Music & Arts Nov 2016

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MUSIC THEATER & FILM

FOR THE CHILD

IN ALL OF US:

MBC

PRESENTS

VISUAL ART DANCE LITERARY EVENTS

‘THE NUTCRACKER’

S P E C I A L A D V E R T I S I N G P U B L I C A T 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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Feast on Youth Theater’s Magical Madrigal Dinner ..................................................3 Create the Christmas Stroll Poster and Win $200 ......................................................3 Symphony Needs a Villainous Actor in February ......................................................4 Bozeman Symphonic Choir to Present ‘O Magnum Mysterium’ Nov. 11 & 13............................................................................4

For the Child in All of Us: MBC Presents ‘The Nutcracker’

Young Symphony Musicians Invited to Compete.......................................................4 Bozeman Actors Theatre, MSU English Department Stage Reading of ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ .................................................5 Blue Slipper Stages Romantic Comedy ‘Same Time, Next Year’............................8 On the Verge of a Cornucopia of Comedy....................................................................9

Your Real Estate & Community Connection

Four Crowd-Pleasing Films at The Ellen This Month.................................................9 Film Society Serves Up Beatlemania and Wild Youth.............................................10 Renowned Organist in Concert at Holy Rosary November 18 ..............................10 Open Door Theatre Presents Free Seasonal Festivities.........................................10 High School’s DeWeese Gallery Hosts MSU Architecture Students’ Response to ‘Villas of Oplontis’ ....................................................................................11 Updated Staging of Macbeth Continues Through Nov. 13 ....................................11 EDITOR/WRITER Lisa Reuter DESIGN Christine Dubbs ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Cindy Sease

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FEAST ON YOUTH THEATER’S MAGICAL MADRIGAL DINNER

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ALEIDOSCOPE YOUTH THEATER’S PL AYHOUSE will be transformed, and glittering fairies will swirl out from the sparkling pines of a Christmas tree forest when the young performers present “A Winter’s Madrigal,” a traditional medieval English feast set inside a fanciful theater production.

Entertaining jesters, a masked Christmas story play and joyous madrigal carols bring to life the warm holiday spirit of ages past for modern guests young and old.

Performances at the KYT Playhouse, 1602 W. Beall St., are Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Dec. 8-10, at 6:30 p.m., with a 3 p.m. matinee seating on Sunday, Dec. 11.

Tickets are reserved seating by tables and go on sale Nov. 7. Round tables sit eight guests, and the cost is $35 a person.

Call 406-587-3642 for reservations. For more information, visit kytbozeman.org.

CREATE THE CHRISTMAS STROLL POSTER AND WIN $200

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HE EMERSON CENTER FOR THE ARTS & CULTURE AND THE Downtown Bozeman Association are looking for the artist to create the 2016 Christmas Stroll Poster.

To enter this annual Poster competition, email a high resolution (300 dpi or greater) .tiff or .jpeg image of 2-D art work in 18x24-inch format to education@ theemerson.org by 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 7.

The posters are distributed to all downtown businesses and featured on the cover of the Official Christmas Stroll Program, which will be in the Friday, Dec. 2, issue of the Bozeman Daily Chronicle.

The winning artist will receive $200 in cash from the Emerson; be featured in the Christmas Stroll Program, on the web and in press releases; and receive 15 Christmas Stroll buttons for family and friends to enjoy the Stroll itself from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3.

The winning artist must be present at the Emerson to sign posters from 1 to 2 p.m. that day.

Questions? Call 406-587-9797, ext. 104.

EMERSON’S HOLIDAY

BAZAAR IS NOV. 19

The Emerson Center for the Arts and Culture presents its 15th Annual Holiday Bazaar, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 19, at the Emerson Ballroom, 111 S. Grand Ave. Purchase original hand-crafted fine arts and crafts items from 27 local and regional vendors for everyone on your holiday shopping list.

