January 2006
Thursday - 5th
- Losers
Beat Winners, Ghostfinger,
Admission $5 (9pm)
Friday - 6th
- Virago Studio
presents it's next installation, "HulaTiki" (7-10pm)
Friday -
6th - Monkey Speak, Admission $5 (8-10pm)
Spoken word open mic. Readers of poetry, short stories and more are
invited to participate.
* For Mature Audiences
Saturday - 7th
- Virago Studio
presents it's next installation, "HulaTiki" (7-10pm)
Saturday
- 7th - The Rocket Scientists, The
Penetrators, Admission $5 (8pm)
Friday -
13th - The
Rudy Banes Shutdown, Circuit Pop, The
Counterclock Wise, Admission $5 (9pm)
Saturday - 14th
- Zom Zoms,
The Thomas Function, Holy Shit, Bear Proof Suit, Cry Blood
Apache & The Kind of Jazz Music That Kills, Admission $5 (9pm)
Friday -
20th - "The God Who Wasn't There" presented by The
Film Co-op and the North Alabama Freethought Association, Admission
$5 (8pm)
Saturday
- 21st - Rap Benefit featuring The
Sons of Thunder, Jethro
Dupree, The
Furious Four, Trumptite,
Admission $5 (8pm)
Sunday - 22nd
- Newt Johnson Quartet, Admission $5 (7pm)
Jazz standards, modern jazz tunes (think Coltrane & Monk), and a
few originals in an acoustic- electric setting. The members are Newt
Johnson on a Rhodes electric piano, Jeff Koenitzer on saxophone, Jim
Cavender on bass, and Tim Cohen on drums.
Friday - 27th
- Lampwick
& Big
City Dreams, Admission $5 (8pm)
Saturday
- 28th - Video Rampage, Admission $5 (8pm)
Video game tournament + Rock N Roll + Cosplay
Games: Pong, Mario Kart, Mortal Kombat, Duck Hunt, Killer Instinct &
more
Cosplay, Extravaganza, Anime, Manga, J-pop, Gothic, Lolita...
February 2006
Friday -
3rd - Monkey Speak, Admission $5 (8-10pm)
Spoken word open mic. Readers of poetry, short stories and more are
invited to participate.
* For Mature Audiences
Saturday - 4th
- BARF!, Admission $5 (8pm)
Huntsville's first LIVE game show and talk show with stupid games
like Castle Attack Chicken and PWNED and local celebrity guests, Beth
Norwood and Ricky Thomason. Live music by The Counter Clockwise. FOR
MATURE AUDIENCES.
Saturday - 11th
- The Heist,
The Thomas Function, Admission $5 (9pm)
Tuesday - 14th
- Valentine's Day Acoustic Cabaret with Felicity and Phil Weaver, Admission
$7 adults, $5 students (7:30pm)
Classical guitarist Phil Weaver and the string quartet Felicity will
join forces for an evening of passionate music at the Flying Monkey's
Acoustic Cabaret. Phil and the lovely ladies of Felicity will swap sets,
and will perform together Vivaldi's Concerto in D for guitar and strings.
Want to do something for your significant other besides the usual humdrum
let's try to get in line at this restaurant V-day routine? Chill the
champagne, get the brie to room temperature, find some Belgian dark
chocolates and head out to the Monkey for an unforgettable evening of
mad musical monkey love. The Flying Monkey will be set up with candlelit
tables and audience members may bring their own hors d'oeuvres and beverages
or soft drinks and concessions will be available. The Flying Monkey
is a smoke free environment.
Friday - 17th
- Crash Boom Bang Theatre,
Admission $6 (9pm)
* For
Mature Audiences
Saturday - 18th
- Crash Boom Bang Theatre,
Admission $6 (9pm)
* For
Mature Audiences
Sunday - 19th
- Crash Boom Bang Theatre,
Admission $6 (7pm)
* For
Mature Audiences
Friday - 24th
- "Rivers and Tides" presented by The
Film Co-op, Admission $5 (8pm)
Saturday - 25th
- Sex Workers Art Show (8pm)
* For
Mature Audiences
Sunday - 26th
- Taylor/Chambers Group, Admission $5 (7pm)
JAZZ ... original compositions and cool covers.
March 2006
Friday - 3rd
- Monkey
Speak, Admission $5 (8-10pm)
Spoken word open mic. Readers of poetry, short stories and more are
invited to participate.
* For Mature Audiences
Saturday - 4th
- The Vagina Monologues (8pm)
Sunday - 5th
- The Vagina Monologues (2:30pm)
Friday - 10th
- Skip Heller, Admission
$7 (8pm)
CD Release of his latest recording, LIBERAL DOSE.
September 30, 2005 will live on in infamy as the day on which Tom DeLay
was indicted. That night, the Skip Heller Trio -- inexplicably in a
good mood -- took the stage at the Flying Monkey in Huntsville, AL and
recorded LIBERAL DOSE, which is not only the first live album ever cut
in Huntsville*, but the first official recording of a very unique ongoing
band, and the first ever all-originals disc cut by Skip. The release
date for Alabama only is March 7. The Skip Heller Trio is playing Satori
in West Mobile on Wednesday March 8, Over The Transom Books in Fairhope
on Thursday March 9, The Flying Monkey in Huntsville (the release party,
we reckon) on March 10, and the Flicker Theater in Athens, GA on the
11th.
Saturday - 11th
- Artist Market, Admission FREE (noon)
Saturday - 11th
- Experimental Music Festival, Admission $7 (6:30pm)
MUSIC,
DANCE, VIDEO!!!!!!! Performances by: Davey Williams
(from Birmingham), Jeff McLeod (from Montgomery), Scott Bazar (from
Panama City, FL), sycamore Toffel, Santanu Mitra, Michael Kilpatrick,
Stephen Shoemaker, Sherman Dailey, Jim Reynolds, Jamie Blasingame, Vicki
Butler, Walter Kelley, Duke Way, Rita Maya Burkholder, Shawn Webster
& more!
