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.
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“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.