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SYMPHONY NEEDS A

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HE BOZEMAN SYMPHONY IS SEEKING A villainous individual, man or woman, to appear as the Evil Stifflemeister in its “Heroes and Villains” free family concert Feb. 10-11, 2017.

The concert will feature the return of Supermaestro as he and the Bozeman Symphony battle the evil forces of that music-hating villain Stifflemeister from the planet Mutonium. Can Supermaestro (symphony Maestro Matthew Savery) save the day, or will Stifflemeister silence music forever?

Presented for more than 20 years, the symphony's free family concerts are educational, entertaining musical and theatrical ex-

periences enjoyed by audiences of all ages.

Performances are at 1:16 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, and 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11 at Willson Auditorium, 404 W. Main St. Performances are 50 minutes. The actor will need to attend one tech and orchestra rehearsal, as well as additional rehearsals with Maestro Savery as determined. This is a paid opportunity: $800. Send resume to info@bozemansymphony.org by Friday, Nov. 18, 2016. Previous plotting, conquering, or revenge against Superheroes or Supermaestros a plus. Contact the Bozeman Symphony at 406-585-9774 or info@bozemansymphony.org with questions.

BOZEMAN

SYMPHONY

ACTOR VILLAIN WANTED - NEEDED

Are you Villainous? Do you have a reputation for being evil? Does music send shivers down your spine?

Then This job is for YoU!

Join us for the return of SuperMaestro as

Will SuperMaestro

he and the Bozeman

save the day,

Symphony battle the

or will

evil forces of that

Stifflemeister

music-hating villain

silence music

Stifflemeister from

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the planet Mutonium.

Evil Stifflemeister

The Bozeman Symphony is seeking a villainous individual to appear as the EVIL STIFFLEMEISTER as part of our Heroes and Villains Free Family Concert on February 10 & 11.

Performances of Heroes and Villains will take place Friday, February 10 at 1:15pm and two performances on Saturday, February 11, 10:30am & 1:00pm, at Willson Auditorium.

All performances of Heroes and Villains are 50 minutes. Actor will attend one tech and orchestra rehearsal, as well as additional rehearsals with the Music Director as determined.

This is a paid opportunity - $800.00.

Send resume to info@bozemansymphony.org by Friday, November 18.

Previous plotting, conquering, or revenge against SuperHeroes or SuperMaestros a plus.

BOZEMAN SYMPHONIC CHOIR TO PRESENT

‘O MAGNUM MYSTERIUM’ NOV. 11 & 13

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HE BOZEMAN SYMPHONIC CHOIR WILL PRESENT a

program of glorious and profound choral masterpieces in performances at Holy Rosary Catholic Church at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13.

Featuring James Whitbourn’s jazzy “Son of God Mass” with soprano saxophone solo by Bozeman’s own Ryan Matzinger, the lush program also includes works by Bruckner, Rutter, Lauridsen and more.

The 100-member volunteer choir has been preparing for this performance since early September with rehearsals weekly. “I am excited to mix two musical mediums that are rarely heard together – jazz saxophone and traditional cathedral-style choral singing, as part of the “O Magnum Mysterium” concert,” said Choir Director Jon Harney.

“A person's first impression of each of these is that they are on opposite ends of the musical spectrum, but in Whitbourn's “Mass,” they make an extremely complimentary mix when combined, each drawing on the chantlike, contemplative possibilities of choral singing and solo jazz playing.”

The program also features Julia Cory Slovarp on cello and organist Tim Bell. Concert sponsors are Michael and Sharon Beehler and David and Kippy Sands.

The church is at 220 W. Main St.; enter from the entrance on Babcock. Tickets are $25 for adults, $15 for students, available at bozemansymphony.org, Bozeman Symphony offices at 1001 W. Oak St., Suite 110, or by calling 406-585-9774.

YOUNG SYMPHONY MUSICIANS INVITED TO COMPETE The Montana Association of Symphony Orchestras (MASO) invites all Montana musicians ages 13 to 22 who play any of the standard orchestral instruments to apply for its biennial Young Artists Competition, to be held on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017, in Bozeman.

