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Spurlock Museum Special Event: Gotta Dance! |
In collaboration with the exhibit A World Of Shoes, the Spurlock Museum announces November 9-11 as Gotta Dance! weekend. The three-day event will feature a variety of dance performances in classic films and live concerts. Feel the rhythm! For a schedule and admission information, visit the Museum's website at www.spurlock.illinoi.edu. or call Kim Sheahan at 217-244-3355. The Spurlock Museum is located at 600 S. Gregory, Urbana. |
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5:00PM |
A World of Shoes: Exhibit at Spurlock Museum |
Is an exhibit on shoes cool? You bet your boots! Find out more by visiting the Spurlock Museum’s fall Campbell Gallery exhibit A World of Shoes, opening September 4. Over 60 pairs of shoes from 20 different countries will be featured.
The main themes of the exhibit all begin with the letter “S:” Sports, Style, Soul, Service, Substance, Self, and Sensuality. There is also an introductory area inspired by the wall of shoes display at Chicago’s Field Museum. Near the entrance to the exhibit, visitors can share their own shoe stories and take a quiz on shoe names.
A significant number of the shoes on display are loans by individuals from across central Illinois. The Museum of the Grand Prairie in Mahomet loaned artifacts, including two examples of animal shoes. A pair of Weary Willie clown shoes worn by renowned entertainer Emmett Kelly has come in from the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. Shoes worn by Shinto priests at the Izumo Taishakyo Mission of Hawai’i can be found in the Soul area.
A World of Shoes will be on display during regular Museum hours from September 4, 2012 through February 10, 2013. The Spurlock Museum is located at 600 S. Gregory, just across the street east of the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in Urbana. Museum hours are Tuesdays 12-5; Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays 9-5; Saturdays 10-4; and Sundays 12-4. For more information on the exhibit and related events, call 217-244-3355 or email ksheahan@illinois.edu. |
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9:00PM |
The Champaign Park District’s Youth Theatre Show |
The Champaign Park District’s Youth Theatre program will present the stage musical “Disney’s Alice in Wonderland Jr” at Stratton Elementary School Thursday through Saturday, October 18 through 20, 2012. Show times are 7:00 P.M. nightly with a special matinee performance at 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, October 20. Doors open 30 minutes before show time. Tickets are $6 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under and are available now at the Bresnan Meeting Center, located at 706 Kenwood Rd. Champaign, IL, or online at www.thevirginia.org. Tickets will also be available at Stratton Elementary School just before each performance. Sponsored by the Champaign Park District, Gossett & Associates Wealth Management Group, First Federal Savings Bank of Champaign-Urbana, and This Is It Furniture.
“Disney’s Alice in Wonderland Jr” is a production of the Champaign Park District’s Youth Theatre program. Normally in residence at the historic Virginia Theatre, the CPD’s Youth Theatre program is being temporarily housed in part at Stratton Elementary School while the Virginia is under renovation.
This Youth Theatre production of “Disney’s Alice in Wonderland Jr” features over 50 children, grades 2-5, from around the community in the familiar roles of Alice, Cheshire Cat, Queen of Hearts, Mad Hatter, White Rabbit and many more. The role of Alice will be played by three talented young actresses: Ally Miller, Lena Beuoy and Elizabeth Asmussen. The cast also features Kayla Israel as Queen of Hearts, Lucas White as King of Hearts, Samuel Larsen as Head Caterpillar, Naomi Baright as Mathilda, Natasha Plummer, Amalie LaGrande and Gwen Kaiser as Cheshire Cat, Maddie Henson as Dodo Bird, Ella Burrus as White Rabbit, Maddox Dempsey as Doorknob, Iona Hopping as Mad Hatter, Josiah Zielke as March Hare, Langston Span as Tweedle Dee and William Hatch as Tweedle Dum. The Flowers will be played by Michaela Lynch, Anjali Murphy, Nica Cooper, Delaney Scofield, Emi Loucks, Tashiya Warfield, Olivia McMurry, Molly Sweeney, Ava Krantz and Carrie Wright. The Chorus (Rock Lobsters, Royal Cardsmen and Caterpillar Chorus) includes Canyon Alwes, Cyrus Anaya, Nicholas Caballero, Braeden Dowds, Maya Elazar, Makenzie Ellis, Liz Garner, Amelia Garrett, Cameron Endsley, Quinn Fisher, Maddie Isaacs, Willow Kaiser, Alden Larsen, Oscar Lewis, Sam Mitchanar, Lauren Sanders, Lillian Scott, Lily Skiles, Seth Stone, Bella Mari Villareal, Marta Westerstahl, Gage Williams and Gaven Williams.
The staff is comprised of Director Patty Dudley, Assistant Director Heather Stocker, Assistant Director for Music Michael Greenstone and Assistant Director for Choreography Monica Samii.
Based upon the 1951 Disney film “Alice in Wonderland” and the novels “The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking Glass” by Lewis Carroll. With music and lyrics by Sammy Fain and Bob Hilliard, Oliver Wallace and Cy Coban, Allie Wrubel and Ray Gilbert, Mack David, Al Hoffman and Jerry Livington. Music adapted and arranged and additional music and lyrics by Bryan Louiselle. Book adapted and additional lyrics by David Simpatico. For more, visit www.thevirginia.org. |
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