<div dir="ltr"><br clear="all"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">The <i><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#ff0000"><b>Riverdale Park Arts Council </b></font></i>on Thursday debuts the first in an occasional series of live performances, billed as “RPAC Presents” with <b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#3366ff">Brulee</font></b> unveiling its new compact disc, “To A Crisp,” on the patio of Town Center Market. The jazz-infused, Americana-marinated alternative-pop foursome, featuring Riverdale Park’s own Andrew Brown on upright-up base, will begin at 5 pm and play until 7 in conjunction with the final installment of the Winter Farmer’s Market which is open 3-to-7 pm.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">The new CD is getting plenty of attention. A feature article in the Feb. 1, 2013 Washington City Paper called “In Defense of a Blue Shower Curtain” a “standout track” that “begins with an upright bass riff, gloriously strummed by Andrew Brown, then proceeds to a mellow jazz-rock grove from guitarist Louis Matza and drummer Lex O’Brien. The hooky chorus – whose key makes an unusual shift downward from the verse – is a plea with the titular curtain for renewal.”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">“RPAC Presents” will include new film screenings and other entertainment performances at a series of venues throughout the town year round. RPAC is also calling for artists, crafters, authors and food-beverage vendors to participate in the sixth annual ArtsFest2013, May 5, 11 am to 5 p.m. in Town Center@the MARC Station, 4650 Queensbury Road. Brulee will also perform that day along with the Rodney Kelley Jazz Experience, the Smokin’ Polecats, members of the Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation, and the Parkdale Jazz Ensemble. Some five-dozen artists and authors are expected that day along with a dozen Vintage Vehicles and tons of great food and drink. For more information, see <a href="http://www.rpartscouncil.org/">www.rpartscouncil.org/</a></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Riverdale Park Arts Council has a partnering agreement with the Hyattsville Community Development Corporation, a 501c3 organization, that allows RPAC to benefit from tax deductible donations.</span></i></b></p>
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