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Updated on: Friday, February 5, 2010 Ongoing and Long-Term Events (scroll down for Calendar): through February: Food for Fines program at the McCall Public Library, with $1 worth of fines forgiven for each nonperishable food item for the food bank brought to the library up to $10, call 634-5522 for details Weekends: Live music, special events and more at Foresters Club Sundays: Friends with Guitars, live music at Bistro 45 Wine Bar & Cafe, FREE Sundays: Piano Lounge with Jamie Cope, in Northwest Passage restaurant and lounge in the McCall Mall, Downtown McCall, 6-9pm FREE Sundays and Wednesdays: Live music at Crusty's Pizza, (see details on website) 7pm, all ages, FREE Second Sundays: Second Sunday Sounds @ Six sponsored by the McCall Community Congregational Church (UCC) and the McCall Music Society, and McCall Arts & Humanities Council. Recitals feature local and regional artists, held every second Sunday, 6 pm, McCall Community Congregational Church (UCC), admission is always FREE Tuesdays,
Jan 12-Mar 9: "Let's
Talk About it Literary Series 2010" presented to
you by the McCall
Public Library and McCall
Arts and Humanities Council, join
other adult readers and visiting scholars for an extraordinary
reading and discussion experience guided by this year’s
program theme: We Are What
We Eat. Participants needn’t attend every meeting and may
jump in at any time, as long as books remain available.
All books are loaned to participants free of cost. January
12 Wednesdays: Story Stop, a streamlined story time for children ages 0-3 (with adult) McCall Public Library, 10:30-10:50am, no library card needed, FREE Thursdays: Children's Story Time, Ages 3-5 (with adult) McCall Public Library, 10:30am-11:15pm, FREE Last Thursday of each month: Great Books Club, call 634-5522 for more info, McCall Public Library, 10-12pm, FREE Every other month: SOLV Monthly Bookclub: see SOLV website for future books, meeting location, contacts, all books available at McCall Drug FREE Ongoing: Artists' Supplies now Available in McCall by special order, McCall Drug will now offer a variety of artists' supplies right here in McCall, save that trip to Boise, support our local economy, contact Stephanie at McCall Drug, 634-2433 Ongoing: McCall Public Library Calendar has events of interest that change often and may not be specifically listed above or below (or may be more up to date)! READ READ READ (see the NEW links to NY Times Bestseller Lists above) Ongoing: Film Resources are plentiful if you are looking for a special award-winning film, independent film or documentary to enjoy. See the links recently added (above) for some unusual places to collect ideas! There is the usual lag between theatre showings and DVD availability, but why not just put it on the list and look forward to an interesting flik when the film is available?! Bear in mind that some (extraordinarily good) films sadly never make mass distribution or DVD. Calendar of Events, by Date: through Friday, Feb 5: McCall Police Department Patrol Vehicle Graphics Contest for school-aged youth residing in Valley County, design the winning graphics for MCPD's new patrol vehicles and win a free pizza every month for a year, sponsored by MCPD and Hometown Pizza, other pizza prizes/categories also, check the link and/or contact MCPD for details, Peter Rittenger, rittengerp@mccall.id.us **NEW**Saturday, Feb 6: McCall Donnelly High School Art Show ranging from drawing to photography to watercolors, on display through Feb 12; enjoy this opening reception with refreshments at the Artists of McCall Gallery upstairs at 302 N. Third St., 5-8pm FREE Saturdays,
Feb 6, 13: "Parent
& Tot Saturday Mornings, part of the MAHC Cabin Fever Series”
Play with Dough! and Play with Paint! For children ages 2 through 5 with a
parent. Taught by early childhood educator Eryn Hamel.
125A
Commerce St, 10-11:30am, $5/family group, registration required
through
Sunday, Feb 7: Winter
Carnival Library Book Sale
offers a bag of used books for $2/bag; starts
Fri. Jan 29th 10 a.m.; continues Sat. 10-2 p.m. Mon.- Fri. 10-6 p.m; ends
Sat. Feb. 7th 10-2 p.m. McCall
Public Library
through Sunday, Feb 7: "McCall's
45th Annual Winter Carnival" a busy week of events
of all sorts, there is something for everyone's taste and age,
including wine tasting, art, music, comedy, check out the events page
for summary of events - on the Official Winter Carnival
website: www.mccallwintercarnival.com
See details of many events on www.mccallstarnews.com
or phone the McCall Chamber, 634-7631. Highlights of the
arts events are listed below:
See the official event schedule for details!
