm

SATURDAY JUNE 11: 
2:00-2:30pm: Art Opening and Reading Performance. Free
The Exquisite Corpse Poem (June 11)
King Corona Cigar Bar and Café
1523 East 7th Avenue, Ybor City, 33605
813.241.9109
www.kingcoronacigars.com
This is the first reading of a serial poem about Tampa by 16 poets/writers/artists. Artworks related to each stanza of the poem will be on display in the King Corona street window June 1-30.
Writers/artists include Kim Buchheit, Rachel Kapitan, Dina Mack, Summer Rodman, David Audet, Melissa Fair, Frank Messina, Naomi Butterfield, Joe Howden, Vanessa Blakeslee, Ilyse Kusnetz, Silvia Curbelo, Mitzi Gordon, Nola Garrett, David Durney, and James Tokley, Sr, Annette King, Maisy May Marrs.

SATURDAY JUNE 11: 
3:00-5:00pm: Artists Reception and Readings, Free
Tampa Art, Poems, Stories (June 6-30)
Tre Amici at the Bunker
1907 N. 19th Street, Ybor City 33605
813.247.6964 www.yborbunker.com
Writers include Kim Buchheit, Rachel Kapitan, Dina Mack, Summer Rodman, David Audet, Melissa Fair, Frank Messina, Naomi Butterfield, Joe Howden, Vanessa Blakeslee, Ilyse Kusnetz, Silvia Curbelo, Mitzi Gordon, Nola Garrett, David Durney, and James Tokley, Sr. Artists to be announced.

SATURDAY JUNE 11: 
2:00-5:00pm: Artist Reception. Free
The Built, The Lost & The Dreams: The Architectural Drawings of M. Leo Elliott (June 10-July 8)
Tampa Regional Artists at Old Hyde Park Center
705 West Swann Avenue 33606
813.251.3780
Architect M. Leo Elliott is responsible for some of Tampa's signaturebuildings including Tampa City Hall, the Palace of Florence on Davis Islands, theLeiman-Wilson house in Hyde Park and Centro Asturiano, the Cuban Club and the RitzTheater in Ybor City. More than one dozen images of the architect’s elaborate drawings documenting Tampa’s early -20th century architecture will be on view for the first time.

WEDNESDAY JUNE 15: 
7:00-9:00pm: Film Screenings. $5.00
Tampa Motion Media (June 15)
Grown Man Brand Studios
6412 Central Avenue 33609
Numerous shorts about Tampa characters, real and surreal; including “La Segunda Bakery”; “Sulphur Springs” with Jeff Norton, “Travels with Bud Lee”, and other surprises.

SATURDAY JUNE 18: 
1:00-3:00pm: Writers Performance and Art Show. Free
Taste of Tampa Passion (Art displayed June 10-30)
Joffrey’s Coffee and Tea Company
1600 East 8th Avenue
813.247.4600 Ybor City 33605

SATURDAY JUNE 18: 
5:00-10:30pm: Live Music by Tampa Bay Musicians. Free
Tampa Songs (June 18)
Gram’s Place
3109 North Ola Avenue
813.221.0596 Tampa 33603 www.grams-inn-tampa.com
Musicians and bands playing music ―mostly about Tampa include Laszlo Horvath, Parson Brown, Franc Robert, Maggie Council, Blue Island Beer Club, Ray Villadonga, Big Picture, Charlie Souza, Dean Johanesen, Judy Tampa & Bunko Squad, Ronny Elliott.

SATURDAY JUNE 18: 
8:00pm-Midnight: Artist Reception and Live Music. Free
All Art-All Tampa (June 18-
Café Hey
1540 North Franklin Avenue
813.221.5150 Tampa 33602
www.cafehey.com

FRIDAY JUNE 24: 
6:30-10pm Artists Reception. Free
I Love Sulphur Springs Show (June 24-25)
Community Stepping Stones Gallery
8019 Van Dyke Place, Tampa 33604 (Behind the Sulphur Springs Theatre) 561.310.3002
Community Stepping Stones mission is connected to the quality of life in the Sulphur Springs neighborhood of Tampa. We work through the arts to teach youth the creative and critical thinking skills needed to solve problems, make important life decisions, graduate from high school, and continue on to college.

