Run For Your Wife!: Cast member Jordan Burrows in foreground goes over lines in next Warren Players production at the Struthers Library Theatre with Production Manager Savannah Kyler. Run For Your Wife! is a comedy about two wives with the same husband--definitely rated PG-13. It's not the first time that matrimony has popped up as a theme with the Warren Players. Their very first production in 1931 was titled "Her Husband's Wife."
Figure that one out.
The date of their inaugural play makes Warren Players the oldest continuously running community theater in the U.S. Arguably.
More than 80 years later, Warren's thespians now perform in the 18th oldest legitimate theater in the country--the Struthers Library Theatre at 3rd and Liberty in downtown Warren, PA.
Tickets for students are $12 at the door one hour before curtain time. Same price for those of us who are 60 or older. Otherwise, admission is $14 for the show which opens on Thursday, February 10 and runs through February 13th. Full info at Struthers Library Theatre.
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Crary Art Gallery on Market Street hosts exhibit by world traveller.
Interview by Brad Conquer. Zack Frank discusses his approach to nature and landscape photography, sometimes planning months in advance for a special shot.
For two weeks only, local residents can view 60 photographs by National Geographic and Stars and Stripes photographer Frank Zack. A public reception for the photographer will be held Saturday, February 5 at the Crary, 511 Market Street, Warren, PA from 12 noon to 4 p.m.
The title of the show is "The Appreciative Eye: War, Natural Disasters, and National Parks," which should prove to be an interesting juxtaposition of tragedy, cataclysm, and beauty. The choice of exhibit at this time may represent a sort of double play by The Crary. As they upgrade their exhibits to a national status they have found a local talent to show to the world. One wonders if they can do it again.
With the advent of digital photography and the internet, consumers are met with a flood of "eye candy" that usually only gets seen for about 5 seconds. With an exhibit of this kind, art lovers can get something they may long for--beautiful photographs in full size displayed as the artist meant it which may be something of a rarity these days in our multi-tasking, attention-deficit world. So text your BFF (while NOT driving) and give them the 411.
The Crary Art Gallery is a free museum of contemporary art, housed in an exciting neo-classic villa style home. It is open to the public Thursday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays from 12 noon to 4 p.m. There are also special hours on Friday during which the art gallery is open, from 5 to 8 p.m. Just look for the celebratory "welcome" flag which is posted when it is open.
According to its web site the gallery was established in 1977 in memory of photographer Clare J. Crary by his wife, painter Gene Walker Crary. In addition to a permanent collection of their work, the gallery hosts current exhibitions from all over the country. The next exhibit after the current one will be "Urban Country," watercolors by Catherine Hillis starting on March 6.
Watercolor Boot Camp, a special workshop for local artists sponsored by the Crary Gallery and Warren Hi-Ed to be held March 7 and 8 and featuring Catherine Hillis.
For an unprecedented 5th time, the United States Canoe Association will hold its national competition in Warren, PA. The announcement appeared on the Allegheny River Competitive Paddlers web site yesterday.
The event is usually held in early August and is held from the Kinzua Dam to Betts Park in downtown Warren as well as Chapman Lake in Clarendon, PA.
The national competition sponsored by the USCA is in addition to a yearly canoe and kayak race which is currently scheduled for July 16 this summer.
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