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Arts & Entertainment events occuring in the second quarter of 2009 in Athens and vicinity.
MusicTHUR/April 2: OU’s Performing Arts Series presents the Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile. 7:30 p.m. Memorial Auditorium, OU.
FRI/April 3: Johnny Rawls plays the blues. Court Street Grill in Pomeroy.
FRI/April 3 – SAT/April 4: Spring Hookah in the Hills, featuring ekoostik hookah, Mike Perkins, Papadosio, Chicago Afrobeat Project, Rumpke Mountain Boys and many others. Poston Lake Music Park on New England Road in Guysville. Gates open at noon on Friday. www.hookahinthehills.com.
SAT/April 4: Tony Rice Unit. 8 p.m. at the Fur Peace Station Concert Hall, at Fur Peace Ranch in Meigs County. www.furpeaceranch.com. 740-992-6228.
SUN/April 5: The Athens Foundation is hosting a Women’s Fund Benefit Dinner at the premiere private opening of Salaam Restaurant at its new West Washington Street site. Dinner and music by the Coolville Hot Club Band. 6 p.m. RSVP at
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THUR/April 9: Aquabear Live at ARTS/West. 8 p.m. (Aquabear Legion event). Assorted bands.
FRI/April 10: Eddie Shaw and the Wolf Gang. Court Street Grill in Pomeroy.
FRI/April 17: Wilco. Presented by OU Performing Arts Series. 7:30 p.m. Memorial Auditorium, OU. (This show is SOLD OUT.)
SAT/April 18: Hot Tuna Duo with Happy Traum opening. 8 p.m. at the Fur Peace Station Concert Hall, at Fur Peace Ranch in Meigs County. www.furpeaceranch.com. 740-992-6228.
SUN/April 19: Clarinet Gala. All day in the School of Music’s Glidden Hall. Clarinet Gala visiting artist Michele Gingas plays in the Recital Hall at 3:30 p.m., and at 6 p.m. a visiting artist potpourri recital will be held, Glidden Hall, OU.
SUN/April 19: Bruce Cockburn, 7 p.m. Stuart’s Opera House.
FRI/April 24: Bill Lupkin and the Chicago Blues Coalition. Court Street Grill in Pomeroy.
SAT/April 25: Fred Eaglesmith with J.D. Hutchison and Realbilly Jive. 8 p.m. Stuart’s Opera House, Nelsonville.
SUN/April 26: “Another Kind of Blues” concert, featuring Norm Cohn, tenor, Ernest Bastin, valve trombonist, Lynn Sullivan, pianist, with Richard Wetzel, OU professor of music history and literature, who will speak about the history and musical nature of the blues. 3 p.m. at the Kennedy Museum of Art. Free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Friends of the Kennedy Museum of Art.
TUES/April 28: Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble presents “Musical Wildflowers.” 7:30 p.m. Memorial Auditorium, OU.
FRI/May 1: “AZA!! Mother Africa,” a concert of traditional and contemporary African music and dance. 7:30 p.m. in Memorial Auditorium, OU.
SAT/May 2: Calliope Feminist Choir 6th Spring Concert. 7:30 p.m. ARTS/West. Tickets and info: 593-6934.
SAT/May 2: Blues legend John Hammond. 8 p.m. at the Fur Peace Station Concert Hall, at Fur Peace Ranch in Meigs County. www.furpeaceranch.com. 740-992-6228.
SAT/May 2: Mom’s Weekend Chorale Concert. 2 p.m. in Memorial Auditorium, OU.
SUN/May 3: Calliope Feminist Choir 6th Spring Concert. 4 p.m. ARTS/West. Tickets and info: 593-6934.
TUES/May 5: Composition Department Recital at OU. 7:30 p.m. in the Recital Hall, Glidden Hall, OU.
SAT/May 9: Percussive Arts Society at OU presents “Ohio Day of Percussion.” All day in Glidden Hall, OU. Also at 7:30 p.m. in Memorial Auditorium, the Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Percussion Ensemble will present a concert.
SAT/May 9: First annual Island Heat Caribbean Music Festival. Artist from as far away as the Virgin Islands will bring reggae and related music to Ervin’s Big Red Barn on Old Coach Road just to the southwest of Athens.