Saturday - 11th
- BARF!, Admission $5 (10:00pm)
In your face in your hair, you love it-Come hammer your
spit with us. Spankball,
Free Booze, Live music by Thomas Function
Sunday - 12th
- The Can Kickers, The
Counterclock Wise, Admission
$5 (9pm)
Saturday - 18th
- The Music Video
Shootout 2006 hosted
by The Dead Workers Party
Sunday - 19th
- The Music Video
Shootout 2006 hosted
by The Dead Workers Party
Wednesday - 22nd
- Better Late
Than Never, Admission $5 (7:30pm)
World Conspiracy presents the World Premiere of "Better Late Than Never".
Our much anticipated, long awaited, sk8 video. Show start time is 7:30
sharp. Running time is roughly 74 minites! There will be a door charge
of $5 and we will also be selling the video with 1/2 of those proceeds
going to the Huntsville Skatepark Fund. So come out, enjoy the video
and support your own cause.
Friday - 24th
- "Bubble" presented by The
Film Co-op, Admission $5 (8pm)
Saturday - 25th
- Teye
& Belen , Admission
$7 (8pm)
When Dutch
flamenco guitarist Teye first met his future artistic partner and wife
Belén in her native Sevilla, so mesmerized was he by her fiery
spirit that he didn't even notice she was beautiful—or so he declares.
Over a decade later, evenings with Teye & Belén begin with
Teye teasing out exotic, tantalizing tones on his guitar, catalyzing
the night’s mood with his opening strum. Belén sits on
the cajón (wooden box drum) sparingly tapping rhythms to accent
the guitar’s melody, smoldering in her relative repose. Then she
rises, flawlessly executing staccato footwork and spinning patterns,
with dramatic poses punctuating her sinuous turns. Blazing incandescent
with intensity and beauty, she sings, drawing you into the world of
Teye & Belén.
Friday - 31th
- Crash Boom Bang Theatre,
Admission
$6 (9pm)
* For
Mature Audiences
Friday - 31th
- The
Rudy Banes Shutdown, A
Particularly Vicious Rumor, Crooks
and Nannies, Admission
$5 (10:30pm)
April 2006
Saturday - 1st
- Crash Boom Bang Theatre,
Admission
$6 (9pm)
* For
Mature Audiences
Sunday - 2nd
- Film Co-op --
Filmmakers meeting (2pm)
Sunday - 2nd
- Film Co-op --
Board meeting. Everyone welcome.
(4pm)
Sunday - 2nd
- Crash Boom Bang Theatre,
Admission
$6 (7pm)
* For
Mature Audiences
Friday - 7th
- Monkey Speak, Admission $5 (8-10pm)
Spoken word open mic. Readers of poetry, short stories and more are
invited to participate.
* For Mature Audiences
Saturday - 8th
- Flying Monkey Market, Admission FREE
(noon)
Saturday - 8th
- The Tunahelpers,
BARF!, Admission $5 (9pm)
A new monthly show here at the Monkey. Think Conan O'Brian meets
Psycho TV.
For Mature Audiences.
Sunday - 9th
- Video Rampage, Admission $5 (6pm)
Friday - 14th
- Eyes Around,
W/ THE
DROWNOUT (ATLANTA) and SKWARE,
Admission $6
(9pm)
Saturday - 15th
- Gong Show, Admission $5 (9pm)
Got a talent you want to share? Everyone that outlasts the gong earns
a prize.
Wednesday- 19th
- UAH Jazz Combo Concert, Donation $3 (7:30pm)
Sunday - 23rd
- Newt Johnson Quartet, Admission
$5 (7pm)
Jazz standards, modern jazz tunes (think Coltrane & Monk), and a
few originals in an acoustic- electric setting. The members are Newt
Johnson on a Rhodes electric piano, Jeff Koenitzer on saxophone, Jim
Cavender on bass, and Tim Cohen on drums.
Saturday - 29th
- House of Metal Productions Presents: Lisiya Gori, 20 saw you die,
Darker Tomorrow, The Rhythm of War, The Bad Omen, Admission
$5 (7pm)
May 2006
Thursday - 4th
- Old
Time Relijun, Majestika,
Admission $5 (9pm)
Friday - 5th
- Monkey Speak, Admission $5 (8-10pm)
Spoken word open mic. Readers of poetry, short stories and more are
invited to participate.
* For Mature Audiences
Friday - 5th
- Emporer
X, The
Thomas Function, Circuit
Pop, Admission $5 (10pm)
Saturday - 6th
- The
Queers, The
Thomas Function, Admission $7 (8pm)
Sunday - 7th
- Dining
with Friends Benefit, Admission $5 (8pm)
Music by
Chris Fitts, Barnstormer,
Local
Orbit, Marge
Loveday, Majestika
&
The Counterclock Wise
All proceeds go to benefit the Aids Action Coalition
Wednesday - 10th
- Duran
Duran Duran, Sickboy,
Fanny
and J-Chot, Admission
$5 (8pm)
Friday - 12th
- NOT YOUR GRANDMA'S RAP SHOW, Admission $6 (9pm)
The
Furious Four, Sons
of Thunder, Smoke,
and The Big Babies.
Saturday - 13th
- Artist Market, Admission FREE (noon)
Saturday - 13th
- Crash Boom Bang Theatre
presents "All Up In Yer Grill... For Serious", Admission
$6 (7pm)
* For
Mature Audiences
Saturday - 13th
- Crash Boom Bang Theatre
presents "All Up In Yer Grill... For Serious", Admission
$6 (10pm)
* For
Mature Audiences
Sunday - 14th
- Crash Boom Bang Theatre
presents
"All Up In Yer Grill... For Serious",
Admission
$6 (7pm)
* For
Mature Audiences
Thursday - 18th
- Stephen Flinn,
Admission $5
(8pm)
Friday - 19th
- Yes presented
by The Film Co-op,
Admission $5 (8pm)
Saturday - 20th
- The Alabama Cigar Box Guitar Extravaganza
2006, Admission
$10
(noon-until...) Featuring homemade instrument builders and players from
across the U.S.
Sunday - 21st
- Newt Johnson Quartet, Admission
$5 (7pm)
Jazz standards, modern jazz tunes (think Coltrane & Monk), and a
few originals in an acoustic- electric setting. The members are Newt
Johnson on a Rhodes electric piano, Jeff Koenitzer on saxophone, Jim
Cavender on bass, and Tim Cohen on drums.
