January 31, 2019 Celebrating 31 Years of Service to the Community CCAA NEWS In Thiis Fllash Maryland Arts Day is February 14 Marylland Ciitiizens for the Arts Marylland Arts Day MSAC Grants Available Thursday, February 14, 8:15 am - 2:00 pm Call for Artists for Waldorf West Library Gallery Franciis Scott Key Audiitoriium Performing Arts St. John''s Collllege, Annapolliis, Marylland Park and Get the Shuttlle at the Navy-Mariine Corps Stadiium Visual Arts Earlly Biird Regiistratiion iis $25 per Person Untiill January 31, 2019 Here's What is Hanging Now - CCAA-Sponsored Art Galleries Maryland Arts Day is the largest Literary Arts annual gathering of arts professionals in Maryland. With more than 500 Community - Heritage - Cultural Arts participants, representing every county in the state and Baltimore CCAA Scholarships Available City, this statewide arts advocacy event connects artists, educators, administrators, volunteers and trustees with lawmakers from every legislative Community Senior Centers district in Maryland. Maryland Arts Day needs your participation to show Online TV, Movies, Music strong support for the arts in Maryland and the impact they have on the economic and cultural vitality of the state. For more information, go Arts Insider Newsletter to https://mdarts.org/events/maryland-arts-day or call 410-467-6700. Maryland Artist Registry Marylland State Arts Counciill Maryland Artist Market Place Creatiiviity Grants Maryland Art Place Resource Bulletin Clliick HERE for the Guiidelliines and Applliicatiion Process Arts Across Maryland Applliicatiions accepted on a fiirst-come, fiirst-served basiis, begiinniing February 1, 2019, for the FY 2019 cyclle, and on Apriill CCPL the artSCAPE 1, 2019, for the Charles County Public Library Programs FY 2020 cyclle . Thanks to Our Sponsors The purpose of the program is to CCAA Member Organizations & Businesses strengthen the vitality and sustainability of artists and small CCAA Board of Directors organizations to maintain a strong and Join the CCAA stable arts infrastructure in the State of Maryland. The Creativity Grant also Want your event promoted in the Newsflash? provides opportunities to serve the growing needs of relevant arts projects and collaborations within Maryland communities. For more information, go to Creativity Grants. CCAA Arts Insider Newsletter Callll for Artiists Walldorf West Liibrary Spriing 2019 Art Show Clliick HERE for More Informatiion Maryland Artist Registry Maryland Artist Market Place The Charles County Arts Alliance is now accepting submissions for the Spring 2019 Art Show, a multi-media public exhibit, to be held at the Waldorf West Library, 10405 O'Donnell Place, Waldorf, MD. The Library consists of four separate gallery spaces on two floors. Exhibit dates will Maryland Art Place be determined after the walls in the Library are re-painted. Resource Bulletin A maximum of two works of 2-dimensional or 3-dimensional art on any subject can be submitted. Artwork entries must be submitted electronically as digital images (jpegs) attached to an email sent to [email protected]. Please reference "Waldorf West Spring 2019 Show" in the subject line. Arts Across Maryland For more information, contact Gale Kladitis at [email protected]. Scroll down for more news on what's happening in the Arts! Charles County Public Library the artScape PERFORMING ARTS {top} The artScape is a monthly newsletter Port Tobacco Pllayers highlighting FREE art programs at the Audiitiion Workshop for Ages 13 and Over five library branches in Charles County Thursdays, January 31, February 7, February 14, February 21 7:00 - 9:30 pm PTP Rehearsall Hallll 508 Charlles Street, La Pllata Cost: $20 Charles County Public Library Programs and Events PTP is hosting another Musical Theater Audition Workshop. Whether you have never auditioned before or have attended every audition that has come your way, this class is for you. Prepare 16-32 bars of any song, any style and from any time frame and have Thanks to Our Sponsors your song memorized. The last week of the class will be a showcase performance on the PTP stage where you can invite your friends and family to see the hard work that you have put in. Because of some content in the songs, the class will be held for those 13 and over. For more information, go to PTP Audition Workshop or contact [email protected]. Indiian Head Bllack Box Theatre Ms. Story''s Liiviing Hiistory Friiday - Saturday, February 1 - 2, 8:00 pm Sunday, February 3, 3:00 pm 4185 Indiian Head Hiighway, Indiian Head Tiickets: $15 Adullts; $12 Seniior, Miilliitary, Student; $9 Chiilldren 13 and Under Starring Shemika Berry. For those who love history and those who don't. History springs forth from the pages, removing the mystery about powerful and fascinating women whose impacts are still felt today, whether you know of them or not. For more information, go to http://www.indianheadblackbox.org or call 