It took a little planning, but Matt and I came up with a really great Friday night full of funtivities!
First, we watched Grease at the Gillioz, an old restored movie theater in downtown Springfield.
Next, we walked around downtown and took in some of the gallery shows during First Friday Art Walk. This month's theme seemed to be quilts, which was really awesome for me since I am a fledgling quilter myself. Inside the Gillioz was a show by Susan Leslie Lumsden aka the Rebel Quilter. She makes art quilts, but they definitely had some traditional quilting elements in many of her works.
Next, we stopped at Grandpappy's BBQ for dinner, which was nice since Matt loves to try new BBQ places. They do a really good job of matching their meat to their sauce, and Matt really enjoyed his homemade coleslaw.
After dinner, we went to another art gallery that had been recommended to us by the artist at the first quilt showing. The Missouri State art gallery, which normally houses student & faculty work, was hosting an international juried art quilt show. The quilts were quite amazing - I also had fun trying to photograph people looking at the quilts, a la Lolly's recent post.
We still had about an hour before the Mystery Hour, which is a live improv talk show hosted by Jeff Houghton at the Skinny Improv Theater. We stopped into Trolley's (of The Bachelor fame - anyone remember Aaron Buerge from The Bachelor about 5 years ago? Yep, he's from my town) and ran into some acquintances, who invited us to sit at their table. We were regaled with wild tales form one of their drunk friends. It was... entertaining. =)
It was finally the Mystery Hour, so we scurried a few doors down Park Central East and joined the mad dash into the theater. I think it was the biggest crowd the Mystery Hour had ever seen!
Here's Mystery Jeff interviewing new Missouri State head basketball coach Cuonzo Martin:
I stayed up way past my bedtime, but it was a really fun night! I love that we were able to do all this for a great price (the movie was $5 - art galleries were free - the show was $3) and all within walking distance of each other (actually, all within about 3 square blocks.) Yay for Springfield!
First, we watched Grease at the Gillioz, an old restored movie theater in downtown Springfield.
Next, we walked around downtown and took in some of the gallery shows during First Friday Art Walk. This month's theme seemed to be quilts, which was really awesome for me since I am a fledgling quilter myself. Inside the Gillioz was a show by Susan Leslie Lumsden aka the Rebel Quilter. She makes art quilts, but they definitely had some traditional quilting elements in many of her works.
Next, we stopped at Grandpappy's BBQ for dinner, which was nice since Matt loves to try new BBQ places. They do a really good job of matching their meat to their sauce, and Matt really enjoyed his homemade coleslaw.
After dinner, we went to another art gallery that had been recommended to us by the artist at the first quilt showing. The Missouri State art gallery, which normally houses student & faculty work, was hosting an international juried art quilt show. The quilts were quite amazing - I also had fun trying to photograph people looking at the quilts, a la Lolly's recent post.
We still had about an hour before the Mystery Hour, which is a live improv talk show hosted by Jeff Houghton at the Skinny Improv Theater. We stopped into Trolley's (of The Bachelor fame - anyone remember Aaron Buerge from The Bachelor about 5 years ago? Yep, he's from my town) and ran into some acquintances, who invited us to sit at their table. We were regaled with wild tales form one of their drunk friends. It was... entertaining. =)
It was finally the Mystery Hour, so we scurried a few doors down Park Central East and joined the mad dash into the theater. I think it was the biggest crowd the Mystery Hour had ever seen!
Here's Mystery Jeff interviewing new Missouri State head basketball coach Cuonzo Martin:
I stayed up way past my bedtime, but it was a really fun night! I love that we were able to do all this for a great price (the movie was $5 - art galleries were free - the show was $3) and all within walking distance of each other (actually, all within about 3 square blocks.) Yay for Springfield!
sounds like a great weekend! Those are beautiful quilts