Monday,
Feb 8, for the month: "Visual
Art Classes for After School and Adult Interests: Whirling
Circles Studio" this new teaching studio is
offering 10 February 4 week class sessions and a
workshop on the 20th, including: Exploring Art Basics,
Design Play, Drawing is Seeing, Printmaking I, Begin Beading,
More about Beading, Relief Printmaking, Freeform Drawing, taught
by local artists Debra Facchin, Jan
Bittenbender, Adri
Shurtleff-Meckel, & Deb Yensen
$65-$85/session, contact Debra Facchin 603-3660 debraf@frontiernet.net
for detailed class descriptions, 125A Commerce, McCall Tuesday,
February 9: SOLV
presents the movie:"Food,Inc",
Lifting the veil on our nation's
food industry. You'll never look at dinner the same
way. Discussion to follow. This is a free showing.
Donations are gratefully accepted to help the playhouse with
heating costs, Alpine Playhouse, 7pm Wednesday,
February 10: "Poetry
Playshop (for ALL ages), part of the MAHC Cabin Fever Series”
a
multi-generational evening of poetry play with facilitator Renee
Silvus; play brainstorming games, bust out some Crayolas, and
compose our own short pieces of poetry. Families encouraged and
everybody welcome. Café goodies will be available for purchase;
pre-registration required, Common Ground Cafe, Colorado
St, 6-8pm, FREE Wednesday,
February 10: Jimmy
Bivens live music series by
Crusty's
Pizza, (see details on website) 7pm,
all ages, FREE **UPDATE**Wednesdays, Feb
10 - : “This Time is Different: Eight Centuries of
Financial Folly” by Carmen M. Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff an
open discussion sponsored by AAUW for all interested community members
about the financial markets' crash and its local/regional impacts; led by
regional economist Bill Weida, books available for loan at the McCall
Public Library, details/register: Betty Weida, 634-8776, bettyweida@frontiernet.net,
McCall-Donnelly High School annex, 7pm
**NEW**Saturday, Feb
13: Murder Mystery,
Casino, Dinner to benefit the McCall After School Program for
children kindergarten through fifth grade, the Payette Lakes Community
Association presents the play by Abbeyville Murder Mysteries; tickets at
McCall Drug, contact: Cathy Batchelor, 634-4201, Shore Lodge, 6:30pm,
$65 Thurs,
Feb 11 and Tues, Mar 16: "Long
Valley Heritage Night: Finnish Log Construction & Culture in
Long Valley, part of the MAHC Cabin Fever Series”
Learn more about the lives of
early settlers in Friday,
February 12: Women's
Fantasy Night a fundraiser for the Alpine Playhouse,
call Sacha Jackson at 634-3772 or Judy Anderson at 634-5594 for details or
to participate, 7pm social,
7:30pm performances, $7 at the door Sunday,
February 14: Blaze
N'Kelly live music series by
Crusty's
Pizza, (see details on website) 7pm,
all ages, FREE Sunday,
February 14: Centennial
High School Chamber Orchestra, Marcia von Huene, director
"Romance of the Strings", performing Telemann,
Borodin, Hovhaness, Bloch, de Abreu, and others. Next of a monthly music series "Second Sunday Sounds @ Six, McCall's
Free Community Recital Series" sponsored by
the McCall Community Congregational Church
(UCC) and the McCall
Music Society, and McCall
Arts & Humanities Council and donations from
private patrons. Recitals feature local and regional
artists who apply to participate, held every second Sunday, 6:00
pm, McCall Community Congregational Church (UCC), FREE
Tues, Thurs, Wed, Feb 16, 18, 24: "Delectable & Healthy International Cuisine (Spain, Morocco, & Italy), part of the MAHC Cabin Fever Series” taught by international traveler and Certified Executive Chef, Corinne Lewis, author of 4 cookbooks for Royal Caribbean. Lake Fork Design Center, Hwy 55, 6:30-7:45pm, $40, registration required Tues, Thurs, Wed, Feb 16, 18, 24: "Basic Camera Mechanics with Gary Ertter, part of the MAHC Cabin Fever Series” an introductory class for those who want to know how their digital SLR camera works from local professional photographer Gary Ertter, 1000 Woody Dr, McCall, 6:30-8:30pm, $35, registration required **NEW**Wednesday, February 17: Felina's Arrow live music series by Crusty's Pizza, (see details on website) 7pm, all ages, FREE Saturday, March 6: SOLV presents a Donnelly Community Dinner and "Wall-E" movie showing join your neighbors for a home-cooked meal, dinner beginning at 5:00pm with the family movie "Wall-E" following at 6:00pm. Dinner is FREE but donations gladly accepted, please contact Renee Silvus at 325-8897, 634-3342 or reneesilvus@bluebottle.com to assist Sunday, February 21: Matt Hopper live music series by Crusty's Pizza, (see details on website) 7pm, all ages, FREE Wednesday, February 24: TBA live music series by Crusty's Pizza, (see details on website) 7pm, all ages, FREE Sat, Feb 27 and 5 other times: "Glass Art: 3-hour workshop intensives with Jesse DeMoss, part of the MAHC Cabin Fever Series” learn glass art from internationally-recognized artist, Jesse DeMoss! Choose from