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3rd Annual BIG RIVER dance festival
BIG RIVER dance festival Schedule. Friday September 22, 2017: Dance on Film: Film Festival 7:00pm, Live Dance Concert 7:30pm Saturday September 23, 2017: Master Classes 10:00am-2:30pm, Dance on Film: Film Festival 7:00pm, Live Dance Concert 7:30pm. Sunday September 24, 2017: Master Classes 10:00am-2:00pm 4th Avenue Arts Theater 1030 4th Avenue, Huntington, WV 25701 4th Avenue Arts/Jeslyn Dance Gallery, Inc.,(501c3) will host the 3rd annual BIG RIVER dance festival, September 22nd, 23rd, and 24th at the 4th Avenue Arts Theater located…
Find out more »Kennedy Exhibition: House Proud: Portraits of the American Home
House Proud explores the visual culture of homeownership and homemaking within the United States. Selected materials will include photographs from the Kennedy Museum’s collection, archival photographs, historical film and television footage, and a new photo series commissioned specifically for the exhibition. Together, these works offer the first survey of “house proud” portraits, wherein families and individuals position their bodies and belongings within the architecture of their homes. In tracing examples of this pictorial trope through the 19th to 21st centuries,…
Find out more »Salt Cellars Ceramic Workshop with Richard Nickels
Salt Cellars: The Figure and Vessel as Allegory A two Day Hands-on Workshop with Contemporary Ceramics ’17 artist Richard Nickel, Professor of Art at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. In this workshop, students will use multiple ceramic techniques to create salt cellars using figurative clay sculptures combined with vessel forms. Salt cellars are traditional forms made to hold and dispense salt. Long used by man as a symbol, salt is a natural mineral used to preserve and season, as…
Find out more »Afternoon Raga, a Sitar Concert Featuring J.J. Gregg
Sunday, September 24th at 1pm ARTS/West presents Afternoon Raga, a sitar concert featuring J.J. Gregg Suggested donation at door: $5 for individuals, $2 for students, or $10 for families ARTS/West is located at 132 West State street in Athens, OH
Find out more »Logan High School presents Next to Normal
Public Performances 9/21 and 9/23 at 7:30pm, and 9/24 at 2:00pm. 9/22 is the date for in-school student matinee. ********************************************************************* Logan High School is proud to announce its first production of the 2017-2018 season – next to normal – a joint venture between the LHS Theatre and Vocal Music Departments. Next to Normal (stylized as next to normal) is a 2008, Pulitzer Prize winning American rock musical with book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey and music by Tom Kitt. The story centers around a…
Find out more »Sustainable Business Social
Want to make your business or organization more sustainable? Or, are you already doing lots of cool sustainability stuff at your business and want to do more? This event is for you. Join Rural Action,Upgrade Ohio, and the Southeast Ohio Public Energy Council on Monday, September 25th at Eclipse Company Store at 5:30pm for a complimentary dinner, networking, and resource fair to improve the sustainability of your business or organization. There will also be a cash bar. During the resource fair, people will…
Find out more »Book Discussion – “Devil’s Knot” by Mara Leveritt
Area adults are invited to read and discuss this comprehensive look into the guilty verdicts given to the West Memphis Three for the 1993 murders of three eight-year-old boys. Registered participants will be loaned a copy of the book. Please contact the Duncan Falls/Philo Branch Library for more information and to reserve a spot.
Find out more »Being Mortal’s Villages: The Value of Community and Choice as We Grow Older
Renowned surgeon, author, public health researcher and Athens, Ohio, native Atul Gawande, M.D. has won widespread recognition for transforming the national conversation on aging and end-of-life choices. On Monday, Sept. 25, people from the Athens area will have a chance to hear him speak on the importance of community and choice in the lives of seniors, via a nationally-broadcast webinar. This event is free of charge and open to the public. The webinar takes place from 5 to 6 p.m.…
Find out more »Johnny Appleseed Celebration
The Duncan Falls/Philo Branch Library invites everyone to celebrate the birthday of one of our most delightful pioneers – Johnny Appleseed! There will be stories, photo ops with our Johnny Appleseed statue, and more. Contact the Duncan Falls/Philo Branch Library for more information.
Find out more »Ohio University School of Music Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band
Join the Ohio University School of Music Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band for their first performance of the 2017/18 season, a free concert on Tuesday, September 26, 2017 at 8 PM in Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium. Music includes pieces by Gabrieli, Hindemith, Holst, Maslanka, Salfelder, Sousa, Stamp, and Ticheli. The Wind Symphony is conducted by Andrew Trachsel and the Symphonic Band is conducted by Richard Suk.
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