ARTS NEWS THE FREDERICTON ARTS ALLIANCE Serving the Arts in the Fredericton Region February 24, 2005, Volume 5, Issue 8 In This Issue 1. Theatre UNB Presents George F. Walker's The End of Civilization 2. Theatre St Thomas To Perform The Crucible 3. Coming Up At The Monday Night Film Series 4. Award-Winning Author Gary Geddes To Read At UNBF 5. Symphony New Brunswick Presents Broadway Spectacular 6. The Stepping-Stone Forum Presents OB ABERNETHY 7. UNB/STU's Music On The Hill Series Presents 20th Century Greats 8. Royden’s Memories Exhibition And Opening In Playhouse West Gallery 9. Christ Church Choral Evensong On March 6 10. Gallery 78 Presents Young At Art 11. Music On The Hill Reschedules Music to the Dance 12. Call For Submissions: Studio Watch: Emerging Artist Series 13. Medium Blend at the UNB Art Centre 14. Extended Winter Courses Through UNB Art Centre 15. Community Events At The Beaverbrook Art Gallery 16. Coming Up At The Fredericton Playhouse 17. Historic York House In Peril 18. Contact East Performing Arts Showcase And Conference 19. Province-Wide Playwriting Contest Launched Galleries At A Glance 1. Theatre UNB Presents George F. Walker's The End of Civilization Theatre UNB will present The End of Civilization, one of the six plays in acclaimed Canadian playwright and screenwriter George F. Walker's award-winning Suburban Motel series, February 23-26 at Memorial Hall. Fredericton audiences had a chance to see Adult Entertainment, one of the earlier plays in this gritty series, last fall. The End of Civilization, set in the same seedy motel on the outskirts of Toronto, features Adult Entertainment's pair of earnest but slightly crooked cops, Max and Donny, on the case of a serial murderer who seems to be driven by the desperate, simple need to make a living in a country that has turned its back on the downtrodden. The play's formula of film noir meets Mike Harris's Ontario will be familiar to those who are fans of Walker's current CBC series, This is Wonderland. The End of Civilization is being produced as a thesis production by graduating UNB theatre students Nicholas Cole, Yang Li, Ginny Steeves, and Zita Nyarady. Performances are 8 pm nightly, with tickets ($8 regular, $6 student) available at the door. The play carries a language and content warning. For further information, contact Theatre UNB at 447-3078. 2. Theatre St Thomas To Perform The Crucible Theatre St Thomas presents Arthur Miller's classic The Crucible from Wednesday, February 23 - Saturday, February 26 at 8 pm in the Black Box Theatre at St Thomas University. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students and seniors and are available at the door. The play will be performed in the round. Ilkay Silk directs a cast of 20 with music by Michael Doherty and lights by Chris Saad. 3. Coming Up At The Monday Night Film Series Feb 28, 2005 Lightning in a Bottle USA, 106 min http://www.sonyclassics.com/lightninginabottle/trailer-open.html A one night, one time only concert at Radio City Music Hall in New York City in which some of the greatest performers in the history of blues music, including BB King, Bonnie Raitt, Steven Tyler and Macy Gray performed together. Captures the emotional spontaneity that only live performances of the Blues can. Interviews with BB King, Bonnie Raitt, Buddy Guy, Chris Thomas King, Dr. John, Jimmie Vaughn, Honeyboy Edwards, Ruth Brown, Shemekia Copeland, Solomon Burke, Steve Jordan, and Vernon Reid. Tickets and memberships for the Monday Night Film Series are available at the door, Tilley Hall, Room 102. Regular admission is $7 per screening, $3 for members. Regular half-year memberships are available for $20; students, seniors and NB Film Co-op members for $12. If you are interested in becoming a Film Series Member call: 455-1632 or email: [email protected] Check out the new Monday Night Film Series website at: www.nbfilmcoop.com/FS.htm 4. Award-Winning Author Gary Geddes To Read At UNBF Well-known Canadian poet and author Gary Geddes will read from his latest works on Tuesday, March 1, at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton. The reading, which is free of charge and open to the public, will be held at 8 pm in the auditorium of Memorial Hall. Mr. Geddes’s latest poetry collection, Skaldance, was published in 2000 by Fredericton’s Goose Lane Editions. Set among the sea-shaped Orkney Islands, the poems seek to connect to the land and people of Geddes’ ancestors, as he skilfully interweaves myth and history with the reality of individual lives. His most recent work is Kingdom of Ten Thousand Things: An Impossible Journey from Kabul to Chiapas is the story of a 5th-century Buddhist monk from Kabul reported to have travelled from China to the Americas in 458AD, returning