Arts In The Park 2010

July Events

Thursday, July 29: 8:00 Clearview

Friday, July 30: 8:00 The Four

All shows subject to change and/or cancellation due to weather or other circumstances. Performances at the Larry Norvell Band Shell, 1101 Fremont, Manhattan, KS except those marked for Sunset Zoo

Arts in the Park flyer (pdf)

Manhattan Parks & Rec

2010 Summer Season

July 30, 2010 2:00 and 6:30 PM
Pinocchio - Missoula Children's Theatre Performance

July 31, 2010 7:00 and 9:30 PM
Jim Labriola - Seventh Street Comedy Festival

Call 785-238-3103 to purchase tickets by phone.

C.L.Hoover Opera House
135 W. 7th Street
Junction City, Kansas 66441

Celebrate Summer Reading with a Splash at Manhattan Public Library


The 2010 Make a Splash Summer Reading celebration begins on Tuesday, June 1 and runs through Saturday, July 31 at the Manhattan Public Library.

Surf into summer with a Kick-Off Party on Saturday, June 5 at 1:00 p.m. featuring local surf band Los Habaneros, water-themed games and activities, and fun prizes including family pool passes to Northview and Cico pools.

It’s easy to join the summer reading fun. Starting Tuesday, June 1, readers can sign up online or in the library to keep track of time spent reading and listening to books, then, fill in a chart or log time online.

This year’s theme for children, age birth through 6th grade, is “Make a Splash: Read.” The children’s room will have weekly clubs and storytimes starting Monday, June 7; times are available on the children’s room website or the library events calendar. Children will earn prizes for reading 5, 10 & 20 hours.

“Make Waves at the Library” is the theme for the Teen Summer Reading program. Teens in 7th grade and up can earn prizes for reading 15 & 30 hours. Prize Party tickets are earned by reading and attending programs.

Adults are encouraged to “Water Your Mind” this summer. Sign-up and participate online or visit the information desk in the library. Give yourself the gift of reading and enter weekly drawings for great prizes donated by local merchants. Need help finding something good to read? Let us create a Personalized Reading List just for you based on your own reading tastes.

For more information visit the library at 629 Poyntz Avenue, or online at www.manhattan.lib.ks.us or call the library at 785-776-4741.

Arts In The Park 2010

July Events

Saturday, July 31: 8:00 The Benders

All shows subject to change and/or cancellation due to weather or other circumstances. Performances at the Larry Norvell Band Shell, 1101 Fremont, Manhattan, KS except those marked for Sunset Zoo

Arts in the Park flyer (pdf)

Manhattan Parks & Rec

Saddle Up and Hit the Trail On
Saddle Ridge Ranch

We’ll be roundin’ up some of life’s biggest questions and drivin’ home answers as we explore the wide open spaces on Saddle Ridge Ranch. Join us as we discover who we are, that God cares about us, God has a plan for us, how we can be like Jesus, and what do we do with all we’ve learned.

On this weekend adventure, you will drive home answers through Bible stories, crafts, motivating music, and games.

The adventure takes place at
Ogden Baptist Church
2845 Greenwood Dr.
Ogden, KS 66517

Friday, July 30, 2010 from 6pm until 8pm
Saturday, July 31, 2010 from 10am to 3pm
Sunday, August 1, 2010 from 10:30am to 12pm and 4pm to 6pm
At 6pm on Sunday we will have Family Night!

For more information call Nicole Null @ 785-477-5583 or e-mail @ nicolebrianlillian@yahoo.com

God's Favorite
Great Plains Theatre
Abilene, KS
July 30th thru Aug 1st


Join Sidney Lipton (played by GPT Favorite, Jim Hopkins) in Neil Simon's hilarious modern retelling of the biblical book of Job. A night guaranteed to be full of laughs and irony- this is one you won't want to miss! Only a few performances left!

Friday, and Saturday @ 7:30pm & Sunday @ 2pm
JOIN US FOR OUR AFTER SHOW PARTIES ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS!
Great Plains Theatre
Call : 888-222-4574

From Sea to Shining Sea
Romantic Paintings of America by Mark Flickinger
August 6 – September 11, 2010


Cliffs Near Tahlequah, OK 11 x14 by Mark Flickinger
Mark Flickinger, during his sabbatical from Cowley County Community College, enjoyed an opportunity to view the vistas which inspired the romantic painters of American landscape. This exhibit is a celebration of his inspirations and the paintings which have resulted.

Once We Were Many 18x21x10 by Delmar Pettigrew
His show-mates are Martha and Delmar Pettigrew, bronze sculptors from Kearney, NE. Both are internationally award-winning sculptors whose work is found in corporate and municipal, as well as private collections.

In addition, the exhibit will feature fiber art by noted quilt-maker, Chris Wolf Edmonds (Berryton); Kansas photographs by Mark Feiden (Roeland Park); gouache paintings by Margie Kuhn (Lawrence); stone sculpture by Don Lind (Hutchinson); and collage paintings by Anita Markley (Lawrence).

