Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, December 6, 2017
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Illinois Valley
Conservation
District and
Watershed
Council move
guild announces open house and free show
The Illinois Valley
will be alive with two
exciting performing arts
events, a rich offering of
creative gift shopping,
a couple gift-making
opportunities, and lots
of warm hospitality this
weekend.
On Friday evening,
December 8, Blue Lake,
California’s Dell’Arte
Company brings its
popular traditional holiday
appearance to Cave
Junction with an adaptation
of Hans Christian
Andersen’s “The Snow
Queen” at Lorna Byrne
Middle School. This is
Dell’ Arte’s only Oregon
performance of their
adaptation of the timeless
tale of a child’s spirit
triumphing over impending
darkness.
The 7 p.m.
performance is free thanks
to the internationally
renowned company’s
generous donors. The
audience is asked to
contribute non-perishable
food items, which the
cast collects and donates
to local food banks
in collaboration with
nonprofit, Food for People.
“The Snow Queen”
is an enthralling holiday
spectacle for the whole
family and features an
assortment of magical
characters, which include
a trio of bumbling trolls,
a talking tree and a flying
reindeer. It begins when
a magical mirror shatters
and two pieces fall into the
heart and eye of young Kai.
His friend Gerda must then
embark on a journey of a
lifetime to set things right
and eventually embrace the
power within her.
The Dell’Arte
Company’s production
of “The Snow Queen” is
directed by Dell’Arte’s
Producing Artistic Director
Michael Fields. It is a bold
re-telling of the classic
holiday tale that includes
original music and robust
physical storytelling.
The production is
created and performed by
this year’s international
cast featuring Matilda
Lindström from Finland,
Gaia Mencagli from
Denmark and Gaby Haught,
Eric Jones, Natashia
Marshall, Chase Perkins,
Fay Steddum and Jacob
Timmons from the U.S.
On Saturday, Dec. 9,
hot mulled cider and sweet
treats will warm guests and
holiday shoppers at the
Southern Oregon Guild’s
Gallery and Art Center
during their Holiday Open
House from 10 a.m. to
5 p.m. Visitors can also
make their own snowflake
ornaments.
Located on the RCC
Kerby Campus in Kerby,
the Gallery offers a wide
selection of creative
gifts from books for both
children and adults and
frame-worthy cards to
delightful and unusual
jewelry, sculpture,
paintings and more. There
are elegant hand-felted
hats, gorgeous pottery and
glass work, and a special
treat for the chess-lover.
You can also shop
the Guild’s Holiday Silent
Auction for things like
hand knits, a historic map,
a portable easel, a stay at
the Oregon Caves Chateau,
and much more. The
auction closes Dec. 23, but
you can either buy an item
now or call in on the 23rd
to check on your bid.
You may want to
purchase raffle tickets
when you see the beautiful
large copper piece that is
the Guild’s 2017 Raffle
Grand Prize. That drawing
will also happen on Dec.
23.
Guild artists will
welcome you and enjoy
sharing the season’s warm
greetings.
Cave Junction, OR –After decades of being
housed in the Josephine County Cave Junction County
Building, which is now owned by the Senior Thrift
Store, the Illinois Valley Conservation District (IVCD)
and Watershed Council (WSC) have moved their office
locations a few doors down, settling in next to the
Illinois Valley News office at 219 S. Redwood Highway.
The move for both organizations, who work
closely together as partners in conservation work,
came after the sale of the County Building earlier this
year. Board members for both organizations stepped
up to assist in the transition that took about a week to
conclude.
District Board member, Jim Gurley was generous
enough to donate his time, energy and money to making
the new offices habitable to IVCD and WSC staff
members by constructing two walls, installing two
doors and applying a fresh coat of paint to the interior of
the offices.
WSC board member, Gene Merrill graciously
coordinated a group of strapping young high schoolers
from Illinois Valley High School who selflessly
volunteered to move most of the office contents to
the new building. Merrill also made his own vehicle
available to staff throughout the moving week to
transport large boxes and bulky furniture.
Due to the recent move, the monthly IVCD and
WSC board meetings will be held elsewhere in the
Valley. The December board meeting, Dec. 21, 6 p.m.
and 7 p.m. will take place at the I.V. Family Coalition
building and all 2018 board meeting locations will be
decided at the December meeting.
For more information on the IVCD visit their
website at ivswcd.org or like them on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/ivswcd. For more information on
the WSC, like them on Facebook at www.facebook.
com/ivstreamteam.
‘SuperReal: Our Town’, Onstage!
RiverStars Performing Arts,
a program of the Illinois Valley
Community Development Organization,
presents their fourth holiday show,
“SuperReal”, Saturday, Dec. 9, 7 p.m.
and Sunday, Dec. 10, 5 p.m. in the
Lorna Byrne Cafeteria. Tickets are
Pay-What-You-Can and there will be a
talkback with the artists after the show.
Don’t miss your chance to see our town,
onstage in this hilarious holiday romp
about Scroogia, the Texas carpetbagger
who has come to put our local economy
asunder. Fortunately, Scroogia meets
her match in Tom and Jerry, the local
cartoon and comics shop owners. Now
if they can just get her to laugh, they
will free Cavetown from a villainous
takeover.
“SuperReal” brings Cavetown’s
own superheroes and villains under
the lights in a delightful comic book
format. You’ll meet RiverRock,
HotJock, MoneyMaxer, G.A.S.
script by RiverStars performers and
teachers, influenced by their town, for
the stage show of SuperReal.
Arts educator, Lindsey Gillette
commented, “The work of the program
participants and community members
has been impressively detailed. The
inside jokes and winks to the audience
are all locally sourced. If there’s one
thing the residents of the Illinois Valley
can agree on, it’s that we value our
autonomy and the sense of belonging in
this place. This show brings that to the
stage.” Lead educator, Gina Angelique
added, “What is most awesome is to
see how the RiverStars performers have
grown, and become their own source
for heroic potential. There is something
magical and powerful about witnessing
their hard work culminate in a solid and
moving theatrical product. Watching
them dance and act brings deep pride
and confidence that the future is in good
hands.”
(Generic Attractive Superhero) and the
Guacamole Man. Most powerful of
all….Sparkwoman ends up saving the
day! The performers get real as they
dance through Act 2. A mysterious
grandpa intervenes in excessive
texting binges and introduces the
philosophies of folk hero Utah Phillips.
The performers ultimately end their
powerful journey of self-realization
that lands them in the dance “I,” by
Kendrick Lamar.
The process to create this show
began in April 2017, when RiverStars
performers began drawing comic
strips about their town from their own
imaginations. Throughout the summer,
they gathered comics from visitors at
the Cave Junction Farmers’ Market.
Using these as research, the group then
participated in two expansive weekend
development sessions workshopping the
comics, re-writing and editing. Finally,
this work was crafted into an original
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