Applications for the MASO Young Artists Competition can be downloaded from www.montanasymphonies.org and must be postmarked no later than Wednesday, Nov.23.

“The MASO Young Artists Competition has a great tradi-

tion of identifying and presenting some of the most talented musicians in our state. It’s a tremendous opportunity for young musicians to participate in the thrill of competition and to ultimately have the chance to play with a professional symphony orchestra,” said John Zoltek, chair of the Young Artists Competition and Music Director of the Glacier Symphony and Chorale.

In addition to the opportunity to perform with a Montana symphony, winners of each division win a cash schol-

arship: Junior (ages 13-15), $450; Senior (age 16 through high school graduate), $650; and College (post high school through age 22), $1,000. Participating orchestras include the Bozeman Symphony Orchestra , Glacier Symphony and the symphonies of Billings, Butte, Great Falls and Helena.

Competition finalists will perform for the public on the campus of Montana State University-Bozeman on Jan. 14.

For more information, visit www.montanasymphonies.org or call the Bozeman Symphony at 406-585-9774.

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BOZEMAN ACTORS THEATRE, MSU ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

STAGE READING OF ‘WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?’

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Friday, November 11th, 7:00 p.m.

Sunday, November 13th, 3:00 p.m.

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A FIRSTTIME COLL ABORATION, BOZEMAN ACTORS THEATRE and the MSU Department of English will present a staged reading of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 4-5, at Montana State University’s Black Box Theatre, at the corner of 11th Avenue and Grant Street.

The play’s author, Edward Albee, died in September following a celebrated and influential career in modern American drama. That makes Albee’s best-known play a timely offering, said Cara Wilder, a member of the artistic company and board of directors for Bozeman Actors Theatre.

“This play is always best when seen performed up close, where you can feel the raw emotions of the four characters,” Wilder said. “It’s a tense battle of wills that should generate a lot of discussion among our audiences.”

The play also figures prominently in a modern drama class taught this fall at Montana State University by English Professor Dr. Gretchen Minton. Over the course of the play’s three acts, the marriage of a middle-aged couple, Martha and George, disintegrates in front of their late-night guests, Nick and Honey, a young couple they’ve just met at a college faculty party. Each couple faces painful truths, and no one emerges unscathed.

Wilder and Gordon Carpenter will read the roles of Martha and George. Steven Harris-Weiel and Susan Miller play the younger couple, and Dee Dee Van Zyl directs.

“Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” begins at 7 p.m. both nights. Parking is free in the MSU lots adjacent to the theater. Admission is free for students, with a $10 suggested donation at the door for all others. Seating is not reserved. The play runs approximately three hours with an intermission and an optional discussion afterward. Call Bozeman Actors Theatre, 406-580-0374, for more information.

Featuring the Bozeman Symphonic Choir with Jon Harney, Choir Director

Special Guests: Tim Bell, Organ Julia Cory Slovarp, Cello and Ryan Matzinger, Soprano Saxophone Friday concert sponsored by Michael & Sharon Beehler Sunday concert sponsored by David & Kippy Sands

Buy Tickets Now: 406-585-9774 bozemansymphony.org

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FOR THE CHILD IN ALL OF US:

MBC PRESENTS

‘THE NUTCRACKER’

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HE HOLIDAY SPIRIT OF GIVING BACK IS a big part of Montana Ballet Company’s annual full-length production of “The Nutcracker, A Bozeman Original.”

The dance troupe, guest artists, the Bozeman Symphony, Belgrade native and Maestro Lee Mills, and lots of children and adults from our community will play major parts in the company’s 33rd annual production. Performances are at 7 p.m., Friday, Dec. 2, and 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 3, at the Willson Auditorium, 404 W Main St. On Sunday, Dec. 4, the cast hits the road for a 4 p.m. performance at Big Sky’s Warren Miller Performing Arts Center.