SUN/May 10: “Portals and Passageways,” Trish Lachman music and art display. 3 p.m. ARTS/West presents.
TUES/May 12: The OU Percussion Ensemble presents “World Music Traditions.” 7:30 p.m. Recital Hall in Glidden Hall, OU.
WED/May 13: Visiting Artists present CircumAtlantic Improvisations. 7:30 p.m. Recital Hall, Glidden Hall, OU.
FRI/May 15 – SUN/May 17: Fifth annual Nelsonville Music Festival at Robbins Crossing Village on the Hocking College campus in Nelsonville. Among the bands and acts appearing are Willie Nelson, Jolie Holland, Mudhoney, Alela Diane, Haybale!, T-Model Ford, Wayne “The Train” Hancock, The Firecracker Jazz Band and Michael Hurley. The festival features local art vendors, camping, a kids area, food and more. 740-753-1924 or www.nelsonvillefest.org.
SAT/May 16: Geoff Muldaur and Dave Alvin. 8 p.m. at the Fur Peace Station Concert Hall, at Fur Peace Ranch in Meigs County. www.furpeaceranch.com. 740-992-6228.
SAT/May 16: Front and Center. Free music event for school-age children. ARTS/West presents.
SUN/May 17: University Band at OU. 4 p.m. Memorial Auditorium, OU.
TUES/May 19: Graduate String Quartet. 7:30 p.m. Recital Hall, Glidden Hall, OU.
THUR/May 21: University Symphony Orchestra and Combined Choirs. 7:30 p.m. Memorial Auditoriun, OU.
THUR/May 21: Aquabear Live at ARTS/West. 8 p.m. (Aquabear Legion event). Assorted bands.
FRI/May 22: Cincinnati Opera performance of “How Nanita Learned to Make Flan.” Stuart’s Opera House, Nelsonville.
TUES/May 26: Jazz Ensemble II and Combos. 7:30 p.m. in the Baker Theatre, Baker Center, OU.
FRI/May 29: New Music Ensemble. 7:30 p.m. Recital Hall, Glidden Hall, OU.
SAT/May 30: Athens Community Music School and School of Music’s third annual String Fling. All day in Glidden Hall, OU.
SAT/May 30: Fiona Boyes and Chris Smither. 8 p.m. at the Fur Peace Station Concert Hall, at Fur Peace Ranch in Meigs County. www.furpeaceranch.com. 740-992-6228.
SUN/May 31: Noise show and potluck. 6 p.m. ARTS/West in Athens.
THUR/June 4: Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble. 7:30 p.m. Memorial Auditorium, OU.
FRI/June 12: Aquabear Live at ARTS/West. 8 p.m. (Aquabear Legion event). Assorted bands.
SAT/June 13: Blues Fest with Eric Bibb, Spencer Bohren, David Jacobs-Strain and Toby Walker. 8 p.m. at the Fur Peace Station Concert Hall, at Fur Peace Ranch in Meigs County. www.furpeaceranch.com. 740-992-6228.
FilmFRI/April 10: Free Friday Film Series (films TBA). 8 p.m. Stuart’s Opera House, Nelsonville.
FRI/April 24: Athens International Film & Video Festival. More details to be announced.
FRI/May 29: Free Friday Film Series (films TBA). 8 p.m. Stuart’s Opera House, Nelsonville. Also, Vern McClish photo exhibit opening reception.
ArtPRESENT – Fall, 2010: “Please Touch” at the Athens County Historical Society and Museum features interactive, hands-on exhibits that immerse visitors in the stories of Athens County. Through fall 2010. 65 N. Court St., Athens. Visit www.athenshistory.org for more information and admission costs.
PRESENT – TUES/June 30: The Kennedy Museum of Art’s education gallery features many of the materials used in Zuni jewelry and carving, as well as videotaped demonstrations of various techniques. The gallery also offers interactive components that help bring the artists and their art to the visitor. Through June 30.
PRESENT – Ongoing: Selections from the Permanent Collections. This exhibition juxtaposes pieces from Kennedy Museum of Art’s permanent collections including weavings, prints, paintings, ceramics and African art. Kennedy Museum of Art, OU.
