Odessa volunteers promote arts on local public TV show
Odessa Cultural Council director JoAnn Steel leads the public television program Permian Basin Art and Review on KOCV TV. The volunteer-driven series showcases local artists, from violinist Donna Lee Croft to Sonia Haney, and aims to promote arts in Odessa while exploring deeper topics beyond a typical talk show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JoAnn Steel
Odessa Cultural Council
Las Vegas
Nev
Kocv-Tv
Steel
John McCarroll
Donna Lee Croft
Bernie Rose
Jazz Fensemble
Sonia Haney
Marjorie Jennings
Bud
OCC
Permian Basin Arts and Review
Dallas
Council
Haney
Paramount to reclaim $95 owed by Prudential
Paramount Pictures discovers Prudential owes $95 in unclaimed security-deposit interest from 1982. Andrew Cavanaugh identifies the claim in a New York Times unclaimed property notice and confirms the amount and source. Prudential plans to mail the check within 60 days. if unclaimed, funds go to the state comptroller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Paramount Pictures
Gulf & Western Corp
Prudential
Paramount
Andrew Cavanaugh
New York Times
Robert Dorfman
Cavanaugh
Rick Matthews
Insurance
State Comptroller’s Office
Innovative director redefines Dallas theater scene
Adrian Hall, artistic director of the Dallas Theater Center, shakes up a cautious audience with avant garde and provocative productions. He aims to build a great repertory theater for Dallas, blending classics with contemporary pieces like All The King’s Men and The Marriage of Bette and Boo. Hall defends bold work against critics while remaining committed to professional repertory theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Adrian Hall
Hall
Dallas Theater Center
Bertolt
Brecht
Robert Penn Warren
Bette and
Boo
Classical guitarist Kent Smith set for free June concert
Kent Smith, a classical guitarist from Andrews, will perform at the Art Institute for the Permian Basin at 2 30 p m on June 22. The program is free to the public. He has studied since age 19 with Pat Corelli Bob Guthrie and James Bogle and teaches at Odessa College and privately in Andrews. The concert accompanies aquatint etchings by Francisco Goya from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kent Smith
Art Institute For the
Permian Basin
Smith
Andrews
Pat Corelli
Santa Fe
Bob Guthrie
Southern Methodist University
Yale
James Bogle
Texas Tech University
Odessa College
Francisco Goya
Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation
Houston
Goya
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band to Headline Midland Sesquicentennial Dance
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band performs at the Sesquicentennial Street Dance in Midland at 8 30 p m on July 5 in the Midland Park Mall parking lot. The free public concert marks the band’s 20th year together with a new greatest hits album from Warner Brothers Records. Jackson Browne was once a member when the group split from the Illegitimate Jug Band.
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Midland
Midland Park Mall
Warner Brothers Records
Jackson Browne
Brand New Opree in Odessa at Globe Theater
Country entertainers Ed Post of Coppell and Robert Moore of Blue Ridge join the Odessa Brand New Opree at 8 p.m. Saturday with house band Don Armstrong and Southern Pride. Post and Moore perform at several opry venues. Tim Thompson guests, Phillip Lewis hosts. Admissions vary from 1.50 to 4 dollars with tickets on sale at Globe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Post
Coppell
Robert Moore
Blue Ridge
Odessa
Globe Theater
Don Armstrong
Southern Pride
Post
Little Jimmie Dickens
Norma Jean
Marty Robbins
Johnnie High
Cross Timers Opry
Elephant Man opens at Theater Midland Friday
The Elephant Man runs Fridays and Saturdays at Theater Midland 2000 Wadley Ave through June 28. Joseph Merrick, born in 1862 in Leicestershire, later lived at London Hospital with surgeon Sir Frederick Treves. An exhibit about Treves and the London Hospital is at Midland County Library until mid-June. Reservations 682 4111.
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Midland
Elephant Man
Davis Theater
Theater Midland
Wadley Ave
Joseph Merrick
the Elephant Man
Leichester
England
Leichester Union
Merrick
Frederick Treves
London Hospital
Sir Frederick Treves
Midland County Library
Odessa artists win regional awards in San Angelo
Two Odessan artists earned top honors at the Kimball Art Gallery show titled A Fiesta in Realism. Dolores Petersen won best in show and first place in watercolor with an honorable mention, while Dale Beck took first place and an honorable mention in watercolor. The San Angelo Art Club sponsored the annual competition, funded by a memorial gift from C Russell Myers. Judge Melvin C Warren, a Cowboy Artists of America gold medalist, presided. The exhibit runs through June 28.
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Dolores Petersen
Dale Beck
Ous
San Angelo Art Club
C. Russell Myers
Melvin C. Warren
Cowboy Artists of America
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Midland-Odessa Symphony and Chorale
Ronald Bennett
Jerome Kern
Bennett
Mdonna
Staten Island
Fast Texas State University
Galveston
Pasadena Playhouse
California
Margo Jones
Repertory Theater
Arts Briefs
Moore
Opree
Robert Ek. Moore
Oklahoma City
Tim Thompson
Phillip Lewis
Globe Ticket Office
San Angelo
Kimball Art Gallery
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