By MinTze Wu

Redstone Review

Lyons

Once in a Blue Moon, a Lyons-area art exhibit to celebrate the blue moon on December 31, 2009 will be held at the Lyons Town Hall. An artists’ reception will be held from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on January 23 at the town hall. The show will run for six weeks.

The Lyons Arts and Humanities Council (LAHC) is inviting artists to submit artwork for this collaborative show. All artists are invited to participate.

A 10-percent commission of any art sold will benefit LAHC projects.

Please bring an appetizer to share. For more information contact Jul Swann at 720-220-0311 or e-mail jul@ohmsalonplusgallery.com before the end of this year. Submissions are due no later than January 16, 2010.

In January Kahlie Sue Pinello, daughter of Jake Pinello will display her art work at the Stone Cup. Her art work, her dream, her medium consists of found mirrors and anything else that tickles her fancy. “Different mirrors are asking for what comes next; paint, and then some humor, bright colors, mouse traps, dominos, marbles, stone, and more.  They are all as different as the beginning product,” she said. “My dad is the artist who opened the doors for my work. Together we paint murals, through good times and bad.  As family and teacher, we have painted together for 20 some years. We paint under the name Flat Rabbit Murals.” There will be a celebratory opening at 5 p.m. on Friday, January 8 at the Stone Cup at the corner of Fifth Avenue and High Street.

Timothy Alm will show his photographs at the Stone Cup during the month of February. He photographs the Tara Indians in Mexico.  Generally known as the Tarahumara people, some refer to them as the Tara. Calling themselves RarÃmuri

(meaning, those who run well), they truly are exceptional endurance runners. The RarÃmuri are a unique people living in a rugged land. Their primary homeland is the Copper Canyon region of northwest Mexico. Many struggle to survive; some strive to hold on to their culture. Ironically, some of their beliefs end up giving them a mortality rate of 50 percent for infants and children up to about age five. Some live so remotely they’re likely to never experience any other culture.  Sale of Alm’s photographs will go to help support local ministries like albergues which provide a safe place for the children to stay while they attend school during the week (many walk three to five hours to the albergue). Alm has helped with building projects in remote communities, and has a number of friends also working to help bring hope and promote sustainability for the RarÃmuri. For ways you might help support this intriguing people group, please email timothy@VineLife.com Alm has lived in the Lyons area most of his life.

The next High Street Concert will be held on January 16 featuring the Long Road Home and Acoustic Mining Company. All shows start at 8 p.m. The doors open at 7 p.m. at Rogers Hall, located on 442 High St. Tickets are $15 in advance, available on-line at www.highstreetsconcerts.com or at the Stone Cup Café. For more information, please call 303-823-6433 or email info@highstreetconcerts.com.

David Williams and Wildgrass featuring Kristina Murray will celebrate the release of their debut CD, The Crazy Kind, with a concert at Lyons Valley Village Community House on Second Avenue on January 30 at 7:30 p.m.  David Williams and Wildgrass is a new group of musicians from along the Colorado Front Range. Fronted by Emmy nominated multi-instrumentalist David Williams, Wildgrass is an experiment in music fusion, bringing together accomplished musicians from the worlds of folk, bluegrass, swing and jazz. Featured artists on The Crazy Kind are Williams on guitar and vocals, Kristina Murray on guitar and vocals, Chris Elliott on banjo (of Spring Creek—please note: not appearing at the CD release party), Jordan Ramsey on mandolin (Long Road Home), Katie Glassman on fiddle and Duane Webster. Elliott says Lyons is the perfect location for the CD release party because band members all met at the Lyons Bluegrass Jam held every Tuesday night at Oskar Blues.

Calling all student creative writers:  all Lyons students ages 8 to 18 who live in the greater Lyons area or are currently in St. Vrain School District are eligible to participate. Students are asked to pen short stories from one of the following Greek myths, focusing the language on expressing the beauty, horror, and suspense of the transformation, and capturing the dreamlike, playful, and fantastical quality of these ancient tales using 400 to 650 words. Each contestant can submit up to three entries on Pygmalion, Arachne, Io, Narcissus, Daphne, and Hyacinthus. The deadline is March 15, 2010.

A panel will review the entries and announce the winners by March 25. The selected story will be featured at the 2010 Sounds of Lyons’ production Metamorphosis. Metamorphosis is an experimental ensemble piece that combines stories from Greek mythology and music of impressionist composers Satie, Szymanowsky and Ravel, woven together to portray the sonic world of transformation. Winners will have the opportunity to participate in the ensemble cast with the world-class musicians of Sage String Quartet, and to recite the story on stage, or listen to the interpretation of another reader, if desired. The writer of each winning entry will receive two Sounds of Lyons festival passes ($70 value), a $20 gift certificate good for any purchase at select local stores in Lyons, and the privilege of presenting artistic work to our community. For more information, contact mintzewu@hotmail.com, 303-249-7135. Please visit www.soundsoflyons.com for information.

