Music & Arts June 2016

JUNE 2016 EDITION

MUSIC THEATER & FILM VISUAL ART DANCE

PLAY DIRECTOR HAPPY WITH HER

LITERARY EVENTS

‘TWELVE ANGRY MEN’ S P E C I A L A D V E R T I S I N G P U B L I C AT I O N O F T H E B O Z E M A N D A I LY C H R O N I C L E

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Symphony, Lions Club Set Star-Spangled Festival of the Fourth .................. 3 Expect Murder, Mayhem, Music as the Shane presents ‘Chicago’............... 3 Verge Begins Seven Week Run of Radio Theatre Shows June 10................. 4 Comedy-Drama ‘Steel Magnolias’ at Blue Slipper Theatre This Month....... 5 Loretta Domaszewski Offers Two Painting Workshops in June.................... 5 Giddy-Up this June for The Ellen Theatre’s Third Annual Summer Western Series............................................................... 8 Emerson Summer Camps for Kids Begin June 13............................................. 9 Summer Downtown Art Walks Begin June 10.................................................10 Film Society Pairs Miles Davis Biopic with Montana Jazz Collective Performance........................................................................................11 Support the Arts in Red Lodge July 9................................................................11

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SYMPHONY, LIONS CLUB SET STAR-SPANGLED FESTIVAL OF THE FOURTH

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HE BOZEMAN SYMPHONY & GALLATIN EMPIRE LIONS Club will present the Festival of the Fourth at the Gallatin County Fairgrounds on July 4, with fireworks following the symphony performance.

Maestro Matthew Savery and the orchestra will perform a program of patriotic and pops favorites at 9 p.m., leading right into the traditional fireworks display at 10:30 p.m. The concert and fireworks are free and open to the public.

For 20 years the Gallatin Empire Lions Club has presented the Festival of the Fourth, providing both entertainment and fireworks free of charge.

This is the fifth year the symphony and Lions Club have collaborated, attracting more than 7,000 attendees annually from Southwest Montana.

Past performances have drawn rave reviews, including this comment from Denis Prager of Clyde Park: “People were blown away by the wonderful concert, and the fireworks. We heard a guy say, ‘I'm getting here earlier next year so that I can be in the front row.’ We felt exactly the same way.”

For more information, contact the symphony at 406-585-9774, or info@bozemansymphony.org.

EXPECT MURDER, MAYHEM, MUSIC AS THE SHANE PRESENTS ‘CHICAGO’

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IVINGSTON’S SHANE LALANI CENTER FOR THE ARTS presents the award-winning musical “Chicago” June 17 through July 10, with performances at 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, and 3 p.m. on Sundays.

Set in Prohibition-era Chicago, the story follows celebrated murderesses Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart, each on Death Row for killing her husband, as they fight for the fame they hope will keep them from the gallows.

With music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb and book co-written by Ebb and choreographer Bob Fosse, the play is a whirlwind of excitement and thrills.

The Shane is at 415 E. Lewis St. in Livingston. Tickets – $16 for adults, $13 for seniors and college students, and $10 for youth 17 and under – are available at theshanecenter.org or by calling the box office at 406-222-1420.

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VERGE BEGINS SEVEN WEEK RUN OF RADIO THEATRE SHOWS JUNE 10

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O N ’ T C L O S E YO U R E Y E S : L I V E R A DI O T H E AT R E , Montana’s longest running live radio theater, returns for its smash sixth season at Bozeman’s Verge Theater on June 10. The popular summer series of one-hour plays, written by Keith Suta and Ryan Cassavaugh, runs Fridays and Saturdays through July 23.

A live cast of actors, musicians and sound effect performers stages a new, traditional radio-style recording each weekend, highlighting the fast-paced world of live radio. Genres include mystery, comedy, suspense, sci-fi, Western, adventure and more.

Tickets are $10 per show, $8 for students and seniors. Season passes are available. Shows begin promptly at 8 p.m. at the Verge Theater, 2304 N. 7 th Ave., across from Murdoch’s Ranch and Home Supply. Tickets can be purchased at Cactus Records, 29 W. Main St., or online at vergetheater.com. Don't miss another great Summer of Live Radio Theatre!!

The 43rd Annual Art in the Beartooths will showcase the talent of three signature artists...

