Soup and Spam: Good eats meet good art

EXHIBITIONS | PERFORMANCE | EDUCATION

FILM: We're bringing the '80s back, boom boxes and all, with a 7:00 pm screening of Say Anything on Saturday, February 6th. In this critically acclaimed tale of teen romance, Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack) falls unforgettably in love with Diane Court (Ione Skye) to the tune of Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes." Your $5 ticket enters you into a Valentine's day raffle, including a bottle of Champagne (if you're 21 or older, of course), two wine glasses by City Wine Market, a flower arrangement by Bittersweet Floral & Design, and a nine-piece box of Christopher Elbow chocolate by Au Marche, the European Market. And if that's not enough, Sandbar Subs will be selling spam, pickle, and mustard sandwiches-Lloyd's favorite!-to complete your cinematic experience. Buy tickets today.

PEFORMANCE: In truly scrumptious fashion, the Lawrence Arts Center is putting on the award winning musical, loosely based on Ian Fleming's novel Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car. A clever script influenced by Roald Dahl follows an unsuccessful, but endearing inventor who builds a magical flying car for his children that takes them on a fantastic adventure. Featuring beguiling music, witty lyrics, lovable heroes and dastardly villains, this musical charms at any age. Buy tickets now!

Tickets are $25 for adults, $20 for seniors, and $10 for students/children.

Show times are: February 19, 20, 26, and 27 at 7:30 pm and February 21 and 28 at 3pm.

EXHIBTIONS: The Lawrence Arts Center presents an INSIGHT ART Talk by Ben Ahlvers on the new exhibit "Naturally: A Group Exhibition." "Naturally" brings together four artists--Susan Beiner (AZ), John Byrd (FL), Patsy Cox (CA), and Jason Walker (WA)--whose work explores the ever-changing relationship Americans have with the natural world. How does our increasingly integrated virtual experience in our everyday lives impact our understanding and relationship to nature? How do we integrate or detach from nature? Some of the works in the exhibit go to the heart of these ideas, while others blur the line between man-made and natural. All of the artists explore these ideas through ceramic material using a variety of processes and techniques. Ben Ahlvers tells us more at 7:00 pm on Thursday, February 4th in the Lawrence Arts Center's large gallery. This event is FREE and open to the public.

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EDUCATION: When school is out, the Lawrence Arts Center is in! Try our "school's out" day camps for 1st-5th graders. We are offering "Comic Relief" in which students create their very own comic book characters and expand upon their identities with movement, story, and color on Friday, February 19th from 9AM-4PM: $66.00 (members $59.40) And, on Thursday-Friday, February 25th-26th from 9AM-4PM, we're offering "I Spy!," a two-day spy extravaganza of secret codes, sleuthing, sneaking, and helpful gizmos that result in students creating their very own spy movie: $120 (members $99). Looking ahead to spring break, we have "Guerrilla Art Spring Break Camp," which introduces students to the methods and ideas behind guerrilla art, and gets them chalking, painting, stickering, postering, and creating their way to guerrilla art greatness on Monday-Friday, March 14-18th from 9AM-4PM: $220 (members $198).

SPECIAL EVENTS: What began in 1996 as a way to showcase ceramics has become an annual tradition for the community. More than 500 handmade ceramic bowls produced by area artists, community members and students at the Arts Center are sold each February. Bowls range in price from $10 and up, and all money raised supports Arts Center visual arts education. Every bowl purchased comes with one complimentary fill-up of soup and a side of homemade bread. Soup's on Saturday, February 6th from 11:00 am-2:00 pm.

ART OUTSIDE: Phoenix Underground (825 Massachusetts Street) invites artists to submit a handmade mug for their upcoming exhibit "Earth Water Fire: The Art of the Mug," a month-long show that will open on February 26th at the Final Friday Art Walk. Submissions are due to [email protected] by Friday, February 5th , 2016. Questions about the submission process? Contact Jessie at 785.843.0080.