Read on for a listing of this month’s visual and performing arts schedules.

Visual Arts Venues

Petersburg Area Art League
7 E. Old St., (804) 861-4611, open Tuesday-Saturday, 10:30-2:30, Sunday 1-4
Opening Reception: First-Floor Gallery: �Third Annual Juried Show,� featuring art by members of Petersburg Area Art League and others. Three prizes will be offered.
At the front entrance: Caricaturist Sagan Lacy, a rising sophomore at Savannah College of Art & Design, where he is majoring in animation. At the July Friday for the Arts!, Sagan drew a large crowd.

William R. McKenney Library
137 S. Sycamore St., (804) 733-2387, open Mon., Wed., 9-9, & Tues. & Thurs.-Sat., 9:00-5:30
Opening Reception: Lower Level Meeting Room & Gallery: �Forest Visions,� featuring the work of Sheila Holland, the award-winning artist-in-residence at the Petersburg Area Art League, who teaches oil and acrylic painting there. A 1988 graduate of VCU in painting and printmaking, Holland lives in the Enon area of Chesterfield County. She has been painting landscapes for at least two decades now, and is especially intrigued by thick forests, swamps, vines, tangled limbs, and shades of leaves.

Art from the Heart
13 East Washington Street, (804) 732-0274, open Monday through Saturday, 10:00-3:30
Continuing Exhibit: Striking realistic graphite portraits, graphic art, and T-shirts by freelance artist Marlon D. Bowers.

Office of Sheriff Vanessa Crawford
Courthouse Square, (804) 733-2369
Artist�s Reception: Photography by Richmond native Marshall Henderson, who will display a variety of memorable scenery from the Richmond & Petersburg area.

John Tyler Community College Gateway Outreach Center
218 North Sycamore Street, (804) 862-6420
Continuing Exhibits: Seven John Tyler art students: Martha Brogley (�Found Horizons��oils); Zita Ellison (�Thematic Realism�); Pat Farris (�Artwork 2006-2007�); Shannon Gilbert (�Anticipation�); Rani Popli-Aibara (�Fauvism Revisited�); Terry Lynn Smith (�Eyes of the Soul�); & Robert L. Wynne (�Photos from Scotland, Summer 2006�).

Kimberly Ann�s
246 North Sycamore Street, (804) 733-2828, www.ilovekimberlyanns.com, Tues.-Sat., 10-5
Continuing Exhibit: Bridget Copa Nelson & her daughter Jessica Frazier unveil their newest creations, �Beetle�s Bugs� and �Jessica�s Jewels.�

Dixie Diner
250 N. Sycamore St., (804) 732-7425, open Mon.- Sun., varying hours
New Exhibit: �Tattoo Art� by local tattoo artists.
Live music: Michael Redman (sax & rax), 6:00-8:00 pm; Leon Richardson & Tazz Jazz (jazz), 9:00 pm.-1:30 am.

Cockade City Grill
305 N. Sycamore St., (804) 862-2537
Continuing Exhibit: New work by local artist Evelyn Quaye, featuring oils, acrylics, & pencil drawings of musicians performing in the area, especially at the Cockade City Grill.
Live music: Spill Sheet, 9:00 pm.-1:00 am.

South Side Depot
37 River St., (804) 732-3531
Continuing Exhibit: Exhibits and tours of the South Side Depot by Petersburg National Battlefield Rangers. The Depot, perhaps the only remaining Civil-War-period railroad depot in the entire Confederacy, presents a dramatic story.

Patricia Dillard�s Antiques & Oddities
1 E. Old St., (804) 733-7014, www.patriciadillardantiques.com
Continuing Exhibits: Floral collection by Hopewell artist Jutta Jones. Miniature �Red-Hat Ladies,� framed acrylics by Page Roller. Exhibit by Jeff Seymour of historic photographs of Petersburg streetscapes.

The Retreat Salon & Spa
12 West Old Street, (804) 861-8104
New Exhibit: Primarily oil paintings by Lively Caulder, who studied fine art at Richmond Professional Institute & has been creating works of art since 1964. Her work is represented in collections all over the United States & Nigeria. Portraits of people & animals have always been her favorite subject matter. �I love people�s faces. Like fingerprints, each is unique.�

River�s Edge
20 West Old Street, (804) 722-0505
Continuing Exhibits: �Estate Jewelry from Bev Rivers� Private Collection.� Also, a rare portrait of the Marquis de Lafayette, ca. 1825, after Samuel Morse. Continuing Exhibit. Paintings by award-winning Richmond artist D. Capocelli, who recently returned to Richmond after fifteen years of exhibiting art in Italy.

