Friday

Using the Web

The Bay Area Senior’s Computer Club will meet at 9:30 a.m. Friday at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 1290 Thompson Road in Coos Bay. Club member Art Schuldt will give a presentation entitled “What’s Behind the Web Page?” Schuldt will explain and demonstrate HTML used to make web pages.

All are welcome, however participants must be over age 50 to become a member.

For more information, call Rene at 269-7396 or Steve at 266-9714.

Visit the club’s Web site at http://www.geocities.com/bayareasrcompclub.

Turner reception

Local artist Pat Turner’s works are on display at the North Bend Library’s gallery, 1800 Sherman Ave. through Oct. 31. Works include photography, pen and ink landscapes, oils, acrylic abstracts, collages and tissue on canvas.

A reception will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17 at the library. For more information, call Pat at 271-0874.

Open firehouse

The North Bend Fire Department will host its annual open house from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday as part of the nation-wide observance of Fire Prevention Week. Activities will include raffles, fire truck rides, tours, fire prevention information, face painting, photos with Sparky and much more. Hamburgers, hot dogs, drinks and ice cream will also be provided. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 756-7757.

‘Maligned Mannequin’

New Artists Productions, a nonprofit youth theater group in Bandon, will present “The Case of the Maligned Mannequin” at The Sprague Community Theater.

The show opens Friday and runs for two weekends with Friday and Saturday shows at 7 p.m. and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m.

The story takes place in Beverly Hills, Calif. at the St. Vincent’s Finishing School for Girls. Two students are involved in a minor mishap, which jeopardizes the future of the school. One of the students goes missing, then turns up dead.

What follows is a series of panic, mayhem, calamity and laughter as two super sleuths from the local police department try to solve the crime.

The play, written but New Artists co-founder Dan Almich, has all the makings of sidesplitting humor and silliness as found in the “Laurel and Hardy” and “The Pink Panther” movies. Thirteen young actors are involved in the production.

Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and $5 for students, and are available at Bandon True Value Hardware, Chetco Federal Credit Union, by calling the Almichs at 347-2517 and at the door.

Art deadline

Applications are available for the annual juried art exhibit “Celebrate Arts,” at the Florence Event Center. The show, sponsored by the Friends of the Florence Events Center, is open to artists of all ages in all media.

Artists can submit up to four pieces of art. Cash awards will be presented in categories of two-dimensional, three-dimensional and photography, as well as in two “young artists” categories. The deadline for show entries is Oct. 17.

The juror will judge the art which must be delivered to the FEC between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 4. Juror’s selections will be made the following day and the show will run from Friday, Nov. 7 through Sunday, Nov. 14. Merit and Honorable Mention Awards will be selected from all categories and be displayed through December.

More information can be found at the Web site, http://ww.eventcenter.org. The packet may be requested by sending an self-addressed stamped envelope to Celebrate Arts 2008, Florence Events Center, 715 Quince St. Florence, OR 97439, or call (541) 997-1994.

 Upcoming

Ballet auditions

The Eugene Ballet Company will be enlisting the help of approximately 50 student dancers from the Coos Bay area to complete the cast of December’s “The Nutcracker” production.

Auditions will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19, at Pacific School of Dance, 303 D St. in Coos Bay, which is inside the old Eastside Elementary School. Dancers can try different parts including baby mice, angels, ladybugs, party guests, the dragon, waltz dancers and calvary.

A representative from the Eugene Ballet Company will audition the dancers and teach the choreography. All participants must be enrolled in ballet or pre-ballet classes. Preregistration is required.

There is a $5 non-refundable registration fee, and forms can be returned to the Pacific School of Dance, or be mailed to Dance Umbrella, P.O. Box 462, North Bend, and must be received by Thursday.

Presented by Dance Umbrella,  “The Nutcracker” will return to Marshfield Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 22.

For more information, call Deb at 297-0573.