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2nd Annual Idaho Falls Arts Council Juried Competition
March 13 - May 1, 2010
 
OPENING RECEPTION: MARCH 12, 7:00 PM.
*Images courtesy of Jeff Osborne and Brittney Allen*
The 2nd annual Idaho Falls Arts Council Juried Exhibition invites artists near and wide to submit up to 3 of their most satisfying works from the last three years to be included in this annual showcase of the visual arts. Last year’s exhibition included more than 60 works by approximately 40 artists.
Sponsored by: Bruce & Nancy Baumgart; Portage, Inc.; Bradley K. Stoddard, MD
Artistique Ballroom Company - Monthly EVENTS:
Friday Night dances: 8-10:00 pm. $3.00/person
1st Friday of the month: Ballroom Dance Night
2nd Friday of the month: Country Western Dance Night
3rd Friday of the month: Swing Dance Night
4th Friday of the month: Salsa Dance Night
*We do not hold dances on a 5th Friday or on Holidays.
March 12, 8:00 pm.
Idaho Falls Arts Council presents:
Leahy
Tickets $29
Colonial Theater/Call 522-0471
Leahy is a Canadian powerhouse of eight musical brothers and sisters who have been playing together their entire lives. Featuring Cape Breton-style fiddling that never stops and a beat that will keep your toe tapping long after the show ends, this musical family's ferocious fiddling expresses a genuine love of a diverse range of music that fuels their own uncompromising creativity.
Sponsored by: Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, Idaho Falls Magazine,
and KISU-FM Radio
March 13, 7:30 pm.
Idaho Falls Symphony presents:
Symphonie Fantastique
Call 529-1080
Civic Auditorium.
March 16, 7:30 pm.
The Nature Conservatory presents:
Walkin' Jim Stoltz in Forever Wild
Tickets $10/adult, Children under 12 FREE
Call 522-0471
Colonial Theater, Idaho Falls. This is a multi-media celebration of wilderness with one of America's most unique folksingers and back country travelers. A stirring journey in song, slides, stories and poetry across the wide oopen spaces through the windows of time with a man who has walked over 23,000 miles through north American wildlands. General Admission, balcony closed. Merchandise will be sold.
March 19-April 10
Actors' Repertory Theatre of Idaho presents:
Death by Fatal Murder By Peter Gordon
ARTI Theatre, 257 W Broadway, Idaho Falls. "Fatal Fun!" - Dramatist Play Service, Inc. This is the spoof ARTI audiences have been waiting for! Inspector Pratt and Miss Maple are called upon to solve a murder at Bagshot Mansion and mayhem ensues. Their gathering is a comic excuse to exploit all the character sterotypes found in Agatha Christie and other classic murder mysteries. It's nonstop laughter as the body count mounts and "Defective" Pratt helplessly and hopelessly attempts to solve the crimes.
Sponsored by: Walt & Edythe Tisdale, Sherl & Gary Callen
March 20, 2:00 & 7:30 pm.
Idaho Ballet Theatre presents:
Coppelia
Tickets $8/Call 522-0471
Colonial Theater. Lap children age 2 and under FREE.
March 23, 7:30 pm.
Idaho Falls Arts Council presents:
Cirque Mechanics Birdhouse Factory
Tickets $29/$25
Civic Auditorium/Call 522-0471
Extraordinary, evocative, and entertaining, Cirque Mechanics is a refreshing reinterpretation of traditional circus. Its highly skilled clowning, mime, acrobatics and contortion feature talents of former world renown Cirque du Soleil and Pickle Family Circus performance. Don't miss this cirque spectacle.
Sponsored by: Idaho Commission on the Arts/National Endowment for the Arts,
Russell & Pam Johnson, Western States Arts Federation, KIFI News Group,
Le Ritz Hotel & Suites, Post Register, and Sunny 94.3
NEW DATE AND LOCATION! WATCH FOR INFO.
Ballroom Dance Workshop
There will be Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced classes for Swing, salsa, cha cha, and waltz plus lifts and drops class so you can learn to do amazing tricks like the pros! Classes start promptly at 9:00am and continue through to 1:00pm. There will be a break and a dance in the evening from 8:00pm - 11:00pm. People can pay $10.00 a class or purchase a $35.00 all-day ticket that also includes admission into the evening's dance. . Call 525-3229 or 520-3905 email artistiqueballroom@gmail.com or visit www.artistiqueballroom.com
Artistique Ballroom Company - Monthly EVENTS:
Friday Night dances: 8-10:00 pm. $3.00/person
1st Friday of the month: Ballroom Dance Night
2nd Friday of the month: Country Western Dance Night
3rd Friday of the month: Swing Dance Night
4th Friday of the month: Salsa Dance Night
*We do not hold dances on a 5th Friday or on Holidays.