On Sunday, a whole new crew of Big Sky boys and girls put on the costumes of the mice and angels and take their places in this classic story for all ages.

“Over the years, we’ve done our best to include children from every community we’ve performed in, to be a part of each community that’s been so generous to have us. It makes the production so special to have local children in it,” said Elizabeth DeFanti, artistic director for MBT and director of “The Nutcracker.”

DeFanti jokes that she’s done the ballet for 800 years. “But what makes it inspiring for me, and hopefully for audiences as well, is that each new cast is a dedicated, wonderful collection of people with an entirely different energy that makes the magic happen all over again,” she said.

She also tries to change up something different and engaging in each annual show. Faithful audience members will spot this year’s change in the battle scene, which includes a new prop canon. They will also notice that Soren Kisiel, co-director of Broad Comedy, returns as Drosselmeyer.

The cast, except guest artists who will join MBC closer to production, has been rehearsing in smaller groups since September.

Shortly, they’ll all rehearse together, which takes a spreadsheet of a schedule to coordinate the comings and goings of scores of people ages 6 to 82.

The show is a great combination of fun and stylized steps for the expanded cast and technically demanding parts for the student and professional dancers. The entire MBC is looking forward to the return of Rachel Van Buskirk and Christian Clark, principal dancers with the Atlanta Ballet, who debuted in Bozeman last year and quickly became favorites with audiences and dancers.

“They’re exceptionally kind and inspirational dancers and people,” DeFanti said. “That’s important to me because they will sit back stage and engage with all of our young dancers.”

Equally kind and inspirational are the donors who will sponsor a free interactive Discover Dance program for all Bozeman and Big Sky second-graders on Dec. 2. DeFanti expects more than 500 schoolchildren to attend and observe performance excerpts and behind-the-scenes staging, as well as participate in creative movement with dancers and Music Director Stefan Stern.

The show is underwritten by Tim and Mary Barnard, the Gilhousen Family Foundation, the Montana Arts Council’s Public Value Partnership, the Steinmuller Family Charitable Fund and Sheri and Mitch Simkins.

TICKETS AND TEA Tickets for “The Nutcracker, A Bozeman Original” are $15 to $55. Get them online at www.montanaballet.org or by calling 406-586-8702.

That’s also the contact information for tickets to three “High Teas with Clara,” which will feature “Nutcracker” cast members. They will be presented at 10 a.m., 12:30 and 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20, in the Baxter Hotel ballroom, 105 W. Main St. Those tickets, $18, are expected to sell out, so reserve early.

Sponsors are Baxter Events and Café M.

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BLUE SLIPPER STAGES

ROMANTIC COMEDY

‘SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR’

Elizabeth DeFanti, Artistic Director

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MONTANA BALLET PRESENTS THE 33RD ANNUAL

IVINGSTON’S BLUE SLIPPER THEATRE WILL PRESENT THE TOUCHING, complicated love story of two people, married to others, who meet for a romantic tryst once a year for two dozen years.

“Same Time, Next Year” opened on Broadway in 1975, ran for more than three years and became a popular movie starring Ellen Burstyn and Alan Alda in 1978. Bernard Slade wrote the romantic comedy.

The Blue Slipper production opens on Friday, Nov. 18, with performances every Friday and Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon through Sunday, Dec. 11.

Oakland housewife Doris and New Jersey accountant George Peters first meet at a northern California inn in 1951, then rendezvous there every year for the next 24, dealing as the years pass with births, deaths, marital problems, their own journey of love and their reactions to the turbulent 1960s.

Doris is played by Hannah Overton, a Bozeman local who teaches youth musical theater classes at the Verge. She has acted in both college and community theater productions at many venues, including the Open Door Theatre, Verge and Blue Slipper. Playing George is Dale Ruhd, who debuted in the Blue Slipper’s “Lend Me a Tenor” and designed and constructed the set. He is also designing the set for “Same Time, Next Year.”

