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ä Butler Institute of American
Art, Youngstown, opens its galleries
to the
62nd Area Artists Annual Ex-
hibition
and ceramic works by
Eileen
Scragg
Saturday through Nov. 28.
Information: (330) 743-1711.
ä Ford Nature Center,
Youngstown, displays a
Nature Pho-
tography Exhibit
featuring the works
of amateur photographers Saturday
through Nov. 28. Information: (330)
740-7107.
ä
Lance Richbourg’s
watercolor
portraits of Hank Aaron, Jackie
Robinson, Dizzy Dean and other
baseball greats are shown Sunday
through Jan. 2 at the Butler Institute
of American Art’s Howland, Ohio,
branch. A reception is set for 1-3
p.m. Nov. 21. Information: (330) 609-
9900.
ä Cleveland Museum of Art offers
an examination of the two versions
of
Nicolas Poussin’s “Holy Family
on the Steps”
with x-radiographs of
both, preparatory drawings, prints
and other paintings, Sunday through
Jan. 23. Information: (216) 421-7350
or (888) 262-0033.
ä Frick Art and Historical Center,
Pittsburgh, reopens Friday after
some ventilation work with a show of
122
prints from 1890s Paris
by
Toulouse-Lautrec, Pissaro, Cassatt,
Degas, van Gogh
and others. The
works include posters, sheet music
covers and magazine supplements.
Linda Battis of the Carnegie Muse-
um of Art will lecture on printmaking
of the time at noon Dec. 1. The show
is up through Jan. 9. Information:
(412) 371-0600.
ä The Andy Warhol Museum,
Pittsburgh, examines
Andy Warhol’s
use of photography and compares it
with the work of the French artist
Nadar
in two shows that run through
Jan. 30. Information: (412) 237-8300.
ä Society for Contemporary
Crafts, Pittsburgh, presents a juried
show of
contemporary works in
wood,
Friday through Feb. 26. A
public opening and top prize winner
announcements will be at 5:30 to 8
p.m. Friday; and a slide lecture by
the winner will be at 3 p.m. Saturday.
SCC presents hand-crafted furniture
by
Bill James, Craig Marcus, Max
Peterson
and
Arthur Reitmyer
Fri-
day through Dec. 12, with a public
opening from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, at
DesignSpace, Pittsburgh. SCC Infor-
mation: (412) 261-7003.
ä Carlow College, Pittsburgh, pre-
sents
student art from Reggio Emil-
ia, Italy
through Jan. 23 at Mellon
Gallery, Grace Library. Information:
(412) 578-8761.
B
LUES
ä
Dr. Hector and the Groove In-
jectors
inject a little blues into the
Hot Rod Cafe, Sharon, at 8 p.m.
Wednesday.
ä
Jonny Lang
and
Bernard Allison
stand up for the new generation at
7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Canton
Palace Theater. Tickets: (330) 747-
1212 or at Kaufmann’s or Iggle En-
tertainment, both in Hermitage.
ä
Derek Trucks Band
trucks in at
7:30 p.m. Friday at Graffiti, Pitts-
burgh. Information: (412) 682-4210.
ä
John Hammond
keeps the Delta
blues alive at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at
Rosebud, Pittsburgh. Tickets: (412)
276-8300.
ä
Anson Funderburgh and the
Rockets
jingle the “Change in my
Pocket” Dec. 10 at Moondog’s,
Blawnox, Pa., and Dec. 11 at Dock-
sider’s, Erie. Moondog’s information:
(412) 828-2040.
C
HRISTIAN
ä
Jars of Clay
plays at 8 p.m.
Tuesday at the Odeon, Cleveland.
Tickets: (330) 747-1212 or at Kauf-
mann’s or Iggle Entertainment, both
in Hermitage. Information: (216) 574-
2525.
ä “Listen Closely” to
Smalltown
Poets
at 7 p.m. Friday in Metheny
Fieldhouse, Geneva College, Beaver
Falls.
Silage
opens with a run
through the “Watusi.” Tickets: 847-
6644 or (800) 965-9324.