April 6, 7:00 pm.
Idaho Falls Youth Arts Centre presents:
Annual Evening of Dance
Tickets $6/single $20/family
Civic Auditorium. With area dance studios coming together to showcase their talent and creativity. It promises to be an energizing night with performances in jazz, ballroom, tap, ballet, Irish step and many more venues of dance. Tickets are $6/single and $20/family. Available at Chesbro’s, All American Sportswear, Dance Academy and that evening at the door. For more information call Tina VanderMeer at 403-5166 or www.ifyac.org.
April 9, 8:00 pm.
Idaho Falls Arts Council presents:
John Tesh, Live in Concert
Tickets $39/$34
Civic Auditorium/Call 522-0471
John Tesh may be best known to millions of basketball fans as the composer of the hit NBA theme song "Roundball Rock", but he has long been a respected figure in the entertainment and broadcasting industries. For 10 years Tesh was co-host of "Entertainment Tonight", and has received 6 Emmy's, 3 Gold Albums, 2 Grammy Nominations, 3 Hit PBS Specials, 2 tours as an Olympic announcer/composer and several number one hits. He is also one of the most successful syndicated radio show hosts in the country, "The John Tesh Radio Show: Music and Intelligence for Your Life".
Sponsored by: Bank of Idaho, D.L. Evans Bank, INL through corporate funds from Battelle Energy Alliance, Mountain View Hospital, Classy 97/KLCE,
Idaho Falls Magazine, and Le Ritz Hotel & Suites
April 9, 7:00 pm.
Idaho Falls Music Club:
Scholarship Winners' Concert
FREE!
University Place Auditorium, 1776 Science Center Drive, Idaho Falls. Donations to Idaho Falls Music Club Scholarship Fund gratefully accepted.
April 10, 7:30 pm.
Idaho Falls Community Concerts presents:
Intersection
Colonial Theater, Idaho Falls. The Violin, cello and piano trio, Intersection has forged a powerful connection with audiences worldwide.
Ticket prices: Season: Adult $50.00, Student $15.00, Family $125.00 (immediate family living in the same house). Single tickets: Adult $20, Student $5. Contact Ann Shively 522-4774, or Connie & Dwayne
Bryngelson 524-2182.
April 16, 7:30 pm.
Idaho Falls Symphony presents:
Youthful Explosions
Call 529-1080
Civic Auditorium. Under the baton of David Burger, the Eastern Idaho Youth Symphony hosts the newly-formed Snake River Junior All-Stars for a power-packed concert!
April 22, 7:00 pm.
Eastern Idaho Jazz Society presents:
Hot Jazz Nights
Featuring:
Pianist Bill Anschell & Saxophonist Brent Jensen
Tickets $25/members & $30/non-members
Call 522-0471
Carr Gallery Jazz Club. Experience these two nationally acclaimed Jazz musicians in an intimate jazz club setting, complete with specialty desserts, and coffee. No-Host beer and wine bar provided by Vino Rosso. Visit www.eijs.org for more information.
Sponsored by: Jerry & Carrie Scheid
April 23, 5-9:00 pm.
Idaho Falls Arts Council presents:
Eastern Idaho Wine Festival & Microbrews
Tickets $22 in advance/$25 at the door/$5 designated driver
Special Engagement - not part of season package
Spring is in the air and so is the tantalizing aroma of wine; reds, whites, champagnes, other great "vino's" and new this year, the debut of microbrews at Eastern Idaho's largest wine and microbrew festival. Sample from over 400 wines and microbrews from around the world. Other Festival activities include a door prize, raffle, and silent auction. Proceeds benefit the Idaho Falls Arts Council.
Sponsored by: Golden Eagle Sales, Downtown Idaho Falls Rotary Club, and
B106 The Beat of Eastern Idaho
April 24, 7:30 pm.
idaho Falls Symphony presents:
A Dvorak Finale!
Call 529-1080
Civic Auditorium.
Artistique Ballroom Company - Monthly EVENTS:
Friday Night dances: 8-10:00 pm. $3.00/person
1st Friday of the month: Ballroom Dance Night
2nd Friday of the month: Country Western Dance Night
3rd Friday of the month: Swing Dance Night
4th Friday of the month: Salsa Dance Night
*We do not hold dances on a 5th Friday or on Holidays.
