15 14 “The Very UnMerry Adventures of Robin Hood,” a comedy with music loosely based on the tales of everyman hero Robin Hood and his medieval band of loyal followers, opens tonight at Shoreland Lutheran High School, 9026 12th St. in Somers. 7 p.m. today, Saturday and Sunday, plus a matinee at 2 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $7 for adults, $5 for senior citizens and students, $3 for children ages 5-12 and free for children under 5 years old. For more information, call the school office, 262-859-2595. Entertainment highlights for: November 14 – 22 “Jason, the Juggling Jester,” seen on America’s 16 SUNDAY The Fine Arts at First con- cert series at First United Methodist Church continues its 10th season with a performance by Rook, an early music ensemble based in Chicago. Rook is a mixed instrument group dedicated to pe performing the music mu of the t e 16th th an 17th and centuce ries. rie e 3 p.m. at First United U MethM odist o Church, C 919 60th St. (Doors open at 2:30 p.m.) Free admission; donations are accepted. Audience members are invited to a free reception after the concert. For more information, go to www. fineartsatfirst.org The Fresh Beat Band — a live-action preschool musical sitcom set to original pop songs with preschool-friendly lyrics — comes to Milwaukee’s Riverside Theater today. Marina, Kiki, Twist and Shout are the Fresh Beats — four best friends in a band who go to music school together and love to sing and dance. Doors open at 3:30 p.m., with the show at 4:30 p.m. at the Riverside, 116 W. Wisconsin Ave. Tickets are $34-$49 plus fees. www.pabsttheater.org. 17 18 consin-Parkside’s Fine Arts Gallery is hosting the show “Androgyny,” featuring pho- The Northside Library, 1500 27th Ave., will host a presentation tonight on “Essential Oils 101” for healthy living. This lecture by Laura Coz, massage therapist at Sol D’licious Cafe, will address some of the healing benefits and uses of essential oils. The 7 p.m. presentation is part of the Kenosha Public Library’s “101 Series.” 12 GET OUT I KENOSHA NEWS I FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2014 WEDNESDAY One-on-one family history consultation sessions are tonight at Southwest Library. Meet with a Kenosha The University of Wis- tographs and films by Milwaukee fashion photographer and filmmaker Lois Bielefeld. The show runs through Jan. 9. Admission is free. The gallery — located on the west side of the UW-Parkside campus, 900 Wood — is open 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. today. (Hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.) 262-595-2342. 19 “Billy Elliot the Musical Live” makes the leap from the stage to the big screen tonight at Tinseltown Theater, 7101 70th Court. The musical is set in a northern England mining town, against the background of the 1984/’85 miners’ strike. Young Billy stumbles into a ballet class, where he discovers a passion for dance. The finale will feature 25 actors who have played the title role in the Tony Award winning musical. 7 p.m. Rated PG-13. Running time: 3 hours. Tickets are $15-$17 at www.cinemark.com. Electronic artist RL Grime, with special guest Lunice and Branchez, brings The Void Tour to Milwaukee’s Turner Hall Ballroom, 1040 N. Fourth St., ., tonight. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. The e show is at 8 p.m. m. For 17 and older er only. Tickets are $20 plus fees at www. pabsttheater. org. County Genealogy Society genealogist for up to 30 minutes to start creating your family tree and receive further guidance for genealogical exploration. An Adult Services librarian will also provide information about library services and will be available for tours of the reference, local history and genealogy areas of the library. Sessions, for adults, are from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the Southwest Library, 7979 38th Ave. Tinseltown Theater, 7101 70th Court, has two showings of the fantasy romance “Edward Scissorhands” today. In the film, a scientist (Vincent Price) builds an animated human being — the gentle Edward (Johnny Depp). The scientist dies before he can finish assembling Edward, though, leaving the young man with a freakish appearance accentuated by the scissor blades he has instead of hands. Loving suburban saleswoman Peg (Dianne Wiest) discovers Edward and an nd takes tak kes him ke h home, where he falls fa alls for Peg’s Peg teen daughter (Winona Ryder). However, de(Winon (W na R spite spite hiss kindness and artistic talent, t lent, Edward’s ta E hands make him an outcast. 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Rated PG-13 Running time: 1 hour and 45 minutes. www.cinemark.com. ww 20 THURSDAY All Saints Catholic School Theater Department is bringing its performance of “Fiddler on the Roof Jr.” to the St. Elizabeth Gym stage today through Sunday. The show is geared toward middle schoolers. While most of the actors are eighth-graders, the Rev. Bill Hayward of Holy Rosary Parish, a violinist, will play the Fiddler. Performances are 7 p.m. today and Friday, 6:30 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday at St. Elizabeth Church, 4816 Seventh Ave. Tickets are $5 at the door. For more information, call 262652-2771. Want to catch up on “The Hunger Games” before seeing the latest film in the series? Tinseltown Theater, 7101 70th Court, is showing “The Hunger Games Marathon” today. See all three movies in the series back-to-back for one price — “The Hunger Games” at 2:30 p.m., “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” at 5:15 p.m., and “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1” at 8 p.m. Tickets are $25 at www.cinemark.com. Got Talent, is coming to the Racine Children’s Theatre today through Sunday. Jason Huneke performs a live fastpaced comedy juggling show clean enough for kids, smart enough for adults, and thrilling enough to keep teens on the edge of their seats. Shows are at the Racine Theatre Guild, 2519 Northwestern Ave. (Highway 38). 