Conversation "Art and Place"
Sunday, March 7, 11am - 2
Double Edge Theatre - the Farm or on the web
http://www.doubleedgetheatre.org/conversations.php
For the past 15 years, Double Edge Theatre has
made its home in Ashfield. Each day, they learn more about the diverse group of artists who have chosen to live and work in this area. For this Conversation, they are joined by an exciting panel of
regional artists to discuss their art:
- Julie Akeret, Filmmaker
- Lynne Feinberg, Sculptor,
Visual Artist
- Ann Hackler, Musician, Executive Director, Institute for Musical Arts
- Mary Clare Powell,
Author, Poet
- Elsie Smith, Circus Artist
Moderated by Nan Parati, artist and entrepreneur; Commentary
by Leo Hwang, author and musician. Participant bios are available here:
http://www.doubleedgetheatre.org/conversationsdetails.php
This panel will also include special guest artists from the region to join in the discussion.
Catered lunch will be
served following the Conversation, generously donated by a local restaurant. Tickets are by donation - please call us at 413 628 0277 to reserve your seat.
For more information: If you can't
join in person, watch live online: http://justin.tv/detstream You will also have the chance to ask questions via chat in real time.
March Open training will take place in the afternoon after this event. For details about the Open Training, click here:
http://www.doubleedgetheatre.org/opentraining.php
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More Art and Place here.
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SYRUP: One Sweet Performing Arts Festival
Saturday, March 13, all day
Memorial Hall, Shelburne Falls
Afternoon ticket: $5. Evening: $12. Festival bucket pass: $15. Tix
New
Englanders know that March and April is the time of year when the sap starts to flow in our maple trees and people from around the region travel to our area to enjoy their favorite syrup at their
favorite sugar house. On Saturday, March 13th, they can also savor the sweetness of art with the premiere year of SYRUP: One Sweet Performing Arts Festival at one of the Pioneer
Valley's great performance spaces - Memorial Hall in Shelburne Falls. Piti Theatre Company presents a delicious potpourri of theatre, music, dance, door prizes, audience participation,
children's theatre workshops and special guests. Festival starts at 1 pm with rehearsal for children ages 7 - 10 who want perform in "Salmon Falls" at 2 pm when ages 5 & up can join;
"Spring Seeds Gala" evening program starts at 7 pm with singer/songwriter Carrie Ferguson and dancer Godeliève Richard, cellist Wayne Smith, Jonathan Mirin's solo show 28 FEET
plus community leaders planting seeds for 2010. Tickets available at Boswell's Books, Shelburne Falls; World Eye Bookshop, Greenfield. (413) 625-6569,
www.ptco.org/syrup
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Info here.
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'Celtic Heels Irish Dance Company' Live at the Shea Theater
Saturday, March 13, 7pm
Shea Theater, Turners Falls, MA
$10 Adults. $8 Seniors
and Children. $2 for Children under 5 years
The unique choreography of this dance troupe beautifully blends the ancestral style of traditional Irish Dance with a toe tapping, hand
clapping, vibrant modern flair! Come celebrate the St. Patrick's Day season with the Celtic Heels Dance Company and special guest musicians. This is sure to be an energetic show not to
be missed! Tickets are available at World Eye Bookshop, KDS Dance Supplies, and at the door.
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More about the Celtic Heels here.
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Eastern Style Square Dancing
Saturday, March 13, 8 to 11 pm
Goshen Town Hall, Route 9, Goshen.
Polish up your dancing shoes and get ready for the opening of the spring Square Dance Season. Eastern style, singing call square dancing - everyone is welcome. Whether you've danced for years,
or just want to learn - come along. Music provided by the Falltown String Band and Bill Wiles calling the squares. Admission is $5 donation.
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Blue's Clues Live! The Most Spectacular Place
Saturday, March 13 & Sunday, March 14, 2pm.
The JaDuke Center for the Performing
Arts, 110 Industrial Blvd., Turners Falls
Ticket prices are $8 Adults, $5 Children
Reserve at 413-863-0001
Presented by JaDuke Center for the Performing Arts, the show
begins when the curtain greets and welcomes the audience into the wonderful world of Theatre. On stage, Blue and Steve lead the audience on a clue-based journey, in search of the most spectacular
place of all. This quest takes them through Storybook Forest, where Blue and Steve meet The Three Little Pigs, Goldilocks, The Big Bad Wolf, and other characters from classic fairytales. Blue and
Steve even travel to outer space in search of the most spectacular place, discovering planets and other celestial wonders along the way. When they discover the final clue, Blue and Steve learn that
aside from the surprise-filled world of Theatre, home is the most spectacular place of all! Performed for children of all ages come and discover he Most Spectacular Place at the JaDuke Center
for the Performing Arts.
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Eaglebrook School & Old Deerfield Productions offer two sessions of summer theatre for children:
August 2-6, 2010 Whodunnit?
Investigate clues
we invent and explore a colorful cast of characters we play to solve the crime we create.
August 9-13, 2010 Clowning Around Shakespeare:
Learn
about stage play and combat, comic bits, delightful language and the joy that play can bring all while relishing the language of the Bard.
Running time of camp, 9 am to 3 pm with mornings
devoted to theatre games and then on to rehearsal. Lunch will be provided in the beautiful Gibbs Dining Hall.
Recess will take place in the afternoon with activities including swimming in
Schwab Pool, walking to the Rock, playing on the fields, and enjoying the gym.
Performance each Friday afternoon to showcase week's work with parents and friends invited to each
performance. Each play is derived from games and improvisation and movement is incorporated into each "production."
Name__________________________________________________________________
Address________________________________________________________________
Age_________ Guardian(s)____________________________________________
Phone_______________Cell Phone____________ Email___________________
Session requested:
August 2-6, 2010_____ August 9-13, 2010______
Deposit of $50 to reserve your spot is required at registration with remainder due by June 15. The cost is $200 per session with a limit of
fifteen children. A check may be made payable to Old Deerfield Productions at 7 Memorial Street Deerfield, MA 01342. Deposit of $50 to reserve your spot is required at registration with remainder due
by June 15. For more information call Linda at 413.774.4527
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Old Deerfield Productions
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Links & resources
Local Resources:
Health Insurance information for artists:
Artist Retreats:
- MacDowell Colony, country's oldest artist retreat. http://www.macdowellcolony.org/
- Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, http://www.skowheganart.org/
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Wellspring House, http://www.wellspringhouse.net/ Ann and Presont Browning, PO Box 2006 Ashfield, MA 01330 413-628-3276 browning@wellspringhouse.net This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Walk to the lake, nice cozy rooms, cook your own food, lovely sitting room and outside area, lots of books available to read, linens provided.
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