As the year draws to a close don't forget ARTS/West! Please consider making a financial contribution or in-kind donation. We have many ways to donate and make sure your money supports the programs that you do.
You can become a member. Please find membership form: (downloadable HERE)
You can sponsor a theater company by making a financial contribution to lower their rental fee. Please contact our office (740/592-4315) for more information.
Studio for Young Actors presents Still Life with Iris
This is the first play for young audiences to receive the KennedyCenter's Fund for New American Plays Award. Still Life with Iris by Steven Dietz, is a fantastical adventure which centers on a little girl's search for the simplest of things: home.
Still Life with Iris will be presented at ARTS/West on Friday, November 20 and Saturday November 21 at 7:30 pm and Sunday November 22 at 2:00 pm.
Tickets are $10 for adults and $6 for teens/youth. Tickets are available at the door only, 1 hour before each performance.
November Front and Center
a free music event for school age kids at ARTS/West every third Saturday of each month (Sept.-May)at noon -1 pm. November 21 special guest: Richard Syracuse classical and ragtime piano second half of event is always an open stage for any kids, solo or group, to share instrumental or vocal music--if you choose. Or just listen and enjoy!
Many Moons Holiday Show
MANY MOONS presents their annual "Exotic Markets" SALE. Saffron and Eric offer the treasures of their travels to Asia, all personally selected from artisans in INDIA ~ NEPAL~ THAILAND~ BALI~.
Jewelry..textiles...sculptures of wood and metal...sacred Tibetan objects...and great gifts will be on display in the ARTS/West downstairs space. Saturday, November 21 from 10 am to 8pm and Sunday, November 22 from 12 pm until 6 pm
It's an intimate, fun way to get your Christmas shopping done early.
Studio for Young Actors will present Still Life With Iris at ARTS/West on Friday, November 20 and Saturday November 21 at 7:30 pm and Sunday November 22 at 2:00 pm.
Tickets are $10 for adults and $6 for teens/youth. Tickets are available at the door only, 1 hour before each performance.
This is the first play for young audiences to receive the Kennedy Center's Fund for New American Plays Award. Still Life with Iris is a fantastical adventure which centers on a little girl's search for the simplest of things: home. Iris lives with her mom in the land of Nocturno-a magical place in which the workers make, by night, all of the things we see in the world by day. Also, in Nocturno, memories do not reside in people's minds but instead are kept in their coats (called 'Past Coats'). The rulers of Nocturno, the Great Goods, are determined to have the "best" of everything on their island- and therefore take Iris away from her home and bring her to Great Island to be their daughter. To ease the pain of this separation, they remove her Past Coat, leaving her with no memory of her home or her family. All that remains of Iris' past is a single button from her coat. Using the button as a clue, Iris joins with friends she meets on her journey-Annabel Lee (a young woman from the sea) and Mozart (the composer, age 11)-and frees herself from the Great Goods. She returns to Nocturno, having found her past, and her home.
Some have called it the ten thousand day war. Others simply refer to it as Nam. For six American women it was the Vietnam conflict. Their moving stories are told in Shirley Lauro's A Piece of My Heart, produced by Athens own Actors' Moveable Theater and directed by Carol Patterson.
Please join us at ARTS/West as we honor our local veterans with this outstanding play November 11, 12,13,14 at 8:00 pm with a matinee on the 15th at 2:00 pm.
Veterans have a complimentary admission, and a free dinner on Wednesday the 11th beginning at 6:00 pm. We thank our American soldiers families for their shared sacrifice.
Please visit Actors' Moveable Theater's website for more information.
Thank you so much to all of the community artists who displayed their work and performed for the 5th Annual Artoberfest! It was just awesome, wasn't it? A weekend well spent!
Our good friend, Kelly Lawrence has an art opening tonight for Final Friday's in Nelsonville at Nelsonville Pottery & Gifts. The event runs from 6 to 10 pm and there will be a costume contest at Starbrick Gallery. Refreshments will be served.
ABC players will be presenting Terry Pratchett's Wyrd Sisters at Stuart's Opera House at 8pm. They are also having a logo contest: ABC Players is offering $250 to the winner of a competition to produce a new logo. Designs should be submitted by January 1, 2010, either in hard copy or via e-mail. You can find the details on the ABC Players web site. Tell your artistic friends, or consider submitting a design yourself.
Next up at ARTS/West we have the Actors Moveable Theater's presentation of A Piece of My Heart by Shirley Lauro. 8 pm Nov. 11, 12, 13, 14, 2009 and 2 pm Nov. 15 --All shows Veterans free!! Light supper/reception Nov. 11, 6:30 pm
Friday, October 23, 6:00pm-10:00pm Saturday, October 24, 12:00pm-6:00pm
ART/oberfest is a community celebration of the vibrant arts scene in Athens, Ohio.
This weekend will kick off with an opening reception for artists and community members. Come check out all of the super amazing local art and eat some delicous/free/local food from Village Bakery, Della Zona, Purple Chopstix, and Miller's Chicken.
The Aquabear Legion will partner up with ART/oberfest again this year to bring in some rad local music on Friday night. Stick around from 7 pm to 10 pm to watch Seascapes, Liz Pahl, and Andrew Lampela do three very different, very awesome things to guitars, microphones, and various other musical equipment.
We'll kick off Saturday with our first annual yART sale on the side patio of ARTS/West, artist demonstrations both inside and out, and kids activities in the basement. Saturday will bring yet another day of dance, music, and spoken word.
Not to mention the superbly awesome silent auction that is going on from Friday at 6 pm to Saturday at 5 pm. Bid on great items, support ARTS/West, everybody wins!
This Saturday, October 17 come to ARTS/West! Were you aware that cork flooring retains heat? Were you aware that ARTS/West recently installed cork flooring? So, I'll see you on Saturday!
HALLOWEEN BRAINSTORMING!!
Costume Workshop open work day on October 17, 2009 from 10:00am-4:00pm for kids ages 4-13.
Bring your Halloween costume ideas and get some help with the "how to" part. It's a family workshop day Athens Style! Cost of participation is 2 rolls of duct tape (any color). We will have cardboard, recyclables, various thrift store supplies, hot glue guns, and sewing machine help.
Join in the fun and use your brains, brains, brains, (no zombies allowed!!). Register at bfiocchi@earthlink.net, or email if you have any questions. Space is extremely limited.
‘FRONT & CENTER’ a free music event for school age kids at ARTS/West, 132 W. State St.Athens, every third Saturday of each month (Sept.-May) at noon –1 pm. October 17 special guests: folk/bluegrass singers Mark & Greta Hanesworth. Second half of event is always an open stage for any kids, solo or group, to share instrumental or vocal music--if you choose. Or just listen and enjoy!
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