 The Arts This Week Ketchikan, Alaska March 18 - March 24, 2002 March 19, 2002
Reading/booksigning: Petersburg resident and author Marilyn George will do a reading from her book "Following the Alaska Dream: My Salmon Trolling Adventures in the Last Frontier" at the library on Monday, March 18th at 7:00pm, followed by a booksigning. Refreshments will be served. Kayhi Drama Club presents Ramona Quimby on March 22nd and 23rd at 7:30pm at Kayhi Auditorium. Come see the trials and tribulations of Ramona as she goes through her third grade year. Tickets are available at the door. $7/adult, $5 for students and seniors, $3 for kids 8 and under. 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: Nifty Patterns of Spiffy Things, by Adell Bruns, continues at the Main Street Gallery (338 Main). The gallery 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. "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) 20 cameras, 20 views: If you were to take one photo of how you view living in Ketchikan, what would that image be? The Tongass Historical Museum issued this challenge to 20 locals, and armed them each with a disposable camera. See how your neighbors view our community during this special exhibit, "20 cameras, 20 views," March 16th to April 14th at the Tongass Historical Museum. Classes, workshops, etc: Quilting Workshops, April 5th-7th: with nationally-known instructor Linda Carlson (who has taught at the American Quilter's Society Show in Paducah and the International Quilt Festival in Houston). She will teach 3 workshops: Compass Rose; Feathered Star; and Paper Dolls, Snowflakes, and Scherenschnitte. To view Linda's quilts, visit www.lindacarlsonquilts.com. Pick up registration forms and supply lists at the Silver Thimble in Salmon Landing Market. Sponsored by Rainy Day Quilters. 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. UAS-Ketchikan will offer Introduction to Creative Writing (English 261/361; 3 credits): The class will run from 9:00am - 3:00pm, on May 11th, 18th, 25th, and June 1st & 8th. Wrap up session to be scheduled in August. We express ourselves in so many ways - through what we wear, how we behave in social situations, the kind of cars we drive. Writing often remains a private act, though. Since the advent of email we may write more frequently, and to a more varied audience, but this type of writing is often more technical than imaginative, more business than pleasure, and more spontaneous than considered. This summer, Professor Rod Landis offers you the chance to get at some of what makes you tick through exploring the part of you that usually stays inhibited, unknown. Using the text, LET THE CRAZY CHILD WRITE!, Landis will lead a series of Saturday workshops in May and early June that will culminate in several original pieces. If looking into your "creative unconscious" through the act of writing sounds like fun, register for this class. Tuition is $330. For more information, call 225-6177. 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. Community Connections is seeking artwork for its 2003 Families Together calendar. If you are a Ketchikan area artist and would like your work featured in this popular calendar, please contact Karen Hahne at Community Connections at 225-5396. The calendar will again be full color, and either original work no larger than 12"X18", or slides may be submitted. There are no funds available for payment for use of the artwork, and it will be returned to you. It is requested that the theme of the artwork have something to do with family or childhood, and artists are also asked to write a brief statement connecting to this theme, which will be included on the month where the artwork is featured. This is a great opportunity to feature your work along with other wonderful Ketchikan area artists, and be a part of supporting families and children in our area and beyond! Deadline: Tuesday, April 30th, 2002. Auditions for We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay! will be held at the Main Street Theatre on April 23rd & 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 11th & 12th 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: Ketchikan Watercolor Society: Saturday, April 6th. First Lutheran Church Annex. 10am-Noon. Demo by Dick Miller. (The Ketchikan Watercolor Society meets the first Saturday of the Month. Meeting times have been changed to 10am-Noon.) First City Toastmasters meet Tuesdays at noon at 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. Reading/booksigning: Prolific and popular writer for young people Bruce Coville will do a reading and booksigning at the library on Tuesday, April 2nd at 7:00pm. The author of more than a hundred books, Coville is best known for his classic fantasy stories, silly school stories and zany space operas. Most recently, he has been gathering praise for his lavishly illustrated retellings of Shakespeare's plays. While in Alaska, Coville will also be visiting the Charter School and Houghtaling, as well as locations in Sitka and Juneau. 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 opening reception for an exhibit of photography by Ketchikan high school students will be on Friday, April 5th, 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 for more information. VideoVersity "Mistaken Identity" Film Series presents Memento on Saturday, April 6th, at 7pm, at the UAS Library, 2600 7th Avenue. Parental guidance is recommended for this presentation. This monthly film series is free and open to the public. Sponsored by UAS-Ktn. 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 open 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. Reading/booksigning: best-selling adventure writer Will Hobbs will be traveling to Alaska from his home in Durango during the month of May making stops in Ketchikan, Craig, Sitka and Juneau. He will do a reading and booksigning at the Ketchikan Public Library on May 10th at 7:00pm. He will also be visiting Kayhi and Schoenbar. Will Hobb's new book "Wild Man Island" to be released in March is set in Southeast Alaska and many of his books have Northwest Coast and Yukon settings including "Far North" and "Ghost Canoe." 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, 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. KAAHC Online Artist Gallery:
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