C
LASSICAL
ä
Shenango Valley Chorale
pre-
sents
“An Olde English Feaste”
at 7
p.m. Dec. 3-5 at Tara, Clark. The
feaste features a Renaissance-style
dinner and period entertainment by
the chorale’s
Madrigal Singers
.
Reservations: 346-4816.
ä
Andrea Bocelli and the World
Festival Orchestra
and
Anna Maria
Martinez
entertain at 7:30 p.m. Nov.
18 at Gund Arena, Cleveland. Bocelli
has dominated the classical charts
with “Aria-The Opera Album” and
“Viaggio Italiano.” Tickets: (330) 747-
1212 or at Kaufmann’s or Iggle En-
tertainment, both in Hermitage. In-
formation: (216) 420-2200.
ä
Youngstown Symphony Or-
chestra
makes room for the
Youngstown Symphony Chorus and
Ohio Boychoir
at 8 p.m. Saturday to
play works by Gershwin and Orff at
Powers Auditorium, Youngstown.
Tickets: (330) 744-0264.
ä
Dana New Music Society
with
artist violinist
Walter Mony
and gui-
tarist
Michael George
play works by
Youngstown State University mas-
ter’s candidate
Jamie Wilding
, YSU
professor
Robert Rollin
and French
and Russian composers at 8 p.m.
Wednesday at the McDonough Mu-
seum of Art, Youngstown. The group
appears at 12:15 p.m. the same day
at the Butler Institute of American
Art, Youngstown.
ä
Dana Chorale
presents a con-
cert of motets and madrigals at 8
p.m. Sunday in Bliss Recital Hall,
Youngstown State University.
Bekah
Goller
of Hubbard sings with the
group.
ä Guitarist and sitar player
John
Kolessar
plays at 8 p.m. Monday in
lecture Hall A of Kent State Universi-
ty’s Trumbull campus in Champion
Township. The show is free and a re-
ception follows the performance.
ä Pianist
Emanuel Ax
gives a
recital Wednesday at Carnegie Mu-
sic Hall, Pittsburgh. Tickets: (412)
521-8011, Ext. 849.
ä
Cleveland Orchestra
and clar-
inetist
Franklin Cohen
play Mozart,
Penderecki and Tchaikovsky at 8:15
p.m. today through Saturday and
Tuesday at the Allen Theatre, Cleve-
land. The orchestra is joined by pi-
anist Terrence Wilson for works by
Husa, Grieg and Dvorak at 8:15 p.m.
Nov. 18 and 20. Cut Dvorak from the
second program for a concert at 11
a.m. Nov. 19. Tickets: (800) 686-1141
or (216) 231-1111
ä Voice impersonator
Rich Little
and some of alter egos, including
Neil Diamond, Nat King Cole, Bing
Crosby, Willie Nelson, Clark Gable
and Cary Grant, pop in for a week-
end with the
Pittsburgh Pops
at
Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh. Shows are
7:30 p.m. today and Sunday and 8
p.m. Friday and Saturday. The pro-
gram also includes music of
Shostakovich, Anderson, Goldsmith,
Hayman, Strauss and Rodgers/Ben-
nett. Tickets: (412) 392-4900.
ä Tickets go on sale Monday for
the concert by violinist
Joshua Bell
and pianist
Simon Mulligan
at 8 p.m.
Feb. 8 at Severance Hall, Cleveland.
Tickets: (800) 686-1141 or (216) 231-
1111.
ä
Aleck Karis
playing Elliot
Carter’s piano music at 8 p.m. Tues-
day at the Frick Fine Arts Auditori-
um, University of Pittsburgh. Infor-
mation: (412) 624-4125.
ä Cellist
Marko Ylonen
rosins up
his bow at 4 p.m. Sunday at the
Frick Art and Historical Center, Pitts-
burgh. The leading cellist of Finland
will play Prokofiev, Piazzola, Robert
Schumann and Rautio. The concert
is free and tickets will available start-
ing at 3:30 p.m. Information: (412)
371-0600.
ä Pittsburgh Theological Semi-
nary hosts violinist
Movses Pogoss-
ian
and pianist
Vahan Sagsyan
at 2
p.m. Sunday to play Bach, Beethoven
and Chopin. Tickets: at the door.
