Thursday, October 23, 2008
Make A Difference Day at Art Outreach Gallery
NILES — Art Outreach Gallery in Eastwood Mall will hold Make A Difference Day from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, featuring art classes, hands-on activities and performances. There will be planned family activities throughout the day, including Yoga for Kids, knitting classes, a Wilderness Survival Workshop, dancing and drumming.
Zach Weiner, sophomore from Warren Harding High School and Boy Scouts Troop 101, will facilitate the Wilderness Survival Workshop from 1-4 p.m. Youngstown State University’s Students Motivated by the Arts group will have a dance and drumming session at 2 p.m.
The Gallery, which is located in the concourse between Macy’s and J.C. Penney’s, will accept donations of nonperishable food items for the Second Harvest Food Bank.
Film focuses on region colorful region of Europe
YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown chapter of the Carpatho-Rusyn Society will present the film “Ine Svety” (“Other Worlds”) at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the Butler Institute of American Art, 524 Wick Ave.
The film focuses on the eastern region of Slovakia, known as Saris, which straddles the border between Eastern and Western Europe. It has developed into a colorful blend of peoples and religions. The film follows the globalizing process and its impact on the inhabitants of Saris, including Slovaks, Rusyn, Romany (gypsy) and Jews. Admission and parking are free.
Traditional Japanese musicians in concert
HIRAM — An ensemble of traditional Japanese musicians will present a concert in Hiram College’s Frohring Recital Hall, which is on Dean Street, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Michael Chikuzen Gould, Chieko Iwazaki and Kuniyasu Iwazaki have been performing together in concert for 10 years. They met in Japan 15 years ago, and have entertained and educated audiences in New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Hawaii. Five years ago Gould and Chieko Iwazaki gave a performance at the University of Oklahoma.
The three performers deliver a diverse program of Japanese music including 400-year-old shakuhachi solo songs from the Zen tradition, chamber music from the Edo period (1600-1868), modern koto solo music and modern duets for koto and shakuhachi.
Gould studied the shakuhachi (Zen bamboo flute) in Japan for 15 years. He earned the title of Dai-Shihan or Grand Master in 1995. He has toured extensively in the U.S. and Japan, and is teaming up with Chieko and Kuniyasu Iwazaki for a two-week concert tour.
The program is free and open to the public. For more information, call the music office at (330) 569-5294.