The Arizona Cowboy Poets Gathering brings the best in authentic cowboy poetry and music to the stage. This year, this three-night annual gathering will feature more than 50 of the American West’s finest spoken-word artists and singers.
Tickets range from $20 to $35 per night. For ticket information, click here.
The Prescott Campus of Yavapai Community College was once again the home of the Prescott Film Festival, which ran from July 17 through July 24. The Festival ‘s executive director is Yavapai College Professor Helen Stephenson. All of the many events were held on the Campus.
The Yavapai College Film and Media Arts Program arranged an impressive slate of workshops held in Building #3, room 119. The College said there were offerings for new and experienced filmmakers, movie geeks and lovers of the art form!” There were professionals in the industry who shared their experience in the workshops. The workshops were FREE.
It was a great event for the City of Prescott, which was essentially produced by the College.
Here is the schedule and location of events.
The Yavapai Community College Music Department will present an “Expanding Jazz Horizons” program on Monday, May 2, at 7:00 p.m. on the Verde Campus. The program will be held in Building “M”, Room 137 on the Campus. The Campus is located at 601 Blackhills Drive, Clarkdale, Arizona.
The concert is for the public and it is presented without charge by the Music Department. See you there.
The Verde Campus will host a Master Chorale Concert on April 12th at 7:30 p.m. The concert is free and will be held in Building “M”, Room 137. Last year there was a big turnout so plan to arrive early.
A recorded satellite broadcast on Monday, November 9 at 6:00 p.m. from London’s National Theatre presentation of “Hamlet” will be shown in room M-137 on the Verde Valley Campus (601 Black Hills Dr., Clarkdale). Tickets may ber purchased at www.ycpac.com or by calling 877-928-4253, up to four hours prior to the event. On the day-of-show, patrons can purchase tickets in person at M-137, beginning one hour before curtain time.
Tickets cost $9-$15. Series ticket receives a 10% discount, and tickets purchased in groups of ten or more receive a 10% discount.
Academy Award nominee Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC’s Sherlock, The Imitation Game, Frankenstein) takes on the title role of Shakespeare’s great tragedy. Joining Cumberbatch on stage are Leo Bill (Gosford Park, Kinky Boots, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) and Ciaran Hinds (Game of Thrones, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows).
This presentation is directed by Lyndsey Turner (Posh, Chimerica) and produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, National Theatre Live will broadcast this eagerly awaited production live to theaters.
As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father’s death and paralyzed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity and the security of the state.
“The most in-demand theatre show of all time.” – Evening Standard
Local favorites Brian Lockhard and Deborah Raymond will present a “Musical Tour of Europe” concert on the Verde Campus, November 13 at 7 p.m. The concert will be held in Building “M,” Room 137. It is free and open to the public.
Mr. Lockhard, a professor teaching music for Yavapai Community College on the Verde Campus, is a long-time favorite of Verde Valley concert goers. He is an accomplished pianist and composer.
Deborah Raymond is Associate Professor of Music at Norther Arizona University in Flagstaff. She has a wonderful soprano voice and has performed widely throughout Europe and the United States.
The wind whipped through the Mabery pavilion causing the performers to hang on to their skirts and some in the audience to huddle in corners protected from the gusts. And the dust from the gravel floor kicked up in the faces of the audience sitting on steel backed chairs. But in true show business style, the show “went on.” For the audience of about 50 patrons, most quite elderly, who braved the wind, threatening skies, and hard seats, it was a delightful evening with the Reville 3.
Reville 3
The trio brought cool nostalgic sounds and charming choreography to the small but appreciative audience. They sang with precision harmonies and swinging vocal rhythms, incorporating many of the songs made popular by the Andrews Sisters. They told the story of three ladies living during WWII, woven with letters inspired by actual correspondence during the war.
The College continues to bring fine performances to the Verde Campus with little advertising about them. One also wonders at the wisdom of the selection of this particular program for the Verde Campus. This is more a niche presentation aimed at veterans groups and national patriotic celebrations. Without substantial advertising, a regular spring program to provide adequate notice of the concert, the turn-out for such a program is predictably small in the Verde Valley.
