PRINTSummer Preview 2012: Arts
May 31, 2012 | 12:00 a.m. CST
JUNE
DÈJÁ VU COMDEY WEEKENDS
Where: Déjà Vu Comedy Club
When: Every Thursday, Friday and Saturday
Cost: $8-10
Call: 443-3216
Online: dejavucomedy.com
Famous comedians including Rob Little, who was named Maxim magazine’s “Comedian of the Year” and Pete Lee, the CMT winner of The Next Big Comic, will perform this summer. Déjà Vu welcomes a new comedian each weekend.
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
Where: Maplewood Barn Community Theatre
When: May 31-June 3 and June 7-10, 8 p.m.
Cost: $9
Online: maplewoodbarn.com
Village man Tevye raises his five stubborn daughters while maintaining his religious traditions in trying times. Don’t forget to pack picnic dinners, blankets and lawn chairs for the show. This will be the first performance in their rebuilt barn.
INTO INDIA
What: An artist travels to India: Selections from the collection and works of Robert Bussabarger
Where: George Caleb Bingham Gallery
When: June 4-Aug 30, 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Cost: Free
Call: 882-3555
Online: binghamgallery.missouri.edu
MU Professor Emeritus Robert Bussabarger’s collection of art from India has been sitting in a storage facility since it was donated to the university in the early 2000s. Now, through a partnership with MU’s department of anthropology, the George Caleb Bingham Gallery will host the exhibit, “An artist travels to India: Selections from the collection and works of Robert Bussabarger.”
Bussabarger, who retired from MU in 1990, taught ceramics and painting for more than 30 years at MU and was chairman of the art department from 1970-1973. His interest reached beyond the state’s borders, and in 1961, he received the Fulbright Research Scholarship, which funded his first trip to India. He was able to secure funding for subsequent trips and spent two years on leave to India, and has made multiple trips to India over the past 30 years. One of the products of his research has been the book he co-authored with Betty Dashew Robins, The Everyday Arts of India.
“During those trips, he bought a lot of artwork that was beautifully crafted using local materials,” gallery director Hannah Reeves says. “We have selected a portion of his collection for this exhibit.”
Items that will be on display include textiles, small wooden and metal items, ceramic sculptures and paintings.
“For me in the big picture of the exhibit, the important thing that connects these items besides that they are all from India is that he selected all these items,” Reeves says. “It is his personal narrative.”
Bussabarger helped the museum archive the collection and map where the objects came from in India.
While he was in India, Bussabarger spent time working with a ceramist and producing work while he was there, which will be featured in the exhibit.
“I think it’s going to be very interesting insight into his own mind because we’re going to have some examples of his work and be able to see the influence of this culture in his own work,” says Josephine Stealey, an MU art professor and head of the fiber program.
Bussabarger’s work has been featured in solo and group exhibits throughout the United States and India.
Stealey says she thinks anyone who comes to the exhibit will become more knowledgable about the role these objects play in the everyday lives of Indians.
The show opens June 4 and will run through Aug. 30. There will be a reception on the last day to honor the artist.
SISTER AMNESIA'S COUNTRY WESTERN NUNSENSE JAMBOREE
Where: Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre
When: May 31, June 1, June 3, June 7 and June 9, 2 p.m.; June 2 and June 6, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.; June 8, 8 p.m.
Cost: $15-34.50
Call: 660-837-3311
Online: lyceumtheatre.org
Sister Mary Amnesia hits the road with her band of nuns to promote her new country album, I Could’ve Gone to Nashville.
FIRST FRIDAYS
Where: Artlandish Gallery
When: June 1, July 6 and Aug. 3, 6 to 9 p.m.
Cost: Free
Call: 442-2999
Online: artlandishgallery.com
On the first Friday of every month, art lovers can browse the work of more than 45 artists while listening to live sets by Anna Duff, Missouri Weather and other performers. As the night goes on, poi troupe Burn Circus makes fire come to life.
PUNCH AND COOKIES
Where: Warehouse Theatre, Stephens College
When: June 8, 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Free
Call: 876-7111
Online: stephens.edu
To eat the cookie, or not to eat the cookie? That is the question. Teens and adults experience a night full of Shakespeare, comedy and sword fights with the Stephens Summer Theatre Institute.
FIVE WOMEN WEARING THE SAME DRESS
Where: The Berlin Theater
When: June 14-17 and June 21-24, 7:30 p.m.
Cost: $10-12
Call: 268-1381
Online: talkinghorseproductions.org
Five bridesmaids hide in a bedroom during a wedding. As the afternoon progresses, they begin to bond over their dislike for the bride. It’s a wickedly funny celebration of women’s spirit.
THE DROWSY CHAPERONE
Where: Columbia Entertainment Company Community Theatre
When: June 14-17, 21-24; June 28-July 1
Cost: $10-12
Call: 474-3699
Online: cectheatre.org
Tony Award-winning The Drowsy Chaperone, a musical within a comedy, tells the tale of a theater fan as he listens to his favorite album. The performance comes to life in his living room.
