Bowlus Fine Arts Center 2022-2023 Season Preview by Iola Register

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ADVERTISING MANAGER: Vickie Moss STORIES: Dear friends, I am delighted to share with you a season like no other in Bowlus his tory. The Bowlus has added more shows and more series packages to its 2022/2023 season. The season is filled with heart, soul, rhythm, motivating stories, culture, international inspi ration and just straight forward fun for all ages. The arts are essential to the nourishment of our humanity. I encourage you to make time in your busy lives and enjoy what the Bowlus has to offer. Please look at the season an nounced in this brochure and consid er becoming a season subscriber to one or more of our series. The Music Series, Family Series, Sleeper Fami ly Speakers Series and Recital Series offer something for everyone. Ticket purchases can easily be made online, over the phone or in person. Season tickets have been on sale since August 1. Single tickets became available for purchase on August 29. Prioritize the Bowlus as your venue and live the arts LIVE. Family SeriesTriocon Brio Copenhagen 7 p.m., Tues., Feb. 14, 2023 21 Recital 7 p.m., Thurs., March 23, 2023 23 Brian Woods 7 p.m., Fri., Oct. 28, 2022 20 Artrageous 2 p.m., Sat., Sept. 17, 2022 4 The Queen’s Cartoonists 3 p.m., Sun., Feb. 19, 2023 8 The Broadway Tenors 7 p.m., Sat., Dec. 17, 2022 6 The Chipper Experience 7 p.m., Sat., April 1, 2023 10 Music SeriesMark Synnott — Life on the Vertical 7 p.m., Fri., March 3, 2023 28 Speaker KeillorSeries & Co. 7 p.m., Sat., Oct. 15, 2022 26 Gene Kelly, The Legacy: A Night with Patricia Ward Kelly 7 p.m.., Sat., Sept. 24, 2022 25

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Quiana Lynell and the Lush Life 7 p.m., Fri., Oct. 21, 2022 11 Matt Stansberry and The Romance 7 p.m., Sat., March 11, 2023 14 The Hall Sisters 7 p.m., Sat., May 20, 2023 18

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Prepare yourself for something Artrageous

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Artrageous is a troupe of misfits — artists, singers, dancers and musi cians — who started as friends doing street theater in Vancouver. Together they started the “All and Everything Theater,” a non-profit children’s theater focusing on chil dren’s entertainment, street theater and life-sized Bunraku puppetry (a type of traditional Japanese pup petry featuring rhythmic chanting and traditional music). The group had to overcome adver sity. On Christmas Day in the late 1980s, the group’s hand-built theater building — with all their props and puppets — burned to the ground. Instead of packing it in, they cre ated a new act. This troupe has per formed for the likes of Sir Richard Branson, Steve Forbes and General Colin Powell in venues and events all over the world, from India to Thai land, Paris to Austria, performing in more than 2,000 events. As people who live and breathe the arts, creativity, community, and in spiration, they created Artrageous to pay tribute to their roots and share their passion with the world. It’s a show that focuses on all the things they believe in and everything that got them to this place. It features art, music, theater, sing ing, dancing, audience interaction... all on one stage and done as a team of friends seeing the world and sharing a love of the arts. Imagine witnessing the creativity of an artist creating a masterpiece before your eyes in mere moments. Combined with captivating vocals, intricate choreography and excit ing music, Artrageous takes you on a visual journey and a high energy ride of inspiration, creativity and engagement.Thistroupe of artists, musicians, singers and dancers pay tribute to a variety of art forms, icons and mu sical genres throughout the evening. The result is a uniquely entertain ing, masterpiece show culminating in a gallery of fabulous finished paintings.Fromthe very beginning of their long history, Artrageous Troupe’s signature is interaction and engage ment... so be prepared to be a part of the“Eachshow. show is as unique as each audience and we can’t do it without you,” the group says.

2 p.m., Saturday, September 17

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5BOWLUS SEASON PREVIEW | 2022-2023 Proud supporter of the Bowlus! Artrageous takes you on a visual journey and a high energy ride of inspiration, creativity and engagement.

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The Broadway Tenors bring the greatest holiday songs to life with a multimedia concert.