Office of Delegate Rosalyn Dance
28 W. Old St., (804) 862-2922
Continuing Exhibit: Work by photographer Marvin Averett.

Sycamore Rouge
21 W. Old St., (804) 957-5707, www.sycamorerouge.org
Continuing Exhibit: Gallery: �Profit Not Prophet,� Chicago turned Richmond artist Kevin Orlosky is lighting fires beneath his collective viewers yet again in his latest acerbic commentary on the state of our nation. Delving into such hot-button issues as the Iraq war, America�s escalating consumerism, the steady erosion of civil liberties, and fear mongering, Orlosky�s observations are skillfully couched in allegory, opening a dialogue where the viewer may determine his or her own depth of reading. . In turn poetic, shocking, and controversial, Orlosky�s unfettered creations explore the dark side of American politics, drawing intriguing parallels through his unconventional iconography and challenging each viewer with their relevance and potency.
Live music: Susan Greenbaum

Mini-Spa for Utopia Spa
23 West Old Street, (804) 732-1234
Grand Opening: Opening Exhibit: Paintings by award-winning local artist Vinnie Gonzalez.

Petersburg Regional Art Center
132 North Sycamore Street, (804) 733-8200, www.shockoebottomarts.com, Open Wednesday-Saturday, 10-4
Opening Reception: Juried August All-Media Show. Awards Ceremony & Raffle Drawing at 7:30 p.m. Juror: Christaphora Robeers, who teaches a very popular painting class at the
Crossroads Art Center in Richmond. Flowers by Flowers & More. Raffle for Studio 307.
Open House studio shows by 70 artists.
Live Dance: Phoenix Dance Studio (dance demonstration) at 7:45 pm.
Opening Receptions: Mezzanine Gallery Shows: Binford Harrell, W.H. Goodwyn, & Bill Gilfoyle (oils & acrylics); David Martin (photography); Kris Krull (found metal objects); & Charles Arnold (oils & pencil).

Wabi-Sabi
21 Bollingbrook Street, (804) 862-1365, www.eatwabisabi.com, open for lunch, Tues.-Fri., 11:30-2:00, dinner, Tuesday-Saturday, 5:00 until . .
Continuing Exhibit: Upstairs: �Koi Series� by Bobby Lynch, of Richmond & Petersburg.
New Exhibit: Tavern: Landscapes in pastel by Nathan K. Pope, of Aylett. Pope, who was raised in Georgia & graduated from he University of Georgia at Chapel Hill in English, seeks �to create the close harmonies I discover in open fields, marshes, rivers, and skies; to reveal the dialog between the tree line and the sky, a lone cedar, and passing clouds, a man-made structure in its natural setting� in his paintings of marshes, farmland, & other open spaces.
Live music by Buttafly Vazguez, with Vazguez on vocals, Billy Williams & Giustino on percussion, Bryce McCormack on keyboards, Alex McCallum on guitar, & Andy on bass. Don�t miss!

Therapeutic Massage Center & Boutique
27 Bollingbrook Street, (804) 722-1720, www.rejuvenateyou.net, .open Monday-Saturday, 10-5
Continuing Exhibit: Jewelry by Ellen Marie Murphy, who whose love of jewelry led her to begin studying the craft while living in Wisconsin. She creates her own lampwork beads from glass rods, adding multiple colors or fine silver to the beads in their molten state, & then incorporating them into jewelry.
Rejuvenate Massage Therapy & Pilates Studio
411 Cockade Alley, (804) 861-9963, www.rejuvenateyou.net, open Monday-Friday, 8:30 am-7:30 pm, Saturday by appointment
Grand Opening: New Exhibit: TBA.
Outside: Live acoustic music by Muelle.

Andrade�s International Restaurant
7 Bollingbrook Street (804) 733-1515
Continuing Exhibit: Drawings of the R/UDAT vision of downtown by Jay Womack of Illinois & Francisco Behr of California.

The Gardener�s Gate
12 Bollingbrook Street
Exhibit: TBA.

Paper with Style
8 Bollingbrook Street, (804) 733-0383
New Exhibit: Handmade maiolica pottery by Richmond artist Mary Nell Jackson. Since receiving her B.F.A. in painting from the University of Georgia, Jackson has been making whimsical bright creations, and has been selling her watercolors in the Richmond area for years. She is well known for her vivid paintings of the sea.

