Art Gallery

By Kevin Lee Associate Editor

Seven Layers

Where: USA Library Third Floor Gallery

When: Through June 30

Generations of Southern women have toiled in near anonymous artisanship, tying together form and function in a folk art medium that has gained international notoriety in the past years.

This is a collection of 27” x 36” quilts with seven layers of design (cover, batting and backing plus four additional layers, created with a new components: threadplay, paint, beads, appliques, and other embellishments) and is presented by the “Art Bee” of the Azalea City Quilters Guild.

Library hours are Mon- Thurs, 7:45 a.m – 10 p.m./Fri, 7:45 a.m. – 6 p.m./Sat, 9:30 p.m. – 5 p.m./Sun, 1 p.m. – 10 p.m..

For more info, contact Rexann Warren at 251-460-7021.

Monthly Poetry Reading

Where: Dr. Java Coffeehouse (5821 Old Shell Rd)

When: June 29, 2:30 p.m.

New coffee shop owners Nathan Blaesing and Kira Zielinski have invested an enormous amount of energy and goodwill into this venture near the University of South Alabama that they hope to turn into an enclave of creative spirit.

Their first art show has ended and drew notice not only in Mobile but sculptor Josh Ashley even sold one impressive work to a buyer from the upper Midwest.

Along the archetypal coffeehouse motif, Dr. Java will host monthly poetry readings on the last Sunday of each month that are open to all comers.

For more info, call 340-8484 or go to www.drjava.com.

MOJO Jazz Jambalaya

honoring Henry Mancini

Where: Gulf City Lodge (601 State St.)

When: Jume 23, 6:30 p.m.

Though he isn’t quite in the pantheon with immortals like Miles Davis or John Coltrane, composer Henry Mancini did yeoman’s work by slipping jazz and its elements into the popular musical lexicon via decades of work on television and movie soundtracks. The slinky opening notes to the “The Pink Panther Theme” and the barreling chords of the theme from “Peter Gunn” alone have a notable spot in the American songbook.

MOJO will employ the services of drummer Jim Marshall who will lead a quartet through their paces covering Mancini’s compositions.

Entrance is $10, $7 for MOJO members and includes a jambalaya dinner. A cash bar is available.

For more info, call 459-2298 or e-mail mobilejazz@bellsouth.net.

Kevin Lee is Lagniappe associate editor. Contact him at klee@lagniappemobile.com.

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