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PHOTOS BY MIKE FRANKEL
ARTSBRIEFS: APRIL2017
SARA RYAN
The 8th grade student photographers will be honored during a reception at The Gallery in Williams on Saturday, April 8, 5-7PM. Live music will be provided by students of Williams Unified School District music classes. Join the celebration: 145 W. Route 66. For additional information please contact Kris Williams, Williams Alliance for the Arts, 928-351-7665.
HOOKED ON ‘PETER AND THE STARCATCHER’
The Northern Arizona University Department of Theatre will capture your imagination and whisk it to far-away places during its production of Peter and the Starcatcher. Perfor- mances run April 21 to April 30.
The Tony-Award winning play by Rick Elice uses music to tell the tale of how an unhappy orphan boy became the legendary Peter Pan.
“Audiences embark on a hilarious romp on the high seas, through the Neverland they never knew, to the distant island of Mollusk,” says Theatre Chair and Director Kathleen McGeever. “A dozen actors play a multitude of unforgettable characters and take us on a spectacular journey using the limitless possibilities of imagination.”
The play — perfect for all ages — based on the popular novels by Dave Barry (American humorist) and Ridley Pierson, playfully explores depths of greed and despair as well as bonds of friendship and faith.
The journey is a thrilling adventure with Peter, the Lost Boys, Captain Hook, dark sailors, mermaids and more. A young orphan and his mates are shipped off from Victorian Eng- land to a distant island ruled by the evil King Zarboff. They know nothing of the mysteri- ous trunk in the captain’s cabin, which contains a precious, otherworldly cargo. At sea, the boys are discovered by a precocious young girl named Molly, a Starcatcher-in-training who realizes that the trunk’s precious cargo is starstuff, a celestial substance so powerful that it must never fall into the wrong hands.
Ms. McGeever says the department was lucky to nab the rights to Peter and the Starcatcher and that NAU is one of the first non-equity productions. “It is an excellent play for our students, the department, community, and in particular, the season we have se- lected. We ask audiences to consider how faith, religion, science, strength and love helps us understand others,” she says. “In theatre, we hope to peer into what makes us tick as human beings.”
Besides actors, nearly 30 students are involved in the crew and assisting stage and costume designers.
Peter and the Starcatcher plays 7:30PM April 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, and at 2:30PM April 30, in NAU’s Clifford E. White Theater in the Performing and Fine Arts Building (#37) on NAU’s Flag- staff campus. For tickets go to nau.edu/cto or call 928-523-5661. Group discounts avail- able. For weeknight complimentary parking, go to nau.edu/guest.
NASTY WOMEN ART EXHIBITION
Together We Will, Northern Arizona, a local social justice organization, is excited to present the “Nasty Women Art Exhibition” Friday, April 14 from 4-10PM and Saturday April 15 from 2-5:30PM at the Hive at 2 S. Beaver St, Suite 190, in Flagstaff.
The exhibit invites Nasty Women or artists who support a Nasty Woman to contribute art- work to be sold during the weekend event, which will also include a series of performances designed to cultivate connection, stoke the resistance and support healing and creativity in these tumultuous political times.
“This is an opportunity to resist through art,” Cristy Zeller, one of the show’s organizers, said. “It’s also an opportunity to purchase cool, local (and not) art that marks a piece of his- tory and collaborate with like-minded community members.”
Artwork can include any medium, including paintings, photos, drawings, collage, textiles, ceramics, sculpture, furniture, poetry, creative writing, essays, video/film, dance and musi- cal pieces. Submissions are due by April 1 and are open to anyone regardless of sex, gender, age, or affiliation and will be approved as long as they are consistent with the mission and values of our organization.
Activist art activities will be available as well as art by kids for sale, including cards and jewelry. A local food truck will be on-site and a bar available in the Hive.
Together We Will, Northern Arizona was formed after the recent national election and stands for equality and against sexism, racism, xenophobia, homophobia and environmen- tal destruction through an intersectional approach to activism.
The Northern Arizona Nasty Women Art Exhibition is a sister show to the original held in Brooklyn in January 2017, as well as dozens worldwide, to stand in solidarity against roll- back to rights for vulnerable groups such as women, minorities, LGBTQ and immigrants.
Nasty Women is the result of an artist’s call for action on social media that was quickly an- swered and continues to be shared across the country and internationally. Given the level of far-reaching interest, the exhibition producers designed a concept that could easily be replicated by other artists and organizers in their own communities. All ages are welcome.
All proceeds will be donated to Victim Witness Services of Flagstaff, which offers com- passionate support and resources to victims, witnesses and survivors of crime and crisis through effective response and community outreach.
To learn more about submissions and details, visit: naznastywomenexhibition.org
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