Kira Fercho

Brenna Tyler

Saturday, July 9th Lions Park in Red Lodge, MT

Carol Spielman

Tickets & Tables are available with the Art Guild now!

Tickets are $60 per person or $600 for tables of 10

There will be limited seating, so plan to get your tickets early!

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COMEDY-DRAMA ‘STEEL MAGNOLIAS’

AT BLUE SLIPPER THEATRE THIS MONTH

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LUE SLIPPER THEATRE IN LIVINGSTON PRESENTS THE Play cast members are Rebecca Thomas as Truvy, Rebecca Ruhd as Annelle, comedy-drama “Steel Magnolias” Fridays through Sundays through Rebecca Cummings as Clairee, Hannah Overton as Shelby, April Bennett as June 26.

M’lynn and Carmen Dun as Ouiser.

Based on the diabetes-related death of playwright Robert Harling’s sister, The story follows the friendships of six women connected to the best beauthe play was an instant hit when it opened Off Broadway in 1987. The 1989 ty shop in a small northwest Louisiana town: wise-cracking Truvy, who owns movie starred Sally Field, Julia Roberts, Dolly Parton, Olympia Dukakis, the shop, Annelle, who works for her, and shop clients Ouiser, who has been in a bad mood for 40 years; eccentric millionaire Miss Clairee; local social leader Shirley MacLaine and Daryl Hannah.

M’lynn; and her daughter Shelby, who is getting married. The opening act is full of funny, cynical and revealing banter, with the mood becoming more somber, and the friendships deeper, as Shelby succumbs to complications from Type 1 diabetes.

“Steel Magnolias” will be presented at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays through June 26. The theatre is at 113 E. Callender St., Livingston. Call 406-222-7720 or email blueslipper@qwestoffice.net for information.

LORETTA DOMASZEWSKI OFFERS

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UNE 15-JUNE 18, S TUDE N T S OF A L L L EV E L S H AV E A N opportunity to paint in an old English garden as part of Loretta Domaszewski’s four-day, plein air painting workshop. Each day starts with a morning painting period from 9 a.m. to noon, followed by an afternoon break and a second period from 4 to 8 p.m.

Offered Saturday, June 25, from 1 to 7 p.m., is a one-day Paint the Flowing Waters Workshop.

Both classes are relaxed and packed with information. An instructor for three decades, Domaszewski provides painting demonstrations, individual instruction and group critiques. Outdoor easels are available upon request. For information, visit www.LorettaFineArt.com, email workshops@lorettafineart, or call 406-539-9528.

'Flow,'oil painting by Loretta Domaszewski

TWO PAINTING WORKSHOPS IN JUNE

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PLAY DIRE

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NYONE WHO’S BEEN INVOLVE

high school or community theater is with the problem: Most plays are wri

more male characters than female, but

ditions are held, two or three times more women

So why would Peggy Jensen, who has been activ

munity and educational theater for decades, insist

wanted to cast 12 men for Open Door Theatre’s pr of “Twelve Angry Men” this month?

Following public demand after his teleplay p on CBS in September 1954 and then became the

ered 1957 film, playwright Reginald Rose actually

all-female version of his work, “Twelve Angry Wom a mixed-gender version, “Twelve Angry Jurors.”

“I wanted to keep it in the period it was origina Jensen said. “Back in the 1950s, several states stil low women on juries.

“But also, I wanted to preserve the central them

original script. It’s about a group of men from ve ent backgrounds, thrown together by chance, and

attitudes toward their responsibilities in a capita case evolve when one member of the jury insists

all consider the true meaning of the phrase ‘beyon able doubt.’”

To the surprise of most of Bozeman’s theater

ty, more than 16 men showed up at auditions. Je

her cast – portraying 1950s young men, retirees, p

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businessmen, mid-level workers and a clergyman – opened

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the production on June 3.

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Nearly all of the play takes place in a jury room as the

t when au- sequestered jurors consider the fate of an 18-year-old poor show up.

man accused of stabbing his father to death. A guilty verdict

ve in com- means the death sentence for the son. Conflict begins as

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soon as one juror casts considerable doubt on the elements

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of the case. Personal issues rise to the surface, and conflict threatens to derail the delicate deliberations.

