How To Build a Fire: General Judd – Black & Blue

When:
November 19th, 2021
8pm
(Usually every last Friday of the month, except for November because of Thanksgiving)

Where:
In Person at Open Source Gallery (RSVP) and on ZOOM (Meeting ID: 879 8208 0855)

WHO:
General Judd will be the storyteller for the evening.

General Judd originally from Charlotte NC. The husband, father, designer, actor, musician, entrepreneur, wears many hats, hats with style and color. Hats with reason and purpose. He’s  spent time in the Abyss and in sewers with teenage turtles and walked among giants. He shares  his infectious southern charm to all that enters his universe, and its not just general.

SEASON 8

It’s mind-boggling that we are into our 8th season of storytelling at Open Source Gallery (our third during the pandemic era). In Season 6, hosts Christina Marks and Stacie Evans were tasked with taking HTBAF online. Last Season, Jackie Reason and Lily White worked in a hybrid environment by bringing many of the storytellers to the gallery and zooming from that vantage point on 17th Street, to an online audience. For Season 8 we are making two changes that feel appropriate to the times. When the series began, we wanted to reflect the part of the nature of the gallery itself: that art isn’t just about entertainment, and that stories can breach the inherent gaps that exist within our local communities.

Terence Degnan will be returning as curator and host for Season 8 and the format will shift to long-form narratives, which will give our audiences a more immersive encounter with the stories, themselves. There will be twelve storytellers and the gallery audience will be limited to ten invitees, in compliance with social distancing protocols. Attendees will be asked to bring proof of vaccination for entry. There will be one story every month (for up to 45 minutes) and, as always, the event will be livestreamed. In the grassroots world of arts programming, pandemics breed change. While long-form stories aren’t wildly original, maybe the idea of taking one in -in a time of tailored news and flash floods- is. Stories do not always entertain. They can, on rare occasion, serve to break down societal barriers that divide communities. They humanize us. And if they find a rhythm, they can even be meditative.

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