July 12, 2010 Review by MARILYN J. ROWLAND, originally published in The Enterprise on Friday, July 2, 2010. The College Light Opera Company opened its 42nd summer season this week with a dazzling production of Gilbert & Sullivan’s 1885 Savoy opera, “The Mikado.” The solo voices are engaging, the choruses both sonorous and visually enchanting, … Continue reading
A Look at Falmouth’s Arts Alive
I love Arts Alive. It is a wonderful display of local arts and music with a great sense of community. It took place this year on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, June 18 to 20, and I took videos of various events to share with you. A taste of Arts Alive. Roger and Judy Day, coordinators … Continue reading
I Am Art
June 10, 2010 The Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod is holding its “For Pastels Only on Cape Cod 2010” at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod through June 27. This is the PPSC’s 14th national juried exhibition, showcasing paintings in the medium of soft pastel, created by some of the country’s most talented and … Continue reading
David Kuehn and the Cotuit Center for the Arts
May 30, 2010 David Kuehn, the new executive director of the Cotuit Center for the Arts, has a vision for the center, one in which, “the parking lot is always full,” and there are interesting, entertaining, and educational activities going on throughout the day and evening, in all the center’s facilities: the art workshop, where … Continue reading
Whaling Tonight
May 10, 2010 The PBS American Experience special, “Into the Deep: America, Whaling, and the World,” has special relevance for Falmouth, which had a lively whaling and shipbuilding industry from the 1820s through the 1860s. The two-hour special, which premieres at 9 PM tonight on WGBH television, Channel 2 in Falmouth, ties in well with … Continue reading
James Judd Brings Warmth and Humor
April 30, 2010 I loved James Judd’s performance last year in Woods Hole and was eagerly looking forward to this year’s return visit. The Woods Hole Theater Company brought the San Francisco comedian to the Woods Hole Community Hall for two shows, this year, last night, and tonight. I saw the show last night. James … Continue reading
Cape Cod Symphony Offers an Outstanding “Journey to the New World”
April 16, 2010 Jung-Ho Pak, James Cockey, and Joseph Fire Crow Jung-Ho Pak created an outstanding program for the Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra, taking the much-loved, but often performed New World Symphony by Antonin Dvořák and giving it new brilliance and perspective by pairing it with African-American and Native American music. In his Symphony No. … Continue reading
The Village Green
April 12, 2010 The Village Green premiers tonight at 6 PM on FCTV-13 in Falmouth. It is a new monthly magazine-style television show produced by a team of volunteer FCTV producers, led by FCTV production assistant Alecia Orsini Lebeda. The opening show contains segments on a combined ArtsFalmouth meeting and artists reception at the Cape … Continue reading
Evolution of Maritime Art
April 9, 2010 Megan Hinton in front of her painting, “Barges Ashore.” “The Evolution of Maritime Art,” now at the Cotuit Center for the Arts, offers a beautiful and historical collection of maritime paintings dating from 1852 to 2010. The exhibit is a collaboration between the Cahoon Museum of Art, the Cape Cod Museum of … Continue reading
Franklin Lewis Gifford’s Woods Hole Paintings
April 8, 2010 Franklin Lewis Gifford (1854-1936) was a house, sign, and carriage painter for most of his life, all of which he spent in Woods Hole, MA. He also had a love of the sea, the town, and its history, and when he retired, he began to paint scenes of Woods Hole long-ago, when … Continue reading
Notes on The Arts 