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Army Bands in Concert
The 36th Army Band of Fort Huachuca and the 62nd Army Band from Fort Bliss, Texas, will join forces for a concert of Holiday Music on Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Buena Performing Arts Center. The event is free and open to the public.
Dixieland Christmas concert
The Cochise College Benson Center will host “A Dixieland Christmas” with the Duane Reilly Dixieland Quartet at 7 p.m. on Friday. The Benson Center is located at 1025 State Route 90, just south of Gas City. Admission is $5 at the door.
 Kate Bishop offers open studio: Kate Bishop is offering an open studio on Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on both days. The studio is located at 44A High Road in Historic Bisbee. Kate designs, makes and sells handcrafted hats and silk flower corsages. The best way to see her work before the open studio is to go to her Web site at katebishop.com. For information, call 432-2074. Come treat yourself and find perfect gifts for the women in your life. Courtesy of Kate Bishop |
The performance is free and open to the public. For information, call 515-5440. Anyone needing an accommodation in order to attend should contact the Disability Services Office, 515-5337 or 417-4023, at least 72 hours in advance.
On Saturday, it’s the Bi-National Choir Presentation Auditorio Municipal de Agua Prieta, Sonora, at 6 p.m.
The Cochise College Bi-National Choir will be the opening number for this event of the Ballet Folklórico of Agua Prieta. For information, contact the Music Department/Cultural Events at 515-5440.
Don’t miss SVCC’s ‘Celebrate’
The Sierra Vista Community Chorus, under the direction of Sharon Keene, will once again present its annual free holiday concert. “Celebrate” will be presented on Friday at 7 p.m. at the Buena Performing Arts Center (Buena High School Auditorium). Doors will open at 6:15 p.m. No tickets are necessary.
In the spirit of the holiday season the chorus suggests and would appreciate it if those attending would donate a new unwrapped gift to support the Sierra Vista Fire Department toy drive. The toys collected will be distributed to the children throughout the greater Sierra Vista area to ensure a happy holiday for those children in need. They invite your entire family to come and enjoy songs for children of all ages. The chorus will perform a variety of songs including traditional songs such as “Silent Night,” “O Come, All Ye Faithful,” “Little Drummer Boy” and many other joyous carols.
The Sierra Vista Community Chorus will begin rehearsals for their spring concert on Jan. 5, 2009, and every Monday thereafter. Rehearsals will be held at 9:30 a.m. at the Ethel Berger Center, 2950 E. Tacoma St., in Sierra Vista. The spring concert, “The Nifty Fifties” will be presented on May 9 and the chorus will be rehearsing those wonderful ’50s songs.
Even if you are not familiar with this era you are sure to enjoy working on this fun and beloved music of the ’50s. The chorus welcomes new members, adult men and women of all ages. No auditions are necessary. At this time the chorus is particularly in need of men’s voices. However, all voices, both male and female are welcome. The chorus also welcomes back all those members who helped to make past concerts a success. The chorus members, in addition to presenting concerts, volunteer to share their joy of music monthly at Hacienda Rehabilitation and Care Center, Life Care Center and Prestige Assisted Living. If you have any questions about joining the chorus, chorus activities and schedules, contact Sharon Keene, director at 417-2305 or Marilyn Penrose, general manager at 378-2218.
Partners at Holiday
On Dec. 19, Partners will be playing their country music at Holiday in Sierra Vista for their annual Christmas party. All are invited. Every year they make it even more fun with annual pajama party. Remember pajamas are optional. The fun is from 6 to 9 p.m. The cost is $5 per person. Bring your own snacks and beverages. Take Highway 92, turn east on Canyon de Flores, left into Holiday to the club house.
To reach Bonnie and Ted, call 378-4010.
See OBT’s Christmas Musical!
This year Off Broadway Theatre will be performing “Babes in Toyland” for their Christmas musical. The wicked villian, Barnaby, with the help of two henchmen, Gonzorgo and Rodrigo, try to make brother and sister, Alan and Jane, disappear so their Uncle Barnaby can inherit a fortune. Meanwhile Alan’s sweetheart, Mary, and her brother, Tom Piper, run away to toyland to work for the Master Toymaker. Mary’s brothers, sisters, and mother go to Toyland to search for her with the help of Inspector Marmaduke. After a run-in with the law, Alan is put on trial, and everyone gets what they deserve in a happy ending.
