The latest from NH’s theater, arts and literary communities
• Exhibit opening, part 1: Sullivan Framing and Fine Art Gallery (15 N. Amherst Road in Bedford) will hold an opening reception for the exhibit “Once in a Moment” on Saturday, April 6, from 3 to 5 p.m. The exhibit highlights the work of Peter Noonan, an award-winning illustrator, fine artist and cartoonist whose illustrations and designs have appeared in numerous publications and are held in public and private collections throughout the country, according to the press release. Noonan is from New Hampshire and studied at Colby-Sawyer College as well as the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and Paris. Visit sullivanframing.com.
• Exhibit opening, part 2: The art gallery Outer Space (35 Pleasant St. in Concord) will open the exhibit “Little Red Riding Hood: Polly Apfelbaum & Alice Mackler” on Friday, April 5, from 5 to 8 p.m. The exhibit will run until Saturday, June 1, by appointment. This will be the first exhibit of Alice Mackler’s work since her passing earlier this year at the age 92 and will feature her raw and elegantly painted clay sculptures of women and other beings, alongside her paintings and drawings, according to a press release. Apfelbaum’s exhibit presents a vibrant installation with glazed ceramics based on snowball quilts, hung on red-striped painted walls, according to the press release. A woven rug with an image from the 1963 book The Potential of Woman: a Symposium will be on the floor. Visit outerspacearts.xyz.
• Basket class: At Sanborn Mills Farm (7097 Sanborn Road in Loudon) on Saturday, April 13, and Sunday, April 14, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Ruth Boland will teach a class on Cherokee-style storage basket weaving, according to a press release. Participants will use twinning, plain weave, down skating, and rim scarfing to weave a finished basket that will be around 10 inches high and 15 inches across, according to the same release. The class is open to all levels of weavers, and all materials and tools will be provided. The workshop fee is $250. A lashing material fee of $60 will be paid directly to the instructor. Participants will have an option of private or shared lodging, as well as meals, if interested. For details and to register visit sanbornmills.org.
Shakespeare-ish Auditions
Cue Zero Theatre Co. will hold open auditions for William Shakespeare’s Long Lost First Play (abridged), a play by Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor, on Tuesday, April 2, at 6 p.m. at the Arts Academy of New Hampshire (19 Keewaydin Dr. in Salem), with callbacks on Sunday, April 7, at 1 p.m. Performances will take place June 21 through June 23. Interested performers should sign up for a time slot on Cue Zero’s website and prepare two monologues: one dramatic Shakespearean piece and modern comedic piece; the total time of the two pieces should not exceed four minutes, according to a press release. The release mentioned that callbacks may include reading from the script, playing improv games, and an interview. See cztheatre.com/index.php/get-involved.
• Mug class: Manchester Craft Market (in the Mall of New Hampshire, 1500 S. Willow St. in Manchester) will host a workshop on hand-building ceramic mugs on Friday, April 5, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. with a second session on Friday, April 19, at the same time, according to their website. The workshop will be taught by Jess from Emerson St Pottery. Participants will learn how to create a mug from clay in the first session, after which Jess will professionally fire the mug, and in the second session participants will be able to decorate and glaze their creations, according to the website. The class is intended for adults only and is limited to six students. The cost is $70; this includes both sessions and material. If you cannot make the second session, Jess will glaze your handmade mug, according to the site, and she will fire final pieces, which will be dropped off at the Manchester Craft Market. Visit manchestercraftmarket.com.
• Dance: NSquared Dance will perform on Thursday, April 4, from 5 to 6 p.m. at the Citizen of the Year Award to honor Howard Brodsky, at the DoubleTree by Hilton (700 Elm St., Manchester). The dance was altered specifically to showcase Brodsky’s life’s work as an “innovator in the cooperative model” through his company CCA Global, according to a press release. NSquared Dance’s mission is to energize audiences through movement and to enhance creativity, artistry, passion, and the drive of youth and aspiring dancers while they enlighten the community about the importance of performing arts education and further its integration into people’s everyday lives, according to their website. Visit nhdancecollaborative.org/performances or nsquareddance.org.
• From detective to poet: The Stockbridge Theatre (44 N. Main St. in Derry) will host a performance of Robert Frost: This Verse Business on Thursday, April 4, at 7 p.m. The poet and former Pinkerton Academy teacher charmed audiences with his celebrated verse and rascally sense of humor, according to a press release. Frost will be played by Emmy-winning actor Gordon Clapp, known for his role on NYPD Blue as Det. Medavoy, among other roles. In Clapp’s performance the poet shares his verse from memory along with his “wild surmises” on art, religion, science, “radicals” and “conservatives,” as the material is gathered from recordings and writings of Robert Frost, according to the same release. A.M. Dolan’s Robert Frost: This Verse Business won Best New Play (the Kaplan Award) at the Eventide Arts Festival in 2010, and Best Production at the United Solo Play Festival in New York City in 2013. Tickets cost $25 to $30 and are available at stockbridgetheatre.showare.com or by calling the box office at 437-5210.