The New Territory Arts Association
210 Water Street | 269.926.1926 | info@newterritoryarts.org
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To create a vital Benton Harbor Arts District through community outreach and advocacy of the arts.
The New Territory Arts Association
Benton Harbor, MI
Founded in 1998 in order to develop and promote The Benton Harbor Arts District, the
New Territory Arts Association is a grassroots organization dedicated to the revitalization
of Benton Harbor through the Arts. The NTAA has been responsible for many
special district events including the annual Arts District Banner Projects, The Fall Festival
of the Arts, the NTAA Mural Project, and the Benton Harbor City Market. The
New Territory Arts Association Scholarship Fund provides assistance with art education
for community youth by helping with tuition for classes at The Citadel Dance
Center, Water Street Glasswork's "Fired Up!" program, and other regional art education
curricula. The NTAA also sponsors The Benton Harbor Children's Art Fair and
other area arts related programs.
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| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 1 | WAAN Wine & Cheese Social | 2 | The Art of the Wine Glass | |||||
| 3 | 4 | Open Mic Mondays | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Tim Stop Trio | 9 | The OutCenter Annual Report | Maxon Struwin |
| 10 | 11 | Open Mic Mondays | 12 | 13 | 14 | Angela Caldwell's Spring Trunk Show | 15 | Angela Caldwell's Spring Trunk Show | Kareemah El-Amin & The Straight no Chaser Team Launch Party | 16 | JR Clark Band |
| 17 | 18 | Open Mic Mondays | 19 | 20 | 21 | Cancelled: 3rd THURSDAY FILMS | 22 | Bob's Garage | 23 | X'pression Session - Spoken Word Poetry Night |
| 24 | Bruce Katz Band | 25 | Open Mic Mondays | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | OutFilm Movie Club | 30 | D & S Productions present the "Ye Shall Laugh Comedy Show" | Mary's City of David OPENING DAY! | Extinguish the Fire: A Glassblower's Ritual |
| 31 | Irish Music | Eastman Field: Opening Day | ||||||
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 music career began at the age of 6 when he embarked on 15 years of formal piano training. Inspired by Dave Matthews, he added the guitar to his repertoire in high school and started playing live in cover bands and solo whenever he could.<p>He began writing his own songs as soon as picked up the guitar and continued to write as he discovered all his heroes: John Mayer, Ben Folds, Coldplay, Billy Joel, Radiohead and Jeff Buckley to name a few. But after listening to Tim\'s music, one can\'t help but notice there\'s an element therein that you can\'t find in his list of influences. "I tend to name those guys as my greatest influences, but I would be lying if I said I haven\'t been inspired by hip-hop and R&B. Justin Timberlake, Stevie Wonder, Maroon 5, even Nelly. Those guys have incredible style."<p>Certainly, Tim\'s sound goes beyond hip-hop, beyond rock and beyond soul. He seems to take pieces of every type of music he loves (even classical) and mixes them all together to create a sound that\'s all his own.<p>Currently, Tim is in Chicago playing with the newly formed Tim Stop Trio, featuring Justin Hooks on drums & percussion, Seville Lilly .. boards & bass, and Michael Tahlier on lead guitar.','www.tiimstopulos.com')){kind=link}
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, Tom Johnson (bass) seasoned musician and studio engineer, Dave Maki on keys and California transplant Jason Conn on drums, this band is poised to make their mark on the area music scene. <p>Channeling the spirit of Country, Americana, Roots, Rock and Folk music, Maxon Struwin hits the ground running with their original indie/alt-country sound. With over 30 original songs and tasty covers from the likes of The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Townes Van Zandt, Neil Young and the Grateful Dead, Maxon Struwin is guaranteed to turn some heads.','')){kind=link}
