Twelfth Night Productions Open The Miss Firecracker Contest April 9, 2010

Twelfth Night Productions (TNP) is proud to open its spring production, The Miss Firecracker Contest, by Beth Henley on Friday April 9 at the Youngstown Cultural Center in West Seattle.

The Miss Firecracker Contest is set in the small town of Brookhaven, Mississippi and centers around its annual beauty pageant, the titular Miss Firecracker Contest. Young and attractive Carnelle is trying out for the pageant as a way to elevate her somewhat tarnished reputation. Together with her recently returning cousins, Elain and Delmount, she is determined to leave her small town life behind her in a blaze of glory. Meanwhile, Popeye, her seamstress, has fallen in love with the deeply intense Delmount, but hides her feelings behind stories of her eccentric life. Once they all make it to the contest, they meet up with Mac Sam and Tessy, two characters who have an intimate knowledge of two of our protagonists. It all comes to a head with the crowning of the one and only Miss Firecracker and the yearly fireworks display.

The Miss Firecracker Contest runs in a special limited engagement at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, 4408 Delridge Wy SW in West Seattle. Show times are: April 9, 10, 16 and 17 at 7:30 PM and April 11 and 18 at 3 PM. Tickets are $15 for adults and $12 for students and seniors and are available online at brown paper tickets (www.brownpapertickets.com), at Square One Books at Jefferson Square (4724 42nd Avenue SW) and at the Youngstown Theater (4408 Delridge Way SW, Seattle, WA 98106) on performance days.

Jazz Sunday
Admiral Congregational UCC
4320 S.W. Hill St.
206-932-2928
www.admiralchurch.org
Sunday, April 11, Morning Worship at 10:30 a.m. will include special music, including the Admiral Choir, Bassist Sean Davin, Trombonist Todd Crooks and Admiral’s Music Director Keith Terhune on keyboards.
At 7 p.m. a dynamic evening Jazz concert will feature The Paradox Jazz Project, Admiral Choir, the Overton Berry Trio, and guest vocalist Carol Nielsson. The community is invited to both events, with a reception at 6 p.m. prior to the concert. Complimentary concert tickets can be reserved at the church. A freewill offering will be taken. Admiral is an Open and Affirming Congregation of the United Church of Christ.

ArtsWest Playhouse and Gallery
4711 California Ave S.W.
www.artswest.org

Exhibition: Contemplating Nothingness
March 28 - April 24, noon - 7 p.m., Tuesday - Saturday. Features abstract painters Akiko Kino, Jane Emens, and Maxine Mattson; also includes a fiber and video installation for AMP by Tacoma artist Janet Marcavage. Free admission.
Exhibition: The Likeness of Form
April 25 - May 22, noon - 7 p.m., Tuesday - Saturday. An exhibition about human nature where artists examine who "the other" is. Three artists will showcase their interpretation of our species with a broad brush. Free admission.

April ArtWalk

Artists and Locations for Thursday April 8th

http://westseattleartwalk.blogspot.com/


The West Seattle art walk is a monthly art event that is held the second Thursday of each month 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. year-round.

Junction Businesses
8 Limbs Yoga
ArtsWest Playhouse & Gallery
Bakery Nouveau
Bin 41
Blue Willow Catering & Luncheonette
Body Bar Day Spa
Brunette Mix
Capers Home
Carmilias
Coffee to a Tea with Sugar
Cupcake Royal & Verite Coffee
Elliot Bay Brewery
Emma’s Delights and Crikey Bites inside Blue Willow
Fresh Bistro
Funky Janes
Ginomai
Hotwire Online Coffeehouse
Imena Salon & Spa
Josh Boender Allstate Insurance
Keller Williams Edna Bishop
Knows Perfume
Mural Apartments Gallery
Senior Center of West Seattle
Shadowland
Shoo Fly Pie
Twilight Art
Wallflower Custom Framing
Wild Rose's
Windermere Real Estate Kim Tingley

Admiral and Alki Businesses
ActivSpace
Alki Bathhouse
Angelina's
Click! Desgin that Fits
The Styling Studio

Fauntleroy and Morgan Junction Businesses
Beauty Bar Spa
Bird on a Wire Espresso
Emerald Spiral Co-Op
Gail Ann Photography
Mars Hill Church
The Building
The Kenney
West Seattle Wine Cellars

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