Art In Your Eye Seeks New Committee Members

Note: The 2013 festival will be held on September 21-22, 2013.

Batavia’s Art in Your Eye Fine Art Festival has selected September 21-22, 2013 as the dates for the ninth annual festival, moving the event into the early fall.  The planning committee is in the process of reorganizing to begin planning for 2013 and is seeking new committee members to join the team.  The committee is especially seeking help in the areas of fundraising and marketing. If you would like to help with the planning and implementation of this festival, please attend a 10:00 AM morning coffee on Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012 at Water Street Studios, 160 N. Water Street in Batavia, IL 60510. The purpose of the meeting will be to organize the Fundraising and Marketing committees to begin work for the 2013 festival.

The Art in Your Eye Fine Art Festival was started in 2005 as a way to nurture an appreciation of skill in the arts, to add to the development and support of local artists and to support Batavia’s growing reputation as an arts town, which is spurring economic growth in Batavia’s downtown. In past years the festival has featured an outdoor juried Fine Art Show, an indoor art exhibit, a student art show, children’s art activities, artist demonstrations, special community art projects, and musical entertainment. The committee is looking forward to new ideas and new faces to help with the 2013 festival. If you are interested in joining the Art in Your Eye team, but can’t make this meeting, please send an email to info@artinyoureye.com. For more information about the festival, see www.artinyoureye.com.

Batavia Fine Arts Centre Presents: Second City for President - Saturday, September 22nd

On Saturday, September 22, the Batavia Public Library Foundation presents Chicago's legendary sketch comedy theatre takes on the election in "Second City for President." Do you have electoral fatigue? Do polling numbers and spin doctors have you reeling? Then, The Second City has the perfect remedy, "Second City for President" a gut-busting comedy revue that doles out laughter at the expense of both sides of the aisle as well as comedy that is decidely unpolitical and unabashedly hilarious. "Second City for President" runs on a strictly pro-comedy platform. The Second City celebrates over 50 years of cutting edge satiric revues and continues to deliver the leading voices in comedy while touring the globe. With scripted and improvisational elements, audiences always enjoy being a part of the show and playing along with the next generation of comic legends.

Tickets are now on sale for “Second City for President” at the Batavia Fine Arts Centre—Saturday, September 22. The show will benefit the Batavia Fine Arts Centre and the Batavia Public Library Foundation. Call (630) 937-8930 or (even better) visit http://www.bataviafineartscentre.org/ to purchase tickets.

Crazy About Hue: Music About Colors - Sunday, September 9, 2012 - 3:00 PM

Join us for a wonderful multi-media performance featuring Victoria Linich, mezzo-soprano, Robert Holst, pianist, and Kris Leudtke, visual artist.  The program includes music by: Schubert, Debussy, Sibelius, Gershwin, and Barber.

The show will be on Sunday, September 9, 2012, at  3:00 PM. Held at Bethany Lutheran Church, 8 South Lincoln Street, Batavia, IL 60510

Admission is free. Donations accepted. Proceeds will benefit the Batavia Arts Council.

We hope to see you there!

Polo Tournament to Benefit Shakespeare on Clark

This year the Shakespeare on Clark presentation is The Taming of the Shrew. For years the Shakespeare on Clark organization has brought plays to Clark Island in Batavia. It's a wonderful night out. You bring your lawn chairs, some food and drink and watch real actors perform Shakespeare in a beautiful setting. Attend the polo tournament on July 22nd to help fund the Shakespeare on Clark organization - so they can continue to provide some free entertainment to the residents of the Fox Valley.

For more information about the Blackberry Polo Tournament, visit http://blackberrypolo.org.

Batavia's Donna Latham THREE BY THE SEA

Playing at the Geneva Underground Playhouse - 524 W. State St., Geneva, Illinois - Performances: September 7-23, 2012 - Fridays and Saturdays 7pm, Sundays 3pm


Surfer dudes, pirates, and mermaids, oh, my! Three by the Sea is a comedy that features an ensemble cast playing a variety of roles.

Synopsis: Buccaneer Bochephus Q. Fizziwater introduces three sea yarns, “Paddy and the Mermaid,”“Coyote’s Moon,” and “Foghorn Franny.” Franny's heroic actions at sea bring the tales full circle.

Three by the Sea world-premiered at the Looking Glass Theatre in Manhattan. Local playwright Donna Latham is thrilled its Midwest premiere will be at the Geneva Underground Playhouse, which she lovingly calls her "home theatre." Donna is an award-winning author and playwright whose plays have been produced off-off-Broadway, in San Francisco, and around the country. Her newest books for kids are Bridges and Tunnels: Investigate Feats of Engineering and Backyard Biology.

Blackberry Polo Tournament - July 22nd - Noon

Husband: "Do you want to go to Batavia's Blackberry Polo Tournament on July 22nd?"

Wife: "I don't know... I don't know a thing about polo."

Husband: "I looked on the internet. Seems like most of the players are rich, young South American playboy-types."

Wife: "Really... I'm in."

For more information, go to http://blackberrypolo.org.

Blackberry Polo Tournament

"What are you doing this weekend?"

"The usual - errands, maybe we'll get to the quarry. You?"

"Batavia's Blackberry Polo Tournament on Sunday at noon."

"Wow. You didn't tell me you won the lottery."

For more information, visit http://blackberrypolo.org.