Early Odessa remembered
Glenda Spivey recounts Odessa memories through the eyes of longtime resident Mrs. Leamon Williams. She recalls 1927 arrival, crowded courthouse lawn, tiny rental rooms above a barber shop, 40 cent haircuts, 30 cent baths, cattle roaming downtown, and film memories at Rio and Lyric theatres as Odessa grew from sand and trees to a bustling city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenda Spivey
Leamon Williams
Odessa
Slim
Williams
Babe Griffith
William
City
Exhibitions Show Winners At Midland Museum Of The Southwest
Two exhibits at the Museum of the Southwest in Midland highlight juror awards from last year’s Southwestern Area Art Show. Progressions features six awarded artists from Lubbock Odessa Midland Irving Austin and others with works in serigraphy prints photos and multimedia. Contemporary Lithographs from Tamarind showcases ten prints from Tamarind Institute Albuquerque NM including works by Pearlst ein Price Brach Quick To See Smith Remington and others. The museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday with free admission.
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Midland
Museum of the Southwest
Missouri Ave
Stables
Bill Peterson
Artspace Magazine
Future Akins
Ken Dixon
Lubbock
Suzette Young-Fulesday
Odessa
Jimmy Green
Mark Lavatelli
Irving
Rick Williams
Austin
Tamarind Institute
Philip Pearlstein
Kenneth Price
Paul Brach
Jayne Quick-ToSee-Smith
Deborah Remington
Permian Playbill Shows Across Basin At Local Museums
PBMI Collects 1980 1982 showcases objects from over 20 museums in the Permian Basin and surrounding area at the Presidential Museum through July 8. Midland exhibits include Progressions at the Museum of the Southwest until Aug 24 and Contemporary Lithographs From Tamarind at the museum until Aug 14. Odessa events include Whenever it Rains a celebration at Globe of the Great Southwest July 1 2 8 9 with a matinee July 10. tickets 6 adults 3 students seniors. The Good Doctor and other Midland Theatre Midland shows run June 30 July 2 with reservations. Summer melodrama Ripsnorting on the Roaring Fork opens July 1 at Yucca Theatre with 7:30 pm Thursdays and 8:30 pm Fridays Saturdays through Sept 3. Shakespeare film festival at UT Permian Basin runs noon and 7 pm through July 1 with a Shakespearean photographic exhibit in the student lounge. Basin concerts feature Iron Maiden Saxon and Fast Way at the Ector County Coliseum July 18.
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Permian Basin
PBMI
Presidential Museum
Midland Museum
Museum of the Southwest
Midland
Odessa
Globe of
Roaring Fork
Theatre Midland
Yucca Theatre
Call Theatre Midland
Shakespeare Film Festival
William Shakespeare
University of Texas of the
Quiet Place premieres as a distinct Bernstein work in Houston
The Houston Grand Opera opened Leonard Bernstein’s A Quiet Place at Jones Hall, pairing it with Trouble in Tahiti. Though long and uneven, the work captivates with originality and a modern American sensibility as it follows Sam, Dinah, and their children toward a elusive “quiet place” amid family strife. The reviewer notes strong writing by Stephen Wadsworth and virtuosic music, despite a slow funeral-parlor opening and missed opportunities in the poetry setting. Bernstein’s English-language setting stands apart, signaling a new direction in American opera.
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John AR Doin
Dallas Morning News
Houston
Leonard Bernstein
Houston Grand Opera Company
Bernstein
Jones Hall
Tahiti
Sam
Dinah
Stephen Wadsworth
Junior
Dede
Francois
Wadsworth
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Kahlil Gibran
Bernstéin
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Globe Theatre
Linda Shortes
Mike Higgins
Tamarind
Albuquerque
N.M
Neil Simon
Midland Community Theatre
Midland Melodrama
Opera
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