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Area Arts & Entertainment Happenings for June 5

June 05, 2008

Events for this column must be submitted to the Advocate by noon Tuesday. Call (859) 236-2551 with complete information, including hours and admission price; or e-mail jenb@amnews.com.

VISUAL ARTS

Works by Gathering Artists, through June, Commonwealth Cancer Center, Danville bypass. Open during regular business hours. Free. Information: (859) 236-6561. Meeting set for 10 a.m. Saturday; social begins at 9:30 a.m.

Works by local artists, Wilderness Trace Art League gallery, Fisher's Row, Constitution Square State Historic Site. Free. Hours: noon-4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

Centre College faculty exhibit, featuring works by Sheldon Tapley, Stephen Powell, Judith Jia and William Andrus, through June, Community Arts Center, 401 W. Main St. Works by Centre art students Katie Webster, Louisa Kleinert, Patrick Ley, Stephen Finney and Marc Waldner also exhibited in upper level gallery. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday; 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday; 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday; closed Sunday and Monday. Web site: www.communityartscenter.net.

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Music

Clear Conscience, acoustic set, 8 p.m. June 14, The Hub Coffehouse. Free. Band Web site: www.myspace.com/clearcon or www.myccband.com.

Choral music and arias, by Centre Singers Alumni Choir, 8 p.m. Saturday, Newlin Hall, Centre College. Free. Program will include selections from oratorios, folk songs, spirituals and traditional hymns in new arrangements. Three alumni with professional careers - Troy Cook, baritone; Korin Kormick, mezzo soprano; and Christina Watson-Utterstrom, soprano and jazz singer - will sing selections from opera.

Hickstown, 8 p.m.-midnight Friday and Saturday, Mae Johnson's White Barn, Waynesburg. Cost: $5/adults, $1/under 9. Auction: 7 p.m. Monday at White Barn Lane. Information: (606) 365-3417.

Po' Boyz, 7-11 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Wanda's Country Kitchen, formerly Sam's Place, Junction City. Cost: $5. Current hours: 7 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 7 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday. Information: (859) 854-6480.

Picking and Singing, 2 p.m. second and third Sunday each month, Penn's Store, Gravel Switch. Musicians invited to bring an instrument and participate. Information: (859) 332-7706.

Acoustic Jam, 7 p.m. every second and fourth Tuesday, Community Arts Center. Information: John Hughes, (859) 236-6628.

Paul Sirimongkhon, classic rock, beginning at 8 p.m. June 6, Woody's restaurant.

THEATER

"Leading Ladies," season opener, Friday through June 21except Sundays and Mondays, Pioneer Playhouse, Stanford Road. Showtime: 8:30 p.m.; $15. Dinner and show: 7:30 p.m.; $27. Reservations: (859) 236-2747.

"Girls Night: The Musical," 8 p.m. today and Friday, Newlin Hall, Centre College. Tickets: (859) 236-4692. Web sites: www.girlsnightthemusical.com or www.nortoncenter.com.

"The Merry Wives of Windsor," starring Danville resident Anthony Haigh, Thursday through Saturday, June 12-28, Equus Run Vineyards, Midway. Gates open at 5:30 p.m.; show begins at 7 p.m. Pre-show wine tastings available for $2. Presented by Actors Guild of Lexington and Equus Run. Cost: $15/general, $10/seniors and students. Tickets: (859) 225-0370 or boxoffice@lexarts.org. Tickets not available at vineyard.

OTHER EVENTS

Central Kentucky WineFest, featuring Kentucky Proud Wines from 14 Kentucky wineries, 4:30-8:30 p.m. June 13, Old Crow Inn Farm and Winery. Cost: $20; proceeds go to Danville-Boyle County Humane Society and Brenda Cowan Coalition of Kentucky. Tickets: (859) 236-1808.

Antique Fair, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturday, White Hall State Historic Site, Richmond. Appraisals: $5/item; limit of three items per customer. No books, fabrics, jewelry, stamps or coins appraised. Admission: $5. Information: (859) 623-9178.

Boyle County Fair, June 16-21, Boyle County Fairgrounds.

Forkland Community Center Lincoln Museum, with information linking the community Abraham Lincoln's grandmother, Lucey Hanks, noon-4 p.m. Saturdays, Forkland. Information: (859) 936-2061 or (859) 936-7489.

Wine and cheese tasting, 7-9 p.m. today, James Harrod Amphitheater, Harrodsburg. Cost: $20; attire is casual. Information: www.fortharrodbeeffestival.org.

Picnic in the Park, noon-1 p.m. Fridays, Old Fort Harrod State Park. Free.

Talon Summer Concert Series, 6-10 p.m. June 13, Talon Winery, 7086 Tates Creek Road, Lexington. Information: (859) 971-9797. Web site: www.talonwine.com.

Second Sunday Select Open House, featuring "Fire and Ice," metal and glass sculptors, noon-3 p.m. Sunday, The Speckled Egg Gallery, 235 W. Main St. Featured artists will be Ginny Eklund, Adam Kenney, Kelly Stone, Mike Welch and C.T. Whitehouse.

Sanctioned truck pull, chili cook-off and live bands, 7 p.m. Friday, Mercer County Fairgrounds. Cost: $10. Information: www.fortharrodbeeffestival.org.

Steak and Egg Breakfast, 7:30-10:30 a.m. Saturday, Old Fort Harrod State Park, Harrodsburg. Cost: $6. Information: www.fortharrodbeeffestival.org.

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