The Barrow-Civic Theatre will be hosting the Grammy and Dove Award winning artist Guy Penrod in October Known for his work as lead singer for the Gaither Vocal Band in the late 1990s and early 2000s he also has worked with country legends Garth Brooks and Shania Twain. Penrod will take the Barrow stage at 7:30 p.m on October 20. Tickets are $44 and can be purchased by visiting the Barrow-Civic website by clicking here. |
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When the Oil City Library hosts an art sale this month, it will be like stepping into a time capsule, according to organizers. "Discover this time capsule collection of Wealtha Vann Ausdall artwork, spanning decades & styles, and hidden away for years until it was discovered in a trunk," the group posted online. "Wealtha was a local artist, instructor and teacher at Oil City High School for many decades. Her work is varied, & these pieces include portraits, landscapes, local oil fields, & other whimsical subjects of the times."
Additional information about the sale can be obtained through the Facebook event page for the sale.
This program had to be postponed due to unforeseen circumstances. The theatre plans to announce plans for a fall offering. Calling all middle and high school fans of The Bard and his iconic characters such as Hamlet, Juliet, Macbeth, Oberon, Othello, Romeo, Rosalind or Titania. Every year, more plays by William Shakespeare are produced in the United States than any other playwright, composer or lyric writer. This year Franklin will be among them. Summer with Shakespeare Theatre Camp is offering a chance to learn about the English playwright and get to know some of his greatest works.
To sign up for the camp, go to the Barrow-Civic Theatre website - barrowtheatre.org.
The Barrow-Civic Theatre is in the home stretch of its production of Cinderella. The lavish dance scenes are choreographed loading the stage with lots of color and movement. The pit band and singers are in tune with one another and the final tweaks are that are left from now until opening night on Friday. The show is expected to kick off at 7:30 p.m. June 30 and run the evenings of July 1, 7 and 8. All shows begining at 7:30 p.m. There will also be two Sunday matinees on July 2 and 9 with curtain going up at 2 p.m. both shows. Below are more shows from Tuesday night's dress rehearsal.
Artist Scott Rispin's work will be featured at the Glass Growers Gallery in Erie from June 16 to July 4. Rispin lived in Erie for nearly 30 years currently living in Arizona. An artist reception will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. June 23. The reception is free and open to the public. This show is part of Erie's Gallery Night. More information about gallery night can be found by clicking here. Artist Statement: "I am in a perpetual state of awe and wonder in the landscape. As a visual artist and teacher, I am driven by design – color, form and composition. I look for these in the natural world, and desire to present these in new, different and unique ways. "Through color and texture, I emphasize the often overlooked aspects of the our environment and its compositional structures, while downplaying or minimizing the obvious. The result is to force new ways of seeing … prompting surprising revelations about our world and ourselves. “Texture is always a prominent feature of my paintings. The texture dynamic operates in both the physical and psychological and emotional arenas. The application of layer upon layer of thick paint is one of my favorite activities as a painter. “I'm very excited to be living in Arizona and painting out in the incredible landscape. My work has always been about attitudes, choices and the act of ‘seeing’ versus merely ‘experiencing’. It’s about the nature of reality and what we claim to know about it. I’m not interested in providing you familiar images of things you’ve seen in the ways you always see them. I want to change the way you look at things. I want you to see things differently… what if we were willing to actually do that?” The five-day festival that draws thousands to Oil City annual is looking for regional artists to show off their work. The Oil City Arts Council and ARTS Oil City put on a multi-tiered juried art exhibition each year in various locations in downtown galleries and office spaces as part of the 45th annual Oil Heritage Festival. This years OHF art show opens July 19 with a reception in three locations from 6 to 9 p.m. The show in 2022 featured 101 artists and consisted of over 250 pieces according to a press release. The show features divisions for Adults 18 and over (both Professional and Amateur), Young Adults ages 13-17, and Children ages 12 & under. Categories include Watercolors & Pastels, Oils & Acrylics, Three-Dimensional Arts, Graphics and Mixed Media, Digital Art, Black and White Drawing, Fiber Arts, and Photography. The show will be professionally judged, with First, Second and Third prize ribbons awarded within each category and division, as well as Honorable Mentions, People’s Choice and Best in Show. There is no entry fee and no pre-registration to participate in 2023 Oil Heritage Festival Art Show. Participants may enter up to three works across any category. Artwork must be delivered to and registered at the Great Room in the