Friday - 26th
- Sandia,
Admission $5 (9pm)
Saturday - 27th
- Barnstormer,
Crackerjacks,
Majestika,
Admission $5 (9pm)
Sunday - 28th
-
Green Milk from
the Planet Orange, Daikaiju,
Radiotron,
The
Crashing Falcon, Admission $5 (8pm)
Wednesday - 31st
- Can Kickers,
O'Haste
Annihilation, Rise
Up Howling Werewolf, Admission $5 (9pm)
June 2006
Friday - 2nd
- Monkey Speak, Admission $5 (8-10pm)
Spoken word open mic. Readers of poetry, short stories and more are
invited to participate.
* For Mature Audiences
Saturday - 3rd
- Yard
Dogs Road Show, Admission $10 advance/$12 at the door (9pm)
Born from the saloon vaudeville that toured the Wild West in the late
1800's. SLAMMED into the underworld of modern American road culture.
The Yard Dogs combine the elements of vaudeville and burlesque - creating
a timeless space for the union of ancient theatrical alchemy and modern
POP culture. A true story on stage. Sword swallowers, fire eaters, burlesque,
rambling hobo poetry and sideshow oddities all animated by the live
sounds of the Yard Dogs cartoon gypsy band The Golden Wings of Glory.
The times have demanded it and HERE it is: “The new emergence of road
show nobility?
Friday - 9th
- Broken Flowers presented
by The Film Co-op,
Admission $5 (8pm)
Saturday - 10th
- Artist Market, Admission FREE (noon)
Saturday - 10th
- The Group Hug, Amongst
the Best Company, Admission $5 (9pm)
Saturday - 17th
- Artist Market, Admission FREE (noon)
Local artists and
others are invited to set up a booth at the Flying Monkey Arts Center
and sell their wares to the public. There will be art, jewelry, vintage
clothing, and more interesting things for sale inside our facility -
safe from rain.
Saturday - 17th
- Gong Show, Admission $5 (9pm)
The judges for tonight's show are a panel of Roller Derby Girls with
special security detail, The Ninjum
Friday - 23rd
- Crash Boom Bang Theatre
& Dead
Workers Party present Attention Deficit Theatre, Admission
$6 (9pm)
* For
Mature Audiences
Saturday - 24th
- Artist Market, Admission FREE (noon)
Local artists and others are invited to set up a booth at the Flying
Monkey Arts Center and sell their wares to the public. There will be
art, jewelry, vintage clothing, and more interesting things for sale
inside our facility - safe from rain.
Saturday - 24th
- Crash Boom Bang Theatre
& Dead
Workers Party present Attention Deficit Theatre,
Admission
$6 (7pm)
* For
Mature Audiences
Saturday - 24th
- Crash Boom Bang Theatre
& Dead
Workers Party present Attention Deficit Theatre,
Admission
$6 (9pm)
* For
Mature Audiences
Thursday - 29th
- Danny Morris
Admission $5 (8pm)
Friday - 30th
- The
Rudy Banes Shutdown, The Group Hug, The Thomas Function,
Admission $5 (9pm)
July 2006
Saturday - 1st
- Artist Market, Admission FREE (noon)
Local artists and others are invited to set up a booth at the Flying
Monkey Arts Center and sell their wares to the public. There will be
art, jewelry, vintage clothing, and more interesting things for sale
inside our facility - safe from rain.
Saturday - 1st
- We
Are Only Fiction, Blame
It On Blondie, Lampwick,
Admission $5 (8pm)
Friday - 7th
- Monkey Speak, Admission $5 (8-10pm)
Spoken word
open mic. Readers of poetry, short stories and more are invited to participate.
* For Mature Audiences
Saturday - 8th
- Artist Market, Admission FREE (noon)
Local artists and others are invited to set up a booth at the Flying
Monkey Arts Center and sell their wares to the public. There will be
art, jewelry, vintage clothing, and more interesting things for sale
inside our facility - safe from rain.
Saturday - 8th
- BARF- ON YOU!, Admission $5 (9pm)
Huntsville Premier Late Night Talk & Game Show featuring The
Group Hug (rockers), The Furious Four (rappers), Kay Campbell (Faith
and Values editor for the Huntsville Times), Audience Participation
Encouraged, For Mature Audiences.
Monday - 10th
- Mischief Brew,
The Counterclock
Wise, Admission $5 (9pm)
Wednesday - 12th
- Genghis Tron,
Radiotron, The
Crashing Falcon, Admission $5 (9pm)
Saturday - 15th
- Artist Market, Admission FREE (noon)
Local artists and others are invited to set up a booth at the Flying
Monkey Arts Center and sell their wares to the public. There will be
art, jewelry, vintage clothing, and more interesting things for sale
inside our facility - safe from rain.
Saturday - 15th
- My
Name is Eric, Admission $5 (8pm)
My Name is Eric is the Story of Eric Sanders and the wild, funny, tragic,
and even bizarre life he's led up to this point. Taken from interviews
over the past 4 years, Eric talks about his love of skateboarding, his
changing interests in music, his job working as a funeral embalmer,
some of the strange people he's encountered over the years, and so much
more. This is the first full length documentary by Andrew B. Wilkins.
Other projects include "Tasty Little Easter Treats" and "Losers of the
Year".
Friday - 21st
- Hot
Club of Huntsville, Majestika,
Admission $7 (8pm)
Saturday - 22nd
- Artist Market, Admission FREE (noon)
Local artists and others are invited to set up a booth at the Flying
Monkey Arts Center and sell their wares to the public. There will be
art, jewelry, vintage clothing, and more interesting things for sale
inside our facility - safe from rain.
Saturday - 22nd
- Iron
Horse, Admission $8 (8pm)
Sunday - 23rd
- Roller Derby After Party
Friday - 28th
- Sandia,
The
Crashing Falcon, Hi9,
Admission $5 (8pm)
Saturday - 29th
- Artist Market, Admission FREE (noon)
Local artists and others are invited to set up a booth at the Flying
Monkey Arts Center and sell their wares to the public. There will be
art, jewelry, vintage clothing, and more interesting things for sale
inside our facility - safe from rain.
Saturday - 29th
- Favela Rising,
Admission $5 (8pm)
FAVELA RISING documents a man and a movement, a city divided and a favela
(Brazilian squatter settlement) united. Haunted by the murders of his
family and many of his friends, Anderson S?is a former drug-trafficker
who turns social revolutionary in Rio de Janeiro’s most feared slum.
