Idaho Falls Arts Council Announces Events, Performers, and Exhibits Thru 5/20

The Idaho Falls Arts Council has released a schedule of events for the upcoming months including the Eastern Idaho Wine Festival & Microbrews, a performance by the Snake River All-Stars, the Cultural District Art Walk, the return of Late Night Catechism, the Grammy award-winning band, Riders in the Sky, and the continuation of their Carr Gallery Exhibit.

 

Eastern Idaho Wine Festival & Microbrews 

Friday, April 23, 5-9:00 pm. 

Tickets $22/in advance & $25/at the door

$5/designated driver

Shilo Inn, Idaho Falls/Call 522-0471 

Spring is in the air and so is the tantalizing aroma of wine; reds, whites, champagnes and other great "vino's" and new this year, the debut of microbrews at Eastern Idaho's largest wine and microbrew festival. Sample from over 400 wines and microbrews from around the world. Other Festival activities include a door prize, raffle, and silent auction. Proceeds benefit the Idaho Falls Arts Council.

Sponsored by: Golden Eagle Sales, Downtown Idaho Falls Rotary Club, and B106 The Beat of Eastern Idaho.

Snake River All Stars

Saturday, May 1, 8:00 pm. 

Tickets $28 Show/$40 Afterparty

Colonial Theater/Call 522-0471

Rocking the Colonial Theater for three years in a row, The All Stars feature a combination of first class musicians and seasoned concert production professionals with state-of-the-art video, lighting and sound to create a feast for the eyes and ears. Classic songs are spun together with "mocumentary" style video segments that tell the tongue-in-cheek story of the Snake Rive All Stars, from their dramatic rise to superstardom, to the inevitable fall from the ranks of rock-and-roll royalty.  

Sponsored by: All Star Divas, Bechtel Group Foundation, CH2M-WG Idaho (CWI), Jeff & Laurel Sayer, Classy 97/KLCE, River City Weekly, and Z103/KFTZ

Cultural District Art Walk 2010

Saturday, May 1, Starting at 10 am 

Celebrate a day of art and culture in historic downtown Idaho Falls. A mosaic of cultural attractions awaits you! Invite your friends and family to join you, and experience a cultural awakening. Events are FREE unless noted otherwise.

'Til Death Do Us Part: Late Nite Catechism 3

Saturday, May 8, 8:00 pm. 

Tickets $29

Colonial Theater/Call 522-0471

Sister returns to the Colonial Theater in the latest class to be unveiled in the sinfully funny Late Nite Catechism series. After teaching countless students all about the saints, venial sins, guilt, limbo and more. Sister is now offering hilarious lessons on the Sacraments of Marriage and 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!

Sponsored by: The Catholic Crow, URS, and Arrow 107

Riders in the Sky

Thursday, May 20, 8:00 pm. 

Tickets $28

Colonial Theater/Call 522-0471

For thirty years, Grammy Award winners Riders In The Sky have been reviving and revitalizing the Comedy & Western genre. They are now modern-day icons by branding the genre with their own legendary wacky humor and way-out Western wit, and all along encouraging buckaroos and buckarettes to live life "The Cowboy Way!"

Sponsored by: American Fabrication, Tim & Anne Hopkins, and KUPI 99

Carr Gallery Exhibit

2nd Annual Juried Exhibition at the Willard Arts Center! 

March 12 - May 1, 2010

A juried exhibition of works submitted by artists throughout the region in a variety of media.

Sponsored by: Bruce & Nancy Baumgart; Portage, Inc.; Bradley K. Stoddard, MD

About The Idaho Falls Arts Council

Colonial Theater: 450 A. Street, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83402

Carr Gallery/Willard Arts Center: 450 A. Street, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83402

www.idahofallsarts.com

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