GREENSBORO – The Texas Guitar Quartet was definitely something different as a chamber music group in the second concert of the Summer Music from Greensboro season, held July 16 at the Greensboro United Church of Christ. The quartet played a variety of well-conceived transcriptions of familiar classical works, mostly scored[Read More…]
Reviews
Accomplished, Convincing Acting in “Much Ado”
EAST CALAIS – William Shakespeare (1564-1616) wrote almost an equal number of comedies, histories and tragedies, all populated by vivid characters of his creative imagination. In “Much Ado About Nothing,” now playing at the Unadilla Theater in East Calais, a plot veering towards tragedy is transformed at the last moment[Read More…]
“Uncle Vanya” Mixture of Comedy and Tragedy at Unadilla
Anton Chekov (1860-1904) wrote the initial version of “Uncle Vanya” in 1888-9, revised it in subsequent years, but it was not successfully staged until 1899. A classic psychological exploration of an extended middle class family on a rural estate in Russia, the play transcends its time to become universal in[Read More…]
Quartet Plays with Intensity, Passion
GREENSBORO – The first concert of the season in the Summer Music from Greensboro series took place Tuesday, July 9, at the Greensboro United Church of Christ, featuring the Telegraph Quartet from San Francisco, the fourth time the group has been invited. Founded 10 years ago, the group consists of[Read More…]
Exemplary Cast, Strong Voices, Excellent Actors in “The Mikado”
The first production at the Unadilla Theatre in East Calais this summer season is “The Mikado” by William Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, a masterful comic operetta whose witty lyrics and always engaging melodies continue to entertain audiences ever since its debut in 1885. Mary Jane Austin as music director and[Read More…]
White Water Gallery Exhibits Brehm’s Fiber Sculpture
EAST HARDWICK – Hosted at James Teuscher’s White Water Gallery on Main Street in East Hardwick, the exhibit of Lian Brehm’s work includes a display of her unique and colorful sculptures that resemble the flowering cacti of Mexico. Brehm uses a process that she developed, her own hand-made paper and[Read More…]
“I Can’t Not Paint”
STANNARD – Richard Foster paints because he can’t not paint, he says. He creates because he has to create. Foster enjoys the entire creative process, from preparing the substrate, to building up texture beneath the pastels that are his preferred medium in recent years. That, and even the woodworking involved[Read More…]
Mermin Discusses New Book at Town House
HARDWICK – Rob Mermin, the founder of Circus Smirkus, has just published a new book, “Circle of Sawdust, A Circus Memoir of Mud, Myth Mirth, Mayhem and Magic,” and on the evening of June 11, he gave a talk about it to an enthusiastic audience at the Hardwick Town House,[Read More…]
Familiar Plot, Imaginary Journey in Excellent Production
GREENSBORO – The Hazen Union Drama Club presented a lively version of “The Wizard of Oz” on May 16, 17 and 18 at the Highland Center for the Arts, with a large cast of some three dozen students in a wide range of ages (not to mention a dog). Usually[Read More…]
All-Human Game Show Attracts Full House
HARDWICK – The Civic Standard Theater Project gave a production of a mock TV game contest, “Change Your Life! Hardwick’s Only All Human Game Show,” which attracted full houses to the Hardwick Town House on May 9, 10 and 11, putting a continuous smile on everyone’s face for almost two[Read More…]
Young’s Works Explode with Natural World
HARDWICK – Mary Young is showing her paintings in a show called “Arisings” at the Third Floor Gallery in the Hardwick Inn, now through June. Her works represent a lifetime of appreciation for the exuberance of the natural world. Stems, leaves, blossoms and more find their way into her compositions. [Read More…]
Children Give Delightful Performance of Reimagined Fairy Tale
GREENSBORO – Saturday afternoon, April 22, 24 children from the Mountain View School District gave a delightful performance of “Boots- the Musical,” at the Highland Center for the Arts. Students from Greensboro, Hardwick and Woodbury schools, with several home-schoolers, presented the traditional “Puss in Boots” fairy tale as re-imagined by[Read More…]