several classes offered (see link for details), each limited to 4 participants for intense instruction and guidance, 125A Commerce St, 3 hour sessions, $50, registration required Sunday, February 28: Rory Mureaugh & Kyle Lockhart live music series by Crusty's Pizza, (see details on website) 7pm, all ages, FREE Mon, Wed, Mar 1, 3: "Photoshop: An Intro Workshop with Howard Hamilton, part of the MAHC Cabin Fever Series” explore the use of Photoshop with professional photographer Howard Hamilton; the class will be based on Photoshop version CS3, with comments on other versions and Photoshop Elements; Payette Lakes Middle School Art Room, 6:30-8:30pm, $35, registration required Wednesday, March 3: Holden Young Trio live music series by Crusty's Pizza, (see details on website) 7pm, all ages, FREE Saturday, March 6: SOLV presents a Community Dinner an opportunity to network with your neighbors, especially regarding issues of sustainable living, but more importantly just to share a home-cooked meal together with new and old friends, families welcome, Univ of Idaho Field Campus (MOSS) dining hall, 6pm, FREE (donations accepted) Wed,
Thurs, Mar 10, 11: "The
Art of Pysanky, or Ukrainian Egg Decorating, part of the MAHC Cabin Fever Series”
Celebrate the coming of spring by
learning to create your own pysanka
under the direction of local artist Barbara Nokes Kwader; pysanky (egg-dying) comes to
us from the Saturday, March 13: "2nd Annual Family Dance, part of the MAHC Cabin Fever Series” a family fun-filled music and dance tour through 5 decades of rock n’ roll history with the band Identity Crisis; refreshments included,wear socks or non-marking soft-soled shoes, McCall-Donnelly High School Multipurpose Room, 6-8:30pm, FREE, no registration Sunday, March 14: Dr. Chris Thompson, baritone, accompanied by Dr. Steven Spooner, Steinway Artist "Winterreise, D911 by Franz Schubert", Dr. Thompson is Associate Professor of Voice, and Director of the Opera/Musical Theatre Studio at the Lionel Hampton School of Music at University of Idaho. Next of a monthly music series "Second Sunday Sounds @ Six, McCall's Free Community Recital Series" sponsored by the McCall Community Congregational Church (UCC) and the McCall Music Society, and McCall Arts & Humanities Council and donations from private patrons. Recitals feature local and regional artists who apply to participate, held every second Sunday, 6:00 pm, McCall Community Congregational Church (UCC), FREE Monday, January 18: SOLV Monthly Bookclub: "Depletion and Abundance: Life on the Home Front, by Sharon Astyk, see the link for past and future books, Location/time TBD, FREE 4
Weds, April 1- 28: "Twentieth-Century
American Art: 1945-1970's, part of the MAHC Cabin Fever Series”
explore 20th Century Art History
with professional Arts Educator and practicing artist, Saturday, June 26: The 2009 McCall Arts & Humanities Council Kaleidoscope Kids Festival, a free hands-on art event for kids of all ages, sponsored by the McCall Arts and Humanities Council . Local artists help participants create their own works of art such as wood sculpture, ceramics, paintings, and tie-dye t-shirts. Hwy 55 and Mission Street. approx 10am-2pm, details TBA, FREE Fri, Sat, Sun, July,15,16,17: The Summer Music Festival at Roseberry produced by The McCall Folklore Society, in its 3rd decade of bringing great music and musicians to the new stage, more info to come! Saturday, July 17: Artists' Studio Tour visit about 8 local artists in their own studio environment, light refreshments will be served at each location, all ticket proceeds benefit the Artists of McCall, 100% of artists sales go to the artists, tickets available at the McCall Area Chamber of Commerce and other local locations, $15/person includes map Saturday, July 31: The Idaho Artists Celebration of Charlie's Garden artwork of Idaho and local artists displayed in the full colorful summer glory of Charlie's Garden, hosted by the Davidson and Shaver families, a primary fundraiser for the McCall Arts and Humanities Council, local artists' paintings, furniture, ceramics and jewelry by local and regional artists, appetizers and beverage. Funds raised support arts education and public art, Charlie's Garden, 5:30-8:00pm details TBD Fri, Sat, Aug 20, 21: Council Mountain Music Festival an annual event since 2001, music is featured on 2 stages-- folk, bluegrass, country, classic rock; a family-oriented event in a beautiful, tree-shaded park, www.councilfestival.com for more info, Veteran's Peace Park, Council, 5-10:30pm (Fri), 1-10:30pm (Sat), FREE (donations encouraged) ALSO --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- More to be announced -- plays, readings, slide shows, travelogues, music, theatre, presentations, shows, special events, as they are announced! Let us know, and your arts event(s) will be added or updated and circulated!
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