Boulder

Boulder Dinner Theatre, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., now features the all-time favorite Singin’ In The Rain from November 13 through February 14. Hollywood in the 1920s is the setting for this zany, light-hearted romantic comedy about the early days of sound film, when many a movie studio found itself scrambling to salvage the career of its chipmunk-voiced silent picture star. Tickets range from $35 to $55. For information and tickets, call 303-449-6000 or visit www.theatreinboulder.com

MOMIX will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Friday January 29 at Macky Auditorium.

Known internationally for presenting work of exceptional inventiveness and physical beauty, MOMIX is a company of dancer-illusionists under the direction of Moses Pendleton. For over 25 years, MOMIX has been celebrated for its ability to conjure up a world of surrealistic images using props, light, shadow, humor and the human body. MOMIX transports audiences from their everyday lives to a fantasy world through its trademark use of magical lighting and imagery. In an endless search for another gravity, Artistic Director Moses Pendleton combines athletic dance, riveting music, outrageous costumes, inventive props and pure talent to create an entertaining multimedia experience. Single tickets cost from $15 to $60. Dance professor Erika Randall will hold pre-concert conversation at 6:45 p.m. in Macky Room 102.

Haochen Zhang will perform at 7:30 p.m. on February 18 at Macky Auditorium. The youngest participant in the 2009 Cliburn Competition, Haochen Zhang gave his debut recital at the Shanghai Music Hall at the age of five, performing all of Bach’s two-part inventions, as well as sonatas by Haydn and Mozart. He made his orchestral debut at age six, and moved to the United States at 15 to attend the Curtis Institute of Music. Tickets are from $12 to $52 and are available at 303-492-8008 or on-line at www.cupresents.org.

Colorado Conductors’ Chorus will perform When Poetry Sings at 7:30 p.m. on January 23 at First Congregational Church, 1128 Pine St. in Boulder. The concert is free and open to the public. Conductor Lawrence Kaptein will conduct the chorus in selections by Mendelssohn, Handel, Copland, Hawley, Rorem, Walker and others. For information, contact the CU box office at 303-492-8008.

The Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra with Michael Butterman conducting and Christopher Taylor on the piano will perform Three B’s Bach, Beethoven and Brahms, at 7:30 on January 23 at Macky Auditorium. Tickets are $13 to $70. A 30-minute talk by Don Campbell, world-renowned author of The Mozart Effect will take place at 6:30 p.m. For information and tickets call the Boulder Phil box office at the Dairy Center, 303-444-7328.

Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art announces three new winter/spring exhibitions for 2010.  Face to Face by Beverly McIver includes self portraits and portraits of the artist’s mother and sister that reveal the complexity of family relationships. McIver’s paintings are autobiographical and chronicle her life. They explore issues of race, gender, identity, and the bonds of family relationships. Born in the projects of Greensboro during the time of the civil rights movement, she and her two sisters were raised by a loving single mother who supported the family by working as a maid. Other exhibits include Steve Steele, Relational Fabric in Space and Other Works for the Dark, on the relationships of hundreds of objects in 333 in dazzling arrays, and Pattie Lee Becker, Ropes, on the simplicity and intricacies of form and the relationship between the media of drawing and sculpture.  Joan Markowitz is the curator. The exhibition begins on February 5 and runs through May 23. The free and open to the public opening reception is Friday, February 5 from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Estes Park

Call for entries:  With a mission to educate, inspire, and advance a greater appreciation of independent cinema, the Fifth Annual Estes Park Film Festival will take place September 17 to 19, 2010 at the historic Park Theatre in beautiful Estes Park.  Built in 1913, the Park Theatre is the oldest continually operating movie theatre west of the Mississippi and is on the National Register of Historic Places.

This September filmmakers, festival attendees, and industry professionals from around the world will travel to Estes Park to enjoy the diverse selection of independent films, filmmaker panels, and numerous festival parties.

The festival is now accepting film entries for its fifth annual festival.  Visit the Call For Entries section on the website to enter your film.

Early submission deadline is  February 12, 2010: $30 Features (Narrative or Documentary) / $25 Shorts / $20 Students. Regular submission is February 13, 2010 – May 1, 2010: $35 Features (Narrative or Documentary) / $30 Shorts / $25 Students. Late Submission is May 2, 2010 – June 1, 2010: $40 Features (Narrative or Documentary) / $35 Shorts / $30 Students. Entries postmarked after the late deadline will not be accepted. All student film entries must include a photocopy of a valid student ID. The EPFF does give out awards and prizes to category winners. The 2010 EPFF prizes have not been announced as of yet.

MinTze Wu is a classical violinist, music arranger and mother. If you have a listing for the Redstone Arts and Entertainment column, please call MinTze Wu at 303-249-7135.

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