Friday, January 15, 2010

Arts-Photography “Art galleries, museums - Wichita Eagle” plus 3 more

Arts-Photography “Art galleries, museums - Wichita Eagle” plus 3 more

Art galleries, museums - Wichita Eagle

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 08:12 PM PST

Today

Opening reception for "The Healing Arts," photography exhibit by local physicians, 5-7 p.m., Larksfield Place Gallery, 7373 E. 29th St. North. On exhibit 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Mon.-Fri., through February. Free. Information, 316-461-8501.

Saturday

Introduction to Digital Cameras, Midwest Center for Photography Workshop Series, noon-2 p.m., Center Gallery, 111 S. Ellis. Cost $50. Information, 316-269-1250.

Tuesday

"School's Out: Self-Taught Artists," video, 12:30 p.m., Wichita Art Museum, 1400 Museum Blvd. Included with admission. Information, 316-268-4921.

MUSIC, DANCE

Saturday-Sunday

Wichita Symphony Orchestra, with electric violinist Tracy Silverman, conducted by Andrew Sewell, 8 p.m. Sat., 3 p.m. Sun., Century II Concert Hall. Tickets $20-$42 (discounts available) at www.wso.org, or by calling 316-267-7658.

Stage

Today

"Rigoletto" Wichita Grand Opera with baritone Vytautas Jouzapaitis, 7 p.m., Mary Jane Teall Theater, Century II. Tickets $35-$85. Information, 316-262-8054.

"Krapp's Last Tape," one-act Samuel Beckett play, performed by Michael Webber, 7, 8 and 9 p.m., Blank Page, 917 W. Douglas. Donation. Information, 316-267-4004.

Today-Saturday

"Little Red Riding Hood," musical for ages 2-up, dinner show 6:15 p.m. today, Wichita Children's Theatre & Dance Center, 201 Lulu. Tickets $5.50, $7 with food. Reservations, 316-262-2282.

Today-Sunday

"Boeing Boeing," comedy, through Feb. 7, Crown Uptown Theatre, 3207 E. Douglas. Buffet 6 p.m. Thu.-Sat., doors open at 5:45; buffet 4:15 p.m. Sun., doors open at 4. Matinee buffet 11:15 a.m. Thu., doors open at 11. Tickets $26.95-$33.95, $14.95 for children 12-under. Information, 316-681-1566, online at www.crownuptown.com.

Books, lectures

Saturday

Jay Price, Victoria F. Sherry and Matthew Namee, book-signing by the authors of "Wichita's Lebanese Heritage (Images of America Series)," 1-3 p.m., Barnes & Noble, 8021 E. Kellogg. Free. Information, 316-685-3600.

"The Living Legacy," preserving family history, 2 p.m., Alford Branch Library, 3447 S. Meridian. Presented by Wichita Genealogical Society. Free. Information, 316-337-9119.

Toniraye Freeman, book-signing by the author of "Escape From Was," 2-5 p.m., Barnes & Noble, 1920 N. Rock Road. Free. Information, 316-315-0824.

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Art scholarships - SW Iowa News

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 01:54 PM PST

The Waterloo Center for the Arts and Friends of the Art Center is now accepting submissions for the Raymond T. Forsberg and the Marilyn S. Hurley $1,000 college scholarships. 

These two art scholarships are available to graduating high school seniors wanting to pursue a post-secondary education in the arts (art education, graphic design/graphic communications, fine arts, photography, etc.). All application materials are due by 5 p.m. on April 16.

Students can download an application at www.waterloocenterforthearts.org, pick up an application in person, or request one by contacting the Waterloo Center for the Arts at 319-291-4490 or museum@waterloo-ia.org.





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Derby 2010 Festival princesses announced - WHAS 11

Posted: 12 Jan 2010 10:13 AM PST

The five young ladies selected as princesses will be ambassadors throughout the festival and will attend close to 70 events over the two week period.

The women selected to serve as Princesses in the 2010 Kentucky Derby Festival's Royal Court are:

Heather Cowherd of Bowling Green, KY is a graduate student majoring in Public Administration at Western Kentucky University. She is a recipient of the 2008-09 Outstanding Achievement in Student Engagement Award and a 2009 recipient of the Governor's Citation of Excellence.

Megan Imel of Pleasureville, KY is a senior majoring in Fine Arts Photography and Communication at the University of Louisville. She is President of the Sigma Alpha Lambda Honor Society and a graduate of The Leadership Institute.

Kirby O'Donoghue of WestView, KY is a senior majoring in Agricultural Education at Murray State University. She was the 2008-09 Student Government  Association Executive Secretary and the Alpha Omicron Pi Philanthropic and Awards Chairman.

