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Art a la Carte

Mindie Paget reporting

Friday, December 31, 2004

First, something for New Year's Eve:

Split Lip Rayfield has a reputation for whipping crowds into a sweaty frenzy. And though they don't often get credit for their songwriting, the four-piece has some great tunes about bad cars, bad jobs, bad women, loss and longing that they've taken off the dusty shelves of the old-timey circuit and updated to make sense for today's working class. Split Lip Rayfield plays 9 p.m. tonight at The Bottleneck.

Saturday evening at the Olive Gallery, local artist Paul Flinders will unveil his haunting, illustratorly pieces during the opening of his first solo exhibition, "a bird, i wish i were." These mixed media works on paper at first appear transfixed on isolation and melancholy. But the artist says where there's darkness there's also light; he's actually exploring the idea of greater possibilities and fulfilling potential. See if he's communicated these ideas effectively during a reception from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday.

I'm Mindie Paget with Art a la Carte.

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