Arts West Upcoming Events
September 8, 7:00 PM. Benefit for the 2008 Humble Play Festival (Donations gratefully accepted) featuring the films of Brian Wiebe, whose film Cancer Treatment has been selected to be part of the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market. Ohio University Honors Tutorial College alumnus, Brian Wiebe inaugurated his channel on YouTube.com. The channel features some of Brian's short films. To visit his channel, http://www.youtube.com/eewiebe
September 19, 8:00 PM -Aquabear Live @ ARTS/West with Casual Future and Flotation Walls from Columbus (and more!) $3
September 20, 6:00 PM - SEPTEMBERFolk! A Benefit Celebrating ARTS/West and Village Productions. Featuring acoustic music from a variety of local musicians including LAURA NADEAU. Food and refreshments! Plus, a silent auction! Tickets are a suggested donation of $8 in advance and $10 at the door.
September 21, 8:00 PM The Bread and Puppet Theater presents 7 Election Campaign Celebration Dances by the Lubberland National Dance Company. Ticket price TBA
September 29- October 4, 2008 Humble Play: Appalachian New Play Festival – New plays from the Appalachian region. The Humble Play is a festival of sit-down readings of new plays – the first step in the process of new play creation. Each of the readings is produced by a local theater group. Audience members are invited to stay after each reading, meet the playwrights and actors and offer responses to the play.
September 29th - Public Playwriting workshop and opening reception at 7pm
September 30th - Actors Moveable Theater presents Laying Off by James McLindon at 7pm
October 1st - Athenian Players Theatre presents Coal Creek by Walter Thines at 7pm
October 2nd - Corporation for the Performing Arts presents The Fourth Indian by Lynn Veach Sadler at 7pm
October 3rd - Lost Flamingo Company presents Strike!: The Musical by Reyshan Parker at 7pm
October 4th - Youth Division readings at 1pm
October 4th - Appalachian Regional Theater Company presents The Pick of the Festival: Dignity by Celeste Parsons, with closing reception at 7pm.
This project is supported in part by the Ohio River Border Initiative, a joint project of the Ohio Arts Council and the West Virginia Commission on the Arts
October 17-19 ART/Oberfest- Community celebration of the visual, performing and culinary arts. ART/oberfest will feature live and recorded music, visual art, crafts, performance art, spoken word and other entertainers. This event is open to everyone!
Ongoing:
Last Sunday of every month – ARTS/West Noise Show: Experimental-improv music workshops at pot luck dinner. 6:00 PM-9:00 PM www.myspace.com/artwestnoiseshow
