Art & Around

Compiled by Donald V. Calamia

Originally printed 10/28/04 (Issue 1244 - Between The Lines News)

Wellspring to kick off 25th season with 'Fall Concert of Dance'

KALAMAZOO - Wellspring/Cori Terry & Dancers is set to kick off its 25th performance season with their annual "Fall Concert of Dance."

"The Fall Concert of Dance" will run Nov. 11 - 14, with 8 p.m. performance times on Thursday, Friday and Saturday and a 2 p.m. performance on Sunday. The performances will take place in the Wellspring Theater at the Epic Center.

This year's program will be a unique endeavor featuring the re-setting of Erick Hawkins "Classic Kitetails." Cori Terry, Wellspring's artistic director, performed in "Classic Kitetails" at Carnegie Hall in 1975 as a member of the Erick Hawkins Dance Company in New York City. Hawkins was a modern dance pioneer who died in 1994.

Terry taught the Wellspring dancers "Classic Kitetails" from memory, an old video and some hand-written notes and diagrams left by Hawkins. The piece will include all of the Wellspring dancers and a special appearance by Joseph Mills, who worked with the Erick Hawkins Dance Company from 1990-1994. Mills will perform Hawkins' original role in "Classic Kitetails."

"Classic Kitetails" is danced to the lush music of David Diamond, which will be performed live by a Western Michigan University Quintet and Conductor Bruce Uchimura.

Wellspring will also perform "Doubts about Waiting", which was last performed in 2000. It is choreographed by Brian Jeffery of XSIGHT Performance Group in Chicago. This will be danced by Michael Miller and Rachel Miller.

Also included in the evening will be "What Went Wrong," a quartet that explores the state of the world today, and "Family Altar", which will include the entire Wellspring Company and guest artist Tyler Cloud.

Tickets are $17 for adults, $10 for students and free for children 5 and under. Tickets are on sale now at the Miller Auditorium Box Office, the Epic Center Box Office and by calling 269-387-2300 or by logging onto www.wmich.edu/miller.

For more information call Wellspring at 269-342-4354 or log onto www.wellspringdance.com.

Art Center celebrates holiday season with pottery workshops

ANN ARBOR - The Ann Arbor Art Center will offer pottery workshops with holiday themes during the months of November and December. Art Center staff will provide instruction on the featured projects that spark holiday creativity for adults, children and families. Workshops will be held on Sundays and will include:

November 14 - Holiday Workshop: Spend the afternoon creating hand-painted holiday items to give as a gift or keep. Choose from Christmas ornaments, Hanukkah items or other pottery pieces; November 21 - Soups On: Cozy up with the Art Center and paint a soup bowl, a perfect gift for the holiday season; and December 5 - Snowman Plate Workshop: Create a hand-painted snowman plate, a fun and simple project for children.

All workshops will be held from 1 - 2:30 p.m. and are $14.00 per creator. Workshop cost includes pottery, paint, instruction and firing of piece. Registration is required and payment is due in full upon registration.

To register or for more information, stop by the Art Center at 117 West Liberty or call the Ann Arbor Art Center at 734-994-8004, ext. 101.

Flint Symphony performs Beethoven piano concerto and other works

FLINT - The Flint Symphony Orchestra, under the leadership of Music Director and Conductor Enrique Diemecke, will perform at 8 p.m., Saturday, November 6 at The Whiting.

The evening opens with Dvo_‡k's delightful and capricious "Midday Witch." Then, pianist Alain Lefvre joins the FSO for an audience favorite: Beethoven's beloved "Emperor Concerto." Strong and commanding, yet delicate and beautiful, this concerto will keep you on the edge of your seat. Concluding the evening is Saint-Sa‘ns' "Symphony No. 3," its intermingling melodies a prelude to the glorious sounds of the organ.

Single tickets range in price from $9 to $42; students and seniors 60 and over receive a $2 discount.

To purchase tickets call The Whiting Ticket Center at 810-237-7333 or 888-8CENTER or log on to www.flintinstituteofmusic.com.

Two solo exhibitions open Nov. 2 at Lawrence Street Gallery

FERNDALE - Lawrence Street Gallery of Ferndale will host two solo exhibitions of artworks by Grosse Pointe photographer, Joe Crachiola, and West Bloomfield contemporary artist, Alice Frank, from Nov. 2 - 27 with an artist's reception on Friday, Nov. 12 from 5 - 9 p.m.

Joe Crachiola's solo show, "Parallel Dreams: Photographs from the Forty-Fifth Parallel (and few side trips)," exhibits digital photography featuring images of Northern Michigan and the south of France, among others.

Alice Frank presents an intriguing variety of unique, contemporary artworks ranging from monoprints to complex, multi-fired, enamel wall sculptures created from various media including found objects, hand blown glass, woven fabrics and metals, and watercolors.

Gallery hours are noon - 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. The gallery is located at 22620 Woodward Avenue, Suite A, in Ferndale.

For more information please call the gallery at 248-544-0394 or log onto www.lawrencestreetgallery.com.

Motown memories at Pease Auditorium

YPSILANTI - Three legendary Motown artists will appear in one concert singing the hit songs of days gone by in "Motor City Memories," An All-Star Night of Supreme Temptation on Nov. 2 at Eastern Michigan's Pease Auditorium.

Richard Street (The Temptations), Kaaren Ragland (The Supremes) and Junior Walker will take the stage beginning at 8 p.m.

Tickets are $25 & $35.

For more information, call 734-487-2282 or go online to www.emich.edu/convocation.

Two-for-one at Gallery 55+

ANN ARBOR - Gallery 55+ will feature works by Fay Kleinman and Roseanna Tendler Worth in a two-woman show that runs Nov. 1 through Jan. 28, 2005

Kleinman will show oil and multi-media work, some of which have been shown at galleries and museums in New York and the Massachusetts Berkshires and are presently in collections in London and in six states.

Worth, who has a rich past in using various media, will show digitalized photography.

A reception in honor of the artists will be held on Nov. 18 from 5 - 6:30 p.m.

Gallery 55+ is located in the Turner Senior Resource Center at 2401 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor. It is open to the public Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

For further information, please call the Gallery at 734-998-9353.