Music & Arts March 2016

M A RCH 2016 EDITION

MUSIC THEATER & FILM VISUAL ART

WHO IS...

MARK S. DOSS?

DANCE LITERARY EVENTS

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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Exhibits and Lecture at Architecture and Art School...................................... 3 Art and Antiques Sale Benefits Scholarships................................................... 3 Rock Out to ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ at Shane Center in March................... 4 Register for Spring, Summer Arts Programs March 7..................................... 5 Shows by Native American Artists Continue ................................................... 5 School Tours Continue Until April 23................................................................... 5 Verge Adds Workplace Drama to March Lineup.............................................. 6 Montana Chamber Music Society ...................................................................... 7 Shostakovich’s 5th, Eric Ruske Highlight Symphony’s Busy March Calendar...........................................................................................10 Irish Feast with Fiddles, Harps March 16-17 ....................................................10 Open Door Theatre Opens Its Second Season.................................................11 Film Society Kicks Off Science on Screen Series ..........................................12 At The Ellen, March is Mad with Movies, Music and Movies...................... 14 Livingston Film Series Presents ‘Meru’ March 22...........................................15

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EXHIBITS AND LECTURE AT ARCHITECTURE AND ART SCHOOL

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H E M O N TA N A S TA T E U N I V E R S I T Y S C H O O L O F

with offices in New York and Berlin, will present his lecture “Spiel-

Architecture and Art presents two exhibits and an architect’s

raum” in Cheever Hall, Room 215. The firm’s work has been shown

lecture this month.

at the Architecture Biennale Venice 2008 and 2014; is included in the

Showing in the Main Gallery of Cheever Hall March 1-17 is “Desti- permanent collections of MoMA, New York, and the Deutsches Arnation Zawiya Ahansal: Artifacts From Seven Years on the Ground in

chitektur Museum, Frankfurt; and has won three National AIA Honor

the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco.” Since 2009, students and facul- Awards for Architecture and the prestigious Marcus Prize for Architecty from MSU, in conjunction with the Atlas Cultural Foundation, have

ture, Milwaukee.

worked in the Zawiya Ahansal region of Morocco on community-de- March 21 to April 1, as part of the school’s Spring Exhibit Series, termined projects from restoring historic structures to design/build

School of Film and Photography students present their annual jur-

projects. Through short films, photographs and drawings, the exhibit

ied undergraduate exhibition, “Personal Vision,” in the Main Gallery

captures the impact of MSU and ACF activity. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. of Cheever Hall. The public is welcome to the closing reception and Monday through Friday.

awards ceremony, from 5 to 7 p.m. April 1. Exhibit hours are 8 a.m. to 5

At 5:30 p.m., March 4, architect Frank Barkow of Barkow Leibinger, p.m. Monday through Friday.

ART & ANTIQUES

Thank you for coming to the Wine Gallery.

SALE BENEFITS

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Your patronage helps support the Bozeman Symphony.

HE PARK COUNTY BRANCH OF AMERICAN ASSOCIATION of University Women will hold its biannual New To You Art & Antiques Sale, Friday, March 18, from 5 to 8 p.m. and Saturday,

March 19, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Livingston Depot Center.

Consignment or donation items will be accepted March 17 and 18.

Event proceeds support AAUW community programs including scholarships, Park High School’s annual Academic Awards Night and candidate forums.

Call Désirée Pihl, 406-223-4381, for information.

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ROCK OUT TO ‘JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR’

AT SHANE CENTER IN MARCH

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E S U S C H R I S T S U P E R S TA R ,” T H E 1 9 7 1 R O C K O P E R A T H AT changed musical theater and launched Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice on the world, comes to Livingston’s Shane Lalani Center for the Arts for four weekends this month.

This will be the second time Shane Artistic Director Russell Lewis has staged the show in Livingston, but the first that he does so in the Shane’s larger facilities. A few of the 47 area residents in the cast were around for that first show, but many more are teenagers and twenty-somethings singing the musical for the first time.

“In 2004, I was a new young director. ‘Superstar’ was on my bucket list of productions to direct and we did it,” Lewis said. “Since we moved into the Shane Center six years ago, I’ve been itching to stage it here, and to give this generation of community actors the chance to participate in the show.”

