The Opera is coming to town

The Met's award-winning series, The Met: Live in HD, continues this winter with the encore performance of Jacques Offenbach's Les Contes D'Hoffmann. Tony Award winner Bartlett Sher (South Pacific, Light in the Piazza) directs this new production.
Les Contes D'Hoffmann (Tales of Hoffmann)

January 31, 2010 at 1 pm
$18 Adult, $15 Senior, $12 Student; $9 Youth (18 and under)

General Admission. Immediate seating for advance ticket holders. Doors open half hour before showtime.
Tickets at website or 315-267-2277

PHOTOGRAPHY

The St. Lawrence County Arts Council will open a new exhibit entitled “North Country Hands at Work” with an opening reception on Saturday, January 30th from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm.

 “North Country Hands at Work” is a photographic documentary focusing on the hands and art made by ten artists and craftsmen from Northern New York. This series of black and white portraits by Hannah Stevens was the culmination of her undergraduate study at College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, ME.

Photographs of North Country artists in this series include silversmiths Pat and Butch Bramhall, weaver Cait Throop, boat builder Everett Smith, fiber artist Jody Horowitz, blacksmith John Scarlett, printmaker and book artist Mark McMurray, jewelry artist Mary Harding, calligrapher Veigh Lee, and fiber artist Velma Bolyard.

All are welcome to attend the opening reception on Saturday, January 30th from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm at the SLC Arts Council at 51 Market Street in Potsdam. The exhibit will be on display from January 30th through March 12th, 2010. The Council gift shop and gallery is open Monday through Friday 10:00am to 6:00pm and Saturday 10:00 to 4:00, and is completely wheelchair accessible.

For more information about the events, classes, and services of the SLC Arts Council visit their website www.slcartscouncil.org or call 315-265-6860.

FOOD:
 
Dinner & Auction at Northside Improvement League
Chicken & Biscuit Dinner & Auction Event on January 30th at the Northside Improvment League.  Dinners served from 2pm until 6pm.  Takeouts available. Donations $8.  Auctions all day, 50/50 raffles, door prizes.  Call 788-6999 with questions or to donate.

VFW, Bellew Av Watertown is having a breakfast on Sunday, Jan 31st from 0900-1200. prices range fron $2.50 to $4.50.  Members and guests are invited.  Come out and have breakfast with our local war veterans as a guest of the Post Commander

Concert:

The Way Inn Christian Music Center

The evening of January 30, at 7:00pm  we will feature good friends Karl and Michelle LaGray. Their gentle vocal harmonies, blended well with Karl's smooth acoustic guitar work, create a wonderfully pleasing and inspiring flow allowing the Holy Spirit to minister to those in attendance. This is a special group you will surely enjoy!
the program is a at Pleasant Meadows Baptist Church 8673 Church Street Evans Mills N.Y.  web site www.thewayinncmc.org

THEATER:

The Little Theatre of Watertown presents a rollicking farce…

Rumors by Neil Simon

Warning: Adult Language

Directed by Jane Jenkins           

Trinity Auditorium, 227 Sherman St., Watertown

Dinner Theater

Tonight January 29 - Friday

Saturday January 30 - Saturday

Dinner at 7:00pm, Show at 8:00pm

and

Sunday January 31 - Sunday

Dinner at 1:30 show to follow.

Choice of Pork, Chicken, or Fish by Chef David Boucher
$30 Includes dinner, tax, tip, and show
Reservations only for Dinner Theater: 782-2347

NEW ~ All dinner shows will be open to General Admission15 minutes before show-time!  - $10 adult, $5 students

Starring
Jessica Abel, Dan Allington, Bill Bowman, Peter Hovey, Sarah Jane Hovey, David Murphy, Judy Norris, Barry Pratt, Elizabeth Smith, Debbie Vanderpool