May 1, 8:00 pm.
Idaho Falls Arts Council presents:
Snake River AllStars
Tickets $28 / Afterparty $40 (season discount does not apply to the afterparty)
Colonial Theater/Call 522-0471
Rocking the Colonial Theater for three years in a row, The AllStars feature a combination of first class musicians and seasoned concert production professionals with state-of-the-art video, lighting and sound to create a feast for the eyes and ears. Classic songs are spun together with "mocumentary" style video segments that tell the tongue-in-cheek story of the Snake River AllStars, from their dramatic rise to superstardom, to the inevitable fall from the ranks of rock-and-roll royalty.
Sponsored by: All Star Divas, Bechtel Group Foundation, CH2M-WG Idaho (CWI),
Jeff & Laurel Sayer, Classy 97/KLCE, River City Weekly, and Z103/KFTZ
May 8, 8:00 pm.
Idaho Falls Arts Council presents:
'Til Death Do Us Part: Late Nite Catechism 3
Tickets $29
Colonial Theater/Call 522-0471
Sister returns to the Colonial Theater in the latest class to be unveiled in the sinfully funny Late Nite Catechism series. After teaching countless students all about the saints, venial sins, guilt, limbo and more, Sister is now offering hilarious lessons on the Sacraments of Marriage and Last Rites, including her own wacky version of The Newly Wed Game. Classroom participation is a must so bring along your sweetie and your sense of humor for a session with the country's feistiest couples counselor!
Sponsored by: Dr. Clint & Paula Behrend, Marilou & Ed Hart, Angela Hays & Don Carey, Mick Ohman & Elaine Rhoades, URS, Sue & Ron Warnecke, and Arrow 107
May 14, 6:00 pm.
Idaho Falls Youth Arts Centre presents:
Eastern Idaho Children’s Choir
Tickets $3/at the door
Taylorview Jr. High Auditorium. Experience a night of great choral music in the western tradition with a variety of musical cultures of the world. For more information contact Tina VanderMeer at 403-5166 or www.ifyac.org.
May 14 & 15, 7:30 pm & May 15, 2:00 pm.
All About Dance & Idaho Ballet Theatre presents:
Wizard of Oz
Tickets $10/evening shows & $8/matinee
Call 522-0471
Colonial Theater.
May 20, 8:00 pm.
Idaho Falls Arts Council presents:
Riders in the Sky
Tickets $28
Colonial Theater/Call 522-0471
Riders in the Sky are truly exceptional. For thirty years, Grammy Award winners Riders in the Sky have been reviving and revitalizing the Comedy & Western genre with their own legendary wacky humor and way-out Western wit, and all along encouraging buckaroos and buckarettes to live life "The Cowboy Way!"
Sponsored by: American Fabrication, Tim & Anne Hopkins, and KUPI 99
May 25, 7:00 pm.
Gayle Tingey School of Dance presents:
Dancing Through NYC - Annual Spring Concert
Tickets $5/individual or $20/family
TICKETS ON SALE APRIL 24
Colonial Theater. Reserved seating.
June 4 - 26, 2010
Actor's Repertory Theatre of Idaho presents:
I Hate Hamlet By Paul Rudnik
ARTI Theatre, 257 W Broadway, Idaho Falls. Produced by special arrangment with Dramatist Play Service, Inc. Andrew is a TV actor who finds himself cast as the lead in Hamlet for New York City's Shakespeare in the Park. He is also moving in to John Barrymore's old home while he stays in NYC. His girlfriend is practicing abstinence, his LA friend thinks stage acting is a waste of time, his realtor is a loon, his agent is pushy, and the ghost of John Barrymore begins to haunt him. To make matters worse he realizes he hates the play Hamlet but is stuck having to play the seminal role.
Sponsored by: Maeck Family Foundation, Bank of Idaho, Alan & Lexie French
June 10, 7:00 pm.
Idaho Falls Youth Arts Centre presents:
BYU-Idaho’s Extravadance
Tickets $6/single $25/family
Civic Auditorium. With demanding choreography, elegant formations, fiery Latin ethnic, lyrical and striking costumes. Join us for an unforgettable evening of Dance! Tickets available at Chesbro’s, All American Sportswear and that evening at the door. For more information call Tina VanderMeer 403-5166 or www.ifyac.org.
June 26, 12-9:00 pm.
5th Annual Bluegrass on the Greenbelt!
South Capital Park near the Art Museum of Eastern Idaho (in Idaho Falls)
Free Admission Playground for Kids Bring a Chair
www.bluegrassonthegreenbelt.com
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