in 499AD to tell his story to the court historians. Gary Geddes has edited and published more than thirty other works in a wide variety of genres, including poetry, fiction, drama, translation, criticism, and non-fiction. He is the winner of multiple awards—the E. J. Pratt Medal, the Canadian Author’s Association National Poetry Prize, the Archibald Lampman Poetry Prize —and a nominee for the prestigious Gabriela Mistral Prize, offered by the Organization of American States for service to Latin America. Born in Vancouver in 1940, Geddes studied at the University of British Columbia (B.A., 1962) and at the University of Toronto (M.A., 1966; PhD., 1975). He is currently Distinguished Professor of Canadian Culture at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington. The reading is sponsored by the UNBF department of English and the Canada Council for the Arts. For further information, contact Edith Snook at 458-7397. 5. Symphony New Brunswick Presents Broadway Spectacular Symphony New Brunswick returns to The Playhouse on Tuesday, March 1 at 8 pm with a concert of great music from the shows: Oklahoma; Brigadoon; South Pacific; Les Mis. and more. The singers are soprano Paula Rockwell and baritone Ross Thompson, and Gregory Burton is the guest conductor. For tickets, phone The Playhouse at 458-8344. Contact: Neil MacGill at 453-7762. 6. The Stepping-Stone Forum Presents OB ABERNETHY Wednesday, March 2 at 2 pm. We’ll talk about and do some “Fiddling" with other fiddlers, accompanied by Roy Melanson on keyboards. Ob took up fiddling after he retired: He is a River Valley Fiddler and a member of the Maritime Fiddlers' Association Contact: Neil MacGill (453-7762) The forum meets every Wednesday at two at the Stepping-Stone Centre, 15 Saunders St, opposite the YMCA. It's free, and open to all. If the schools close due to weather, the centre closes as well. 7. UNB/STU's Music On The Hill Series Presents 20th Century Greats Thursday, March 3, 2005, 8 pm- Memorial Hall, UNB Join pianist Peter Allen as he takes us on a tour through some of the greatest music of the 20th century, including works by Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Mussorgsky and Michael Miller. Admission is $20/adults, $18/seniors and $6/students. Tickets are available at the door. For more information, please call 453-4697 or email [email protected] 8. Royden’s Memories Exhibition And Opening In Playhouse West Gallery Michael J. McEwing's latest body of artwork, Royden's Memories, will be showing at the Fredericton Playhouse, West Gallery from March 4 to 31, 2005. Royden's Memories is a series of large conté drawings based on a collection of old black & white photographs belonging to artist's grandfather, Royden D. Morgan [1903-1999]. These drawings celebrate memories of New Brunswick life during the Depression era. There will be an informal opening reception on Friday, March 4 from 7 to 9 pm in the West Gallery of the Playhouse. All are welcome to attend. For more information, please call 459-3964 or visit the website, www.mcewing.ca. 9. Christ Church Choral Evensong On March 6 Christ Church Cathedral will hold a service of Choral Evensong on Sunday March 6 at 4 pm. The Cathedral Choir, directed by Michael Capon, will sing music by Gibbons, Shephard, and Paul Murray. Visitors most welcome. For more information, call the Cathedral office at 450-8500 or visit http://www.christchurchcathedral.com . The Cathedral is at the corner of Church and Brunswick streets. 10. Gallery 78 Presents Young At Art …or why viewing a work of art is like choosing a pizza Thursday , March 10, 5 - 7 pm. An introduction and initiation for young professionals, (between the ages of 20 and 40), into art appreciation and collecting. (ID 's will not be checked at the door) Unfortunately, art galleries can be intimidating places for many people, old and young alike. In this brief informal introduction to Atlantic Canadian art, Gallery 78 aims to make a gallery visit as comfortable and enjoyable as a visit to the local pizzeria or pub. All who are young at heart are welcome to attend and enjoy a sneak preview of the four magnificent March exhibitions, Alexandrya Eaton, Anna Torma and Istvan Zsako: Textile Drawings and Bronze Idols and the Hawkes Juried Silver Award. Sponsored by Picaroons Traditional Ales, Greco Pizza, Pizza Hut and Jack’s Pizza. 11. Music On The Hill Reschedules Music to the Dance Enjoy an innovative evening that blends modern dance with a mix of 20th-century classical works (especially those with a Spanish flavour), jazz standards, and original settings of songs by Kurt Weill, Sting and Loreena McKennit. Music on the Hill proudly presents Music to the Dance at 8 pm on Monday, March 14 at the Centre communautaire Sainte-Anne.