Peace Church Cabaret Celebrates the Creative Spirit
Suggested donation is $10.
On the bill is an eclectic cabaret mix of sweet singer-songwriters, powerful poetry and piano music, film, comedy and even some outright camp. The cabaret has become a popular annual tradition at Peace for members and the community alike. With lighting and light refreshment, organizers strive to create a cabaret mood. Proceeds from the first cabaret bought lighting for Peace’s ongoing art displays by members and friends. This year, proceeds are aimed at a new piano for the sanctuary. Who’s performing?
Poets Jerah Chadwick, Alaska’s Poet Laureate, Gary Boelhower and Ellie Schoenfeld raise their voices. Keyboard duo Dave Winchester and Beth Bartlett show the love with songs on the theme of “Growing Young Together.” Members of the musical Aas family step up. “Solace by the Lake,” a song written and performed by Jane Aas, will premiere in a film produced and recorded by Steve Horner, with photography by Alex Horner. Mary Nienaber and Jane and Peter Aas strum and sing. Christine Aas and Doug Hoffman are a guitar and vocal act. Seulgee Lee, piano peformance graduate student and Peace’s pianist, plays a Prokofiev sonata with her signature power and grace. Big guy baritone Gary Anderson delivers “ ‘Camping’ at Peace,” a different sort of hoedown, complete with Guitar Guys Jim and Tom and Big John E. on standup bass. Rory James and Abe Curran, familiar as the Fili Bohembards to the Carmody’s crowd, bring their vocal-guitar duo thing up the hill to Peace. Singer and guitarist Mary Nienaber and vocalist Claire Smith are bringing “Over the Rainbow” and “other romantic songs”. Sharon Kirtley vamps on some “retro songs my father left me” with support by standup guy John Erickson on bass. ·Eve Stein and Jason Koski present original compositions on violin and guitar (respectively). |
Celebrate the creative spirit in word, music and film at the fourth annual Artists Cabaret at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010, at Peace United Church of Christ, 1111 N. 11th Ave. E., Duluth.