PRESENT – SUN/April 5: Prints from the Print Club of Cleveland. The prints, donated by R. Budd and Janet Kelsey Werner, retrace 30 years of the Print Club of Cleveland’s history of collecting a wide range of contemporary prints for the Cleveland Museum of Art. Kennedy Museum of Art, OU.
PRESENT – Fall, 2009: “The First American West: Frontier and Freedom in Athens County.” This hands-on exhibit examines the extraordinary journey of the early settlers to southeast Ohio. Athens County Historical Society & Museum, North Court Street, Athens.
PRESENT – Fall, 2009: “Material Memories: The Souvenirs of Athens County Veterans.” Exhibit examines the objects Athens County veterans brought home from war and their thoughts on the topic as collected through an oral history discussion.
PRESENT – SUN/April 19 Starbrick Clay’s National Cup Show. A national exhibition of contemporary ceramic cups, mugs, goblets, tea bowls, teacups and tumblers. Starbrick Clay, 21 W. Columbus St., in Nelsonville.
PRESENT – THUR/April 9: Undergraduate juried exhibition. A highly competitive juried exhibition featuring the artwork created by School of Art undergraduate students. Ohio University Art Gallery. Through April 9.
PRESENT – SUN/April 19: “Puppets & Mythology: Southeast Asia.” Experience one of the oldest storytelling traditions in the world featuring unique art forms from Southeast Asia. Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens.
THUR/April 2: Inside/Outside Art Talks at the Kennedy Museum of Art. This one features ceramic artist Amy Douglas. 5:30-6:30 p.m.
THUR/April 2 – SAT/April 18: Visiting faculty exhibition with Brandon Boan, David Colagiovani, Nathan Davis, Mitchell Goodman, Suzanne Hagood and Cynthia Malon. Reception is set for Tuesday, April 7 from 6-9 p.m. Trisolini Gallery, OU.
SAT/April 4: Shadow puppet-making and puppet performance in conjunction with “Puppets and Mythology” exhibit. Noon to 1 p.m. at the Dairy Barn Arts Center.
TUES/April 14 – SAT/April 25: Graduate Thesis Sculpture and Ceramics Exhibition. “(dis)Placement” by Heidi Bennder and Andréa Keys. Ohio University Art Gallery, Seigfred Hall, OU. Reception is set for Friday, April 17, from 6-9 p.m.
FRI/April 17 – Sunday/June 14: “Blues in Black & White.” Photographer Stanley Livingston captured the behind-the-scenes activities and onstage performances of blues legends at the landmark Ann Arbor Blues Festival of the late 1960s.
TUES/April 21 – SAT/May 2: Graduate Thesis Printmaking Exhibition with Jeremy Cody’s “silent more often than speaking.” Trisolini Gallery, OU. Reception: Tuesday, April 21, 6-9 p.m.
FRI/April 24: Final Friday on the Square in Nelsonville. Theme: “Musical Showers” with a wide variety of music played at each venue. Participating venues offer exhibits, entertainment, food and refreshments from 6-10 p.m. in and around Public Square in Nelsonville.
FRI/April 24: Starbrick Clay Fine Art Ceramic Gallery presents opening night, an installation by visiting artists Brandon Boan and Backa Carin Ivarsdotter. 21 W. Columbus St., Nelsonville.
FRI/April 24 – SUN/May 10: Visual Communication Student Showcase. Second-floor gallery, Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens.
FRI/April 24 – SAT/May 9: Graduate Thesis Printmaking, Painting and Sculpture Exhibition. Majestic Galleries, Nelsonville. Reception: Friday, April 24, 6-10 p.m.
TUES/April 28 – SAT/May 9: Graduate Thesis Photography Exhibition featuring Dominic Lippillo: “Under a Calm Surface”; Mark Schoon: “Setting in Place.” Ohio University Art Gallery, Seigfred Hall. Reception is Friday, May 1, from 6-9 p.m.
FRI/May 1 – SAT/May 2: Dairy Barn Fest, a festive spring weekend of shopping featuring handmade igems from 40 regional artisans. Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens.
