All Mondays at the Myrna performances are at 8:00 pm unless otherwise posted
Wally Cardona Quartet
June 11
Myrna Loy Center
Adults and Seniors $15, Students $10
The dynamic Wally Cardona dance company reunites with Capital High School Band to perform SITE, the piece they premiered in New York City as part of the National Dance Project.
Norman Foote
June 18
Myrna Loy Center
Adults and Seniors $15, Students $10
Award-winning family singer/puppeteer Norman Foote brings his engaging songs, outrageous props and off-beat sense of humor. This father of five is one of North America's most highly regarded entertainers of his kind. His stage shows are uniquely Norman-innovative both musically and visually. "This entertainer is in a category all his own." - LA Times
Helena Pow Wow Benefit Concert with Mark ThunderWolf
June 25
Myrna Loy Center
Adults and Seniors $15, Students $10
Healing, meditative music from an acclaimed Native American flute player. ThunderWolf is the son of a musician from the Lakota and Eastern Band Cherokee Wolf Clan. He has received nominations in the Native American Music Awards (NAMMY's), received 2nd Place for Best Album in the 2004 Just Plain Folks Music Awards in November 2004 and selected in 2005 as a showcase performer for the 17th Annual Folk Alliance International Music Conference in Montreal, Canada. "Haunting and wild and fresh." (Ithaca Times, N.Y.)
June 25 - 29
Noon Time Performances with MusikantenBaroque vocal ensemble Musikanten returns for its annual free summer recital series every noon this week in the Myrna Loy Center auditorium.
John Cowan Band
July 2
Free Performance on the Capitol Lawn
Bluegrass, newgrass, rock'n'rollgrass-exquisite stops along a rollicking road. The John Cowan Band returns to Helena for a free summer evening on the Capitol lawn.
Jesse DeNatale
July 9
Myrna Loy Center
Adults and Seniors $15, Students $10
With his rough and tender voice, wise lyrics and inventive songs, Jesse DaNatale is quietly producing some of the sweetest harsh melodies this side of Van Morrison's Avalon Sunset. This is truly soul-satisfying indie folk – he’s Tom Waites’ favorite singer and U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins’s favorite lyricist.. Intriguing, meaty, and warm.
July 12
It Goes Without Saying
Bill Bowers presents:
Adults and Seniors $15, Students $10 Grandstreet Summer Students $5
A one-man, multi-media autobiography of a Montana boy who grows up to be one of the most remarkable actors on Broadway. In this 75-minute joy ride, Bill shares funny, heartbreaking, nearly unbelievable true stories from his career as an actor and mime, and of his lifelong exploration of the role silence plays in all our lives. Through mime, storytelling, acting and various media, he takes us on a journey through his childhood in Missoula, to his outrageous jobs as a performer, the whirlwind of working on Broadway, and studying with the legendary Marcel Marceau. Critics call It Goes Without Saying an "autobiographical tour de force."
PAVLO (Mediterranean Guitar/Percussion Ensemble)
July 16
Myrna Loy Center
Adults and Seniors $15, Students $10
He's a composer, he's a sensation, he's back by popular demand! Greek-Flamenco guitarist Pavlo returns to Helena with his original blend of flamenco, Latin and bouzouki music. Captivating.
Lanzallamas Monofonica
July 23
Myrna Loy Center
Adults and Seniors $15, Students $10
This 7-piece Afro-Latino band charges its Spanish, Portuguese and Serbian melodies with melodic fire and rhythmic intensity-and they're setting college campuses afire with their new sound.. They create elegant layers of acoustic guitar, cuatro, violin, and piano mixed with a wide array of percussive instrument: the cajón, steel pan, tumbas, timbalitos, Afro-Brazilian hand percussion and drumset.
Vanguard
July 30
Myrna Loy Center
Adults and Seniors $15, Students $10
Mark Walker, Jeremy Slead, Monte Grise, and Rennan Reike present their joyfully eclectic repertoire-ranging from Armstrong to Zeitlin, and Monk to Mehldau-with a healthy respect for the jazz tradition and a zest for the unconventional. Jazz on the sublime edge.
August 2
Myrna Loy Helena Filmmakers Film FestivalAll tickets/All Events $5
Celebrate Myrna's birthday at this day-long film festival showcasing a variety of works created by filmmakers from Myrna's home town. Stay tuned for more information!
The Buttenik Ensemble
August 6
Myrna Loy Center
Adults and Seniors $15, Students $10
Butte's popular resident troupe presents a night of unique and wonderful comedy theater.
Cathie Ryan
August 13
Myrna Loy Center
Adults and Seniors $15, Students $10
Celtic vocal star Cathie Ryan returns with her crystalline vocals, insightful songwriting and an acclaimed fourth album, The Farthest Wave.
John Reischman and the Jaybirds
August 20
Myrna Loy Center
Adults and Seniors $15, Students $10
The mandolin master and his band are known for powerful original songs, soaring vocals, and stunning interpretations of old-time songs with a classy new twist. Six years of touring across North America and Europe, three critically-acclaimed albums and a Canadian Juno nomination have established John Reischman and the Jaybirds as a top-flight band in bluegrass music.
August 24
Keigwin & Company
Adults and Seniors $15, Students $10
Keigwin & Company presents provocative, witty, engaging dances combining physicality with theatricality-in other words, it's both artistically driven and visually captivating. Dance Magazine says "The kinetic delight of Keigwin's high-powered dancing is infectious.." The New York Times calls it "joyful and breathtakingly clever..its probably the most inexpensive legal fun to be had for miles around."
Helena Symphony Night
August 27
Myrna Loy Center
Adults and Seniors $15, Students $10
Some of Helena's top classical musicians present an eclectic banquet of classical surprises. This intimate concert is always a delightful and rousing dish for Helena Symphony fans.
The Myrna Loy presents two new works just before they appear at TBA, the Portland Institute for Contemporary Arts' time-based arts festival, an international art and performance extravaganza.
September 6-7
Kommer (Grief) performed by Kassys
Adults and Seniors $15, Students $10
How can something be deeply, profoundly sad yet hilarious at the same time? Somehow, Dutch movement-theater collective Kassys has created a work that is just that. A tender, comic portrayal of human fragility, Kommer (Grief) begins with six people at a party and ends with a cinematic exploration of the "private" loneliness of the actors we have gotten to know. Combining film (with some footage shot in the Twin Cities) and live performance in equal doses, the work is both formally daring and emotionally resonant. "With a subtle style and an absurd touch [Kassys] makes the everyday extra ordinary. It is all brilliantly brought into vision." -DeVolkskrant, the Netherlands
September 10
ZOE SCOFIELD and CO, dance company from Seattle
Adults and Seniors $15, Students $10
An emerging dancer/choreographer and a performance artist team up in a beautiful new work.
Tickets can be purchased at the Myrna Loy Center by calling the Box Office at 443-0287. The Internet is a great way to purchase your tickets. It's convenient, secure, and fast.
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