FRIDAY JUNE 24: 
Art Exhibit and Open House—6:00-9:00pm/ Performance—7:00pm
Cuban Sandwich Shop, Pyramid Style! 
Pyramid Inc.,
1508 W. Sligh Avenue, Tampa, FL 33604 813-931-3986
At Pyramid adults with developmental disabilities are artists and performers whose dreams come alive on canvas, on stage and in the souls of people whose gifts are too often unrecognized. Our open house will feature a spirited Flamenco in tribute to Ybor City with traditional and wheelchair dancers, as well as other songs and dances. Not to be outdone, Pyramid visual artists will present jewelry, canvases and other pieces with a Tampa theme in their own unique style.

FRIDAY JUNE 24: 
8:00-9:30pm: One-man Show by Mary Ellen and Richard DiPietra. $10.00
I Am a Cuban Sandwich (June 24-26)
Silver Meteor Gallery
2213 East 6th Avenue
813.300.3585 Ybor City 33605
Richard shares his memories of being born and living in Ybor City in this humorous and whimsical play.

SATURDAY JUNE 25: 
2:00-5:00pm: Storytelling and BS Session about Ybor and All Things Tampa. Free
Remember When…? 
King Corona Cigar Bar and Café
1523 East 7th Avenue, Ybor City, 33605
813.241.9109
www.kingcoronacigars.com
Hosted by owner Don Barco and cigar pro Joe Howden this is an informal gathering of folks who know where the bodies are but can’t or won’t tell; If you got a story and like cigar smoke with strong coffee-be there. Microphone provided.

SATURDAY JUNE 25: 
11:00am-3:00pm
I Love Sulphur Springs Show (June 24-25)
Community Stepping Stones Gallery
8019 Van Dyke Place, Tampa 33604 (Behind the Sulphur Springs Theatre) 561.310.3002

SATURDAY JUNE 25: 
8:00pm: One-man Show by Mary Ellen and Richard DiPietra. $10.00
I Am a Cuban Sandwich 
Silver Meteor Gallery
2213 East 6th Avenue
813.300.3585Ybor City 33605
Richard shares his memories of being born and living in Ybor City in this humorous and whimsical play.

SUNDAY JUNE 26: 
7:00pm: One-man Show by Mary Ellen and Richard DiPietra $10.00
I Am a Cuban Sandwich 
Silver Meteor Gallery
2213 East 6th Avenue
813.300.3585 Ybor City 33605

WEDNESDAY June 29: 
12:00am-1:30pm: Film Screenings-various titles.
La Segunda Bakery by Academy Prep Students (in attendance)
Hillsborough Community College-Ybor City Campus
HCC-Ybor Room. Free and open to the public
2001 N. 14th Street and Palm Avenue (directly across from the Cuban Club)
813.323.7830
www.cubansandwichshow.com
This short documentary and other shorts about Tampa will be screened, including “Sulphur Springs” with Jeff Norton, “Travels with Bud Lee”, and other surprises.

DATE TBA: 
5:00-7:00pm: Artists Reception
Tampa Through My Eyes 
MacDonald Training Center, Inc. 5420 West Cypress Street Tampa, Florida 33607-1706 Rita Hattab (813) 870-1300 extension 252
www.macdonaldcenter.org
In celebration of the opening of the new ―Through My Eyes art
Gallery, which is a Legacy Project of the Leadership 2011 Class of the West Shore
Alliance. The opening exhibit will be the Cuban Sandwich Show as realized by
Artists with disabilities participating in the MTC Fine Arts Studios.


A more detailed schedule of events can be found here: [Link].


 --- Luis

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