Show times are 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, 3 p.m. on Sundays. Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for students and seniors. They can be purchased at blueslipper.com or by calling 406-222-7720. The theater is at 113 E. Callender St., Livingston.

Nutcracker DECEMBER 2 . 7pm DECEMBER 3 . 2pm & 7pm Willson Auditorium

— FOR TICKETS —

PHOTO: RAB CUMMINGS | DESIGN: PAMELA JACQUES

Visit montanaballet.org or call 406.582.8702

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ON THE VERGE OF A CORNUCOPIA OF COMEDY

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HE AMAZING BOZEMAN IMPROVERTS ARE ON the Verge Main Stage in November to tackle long-form improv. Using only an audience member's suggestion for the name of a play, the Improverts will create characters, scenes and a complete two-act story line in front of your very eyes.

Cast members Kent Davis, Bennett Drozic, Molly Hannan, Paige Johnson, EB Love, John Townsend-Mehler, BZ Noonan and Danielle Thomsen star in three nights that can only be summed up by one of the cast members’ quote, "Scripts? We don't need no stinking scripts!"

The Improverts will perform “Random Acts Of Improv” for three nights only, with (obviously) a new play each night. The fun begins at 8 p.m. Nov. 10-12. Tickets are only $7 to see each amazing, once in a lifetime event (literally, each play will be performed only once!).

IMPROV ON THE VERGE Recover from your weekend, or get in the mood for Thanksgiving, with “Improv on the Verge!” at 7 p.m., Monday, Nov. 21. The Bozeman Improverts will beguile you with their laserlike wits, sharp tongues and obnoxiously large heads, all while playing improv games like those seen on “Who’s Line Is It Anyway.” Tickets are $7.

ON THE FAMILY STAGE Johnathan Graham’s funny family show, “The Boy Who Loved Monsters and The Girl Who Loved Peas,” is back this month, with a 2 p.m. performance on Saturday, Nov. 5.

Left alone at the dinner table to finish the remains of his meal (a single, enormous pea), 8-year-old Evan wishes he had a real live monster to eat it and play with him. It arrives and the heartfelt comedy is off to the races as Evan and his sister, Sue, have to keep talking the monster out of eating their parents.

Tickets are $7 each.

SILLY MOOSE COMEDY Join Silly the Moose and his gang of comedy for the whole family funsters for new shows at 2 p.m. Saturdays, Nov. 12 and 19.

Kids are encouraged to get crazy, shout suggestions and become part of the hilarity on stage. Tickets are $7.

Get tickets for all shows online at vergetheater.com or in person at Cactus Records, 29 W. Main St. Verge Theater is located at the extremely creative end of North Bozeman, at 2304 N. 7th Ave., across from Murdoch's.

FOUR CROWD-PLEASING FILMS AT THE ELLEN THIS MONTH

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OVEMBER AT THE ELLEN KICKS OFF AT 7:30 P.M., SATURDAY, Nov. 5, with the 2016 British indie film smash “Sing Street.” Set in the 1980s, it’s the story of a young man’s quest to impress his dream girl by forming a rock band to capture her attention and affection.

On Friday, Nov. 11, the free family movie is Disney’s Academy Award-winning “Beauty and the Beast.” No ticket needed for this event; just show up by the 7 p.m. start.

Don’t put Baby in the corner on Saturday, Nov. 12, because Johnny’s back in town!

An all-time favorite of many moviegoers, “Dirty Dancing” features an award-winning soundtrack, including “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life,” “Be My Baby,” and “Do You Love Me,” and stars Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey. The film begins at 7:30 p.m.

At 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19, Bruce Willis stars in the original “Die Hard.”

The film also features Bonnie Bedelia, Paul Gleason, and Alan Rickman.

Soft drinks, popcorn, candy and other refreshments, which may be brought into the theatre, will be sold in the lobby beginning one hour prior to all films. With the exception of the Free family film, all movies cost $5. Tickets and information are at theellentheatre.com. For questions, or to purchase tickets by phone, call 406-585-5885.

