The Pottery Studio
Delaying Retirement in Favor of Pottery
Libby Proctor, 5, meticulously paints the beak of a ceramic duck at The Pottery Studio in Ashley Square. - Lido Vizzutti/Flathead Beacon
This Thursday, Ethel McNett will put in her usual 14-hour workday, providing in-home health care and running her shop, The Pottery Studio in Kalispell. She’ll also, quietly, celebrate her 74th birthday.
“It’ll be business as usual I suppose,” she said. “There’s always more to get done.”
Whitefish Theatre Company
Community Theater Celebrates 30 Years
Getting in costume at Whitefish Theatre Company. --File photo, Becky Lomax, for the Beacon.
As community theaters go, Whitefish Theatre Company has been around a while. In fact, they are celebrating three decades of live stage productions this season. "Not that many performing arts groups in Montana have been around that long," says Carolyn Pitman, Executive Director of Whitefish Theatre Company. "We're pretty proud that we're here."
The theater company plans to celebrate with a picnic on Sept. 4 in Depot Park before the Waifs concert. "There are even a few tickets left for the Waifs," adds Pittman.
Chef Jim Gray
Kitchen Guy: The Umlaut Effect
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I’m not sure exactly what motivated me to choose taking German over Spanish in high school. It’s a complex language with extremely complex grammar (although nowhere near as burdensome as French).
And I didn’t know it then, but at the same time a few high school kids who would become very brilliant marketers in the future must have been taking German in high school, too.
“Another Side of the Island”
Academy Award Winner Premieres Shakespeare Adaptation in Whitefish
Academy Award winner Olympia Dukakis rehearses her part as Prospera on the Whitefish Middle School Auditorium stage. "Another Side of the Island," is Dukakis' adaptation of Shakespeare's "The Tempest." - Lido Vizzutti/Flathead Beacon
In Montana, it’s rare for theatergoers to have the opportunity to see an Academy Award-winning actor perform live on stage. And it’s unprecedented to have one premiere their work here.
On Tuesday, Aug. 26, Olympia Dukakis is set to open and perform in “Another Side of the Island,” her adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest,” at the Whitefish Performing Arts Center. The production, which is sponsored by the Alpine Theater Project, will run through Sept. 7.
Chef Jim Gray
Kitchen Guy: Catch This Knife – Not!
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The other day, this guy waved at me, beckoning me to come over to where he was sitting, and he was pretty hard to miss, since his hand was wrapped in an elaborate bandage.
“I wanted to ask you about handling knives,” he said. “I think I made a few mistakes.” He told me he cut himself severely. Turns out, he committed four cardinal sins in handling knives.
Glacier Performing Arts Center and Liberty Theater Stalled
Filling the Music Venue Void
Alice Cooper rocks the crowd at Raceway Park. Cooper closed down the first concert series at the park this year. - Photo courtesy of John Klippel, American Web Design
Over the last year plans for two new performance venues in Kalispell – the Glacier Performing Arts Center and the Liberty Theater – have stalled. And in Whitefish, an established live music hot spot has disappeared. Yet local arts organizers say the Flathead Valley is only one or two venues away from becoming a central arts hub and, until one is built, other organizations have stepped up and offered everything from symphony music to Alice Cooper.
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