Family Series the season for The Broadway Tenors

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Three leading men. Three unbe lievable voices. The Broadway Tenors bring the greatest holiday songs to life in this muti-media concert, from the traditional classic “Chestnuts Roast ing on an Open Fire” to the newer clas sic “All I Want For Christmas is You.” This multimedia concert is over flowing with the most popular songs of the holiday season. The renowned singers enchant with special medley material written just for them to add to the holiday fun and flair.Other holiday songs include “Silent Night,” “Joy to the World,” “Oh Cha nukah,” “White Christmas,” “O Holy Night” and “Santa Claus is Coming to Town,” to name a few. Expect a few surprises that will bring laughter and warmth to the fes tivities. Wrap it all up in a bow and you have an enchanting evening of entertainment.“Individually, each is a spectacu lar artist; together, they present an infinite and kaleidoscopic range of musical possibilities,” says David Lindauer of the Capital Gazette in Baltimore, Md.

7 p.m., Saturday, December 17

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allencc.edu | 620-365-5116 Proud Supporter of the Arts! 10 W. Jackson • Iola 620-365-5252 @IolaAreaChamberiolachamber.org See you at Bowlus!the Family Series And that’s not all, folks! The Queen’s Cartoonists 3 p.m., Sunday, February 19

The Queen’s Cartoonists perform music from cartoons. Pulling from over 100 years of an imation, TQC’s performances are perfectly synchronized to the films projected on stage. The band match es the energy of the cartoons, lead ing the audience through a world of virtuosic musicianship, multi-in strumental mayhem, and comedy. Projections of animated films dazzle the audience, while the band recreates original soundtracks notefor-note, or writes their own fresh compositions to modern pieces, all the while breathing new life into two uniquely American forms of art: jazz and animation. Tying everything together is the TQC brand of comedy — anecdotes about the cartoons and their compos ers, stream-of-consciousness humor, and elements of a musical circus. Watch your favorite classic car toon characters interact with the musicians on stage, and expect the unexpected from the Golden Age of Animation, cult cartoon classics, and modern animated films. Inspired by the crossroads of jazz, classical music, and cartoons, TQC features Jazz Age composers like Carl Stalling, Raymond Scott, and John Kirby, alongside classical gi ants Mozart, Rossini, and Strauss (to name just a few).

The six members of The Queen’s Cartoonists, all now residing in Queens, New York, originally hail from four continents. The band has brought its unique concert expe rience to performing arts centers, clubs, and festivals across the Unit ed States and Europe. TQC is equal ly at home performing in New York City subway stations, opening for the New York Philharmonic, or sell ing out shows at the Blue Note Jazz Club.They have been featured in over fifty publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The Chicago Tribune, The L.A. Times, The Hous ton Chronicle, NPR and Mashable.

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Two-time “Comedy Magician of the Year” Chipper Lowell has toured around the world for the last two de cades to rave reviews. His performances are a high-en ergy blend of original, cutting-edge magic, hilarious one-liners, and a roller-coaster of rapid-fire ad libs and razor-sharp wit. Chipper has also been nominated three times for “Stage Magician of the Year” by the Academy of Magical Arts (aka The Magic Castle in Holly wood), and was honored to receive the award for “Specialty Act of the Year” and the prestigious Senator Crandall award for “Excellence in Comedy Magic.” He was also named as one of the “Top Funniest Magicians Per forming Today” by Magic Magazine. His television credits include ap pearances on all nine seasons of the popular Masters of Illusion series on the CW network, as well as guest appearances on The Tonight Show, Disney Channel, America’s Funni est People!, Christmas Magic, Don’t Blink!, The MDA Telethon, Street Magic, Empty Nest, General Hospi tal, and Show Me The Funny! Chipper’s unique magic, jaw-drop ping mentalism, and side-splitting audience interactions will have you rolling in the aisles. The Sacramento Bee calls him “Delightfully funny!” and Broadway World.com put it best: “His magic was truly inspired, and he had every one in the theater laughing hysteri cally.”