Most cast members are veterans many times over of past Shane productions, which include four musicals and seven children’s shows annually. The town has a long, rich history of participatory community theater. “The Blue Slipper has been putting on top quality dramas and comedies for 50 years now,” Lewis said.

Alums of those shows founded the Firehouse Five Theatre in the early 1990s to begin offering musicals. The Shane sprang from that group, and added a robust educational outreach to local schools that guarantees new stars are always in the pipeline. In addition, Park High School has exceptional music and theater programs.

The cast, he said, “is trying to tell the human story of the last week of Jesus’ life as honestly as we can, concentrating on the last week of his life as a man, the political aspects of that time and the things he was up against.”

The greater cast that forms the ensemble has the hardest work to do, he added, because there was such a drastic emotional transformation in the crowds that followed Jesus from his great entry into Jerusalem to his death six days later.

“They go from feelings of jubilation and singing ‘Hosanna’ to angrily shouting ‘Crucify him’ at his trial. The cast is thrilled and excited, and daunted, to be doing this project.”

A pianist, Shane musical director Justin Brown, along with a drummer and two guitarists will perform the musical score.

March 4 through 26, performances are at 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. on Sundays, with special 3 p.m. Saturday matinees on March 12, 19 and 26. Tickets are $16 for adults, $13 for seniors and college students, and $10 for youth 17 and younger. The Shane Center is at 415 E. Lewis St.; call 406222-1420 for tickets. Show sponsors are Chico Hot Springs, Joanne and David Gibson and Livingston’s Ace Hardware.

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CENTER FOR THE ARTS & CULTURE

REGISTER FOR SPRING, SUMMER

ARTS PROGRAMS MARCH 7

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egistration for the Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture’s spring and summer courses and camps opens on Monday, March 7. Spring adult and children’s classes will be presented in April and May. Children’s summer camps begin June 13 and run for 10 weeks. Adult summer offerings are condensed. The center is at 111 S. Grand Ave. Visit www.theemerson.org for course details; call 406-587-9797 or email education@theemerson.org.

SHOWS BY NATIVE AMERICAN

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hows by Native American artists Dwayne Wilcox and Ben Pease continue at the Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture through April 29.

“Dwayne Wilcox: Above the Fruited Plains” presents the Oglala Lakota’s humorous and satiric contemporary Ledger Drawings. “Ben Pease: Before He Was Here” features his multimedia interpretations of Aboriginal struggles and aesthetics. He aims to represent and stand for a people long underprivileged.

The Lobby Gallery is open 6 a.m. to midnight daily. The Jessie Wilber Gallery is open noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. select Saturdays. For more information, call 406-587-9797 or visit www.theemerson.org.

SCHOOL TOURS CONTINUE UNTIL APRIL 23

The Emerson continues its Spring Schools in the Gallery Program through April 23, offering free guided tours of the Dwayne Wilcox and Ben Pease exhibitions to public, private and home school groups. A supplementary, hands-on art activity tied to the exhibits is $1 a student. Contact Alissa Popken, 406-587-9797, ext. 104, to book a tour.

Saturday, March 5, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, March 6, 2:30 p.m.

Willson Auditorium

Eric Ruske, FrenchHorn Saturday concert sponsored by Big Sky Western Bank Reception follows: 14 North 14 N. Church Avenue Sunday concert sponsored by Mrs. Robert W. Martin, Jr. Reception follows: Plonk 29 East Main

Eugene Onegin: Polonaise Concerto, Horn, No. 3, K. 447, E-flat major Villanelle Symphony No. 5, op. 47, D minor

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky W.A. Mozart Paul Dukas Dmitri Shostakovich

Buy Tickets Now: call 585-9774 or online, bozemansymphony.org

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VERGE ADDS WORKPLACE DRAMA TO MARCH LINEUP

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H E V E R G E T H E AT E R B R I N G S A local production of Melanie Marnich’s “These Shining Lives,” a play about four female watch factory workers in the 1920's to the stage in March. It joins the company’s lineup of Random Acts of Improv, Monday night comedy and new installments of the ‘Silly Moose’ children’s show.