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star-pow- er on a project, they have to check each other out at the

y wrote an

beginning, figure out where they fit in the pack,” Jensen

men,” and

said. “If there were women in that group, it would turn into a completely different play.” Instead of zeroing in on the

ally set in,” meaning of the law and the basic belief that through disl didn’t al- cussion a jury can arrive at the truth, the play’s focus would have shifted – at least for some of the audience – to various

mes of the

permutations of the male/female relationship if she’d had

ery differ- to cast a mixed-gender cast. how their

“I’m glad we’re able to do the play that people first saw 60

al murder

years ago,” she said.

that they

Willie Eide makes his Open Door Theatre debut as the

nd reason- doubter, Juror No. 8, a man of strength tempered with compassion. Eli Denison stars as Juror No. 3, a forceful, communi- wounded, opinionated man intolerant of opinions other

ensen and

prominent

than his own.

Performances are at 7:30 p.m. on June 10-11 and 16-18, and at 3 p.m. June 12 and 19. Tickets are $12 and may be purchased online at www.opendoorbozeman.org or by leaving a message at 406-548-5744.

Performances are at the Kaleidoscope Playhouse, 1602 W. Beall, Bozeman, Montana.

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GET THE ELLEN’S ‘PONY EXPRESS PASS’

FOR SAVINGS ON SUMMER WESTERNS

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IDDY-UP THIS JUNE FOR THE ELLEN THEATRE’S THIRD ANNUAL SUMMER WESTERN SERIES. The Summer Western Series features a cross-section of classic movie Westerns starring cowboys from John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart and Gary Cooper to Clint Eastwood, Steve McQueen and Kevin Costner. Titles include “McLintock!”

“The Westerner,” “Junior Bonner,” “Winchester ’73,” “High Plains Drifter,” “Support Your Local Sheriff ” and “Silverado.”

Film showings are on scattered Wild West Wednesdays and Frontier Fridays in June, July and August. Get the Pony Express Pass – a reserved, selected seat ticket to every film – for just $44 a person, plus one-time $2.25 order fee. That’s a savings of $40, and the pass is transferable, so you can share it with a pardner, neighbor or favorite ranch hand. Or buy individual tickets for $5 plus fees. Check the full schedule at www.theellentheatre.com.

All Westerns begin at 7 p.m., with the Ellen Saloon opening for refreshments at 6 p.m. Stop by the box office, 17 W. Main St., or call 406-585-5885 to buy tickets.

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CENTER FOR THE ARTS & CULTURE

SUMMER CAMPS

FOR KIDS BEGIN JUNE 13

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HEY’RE ALMOST HERE. THE EMERSON CENTER FOR THE Arts & Culture Summer Art Camps for kids ages 4-12, that is.

Spaces are limited. Scholarships are available for all ages. Choose from 10 different weeks of projects and themes, with a new Full Day option available for 4- to -7-year-olds. Sign up by emailing education@theEmerson.org, or calling Educator Curator Alissa Popken, 406-587-9797, ext. 104.

Outdoor Concert & Fireworks Display Presented by the Bozeman Symphony Orchestra with the Gallatin Empire Lions Club

Free Event

Sponsored by: Gilhousen Family Foundation Gianforte Family Foundation

with the Gallatin Empire Lions Club

THREE EXHIBITS CONTINUE THIS MONTH The Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture continues three different art exhibits this month at 111 S. Grand Ave. The Weaver Room is showing “Distillate,” contemporary drawings by Jen Erickson, through June 24. Through June 30, the works of Bozeman painter Nathan Anderson (NJ Anders) continue in the Jessie Wilber Gallery, and the works of Missoula artist Bayla Arietta are in the Lobby Gallery.

For hours and details, visit www.theEmerson.org.

featuring patriotic and pops favorites under the direction of Maestro Matthew Savery Free Event Monday, July 4, 2016, 9:00 pm Fireworks at 10:30 pm Gallatin County Fairgrounds

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SUMMER DOWNTOWN ART WALKS BEGIN JUNE 10

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HE DOWNTOWN BOZEMAN ASSOCIATION, DOWNTOWN Bozeman art galleries and retailers, and the Emerson Center for Art & Culture present the first of the Summer 2016 Art Walks from 6 to 8 p.m., Friday, June 10.

