Art Gallery

By Kevin Lee Associate Editor

Shakespeare in LoDa

William Shakespeare’s Richard II

Where: Penthouse Salon & Spa (450 Dauphin St.)

When: Sept. 6 – 14

King Richard II is asked to intervene in a dispute between nobility over a recent assassination despite the king’s secretive instigation of the slaying. When the king turns on his accomplice, it becomes the first in a chain of misfortunes that prove his undoing.

The play’s Machiavellian themes are resonant for any time in which humans hold power over others.

Performed by the Mobile Shakespeare Company, this quasi-guerilla production is a healthy sign for Mobile’s ever-blooming arts scene.

Performances are Sept. 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14 with the sole Thursday show being a “student night.” Evening shows begin at 8 p.m. while Sundays curtain rises at 2 p.m.

Entrance is $15

For further info, e-mail mobshakespeareco@bellsouth.net.

Awards in the Square

Greater Mobile Arts Awards

Where:

Cathedral Square in downtown Mobile

When:

Sept. 12, 7 p.m.

Results are in for the fifth annual honors from the Mobile Arts Council and list of contains familiar names.

Educator Nancy Raia of the Eastern Shore Art Center, Mobile Ballet volunteer Marian Blake, patron Yvonne Kalen and artist Kate Seawell will receive honors. Evonik-Degussa won for the business category and Mobile Art Association will be honored in the organization category.

Local ceramic master Charles Smith designed this year’s award.

A reception for honorees in the Mobile Arts Council offices (318 Dauphin St.) will follow the ceremony.

For more information, call 251-432-9796 or go to www.mobilearts.org.

ESho shows off local luminary

Exhibition by Fidelis

Where:

Patina Gallery (54 Section St. N., Fairhope)

When: Through September

The work of Fairhope artist Fidelis was selected and featured by the prestigious Florence Biennale in Florence, Italy during December of 2007. The Biennale Internazionale Dell’Arte Contemporanea is a highly regarded international exhibition and the honor was certainly rare for a Mobile Bay area artist.

The exhibit begins with an opening reception during Fairhope’s monthly First Friday Artwalk, Sept. 5 from 6 – 8 p.m. Mobile guitarist and songsmith Brandon George will also be featured during the evening.

For further info, call 251-928-2718.

Kevin Lee is Lagniappe associate editor. Contact him at klee@lagniappemobile.com.

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