It's a grey, dreary weekend in April, so by way of a diversion this weekend I have an arts-related menu of two performances to perhaps tempt you out of the house...
Tonight at 7:30 at the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre in downtown St. Catharines the Bravo Niagara! TD Jazz Series continues their spring season with a performance by jazz/fusion band Yellowjackets in Partridge Hall.
The group has been around for 43 years now and have recorded 26 albums, snagging 18 Grammy nominations along the way and winning two. The group always seems to keep re-inventing themselves in order to move with the times, which is no doubt a major contributing factor to their longevity.
The current group comprises Russell Ferrante on piano and synthesizers, Bob Mintzer on woodwinds and EWI, Will Kennedy on drums and Dane Anderson on bass.
The performance tonight will feature a good measure of music from their latest Grammy-nominated album, Parallel Motion, released last year.
Tickets should be available through the PAC box office either in advance or at the door, or by going to the Bravo Niagara! website.
Over in Niagara Falls tonight, local theatre is alive and well with the current Firehall Theatre season well underway. Last night was opening night for The Drowning Girls, written by Beth Graham, Charlie Tomlinson and Daniela Vlaskalic. Directed by Jerome Black, the play stars Claire Freel and Margaret, Daisy Hollohan as Alice and Heidi Nickel as Bessie.
The haunting play carries an important message while these three cast members tell their stories. Based on the individual and shared histories of real-life women, The Drowning Girls tackles a number of very current topics including the violence and manipulation of women and by extension, the plight of missing and murdered indigenous women in our society. The Drowning Girls won the Betty Mitchell Award for Best New Play.
The show continues tonight at 8 and performances continue until May 14th at the Niagara Falls theatre. More details and tickets are available by going to www.firehalltheatre.com.
There you go...no reason to stay inside if you don't want to!
Have a great weekend.
April 29th, 2023.
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