“Babes in Toyland” is directed by Jeremy Heisner and choreographed by Beth Egbert, Cassie Cleere and Erica Wasmund. These performances will showcase the talent of all the students at OBT. The actors are cast from the acting classes with performers ranging from ages 6 to adult. All of the dances will be performed by all the students in the dancing classes ranging in age from three to adult.
“I am so excited to see all of the students, dancers and actors perform together, as well as the youngest of our dancers with our older, more experienced ones!,” says Beth Egbert, OBT’s dance director. When asked, Jeremy Heisner shares the same feeling as Beth, “I am so excited about the dancers and actors working together.”
Tickets for “Babes in Toyland” are on sale now. Performance dates are Dec. 12, 13, 19, and 20. On Fridays shows are at 7:30 p.m., and Saturdays at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 each and must be paid for at the time reservations are made. Tickets can be purchased by calling 459-4332 or coming by the theatre at 4151 La Linda Way located directly behind Donovan Dodge.
Auditions for ‘The Tempest’
Mark your calendars for Bisbee’s Obscure Productions auditions for Shakespeare’s “The Tempest.” Auditions will be on Jan. 3 and 4, 2009. Actors ages 14 and up are invited to audition. There are many great roles, both large and small. Experience is preferred but not required.
Auditions will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. both days at BOP’s new studio at Central School Project, 43 Howell Ave., in Old Bisbee. Actors should bring a memorized 1-3 minute monologue, no original work. Those who audition also will read from the script. There is a script available for reading at the Copper Queen Library. You can also find scripts for “The Tempest” at several online sources.
Rehearsals for “The Tempest” will be selected evenings and weekends through April 17. Performances will begin on the April 18 and run through April 26, evenings and matinees, in Central School Project’s theater.
Anyone interested in technical positions — design, costume and set construction, lights and sound, etc. — should call for an interview.
For information, call 432-2901 or e-mail obscurerae@gmail.com.
Brenda Kurtz to hold signing
Brenda Kurtz will have a book signing for her new book, “The Lord of Nightmares” on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at B. Dalton Books at the Mall at Sierra Vista. For more information about the signing and Kurtz, read Pat Wick’s interview with her in Wick’s column on Friday.
Free dance lessons
Free dance lessons are provided on Thursday evenings by the Cochise College Dance Club. The public is invited. No partner needed, no experience necessary. Currently the club is working on Latin dance steps, but they are open to suggestions on all dance styles. The lessons are held in the Career and Technical Education Building at the Sierra Vista Cochise College campus. Contact adviser Tanya Biami at 515-5316 or biamit@cochise.edu.
Bisbee launches Art Walks
A group of Bisbee merchants have organized a series of Art Walks that will begin this Saturday. The event will be known as Bisbee After 5 and will continue through May of 2009 every second Saturday of each month from 5 to 8 p.m.
More than 30 galleries and shops will be participating and each will offer refreshments, live entertainment and special promotions. Maps including all of the participants will be available at the Bisbee Visitors Center and at each gallery and shop location.
Among some of the festivities of the first “Bisbee After 5,” Twist Gallery and Optimo Custom Panama Hat Shop will feature quirky bohemian tunes with Donna Kihl of Las Goates. Panterra Gallery will welcome San Francisco Bay area designer Carole Tomkins with her newest collection of her very popular “Big Shirt.” She will be in the gallery Saturday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Carole Tomkins at PanTerra
PanTerra Gallery is excited to welcome San Francisco Bay Area designer Carole Tomkins. Come see the newest collection of her very popular “Big Shirt.” She will be in the gallery Saturday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Carole designs elegant, comfortable, dressy and casual shirts in a variety of unique fabrics, all made right here in the U.S. Ready for a compliment? Wear a Carole Tomkins “Big Shirt.”
Carole’s guest appearence coincides with the first monthly “Bisbee After 5” gallery and shop walk. More than 30 galleries and shops in Old Bisbee will be open for your shopping pleasure from 5 to 8 p.m. “Bisbee After 5” is the first in a series of ,monthly second Saturday “art walks.” Maps will be available at the Visitors Center and at each participating merchant.