Heroine Catherine Donohue lands a good-paying job with the Radium Dial Watch Company, painting watch faces with a radioactive compound that glows in the dark. She and fellow women workers are told it is not dangerous. But as the watches pile up, physical symptoms mount, and the women must fight battles on many fronts as their lives begin to decay.

“These Shining Lives” features some of Bozeman’s best young talent in RANDOM ACTS OF IMPROV roles that will stay with audience members for a long time. Reservations The Bozeman Improverts take over the Main Stage March 11 and 12, are $14. promising two death-defying nights of creative comedy brilliance. The eight-member team will ask the audience for suggestions, then perform IMPROV ON THE VERGE a full-length play, made up on the spot, from the ideas. No writers or March 21 at 7 p.m., enjoy another performance of Improv Monday directors; the Improverts work purely by channeling the stories churning Nights. Recover from the weekend, or the start of another work week, through the ether onto the stage. with giggles and belly laughs as the Bozeman Improverts create sketches The show starts at 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, March 11 and 12. from audience suggestions, play improv games and make up short plays.

Reservations are $14. This show is for ages 17-plus.

Reservations are $7.

‘THESE SHINING LIVES’ The play, based on a true story, dramatizes the danger women faced as new members of the American workforce, and industry’s overall lack of concern for protecting employees. Performances are at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 18 to April 2.

SILLY MOOSE BACK ON FAMILY STAGE Silly Moose and all his friends entertain kids of all ages with the Silly Moose Comedy Improv Show at 2 p.m. on Saturdays through March 12.

Get tickets for all Verge performances online at vergetheater.com or at Cactus Records, 29 W. Main St. The Verge Theater is at 2304 N. 7th Ave., across from Murdoch’s.

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MONTANA CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY

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HE MONTANA CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY PRESENTS ITS

viola and the Dvorak Terzetto for string trio.

third installment of performances with two variety-filled programs

Angella Ahn, MSU Bozeman’s recently appointed Professor of Violin,

March 16 and 18 at 7:30 p.m. in Reynolds Hall at MSU Bozeman.

has toured worldwide with the Ahn Trio. The Muir Quartet, now in its

March 16 features members of the Muir String Quartet performing

37th season and in resident at Boston University, has toured worldwide

combinations of works for string duo, trio and quartet by Mozart, and performed at the White House and Carnegie Hall.

Kodaly and Dvorak. The Grammy Award-winning quartet, featuring

On March 17, MCMS is partnering with, Music from the Beartooths,-

Peter Zazofsky and Lucia Lin on violin, Steven Ansell on viola and

formally Red Lodge FRINGE for a concert of works by Haydn, Mozart,

Michael Reynolds on cello, is one of the world’s most powerful and in- Dvorak, Kodaly and Chausson, featuring Ahn, Levin and the Muir Quarsightful ensembles, noted for impeccable voicing and intonation and

tet. It begins at 7 p.m. at St. Agnes Church in Red Lodge.

unbridled musicality.

Concert tickets are available online at www.montanachambermusicso-

The March 18 performance is highlighted by the great Chausson Con- ciety.org, or at Cactus Records, 29 W. Main St. Tickets cost $27 for adults, certo for violin, piano and string quartet, with Montana’s own superstar

$20 for seniors and $10 for students. Net proceeds support the society’s

violinist Angella Ahn, frequent MCMS artist Michele Levin and the Muir

mission to present chamber music performances throughout Montana

Quartet. Other works will include the Martinu Madrigals for violin and

year-round.

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SHOSTAKOVICH’S 5TH,

ERIC RUSKE HIGHLIGHT

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aestro Matthew Savery and the Bozeman Symphony Orchestra present Dmitri Shostakovich’s beloved 5th Symphony and welcome French horn player Eric Ruske back to Bozeman for two performances Saturday, March 5, and Sunday, March 6.

Tchaikovsky’s festive Polonaise from his opera “Eugene Onegin” begins the evening, followed by Paul Dukas’ “Villanelle for French Horn and Orchestra,” featuring Ruske.

Known for his sophisticated interpretation and technical mastership, Ruske is an internationally acclaimed performer. Le Monde described his artistry as “a sound both luminous and brilliant, always with a perfect roundness, an impeccable virtuosity.”