THE MUSIC MAN
Where: Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre
When: June 16-27
Cost: $15-34.50
Call: 660-837-3311
Online: lyceumtheatre.org
Salesman Harold Hill takes on River City, Iowa to sell musical instruments even though he knows nothing about music. Crowd favorites such as “Ya Got Trouble” make for a family friendly experience.
MUSICAL REVUE AT STEPHENS COLLEGE
Where: Macklanburg Playhouse
When: June 18, 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Free
Call: 876-7199
Online: stephens.edu
Fans of show tunes are given the perfect opportunity to listen to their favorite songs at the Musical Revue. Stephens Summer Theatre Institute will perform some of Broadway’s catchiest numbers.
LEGALLY BLONDE: THE MUSICAL
Where: Rock Bridge High School
When: June 28-30, 7 to 9 p.m.; July 1, 2 p.m.
Cost: $10; $5 for children 18 and younger
Call: 449-4536
Online: trypskids.com
Bend and snap into sorority girl Elle Woods’ life. TRYPS theater kids take you on her journey through law school in the musical based off the movie Legally Blonde.
JULY
CAMELOT
Where: Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre
When: July 5-8, 11, 12, 15, 2 p.m.; July 7, 11, 13, 14, 8 p.m.
Cost: $15-34.50
Call: 660-837-3311
Online: lyceumtheatre.org
King Arthur’s perfect life in Camelot begins to fall apart when he finds out his trusted knight Sir Lancelot and his Queen Guinevere are in love.
JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH
Where: TRYPS Little Theatre at Columbia Mall
When: July 12-14, 7 to 9 p.m.; July 14-15, 2 p.m.
Cost: $10 for adults, $5 for attendees 18 and younger
Call: 449-4536
Online: trypskids.com
New York traffic isn’t so bad when you’re traveling in a giant peach. Journey with James and his bug companions as they make their way to the Big Apple. The play is based on the classic children’s novel of the same name by Roald Dahl.
MU COMEDIES-IN-CONCERT
Where: MU Corner Playhouse
When: July 17, 24, 7:30 p.m.
Cost: $5
Call: 882-7529
Online: summerrep.missouri.edu
Actors join together and perform a concert reading after only rehearsing 24 hours. Murphy’s Law by Kenneth L. Stilson will be performed the first Tuesday, followed by Sexiversary! by Gabrielle Roman on the second Tuesday.
ARTRAGEOUS FRIDAYS
Where: Downtown Columbia
When: July 20, 6 to 9 p.m.
Cost: Free
Online: artrageousfridays.com
At this quarterly “art crawl,” attendees can view art, watch artist demonstrations, partake in happy hour specials and listen to bluesy, folksy live music. Download a venues map from the website or a free iPhone app for the event.
REFLECTIVES & MOSAICS
Where: Bluestem Missouri Crafts
When: July 20-Aug 19.
Cost: Free to attend; art prices vary
Call: 442-0211
Online: bluestemcrafts.com
Diane Chappell, an Ashland artist, showcases her mirror and cut-glass mosaics as Bluestem’s featured artist this summer. Chappell was the winner of the Boone County Art Show Popular Choice Award
in 2011.
HAMLET
Where: Maplewood Barn Community Theatre
When: July 26-29; Aug. 2-5, 8 p.m.
Cost: $9
Online: maplewoodbarn.com
The ghost of his father haunts Hamlet in this murder mystery story. Hamlet seeks revenge and won’t stop until he gets it.
AUGUST
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
Where: TRYPS Little Theatre at Columbia Mall
When: Aug. 4, 7 p.m.; Aug. 5, 2 p.m.
Cost: $7
Call: 449-4536
Online: trypskids.com
Couples Benedick and Beatrice and Claudio and Hero take the stage in this Shakespearean comedy. Villain Don John sabotages the love of the two couples by tricking them in surprising ways.
WAIT UNTIL DARK
Where: Maplewood Barn Community Theatre
When: Aug. 23-26; Aug. 30-Sept. 2, 8 p.m.
Cost: $9
Online: maplewoodbarn.com
A trio of thugs try to steal an expensive doll from a recently blinded woman, but when the lights are off, things turn out in an unexpected way. This play is written by Frederick Knott, the playwright best known for Dial M for Murder.
ALONG THE MISSOURI EN PLEIN AIR PAINT-OUT
Where: Kunstlerhaus, Hermann
When: Aug. 31-Sept. 1, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sept. 2, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sept. 3, 9 a.m. to noon.
Cost: Free
Call: 486-2444
Online: hermannmissouri.com
All are welcome to bring easels and canvases and paint “en plein air.” Artists from the Midwest and all around the nation will be in Hermann for an evening of painting, meeting and learning.