Kathryn Trimble of Winchester, KY is a senior majoring in Biology at the University of Louisville. She is a coordinator of the school's Honors Volunteer Program and a recipient of the U of L Trustee's Scholarship.

Abigail Wooldrige of Louisville, KY is a junior majoring in Industrial Engineering at the University of Louisville. She is a University Honors Scholar and a recipient of the school's Grawemeyer Scholarship.

Hannah Fulkerson of Louisville, KY was chosen as the first alternate.
Nicole Wells-Anik of Louisville, KY was chosen as the second alternate. They will become Princesses if one of the other women is unable to serve.

The five young women selected as Princesses will act as ambassadors for the 2010 Derby Festival, attending nearly 70 events over a two-week period. Fifteen were selected as finalists out of the more than 85 original applicants for the five Princess positions, and all attended the final judging this week. None of them knew in advance who had been selected.

Candidates for the Princess Program must maintain a minimum 3.0 grade-point average and are selected by a panel of four out-of-state judges. Criteria for selection includes knowledge of the Derby Festival, poise, intelligence, personality and campus and community involvement. The first Derby Festival Princess was crowned in 1957, the second year of the Festival. Previous Princesses have included former Kentucky Governor Martha Layne Collins and Gail Gorski, the first female pilot ever hired by United Airlines.

All five selected are college students at Western, Murray State or the University of Louisivlle.


One of the five women will be crowned the Derby Festival Queen at the annual Fillies' Derby Ball on April 16, 2010, at the Galt House East Grand ballroom by a spin-of-the-wheel. Each woman will receive a $2,000 scholarship.


 

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Critters arrive as 94th county fair gets closer to opening - Bradenton Herald

Posted: 12 Jan 2010 07:53 PM PST

Kelli, who has been a 4-H Club member for seven years, is one of the county's best at showing rabbits. In her career, she has earned an estimated 100 blue ribbons. She is expected to add more to her ribbon collection this year.

Her secret?

"You have to check them a lot," said Kelli, who lives in Bradenton. "They get ear mites and their fur can knot. You are always brushing them out."

Kelli's advice to someone thinking of raising rabbits for the fair?

"All the work is worth it for the education and the fun you have, but you have to really be an animal lover to do it," she said. "You have to put in time and sacrifice."

Besides the youth livestock exhibitors and their upcoming shows, the fair is about midway rides, hamburgers, sausage sandwiches, sugary confections and strawberry shortcake. It's about admiring arts and crafts. It's about hundreds of volunteers setting up myriad exhibits.

But it's also about packing fair venues to hear nationally known entertainers.

This year the traditions continue with headliners Gloriana at 8 p.m. Friday, The Bellamy Brothers at 8 p.m. Saturday, John Anderson at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 21, Rhonda Vincent and the Rage bluegrass band at 8 p.m. Jan. 22 and bright newcomer Jake Owen at 8 p.m. Jan. 23.

Fairgoers will immediately notice that the Ayers and Snyder buildings and Bell Annex have been torn down near Gate 3 to make way for a new performance area across from the Harllee Building.

In place of the buildings, the fair erected a $500,000 exhibit hall that broke ground Oct. 9 and was complete Dec. 31.

Also new this year is the departure of Ellenton United Methodist Church from their well-known strawberry shortcake concession stand near the front of the fair.

The church reluctantly gave up its booth due to the advancing ages of their volunteers.

But Parrish's relatively new Hope International Ministries took over the booth.

Their pastor, The Rev. Ron Kutinsky, promises the Methodist church's famous strawberry shortcake will continue, complete with the same recipes.

"We will still have homemade biscuits for the shortcake," said church member Mary Borntreger.

As usual, hundreds of volunteers make the fair go.

"We couldn't do a fair without our volunteers," said fair manager Dan West. "It's really a grassroots thing. Like here, on Tuesday, you have parents unloading animals and helping set things up."

Arts and crafts at the fair have grown this year, with 515 exhibitors contributing 1,834 exhibits, said Dianna Baker, arts and crafts chairwoman.

"We have it all," said Eileen Hoffner, the new associate director of arts and crafts. "You can clearly see the talent of Manatee County in the incredible fine arts, photography, culinary, horticulture and quilting."

Exhibitors relish a ribbon, but a goal of many will be to win the first Susan Keen Award, awarded by the arts and crafts committee to the most unique and creative entry of the entire fair.

"It's named in the memory of Susan, who was our arts and crafts director for five years and recently passed away," Baker said. "She was much loved."

Admission to the fair, which opens at noon most days and closes at 10 p.m. or midnight, is $7 for an adult age 13 and older, $6 for a senior age 55 and up, $5 for a child ages 6 to 12 and free for children age 5 and younger. Information: 722-1639 or 722-8951.

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