Through hip-hop music, the rhythms of the street, and Afro-Brazilian
dance he rallies his community to counteract the violent oppression
enforced by teenage drug armies and sustained by corrupt police.
At the dawn of liberation,
just as collective mobility is overcoming all odds and Anderson’s grassroots
Afro Reggae movement is at the height of its success, a tragic accident
threatens to silence the movement forever.
August 2006
Friday - 4th
- Monkey Speak, Admission $5 (8-10pm)
Spoken word
open mic. Readers of poetry, short stories and more are invited to participate.
* For Mature Audiences
Saturday - 5th
- Artist Market, Admission FREE (noon)
Local artists and others are invited to set up a booth at the Flying
Monkey Arts Center and sell their wares to the public. There will be
art, jewelry, vintage clothing, and more interesting things for sale
inside our facility - safe from rain.
Thursday - 10th
- So
Many Dynamos, The
Prids, The
Group Hug, Admission $5 (9pm)
 Friday
- 11th - Blue
Moon Boys, film and book signing, Admission
$5 (8pm)
As Elvis Presley's original guitarist and drummer, Scotty Moore & D.
J. Fontana, (bassist Bill Black passed away in 1965), influenced legions
of musicians and artists including the Rolling Stones, Jeff Beck, Jimmy
Page, The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton and many more.
After
leaving Presley, following the 1968 Comeback Special, Moore and Fontana
moved to Nashville and made their mark as producers and musicians, rarely
discussing their days with the King of Rock & Roll. Moore even gave
up playing his signature guitar licks in favor of sitting behind a recording
console. The two were chosen to work with Ringo Starr on his 2nd solo
effort, Beaucoups of Blues and maintained a connection with the Beatles
from that point forward. In fact, Moore & Fontana are the only musicians
to have played with Elvis, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Band
and Led Zeppelin! All these stories and many more are told in The Blue
Moon Boys. Recording sessions, live performances, interviews with the
subjects and guests, rare photographs and intimate details of life as
a musician baking icons make the book and film a must see and must read
for fans and followers of popular culture.
The
Book:
Dan
Griffin had written of his years working and traveling with Moore &
Fontana but needed an experienced author for detailing the early years
with Elvis Presley and their development as renowned musicians. Through
Sun Records artist Sonny Burgess, Griffin met writer Ken Burke and found
the partner he needed to tell the full story of four decades of ups
and downs in life and music.
Ken
Burke authored articles for Goldmine, Blue Suede News and other music
trades on musicians and artists of the era and had a book, Country Music
Changed My Life, published by Chicago Review Press. After going through
Griffin's rough manuscript and hundreds of hours of video and audio
taped interviews, Burke conducted dozens of interviews with friends
family and observers of the rise of Presley and his band. He shaped
the stories into a detailed history and life behind the scenes in the
world of music and the personal lives of Scotty Moore, Bill Black &
D. J. Fontana.
Photographs
from the personal collection of the trio, the Presley estate and Dan
Griffin's candid snapshots from recording sessions, the 1998 Grammy's
and travels around the world round out the book.
The
Film:
From
1991 to 2001, Dan Griffin filmed recording sessions, performances ,
interviews and the lives and travels of Scotty Moore & D. J. Fontana.
Edited from 100 hours of film and video tape, Griffin has assembled
a 74 minute documentary featuring interviews and performances with Keith
Richards, The Band, Cheap Trick, Ron Wood, Jeff Beck, Jack Bruce, The
Mavericks, The BoDeans, Jimmy Page, Alvin Lee and many more.
Photographs
from Moore and Fontana's personal collection, (including never before
seen shots of the band with a very young Elvis), session photographs
and casual shots including Paul McCartney and George Harrison, Bonnie
Raitt, B. B. King and others highlight the film. Songs from the Grammy
nominated CD, All the King's Men.
Saturday - 12th
- Artist Market, Admission FREE (noon)
Local artists and others are invited to set up a booth at the Flying
Monkey Arts Center and sell their wares to the public. There will be
art, jewelry, vintage clothing, and more interesting things for sale
inside our facility - safe from rain.
Saturday - 12th
- Air Guitar Competition featuring "GODZ OF AIR" an Air Rock
Operetta by Crash Boom Bang Theatre,
Admission
$5 (8pm)
Tuesday - 15th
- Cohen Brothers Jazz Quartet, Admission $5 (8pm)
Ben Cohen on Tenor Sax, Jim Cavender on Guitar, Newt Johnson on Organ,
Tim Cohen on Drums
 Friday
- 18th - Skip Heller,
Majestika,
Admission $5 (8pm)
Skip Heller's manager told him to pick any city where he wanted to gig
and Skip said, "Huntsville, Alabama. The Flying Monkey."
And so, armed with
blazing organist Chris Spies and rocksteady drummer David White, Skip
took the Monkey's stage on the Friday night, September, 30, just a few
short hours after Tom DeLay got indicted, the Skip Heller Trio threw
down a set so righteous that September felt like New Year's Eve, combining
brand new tunes with -- ahem -- greatest hits, plus a few gems that
had gone missing, such as the tender, beautiful "Lonesome Death Of Emily
Remler".
The Skip Heller
Trio is one of the country's very best live bands. "Liberal Dose" is
full of reasons why.
"Hot -- like peppers
on a Philly steak!" -- Guitar Player
"Staggering!" -- Fretboard Journal
"Brilliant, almost pre-emptive!" -- The New York press
Saturday - 19th
- Artist Market, Admission FREE (noon)
Local artists and others are invited to set up a booth at the Flying
Monkey Arts Center and sell their wares to the public. There will be
art, jewelry, vintage clothing, and more interesting things for sale
inside our facility - safe from rain.
Saturday - 19th
- Nomore,
SirPrizeFighter,
Spunk Pie,
Circuit
Pop, Admission $5 (8pm)
Wednesday - 23rd
- Casper
and the Cookies, The
Thomas Function, Christian
James and The Coyotes , Admission $5 (9pm)
Thursday - 24th
- Crystal
and the Wolves, Amy
McCarley & Barnstormer,
Admission $5 (9pm)
Friday - 25th
- Novem
(2005
Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival award- winner)
presented
by The Film Co-op,
Admission $5 (8pm)
Saturday - 26th
- Artist Market, Admission FREE (noon)
Local artists and others are invited to set up a booth at the Flying
Monkey Arts Center and sell their wares to the public. There will be
art, jewelry, vintage clothing, and more interesting things for sale
inside our facility - safe from rain.
