 The Arts This Week Ketchikan, Alaska February 25 - March 3, 2002 News Release Featured Events Opening this week: First City Players' production of The Real Thing, by Tom Stoppard. The Real Thing is Tom Stoppard's most moving and surprising play and one of the most rewarding comedies of our time. According to the New York Times, it is "The most bracing play anyone has written about love and marriage for years." There will be a "pay-what-you-can" performance on Thursday, February 28th at 8pm (no reservations - first-come, first-served at the door). There will be performances on the following dates: March 1, 2, 8, 9, 14, & 15, at the Main St. Theatre. Directed by Taylor McKenna. Tickets and reservations at 225-4792. The opening reception for Nifty Patterns of Spiffy Things, by Adell Bruns, will be on Friday, March 1st, from 5-7pm, at the Main Street Gallery (338 Main). The reception is free and open to the public. The exhibit continues through the last Friday of the month. Sponsored by the Arts Council. Call 907-225-2211 for info. Also this week: VideoVersity "Mistaken Identity" Film Series presents Being There on Saturday, March 2nd, at 7pm, at the UAS Library, 2600 7th Avenue. This monthly film series is free and open to the public. Sponsored by UAS-Ktn. Tickets are on sale for Trio Voronezh, who will perform in Ketchikan on March 16th. Classically trained at the Conservatory in Voronezh, Russia, the Trio Voronezh was discovered playing Bach in a subway station in Frankfurt, Germany. From there, they have performed throughout Europe and North America. Their diverse repertoire ranges from classical works of Bach, Vivaldi, Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky to Russian folk music and popular songs by Gershwin and Piazzola, to Russian folk and gypsy dance music. This concert is part of the Torch Nights Performing Arts Series, sponsored by the Arts Council. Info at 225-2211. Inside Passages, Ketchikan's literary journal, is now on sale. Featuring works by Chip Porter, Diane Walden Naab, Tom Hunt, Dave Kiffer, Hunter Davis, Sharon Pleus, Cheryl Stadig, David Fletcher, Olivia Round, Galen Fackler, Dan Branch, Phoebe Newman, Rachel Spromberg, David Martin, Martin Bilger, Shawn Dean Eggert, MJ Turek, Molly Dwyer, Gigi Pilcher, Patricia A. Olson-Groshong, Lance Mertz, Mike Fontana & Jennifer Bowers, Terry Herda Gucker, Lance Bifoss, Richard Whittaker, and Keith Smith. $7/copy. On sale at the Arts Council Office, 338 Main Street, and Parnassus Bookstore, 5 Creek Street, 2nd floor. Inside Passages is sponsored by the Writers Forum, a program of the Ketchikan Area Arts & Humanities Council (225-2211). Ongoing exhibits: "We Photograph Anything,
Anywhere", The Fisher Studio Collection,
is on display at the Tongass Historical Museum, 629 Dock Street.
"We photograph anything, anywhere" is an exhibition
of photographs taken in the 1920s and 30s by Elliot Fisher. This
exhibition of about 70 photographs will feature a wide variety
of photographic styles and techniques, demonstrating the versatility
and ingenuity of this local photographer who indeed seemed to
photograph everything, everywhere. Also on exhibit will be a
selection of newly discovered, century-old glass plate images
by Benjamin Haldane, a Metlakatla photographer, whose work spans
from 1890 - 1930. The exhibit will run through Sunday, April
14th. (225-5600) Quilting workshops at the Silver Thimble: Winter workshops include Beginning Machine Quilting, Beginning Needle Turn Appliqué, Quilting 101, and Country Hearts. For info, call the Shoppe at 225-5422. Carving workshops: Internationally-known artist and carver Duane Pasco will teach two classes at the Totem Heritage Center from March 4th-15th: Northwest Carving III: Dance Rattle, and Intermediate/Advanced Northwest Coast Design. Call 225-5900 for more information or to register. College credit available. Cedar Bark Weaving Workshop: Renowned weaver and teacher Diane Willard will teach cedar bark weaving from April 8-19, weeknights from 6-9pm. Call the Totem Heritage Center at 225-5900 for more information or to register: space is limited. College credit available. Upcoming auditions, contests, artist opportunities, etc: Blueberry Arts Festival t-shirt design contest: $500 prize. The design must incorporate the words "Blueberry Arts Festival 2002, Ketchikan, Alaska". You may submit a camera-ready design, or a sketch of your design accompanied by samples of your completed work. (Slides or photos are acceptable. If you submit a sketch, you must be willing to complete the design by April 20th. Deliver or mail your entry to the Ketchikan Area Arts & Humanities Council, 338 Main Street, Ketchikan, AK, 99901. If you would like your entry returned, please enclose a SASE with sufficient postage. Winner will be contacted, and announced in the May newsletter. Deadline: April 1st, 2002. Auditions for