Exhibit runs August 6 through September 11, 2010. The Gallery is located at 406½ Poyntz, Manhattan, and is open Monday through Saturday, 10 to 6. For additional information, 785-537-2099, and www.strecker-nelsongallery.com

Arts In The Park 2010

August Events

Thursday, August 5: 8:00 Lake Street Drive

Friday, August 6: 8:00 Mountain Sprout

All shows subject to change and/or cancellation due to weather or other circumstances. Performances at the Larry Norvell Band Shell, 1101 Fremont, Manhattan, KS except those marked for Sunset Zoo

Arts in the Park flyer (pdf)

Manhattan Parks & Rec

Arts In The Park 2010

August Events

Saturday, August 7: 8:00 White Ghost Shivers

All shows subject to change and/or cancellation due to weather or other circumstances. Performances at the Larry Norvell Band Shell, 1101 Fremont, Manhattan, KS except those marked for Sunset Zoo

Arts in the Park flyer (pdf)

Manhattan Parks & Rec

~ Fluidity ~
a group watercolor exhibit


Eight Morels by Anthony Benton Gude
14"x12" • watercolor • $500

Featured Artists Are:

• Anthony Benton Gude
• Barbara Waterman Peters
• James Jones • Jane Booth
• John Hulsey • John Kuhn • Joseph Lorusso
• Judy Lyon • Kathleen Kuchar
• Kathryn Jankus Day • Lisa Grossman
• Louis Copt • Margaret Buie • Margie Kuhn
• Mary Kay • Nora Othic • Oscar Larmer
• Patrick Clark • Ralph Fontenot
• Rebecca Hoyer • Roy Langford
• Steve Dudek • Terry Maxwell

STRECKER-NELSON GALLERY
This exhibit runs thru July 31st.

This exhibit also features works by:

• Marie Mason - acrylic paintings
• Roxann Graber - photographs & photo etchings
• Richard Slimon - mixed media paintings
• Marie Gibbons - installation of sculptures

And Presenting the
Minnosota Clay Connection
The ceramics of:

• Mika Negishi
• Les Laidlaw
• Todd Shanafelt
• Liz James
• Keith Williams
• Marko Fields

Also the ceramics of: • Miku

Strecker-Nelson Gallery
4061/2 Poyntz Ave
Manhattan, KS 66502
785 537 2099

Vintage Flag Quilt to Headline the 'Pieces of Time' Exhibition at K-State's Beach Museum of Art


A patriotic flag quilt will star in an upcoming exhibition of quilts at Kansas State University’s Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art.

The "Pieces of Time: Quilts from K-State's Historic Costume and Textile Museum" exhibition opens May 28 and includes more than a dozen American quilts from the mid-19th to the mid-20th centuries.

Marla Day, curator of K-State's Historic Costume and Textile Museum, said this exhibition is an opportunity to share selections from the museum with the community. K-State's Historic Costume and Textile Museum is housed in the department of apparel, textiles and design.

"These quilts have never been shared with the public. This is rare opportunity," Day said. "The beautiful patriotic flag quilt will be the star of the show, but the path the quilt took to become that star and part of the museum’s holdings is surprising."

The top piece for the exhibition’s featured flag quilt, was purchased by a man named Robert Weir around the year 1940. Weir gave the piece, which he discovered in an old trunk at an auction, to his sister, Mary Catherine Weir Gardner of Topeka. She then had it quilted for about $30, or $466 today. Gardner’s estate donated the quilt to K-State’s Historic Costume and Textile Museum in 1992.

Day said that the quilt may have been started in Maryland: it's eagle motifs bear a strong resemblance to examples produced in Baltimore in 1840-50. Two flag motifs bearing 29 stars are presumed to date around 1847, when Iowa became part of the Union. Additional flag motifs showing 31 stars probably date to around 1851. The differing flag elements testify to how long it often takes a quilter to complete such a large piece of work.

Day said that each quilt also tells a story.

"Whether it is the art of the quilt composition or the artistry of the needle, the quilts are a canvas that allows their creator a place to express their originality, inventiveness and inspiration," she said.

"Pieces of Time" includes 16 additional American quilts and quilted children’s blankets dating from 1840 to 1950. Each work celebrates the art of the needle and fabric. The Friends of the Historic Costume and Textile Museum also recently funded the conservation of the patriotic quilt.

This exhibition runs through September 12.
Quilts

Reasons to be Pretty
by Neil LaBute
directed by Dwight Tolar
August 11-14 7:30pm


Greg makes the mistake of making an off-handed remark about a co-worker's pretty face in comparison to his girlfriend. The unflattering comparison gets back to his girlfriend and wrecks havoc on a close group of friends. When Greg's best friend named Kent and his wife Cathy get involved, things get dramatically more complex. When Greg's relationship with his girlfriend reaches the point of no return their friends are pulled into the argument, which brings about a variety of problems and when secrets and opinions are revealed the consequences are unrepairable. Strong language

Featuring: Ryan Bruce, Kyle Myers, Sissy Quaranta, Erin Trejo

Generously sponsored by Olivia Collins & Tony Jurich

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