Sol Cooper Gallery
306 North Sycamore Street, (804) 240-6859; by appointment only
Continuing Exhibit: �Lineage: A Show of Working Relationships,� featuring work by Ron Walton, Terry Ammons, Andras Bality, Angela Orrell, Maruta Racenis, Liz McCormack, Dolly Holmes, Bobby Lynch, Mark Pehanich, Aimee Joyaux, Patrick Gregory, Tom McCormack, & Barry Roebuck. See how one thing leads to another for some of the top artists in Central Virginia. Through September 7. Don�t miss!

Java Mio Coffeehouse & Bistro
322 N. Sycamore St., (804) 861-2700, www.javamio.com, Mon.-Fri., 7-7, Sat. 8-5
Opening Reception: New and old work by local artist Page Roller, whose passion for painting began three years ago. She hasn�t slowed down yet. She is a member of both the Petersburg Regional Art Center and the Petersburg Area Art League.Wine tasting begins at 5:00 pm, with Scott Young from Republic National Distributing, who will focus this month on rose / blush wines.

The Oak Antique Mall
400 North Sycamore St. (804) 861-6111, Mon.-Sat., 10-5, Sun. 1-4
First Floor Gallery, Landing: New Exhibit: Work by Julie Northcott of Colonial Heights, including paintings in watercolors, mixed media, collage, and hand-made paper. Northcott formerly taught art on both the public school & college levels.

The Pink Scottie
408 North Sycamore St., (804) 957-6112
Continuing Exhibit: �A Taste of the Virginia Hunt.� In photographic panels by Angela Orrell & Joanne Williams, capture the flavor of a fall morning, the inauguration of the fox-hunting season, the pleasure & sport of the hunt, by the Reedy Creek Hunt Sporting Organization of Southside Virginia.

Siege Museum
15 West Bank Street, (804) 733-2427
Opening Exhibition: �Laying the Foundation of a City: Petersburg�s History to 1815,� an exhibition on Petersburg�s early history, featuring copies of maps, portraits, and other images, as well as a few artifacts, including a display of miniature portraits of personalities associated with Petersburg.
Continuing Exhibition: �Petersburg�s Lowndes Stoneware.� One of the earliest industries in Petersburg, the Lowndes pottery operated in the Blandford section of Petersburg from 1806 until 1855. The pottery primarily produced utilitarian stoneware pieces for storing & serving food. Rare examples of stoneware mainly from private collections will be on exhibit.

Bank Street Gallery
27 W. Bank St., open by appointment, (804) 733-6180
Continuing Exhibits: New work by Kirsten Kindler, who holds an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute but now lives in Richmond. A grant recipient from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in 2004, she works in oils & extraordinary cut-paper hangings. She will be showing a filigree influenced by a recent trip to Morocco. New oils by former Petersburger Stephen Roebuck, a graduate of U.Va. & Pratt Institute, who teaches at Christ Church School. New watercolors by Petersburg artist Catherine Warnock, who was born in Scotland & lived in California. Her influences are from travel & nature. She is currently studying with Carol Meese. New oils by Petersburg native O. Pollard, who has been painting since 1954. Don�t miss!

Purple Passion
29 W. Bank St., (804) 863-1943, open Tues.-Sat., 10-6
New Exhibit: Sheila Connelly of Richmond returns to Purple Passion Gallery with wildlife, landscape, & botanical photographs.

Performing Arts Venues

Cockade City Grill
305 N. Sycamore St., (804)862-2537
Spill Sheet, 9:00 pm-1:00 am

Dixie Diner
250 N. Sycamore St., (804) 732-7425
Michael Redman (jazz saxophone), 6-8 pm;
Leon Richardson & Tazz Jazz (jazz), 9:00 pm.-1:30 am.

Maria�s Caf� & Italian Restaurant
16 West Old Street, (804) 862-3100
Michael Redman (jazz saxophone), 8:30-11:00 pm

M &M Ice Cream Parlor
(804) 733-9499, 16 W. Old St.
Music outside, TBA

Petersburg Regional Art Center
132 N. Sycamore St., (804) 733-8200
Phoenix Dance Studio (dance demonstration)

Rejuvenate Massage Therapy
411 Cockade Alley, (804) 861-9963
Outside: Live acoustic music by Muelle.

Sycamore Rouge
21 W. Old St., (804) 957-5707
Susan Greenbaum, 8 pm

Wabi-Sabi
21 Bollingbrook St., (804) 862-1365
Buttafly Vazguez, 9:00 pm to midnight.

Throughout Old Town
The mellow saxophone of Rosshan Monroe.