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Many Hats Theatre Company production of Neil Simon’s bittersweet comedy ‘Lost in Yonkers.’ ends this weekend. The last shows are  Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 8:00PM and Sunday  Matinee at 2:00PM at the Cannery Stage in the Cannery Trade Centre 1475 Fairview Road, Penticton. Tickets are available at the Wine Country Visitor’s Centre, Railway and Eckhardt in Penticton or by phone 250-493-4055.

Guest Director for Lost in Yonkers, which was described by the New York Post as “the best play Simon ever wrote” will be Vernon’s Monty Hughes. Fittingly Lost in Yonkers is the only Neil Simon play to win both a Tony Award and a Pulitzer Prize.

Lost in Yonkers is the story of Jay and Arty who are forced by family financial circumstances to live with their tyrannical grandmother in her emotionally dysfunctional household at the beginning of World War II. Newcomers Aidan Valentini and Liam Martin will be playing the two pivotal roles.

There’s lots new for this production! For one thing The Hats are now able to offer guests reserved seating! Visit our website (www.manyhatstheatre.com) Then, choose your favorite seat, purchase your  tickets at the Wine Country Visitor’s Centre in person or on the phone and your seat will be waiting for you when you arrive at the Cannery Stage!

Unfortunately, due to rising costs of virtually everything Many Hats have been forced to increase their ticket prices.  Effective for the 2012 season tickets will be $22 for adults and $19 for students and seniors.

The licensed Opus Bistro Café (right next to the Cannery Stage) will be open for every show with a tempting menu of dinner options.

Lost in Yonkers opened on February 2 and runs until February 25. Shows are Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 8:00PM with a Sunday Matinee at 2:00PM.

Don’t miss this heartwarming tale…one of Neil Simon’s best!

You can keep up to date with Many Hats online:
Homepage:http://www.manyhatstheatre.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/ManyHatsTheatre
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=28456105784

For more information:  manyhatstheatre@shaw.ca  or 250-809-7635

Did you ever wonder where the banners hanging on the flagpoles around Summerland come from? These are designed and painted by members of the community.

The Summerland Community Arts Council sponsors the banner project annually. This project is a community initiative that increases the exposure of the art gallery, displays local artwork, and beautifies the town.

We want you to be involved. You are an important member of the community of Summerland, and your artwork, hand painted on a banner, will be seen by thousands of people including locals and tourists.

There are a few simple steps:
1.    Pick up your submission form at the Art Gallery or Library or download it here. Fill in your information, draw out your design and try to drop it off at the Art Gallery before March 1st. (If you need more time for your design, please call us & let us know so that we can reserve a banner.
2.    Sign-up for a time to trace &paint your banner with the help of Arts Council volunteers at the Summerland Arts Centre. You can choose the day & time to paint your banner from the start of Spring Break through to April 22nd. Sign-up sheets will be at the Arts Centre after March 1st
3.    Create your banner! Paint and all other materials are provided for you. There is no cost to participants but if you’d like to buy your banner in the Fall you can for a minimum of $50.00. Otherwise you can order bookmarks of your banner for $3.00 each.

Our theme this year is “Fun in the Sun” Interpret the theme however you like using sports, scenery, people, arts, fruit… It’s up to you!

Come in and join in the fun. It’s so rewarding to see your work hanging up and making Summerland streets beautiful.

Please have your design submissions to the office by March 1st, 2012. Children under 12 must have parent or guardians’ consent and must be accompanied by adult or guardian over 16.

See you at the Gallery!

 
Saturday, February 25th

Cost: $40 / Supplies: $10 and up
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Level: Beginner to Intermediate
Design and handcraft two pieces of Jewelry with Madams Jewels.

Karen Griggs will instruct on various threading, stringing and wire work techniques. The workshop will be inspired by a trip to Thailand so expect lots of unusual and beautiful beads to design and create with.

