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From the Executive Director
Well, yes, I suppose it's an ironic combination - Halloween and the election. Both have scary implications and odd creatures, do they not? But I assure you, it's merely a matter of the calendar.
So in this issue, we offer an opportunity for the perfect Halloween event if you're not into the usual trick-or-treating (on either side of the door) or mischief-making, and an inspiring election-related story of a truly grass-roots (you will see that's a terrible pun) project that has gone international from right here in Luzerne County. Yes, it is clearly supportive of one of the candidates, but it is a good enough story in it's own right that it would be worth reporting even if the picture were of the other guy. To all the McCain supporters - there's still time!
And if you're still on the fence, we give you a perspective on the two candidates from the American for the Arts. Whoever your preference, GET OUT AND VOTE!
Mike Burnside
ps: Don't forget to list your event on the ArtScene Calendar at WVIA. Instructions are on the left, as always.
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Phantom of the Opera
As you've never experienced it before!
 Tonight at 7:30 at St. Stephens Episcopal Church in Wilkes-Barre (Franklin St., across from Boscov's).
The Classic Silent Movie starring Lon Chaney with live improvised organ by
British virtuoso organist, David Briggs on the magnificent, newly restored Berghaus pipe organ at the church. Followed by Trick or Treat and
prizes for best costume.
The Phantom of the Opera is a 1925 silent film directed by Rupert Julian adaptation of the Gaston Leroux novel of the same title. The film features Lon Chaney in the title role as the masked and facially deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House,
causing murder and mayhem in an attempt to force the management to make
the woman he loves a star. It is most famous for Lon Chaney's
intentionally horrific, self-applied make-up, which was kept a studio
secret until the film's premiere.
One
of the foremost Concert Organists of his generation, David Briggs enjoys
a busy touring schedule that takes him all over the world.
He has built a reputation as an exciting performer and communicator, with
particular emphases on orchestral transcriptions and the art of improvisation.
David is increasingly in demand as a composer. David Briggs is also Organist Emeritus of Gloucester Cathedral. Click on the ArtScene interviews link for Erika Funke's interview with David Briggs.
Preferred seating for advanced-sale tickets,
available from any choir member or St. Stephen's. Call 570-825-6653
Prices: General $15; Seniors/Students $10; Children $5
MORE INFO
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Halloween
So, what IS it with Halloween? Well, Wikipedia has more than you want to know. Then again, as a culturally-aware person, perhaps you'd like to know more! Halloween (or Hallowe'en) is an international holiday celebrated on October 31. Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, ghost tours, bonfires, costume parties, visiting haunted attractions, carving jack-o'-lanterns, reading scary stories, and watching horror movies. Irish immigrants carried versions of the tradition
to North America in the nineteenth century. Other western countries
embraced the holiday in the late twentieth century. Halloween is
celebrated in several countries of the Western world,
most commonly in the United States, Canada, Ireland, Puerto Rico,
Japan, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and at times in parts of Australia.
In Sweden the All Saints' official holiday takes place on the first Saturday of November.For MUCH more, click Hallowe'en wiki! |
A rather LARGE political poster!
Field of Hope
 Hilary Ross tells the story best. From the blog: "Three weeks ago my husband, Jim Lennox and I were looking for
the Obama campaign Hope poster, and we couldn't find one. Then we started
looking through all of the art that was generated for the Obama campaign,
but we kept coming back to Shepard Fairey's designs.
Jim was hammering metal in his studio, after mowing the field one evening.
When all of the sudden he encountered a flash of the frequent Got-An-Idea
variety. We bounced his idea around, until, just as suddenly as it had
surfaced, plans were underway to paint the 7,000 square foot Hope poster
on our field. " Suffice it to say that this story has been picked up by the Associated Press, MSNBC, the Obama Campaign site, and other locations internationally. For the whole, fascinating story, including an image from the air, visit thefieldpainter.blogspot.comAnd click here for a SLIDE SHOW of the making of the work.
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If you're a supporter of the arts...
Here's a report on the candidates from the Americans for the Arts folks. We'll probably take some heat for this, which is why I buried it here at the bottom of the newsletter, but we ARE an arts advocacy group, after all, and maybe you've been looking for something like this. However you decide to vote, DECIDE TO VOTE!
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The Cultural Council