‘CHRISTMAS CAROL’ TO BE STAGED DEC. 2-22 Montana TheatreWorks presents 13 performances of “A Christmas Carol,” Charles Dickens’ classic holiday story, on stage at The Ellen Theatre, 17 W. Main St., Nov. 2-22. Joel Jahnke stars as Ebenezer Scrooge.

Tickets, available now, cost $17 for the Upper Balcony, $19.75 for Main Floor and Mezzanine seating and $29.50 for Premium seating. Get them at theellentheatre. com or by calling 406-585-5885.

Same Time Next Year

a funny, complicated and touching love story. written by Bernard Slade with permission of Samuel French Starring Hannah Overton and Dale Ruhd Opening at the Blue Slipper Theater Friday, November 18 through December 11.

Call (406) 222-7720 or visit blueslipper.com for reservations.

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FILM SOCIETY SERVES UP

BEATLEMANIA AND WILD YOUTH

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HE BOZEMAN FILM SOCIETY PRESENTS TWO resident Laszlo (1926-2011) with a short onstage presentation must-see indie films at the Ellen Theatre, 17 W. Main before the feature.

At 7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 18, the society screens Cannes Jury St., this month.

The first, at 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 4, is “The Beatles: Eight prizewinner “American Honey.” Described by Variety as “an Days A Week – The Touring Years,” director Ron Howard's lively extraordinary youthquake of a road movie,” the film stars Saand nostalgic look back at the early days (1962 -1966) of the sha Lane as a wild child who leaves her troubled home when she falls for a magazine subscription salesman played by Shia iconic rock ’n’ roll band that changed the music business.

The combination of restored archive footage, along with LaBeouf. The film, which takes its title from a Lady Antebellum new interviews with the band's two surviving members and song, is bold, captivating cinema with a soundtrack that threatwith diehard fans of the group, chronicles John, Paul, George ens to never leave your head. Andrea Arnold’s R-rated movie and Ringo's inner workings while exploring The Beatles’ ex- is a thorough and detailed look at teenagers in search of the traordinary musical gifts. Produced in cooperation with Paul American dream.

Tickets for each film are $8.75 for general admission, $8.50 McCartney, Ringo Starr, and Beatle widows Yoko Ono Lennon and Olivia Harrison, the film is the closest thing to attending for seniors and students, plus fees, available online at www.that an actual Beatles concert, with 30 minutes of 4K digitally eellentheatre.com, or by calling the Ellen Theatre box office at remastered concert footage from their 1965 concert at Shea 406-585-5885. Check www.bozemanfilmsociety.org for closed Stadium. This first-ever recorded and broadcast rock concert captioning and narrative descriptive availability and memberwas shot by celebrated cinematographer and Montana resident ship pass information.

Andrew Laszlo. The BFS will honor filmmaker and Montana

RENOWNED ORGANIST

IN CONCERT AT

OPEN DOOR THEATRE

PRESENTS

HOLY ROSARY FREE SEASONAL NOVEMBER 18 FESTIVITIES

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R AMMYNOMINATED RECORDING ARTIST AND INTERNATIONAL concert organist Gail Archer brings her annual recital series to Bozeman’s Holy Rosary Catholic Church, 220 W. Main St., at 7:30 p.m., Nov. 18.

Archer’s recordings span the 17th to 21st centuries, with her newest recording, “A Russian Journey,” coming out this fall. She is college organist at Vassar College and director of the music program at Barnard College, Columbia University, where she conducts the Barnard-Columbia Chorus. She was the first American woman to play the complete works of Olivier Messiaen for the centennial of his birth in 2008. “Time Out New York” recognized the project as the “Best of 2008” in classical music and opera.

Archer is also founder of Musforum, www.musforum.org, an international network for women organists to promote and affirm their work.