and the Lush Life Band 7 p.m., Friday, October 21 Quiana

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As so many artists around the world, Quiana Lynell reconnected with longtime friends and con temporaries during the height of the pandemic. Spending time digging into the music of Betty Davis, Nancy Wilson and Dinah Washington, Lynell was reminded of the influ ence New Orleans music has had on her. On a whim she contacted a host of old band members and togeth er in one afternoon they created a magical Tiny Desk submission that gar nered national press as the Best Jazz submission of 2021.This reinvigorrated and reminded her of where it all began: the soul and blues of New Orleans that the horns bring to the bandstand.Growing up in small town west Texas, Lynell grew her appreciation for all types of music and quickly realized music was a way to connect to the world.With a smile that will entrance you and a voice that helps your troubles disappear, Lynell has made her salient mark on jazz with the much anticipated Concord release “A Little Love.”Lynell’s vocal dexteri ty allows her to perform a limitlessGraduatingrepertoire.from Lou isiana State University’s music department, Lynell is able to harness her voice as a true instrument and perform various genres of music with precision and validity.Prior to winning the 2017 Sarah Vaughan Com petition, Lynell could fre quently be found with a four piece rhythm section and at least a horn or two. Due to the demands of an emerging career, Lynell chose to streamline the band and record with a quartet, always knowing the “big band” would re turn.The time has come and The Lush Life is set to bring the New Orleans funk, groove, and soul to hearts and ears worldwide. Lynell has taken tracks from “A Little Love” and reimagined them to high light the new ensemble, utilizing the communica tive nature of New Orle ans-inspired Rhythm and Blues, shout choruses and vamps that keep the audi ence entranced within the soul of the music. Working with Daniel Meinecke, her long time accompanist and arranger, the show is infused with standards, originals, and classic soul, that as always shares the message of love and undying hope in the goodness within. Enjoy the return of the Lush Life, a tradition of New Orleans music that is fun, inspiring, and top tier. 415 N. 620-365-6262Iola,WashingtonKSioladds.com Lynell Lynell

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Rico Monaco is an award-winning guitarist, songwriter, producer, and bandleader. He has led his band (as large as 17 pieces) with great suc cess to shows in Paris, France, New York City, San Francisco, Washing ton, D.C., Dallas, Salt Lake City, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, and many other concert locations. He has performed onstage with legendary performers such as Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony (of Van Halen) multiple times and has opened numerous shows for them. He also has led The Rico Mona co Band with special guest Tito Pu ente, Jr. in performances all over the world, performing Rico’s arrange ments of Tito Puente songs, classic remakes, and original songs.

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Tito Jr.’s new CD release “Got Mambo?” is a mixture of the old and theTitonew.Jr. reveres the magnificent, lasting impact his father had on our musical lives. “People who don’t know anything about Latin music know my father and people always, always smile when they say my fa ther’s name,” he confides. “That is a very special gift I have been given.” 7 p.m., Saturday, November 19 a latin legacy Rico Monaco Band with special guest Tito Puente Jr. Monaco with Tito Puente Jr.

“Hey Tito: The Rico Monaco Band Featuring Tito Puente Jr.” is a new album collaboration. The comparison between Tito Pu ente Jr. and his father is inevitable. How could it be otherwise? Tito Pu ente Jr. carries his father with him — imprinted on his physical being and locked in his soul. It’s in his looks, his joy, and his music.

Tito Jr. is on a passionate mission to nurture the musical legacy left by his father. He refuses to let his father become a distant memory. “He was just too vibrant, too excit ing. There was magic in the music my father made. It made people hap py all over the world,” he said. He has found captive audiences who echo his passion. Crowds lured to a venue by the father are return ing to see the son — and to once again participate in the high volt age celebration that takes place on stage.Tito Puente, Jr. has become an au dience favorite in casinos, perform ing arts centers, symphony halls and jazz festivals worldwide, performing more than 300 shows over the past fiveHisyears.2004 album, “In My Father’s Shoes,” featured the classic Puente titles and was spun into a BET Jazz television special of the same name.

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Last January, Rico was honored to be a featured artist at the Rise & Shine Grand Opening Celebration concert for Steinmetz Hall at Dr. Phil lips Center For The Performing Arts. The Steinmetz Hall is known as one of the best designed, world class acoustic and architectural concert halls.The show featured the most talent ed artists of many disciplines and Rico’s musical contribution led to one reviewer in the Orlando Sentinel to proclaim; “the cultural fusion sec tion of the show was easily the best part of the show.” Rico kicked off that medley with a passionate and blazing guitar solo.

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“An homage to 1950s and 60s rock and soul that is an energetic, electric and ab solutely earth-quaking musical assault. This is a big time sound from a big time band” – Jivewired Matt Stansberry & The Romance is an American Rock ’N Roll band with a throwback style. The group is comprised of The Ro mance rhythm section, the 23rd Street Horns brass section, and is fronted by bandleader Matt Stansberry alongside the soulful powerhouse Myra Beasley. Known for their dynamic live shows, the outfit has shared the stage with The Bar-Kays, Lake Street Dive, Gary Busey, Shawn Stockman of Boyz II Men and Wanda Jackson among others. Their Sun Studio Session recorded at the legendary Sun Studio in Memphis, Tenn., aired nationally on PBS and cap tures the group’s unique take on early Rock ’N Roll and Soul music. A review of the performace at the Smoky Hill River Festival said: “Matt Stansberry & The Romance were awe some. Their powerful lineup and stage presence impressed our most dedicated music lovers.” Matt Stansberry and The Romance is fronted by bandleader, Matt Stansberry, alongside the soulful powerhouse, Myra Beasley.

