Originals to go on the block
(PNAN-ME) On Saturday, December 4, the Bangor Art Society is holding its “8th Annual Holiday Art Auction” at the Masonic Center, located in the former Bangor Theological Seminary campus…
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Indiana County officials ink yeas
JAY COUNTY Commissioners recently issued a proclamation acknowledging October as National Arts and Humanities Month. Shown (l-r) front row: Commissioners Milo Miller, James Zimmerman and Faron Parr. Back row from…
Heartstrings forever tied
“She is a friend of mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order. It’s good,…
Youth caught between two worlds
(PNAN-CA) – Director Eyad Zahra explores the complexities of being young and Muslim in today’s America. Chosen as an official selection by the 2010 SXSW Film & Music Festival…
Artist’s childhood memories to ‘play’ again
(NWPR-IN) – More than 68 artists have submitted works for the “Toys & Book Illustrations” show that opens on Friday, October 29 at the Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery in…
What you get will be worth the wait
(PNAN-AL) – The music will be flowing, songs will be sung, speeches of gratitude will be given, culinary delights will be savored, and even children’s faces will be painted.…
Bay area to be first mesmerized again
(PNAN-CA) – Recognized as one of the leading presenters in the world, the San Francisco Performances joins the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in the Novellus Theater for…
Duo hees and haws for God
(NWPR-IN) – Do you like the taste of chocolate and vanilla? How about the tasteful comedy act from the Dave & Dwayne Ministries? The duo strives to spread the…
Dakotah nabs best in youth photo show
(NWPR-OH) – The Collective Center, the St. Marys, Ohio facility for Arts Place, recently held a reception and award ceremony for the “Walk with Nature Youth Photography Exhibit” that…
Classy gent in the red suit bids ten
(NWPR-IN) – It is going to be another ‘Ho, Ho, Ho’ time in the Goodrich Hall at Arts Place in Portland. It is there 28th annual Holiday Benefit Auction,…
All in the family to perform
(NWPR-IN) – They are Juilliard-trained musicians as well as award-winning songwriters with a musical foundation in classical, pop and jazz; in fact, they are all in the same family…
Timeless film on theater’s play list
(NWPR-IN) – Based on the beloved film and featuring seventeen of Irving Berlin songs, “White Christmas” is a heartwarming musical adaptation where World War II Veterans Bob Wallace and…
Japanese ceramic artist to exhibit
(AAPNW-OH) – “What I like best about Miyajima Masayuki’s work is its dignity and sense of place,” says Fred G. Notehelfer, professor and director of the UCLA Center for…
Show is a 10 with national notables
(AAPNW-NY) – No, it is not about Bo Derek, but it is when it comes to works of art that goes on view and sale at the “Memorial Art Gallery’s…
Dayton artist’s works next showing
(NWPR-OH) – “As an artist of portraiture through my drawings, I continue to strive to bring out the beauty, mood and character of each individual I draw and to…
Quilt works warms Depot’s walls
(NWPR-IN) – “The stitches may say craft, but the designs are fine art,” said Jan Roestamadji, Executive Director of the Arts Depot in Union City, Indiana. “On the Walls”…
Legends to pay forward with endless love
(PNAN-NM) – “Animals are such agreeable friends, they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms,” was said by Mary Anne Evans (1819-1880) who went by the pen name of…
Stage to rock and roll
(NWPR-IN) – Coming to the Hall-Mosier Theatre in the Arts Place Portland Center on Saturday, November 13 at 7:30 pm, Rani Arbo and daisy mayhem will bring as the…
Portland ‘idol’ concert on the billboard
(NWPR-IN) – When she was five years old, Kinsey Michal Fenning was proclaiming her adulthood aspirations, assumingly to her parents and all those close-knit associations who were amazed with…
Wixom works to show exodus to triumph
“All waters flow eventually to the sea; all creativity in its diversity is still one with the human impulse to reflect, understand, and communicate those insights with others.” Vindora Wixom…
Japanese cartooning on the curriculum
    (NWPR-OH) – Beginning Tuesday, November 2 and for the following eight weeks at the Findlay Art League, a drawing class, “Anime Character Design†with instructor Rachel DeVene is designed…
Community ‘Messiahs’ sought for choir
(NWPR-IN) – On Sunday, December 5 at 7:30 pm, the St. Mary’s Catholic Church bells will be proclaiming one of George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) most famous works, “Messiah.” Presented…
Symphony to haunt goers’ ears and eyes
(NWPR-OH) – On Saturday, October 30 at 3:00 pm in the Benjamin and Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center, the area’s largest musical Halloween celebration, “PhilharMonster” returns as the Dayton…
Woody’s ‘eyes’ captures winning works
(NWPR-OH) – If our human memory begins to fade our recollection of a time, place or person; photographs can instantly refresh as they hold a preservation of sorts to…
‘Tis the season is in the air