ä
Pittsburgh Opera
stages Verdi’s
“Il Trovatore”
Saturday, Tuesday and
Nov. 19 and 21 at Benedum Center,
Pittsburgh. Tickets: (412) 456-6666.
D
RAMATIC STAGE
ä Phillip E. Walker
from the
African American Drama Company
of California depicts black leaders
such as Booker T. Washington,
W.E.B. DuBois, Frederick Douglass,
High John, Martin Luther King and
Malcolm X in
“Can I Speak to you
Brother?”
at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Bly
Lecture Hall, Thiel College, Green-
ville. the show uses drama, dance,
poetry, storytelling puppetry, letters,
speeches and songs. Walker has ap-
peared in “Peggy Sue Got Married”
and “Howard the Duck” and the up-
coming films “The Bachelor” and
“Bicentennial Man.” The show is
free.
ä Walnut Street Players
present
a stage version of Edgar Allen Poe’s
“Cask of Amontillado”
Friday and
Nov. 19 at the Walnut Street Lodge,
Sharpsville. Tickets: 962-8158.
ä Theatre Westminster
stages
“The Miracle Worker”
by William
Gibson, the story of Helen Keller
and Annie Sullivan, at 7:30 p.m. to-
day through Saturday at Beeghly
Theater, Westminster College, New
Wilmington. Reservations will be ac-
cepted from noon to 2 p.m. starting
Monday at 946-7241.
ä Youngstown State University
produces
“A Funny Thing Happened
on the Way to the Forum”
at 8 p.m.
today through Saturday, Nov. 19 and
20 and 3 p.m. Sunday and Nov. 21 in
Ford Theater of Bliss Hall. Reserva-
tions: (330) 742-3105.
ä
Trumbull New Theatre,
Niles,
Ohio, serves up
“Murder at the
Howard Johnson’s”
weekends Friday
through Nov. 27. The play was writ-
ten by Ron Clark and Sam Bobrick
and features a dentist, a blundering
car salesman and a middle-aged
femme fatale who team up in twos to
plot the deaths of each other. Reser-
vations: call (330) 652-1103 week-
nights between 7 and 9:30 p.m.
ä
Montana Repertory Theatre
performs a stage version of
“It’s a
Wonderful Life”
for seniors 60 and
over Dec. 4 at the Lakeland Senior
Center, Meadville. An Italian buffet
dinner starts at 5:30 p.m. Reserva-
tions required by Nov. 19. The show
is present by Active Aging. Informa-
tion: (814) 683-4959 or (800) 321-
7705.
ä Victorian Players, Youngstown,
stage
“A Majority of One”
by
Leonard Spigel today through Nov.
21. Information: (330) 727-8663.
ä Riverside Inn, Cambridge
Springs presents
“Memorial May-
hem,”
a dinner theater murder mys-
tery set at a memorial service, 7:30
p.m. Saturday and Nov. 19 and 20.
Information: (800) 964-5173.
ä
“Complete Female Stage
Beauty”
by Jeffrey Hatcher, a battle
of the sexes play set in Elizabethan
England, is offered through Sunday
at City Theater, Pittsburgh. Informa-
tion and tickets: (412) 431-2489.
ä
Pittsburgh Public Theater
ca-
reens into the Hazlett Theatre, Pitts-
burgh, for Paula Vogel’s
“How I
Learned to Drive”
through Sunday.
Tickets: (412) 321-9800.
ä A stage version of the Coen
brothers film
“The Hudsucker
Proxy”
is offered through Nov. 21 at
the University of Pittsburgh’s
Stephen Foster Memorial Theatre.
Tickets (412) 624-7529.
E
TC
.
ä
Powers
Auditorium,
Youngstown, hosts:
Gene Fedor-
chak’s Musical Review
, 8 p.m. Dec.
10, with tickets at (330) 755-2576.;
Charlie Prose
presented by the St.
Vincent dePaul Society, 7 p.m. Dec.
11, with tickets: (330) 746-1128; and
“Miracle on Easy Street”
by
Easy
Street
Productions, 8 p.m. Dec. 17
and 18 and 2:30 p.m. Dec. 19, with
tickets at (330) 744-0264.