Saturday - 26th
- The Gong Show, Hi9,
Admission $5 (9pm)
September 2006
Friday - 1st
- Monkey Speak, Admission $5 (8-10pm)
Spoken word
open mic. Readers of poetry, short stories and more are invited to participate.
* For Mature Audiences
Saturday - 2nd
- Artist Market, Admission FREE (noon)
Local artists and others are invited to set up a booth at the Flying
Monkey Arts Center and sell their wares to the public. There will be
art, jewelry, vintage clothing, and more interesting things for sale
inside our facility - safe from rain.
 Saturday
- 2nd - The Posey Peep Show presents "Eating Granny Smith"
an absurdist burlesque, Admission $5 (9pm)
Performing for the first time, The Posey Peep Show will be presenting
"eating Granny Smith" - an absurdist burlesque. With music,
dance, comedy and even a little drama, these girls will fill all of
your entertainment needs. The excitement doesn't end there though, come
dance with the ladies at the Dance Party with DJ Throwing Star following
the show.
Saturday - 2nd
- Dance Party with DJ Throwing Star, Admission $5 (11pm)
Friday - 8th
- Accuser, The
Crashing Falcon, Stentoria,
Lisiya Gori,
(7pm)
Saturday - 9th
- Artist Market, Admission FREE (noon)
Local artists and others are invited to set up a booth at the Flying
Monkey Arts Center and sell their wares to the public. There will be
art, jewelry, vintage clothing, and more interesting things for sale
inside our facility - safe from rain.
Saturday - 9th
- Phil Weaver, Admission $7/Students
$5 (8pm)
Phil and the Philistines to perform Acoustic Cabaret at Flying Monkey
The Flying Monkey's own classical guitarist in resonance, Phil Weaver,
will perform an Acoustic Cabaret show with his group the Philistines,
in a show that will have everything -solos, duos, and trios in a variety
of musical genres . As usual, Phil will bring his own unique (warped)
sense of humor to the proceedings, taking some of the class out of classical
music. By popular request, he will do a reading of the beloved poem
"Plastic Seat Sweat". Audience members can bring wine and their own
hors'douvres or soft drinks and snacks will be available at the Monkey.
Performing with Phil Weaver will be pianist Ingrid von Spakovsky, (making
her Flying Monkey debut!) bass player Nick Walker, vocalist Leilani
Hammock, and cellist Gonca Huff. Featured on the program will include
Claude Bolling's Concerto for guitar and jazz piano, two Spanish duos
for guitar and cello as well as Tangos by Astor Piazzolla and Bossa
Novas by Antonio Carlos Jobim. Phil Weaver became the first guitarist
to win an Alabama State Council on the Arts Individual Artists's Fellowship,
performed solo concerts in England, has toured throughout the U.S. with
his wife pianist Ingrid von Spakovsky, with whom he recorded a critically
acclaimed cd on ACA Digital and performed a New York City recital debut
at the North River Concert series in Greenwich Village. Phil is the
classical guitar instructor for UAH and also the artistic director of
the City Lights and Stars Concert Series at Burritt on the Mountain.
Thursday - 14th
- Crash Boom Bang Theatre,
Admission $6 (8pm)
Friday - 15th
- Badasssss!
presented by The Film
Co-op, Admission $5 (7pm)
Saturday - 16th
- Artist Market, Admission FREE (noon)
Local artists and others are invited to set up a booth at the Flying
Monkey Arts Center and sell their wares to the public. There will be
art, jewelry, vintage clothing, and more interesting things for sale
inside our facility - safe from rain.
Saturday - 23rd
- Artist Market, Admission FREE (noon)
Local artists and others are invited to set up a booth at the Flying
Monkey Arts Center and sell their wares to the public. There will be
art, jewelry, vintage clothing, and more interesting things for sale
inside our facility - safe from rain.
Saturday - 23rd
- Axios, Dues Invictus, The
Crashing Falcon, Admission $5 (7pm)
Sunday - 24th
- 2nd Annual Rocket City Tattoo Bash & BBQ, Admission is FREE! (3-7pm)
Live Rockabilly Music,
Ol' Skool Car Show, Live Tattoo Contest, BBQ Cook Out, Door Prizes &
Raffles
Sponsored by Ink
City Tattoo in celebration of their 7th Anniversary
Friday - 29th
- Nathan Granner
& Beau Bledsoe, Admission $10 (8pm)
A tenor and flamenco guitar? Absolutely!
 Nathan
Granner is bringing an unusual mix of classical music to younger
audiences in unusual places with his "Mozart was a Punk" program. Nathan
Granner and Beau Bledsoe have consistently challenged audiences throughout
the world with programs that include new commissioned works, innovative
transcriptions of classical and popular song as well as genre-bending
renditions of American Spirituals and traditional Flamenco.
Close friends and musical compatriots with a fearless attitude toward
classical music, Nathan Granner and Beau Bledsoe are earning standing
ovations everywhere they go. Sony recording artist, and member of the
American Tenors, Nathan Granner’s old school timbre and natural abilities
are distinctive and rare. His voice has been described as buoyant, compelling,
clean and resonant. Combining these qualities of tone with his exuberance
and daring, he makes a captivating figure on any stage in every performance.
"Granner has an irrepressible sense of good humor and showmanship,
doing all sorts of different accents, getting members of the audience
involved in some on-stage shenanigans and the like. Yet when it came
time for the music to start, Granner channeled all that energy and personality
into his singing." - Tulsa World
Beau Bledsoe's studies in southern Spain and involvement with
the tango scene of Buenos Aires have lead him to create a large body
of evocative arrangements, transcriptions and compositions. A native
of the Midwest, Granner now lives in Kansas City, Missouri. He has made
principal debuts with Wolf Trap Opera Company, Opera Theatre Saint Louis,
Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Tulsa Opera, Tampa Opera and the Pittsburgh
Opera Center. He has performed with Glimmerglass Opera, Utah Festival
Opera, Opera in the Ozarks and the National Symphony Orchestra. Granner
has also collaborated with the Kansas City Ballet to bring three world
premiere performances to life.