Concluding the evening will be the most famous composition by Shostakovich, considered the greatest symphonist of the 20th century. The work is noted for its extraordinary depth and beauty.

Performances are at 7:30 p.m. March 5 and 2:30 p.m. March 6, at the Willson Auditorium, 404 W. Main St. Tickets are $22 for students, $27 and up for adults. The concerts are expected to sell out. All concert-goers are invited to after-concert receptions at 14 N on March 5 and at Plonk on March 6. Concert sponsors are Big Sky Western Bank and Mrs. Robert W. Martin Jr. Tickets are available at bozemansymphony.org or 406-585-9774.

MARCH 16-17 IRISH FEAST WITH

FIDDLES & HARPS A multicourse Irish banquet accompanied by the Bozeman Symphony Orchestra, Symphonic Choir and community musicians will serve as an intimate fundraiser for the symphony this month.

Fiddles, Harps and Shamrocks will be presented at the Food Studio, 2251 Kagy Blvd., at 6:30 p.m. on March 16-17.

Chef Daniel Wendell of the Food Studio plans pork, salmon, lamb and accompaniments. The evening’s entertainers include Angela Espinosa, Eric Bartz, Tyler Blomstrom, Sue Makeever, Patricia Gates, Bel Canto, Emily Paris-Martin, Tom Robison, Richard Burke, Allison Todd, and Independence. Tickets are $150 a person. Purchase them at bozemansymphony.org, 406-585-9774 or at symphony offices, 1001 W. Oak St., Suite 110. Event sponsors are Michael and Sharon Beehler, Bridget Cavanaugh and Arnie Duncan, Beau

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OPEN DOOR THEATRE OPENS ITS SECOND SEASON

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AY YOU WRITE MURDER MYSTERIES FOR A LIVING AND YOU really need a vacation. So you rent a house in a quiet village and prepare to relax. You open a closet door and . . . there’s a dead

body hanging there! But when your secretary opens the same door a few

minutes later, the body is gone. What’s going on?

Bozeman’s new community theater group, Open Door Theatre, opens its second season with the farcical murder mystery “Exit the Body” March 11-26 at the Kaleidoscope Playhouse, 1602 W. Beall St. Recent Bozeman immigrant Mary Orr, last seen in Open Door’s 2015 comedy “Play On,” Photo by Jeff Lyden

and Kari Doll, who has graced nearly every stage in the Gallatin Valley in the past three decades, star as Crane Hammond, the writer, and Kate Bixley, her secretary. They are joined by some familiar faces (Brian Dugan as Lyle Rogers and Suzee Branch as Lillian Seymour) as well as new but equally talented performers Hannah Overton, Lee Rinderknecht, April Bennett, Roerick Sweeney, Sam Bennett and Guy Crawford.

“I tell you, I saw a dead body,” says Mary Orr as Crane Hammond to her skeptical secretary, Kate, played by Kari Doll. Hanging in the closet: Brian Dugan as Lyle Rogers.

Open Door Theatre presents The hilarious murder mystery

Exit the Body

at Kaleidoscope Playhouse, 1602 West Beall Street Performances March 11 & 12 18, 19, 24, 25 & 26 at 7:30 PM March 13 & 20 at 3 PM

“Exit the Body” is directed by well-known local actor Darin-Heitt Rennie, who made his directorial debut with Open Door’s production of “Brighton Beach Memoirs” last June. He is assisted by Leandra Hill, seen most recently in several lead roles at the Verge Theater. Open Door founder and president Neil Gregersen is providing another impressive set, and costumes for the show, set in 1963, are by Faye Christensen.