Summerland, BC – February 20, 2012 – Now you can purchase a unique Summerland Art bead to remind you of the enjoyable experience you had at Summerland Art Gallery. Pick up a different bead at each of the Bead Trail locations – wineries, small businesses and tourist attractions – to complete your Summerland bracelet! Bead Trails is a fun and affordable activity you can do while in Summerland.

Download the Summerland Bead Trails map. Bracelets can be picked up at the Summerland Visitor’s Centre.

Collect 8 different beads to receive your complimentary bead from Madam’s Jewels studio at the Summerland Visitor Centre. Studio Hours: 11 – 4 Tuesday – Saturday.

Karen Griggs
Madam’s Jewels
250-488-2489
@ the Visitor’s Centre
Highway 97, Summerland, BC

My Week with Marilyn (UK)

March 8 at 4 p.m. & 7 p.m.
Director: Simon Curtis Cast: Michelle Williams, Kenneth Branagh, Eddie Redmayne, Judi Dench PG – 101 min
Few celebrities have rivalled the allure and magnetism of Hollywood’s tragic and enduring icon, Marilyn Monroe. Based on Colin Clark’s memoir, this film offers a fascinating glimpse of an ambitious young man’s experience while shooting one of Monroe’s most challenging films. Clark lands a job as an assistant to famed director Lawrence Olivier and finds the British production riddled with tension as the stern, classically trained director has little patience for the star’s nervous jitters, chronic tardiness and infuriating devotion to method acting. Clark soon becomes the confident of the fragile icon and is as beguiled by the sad, insecure little girl as he is by the sensual screen goddess. Sexy, vulnerable, alluring and complex, this is a tour-de-force performance.

Download the complete lineup here.

Saturday, February 18th
10:00 am to 4:00 pm with 1 hour for lunch
Cost: $40 / Materials: Your digital camera and warm clothes for an afternoon walk
Level: Beginner to Intermediate

Bring your camera, and if you have lenses and a tripod, bring those too. The focus of this class is for each person to get the most out of their equipment in the areas that interest them. After we cover the basics of using our cameras, we will learn about solving some of the most common problems: reducing blur, dealing with low light, and focusing issues. After lunch we will take a photo-walk of at least an hour outside, focusing on the areas we’re most interested in (landscapes, portraits, abstracts, macro, etc). Then we’ll head back inside to review some photos, go over what we’ve learned, and do some basic editing, sharing and printing.
On registration please email Jeremy (jhiebert@gmail.com) to discuss what camera you use, what types of photography you enjoy, and what you are most interested in learning.

Summerland Community Cultural Development Committee (CCDC),
in conjunction with the Summerland Community Arts Council presents:

With speaker Allison Rennie, Director of Leadership Development, Naramata Centre and Masters Student in Creative Writing

“Writing of all kinds allows us to express ourselves, to communicate ideas, to entertain, to engage the heart – but more than that writing contributes to the emergence of deeper awareness of ourselves, our communities, and our world.  Writing can result from deepening consciousness, and contribute to this same process.”

Allison loves to play with story, with images and words.  She is a gifted teacher and deeply passionate about nurturing the spirituality of people all ages. Allison loves a good mystery, a great movie, a fresh loaf of bread, a moment of learning, a good question, big work, and a deep conversation – in any order! Currently Allison is working on her Master of Fine Arts Degree in Writing and Consciousness.

Former Summerlander, now living in Naramata, Allison Rennie, has worked with children, youth, young adults and their leaders for more than 25 years in a wide variety of contexts.  She served for 12 years as a Program Director at Naramata Centre where her responsibilities included program leadership and design of the foundational program, Winter Session for Young Adults.

For Immediate Release

Many Hats Theatre Company is pleased to announce the first show of their 2012 season…the Fifth season! Opening on the Cannery Stage on February 2 will be the Hat’s production of Neil Simon’s bittersweet comedy ‘Lost in Yonkers.’

Guest Director for Lost in Yonkers, which was described by the New York Post as “the best play Simon ever wrote” will be Vernon’s Monty Hughes. Fittingly Lost in Yonkers is the only Neil Simon play to win both a Tony Award and a Pulitzer Prize.