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![JR Clark Band](javascript:setbar('JR Clark Band','jrclark.jpg','The Livery Main Stage','Saturday, May 16','8 pm','$7','<p>The JR Clark Band, based out of Kalamazoo, MI brings it\'s high-energy house rockin\' brand of blues and leaves people talking and smiling. Their live shows are full of sweat and fiery blues guitar. JR calls on all his influences to bring a variety to their show. Their music ranges from house rockin\', a little soul blues, to even a taste of Southern Rock. These guys can do it all!<p> A protege of slide blues legend "Lil\' Ed Williams", JR is also known for his bottleneck boogie. If you\'ve ever heard JR cover "George Thorogood" you might even think for a second you were at a "Destroyer\'s " concert!','www.jrblues.com')){kind=link}
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 $60 membership, includes light meal and movie <p>Summer Season (May - August) $40 membership, includes snacks and movie <p>Fall Season (September - December) $60 membership, includes light meal and movie <p>You can sign up for any season of your choice or all seasons. <p>Single tickets for the movie only can be purchased at the door for $10<p>Please mail checks payable to: <p>NTAA210 Water St.<p>Benton Harbor, MI 49022 <p>To join 3rd Thursday, contact Herb Caldwell - email: jahluv3@comcast.net','')){kind=link}
![Bob's Garage](javascript:setbar('Bob\'s Garage','liverylogo.jpg','The Livery','Friday, May 22','6.00 pm','$5 - Free for Mug Club Members','Bob\'s Garage, a band featuring local musicians Bob Flood, Dan Geib and Mark Albers, has evolved over the years from a core group of musicians that often showed up at Bob Flood\'s garage for jam sessions. They would drop by when they had a Saturday night off or even after a performance. A few years ago some of the regulars decided to celebrate that free spirit jam session by forming the "Bob\'s Garage Band.','')){kind=link}
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![Bruce Katz Band](javascript:setbar('Bruce Katz Band','brucekatz.jpg','The Livery Main Stage','Sunday, May 24','6 pm','$10','Bruce Katz occupies a unique space where blues, jazz, rock, soul, and the many aspects of Americana all collide into a style of original instrumental music all his own. He is as comfortable playing "soul-jazz" on the Hammond organ as he is playing 1930\'s style stride piano or the meanest slow blues.<p>Besides leading the Bruce Katz Band, Bruce is currently playing regularly with Gregg Allman, John Hammond, The Organiks and performing with other artists as well. Bruce was also honored as a 2008 Nominee for the Blues Music Award for "Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year", selected by the Blues Foundation.','www.brucekatzband.com')){kind=link}
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 is a young Scottish Asian woman living away from her family in London having left home under a cloud after a row with her father. When her father dies suddenly, Nina is forced to return home. There she is reunited with two childhood friends Bobbi (Ronny Jhutti), a wannabe Bollywood drag queen and Lisa (Laura Fraser), a charismatic young woman who now owns half the restaurant.
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Nina discovers that her father\'s award-winning restaurant, The New Taj, is a finalist in the Best of the West Curry Competition. Her mother and brother want to sell the restaurant while Nina wants to fulfill her father\'s ambition of winning the competition despite their protestations. In the turbulent days that follow, Nina (helped by Lisa) embarks on a personal mission to win the trophy for her father. But Nina\'s feelings are thrown into turmoil when she realizes that she is falling in love with Lisa. Can her feelings ever be reciprocated? And, if they are, what will this mean for Nina and her family.
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The Out Center is located at 132 Water Street in the Benton Harbor Arts District.
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If you have any questions in regard to this event, or suggestions for future Outfilm screenings or venues, please call 269-925-8330 or contact the OutCenter office at info@outcenter.org.
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![D & S Productions present the "Ye Shall Laugh Comedy Show"](javascript:setbar('D & S Productions present the "Ye Shall Laugh Comedy Show"','yeshalllaugh.jpg','The Livery','Saturday, May 30','8 pm','$10','Featuring comedians from Def Jam Bad Boys of Comedy & B.E.T. Comic View.<p>For more information contact Shiree Mitchell, 269-924-1761','')){kind=link}
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