Performances are at 7:30 p.m. March 11, 12, 18, 19, 24, 25 and 26, with 3 p.m. matinees on March 13 and 20. Tickets are $12 at www.opendoorbozeman.org or 604-548-5744. All seats are first-come

Tickets: www.opendoorbozeman.org or406-548-5744

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FILM SOCIETY KICKS OFF SCIENCE

ON SCREEN SERIES

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he Bozeman Film Society has a packed lineup

The Film Society’s inaugural Science on Screen film

this March, beginning at 7:30 p.m., Wednes- series launches on Wednesday, March 30, at 7 p.m., day, March 2, with the romantic British/Amer- with the screening of “Druid Peak.” Set amid the wolf

ican spellbinder “Carol,” screening at 7:30 p.m. in the

reintroduction program in Yellowstone National Park,

Ellen Theatre. In 1950s New York, two women from “Druid Peak” is a redemptive coming of age story about very different backgrounds find themselves in love. a troubled teenaged boy (Spencer Treat Clark) whose 2016 Academy Award nominees Cate Blanchett and

mom ships him off to Wyoming, where his estranged

Rooney Mara deliver a tale of intimacy and repression

father (Andrew Wilson) works as a Yellowstone biol-

that dares to imagine a happy ending. “Every glance

ogist. Shot on location in Wyoming, Montana, Utah

means something, no strain shows: it's filmmaking as

and West Virginia, the film shows that wilderness in

natural as breathing,” said Total Film critic Kevin Har- the human experience is as necessary as food, shelter ly. Based on the Patricia Highgate novel “The Price of

or love. If your children are teens, or soon to be, bring

Salt,” “Carol” was nominated for six Academy Awards. them along. The Los Angeles Times called the film “enRated R (93% Rotten Tomatoes score), the film runs

lightening and undeniably gorgeous.” Rated PG-13

118 minutes.

(for brief language), it runs 115 minutes.

Thursday, March 10, at 7:30 p.m. in the Ellen The- Science on Screen seeks to expand film and scientific atre, BFS features “The Lady in the Van,” based on Alan

literacy by creatively pairing screenings of popular and

Bennett's true story of Miss Shepherd (played magnif- documentary films with lively expert speakers. The icently by Maggie Smith), a woman who parked her

national program is sponsored by the Coolidge Corner

van in Bennett's London driveway and lived there for

Theater and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

15 years. What begins as a begrudged favor becomes a

“Druid Peak” will be introduced by Doug Smith, lead

relationship that changes their lives. The Wall Street

biologist for the Yellowstone Wolf Project, with special

Journal calls it “wonderfully funny and terribly touch- appearances by director Marni Zelnick, and executive ing.” Rated PG-13 (94% Rotten Tomatoes score), the

producer Maureen Mayer. The screening is a collabo-

film runs 105 minutes.

ration with the Montana Outdoor Science School and

Wednesday, March 23, TBA.

Montana Environmental Educators.

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Other SoS films are “Jurassic World,” screening at 3 and 7 p.m., Saturday, April 30, with renowned paleontologist Jack Horner; and “The Martian” at 7 p.m., Wednesday, May 25, opened by Mac Burgess, Ph.D., of Montana State University’s Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology Department. Visit www.bozemanfilmsociety.org for previews and information about when SoS tickets go on sale.

Film Society tickets are $8.75 for adults, $8.50 for seniors and students (plus fees). Get them at www.theellentheatre.com, by calling the Ellen Theatre box office at 406-585-5885, by visiting the box office 1 to 3 p.m., Wednesday–Saturday, or two hours prior to any performance.

Membership passholders and sponsors, call or visit the box office to reserve seats.

BFS Membership passes are available in the Ellen Theatre lobby before all BFS shows and online at www.bozemanfilmsociety.org.

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AT THE ELLEN, MARCH IS MAD WITH MOVIES, MUSIC AND MOVIES

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OUR CLASSIC FILMS, A CHANCE TO MEET “BACK TO THE

jo). Reserved seats for this Celtic celebration are $26.

Future” writer Bob Gale and Irish music fill the house at The Ellen

Friday, March 25, the film adaptation of the late Harper Lee’s classic

Theatre this month.

novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” will be screened at 7:30 p.m. Atticus Finch

First up is the 7 p.m., March 4, free screening of “The Parent Trap,” the

(Gregory Peck), a lawyer in 1930s Alabama, defends a black man falsely

1961 film starring Hayley Mills, Maureen O’Hara and Brian Keith. Twin

accused of rape while striving to teach his hometown and his children,

teenage girls scheme to reunite their divorced parents. No ticket needed. Scout and Jem, that the only true crime committed was prejudice. TickO’Hara is back on screen at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, March 5, as Mary Kate

ets are $5.

