The Yoknapatawpha Arts Council
Calendar of Events November 8 – 14, 2010
The Oxford Artist's Guild Show opens this Tuesday Evening- Nov. 9th
Reception and Ornament-Making Party!
Join us Tuesday evening from 5:30-7:00 to make holiday ornaments for the annual Holiday Ornament Auction. Not designed for children, although they are welcome and there will be materials for them. Adults may bring their own materials or use what the guild is providing. Ornaments will be combined with those submitted by artists through-out the region and auctioned off during the annual Holiday Ornament Auction on December 2nd at the Powerhouse. Ornaments completed by November 15th may be displayed at Neilson's Department Stone on the Square until the day of the auction.
The Biggest Baddest Art Show will be on display at the Powerhouse November 9-29th
9-5pm Monday-Friday. Open and free to the public.
SAVE THE DATE:
Ornament Auction, December 2, 2010. Free to Members- if you haven’t renewed your membership, now is the best time so you’ll receive your invitation! Some of the ornaments being auctioned are from the words of: Blair Hobbs, Jere Allen, and Glenn Ray Tutor. Food and wine tastings sponsored by local restaurants.
Thanksgiving Art Camp at the Powerhouse!
You'll be amazed by the beautiful paintings, handmade books and fabric wall hangings your children will create! Frame them! Hang them! Share them with friends and family for the holidays!
Monday, November 22 - Wednesday, November 24
9 - 5pm
$35 per day
$90 for three days
Class taught by: Chandra Williams
Please bring a sack lunch and wear play clothes.
Register by mail/email using the form below.
For more information call Chandra at 662-832-9339
or call Beth at the Powerhouse (662)236-6429.
REGISTRATION FORM:
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If e-mailing information for registration, please send to yacoperations@gmail.com
Please make checks payable to: YAC
Mailing Address: PO Box 544, Oxford, MS 38655
The Powerhouse Community Arts Center is located on 413 South 14th Street, off of University Ave- right next to Newk’s Express Café.
OLE MISS BALLROOM DANCE PRESENTS:
Professional dance instructor, Brandon Smith, from The Dance Studio, will be offering a new series of dance classes at the Powerhouse Arts Center (in Oxford, on University Ave. next to Newks).
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Swing - 4:00 pm
American Tango - 5:00 pm
Intermediate, West Coast Swing - 6:00 pm
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Everyone is welcome to attend! Drop in when you can!
You do not need to be a member of Ole Miss Ballroom Dance Club to attend these classes, but members save money on admission to these classes and other club events. These classes are offered to members at $5, for each class, each day. Non-members pay $12 for each class session.
The cost to become a member of the OMBDC is, $15 for students ($25. for non-students).
These classes are sponsored by The Dance Studio & Ole Miss Ballroom Dance Club
Oxford Ballet’s The Nutcracker Ballet featuring local and guest artists!
Performances are on December 11 at 7 pm & December 12 at 3 pm
at the Gertrude Ford Center for the Performing Arts.
Tickets: children $10/ Adults $15
UM box office 662-915-7411
This week’s highlighted artists are two of the main characters of the ballet, a local actor and a guest dancer:
Drosselmeyer and the Sugar Plum Fairy
Drosselmeyer played by local actor, Johnny McPhail portrays the mysterious and quirky great uncle to Clara and Fritz who is always full of magic and surprises.
Johnny McPhail currently resides in Oxford but is a native of Bruce, Miss. He began acting at age 50 and has been in such films as “Ballast,” “Chasing the White Dragon”, “Carried Away”, “Night of the Loup Garou,” “Big Bad Love”, “Where I Begin”, “25K”, “Old Oak”, and “Dodge Dakota in: River City Dead”. As a storyteller and theatrical actor, McPhail delights audiences every year at the Tennessee Williams Festival in Clarksdale, MS--as well as numerous other productions throughout the South. Besides acting, he devotes much of his time advocating for people with disabilities.
Erika Romanyuk returns to Oxford again this year to delight the audience as the beautiful Sugar Plum Fairy as well as perform the role of the dazzling Snow Queen.
Erika Farrar–Romanyuk received her training in Yuma, Arizona under the direction of Jon Christifori, Kathleen Sinclair, Linda Farrar at The Dancer's Workshop, and Yuma Ballet Theatre. At the age of 18, she became the youngest member of Ballet Magnificat, joining the company in its tours across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. She also performed as a member of both Nashville Ballet and Atlanta Ballet. During her professional career, Erika performed such works as Serenade, The Four Temperments, Coppelia, Giselle, Paquita, Square Dance, and was featured in soloist and principal roles in The Nutcracker, Valse Fantasie, Swan Lake, Hallberg Suite and various works by Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux and Paul Vasterling. Erika toured as principle dancer throughout the United States with Hosanna Sacred Arts, under the direction of artistic director, Kenn Tolle who created new works on her. Erika also performed as a soloist for Ephiphany Dancers, a modern dance company in Nashville, Tennessee.
This week at the University of Mississippi Museum:
Thank you for reading YAC’s Weekly Calendar of Events
If you have any questions please contact Beth at yacoperations@gmail.com
Call (662)236-6429
Or visit www.oxfordarts.com
