Big Huge thank you to everyone who came out for the Passion Works “My Little Pancake Button” CD release party. It was legendary! The Passion Works art display will be available for viewing for the rest of the month in ARTS/West and I strongly encourage everyone to come and check it out.
Our schedule for the next couple of months is like a finely woven Persian rug and there is certainly something for everyone. Come to one, come to all and check out something you think you might not like- you might be pleasantly surprised!
APRIL
April 12 at 8 PM Warehouse 39 Benefit Concert. Come support your friendly neighborhood rogue musical group! They'll be putting on a show that may or may not include: live music put together by those in the cast of Warehouse 39 and their friends (some show music will be present), as well as On The Rocks. Bring your friends and tell your parents--they will only be asking for donations, so it is an otherwise free show!
April 14 at 4:30 PM Help us to celebrate National Poetry Month by joining us to hear our Ohio Arts Council Artist in Residence, Wendy McVicker reading from her works. This is a free event sponsored by the Ohio Arts Council Artist in Residence program.
April 18-19, & 25-26at 8 PM The Actors’ Moveable Theater presents “Proof” by David Auburn. For tickets and information call 740-592-3823; actors@columbus.rr.com, http://actorsmoveabletheater.org
April 19, 12 PM-1 PM- Front and Center a free music event for school age kids every third Saturday of each month (Sept.-May). Second half of event is always an open stage for any kids, solo or group, to share instrumental or vocal music--if you choose. Or just listen and enjoy! April: Becca Rossiter, a singer songwriter
MAY
May 2-3, “Warehouse 39”- the world premiere of a new musical written and performed by students from Athens High School
May 10- Join the Athens Music Club for a concert and presentation of the letters and music of 1789, as told through the writings of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Abigail Adams.
May 17, 12 PM- 1 PM- Front and Center a free music event for school age kids every third Saturday of each month (Sept.-May). Second half of event is always an open stage for any kids, solo or group, to share instrumental or vocal music--if you choose. Or just listen and enjoy! May: Paul Richard on classical guitar
May 23-24, The Teen Theater Workshop’s spring production of “Good Help is So Hard to Murder.”
May 29-30, The Lost Flamingo Company presents “Bat Boy- The Musical”
JUNE
June 6-9, The Lost Flamingo Company presents “Bat Boy- The Musical”
June 19-21 & 25-28 at 8 PM
June 22 & 29 at 2 PM The Ohio Valley Summer Theater presents “Steel Magnolias” by Robert Harling. Visit www.ovst.org for tickets and more information.
Humble Play: Appalachian New Play Festival applications for Adult, Youth and Company are now available in the ARTS/West office or can be downloaded from http://www.myspace.com/humbleplay
If you felt like you weren’t ready for our creative writing class but have heard some many great things about it please come to class now, anyway!
Creative Writing Workshop
led by Ohio Arts Council Artist in Residence Wendy McVicker
Dates: April 7-25, 2008
Time: 10am -12pm or 2pm - 4pm
This is a free workshop
CALL ARTS/West to register (740) 592-4315
Oil Painting Classes
Beginner Classes: Sat. 10:00am -12.:00pm, $50 for 5 weeks
Advances Classes: Sat. 1:00pm-3:00pm, $10 per class
Call Ron for more information and to register (740) 594-2442
Laura Nadeau presents Music Together® in Athens
Contact Laura Nadeau for dates, times, more information and to register www.musictogetherinathens.com
Ongoing:
Last Sunday of the month 6:00 PM-9:00 PM- Experimental-improv music and pot luck dinner. www.myspace.com/artwestnoiseshow
Third Saturday Jan.-May 12:00 PM-1:00 PM Front and Center- Music program and open stage for kids
Many thanks to The Athens County Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Athens Foundation, O’Bleness Foundation, The OU Credit Union, The Hocking Valley Bank, The Ohio Arts Council, The Ohio Cultural Facilities Commission, The Ohio University School of Music, Magic Video, our Olympian Founders, individual donors and the time donated by our army of volunteers, for making this possible.
The mission of ARTS/West is to make facilities, resources, and opportunities available to arts organizations, individual artists, and community residents. ARTS/West harnesses community focus for all individuals engaged in the creation, performance and exhibition of the arts and promotes activities preserving the beauty, heritage and culture of our town
The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this organization with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.