ä
Charo
hoochie coos through
two shows Dec. 6 at the Holiday Inn,
South Hills. Lunch will be served at
11:30 p.m. with a show at 12:30 p.m.,
or dinner is offered at 6:30 p.m. and
show at 7:30 p.m. Information: (800)
482-3531. If that doesn’t shake you
enough, catch her at 6 p.m. Dec. 5 at
Montemurros, Pittsburgh. Tickets:
(800) 482-3531.
ä
Four Aces
and the
Drifters
per-
form Sunday at the Holiday Inn,
South Hills. Dinner will be at 4:30
p.m. with the show at 6 p.m.
ä
Packard Concert Band
gives a
free concert at 3 p.m. Sunday at
Packard Music Hall, Warren, Ohio.
ä
Al Hreno
sets the dance groove
at 8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday at
the Pointview Ballroom, Canfield,
Ohio.
ä
Youngstown State University
Percussion Ensemble
bangs it out at
8 p.m. Nov. 18 at Kilcawley Center,
Chestnut Room; and 12:15 p.m.
Wednesday at the Butler Institute of
American Art, Youngstown.
ä Ward Beecher Planetarium,
Youngstown State University, search-
es for planets outside our solar sys-
tem in
“Strange New Worlds”
at 8
p.m. Friday and Nov. 19 and 2 and 8
p.m. Sunday and Nov. 20. Reserva-
tions: (330) 742-3616.
ä
Royal Lipizzaner Stallions
prance and preen Friday at the Civic
Arena, Pittsburgh. Tickets: (330) 747-
1212 or at Kaufmann’s or Iggle En-
tertainment, both in Hermitage. In-
formation: (412) 642-1800.
ä
River City Brass Band
plays
film music at 8 p.m. Saturday at
Carnegie Music Hall, Pittsburgh.
Tickets: (412) 322-7222 or (800) 292-
7222.
ä Blarney Stone Restaurant, Etna,
Pa., hosts the
Wolfe Tones
at 8:30
p.m. Nov. 18. Information and tick-
ets: (412) 781-1666.
ä
Regis Philbin
does his shtick at
7:30 p.m. Friday at Capitol Music
Hall, Wheeling, W.Va. Tickets: (800)
624-5456 or (330) 747-1212, or at
Kaufmann’s or Iggle Entertainment,
both in Hermitage.
ä Capital entertainers at Capitol
Music Hall, Wheeling, W.Va.:
Neil
Sedaka
, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday; and
Triple Gold,
featuring singers from
the Association, Four Preps and the
Diamonds, Nov. 18. Tickets: (800)
624-5456 or (330) 747-1212, or at
Kaufmann’s or Iggle Entertainment,
both in Hermitage.
J
AZZ
ä Neo-swing band
Big Bad
Voodoo Daddies
celebrates “This
Beautiful Life” Dec. 7 at the Odeon,
Cleveland. The
Blue Hawaiians
open
at 8 p.m. Tickets: (330) 747-1212 or
at Kaufmann’s or Iggle Entertain-
ment, both in Hermitage. Informa-
tion: (216) 574-2525.
ä Pianist
Ramsey Lewis
and gui-
tarist
John Pizzarelli
provide the one-
two punch at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 27 at
Carnegie Music Hall, Pittsburgh.
Tickets: (330) 747-1212 or at Kauf-
mann’s or Iggle Entertainment, both
in Hermitage.
ä
Sean Jones-Marcus DePue
Jazz Quintet
improvise at 8 p.m.
Tuesday at Border’s Books and Mu-
sic, Niles, Ohio. Also set: pianist
Joe
Kaplowitz
, 8 p.m. Saturday; and
trombonist
Paul McKee
performing
for the Borders Jazz Club, 7 p.m.
Wednesday.
ä Guitarist
John Scofield
jams at
8 p.m. Nov. 18 at the Cleveland Mu-
seum of Art. Information: (216) 421-
7350 or (888) 262-0033.
ä
Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
di-
rected by
Buddy Morrow
and featur-
ing vocalist
Walt Andrus,
brings
back memories at 1:30 p.m. Monday
at the Palace Theatre, Cleveland.