Lost in Yonkers is the story of Jay and Arty who are forced by family financial circumstances to live with their tyrannical grandmother in her emotionally dysfunctional household at the beginning of World War II. Newcomers Aidan Valentini and Liam Martin will be playing the two pivotal roles.

There’s lots new for this production! For one thing The Hats are now able to offer guests reserved seating! Visit our website (www.manyhatstheatre.com) Then, choose your favorite seat, purchase your  tickets at the Wine Country Visitor’s Centre in person or on the phone and your seat will be waiting for you when you arrive at the Cannery Stage!

Unfortunately, due to rising costs of virtually everything Many Hats have been forced to increase their ticket prices.  Effective for the 2012 season tickets will be $22 for adults and $19 for students and seniors.

The licensed Opus Bistro Café (right next to the Cannery Stage) will be open for every show with a tempting menu of dinner options.

Lost in Yonkers opened on February 2 and runs until February 25. Shows are Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 8:00PM with a Sunday Matinee at 2:00PM.

Tickets are available at the Wine Country Visitor’s Centre, Railway and Eckhardt in Penticton or by phone 250-493-4055.

Don’t miss this heartwarming tale…one of Neil Simon’s best!

You can keep up to date with Many Hats online:
Homepage:http://www.manyhatstheatre.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/ManyHatsTheatre
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=28456105784

FAST FACTS:
WHAT: Many Hats Theatre Company production of Neil Simon’s award winning Lost in Yonkers
WHEN: February 2 to February 25. Shows Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 8:00PM and Sunday  Matinee at 2:00PM
WHERE: Cannery Stage in the Cannery Trade Centre 1475 Fairview Road, Penticton
TICKETS: $22/$19  at the Wine Country Visitor’s Centre Railway and Eckhardt

For more information:  manyhatstheatre@shaw.ca  or 250-809-7635

A print version of this release can be downloaded here.

Series Tickets: $33 Gallery members & students $38 Non-members
Single Tickets: $12 each
Available at the Penticton Art Gallery – 199 Marina Way (250-493-2928) and
The Book Shop – 242 Main Street (250-492-6661)
All movies are screened at the Pen-Mar Cinema, 361 Martin Street, Penticton. Limited single tickets are available at the door.
February 16 at 4 p.m. & 7 p.m. Monsieur Lazhar (Canada ~ subtitled)

Director: Philippe Falardeau,  Cast: Fellag, Sophie Nelisse, Émilien Neron;  PG – 95 min

Following the tragic death of a well loved Montreal elementary schoolteacher, Bachir Lazhar, a middle aged Algerian immigrant, steps in to fill the sudden vacancy and comes to the aid of the shocked students. Lazar’s traditional teaching methods provide just the structure the grieving students require to bring normalcy back into their lives. As Lazar becomes accepted, his complicated history is gradually revealed to show how his personal struggles and experiences have well prepared him to guide these children to recovery. This is a complex film of tremendous maturity which interweaves themes of loss, innocence and imposture with shrewdness, tenderness and luminous warmth.

Download the complete line-up here or go to the Penticton Art Gallery Website

Beginner Portraiture with Dawn Marie Boucher has been postponed to February 11th.

9:00 am to 4:00 pm with 1 hour for lunch
Cost: $40 / Supplies: $10 for paper; charcoal, pencils and pastels will be available for purchase.

So you want to learn portrait drawing. You are a beginner and do not know where to start – no problem. This class covers all the important techniques to begin creating portraits unique to you. The key to your success is learning to “observe and draw what you
actually see” and letting go of learned ideas by carefully observing the interplay of form and light, shape and line that combine to create the actual appearance of human form. Step-by-step demonstrations will illustrate how to create realistic features, the use of
tone, even how to portray smooth, young skin and hair – two elements of portraiture many “newbies” find daunting and much more. You will begin learning portraiture in black and white and progress to color. Most importantly you will discover your own
personal style and the joy of capturing the “essence” of your subject.