KSPACE CONTEMPORARY PARTY 4/16/10

Wine is to sushi as beer is to chocolate. Confused? You won't be after attending the Art of Music a benefit for K Space Contemporary sponsored by Glacial Energy (a fairly new retail energy provider). This party is an unusual benefit in that there will be a sushi and wine pairing, live art, art on display and art for sale, then a beer and chocolate pairing and music. Providing the sushi is Ophraka's Asian Bistro located at 429 Schatzel in dowtown Corpus Christi.

Ophraka's is new to the restaurant scene and has a busy lunch, lamentably business is a little slow at night. Well maybe not so lamentably...you can snag a great table while the lull lasts. Owner/chef, Paul Sananikone, is dedicated to great food and the arts. His dedication to great food is evident in the dishes he serves. He also holds his doors open to local artists who want to get a little more exposure for their works.

This piece currently hangs at Ophraka's 429 Asian Bistro.

Chef Paul executes a flawless California Roll for the camera. Experience this and many other forms of sushi at the Art of Music.

The wine for this portion of the evening will be provided by Republic Beverage. Vintage posters from the collection of Casey Lain, owner/operator of the House of Rock, will be on display. There are some that will take you way back to the way back and then some. They are a great trip down memory lane for some and a new experience in printed art for others. These pieces will not be for sale. Also art on canvas will be provided for show and sale by Al Molina assistant director of the Coastal Bend Artists (coastalbendartists@yahoo.com). Molina is one of the best representational artists there is in Corpus Christi. He can take a picture and paint it on a canvas as exact as exact can be.

Stevie Ray Vaughn by Al Molina

Fred and Melissa Cook will be producing a limited number of posters during the event. "The design is really cool," Lain said. "One design will be available during the wine/sushi pairing and another will be avaialbe for the beer/chocolate pairing but you can put them together to make one poster." Twenty is the limit! Only 20 posters per event will be printed, the cost is $30 each. The beer and chocolate portion of the eveing should be very interesting. Larry Roberts of Andrews Distributing will be supplying the beers (Samuel Adams Boston Lager, Coastal Wheat, Light and Leffe Blonde and Stella Artois) and Bourbon St. Candy Company (located in La Palmera Mall by Dillard's second floor) is supplying DE-lictable choclates.

These chocolates are hand made in Texas at Sweet Shop USA. Sweet Shop USA was established in 1972, in Fort Worth. Today, the company is located in Mount Pleasant.

Here is the event itninery: 5:30 doors open at the Venue next door to the House of Rock/poster printing begins 6:30 - 8:30 Sushi and wine pairing begin. 8:30 - 9:00 KSpace open house 9:00 doors open and second round of poster printing begins 9:55 - 11:00 beer and chocolate pairings

Tickets are $20 for each event of the evening (each pairing is a seperate event) and can be bought at http://www.texashouseofrock.com/ or by calling 361-882-7625

KSpace Contemporary is located at 415 D Starr Street, Corpus Christi and can be found at http://www.kspacecontemporary.org/

The Venue at the House of Rock is located at 511 Starr Street and can be found on the web at www.texashouseofrock.com Glacial Energy can be found on the web at http://www.glacialenergy.com/

KSpace Contemporary and House of Rock would like to extend thank you's to Glacial Energy, Republic Beverage, Andrews Distributing, Ophraka's, Bourbon St. Candy Company, Leadership Class XXXVIII and Coastal Bend Artists.