Tickets and information: (800) 766-
6048.
ä
Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra
plays
at 7 p.m. Nov. 18 at the Westgate
Auditorium, East Liverpool, Ohio.
Tickets: (330) 386-8765.
ä
Jet Set Six
plays a swing set at
7:30 p.m. Saturday at Shafer Auditori-
um, Henderson Campus Center, Al-
legheny College, Meadville. Tickets:
(814) 332-3101.
ä
Youngstown State University
Jazz Faculty Sextet
performs at 8
p.m. Monday in Kilcawley Center,
Chestnut Room.
ä Saxophonist
David Sanborn
plays Friday at the Tangier, Akron.
Tickets and information: (330) 376-
7171 or (800) TANGIER.
ä
Yellowjackets
sting at 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 18, 8 p.m. Nov. 19, 7 and 9:30
p.m. Nov. 20 and 2:30 p.m. Nov. 21
at the Manchester Craftsmen’s
Guild, Pittsburgh. Tickets: (412) 322-
0800.
K
IDS
ä The book and television show
star
”Arthur”
embarks on a “live ad-
venture” at 7 p.m. Nov. 30 and Dec.
1 at Powers Auditorium,
Youngstown. Tickets: (330) 744-0264.
ä Pittsburgh Children’s Museum
observes
National Storytelling
Week
, which is Monday through
Nov. 2 with:
Joe Wos
presenting
original stories and drawings in
“Once Upon a Toon” from 11:30 a.m.
to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday;
Mother Goose
appears at 11 a.m., noon and 1 p.m.
Wednesday; and
Coni Koepfinger
and
Nick Moore
present the interac-
tive musical “Travis Tee” at noon
and 2 p.m. Nov. 20. Information:
(412) 322-5058.
M
USICAL STAGE
ä
Grove City College
presents the
musical comedy “Into the Woods” at
8 p.m. today through Saturday in
Ketler Auditorium, Pew Fine Arts
Center. The characters from “Little
Red Riding Hood,” “Cinderella.”
“Jack and the Beanstalk” and “Ra-
punzel” get involved in each others’
stories. Tickets: 458-3322.
ä
Youngstown Playhouse
pre-
sents
“How To Succeed In Business
Without Really Trying”
at 8 p.m. Fri-
day and Saturday, and 2 p.m. today
and Sunday. Songs include “I Believe
In You” and “The Brotherhood Of
Man.” Reservations: (330) 788-8739.
ä
Oakland Center for the Arts
opens its new home in Youngstown
with
“Jacques Brel is Alive and Well
and Living in Paris,”
featuring the
songs of the Belgian-born poet and
singer. Shows will be at 8 p.m. Fri-
day and Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
Tickets and information: (330) 746-
0404.
ä The halls of the Palace Theatre
will be alive with the sounds of
Richard Chamberlain
singing
“The
Sound of Music”
at 7:30 p.m. today,
Friday and Tuesday through Nov. 19
and 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday,
Sunday and Nov. 20 and 21. Tickets
and information: (800) 766-6048.
ä Riverside Inn, Cambridge
Springs, presents
“A Canterbury
Feast,”
a medieval-style musical
comedy dinner theater, at 7:30 p.m.
Fridays and Saturdays through Nov.
20. Information: (800) 964-5173.
ä
Carousel Dinner Theatre
,
Akron, Ohio, presents
“Extravagan-
za 2000: The Best of Fantasy Spec-
tacular”
through Jan. 9 with music,
comedy, dancing and special effects,
and featuring comedians the
Shenanigans,
and the “muscle bal-
let” of
Trilogy.
Tickets: (800) 362-
4100.
R
OCK
ä Megadeth, Static X
and
DDT
rattle the rafters of the Warner The-
atre, Erie, at 8 p.m. Sunday. Informa-
tion: (814) 453-7117. Tickets: (814)
452-4857, (330) 747-1212 or at Kauf-
mann’s or Iggle Entertainment, both
in Hermitage.
ä
At the Cleveland Agora:
Filter
and
Staind
8 p.m. Saturday;
Penny-
wise, Strung Out
and
All
, 8 p.m.