(NWPR-IN-OH) – The season of family gatherings where birds and bellies are stuffed, yuletide traditions of stockings hung, smooches under the mistletoe and goodwill to all are coming to…
Leader to declare war on United States
(NWPR-OH) – Gloriana, age 22 and beautiful is the Duchess of a tiny country in the Alps founded centuries ago by a roving band of English bowmen. Her domain…
‘Sultan’ to toot soulful jazz sounds
(PNAN-NY) – Classically trained musician, Gus Mancini, who is also a master of improvisational Jazz and known as “The Sultan of Sonic Soul,” will perform at the Arts Society…
Members’ Show set for the walls
(NWPR-OH) – The 20th Annual Members’ Show and Sale will go on view from Sunday, November 20 at the Wassenberg Art Center in Van Wert, Ohio, and displayed through…
Barnes & Noble steps up for Ohioana
Innovating sublimes unite musical visions
(PNAN-CA) – When artistic director and violinist David Harrington of the Kronos Quartet first heard Black Angels on the radio, he thought it was “something wild, something scary” and…
A rural cultural fort steps on homeplate
(NWPR-IN-OH) It was in 1993 when National Arts & Humanities Month was formed in the United States and it is officially celebrated every October. Its central purpose is to…
Blend of talents set to perform
(PNAN-NY) Friday evening at the Arts Society of Kingston on October 22 takes on a fall cabaret with a blend of genres, music, theater and spoken word, from a…
Works from a cast of hundreds set for view
(AAPNW-OH) – On Friday, November 19, the opening of “Kaleidoscope 2010” goes on view with a public opening between 6:00-9:00 pm at Summit Artspace Gallery in Akron, Ohio. The…
Call issued for imaginary minds
(NWPR-OH) – The Boos, Oooos, Aahhhs will roam the airways in the ‘Haunted Gallery’ at the Riverside Art Center in Wapakoneta, Ohio on Saturday, October 16 between 7:00-9:00 pm.…
Max and the Malton to meet
(NWPR-OH) – He and his works will come to the Malton Gallery in Cincinnati, Ohio with previews beginning on Saturday, November 13. In addition, two receptions are set for…
Show shines with winning works
(NWPR-OH) – Since 2006 when a tiny group of artists met to discuss the creation of the named, Riverside Art Center, it has become that place to “inspire creativity…
Works now all about color and form
(AAPNW-NY) – The hallucinogenic effects of certain therapeutic drugs was initially labeled “psychedelic” in 1956 by British psychiatrist Dr. Timothy Leary, but it wasn’t until the mid-1960s that the…
Mozart lives again in the Schuster house
(NWPR-OH) – Sharing is a good thing and most of us learn this in our youth. Although we might not have known we were practicing philanthropy, we came to…
Timeless musicians keep Shaw swinging
(NWPR-OH) – Those were the days and the legacy continues on Saturday, October 16 at 7:30 pm in the Central Auditorium in Findlay, Ohio. The Artie Shaw Orchestra will…
Eyes to feel global hearts at still
“I create from a spontaneous place where, even if only for a brief moment through the lens, I can expose the wondrous nuances of my surroundings,†said Calle. “My passion…
Jamaican dancehall garb topic of view
(PNAN-CA) On view at the See Line Gallery in Los Angeles through Thursday, November 11, a solo exhibition, “Fashion Ova’ Style” with artworks by Ebony Patterson includes mixed media…
A ‘spook’ classic begins series
(NWPR-OH) – Café seating, popcorn and soda pop is all part of the Troy-Hayner Cultural Center’s film series that is now in its fifth year. “Lets Go to the…
Creativity to flow through the Allegany
(AAPNW-MD) – On Saturday, October 2 from 5:00-8:00 pm, “Frostburg Arts Walk” ends its season with self-guided walking tours, featuring opening receptions and exhibitions in the Cumberland, Maryland downtown art…
Centers to honor ‘differing abilities’
(AAPNW-NY) – Every third week in October it begins, the annual celebration of “Disability History Week” by organizations in Western New York, are dedicated to honoring the history and…
Sondheim ‘killer’ sensation heads to stage
(NWPR-IN) – Bold, original, surreal, disturbing, thought-provoking and alarmingly funny, “Assassins” is perhaps the most controversial musical ever written music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by John…
Theater group to add new programming
(NWPR-IN) – On the horizon is the addition of an ensemble/collective programming at the New World Arts in Goshen, Indiana, which will be noted in their forthcoming 2011 lineup…
Lone Star arts commission has openings
(PNAN-TX) – The Texas Commission on the Arts (TCA) is seeking nominations for the positions of 2011 and 2012 State Poet Laureate, State Musician, State Two-dimensional Artist and State…
Miami Valley photo show opens soon
(NWPR-OH) – “Through Our Eyes: Life in Miami Valley” opens on Sunday, October 12 at the Troy-Hayner Cultural Center in Troy, Ohio. This annual photography exhibit becomes number eight…
Indiana county covered with the past
(AAPNW-IN) – Colors of bright orange and rusty red, the succulent smell of apples and roasting marshmallows over an open fire have welcomed in the season of fall. More…
‘Wood doctor’ to tell how treat ‘old folks’
(NWPR-OH) – At the Troy-Hayner Cultural Center in Troy, Ohio, on Thursday, October 7 at 7:30 pm, Chris Bayman will talk on the restoration and the care of 18th…