The new CD- "Departure" sounds nothing short of an exquisite emotional
journey, where one travels from the evocative art of Villa-Lobos into
the austere sexuality of John Dowland, while finally being snapped into
the fever-pitched passion of traditional flamenco?There's also a little
southern comfort thrown in for good measure! By the time you are done
listening to "Departure", you have arrived.
Saturday - 30th
- Artist Market, Admission FREE (noon)
Local artists and others are invited to set up a booth at the Flying
Monkey Arts Center and sell their wares to the public. There will be
art, jewelry, vintage clothing, and more interesting things for sale
inside our facility - safe from rain.
Saturday - 30th
- Hot
Club of Huntsville, Admission $8 (8pm)
October 2006
Friday - 6th
- Monkey Speak, Admission $5 (8-10pm)
Spoken word
open mic. Readers of poetry, short stories and more are invited to participate.
* For Mature Audiences
Saturday - 7th
- Artist Market, Admission FREE (noon)
Local artists and others are invited to set up a booth at the Flying
Monkey Arts Center and sell their wares to the public. There will be
art, jewelry, vintage clothing, and more interesting things for sale
inside our facility - safe from rain.
Arts N' Merriment
Performances, art demonstrations, and music compliment the local shops
at the Flying Monkey Artist's Market, making the perfect mix of experimental
art and family fun. We will be having this festival the first Saturday
of every month beginning in October. This month we will be featuring
the Domino Artwork of Robert Bosch (www.dominoartwork.com).
Huge portraits made from hundreds of dominos will be made and displayed.
Saturday, October 7, 12:00-6:00pm. Free admission, donations accepted.
Thursday - 12th
- The Tunahelpers,
The Group
Hug, Vandammit!,
Admission $5 (9pm)
 Friday
- 13th - The Counter Clockwise -1, The Rocky Horror Karaoke Show presented
by frolicon
, Admission $5 (10pm)
Frolicon Presents : The Rocky Horror Picture Show
with special guests The Counter Clockwise (minus one)
Enter At Your Own Risk!
Frolicon, Atlanta's craziest weekend of debauchery, is taking over Huntsville
for one night only! And what better way to say "Hello" than with a night
of good ole' music, costumes, spankings, body shots, and ROCKY! Don't
forget to bring your rice, waterguns, and other props.
The Counter Clockwise starts around 10:00pm Show at Midnight Open to
the public 18+.
Saturday - 14th
- Artist Market, Admission FREE (noon)
Local artists and others are invited to set up a booth at the Flying
Monkey Arts Center and sell their wares to the public. There will be
art, jewelry, vintage clothing, and more interesting things for sale
inside our facility - safe from rain.
Friday - 20th
- Rocket City Short Film Festival presented
by The Film Co-op,
Admission $5 (7pm)
Friday - 20th
- Crash
Boom Bang Theatre,
Admission $7 (9pm)
Saturday - 21st
- Artist Market, Admission FREE (noon)
Local artists and others are invited to set up a booth at the Flying
Monkey Arts Center and sell their wares to the public. There will be
art, jewelry, vintage clothing, and more interesting things for sale
inside our facility - safe from rain.
Saturday - 21st
- Crash
Boom Bang Theatre, Admission
$7 (9pm)
Sunday - 22nd
- Huntsville Sustainability Expo, Admission
is $10 for adults, $5 for students (1pm)
Local Environmental
Practical
Flying Monkey Arts presents an afternoon of lectures and demonstrations
on the topics of environmental and economic sustainability. Speakers
from a variety of businesses and backgrounds will introduce you to their
specialties on sustainability and discuss ways to incorporate these
practices into your daily life. All of the presenters are local or regional
organizations and individuals.
Schedule of Events
1:00 --- Creating a More Sustainable Alabama: Grow Alabama is a home
delivery serive providing Alabama-grown organic vegetables and meats.
It is a solution to several problems now confronting Alabama farmers
and growers, as well as we who consume such products and all of Alabama's
citizens. Come and find out how you can become a part of this solution
for the benefit of all of Alabama. by Jerry Spencer
2:00 --- Permaculture:
Solutions for a Low- Energy Future With buzz words like peak oil, greenhouse
gases, and global climate change appearing in the media, most of us
are aware of the problems that we face now and in the future. Being
aware of the problem is only one side, What about solutions? Permaculture
is a holistic design strategy that integrates nature and peoples needs,
to create ecological systems that provide for the earth and its inhabitants.
by The Ecovillage Training Center
3:00 --- State of
the Union Address: Create Green Business, Get Collective, Buy Land by
Thomas Hupp
4:00 --- The Benefits
of Biking to Work by Alabike - James Spagnola speaker
4:45 --- Edible
Landscaping: City Gardening for Food, Flowers, and Fun by Reese Danley-Kilgo
Tina’s Cantina will
be serving locally grown food throughout the day.
Participants
Grow Alabama
delivers fresh produce grown by local farmers. Their regional logistics
practices benefit Alabama’s small farms and reduce fossil fuel waste.
Thomas Hupp is one
of the original members of The Farm, an historic intentional community
in Summertown, Tennessee. He now runs The
Leadership School, which offers seasonal workshops on self- empowerment
and green capitalism.
The
Ecovillage Training Center is also located on The Farm. They teach
a full curriculum of progressive lifestyle courses such as alternative
building methods and photovoltaic energy installation
Alabike
is Huntsville’s own bicycle advocacy group. They organize several cycling
events each year and work to promote the safe use of bicycles for recreation
and transportation.
Reese Danley-Kilgo
taught at UAH from 1966 to 1988, had dual appointments in Education
and Sociology, and taught courses in both departments.
Tina’s
Cantina offers a vegetarian and vegan menu featuring locally grown
and organic produce. Tina also serves organic meats.