Join them for refreshments and enjoy live jazz music by Dylan Charles from 5 to 8 p.m. at PanTerra Gallery, 54 Brewery Gulch, in Bisbee. For information, call 432-3320 or visit www.panterragallery.com.
Lots of art at Geronimo Gallery
For the month of December the Geronimo Gallery of the MWR Arts Center will have a showing of paintings by Charles Marlowe and Wayne Lavinder and two rooms dedicated to handcrafted items, cards, photographs, jewelry, pottery, magnets and paintings suitable for gifts, crafted by artists from the Huachuca Art Association.
The artists are: Ulrike Tarquino, Nicole Ray, Jondi Nelson, Joyce Geerlings-Griffith, Valla Miller, Gerrianne Bielefeld and Sue Olivo, there will be also cards and scratch-art from Angel Rutherford on display.
In the main gallery will be the art work of Charles Marlowe and Wayne Lavinder. Both painters are known for there outstanding art work, quite different from each other. The reception for Charles Marlowe is Saturday from 4 to 6 p.m., refreshments will be served and the public is invited.
The Geronimo Gallery at the MWR Arts Center on Fort Huachuca is located at the corner of Hatfield and Arizona Street in Building 52008 across from the commissary. For info, call 533-2015.
New show at Tang Gallery
The director of the Tang Gallery for the last seven years, Mina Tang Kan will be exhibiting some of her recent paintings at her gallery this month. The show, called “Cool Landscapes,” will run through Jan. 22. Her new work is abstracted landscapes done mostly in shades of blue, green and white. Reminiscences of Greek Islands, Norwegian fjords and California seacoasts can be seen in her work. The exhibition includes her new large acrylic paintings and a number of oil monoprints.
She has exhibited in Los Angeles, Hawaii, Korea, London and Paris. She recently mounted a painting show at the Village Gallery in Los Angeles.
The gallery is at 32 Main St. in Bisbee. For information, call 432-5824 or log onto the Web site at minatangkan.com, or go to youtube for a slide presentation at “Mina Tang Kan.”
The Annual Crafters Show
There are talented crafters in the Huachuca Art Association and they will be displaying their wonderful items at the gallery in Herford during December. Visitors will find painted gourds and lovely Christmas decoration, handcrafted jewelry, handmade tiles, dolls, photo cards, Christmas cards, matted prints, pottery, paintings, to much to mention all. Come and look for these artistic gifts, there will be even discounted items.
Sue Ziegler and Claudia Apperson co-chair this event.
Ziegler, a crafty person, does wonderful gourd art and scratch art and her lace Christmas angels are lovely and make any Christmas tree very special. Sue and her husband moved to Sierra Vista from Littleton, Mass., four years ago. She was a librarian working with small children and later with young adults; she was in the PTSA and volunteers here for the Friends of the Library.
Claudia Apperson was born in El Paso, Texas, and lived many years in Phoenix before moving to Sierra Vista in 2002. She took art classes offered by the public schools, college level classes and is still taking workshops today. Creating is her joy; she feels she is her truest and best self when producing even the smallest piece. She became a free-lance art teacher in Phoenix in the ’70s. Working primarily in oil or pastel, pen and ink and recently scratchboard illustration, she has received several ribbons at judged shows in Southwestern Arizona.
The HAA Gallery is in Hereford, 3818 Astro St., south of Highway 92. The gallery is open Thursday through Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. The show will run through Dec. 28.
Pike at 55 Main Gallery
55 Main Gallery is proud to welcome Stephen Pike as the second Artist in Residence since initiating the program in July of this year. Pike, a master recording artist, song whisperer and composer, is to be the artist in residence for November and December at the 55 Main Gallery in Bisbee. He is from Oregon and spends winter touring and performing in the southwest. Stephen has produced 19 CDs of original instrumental music available at the gallery and plans to release a new CD during his stay in Bisbee.
A self-taught musician, he began playing music 58 years ago and is gifted with the intuitive ability to “Find the Heart Song.” There are tribal cultures in the world that celebrate a person’s Heart Song, sung to the person at birth. Heart Songs are intuitively found by members of the tribe, and are voiced to the individuals at significant moments during the person’s life. He can be commissioned by those interested in having their own Heart Song recorded. For information, contact 432-4694.