301-743-3040. Port Tobacco Pllayers Next to Normall Now through February 3 Friiday, Saturday, 8:00 pm Sunday, 3:00 pm 508 Charlles Street, La Pllata Tiickets: $18 Adullts; $15 Seniiors (60+), Youth to 18, Miilliitary Due to the nature of the materiiall and the llanguage, thiis show iis for mature audiiences. (Musical Drama) Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and three Tony Awards, "Next to Normal" is a modern musical theatre masterpiece that takes a searing and honest look at mental illness and the personal crises that accompany it. On the surface, the Goodmans seem to be a typical American family, but inside the walls of their suburban home an unspoken heartbreak threatens to tear them apart. With a powerful rock score that packs a punch, "Next to Normal" takes audiences on an emotional journey of love, loss, anguish, and hope. For more information, visit http://www.ptplayers.com or call the Box Office at 301-932- 6819. The Newtowne Pllayers She Loves Me February 1 - 17 Thursday, Friiday, Saturday, 8:00 pm Sunday, 3:30 pm 21744 South Corall Driive, Lexiington Park Tiickets: $18 Adullt; $15 Seniior, Student, Miilliitary; $13 Chiilld Thursday Performances (February 7 and 14), Allll Tiickets are $13 She Loves Me is a warm romantic comedy with an endearing innocence and a touch of old-world elegance. Georg works at a modest Hungarian parfumerie and spends his free time pouring out his heart in anonymous letters to Dear Friend, the love of his life. Amalia gets a job at the shop and it's immediately clear how much they hate each other. It's also immediately clear (to the audience), that Amalia is Georg's Dear Friend. Tickets can be purchased online or by calling 301-737-5447. Port Tobacco Pllayers Audiitiions for Ages 18 and Up Deathtrap Saturday, February 2, 9:00 am Tuesday, February 5, 7:00 pm Thursday, February 7, 7:00 pm 508 Charlles Street, La Pllata Seemingly comfortably ensconced in his charming Connecticut home, Sidney Bruhl, a successful writer of Broadway thrillers, is struggling to overcome a "dry" spell which has resulted in a string of failures and a shortage of funds. A possible break in his fortunes occurs when he receives a script from a student in the seminar he has been conducting. Auditions consist of cold readings from the script. Performance Dates are May 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, 31, and June 1 and 2, 2019. Visit Auditions for more information and the list of characters, or contact the producer, Mike Gahan, at [email protected] or 301-609- 1969. Henry E. Lackey Hiigh Schooll U.S. Navy Band Commodores Thursday, February 7, 7:00 pm 3000 Chiicamuxen Road, Indiian Head Free Admiissiion The Commodores are the premier jazz band of the United States Navy. They are a world class jazz ensemble. This concert has become a yearly event at Lackey, and any jazz lover will want to be in attendance for this event. For more information, contact Alan Freeman at [email protected], or 301-753-1753, ext. 153617. Jay Armsworthy & the Sons of the Ameriican Legiion Russellll Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out Sunday, February 10, 2:00 pm (doors open at noon) Ameriican Legiion Post 238 MD Rts. 381 and 231, Hughesviilllle Tiickets: $20, Chiilldren under 12 admiitted free wiith a payiing adullt Diinner, driinks and dessert avaiillablle for purchase CCAA Member Organiizatiions & Fronting one of the most popular bands in bluegrass history, Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out are also one Busiinesses of the genres most awarded and influential groups in modern day bluegrass, having set an industry African American Heritage Society standard for over 27 years. Joined by four talented of Charles County musicians with Wayne Benson on mandolin, Keith McKinnon on banjo, Jerry Cole on bass, and Nathan Aldridge on fiddle, this band continues to bring fresh Archbishop Neale School music to the ears, while staying true to the tradition that has made them an industry favorite for a quarter Bullock's Piano Salon century. For more information, call 301-737-3004, or visit http://www.americanlegionbluegrass.com. Century 21 New Millennium Realtors Collllege of Southern Marylland Charles County Department of Community Ward Viirts Concert Seriies Services Sahun Hong, Piiano Charles County Fair, Inc. Sunday, February 10, 3:00 pm Buiilldiing B, Mulltiipurpose Room 104 Charles County Public Library 115 J.W. Wiilllliiams Road, Priince Frederiick Free and Open to the Publliic Chesapeake Choral Arts Society At the age of 16, Hong graduated magna cum College of Southern Maryland laude from Texas Christian University with a Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance, Community Bank of the Chesapeake studying with John Owings. He is currently a student of Leon Fleisher in the Doctor of Musical Edward L. Sanders Insurance Agency, Inc. Arts program at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University.