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Thursdays through Sunday April 24-27: last chance
Island Stage Left presents "Talley's Folly" by Lanford Wilson. Set in a dilapidated boathouse towards the end of the second world war, two social outcasts - a German Jewish accountant and the daughter of a wealthy and bigoted Missouri family find each other on a summer evening by the river and reveal their secret fears.
Krista Strutz and Daniel Mayes pair off in this enchanting romance playing Thursday through Sunday - April 24 to 27 at 7:30 at the Fairgrounds on Argyle in the 4H building.
It's a lovely warm, funny and moving story set in Missouri in 1942. The cast is comprised two characters - Matt Friedman, a Jewish accountant and the object of his desire, Sally Talley, the daughter
of a wealthy and bigoted business family. Daniel Mayes and Krista Strutz, who performed "Educating Rita" last year, will play the two characters.
This bitter-sweet romance is a testament to the triumph of love over fear and the struggle to overcome tragedy with courage, humor and hope.
Island Sinfonia Concert In FH
(Brad Gislason photo)
The Island Sinfonia, under the direction of Jack Lynch, will present a spring concert at Saint David's Episcopal Church in Friday Harbor on Saturday, April 19th at 3 p.m.
The Orchestra, made up of approximately 29 instrumentalists from four islands, will present a program featuring Beethoven's Symphony #6 first and fifth movements, "Entrance of the Queen of Sheba" by Handel, "Divertimento for Wind Octet" by Mozart," Prayer of St. Gregory "(strings and trumpets) "Overture to Hansel and Gretel" by Humperdinck, "Finlandia" by Sibelius, and "Symphonette Number 2" by Gould. Admission to the concert is by donation.
The Island Sinfonia was founded by Mother Kateri Visocki of the Franciscan Order of the Eucharist convent on Shaw Island 26 years ago. It is a 501(c), (3) non-profit corporation and operates wholly on concert revenue and donations. Annual performances are scheduled on each of the ferry-served islands and at other events when invited.
Musicians interested in joining the Island Sinfonia and donors wishing to support the group are encouraged to contact Conductor Jack Lynch on Shaw Island.
Uncle Otto & Debbie Nash Strasser
Get Your Groove On with San Juan Island's own Uncle Otto, preceded by the Debbi Nash Strasser opening act.
Uncle Otto performers are James Barkshire, Steve Keys, Mike Adams, plus sepcial guests. The entertainment kicks of at 7:30 p.m. on Friday the 18th, at the San Juan Community Theater in Friday Harbor. Icket are $16.00 for adults, $8.00 for students, and $5.00 RUSH. Call 378-3210
Co-sponsored by RE/MAX San Juan Island & Rock Island Communications.
Local Musician up For Music Award
 The Los Angeles Music Awards ceremony is being held tonight (Thursday) and one of our locals has received two nominations for awards for two songs.
Some know Tom Doenges as the computer guy that owns Computer San Juans, but not unlike many in the San Juan County, there is more to the story. Tom is also an accomplished musician and song writer, and tonight two songs he co-wrote with Dick Hieronymus could win an award.
One song is called “The shutup Song” and the other is entitled ‘All Tied Down’. Either or both songs may receive an award and will be telecasted live. Both songs are in the Country Division. The two songs are listed on Tom’s other website at www.broadjam.com/tomhenry, where he is know by his ASCAP writer name as “Tom Henry”.
THURSDAY, 7 DECEMBER, 6:30pm -PELINDABA FILM CLUB
After the Thanksgiving/snowstorm break, Peleindaba resumes their film club evenings with a showing of this award-winning documentary, narrated by Peter Coyote and originally broadcast on the PBS series Point of View (P.O.V.).
Three geographic locations, each with compelling reasons for Americans to visit but for very different reasons: Devils Tower in Wyoming, the Colorado Plateau in the Southwest, and Mt. Shasta in Northern California. To the Native American Lakota, Hopi and Wintu peoples, each of these places has a special cultural and religious significance and has been treasured and protected by them for centuries. To the descendants of much later immigrants to the United States, these same places are valued primarily for their recreational or economic potential.
The film dramatically brings into sharp focus the tension between these two "points of view" and highlights yet another slice of the complex relationship that has characterized this ongoing clash of cultures.
DIRECTOR: Christopher McCleod(2001 - Rated NR) Film showing (77 mins) commences 6:30 pm, followed by discussion. Film Club evenings are presented without admission charge and are made possible by the community's continuing patronage of the cafe. (Pelindaba will also be open until 7 on Thursdays in December.)
Benefit Players Present A Ceremony of Carols
A small women's chorus directed by RuthE. Wells will present three performances of Benjamin Britten's popular oratorio A Ceremony of Carols and other holiday music Friday and Saturday, December 1 and 2, at 7:30 pm, and Sunday, December 3, at 2:00 pm. Admission is by donation, and all contributions to San Juan Benefit Players are tax deductible. In honor of the humble Holy family, which is celebrated by this work, audience members are asked to bring an item of non-perishable food for the Food Bank in addition to cash donations for admission. All donations are tax-deductible.
"TSOTSI"
Pelindaba Downtown film club presents (Friday, 17 Nov 06, @ 6:30pm) : "TSOTSI" Winner of the 2006 Academy Award: Best Foreign Language Film, Tsotsi represented a breakthrough of South African film-making onto the international film scene. Set in Soweto and Johannesburg, this film adaptation of an Athol Fugard story has updated the period to the post-apartheid era. Tsotsi n. thug, gangster, hoodlum
Set amidst the sprawling Johannesburg township of Soweto - where survival is the primary objective - TSOTSI traces six days in the life of a ruthless young gang leader who ends up caring for a baby accidentally kidnapped during a car-jacking.
The film relates a triumph of spirit and personal redemption among the daily challenges faced by so many caught in the cycle of poverty, violence and survival that is otherwise so foreign to indigenous culture norms. DIRECTOR: Gavin Hood. (2006 Rated R) Film showing (94 mins) commences 6:30 pm, followed by discussion.
"Educating Rita"
Touching, entertaining and incredibly funny! Stage Left presents: "Educating Rita" by Willy Russell At the Roche Harbor Pavilion from Nov 16th - Dec 10th Thursdays - Saturdays @ 7:30, Suns @ 5:30 (except Sat. Nov 18th @ 2:00 pm only) (No performance on Thanksgiving Day ) Also as part of Roche Harbor's Christmas Festivities on Dec 15th @ 7:30 Admission free. Donations welcome.
"Educating Rita" centers on the relationship between two people from opposite sides of a cultural and academic divide. University lecturer Frank needs to earn some extra money, so he agrees to tutor an Open University student.
His student, Rita, is a brash, earthy hairdresser with a recently discovered passion for higher education -much to the dismay of her husband Denny. In her attempts to appreciate literature, Rita challenges the attitudes of a traditional university, teaching Frank to question his own understanding of his work and himself. Daniel Mayes and Krista Strutz play Frank and Rita.
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