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. today; noon, 2 and 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are $6 general admission (no reserved seats). For more information and tickets call 262-633-4218 or go to www.racinetheatre.org. Carthage College’s Family Fun Night tonight features “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.” Hogwarts is back at the Carthage library this evening. Participants can take their favorite classes ... but keep a lookout for Sirius Black and the Dementors! 6 to 7:30 p.m. in Carthage’s Hedberg Library, 2001 Alford Park Drive. Admission is free. The school’s athletic facilities are also open for a $1 fee to be donated to the Boys and Girls Club of Kenosha. www.carthage.edu/ family-fun. 21 The Carthage Wind Orchestra will transform into a turn-ofthe-20th century “military band” this fall when it tours neighboring Midwestern cities. Opening the tour will be a concert tonight in the college’s A.F. Siebert Chapel. Included in the program will be music by such familiar composers as Bach and Mendelssohn, arranged for a military band instrumentation, as well as other works by Judith Bingham, Percy G Grainger, rainge er, G Germaine ermaine Tailleferre, and Ernst rn nst Toc Toch ch sett for this type of ensemble. le e. 7:30 p.m. The concert co oncert is free e and open to the e public, with an optional donation for the band’s travel expenses. CDs of music from the Wind Orchestra’s most st recent trip to Japan, apan, and 140th anniversary ry celebration, will also be available ilable for sale. Russ Johnson, acclaimed trumpet performer and director of jazz studies at the University of WisconsinParkside, will join Kenosha Unified School District jazz ensembles for a concert tonight. 6:30 p.m. at Indian Trail High School and Academy auditorium, 6800 60th St. Tickets are $6 for general reserved seating or $7 for premium reserved seating. Call Scott Plank, coordinator of fine arts, at 262-359-6388, or go to www.kusd. edu/finearts. 22 Tonight is Friday StarGazing Night from 8 to 10 p.m. at The Griffin Observatory at Kemper Center, 6501 Third Ave. Enjoy this free chance to see the universe from a historic setting, using modern technology. Note: steep staircases are e involved. 262-925-8040. Today through Dec. 6, Lakeside Players Mainstage Series presents “On Golden Pond,” with performances at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays at the Rhode Center for the Arts, 514 56th St. Check out our calendar of events at KenoshaNews.com/Where2B This classic American dramedy is every bit as touching, warm, and witty today as when it first debuted on Broadway. Tickets are $13 and under. 262-657-7529. “Anything Goes,” the musical hit set aboard an ocean liner in the 1930s, is being staged by players from Central High School, 24617 75th St., Paddock Lake, this weekend. Performances are 7 p.m. today and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets $10 Tic ckets are $ 1 for adults and an nd $8 for students stude ent and senior sen nior citizens. zens www. westosha. we k12. wi.us TThe 41st annual Unive versity of WisconsinPa Parkside Arts and Cr Crafts Fair takes place fro from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. to today o at UW-Parkside, 900 90 Wood Road. This 90 fair fa features live music, raffles, silent auction ra items, it concessions and a coat and package check. ch Admission is free. 262-595-2345. Two Sweet Adeline International choruses — the Racine Chorus, directed by Jarmela Speta, and the Westosha Lakes Chorus of Antioch, Ill., directed by Nancie Kiddoo — are performing a “Together in Harmony” show today (Nov. 22) at the Union Grove High School Performance Center. Selections by the Racine Chorus include “It had to be You” by Isham Jones and Gus Kahn and “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” by Randy Newman. The Westosha chorus will present “Breaking Up is Hard to Do” by Neil Sedaka and the Rodgers and Hammerstein tune “If I Loved You.” “Where The Boys Are,” another Neil Sedaka hit, will be performed by both choruses. The program will also feature other “old favorites” sung a cappella style. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.; the performance starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door ($6 for children under age 10). For more information or ticket outlets, call Kristine Hincz at 262-945-0785. As part of the ninth season of the Metropolitan Opera’s Peabody and Emmy Award-winning series “The Met: Live in HD,” Tinseltown Theater, 7101 70th Court, is showing a live Rossini’s ni s broadcast off Rossin “Il Barbiere re di Siviglia”” today. 11:55 a.m. Not rated. Running time: 3 hours and 30 minnutes. Ticketss are $15-22. www. cinemark. com FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2014 I KENOSHA NEWS I GET OUT 13
© Copyright 2024