See the Holiday Tour of Homes
The 17th Annual Holiday Tour of Homes on Fort Huachuca will be held on Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. The tour begins at the Fort Huachuca Museum. All of the homes will be opened this year! The cost is $10 in advance, $12 on the day of the tour. Purchase tickets at the Museum, Safeway, etc.
Contact Pam Sherod to volunteer at sherod@cox.net. Come stroll the Fort Huachuca “Old Post” area. The tour begins at the Fort Huachuca Historical Museum. Enjoy live entertainment, people in 1870s dress, shopping and refreshments. Ticket price includes an opportunity to win a handmade Christmas quilt.
Art sale at Sierra Summit
An art sale to support the Cochise County Humane Society will be held by students from Sierra Summit Academy on Sunday, from 6 to 8 p.m., at the Pueblo del Sol Country Club. Reasonably priced artwork will be available. There also will be a showing of an original Rembrandt. Call Wilma Moses at 255-0830. Sales are cash only.
Wine workshop at Canelo Hills
Participants will cut their own grape vines from the vineyard and then fashion them into decorated wreaths at the wine workshop from 3 to 5 p.m. on Saturday at Canelo Hills Vineyard and Winery.
Winemaker Tim will give a tour and talk about his wines, and the afternoon ends with holiday cookies and a wine tasting including their new sparkling wines. Each participant or team will make one decorated wreath, and can make extra wreaths to decorate at home.
The cost: $25/individual, $35 team of two. This workshop is limited to 14 people. E-mail info@canelohillswinery.com or call 455-5499. Canelo Hills Vineyard and Winery ia at 342 Elgin Road, Elgin.
Winter show at TAA Gallery
“Horizons Near and Far” is the theme for the winter show at the Tombstone Association of the Arts Gallery. The gallery is at the corner of Fourth and Allen streets in Tombstone.
The featured artists for this show, which runs through Dec. 30, are Gerrianne Bielefeldt, Glenn Chance and Jan Huthoefer. The TAA’s 24 crafters also will be featured in a Christmas Craft Show which runs until the end of the year.
Gerrianne Z. Bielefeldt is a photographer with a passion for “capturing” the moment. The East Coast beaches and fall colors, the vast Kansas wheat fields, and the grandeur of the Colorado Rockies have been Bielefeldt’s inspirations in the past. Now, the awesome views and the varied wildlife of Southern Arizona have captured her focus.
Saint David resident Glenn Chance began pencil drawing at age 4 and is still fascinated by it today. The Rocky Mountains surrounding her Denver home provided great inspiration to the fledgling artist. Childhood visits to Chance’s family homestead in the wilderness of Wyoming still draw her back every summer to paint portraits of Native Americans and wildlife. Her award-winning oils, watercolor and pencil drawings have an international flair. They depict scenes from the many countries she has visited, as well as being displayed in private collections around the world.
Jan Huthoefer sees the pursuit of excellence in artwork as a life-long journey. Huthoefer’s style is “enhanced realism,” meaning that she creates work that is more pleasing to the eye than it may be in reality. The Sierra Vista Artist of the Year 2001 has displayed her work in San Diego, Tucson, Sonoita and locations around Cochise County.
Although the work of the featured artists will be displayed prominently, there’s lots more original art available.
Gallery hours are 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily with free admission — call 457-2380.
Bisbee celebrating SWAN Day
Bisbee is celebrating SWAN (Support Women Artists Now) Day from March 27-29, 2009. SWAN Day inspires communities to recognize and support women artists as a basic element of civic planning. Last year, the first year of the event, more than 160 events in 11 countries celebrated SWAN DAY in a variety of ways, symbolizing international solidarity.
This is the second year Bisbee will be participating in this international annual event. Last year in Bisbee more than 60 local Bisbee women artists and over 20 Bisbee businesses participated in a day of exhibiting art.
Continuing with the original focus, women artists that are not currently represented in galleries and shops in Bisbee will be hosted by a participating gallery/shop, as well as artists already represented.
An Opening Night Gala will feature art from all the participating artists and a silent auction will raise monies for a scholarhship for a Bisbee woman interested in pursuing the arts.
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