Wednesday; and
Chris Cornell
, 8
p.m. Nov. 18. Information: (216) 881-
6911. Tickets: (330) 747-1212 or at
Kaufmann’s or Iggle Entertainment,
both in Hermitage.
ä Sail the seas of cheese with
Primus
and
Incubus
at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday at Metropol, Pittsburgh.
Tickets: (330) 747-1212 or at Kauf-
mann’s or Iggle Entertainment, both
in Hermitage. Tickets for
Danzig
and
Samhain
, who play at 7 p.m.
Wednesday, are at (412) 276-8300.
ä Steve Vai
turns the Odeon,
Cleveland, into “The Ultra Zone” Fri-
day.
Eric Sardinas
opens at 9 p.m.
Tickets: (330) 747-1212 or at Kauf-
mann’s or Iggle Entertainment, both
in Hermitage. Information: (216) 574-
2525.
ä
Pegasus
flies Saturday at
Palmers, Meadville.
ä River Saints
host a jam night at
9 p.m. Tuesdays and Sundays start-
ing Tuesday at the Night Tracks
Lounge, Route 224, west of New Cas-
tle. Musicians are welcome to bring
their instruments and play along. In-
formation: 546-2108.
ä Revving at the Hot Rod Cafe,
Sharon:
Dueling Pianos
, 9:30 p.m.
Friday; and
Sleeping Giants
, 10:30
p.m. Nov. 13.
S
POKEN WORD
ä Rapper
Chuck D
of Public Ene-
my chews the phat on “Rap, Race
and Reality” at 7 p.m. today at Slip-
pery Rock University’s University
Union Multi-Purpose Room. The lec-
ture is free.
ä The
Rev. Dr. Werner Lange
,
African historian and ethnographer,
speaks on “Divine Kingship in Ab-
synnia and Beyond” at 7 p.m. today
at Border’s Books and Music, Niles,
Ohio.
Debra Calhoun
, adjunct profes-
sor of Pan-African Studies at Kent
State University, speaks on “African
Contributions to World History” at 7
p.m. Nov. 18. The lectures coincide
with the PBS television series “Won-
ders of the African World.” Informa-
tion: (330) 544-1761.
Compiled by Joe Pinchot
Herald Staff Writer
Contributed photo
Diana Thater’s “The Wicked Witch,” an image created with video projectors and a laser disc player, is part of the
53rd Carnegie International art show at the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh.
By Joe Pinchot
Herald Staff Writer
It’s 1999, everybody is looking
back and ahead.
Artists are not immune to examin-
ing of how far they’ve come and how
far they’d like to go, although they
like to bring the two sides together
and see what settles out of the con-
flict.
The clash between tradition and
modernity creates some of the most
interesting work in the Carnegie In-
ternational, the occasional survey of
contemporary art at the Carnegie
Museum of Art, Pittsburgh. The
53rd Carnegie International contin-
ues through March 26.
John Currin, a New York-based
artist so hip that Spin magazine re-
cently made him the subject of a fea-
ture story, imposes modern subjects
on an age-old style of art that has
startling repercussions in the discus-
sion of the expectations of women.
Currin paints nudes with faces
and hair styles of today, but with the
enormous hips and elongated and
otherwise distorted torsos of North-
ern Renaissance and early Mannerist
paintings. The paintings are amusing
in how they seem to create carica-
tures of modern women, but also
raise questions of our perception of
beauty, its importance in society and
how we judge women who try to
conform or rebel against that percep-
tion.
Shirin Neshat examines a battle
between tradition and modernity not
in art terms but personally and soci-
etally with the video “Soliloquy.”
Ms. Neshat, an Iranian-born
woman now living in the New York
City, is the star of the video, which is
really two videos shown on walls op-
posite each other. In one, she walks
the stone streets of ancient Turkey,
takes part in Islamic religious rituals
and watches as children play care-
free. In the second, she hurries
through a modern, bustling city, with
its teaming superhighways and
crowded airport. She breaks away
from the old city to go to the new,
but finds the new to be pretty vacant,
and herself a mere observer of
events she would like to participate
Artists of the world unite
at Carnegie International
PITTSBURGH
Sharon, Pa.
Thursday, Nov. 11, 1999
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