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Making country snap, crackle and pop

The Hall Sisters

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The Hall Sisters have established themselves as one of the up-andcoming premier acts in the country popWhilegenre. releasing multiple CDs over the last few years and writing new material, the ensemble has also maintained a robust tour schedule having performed at notable venues such as The Grand Ole Opry, Carne gie Hall, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Dollywood. In addition to two Midwest tours in December 2019, they traveled around four countries in the Balkans on a Christmas tour. The sound of The Hall Sisters is best described as a combination of the harmonic prowess of the Eagles and the soulful blend of the Carpen ters, mixed with the energy of coun try pop. The word synergy defines the quartet in that the combined output of their talents and musicality is greater than the sum of each indi vidual part. A vocal/instrumental foursome of talented siblings, The Hall Sisters marry stunning harmonies along with a brilliance and excellence on their instruments to create an entire ly unique sound.

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Recital Series 7

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etyFollowingAuditions.his debut con certo performance at age eighteen, he maintains an extensive repertoire, from Liszt and Tchaikovsky’s First Concerti to Beetho ven’s Fifth, Brahms’ Sec ond, and Rachmaninoff’s Third. Woods has per formed with such ensem bles as the Masterworks Festival Orchestra, the University City Symphony Orchestra, and the Vander bilt Oratorio Orchestra. p.m., Friday, October 28 rising star AND american pianist Woods Woods

Celebrated for his stun ning musicianship and dazzling stage presence, American pianist Brian Woods has emerged as a rising star of internation al acclaim. His 2021-2022 season included a solo de but for the World Piano Teachers Association, a re cital tour of the Midwest, a solo debut for the Chamber Music Society of St. Louis, and concerto debuts with the Manassas Symphony Orchestra, Southeast Mis souri Symphony, Southern Illinois Symphony, and Belleville Philharmonic. This season includes re cital tours of the Midwest and East Coast as well as numerous concerto debuts and university residencies. A native of St. Louis, Woods has enjoyed suc cess in many ArtistAmericanPianothecompetitions,distinguishedincludingVeronaInternationalCompetition,ThePrize,andthePresentationSoci

Trio con Brio Copenhagen

Trio con Brio Copenhagen plays a central role in Scandinavia’s vibrant contemporary music scene. Leading composers have dedicated works to the Trio. They were enormously honored that Per Nørgård dedicated to them a new piece celebrating his 80th birthday in 2012. In January 2016 the trio presented the world premiere of Bent Sørensen’s Triple Concerto with the Danish National Orchestra, a work that won the pres tigious Grawemeyer Award. They premiered Sven-David Sandström’s Triple Concerto, a work that marks his 70th Reviewsbirthday.arefulsome.

Trio con Brio Copenhagen is sisters Soo-Kyung Hong (cello) and Soo-Jin Hong (violin), with her husband, Danish pianist Jens Elvekjaer.

Acknowledged as one of the finest piano trios in the world, the Trio con Brio Copenhagen is about to enter their 21st Foundedseason.atthe University of Mu sic and Performing Arts in Vienna in 1999, the trio is now based in Copen hagen and tours extensively world wide.The Trio was born out of an idea of the coming together of “musical pairs” — of the two Korean-born sis ters, Soo-Kyung Hong (cello) and SooJin Hong (violin), with Soo-Kyung and her husband, Danish pianist JensTheyElvekjaer.quickly gained a reputation for their fresh and contemporary ap proach to the core repertoire.

A fresh take on the classics

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“One of the greatest performances of cham ber music I’ve ever encountered,” praised American Record Guide. Gramophone wrote, “Superb...Any group would be hard-pressed to imi tate this blend of verve and poise...” Their Mendelssohn album was cho sen by the UK’s Classic FM as the Best Chamber Music Their Tchaikovsky and Smetana recording was hailed by The Guard ian, “... Trio con Brio Copenhagen scale Tchaikovsky’s heights with the verve their name suggests ...” The trio’s most recent recordings of the complete Beethoven piano trios were received with the highest critical acclaim, with comments such as “... I was struck... by the feeling of im provisation; of three players moving forward together into a strange and wonderful new world...” Soo-Jin plays an Andrea Guarneri violin, Soo-Kyung plays a Grancino cello, and Jens is Denmark’s first Steinway Artist. Both string players are endorsed by Jagar Strings and Thomastik-Infeld Vienna. All three members of the trio knew right from the start that they would find their musical identities as a pi ano trio: “There is something about the configuration of a trio, about that triangle, that somehow focuses and amplifies the special understanding that we all have as people and as mu sicians. It is both a freedom and a ful fillment.”