Thursday - 26th
- Cinemechanica,
Spunkpie, Radiotron, Admission $5 (9pm)
Friday - 27th
- Green Milk
from the Planet Orange, The
Mall, The
Group Hug, Daikaiju,
The
Crashing Falcon, Admission $7 (8pm)
Saturday - 28th
- Artist Market, Admission FREE (noon)
Local artists and others are invited to set up a booth at the Flying
Monkey Arts Center and sell their wares to the public. There will be
art, jewelry, vintage clothing, and more interesting things for sale
inside our facility - safe from rain.
Saturday - 28th
- Crash
Boom Bang Theatre, Admission
$7 (9pm)
Sunday - 29th
- Crash
Boom Bang Theatre, Admission
$7 (7pm)
November 2006
Wednesday - 1st
- Glass
and Ashes, The
Fucking Wrath, Latterman, Admission $5 (9pm)
Thursday - 2nd
- Skip Heller Trio,
Admission $5 (8pm)
Friday - 3rd
- Monkey Speak, Admission $5 (8-10pm)
Spoken word
open mic. Readers of poetry, short stories and more are invited to participate.
* For Mature Audiences
Friday - 3rd
- Peelander
Z, Daikaiju,
Cancerslug,
Admission $5 (9pm)
Saturday - 4th
- Artist Market, Admission FREE (noon)
Local artists and others are invited to set up a booth at the Flying
Monkey Arts Center and sell their wares to the public. There will be
art, jewelry, vintage clothing, and more interesting things for sale
inside our facility - safe from rain.
Sunday - 5th
- Hot
Soup, Admission $3 or two non-perishable food items or a clean,
new or gently-used blanket (7pm)
Friday - 10th
- Walker
St. Opry, Admission $7 (8pm)
Saturday - 11th
- Artist Market, Admission FREE (noon)
Local artists and others are invited to set up a booth at the Flying
Monkey Arts Center and sell their wares to the public. There will be
art, jewelry, vintage clothing, and more interesting things for sale
inside our facility - safe from rain.
Saturday - 11th
- Number One Suspect, Lampwick, Marvelous Radio, Braver by the
Second, Admission $5 (8pm)
Sunday - 12th
- The
Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower, Ad
Astra Per Aspera, No Refund, Admission $5 (8pm)
Friday - 17th
- "Angela's Decision" and "Frames" presented
by The Film Co-op,
Admission $5 (7pm)
Saturday - 18th
- Artist Market, Admission FREE (noon)
Local artists and others are invited to set up a booth at the Flying
Monkey Arts Center and sell their wares to the public. There will be
art, jewelry, vintage clothing, and more interesting things for sale
inside our facility - safe from rain.
Saturday - 18th
- "Before the
Music Dies" (during the Artist Market)
Never have so few companies controlled so much of the music played on
the radio and for sale at retail stores. At the same time, there are
more bands and more ways to discover their music than ever. Music seems
to have split in two - the homogenous corporate product that is spoonfed
to consumers and the diverse independent music that finds devoted fans
online and at clubs across the country. BEFORE THE MUSIC DIES tells
the story of American music at this precarious moment. Filmmakers Andrew
Shapter and Joel Rasmussen traveled the country, hoping to understand
why mainstream music seems so packaged and repetitive, and whether corporations
really had the power to silence musical innovation. The answers they
found on this journey–ultimately, the promise that the future holds–are
what makes BEFORE THE MUSIC DIES both riveting and exhilarating. At
the heart of BEFORE THE MUSIC DIES are interviews with musicians, industry
insiders, music critics, and fans that reveal how music has reached
this moment of truth. Featured performances from a truly diverse group
of artists, ranging from The Dave Matthews Band and Erykah Badu to Seattle
street performers and Mississippi gospel singers show us that great
music is always out there?as long as you know where to look. BEFORE
THE MUSIC DIES will renew your passion for great music, and inspire
you to play an active part in its future.
Saturday - 18th
- Liberty in Embers, 20 Saw You Die, Skullkin, The Bad Omen, Admission
$5 (7pm)
Sunday - 19th
- So
Many Dynamos, Spring
Break 91, Thomas
Function, Circuit Pop, Admission $5 (9pm)
Friday - 24th
- Squeaking Tribe Puppet Performance "Earthlings" (2pm,
6pm, 7pm)
Saturday - 25th
- Artist Market, Admission FREE (noon)
Local artists and others are invited to set up a booth at the Flying
Monkey Arts Center and sell their wares to the public. There will be
art, jewelry, vintage clothing, and more interesting things for sale
inside our facility - safe from rain.
Saturday - 25th
- Squeaking Tribe Puppet Performance "Earthlings" (2pm,
6pm, 7pm)
Sunday - 26th
- Squeaking Tribe Puppet Performance "Earthlings" (2pm,
6pm, 7pm)
Wednesday - 29th
- Leah
Quinelle All-Stars, The
Counterclock Wise, Warhammer 64K, Admission $5 (8pm)
Thursday - 30th
- Acoustic Cabaret featuring Phil Weaver
& Microwave
Dave, Admission $7 (8pm)
Blues guitarist Microwave Dave Gallaher and classical guitarist Phil
Weaver return to the Monkey with their show Clasical-Blues Cabaret.
In this informal, cabaret-style concert, the two artists will be playing
solos, telling a few stories, and collaborating together on some duets
with improvisation. The show will include some new material recently
created. The Classical-Blues Cabaret is one of the most popular shows
in the area, with standing room only crowds at the Flying Monkey, sold
out at City Lights and Stars, as well as a concert at Birmingham City
Stages.The Land Trust of Huntsville and North Alabama presented the
Classical-Blues Cabaret at the historic Three Caves Quarry (the first
time ever this location was used as a concert venue) this past May to
a full house and ended with a standing ovation. Microwave Dave Gallaher
performs and records both as a soloist and with his band the Nukes.
They were recently featured on the NPR show Whad'Ya Know in a live broadcast
from the VBCC, and their performance brought down the house. Classical
guitarist Phil Weaver has been performing for over 25 years in the United
States and abroad. He was the first guitarist to be awarded an individual
artist's fellowship from the Alabama State Council of the Arts, and
he is a member of the music faculty at UAH. The Flying Monkey will be
set up with candlelit tables and audience members may bring their own
hors d'oeuvres and beverages or soft drinks and concessions will be
available. The Flying Monkey is a smoke free environment. Admission
to the concert is $7 for adults and $5 for students. Parking is in the
fenced lot behind Lowe Mill.