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OZEMAN’S NEWEST COMMUNITY THEATER GROUP, OPEN DOOR THEATRE, invites its fans and all community theatre lovers to a special holiday event at the Kaleidoscope Playhouse, 1602 W. Beall St., on Nov. 11, 12 or 13.

Highlight of each event will be a reading of Truman Capote’s story “A Christmas Memory,” plus an excerpt from the humorous play “Uh Oh, It’s Christmas.” Holiday music and refreshments are included and the event is free, though donations will be accepted and holiday baskets will be auctioned. Open Door has produced “Twelve Angry Men, “Exit the Body,” “Brighton Beach Memoirs” and “Play On!” Performances begin at 8 p.m. on Nov. 11-12 and 3 p.m. on Nov. 13. For more information, visit www.opendoorbozeman.org.

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HIGH SCHOOL’S DEWEESE GALLERY HOSTS

MSU ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS’

RESPONSE TO ‘VILL AS OF OPLONTIS’

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NEW PHASE OF THE INTERRELATIONSHIP between Bozeman and the Italian town of Torre Annunziata, which brought “The Villas of Oplontis Near Pompeii: Leisure and Luxury in the Age of Nero” exhibit to the Museum of the Rockies, is on display at Bozeman High School’s Robert and Gennie DeWeese Gallery through Dec. 9.

Called “The Rome Studio 2016: An Antiquarium for Torre Annunziata,” the exhibit highlights the work of Montana State University School of Architecture students who spent last summer studying the World Heritage Site at Torre Annunziata and then traveled across Europe to analyze how ancient artifacts are displayed.

Their goal was to create a series of design strategies to begin conversations in Torre Annunziata about how to show the treasures of Oplontis and economically rejuvenate the town, said Bradford Watson, Assistant Professor of Architecture at

MSU who helped direct The Rome Studio with Associate Professor Mike Everts.

Located on the Bay of Naples between the famed Vesuvius ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum, Oplontis contains artifacts to rival those from the more famous towns because it was never looted. But many of them have been stored away for decades.

“The “Rome Studio” exhibit includes students’ sketches and analysis of many museums; five designs created to spur conversation about an antiquarium in Torre Annunziata; a geology exhibit of Vesuvius and its surroundings created by MSU students; and the models of that exhibit created by Bozeman High School art teacher Patrick Hoffman and his students for the Oplontis study kits sent to elementary schools around Montana. The university students will send their designs and models to Italy next year.

UPDATED STAGING OF

MACBETH

CONTINUES THROUGH NOV. 13

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HE SHANE LALANI CENTER FOR THE ARTS’ CONTEMPORARY STAGING of William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” continues through Nov. 13 at the Livingston arts center at 415 E. Lewis St. Performances are at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 3 p.m. Sundays.

The play, directed by Kory Gunderson, stars frequent Shakespearean actor Steve Peebles in the title role and Mary Kehoe as Lady Macbeth. The spare modern staging includes inventive video appearances by the three witches, modern paparazzi photographers and cellphones. The tragedy of self-promotion, betrayal and murder follows up-and-coming military officer Macbeth and his wife’s surrender to ambition when his military success suddenly results in promotion and celebrity and then devolves into increasingly brutal violence to hold onto power.

Tickets are $18 for adults, $14 for students and seniors and $10 for youths. Call 406222-1420 or visit theshanecenter.org for reservations. Show sponsors are Chico Hot Springs Resort, Paula and Scott Coleman, Joanne and David Gibson and Livingston’s Ace Hardware.

“The Villas of Oplontis” exhibit continues at MOR through Dec. 31. Don’t miss the chance to see it. Then stop by the DeWeese Gallery to see local students’ creative response. The “Rome Studio 2016” exhibit was made possible by funding from Humanities Montana and the National Humanities Alliance.

The DeWeese Gallery, inside the high school, is free and open to the public from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday through Friday. Visitors can park in visitor parking in the northeast corner of the faculty parking lot on 11th Avenue.

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