“Works by Beethoven, Schubert and Brahms are transformed in their hands into the alive-and-kicking mu sic of today” said Danish Broadcast ing’s Esben Tange. Winning almost all of the major competitions for pi ano trio, they are regularly heard at the world’s leading venues and con cert series. Among these, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Wigmore Hall, Berlin Pierre Boulez-Saal, Concert gebouw, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Seoul Arts Centre, Louvre Paris and of course their beloved “home ven ues,” the Royal Library and the Tivo li Concert Hall, in Copenhagen.

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Luca Stricagnoli

One guitar just isn’t enough

Luca Stricagnoli uses up to five guitars in the same piece, modified capos and self-conceived stratagems.

With his music videos exceeding 100 million views online and book ings in every corner of the globe, Luca Stricagnoli is considered one of the most interesting acoustic gui tarists in the world. Using up to five guitars in the same piece, modified capos, and self-conceived stratagems, Luca con tinually leaves his audiences in awe and wondering what’s next for the up-andcoming guitarist. In addition to his musical abilities, Luca brings an enthusiastic energy to the stage that makes him a true entertainer. His latest invention, a custom Tri ple Neck Guitar, obtained once again viral success with over 40 million views online. His performances with this instrument have been featured in magazines everywhere and even grabbed the attention of famous bands such as Red Hot Chili Peppers. Luca has played in more than 20 countries and in front of audiences up to 12,000 people. The show consists of a succession of incredible guitar performances, each different than the others. One guitar, two guitars at the same time, a guitar with three necks, gui tars played with feet, with a kitchen knife or laying horizontally: people won’t believe their eyes and ears and will instinctively want to start film ing with their cellphones. From rock to pop, from soundtracks to hip hop, from ar rangements to originals. Surprising and full of twists, never repetitive or boring, the show will surely impress and be Besidesremembered.fromtheastonishing gui tar playing, the concert is filled with jokes and anecdotes that explain through fun and humor the story be hind what’s happening. People won’t just see crazy things; they will be ex plained in an interactive way detail ing what’s going on and the reason behind every gimmick.

24 BOWLUS SEASON PREVIEW | 2022-2023 September 22 • $7 Movie: Singing in the Rain (7 p.m., preshow presentation 6:45 p.m.) September 23 • $7 Afternoon session (3-5 p.m.) — Movie: Take Me Out to the Ball Game—Presenter: Keith Goering • $7 Evening Movie: Starstruck Gene Kelly’s Love Letter to Ballet (7 p.m.) September 24 • $7 Morning session (10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.) — Movie: The Cameraman — Presenter: Ben Model • $7 Afternoon session (1:30-5 p.m.) — Movie: Steamboat Bill, Jr. — Author: Dana Stevens and book —signingFilm competition awards •presentation$17/Adult$10/Student Evening Presentation: Gene Kelly the Legacy: An evening with Patricia Ward Kelly (7 p.m.) Festival Price • $47/includes all events (General Admission- 16 and under free, with the exception of Saturday evening’s presentation) Keaton Festival Sept. 22-24 Celebrating movie icons Keaton & Kelly

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Keillor & Company is an evening of stand-up, storytelling, audience song, and poetry starring Garrison Keillor and featuring pianist Dan Ch ouinard and vocalist Prudence John son.There are sung sonnets, limericks and musical jokes, and the thread that runs through it is the beauty of growing old. Despite the inconve nience, old age brings the content ment of less being more. Your mistakes and big ambitions are behind you, nothing left to prove, and small things give you great plea sure because that’s what’s left. (“I was unhappy in college because it was a requirement for an intellectu al, but then I went into show business and discovered that people won’t pay to be made unhappy, their kids will do it for free.”)

The beauty of growing old Keillor & Co.

Garrison Keillor

There is the News from Lake Wobe gon, a town booming with entrepre neurs, makers of artisanal firewood and gourmet meatloaf, breeders of composting worms, and dogs trained to do Butchildcare.somethings endure, such as the formation of the Living Flag on Main Street, citizens in tight forma tion wearing red, white or blue caps, and Mr. Keillor among them, stand ing close to old neighbors, Myrtle Krebsbach (“Truckstop”) and Julie Christensen (“Bruno, The Fishing Dog”) and Clint Bunsen. And an a cappella sing-along with the audi ence singing from memory an odd medley of patriotic songs, pop stan dards, hymns, and ending with the national anthem.

