The Rebel Opens In Fort Myers

>> IN THE HEART OF FORT MYERS, THE REBEL IS PROVIDING A 3RD SPACE, A PLACE WHERE MUSICIANS, ARTISTS AND ANYONE IN BETWEEN YOU CAN SHARE THEIR ADMIRATION FOR ALL KINDS OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION. WGCU’S JESSICA BOWLBY STOPPED BY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS HAVEN FOR ALTERNATIVE ARTS. >> THE >> DAM CENT AND >> WE'RE HERE AT THE RUBBLE OF RAIN. NEW INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTS CENTER IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. WHERE CREATIVE ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS CAN COME TOGETHER. IT'S THE NEWEST CREATION FROM THE NONPROFIT GROUP. LOVE YOUR REBELLION. IT WAS FOUNDED BY ANGELA PAGE >> THE REBEL IS THE PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION OF LOVE YOUR REBELLIONS MISSION. SO THE REBEL IS POWERED BY THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. AND THIS IS OUR HOME FOR ALL OF OUR ARTS PROGRAMMING. SO ALL OF OUR MUSIC SHOWS ALL OF OUR WRITING WORKSHOPS, ALL OF OUR SHOWS IT WILL LIVE IN THIS SPACE FROM HERE ON OUT. AND IT'S IN A CAFE SETTINGS. SO PEOPLE CAN ENJOY LIGHT BITES AND BEVERAGES WHILE THEY EXPERIENCE OUR PROGRAMMING INSIDE THE RAINBOW COLORED WALLS. >> PAGE HAS CURATED. A COLLECTION OF WORKS FROM LOCAL ARTISTS. >> AND SCRAPBOOK TABLES FILLED WITH ICONIC MUSICIAN MEMORABILIA. YOU CAN FIND THEM SERVING COFFEE IN THE DAYTIME TO FUEL ARTISTS. JAM SESSIONS. AND CRAFTED COCKTAILS FOR LATE NIGHT SHOWS THIS DUAL NATURE IS INSPIRED BY HER CHILDHOOD MY PARENTS ARE FROM SICILY. SO I'M LIKE. >> EXTREMELY INTO THE IDEA OF A EUROPEAN STYLE CAP. A PLAY A HUGE ROLE IN MY CHILDHOOD WHEN I WAS LIVING IN FORT LAUDERDALE. AND SO THIS IS BASICALLY THE CULMINATION OF SOME OF THOSE CHILDHOOD DREAMS AND ALSO THE ADULT VALUES THAT HAD DRIVIN LOVE YOUR REBELLION FOR ALL THESE YEARS. THE REBEL PLANS TO HOST ALL KINDS OF EVENTS. >> LIKE OPEN MIKE NIGHTS AND MUSIC BASED MEET UPS. ITS UPCOMING EVENT. HIGH LONESOME SONG RIGHT AROUND IS MAY 22ND. THE PERFORMANCE FEATURES 3 LOCAL SINGERS AND SONGWRITERS, INCLUDING ORGANIZER AND MUSICIAN, CLAIRE LIPARULO >> I SEE LIKE ONE-OFF EVENTS LIKE AROUND THAT HAPPENS, MULTI-YEAR OR SHOWCASE. BUT I DON'T SEE A RECURRING EVENT THAT GIVES A SEEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP. AND SO I WANTED TO FOCUS ON. HIGHLIGHTING MOSTLY LOCAL SONGWRITERS, BUT ALSO WELCOMING IN PEOPLE JUST OUTSIDE OF OUR REGION. >> LOVE YOUR REBELLION. ALSO HOSTS BABE FAST AND ALTERNATIVE CONCERT CELEBRATING FEMALE ARTISTS LIKE PAGE AND LIPARULO >> THEY BELIEVE IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A SPACE FOR MARGINALIZED GROUPS TO COME TOGETHER AND CREATE. WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE FLORIDA ARTS AND CULTURE AND IN A HYPER-LOCAL WAY. >> REALLY FOSTERING THE NEXT GENERATION OF ARTISTS HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, AS WELL AS THE ONES THAT ARE ALREADY ESTABLISHED, GIVING THEM A NEW EXPERIENCE OF WHAT IT IS TO. >> BEING AN ARTS AND CULTURE COMMUNITY IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. >> THE REVEL HAS A NEW AND USED BOOKS ELECTION. >> AND STOCKS LOVE YOUR REBELLIONS IN THE NEWSPAPER. >> SWAMP RAG. >> WHICH COVERS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ARTS EVENTS. SAYS MUSIC IS MORE THAN A SOUNDTRACK TO YOUR LIFE. >> IT'S THE SCAFFOLDING. >> WHAT HAS A SONG DONE FOR YOU LIKE ON YOUR WORST DAY? YOU'VE HAD SOMEBODY WHO GOT HOW YOU FELT WHEN YOU FELT COMPLETELY ALONE ON YOUR BEST DAY, YOU HAD SOMEBODY TO CELEBRATE WITH YOU TO HELP YOU CRY IN THE SHOWER. >> FOR WGCU NEWS, WITH KATE CRONIN, I'M JESSICA BOWLBY