Victorian Players offer classic 'Outward Bound'

Victorian Players offerclassic 'Outward Bound'
YOUNGSTOWN -- The Victorian Players production of "Outward Bound" opens Friday and runs for two weekends.
This classic story by Sutton Vane tells a strange tale. An odd assortment of characters are passengers on an ocean liner whose destination is unknown. Suddenly the bewildered travelers realize that they are deceased and headed for Judgment Day.
The young man who has lost his faith in himself becomes desperately afraid. The snobbish Mrs. Clivedon-Banks prepares to demand certain heavenly concessions. And the old cockney woman goes on with her knitting. Most frightened of all are a young couple who have committed suicide. The Examiner comes on board to judge their cases with whimsical perception.
Show times are 7:30 p.m. Friday, Saturday, Feb. 2 and Feb. 3; and 2 p.m. Jan. 28 and Feb. 4. Tickets are 10 ( 8 for seniors and students). For reservations or more information, call (330) 746-5455. The Victorian Players Theatre is located at 702 Mahoning Ave., near downtown, across from Flynn's Tires.
Butler exhibit highlightsart of John Grabach
YOUNGSTOWN -- The Butler Institute of American Art, 524 Wick Ave., is presenting the exhibition "John Grabach: Century Man" through March 4. This traveling exhibition of 60 works, organized by the Butler Institute and curated by Garby Erbe, is the first comprehensive survey of Grabach (1880-1981).
The exhibition opened at the Morris Museum, Morristown, N.J., and will also be seen at the Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Mo., and the Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Ga. It presents rare drawings, watercolors and paintings, many which have not been seen in more than 60 years.
Grabach was born in Greenfield, Mass., and moved to Newark, N.J., as a baby. He studied at the Art Students League and achieved a remarkable degree of success at an early age.
Although Grabach is best known for his urban paintings in the Aschan school style, he also created a remarkable body of work inspired by the Massachusetts landscape surrounding the Connecticut River. His large exhibition paintings are boldly executed social commentaries reflecting the time between the two world wars.
The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., honored Grabach after his death with a one-man show followed by an exhibition at the Graham Gallery in New York City in 1981 and 1984.
Gallery has art classesfor adults and children
WARREN -- Trumbull Art Gallery is offering 15 classes, ranging from drawing and painting classes for adults to one-day workshops for children.
For adults who've always wanted to learn to draw -- or artists who desire to improve their drawing skills -- Susan Jacobs is offering the class, "Drawing for Your Lifetime," based on the book "Drawing on the Right Side of Your Brain" by Betty Edwards. Students will learn to see differently and to draw with skill and ease.
Also on the schedule for adults are knitting and crocheting classes taught by Jacki Mountan, watercolor painting taught by Linda Clark, acrylic or oil painting by Robert Walter Ray, and digital photography and photoshop classes with professional photographer Jeff Behm.
For children, one-day workshops taught by Lynn Anderson and Kathy Crowe are scheduled, as well as a four-week watercolor class for youth with instructor Linda Clark.
For more information and registration details, call the Trumbull Art Gallery at (330) 395-4876. A full schedule and registration form can be obtained at Trumbullartgallery.com, or at the gallery, 196-198 E. Market St.
Big band dinner-dance
BOARDMAN -- A Valentine's Day dinner-dance and concert featuring Ron Chick's Friends -- a big band orchestra -- and guest vocalists will be Feb. 11 at the Grand Ballroom of the Boardman Holiday Inn.
Doors open at 5 p.m. for the buffet dinner. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for the concert-dance.
Tickets are 35 for the dinner and concert or 22 for just the concert. Singles, groups and couples are welcome. Call (330) 788-0494 to buy tickets.
Giraffe born at zoo
CLEVELAND -- Cleveland Metroparks Zoo welcomed a healthy Masai giraffe calf into the world last week, making her the 40th born at the zoo since 1959.
At 6 feet tall and 160 pounds, the newborn giraffe is one of the biggest born at the zoo, according to Alan Sironen, curator of mammals.