THE BOSTON GLOBE
Go! Thursday!
By Hayley Kaufman
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signals Though it's housed in a non- descript cinder-block building off Davis Square's main drag, Gallery Bershad is quietly emerging as one of the area's hip- pest alternative spaces. Besides launching buzz-generating shows (next up: "As I See It: Photographs by Greg Gor- man," a meditation on masculin- ity by the acclaimed photogra- pher, and "Naked & Nude," a local artists'showcase, both opening Nov. 3), Bershad has packed its fall schedule with off- beat record release parties, poet- ry readings, and indie film screenings. The change in direction has, not surprisingly, coincided with the recent arrival of gallery direc- tor Roland Smart, 26, and assis- tant director Maura Jasper, 35. "Younger people need to find a place that they fit into, not only when it comes to buying art, but meeting people," said Smart, who previously worked at the Starr Gallery in Newton. That's where Jasper comes in. AWorcester native who spent the last several years in Manbat- tan before moving to Boston, Jas- |
per has been planning events like awoman possessed, bringing the Wharton Tiers Ensemble, Dino- saur Jr.'s J Mascis, and Khan to the gallery last month, and lining up a small-press reading series for next month. She's quite honest about her motivations. "You know that fear you have about going bark where you're from?" she asks. "In New York there were interesting things happening everywhere. I didn't want to feel like I was missing out." From the sound of things, she's not - nor are the Bershad patrons. "Our last opening was like a cross between a night at the Knitting Factory [a New York club) and a crazy loft party," Jas- per says. The intrigue continues to- night with a CD release party for the Lothars. The theramin- heavy outfit plays tracks from its new "Oscillate My Metallic So- natas." Trip hopper Dean "Dek- now" Stiglitz opens. From 7 to 10. Cover $5. 99DoverSt., Davis Square, Somervilk, 617-629-9400. |