National Transit Building on Sunday, July 9 between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. No entries will be accepted after 7 p.m. on July 9, 2023. The exhibits will be in three locations: the National Transit Building at 206 Seneca Street and National Transit Building Annex at 210 Seneca Street, and at 42 Seneca Street. The show will continue on Thursday July 20 from noon – 4 p.m., Friday July 21 from noon – 6 pm.., Saturday July 22: noon – 6 p.m., and Sunday July 23: noon – 4 p.m.. All events are free and open to the public. More information and entry forms can be found by clicking here. For further information about the show, please call 814-673-4151. Red Eye asks that question twice a year, and the answer is a unique theater experience Before 7 p.m. Friday, May 26, 2023 six one act plays did not even exist yet. By 7:30 p.m. the next night they were being performed in front of a live audience. That is Red Eye Theatre. Seven writers gathered for auditions Friday night from which they picked out a cast to write their play around. The theory is the writers don't have a full-blown idea and has not written a single word They sat through 35 auditions, picked the actors they would into their concept, then get some caffeine and commenced to writing an original play. By 7 a.m. on May 27 their script had to be completed and in the hands of the show's producers and organizers Nicholas Hess and Brooke Lawrie. Six scripts were delivered from seven writers (two co-wrote their submission.) An hour later the actors, who hopefully slept more than the writers, showed up to get their scripts, meet with the directors and begin memorizing lines. Some of the actors had no prior stage experience, some of the directors had never directed before and some of the scripts were from first-try writers. This is truly a unique experience. Oh, and no props, set design, lighting, blocking or anything had yet been conceived. Over the next 12 hours everything was to be ready for opening curtain at 7:30 ish. During the day each cast found a different section of the Barrow-Civic Theatre to set-up rehearsal space. They learned lines and began to think about movements on stage. The directors assembled a props list and developed a stage design. The behind-the-scenes crew then went to work finding the props and costumes for the six plays. None of the plays, for logistical purposes, were supposed to have elaborate anything. There isn't the time or crew to have too many scene or costume changes, and the audience imagination is sometimes required to round out the experience. Play themes ranged from a musical Red Riding Hood's revenge to the contemporary societal dilemma of a newspaper closing. This unique experience for actors gives insight into the creation of ideas and for writers, it gives an understanding of strict deadline and the reality of the compromise of "it is as good as it can be for now." Directors and tech learn to think on their feet and fly by the seat of their pants. For props, costumes and design it is an exhausting straight out sprint to get everything together. That's Red Eye." At the end of an intense 24 hours art, that is akin to improvisational jazz, was made - something that cannot be duplicated, nor should it be. This project is a lived-art experience. It is a playground for creatives and a classroom for the young and old to feed off what each brings to the table. Whether it is an experience passed down from the more experienced in the room to the youngsters and first-timers or it is the youthful optimism that reminds the older folks in theater just why they do love it so much, they all learn from each other. Red Eye happens twice a year at the Barrow-Civic Theatre, Memorial Day weekend and again Labor Day weekend. It is the brainchild of Nicholas Hess and has been a consistent workshop experience since 2017. It draws thespians from all around the region with many who delight in returning to test themselves and just have fun creating something completely unique. Below are more photos from the show Saturday night. To view even more photos visit: https://sayerrich.zenfolio.com/p619592849
Franklin's youth theater production of The Rainbow Fish Musical filled the Barrow-Civic Theatre with song, a lot of color and an overabundance of cuteness.
See even more photos from the show here. Area artists are participating in nationwide happening and it could up your Christmas shopping game11/22/2022 Artists from Oil City will be taking part in the national "Artist's Sunday" celebration on November 27. According to the Arts Oil City social media post, "It's an art filled day with a range of mediums, affordable gift items, original art for the collector, and a musical concert spread throughout the day and about town." There will be open studios at the National Transit Building from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Other artists to look for in their studios are
There will also be local businesses hosting artists showing their wares.
The local galleries and shops participating include:
As an added bonus, trained opera singer, Jamie Bastello, who is new to Oil City, will perform Arias at 4 locations, starting at 12:30 p.m. on the Oil City Library steps. See flyer below for more times and locations.
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