Dan Chouinard is a St. Paul-based honky-tonk pianist, concert soloist and accompanist, street accordi onist, sing-along enabler, Italian and French teacher, and bicycling vag abond. He’s been writer and host of a number of live history-with-mu sic shows broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio and Twin Cities Pub lic Television. He played on a dozen live broadcasts of A Prairie Home Companion plus a half dozen APHC cruises, and served as rehearsal pi anist for Meryl Streep, Lily Tomlin, and Lindsay Lohan on the 2006 mov ie. He’s featured on a number of re cordings with APHC regulars Peter Ostroushko (deceased), Prudence Johnson, and Maria Jette.

Starring Garrison Keillor, with pianist Dan Chouinard and vocalist Prudence Johnson

Prudence Johnson’s long and hap py career as a singer, writer, and teacher has landed her on the musi cal theater stage, in two feature films (A River Runs Through It, A Prairie Home Companion), on a national ra dio show (including A Prairie Home Companion), and on stages across North America and occasionally Eu rope. She has released more than a dozen recordings, including albums dedicated to the music of Hoagy Car michael and Greg Brown, and a col lection of international lullabies. Speaker Series 7 p.m., Saturday, October 15

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Life on the Vertical Mark Synnott is a pio neering big wall climber and one of the most pro lific adventurers of his generation. His search for unclimbed and unexplored rock walls has taken him on nearly 30 expeditions to places like Alaska, Baffin Island, Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland, Patagonia, Guyana, Venezuela, Paki stan, Nepal, India, China, Tibet, Uzbekistan, Russia, Cameroon, Chad, Borneo, Oman, and Pitcairn Island. One of the first climbers to explore Baffin Island’s remote east coast, Synnott has been on five trips to the island and has pioneered four big wall first ascents on the east coast, including a grade VII on the 4,700-foot north face of Polar Sun Spire — an epic wall that required the team to spend 36 nights in portaledges. In Auyuittuq National Park, Synnott completed the first ski descent of the South Face of Mt. Odin via a 5,000-foot couloir. His book Baffin Island: Climbing, Trekking, Ski ing was published in 2007. In Pakistan’s Karakoram Mountains, Synnott estab lished two grade VII big wall first ascents — The Ship of Fools on Shipton Spire and Parallel Worlds on Great Trango Tower. The latter, a 6,000-foot wall topping out over 20,000 feet, is one of the longest rock climbs in the world. Clos er to home, he has climbed Yosemite’s El Capitan 22 times, including several one-day ascents. When he’s not in the mountains, Synnott works with The North Face Re search, Design, and Devel opment team and lectures frequently on his life as a professional climber and explorer. He has done mo tivational speaking for clients like General Mo tors, Bank of New York, Vanity Fair, the X Prize Foundation and National Geographic. Synnott has also worked extensively in the film and television in dustry, both in front of and behind the camera. His credits include work for National Geographic Tele vision, NBC Sports, War ren Miller Entertainment, Teton Gravity Research and Red Bull Media House. An accomplished journal ist and author, he is a regu lar contributor to National Geographic magazine, and his work has appeared in many other publications, including Men’s Journal, Outside, Climbing, Rock & Ice, Skiing, and New York Magazine.Synnott is also a certi fied mountain guide and the owner and director of one of the premier guide services in the east: Syn nott Mountain Guides. SMG offers instruction in rock climbing, ice climb ing, avalanchebackcountrymountaineering,skiing,andeducation.Heis

Mark Synnott is a pioneering big wall climber and one of the most prolific adventurers of his generation.

28 BOWLUS SEASON PREVIEW | 2022-2023 Speaker Series 7 p.m., Friday, March 3 a National geographic adventure Mark Synnott

National Geographic Live is the live events di vision of National Geo graphic. Its broad roster of talent, including renowned photographers, scientists, authors, filmmakers, and adventurers, share their behind-the-scenes stories from the front lines of ex ploration alongside stun ning imagery and grip ping footage to audiences throughout the United States and abroad. For more information on National Geographic Live and other National Geographic events, events.nationalgeographic.com/visit

also a longtime member of the Mountain Rescue Ser vice (MRS) and current ly serves on the board of MRS and the Access Fund.

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