The businesses and galleries generally feature artists’ openings and receptions, and often provide hors d’oeuvres and refreshments. Young jazz and rock musicians from the area perform at the following rotating locations: First Security Bank, the Ellen Theatre, Soroptimist Park and the Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture.

Future art walks, also from 6 to 8 p.m., are on the second Friday of the month, July 8, Aug. 12 and Sept. 9, with the Winter Art Walk set for Dec. 9. Get maps and information at www.downtownbozeman.org, or call 406-586-4008.

The free events, which run rain or shine, are sponsored by First Security Bank, Blackfoot Communications, KBZK 95.1 “The Moose,” The Bozeman Daily Chronicle and Allegra Printing.

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Alara Jewelry, Altitude Gallery, The Artshoppe, Artists’ Gallery, The Baxter Hotel, Bozeman Youth Initiative, Cello, The Foundry, Youth Art Show at Soroptimist Park, Collective by Dawn Josephine, Country Bookshelf, CTA Architects Engineers, Dari Rasa Trunk Show, Element by Westin Bozeman, ERA Landmark, The Foundry, Gem Gallery, Hattie Rex, Head West, Indulgence Beauty Bar, The LARK, Legacy Gallery, Lockhorn Cider House, MaYarising, Meridian Boutique, Miller’s Jewelry, Montana Gift Corral, Old Main Gallery, Revolvr Menswear, Sacks of Bozeman, Sassy Sisters, Schnee’s, Sundog Fine Art, Visions West Gallery, Windermere Bozeman-Downtown, In the Emerson - Ecce Gallery, Four Winds Gallery, Jessie Wilber Gallery & Tripp Studio

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FILM SOCIETY PAIRS MILES DAVIS

BIOPIC WI T H MON TA NA JA ZZ

COLLECTIVE PERFORMANCE

SUPPORT THE ARTS IN RED LODGE JULY 9

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HE CARBON COUNTY ARTS GUILD’S 43RD SUMMER Fundraiser, Arts in the Beartooths, will be held Saturday, July 9, at Lions Park in Red Lodge. This year’s featured artists are Kira Fercho, Carol Spielman and Brenna Tyler.

Events begin at 9:30 a.m., when the featured artists and 30 others set up easels and paint until 2 p.m. The public is invited to watch. At 4 p.m., the ticketed event begins with a chance to talk with the artists and enjoy music by the High Country Cowboys. Supper is at 5 p.m., followed by a silent auction, raffle and live art auction.

Proceeds benefit the historic depot building and a scholarship fund. Evening tickets are $60 a person. Seating is limited. Details at www.carboncountydepotgallery.org or call 406-446-1370.

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HE BOZEMAN FILM SOCIETY EXPLORES the life and music of jazz icon Miles Davis on Saturday, June 18. A live performance of “Kind of Blue” by the Montana Jazz Collective precedes the showing of “Miles Away,” the recent Davis biopic starring Oscar nominee Don Cheadle in the title role.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch critic Calvin Willson called the R-rated film a “jazzy and unconventional tribute to an American icon.” Before the film, the Montana Jazz Collective will present a 45-minute live performance of Davis’s “Kind of Blue.” Players include Luca Rodoni on trumpet, Ryan Matzinger on alto sax, Sam White on tenor sax, Bob Nell on piano, Craig Hall on bass and Adam Greenberg on drums.

Music begins at 7 p.m., followed by a 30-minute intermission. The film follows at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 for general admission, $13.50 for seniors and students, plus fees. Two pass punches are required for BFS members and sponsors. For tickets, call the Ellen Theatre, 406-585-5885; visit the box office at 17 W. Main St., Wednesday-Saturday from 1 to 3 p.m.; or email suzy@theellentheatre.com. BFS membership passes are available before all BFS shows or at www.bozemanfilmsociety.org.

8PM FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS JUNE 10 – JULY 23 Montana’s longest running live radio theater, returns for their smash sixth season! Watch as a live cast stages traditional radio style recordings complete with live sound effects!

Writers Keith Suta and Ryan Cassavaugh alternate scripting a brand-new, one-hour program each week, always in a different genre: from mystery, comedy, and suspense, to sci-fi, western, adventure, and more!

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