We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay! will be held at the Main Street Theatre on April 23 & 24th at 7pm, Directed by Elizabeth Nelson. Roles available for 3 men and 2 women. Perusal scripts are available at the theatre. Call 225-4792 for more information. Auditions for The Fish Pirate's Daughter will be held on June 11 & 12 at 7pm at the Main Street Theatre. Directed by Elizabeth Nelson. Ketchikan's original musical melodrama, now in it's 37th season. Join in the tradition. Performances every Friday in July. Information at 225-4792. Meetings and Gatherings: Parlons Chez Nous. This group, formed for people who enjoy speaking French, meets on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month. The Ketchikan Watercolor Society meets on the first Saturday of the month, at the First Lutheran Church Annex. New members welcome. The March meeting will be from 10am-noon, to accommodate Prince of Wales colorists in town for Adell Bruns' Main Street Gallery exhibit. First City Toastmasters meet Tuesdays at noon at their new home in the Youth Court chambers in the Plaza. The Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council Board of Directors meets the third Tuesday of every month at 6pm at the Main St. Gallery. The meeting is open to the public. Rainy Day Quilters meet on the fourth Tuesday of the
month, at 6:45pm, at Holy Name. Trio Voronezh, a classically-trained Russian trio with a diverse repertoire of music played with gypsy influences, will perform in Ketchikan on March 16th. Classically trained at the Conservatory in Voronezh, Russia, the Trio Voronezh was discovered playing Bach in a subway station in Frankfurt, Germany. From there, they have performed throughout Europe and North America. Their diverse repertoire ranges from classical works of Bach, Vivaldi, Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky to Russian folk music and popular songs by Gershwin and Piazzola, to Russian folk and gypsy dance music. This concert is part of the Torch Nights Performing Arts Series, sponsored by the Arts Council. Info at 225-2211. First City Players' ActOut students will present a performance on March 16th, 2pm, at the Main Street Theatre. The ActOut kids perform two wonderful pieces of musical theatre. Coyote Steals the Summer and How to Eat Like a Child (and Other Lessons in How NOT to be a Grown UP). There is no charge for this delightful afternoon of music and theatre performed by some of Ketchikan's most talented kids. First City Players' production of The Tavern, by George M. Cohan, will run from April 11-27 at the Main Street Theatre. The lighting flashes, the thunder roars, a shot is heard in the stable... and where did that stranger come from? This melodramatic thriller is one of George M. Cohan's most famous plays. This is a classic play for the whole family. Directed by Joann Flora. Tickets and information at 225-4792. The Assad Brothers, virtuoso classical guitarists from Brazil, will perform in Ketchikan on April 30th. This concert is part of the Torch Nights Performing Arts Series, sponsored by the Arts Council. Info at 225-2211. Celebration of the Sea Art Walk will be Friday, May 3rd, 2002, from 5-8pm. Simultaneous receptions at downtown galleries and shops. Coordinated by the Arts Council. (225-2211) The Tongass Historical Museum will unveil its new summer historical exhibit during the Celebration of the Sea Art Walk on Friday, May 3rd, 2002, from 5-8pm. (225-5600) The opening reception for the Creative Process: a group show curated by Jackie Keizer will be at the Main Street Gallery (338 Main Street) during the Art Walk on Friday, May 3rd, 2002, from 5-8pm. The reception is free and open to the public. The exhibit continues through the last Friday of the month. Sponsored by the Arts Council. Call 907-225-2211 for more information. Ketchikan Theatre Ballet will present their Spring Gala performance at Kayhi on May 10th and 11th, 2002. First City Players' production of We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay! will run June 6th 22nd. This political farce by Dario Fo, will be directed by Elizabeth Nelson. A sidesplitting satire! With the price of groceries rising every day, what's a poor girl to do? Stuff bags of food up her sweater and pretend to be pregnant, of course! Laughs are on special when 1997 Nobel Prize winner Dario Fo opens the can on shoplifting. We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay! is a sidesplitting satire that'll have you rolling in the (grocery) aisles. Tickets and information at 225-4792. The opening reception for
an exhibit by Ketchikan artist MJ Turek, will be on Friday, June 7th, from 5-7pm, at
the Main Street Gallery (338 Main Street). The reception is free
and open to the public. The exhibit continues through the last
Friday of the month. Sponsored by the Arts Council. Call 907-225-2211
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