TUES/May 5 – SAT/May 16: Graduate Thesis Ceramics Exhibition featuring Nicholas Bivins: f (x). Trisolini Gallery, OU. Reception: Friday, May 15, 6-9 p.m.
THUR/May 7: Inside/Outside Art Talks at the Kennedy Museum of Art. This one features photographer Dennis Savage. 5:30-6:30 p.m.
TUES/May 12 – SAT/May 23: Graphic Design BFA Exhibition. OU’s senior graphic design class presents a collection of individual works conveying their ideas and research. Reception: Tuesday, May 12, from 6-9 p.m. at the Ohio University Art Gallery, Seigfred Hall (where the exhibit will appear).
TUES/May 12 – SAT/May 23: Graduate Thesis Printmaking and Painting Exhibition. Majestic Galleries, Nelsonville. Reception: Friday, May 15, 6-10 p.m.
TUES/May 19 – SAT/May 30: Graduate Thesis Photography Exhibition featuring Leigh Wetterau: “Those who can't do...” Trisolini Gallery, OU. Reception: Friday, May 22, 6-9 p.m.
FRI/May 22 – MON/Sept. 7: Quilt National ’09. The 16th biennial exhibition of innovative, contemporary art quilts from artists around the world. Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens.
TUES/May 26 – SAT/May 30: Undergraduate Thesis Sculpture, Photography, Printmaking Exhibition. Sculpture: Matthew Fisher, Megan McIntosh; Photography: Elisa Gabor, Gwen Mastrangelo, Molly McCafferty, Kathrine Tilley; Printmaking: Adam Trecartin. OU Art Gallery, Seigfred Hall, OU. Reception: Tuesday, May 26, 6 – 9 p.m.
FRI/May 29: Final Friday on the Square in Nelsonville. Theme: “Bloomin’ on the Bricks.” Participating venues offer exhibits, entertainment, food and refreshments from 6-10 p.m. in and around Public Square in Nelsonville.
FRI/May 29: Graduate Thesis Sculpture Exhibition featuring Nathan Lareau (“Auxperc”). Ridges Auditorium, OU. Reception: Friday, May 29, from 7-9 p.m.
TUES/June 2 – SAT/June 6: Undergraduate Thesis Painting Exhibition featuring Sarah Erickson, Jonas Hart, Julie Horton, Judy Jenkinson, Courtney Mink, Lauren Purje and Rush Whitacre. OU Art Gallery, Seigfred Hall. Reception: Tuesday, June 2, 6-9 p.m.
TUES/June 2 – SAT/June 6: Undergraduate Thesis Ceramics Exhibition featuring Paul Callahan, Jon Fitz, Sarah Reid and Emily Tessell. Trisolini Gallery, OU. Reception: Tuesday, June 2, 6-9.
FRI/June 5 – FRI/June 12: Athens Photographic Project’s Spring Exhibition. Second-floor gallery of the Dairy Barn Arts Center.
Theater/OperaWED/April 8 – SAT/April 11: The OU School of Theater presents “The Trojan Women by Euripides,” adopted for the stage by Ellen McLaughlin. 8 p.m. This play also runs April 14-18. Forum Theater, RTV Building, OU. For tickets call 593-4800.
THUR/April 16 – SAT/April 18: Hocking College School of Theater presents “ Oh, What a Lovely War.” 7:30 p.m. Stuart’s Opera House, Nelsonville. Veterans are welcome free of charge. The Curtain Raisers, a choral group of local high-school students, will perform nightly prior to each performance. www.stuartsoperahouse.org.
THUR/April 16: “Annie.” OU Performing Arts Series. 7:30 p.m. Memorial Auditorium, OU.
FRI/April 24: Opera Theater with “Gianni Schicchi” by Puccini. 7:30 p.m. in Memorial Auditorium, OU. Also on Saturday, April 25.
WED/May 6 – SAT/May 9: The OU School of Theater presents “The Tempest.” Also May 13-16. All shows at 8 p.m. Elizabeth Evans Baker Theater in Kantner Hall, OU. 593-4800 for ticket info.
