Two art exhibits for the price of one

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Two art exhibits for the price of one

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We’re opening eyes

to sleep disorders

Visit our newest location in Southington!

Sleep Disorders Center Open House

Thursday, May 12 4 to 6 p.m.

1131 West St., Building 1 lower level

Southington

We’re experts at helping the sleepy put their sleep disorders

to rest. Come visit our newest location in Southington and

meet our staff and physicians, take a tour and learn about the

sleep studies we offer to help diagnose and treat conditions

like sleep apnea and narcolepsy.With over 20 years of

experience, our center offers great care that’s close to home.

Rest assured. Call 860-224-5538

or visit thocc.org/services/sleep/.

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Friday, May 6, 2011

To advertise, call [phone]

The Step Saver/ The Observer

The

Southington

Public Library

has a differ-

ent art exhibit every

month.

But this month, they

have two exhibits.

The first is the regular

artist-of-the-month exhib-

it, with May’s display fea-

turing the work of photog-

rapher

Li Nguyen Murray

in The Gallery.

However, a group of

young artists will also dis-

play their creations in the

Cafe area of the library in

another month-long exhib-

it “Leaping Into Art.”

The young artists, who

study under artist and

teacher

Katie Kopcha

,

including

Christina Sack

,

Amanda Boccio, Molly

Gage,

Ella Carmody

,

Laney

Carmody

,

Kelly Bergland

,

Grace Michaud

,

Ella

Michaud

,

Catrina Aszklar

,

Emma Miller

,

Natalie

Millerick

,

Sami Millerick

,

Emily Biscoglio

,

Robert

Cantemir

,

Alana Wherry

,

Bella Melara

,

Sophia

Swain

,

Autumn Swain

,

Victoria Geremia

,

Kyle

Murrah

,

Evan Watson

and

Connor Watson

, will be on

exhibit during the month

of May. This exhibit is on

display during regular

library hours. The young

artists will be honored with

a reception from 6 to 7:30

p.m. Wednesday, May 18.

For more information on

this special display, visit

www.katie-

kopcha.com/leapingin-

toart.

The artist-of-the-

month,

Li Nguyen Murray,

will display many of her

portraits of people and ani-

mals during the month of

May. To see samples of her

work, visit

www.wix.com/lnmdigita-

lart/photography.

Regular library houses

are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Mondays through

Thursdays and 9 a.m. to 5

p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.

Call [phone] or visit

www.southingtonlibrary.

org.

And speaking of the

library, the

Friends of the

Southington Library

Bookstore

will host a half-

off sale during the month

of May, just in time to pick

up some summer reading

material. The bookstore is

open from 2 to 5 p.m.

Mondays and Thursdays, 2

to 9 p.m. Tuesdays and

Wednesdays, and 10 a.m.

to 4:30 p.m. Fridays. For

more information, call the

bookstore at [phone]

ext. 116.

NEW SHOWS:

Tickets

to several new shows are

on sale now.

The Wiggles’

“Big

Birthday Live!” tour will

stop at the Oakdale Theatre

in Wallingford at 3 p.m. July

19. Tickets are $46, $31 and

$21. A limited number of

special VIP seats are also

available.

Dolly Parton

will be at

the Oakdale Theatre on July

30. Tickets are $69.50 and

$49.50.

Kings of Leon

team up

with special guests

Band of

Horses

for an Aug. 13 show

at the Comcast Theatre in

Hartford. Tickets are $60

for general admission pit,

$60, $40 and $30 for

reserved seats, and $26 for

lawn tickets.

Visit LiveNation.com

for tickets to all of the

above shows.

Jerry Seinfeld

will

r

eturn to Foxwoods Resort

Casino for two shows at the

MGM Grand on May 13

and May 14, at 8 p.m. Each

night. Tickets are $150,

$110 and $82.50. Visit

www.foxwoods.com, call

the box office at (866) 646-

0609 or Ticketmaster at

[phone].

The Steve Miller Band

will take the stage Aug. 12

at SS&C Summerwind

Performing Arts Center in

Windsor. Tickets are $88,

$68 and $38.

Gregg Allman

, with

special guests

Bruce

Hornsby & The

Noisemakers

and

Bela

Fleck & The Flecktones

,

will perform Aug. 26 at the

Summerwind Performing

Arts Center. Opening act is

Jamioe’s Jasssz Band

.

Tickets are $88, $68 and

$38.

For tickets to the

Summerwind shows, visit

www.ticketmaster.com or

call [phone].

ART EXHIBIT:

Paper/New England

will

present a new exhibit titled

“The Digital Palette”

at

Artspace, 555 Asylum St.,

Hartford, through May 28.

An opening reception will

be tonight from 6 to 9 p.m.

The exhibit features a

selection of prints created

by artists who utilize digital

technology in their creative

process. The exhibit fea-

tures artists from the

worldwide digital art com-

munity, including

Thomas

Demuth

,

Rich Hollant

,

Steven Huczek

,

James

Knowles

,

Dorothy Krause

,

Karin Kuhlman

,

Bonnie

Lhotka

,

Adam Martinakis

,

Cyd Miller

,

Kasahiko

Nakamura

,

Alex Ruiz

,

Paul

Selwyn

,

Hal Tenny

,

Bogdan

Zwir

and others.

For more information,

visit www.paperneweng-

land.org or call (860) 236-

4787.

CLASSICAL MUSICAL:

The Steeple Players

of the

First Congregational

Church of Southington on

the Green, 37 Main St., will

present Rodgers and

Hammerstein’s

“The Sound

of Music”

starting tonight.

The musical is directed by

Crystal Sullivan

and pro-

duced by Kris Bates.

Showtimes are 7 p.m.

tonight, Saturday, May 12

and May 14, and 2 p.m.

Sunday. Free-will offering

tickets are $10 for adults,

$5 for students and seniors.

Send arts and enter-

tainment news and listings,

including information on

local musicians, artists, the-

ater, film, books and more,

to [e-mail].

Kellie Lambert

McGuire

Observing

The Arts

Two art exhibits for the price of one

Dolly Parton comes to the Oakdale Theatre on July

30.

MIKE CHAIKEN