Mondays at the Myrna 2010
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Murdock Charitable Trust
Wingate Inn
June 7&8
8:00 pm
$15 adults/seniors, $12 students
Bringing back the show that filled the Myrna in 2005, Rhythm Dancer's III 2010 presents an array of homegrown dance talent. With an eclectic mix of dance genres., this year's performances feature tap, Irish, Flamenco, African, and belly dancing. Live music by Timbaru.
Please call 443-0287 for tickets
Jill and Julia Show
Monday, June 28
8:00 pm
$25
SNL star Julia Sweeney joins another TED favorite, Jill Sobule, for a delightful set that mixes witty songwriting with a bit of social commentary. The Jill and Julia Show is a delightful, wildly entertaining mash-up of music, comedy, improvisation and monologues. This one- of-a-kind performance revolves around embedding Julia's stories into songs of Jill's that share a common theme creating a sum greater than the individual parts.
Known for her four-year run on Saturday Night Live and her powerful solo shows, Julia Sweeney continues to carve out her own territory in entertainment, one that moves between the personal and the political, the controversial and the comical.
Jill Sobule's work is at once deeply personal and socially conscious, seriously funny and derisively tragic. Over seven albums and a decade of recording, Jill has mused on topics such as the death penalty, anorexia, shoplifting, reproduction, the French resistance movement, adolescence, and the Christian right.
Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper
Thursday, July 8
8:00 pm
$22
Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper, 2009, 2008 and 2007 IBMA Instrumental Group of the Year, this band is a highly energized traditional bluegrass band that will wear your audience out and leave them wanting more! Michael has also won the IBMA Fiddle Player of the Year award seven times.This band is an all-star line up of pickers including Jesse Brock (Mandolin, Vocals) and Marshall Wilborn (Bass, Vocals), Tom Adams (Lead Vocal and Guitar), Mike Cleveland (Fiddle, Vocals), Jessie Baker (Banjo).
Curto's Eternal Tango
Monday, July 12
8:00 pm
$22
Praised as "superb in their powerful and dynamic rendition" Hector Del Curto leads the ensemble “Eternal Tango” as they perform the passionate, sensual rhythms, the lush textures and colors of great Argentinean tango. The group consists of some of the finest tango musicians in the world: Nick Danielson, principal violin; Gustavo Casenave, piano; Pedro Giraudo, double bass; joined when appropriate by ancers and/or vocalist
Buckwheat Zydeco
Monday, July 19
8:00 pm
$27
2010 Grammy-winning group "Buckwheat leads one of the best party bands in America; he can pump out zydeco two-beats or shift into rolling 12-bar blues, steaming all the way." - The New York Times Buckwheat Zydeco is a bona-fide roots music legend. Stanley “Buckwheat” Dural Jr.—along with his band, Buckwheat Zydeco—is the preeminent ambassador of Louisiana zydeco music. If you've seen a Buckwheat show, you know what to expect: rocking, stomping, good time Creole party music. If you haven't seen Buckwheat Zydeco live, you're missing one of the music world's most exciting and fun performers.
4th Annual Short Film & Video Festival
Monday, July 26
8:00 pm
$8
A one-day film festival, screening short films created by Helena filmmakers. Each year the Myrna stages a challenge to local filmmakers of all experience levels. We issue a theme, and filmmakers have a weekend to produce a 6-minute film that somehow relates to the given theme. This screening is a delightful walk through each director’s creative adventure—a wonderful way to celebrate Myrna’s birthday and the summertime pleasure of rising to an artistic challenge.
Third Angle Ensemble
A Northwest New Work celebrating Myrna Loy's 105 Birthday
Monday, August 2
8:00 pm
$17
Since 1985, Third Angle has presented more than 90 programs of contemporary music, commissioned more than 25 new works and released nine recordings to critical acclaim. one of the Northwest’s foremost presenters of contemporary American music will be premiering a new work by Charles Nichols of MSU.
Devoted to creating and presenting musical events, works and collaborations that reflect the highest artistic expressions of our time, to instigating a creative dialogue through the works and artists presented, and to reinforcing the necessity for the voice of the living composer in our cultural heritage.
Late Nite Catechism-Till Death Do Us Part
Monday, August 9
8:00 pm
$25
‘Til Death Do Us Part: Late Nite Catechism 3 is the latest class to be unveiled in this sinfully funny series. After teaching countless students about the saints, venial sins, limbo and more, Sister is now offering up hilarious lessons on the Sacraments of Marriage and the Last Rites, including her own wacky version of the Newlywed Game. Classroom participation is a must, so bring along your sweetie and your sense of humor for a session with the country’s feistiest couples counselor!
Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile
Thursday, August 12
8:00 pm
$30
Collecting five singular abilities and viewpoints into one musical force, Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile have established their place among the most dynamic and talented presences across the full range of contemporary music-making. As performing and recording artists, composers and interpreters, technicians and stylists, Grammy-nominees, they continue to push the boundaries of possibility while maintaining an unerring devotion to the basic audience experience.
Chris Thile has changed the mandolin forever, elevating it from its origins as a relatively simple folk and bluegrass instrument to the sophistication and brilliance of the finest jazz improvisation and classical performance.
His equally youthful, prodigiously gifted band-mates are among the most in-demand performers in the worlds of bluegrass, folk and traditional music: Guitarist Chris Eldridge (founding member of the Infamous Stringdusters at MLC on 8/30), Paul Kowert, bassist from The Seldom Scene; Noam Pikelny, banjo; Gabe Witcher, violinist, has recorded with Willie Nelson and Beck. The Punch Bros. are the best string-band pickers of the new generation. Describing their music as “bluegrass” is too narrow for the band’s wide-ranging, ground-breaking style which swings with breathtaking velocity from the tender to the robust.
The Legend Ian Tyson
Monday, August 23
8:00 pm
$32
Ian Tyson is one of a kind . . . authentic and durable. In the tough world of show business where an Artist can consider himself lucky to have one hit and a few good years, Ian Tyson has had two distinctly brilliant careers. Spanning 5 decades, Tyson has forged a trail of musical innovation. Starting with the legendary folk duo of Ian and Sylvia in the 60’s, the trail has culminated with the seminal Cowboyography collection reaching platinum status in the mid 90’s. Tyson continues to keep his loyal fans in awe with songs that range from his classics – Four Strong Winds, Someday Soon, and Navajo Rug, to his newest works where he continues to write with inspired vigor. Tyson maintains a busy touring schedule combined with the work on his Alberta ranch.
The Infamous Stringdusters
Monday, August 30
8:00 pm
$20
The Infamous Stringdusters have arrived at a sound that pleases blue-grassers and hipsters alike–seamlessly welding tradition and innovation into an irresistible “new-grass” sound. This sextet comprised of Andy Hall, Jeremy Garrett, Jesse Cobb, Chris Eldrigde, Chris Pandolfi and Travis Book, have been kicking around Nashville for a few years. They became friends after running into one another, either doing session work or at live gigs with other bands. It didn’t take long for them to realize that they shared a passion for true, innovative bluegrass and string music. Not long after, they decided to give it a go of their own and the result is Fork In The Road—‘one of the most impressive albums by a young new band in contemporary bluegrass since Nickel Creek first appeared like a beacon with their debut” (Ruehl, about.com). Possessed with mean-pickin’ power, Stringdusters play original music with sweet vocal delivery and hoppin’ instrumentals that will definitely get your toes to tappin’.
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