December 2006
Friday - 1st
- Monkey Speak, Admission $5 (8-10pm)
Spoken word
open mic. Readers of poetry, short stories and more are invited to participate.
* For Mature Audiences
Friday - 1st
- Stand-up Comedy with Scott James Meyer and J'Mel Davidson, Admission
$8, (10pm)
Stand-up comedy sensation Scott James Meyer visits Huntsville for one
night only. If you missed his phenomenal set at the 2006 Sidewalk Film
Festival, now is your chance to get all caught up. Come ready for an
energetic roller coaster ride of hilarious stand-up comedy. See what
all the hype is about as this young comic takes you on a personal tour
of his neurotic mind. This is a great event for fans of Woody Allen,
Dane Cook and Mike Birbiglia.
Opening act J'Mel Davidson is a true Magic City improv comedy legend.
His comedy column can be seen every Thursday in the Birmingham Weekly
Newspaper. Davidson is perhaps best known for his improvisational funny
business with Torrential Downplay and the Feminist Debutante Guild,
but make no mistake, his offbeat comedy packs quite a punch.
Saturday - 2nd
- Artist Market, Admission FREE (noon)
Local artists and others are invited to set up a booth at the Flying
Monkey Arts Center and sell their wares to the public. There will be
art, jewelry, vintage clothing, and more interesting things for sale
inside our facility - safe from rain.
Saturday - 2nd
- The Slats, Group
Hug, The Emotron, Tigers
Con Queso, Admission $5 (9pm)
Sunday - 3rd
- Local Jazzers Newt Johnson and Jim Cavender are back. Admission
$5 (7pm) Joining them is saxophonist Ben Cohen and new addition Brian
Palmieri on drums. Newt plays keys (a Fender Rhodes to be exact), and
Jim's going with electric bass this time around.
Saturday - 9th
- Artist Market, Admission FREE (noon)
Local artists and others are invited to set up a booth at the Flying
Monkey Arts Center and sell their wares to the public. There will be
art, jewelry, vintage clothing, and more interesting things for sale
inside our facility - safe from rain.
Saturday - 9th
- Crash
Boom Bang Theatre presents BROM GLUBENSTIEN'S THE SEVENTH DEADLY
SIN, Admission $7 (9pm)
Sunday - 10th
- Crash
Boom Bang Theatre presents BROM GLUBENSTIEN'S THE SEVENTH DEADLY
SIN, Admission $7 (7pm)
Friday - 15th
- Barnstormers,
The
Crashing Falcon, Rise
up, Howlin' Werewolf, Arson
Wells, Admission $6 (9pm)
Saturday - 16th
- Artist Market, Admission FREE (noon)
Local artists and others are invited to set up a booth at the Flying
Monkey Arts Center and sell their wares to the public. There will be
art, jewelry, vintage clothing, and more interesting things for sale
inside our facility - safe from rain.
Saturday- 16th
- Winter Solstice Event (noon-6pm)
The Flying Monkey Arts Center presents it's 3rd annual Winter Solstice
Artist's Market on December 16th from 12 to 4. This Market will feature
an expanded gathering of artists and vendors, both resident and visiting.
Artists studios like Serious Girl Art and The Cardboard Box Studio plus
shops such as Virago-a woman owned gift and art collective; The Recyclery
Wearables, a vintage and second hand clothing store; 4 Motion, our newest
Flying Monkey Shop, offering skateboards, equipment, and skate clothing;
and The Beloved Community Used Bookstore will all be open. Visiting
artists and vendors will be there showing their work, too, including
paintings, drawings, jewelry and other types of art and handwork. Performers
of all kinds will be offering their art throughout the Market, as well,
including musicians, poets, drummers, and Squeaking Tribe Puppetry.
Tina's Cantina will
be open, too, from 11 to 3 on the 16th, offering healthy food at reasonable
prices, plus hot coffee and other beverages. You'll find Tina's Cantina
in the parking lot at Lowe Mill right by the stairwell that leads upstairs
to the Arts Center. She also offers Fred Bread, which is the prefered
bread for all Flying Monkeys! Tina's new hours are Tuesday through Friday
from 11 to 2 and Saturdays from 11 to 3. Her food is fresh and organic
when possible.
If you are an artist
or performer, space for the Solstice Market and every Saturday market
is free from 12 to 4 at this time. We are looking to expand our market
in order to offer patrons a wide selection of entertainment, art and
alternative businesses. We also offer rented space at an incredibly
reasonable price for artists and businesses. If you are interested in
renting please see Anna Sue Courtney of Squeaking Tribe Puppetry located
inside the same space as The Beloved Community Used Bookstore. If you
are interested in set-up for our Artist's Market every Saturday all
you need to do is show up with your wares and a table.
Please keep in mind
that our parking lot is under serious construction right now and may
or may not be done by the 16th (but it could be!). Parking is more limited
while construction continues. If the lot isn't finished on the 16th
we hope you'll be patient with the progress at Lowe Mill and consider
parking in the north lot before you enter the gate if the back lot is
full.
Saturday - 16th
- The Posey Peep Show Goes Deep Sea Diving, Admission
$6 (9pm)
With a few new girls, and lots of new acts. This absurdist burlesque
will have you begging for more. It's time to go "deep" to
find the "inner you." Fishes to spiders and old men to naked
ladies! What else could you ask for?
Sunday - 17th
- The Posey Peep Show Goes Deep Sea Diving, Admission
$6 (7pm)
With a few new girls, and lots of new acts. This absurdist burlesque
will have you begging for more. It's time to go "deep" to
find the "inner you." Fishes to spiders and old men to naked
ladies! What else could you ask for?
Friday - 22nd
- Crash
Boom Bang Theatre presents BROM GLUBENSTIEN'S THE SEVENTH DEADLY
SIN, Admission $7 (9pm)
Saturday - 23rd
- Artist Market, Admission FREE (noon)
Local artists and others are invited to set up a booth at the Flying
Monkey Arts Center and sell their wares to the public. There will be
art, jewelry, vintage clothing, and more interesting things for sale
inside our facility - safe from rain.
Saturday - 23rd
- Crash
Boom Bang Theatre presents BROM GLUBENSTIEN'S THE SEVENTH DEADLY
SIN, Admission $7 (9pm)
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