Danaher, with costar John Wayne as boxer Sean Thornton, when The

Saturday, March 26, The Ellen presents a screening of “Back to the Fu-

Ellen screens “The Quiet Man” to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. The film be- ture,” followed by a discussion and Q&A with Bob Gale, writer and progins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $5.

ducer of the “Back to the Future” trilogy. He’ll share behind-the-scene

The month’s musical guest is the Irish-American band Solas, taking

anecdotes. Reserved seats are $19.85 for adults, $9 for youth 17 and

the stage at 8 p.m., Friday, March 11. It’s celebrating its 20th anniver- under. sary with the new tour All These Years. Band members are Seamus Egan

Wine, beer and other refreshments may be brought into the theatre

(flute, mandolin, tenor banjo, whistles, guitars, bodhran), Winifred

and are sold prior to all shows. Get tickets for all events online at theel-

Horan (violins, vocals), Eamon McElholm (guitars, keyboards, vocals), lentheatre.com, or call 406-585-5885.

Mick McAuley (button accordion, vocals), and Moira Smiley (vocals, ban-

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LIVINGSTON FILM SERIES PRESENTS ‘MERU’ MARCH 22

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HE INAUGURAL SEASON OF THE Livingston Film Series, presented by the Shane Lalani Center for the Arts, in cooperation with Soundcolor Studios, continues this month with the March 22 showing of “Meru,” the mountain climbing movie starring Bozeman climber Conrad Anker. He will attend the presentation.

Winner of the U.S. Audience Documentary Award at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, the film follows the attempts of Anker and fellow climbers Jimmy Chin and Renan Ozturk to conquer the dangerous, 4,000-foot Shark’s Fin wall on Meru Peak in the Indian Himalayas in 2011. They failed on their first attempt in 2008. Afterward, Chin nearly died in an avalanche and Ozturk was seriously injured in a skiing accident. All of them faced inner demons as they tried their second ascent.

The high mountain cinematography is breathtaking.

Outside Magazine called it the best climbing movie of the year. Variety’s Dennis Harvey described it as “harrowing and ultimately moving . . . One of the best sports documentaries of its type in recent years."

Like other films in the series, “Meru” begins at 6:30 p.m. in the Shane’s Dulcie Theatre with a reception. Refreshments are available for purchase. The film follows at 7 p.m., with a short discussion after its completion.

The films are free, but donations are appreciated.

Cinematic beauty and the wide-ranging expression of human experience and emotion are hallmarks of all the films in the lineup.

April 19, the film is “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” based on a screenplay and stage play by Lucy Alibar, and directed by Benh Zeitlin. Hailed as a “blast of sheer, improbable joy” and a “boisterous, thrilling action movie”

by New York Times film critic A.O. Scott when it came

out in 2012, it tells the story of a forgotten Louisiana bayou community cut off from the rest of the world.

The heroine is six-year-old Hushpuppy, who sees the natural order of everything, and sees it optimistically, until her emotionally unstable father becomes ill and everyone is threatened by the storm of the century.

To save them, she goes in search of her mother, with a blinking light in the distance her only guide. Critics called it as lush as its overgrown swamp setting, with mysteries worth sinking into.

May 17, the film is the documentary “20 Steps from Stardom.” Directed by Morgan Neville, it’s a must-see for rock music lovers, as it shows the faces of some of the great background voices of the genre.

It follows the careers of Darlene Love, Judith Hill, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer, Tata Vega, Jo Lawry and others. Love would become a star in her own right. We know the voices, but not the names of most of the others, though they made some rock standards unforgettable, as the story of Clayton’s contribution to the Rolling Stones’ “Gimme Shelter” makes clear.

Mick Jagger, Sting, Bruce Springsteen and Bette Midler were interviewed onscreen. The film also features archive footage of Ray Charles, Michael Jackson and Luther Vandross. The film won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2014 and a 2015 Grammy for Best Music Film.

June 21, selections from the Sundance Festival 2015 Short Awards will be screened.

The Shane Center is at 415 E. Lewis St., Livingston; visit theshanecenter.org. Film series sponsors are Neptune’s Brewery, NAPA Auto Parts, O’Connor Autobody, Park County Realtors and Katabatic Brewing Co.

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