THUR/May 7 - SUN/May 10: “Dearly Beloved.” A fast-paced comedy about love, marriage, sisterhood, gospel music and 300 pounds of good, ol' Texas barbeque by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten (by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc.). Athenian Berean Community Players’ (ABC Players) production at Stuart’s Opera House, Nelsonville. Sponsored by Rocky Outdoor Gear Store.
FRI/May 8-SAT/May 9, FRI/May 15-SAT/May 16: “Six Bawdy Comic Scenes” by Shel Silverstein. ARTS/West in Athens. Actors Moveable Theater.
WED/May 20 – SAT/May 23: The Seabury Quinn Jr. Playwrights Festival. For four days, works in progress by student playwrights, directed and read by an array of students and faculty, are evaluated by guest artists. Readings and produtions scheduled in OU School of Theater spaces.
FRI/May 22: The Cincinnati Opera Presents “How Nanita Learned to Make Flan.” 7 p.m. at Stuart’s Opera House in Nelsonville.
SAT/May 30-SAT/June 6: “Reefer Madness.” 7:30 p.m. ARTS/West in Athens. Presented by the Lost Flamingo Company at Ohio University. Also Sunday, May 31, at 3 p.m. and Friday and Saturday, June 5-6, at 7:30 p.m.
Comedy/HumorSAT/April 4: Mike “Mad Dog” Adams performs his comedy show. 9 p.m. Abrio’s Brick Oven, East State Street, Athens.
TUES/April 7: An evening with David Sedaris, presented by the OU Performing Arts Series. 7:30 p.m. Memorial Auditorium, OU.
SAT/April 11: The Comedy Caravan presents comedy with Bob Batch, Brad Lanning and Donna Watts. 9:30 p.m. at Abrio’s Brick Oven, East Starte Street, Athens.
SAT/April 25: The Comedy Caravan presents comedy with Charlie Wiener, Josh Copen and Kate Queen (host). 9:30 p.m. Abrio’s Brick Oven.
SAT/May 2: The Comedy Caravan presents comedy with Gary Conrad. 9:30 p.m. Abrio’s Brick Oven.
DanceFRI/April 3 – SAT/April 4: OhioDance Festival featuring Dance Matters: Moving Images. Co-sponsored by OhioDance and the OU School of Dance. The Moving Images International Dance Film Festival will be Friday in Putnam Hall, master dance classes, awards and a reception will be Saturday all day, and then the OhioDance Showcase will be 7:30 p.m. in the Shirley Wimmer Theatre in Putnam Hall, OU.
SAT/April 11: Contra dance, sponsored by the Southeastern Ohio Traditional Dance Society. Lessons for first-timers at 7:30 p.m. and the actual dance runs from 8-11 p.m. For this one, Barbara Ramlow is calling to music from Schrodinger’s Cats. Baker Center’s second-floor Multipurpose Room, OU. 696-1157.
FRI/May 1 – SAT/May 2: Factory Street Dance Studios Spring Concert. Stuart’s Opera House, Nelsonville. 7 p.m. on Friday and 1 p.m. on Saturday.
SAT/May 9: Contra dance, sponsored by the Southeastern Ohio Traditional Dance Society. Lessons for first-timers at 7:30 p.m. and the actual dance runs from 8-11 p.m. For this one, David Mould and Stephanie Hysmith are calling to music from Boys of the Hock. Baker Center’s second-floor Multipurpose Room, OU. 696-1157.
FRI/May 15-SAT/May 16: The OU Dance Company presents the Senior Dance Concert. A concert of dances choreographed by senior dance majors and performed by dance students. 7 and 9 p.m. both days in the Shirley Wimmer Dance Theatre, OU.
WED/May 21-THUR/May 22 (and May 28-29): The OU Dance Company presents SOD (School of Dance) Spring Concert. A concert of selected dances choreographed by faculty, visiting artists and dance majors. 8 p.m. Shirley Wimmer Dance Theatre, OU.
FRI/May 23 – SAT/May 24: Mayapple Stomp dance weekend (with Columbus contra dancers) at Lake Logan (Hocking Hills). An event in which the Southeastern Ohio Traditional Dance Society takes part. 696-1157.
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