Up & Coming Weekly

STAFF PUBLISHER Bill Bowman bbowman@upandcomingweekly.com ASSOCIATE PUBLISHERS Janice Burton Joy Kirkpatrick editor@upandcomingweekly.com STAFF WRITER Stephanie Crider stephanie@upandcomingweekly.com MARKETING/SALES Tabitha Kidd tabitha@upandcomingweekly.com Steve Rogers Steve@upandcomingweekly.com OFFICE MANAGER Suzy Patterson suzy@upandcomingweekly.com –––––––––––––– GRAPHIC DESIGNER Alicia Miller art@upandcomingweekly.com CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Soni Martin, D.G. Mar tin, Pitt Dick ey, Margaret Dickson, Bob Cogswell, John Hood, Shanessa Fenner, Erinn Crider, Karen Poppele, Renee Gibbs, Heather Griffi ths –––––––––––– Up & Coming Weekly www.upandcomingweekly.com 208 Rowan Street P.O. Box 53461 Fayetteville, NC 28305 PHONE: (910) 484-6200 FAX: (910) 484-9218 Up & Coming Weekly is a “Quality of Life” publication with local features, news and infor- mation on what’s happening in and around the Fayetteville/Cumberland County community. Up & Coming Weekly is published weekly on Wednesdays. Up & Coming Weekly welcomes manuscripts, photographs and artwork for publication consideration, but assumes no responsibility for them. We cannot accept responsibility for the return of unsolicited manuscripts or material. Opinions expressed by contributors do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher. The publisher reserves the right to edit or reject copy submitted for publication. Up & Coming Weekly is free of charge and distributed at indoor and outdoor locations throughout Fayetteville, Fort Bragg, Pope Air Force Base, Hope Mills and Spring Lake. Readers are limited to one copy per per- son. Subscriptions can be purchased for $30 for six months or $60 for 12 months, delivered weekly by first class mail. ©2007 by F&B Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction or use of editorial or advertisements without permission is strictly prohibited. INSIDE PUBLISHER’S PEN by BILL BOWMAN There were many tell tale signs of the Fayetteville Museum of Art’s demise long before the controversy started over location or lack of Arts Council funding. To say this tragic development was foreseeable would be an understatement. The biggest and most conspicuous indicator was the frustration voiced by area artists who couldn’t understand why, after years of hard work, cultural awareness of the arts wasn’t increasing in the Fayetteville and Cumberland County community. That’s when Chris Internet Directory ............................ 12 Calendar ........................................... 14 Concert Connection ........................ 18 TV ..................................................... 19 Movie Review ..................................20 Movie Schedule ............................... 21 A Place to View Art Free Wheelin’ Feelin’ ....................... 22 News of the Weird ........................... 23 Horoscopes/Advice Goddess ......... 23 Classifieds ........................................ 24 Games .............................................. 26 Dining Guide .................................... 27 The message on the www.fayettevillemuseumart.org website gives hope that there will be a future for the Fayetteville Museum of Art. Kastner, executive director of Cape Fear Studios, Dwight Smith of FSU’s Rosenthal Gallery, and artist/educator Soni Martin got together with other like-minded artists and decided to raise the bar and get the publicity and recognition they deserved. As a result, and with the help of the Arts Council, they formed the Visual Arts Alliance. They actually have their own gallery at Gallery 208 on Rowan Street — a space, previously occupied by the Fayetteville Museum of Art. What? You didn’t know the museum had a downtown annex? Sure it did. And for six years Up & Coming Weekly partnered with them to host more than 30 art exhibits and shows recognizing artists from around the state and region, as well as many talented local artists. The exhibits were always well attended and artists had yet another venue to showcase their talent. The point here is that people respond positively to the arts. It encourages interaction, dialogue and hospitality. It defi nes who we are. The artists who created the VAA have Fayetteville’s Weather Forecast Fayetteville’s Weather Forecast Thursday June 10 Friday June 11 Saturday June 12 Forecast available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Sponsored by High 88° Low 67° Scattered Thunderstorms 4 UCW JUNE 9-15, 2010 High 86° Low 69° Scattered Thunderstorms High 90° Low 72° Partly Cloudy Regional Airport www.fl yfay.com Fayetteville High 91° Low 73° Scattered Thunderstorms High 91º Low 72º Scattered Thunderstorms High 89º Low 72º Scattered Thunderstorms WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM shown us that the Fayetteville art community is passionate about what they do and that passion transcends any personal or political motives. The issues should be about the “arts,” not about location or buildings. I know Meridith Stiehl, current president of the Fayetteville Museum of Art, and the many board members will rally with our community leaders to assure that not only do we have an art museum, but one that reaches out to embrace all the aspects of our community. This kind of communication builds relationships and enhances community. They may have to look to objective “outside” guidance to achieve this, but that too could be a very good thing. Either way, we need to get started, now! Company is coming (BRAC). Thank you for reading Up & Coming Weekly. BILL BOWMAN, Publisher. COMMENTS? Bill@upandcomingweekly.com. Call 910.354.1679 Call 910.354.1679 Sunday June 13 Monday June 14 Tuesday June 15 24 24 / 7

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