Camp to take students through looking glass
Denton Community Theatre’s Theatre School will start summer musical theater camp on June 25. The summer camp is producing a musical, Alice in Wonderland.
Students will audition for roles in the musical and will study character development, stage movement and musical theater vocals through rehearsals. Some campers will also study the technical parts of musical theater, both backstage and in the theater’s house.
The camp is for youths ages 11 to 18, and tuition is $450. The camp is taught by trained theater teachers, and the musical is adapted by Denton performer and retired theater teacher John Evarts, who just appeared in the leading role of Tevye in Denton Community Theatre’s recent staging of Fiddler on the Roof.
Camp will be from noon to 5 p.m. weekdays from June 25 through July 29.
To register, call the theater school at 940-383-1356 or the Denton Community Theatre business office at 940-382-7014.
Oxide Gallery changes address, updates name
Warren Hooper, the owner of Linwood-Alford Florist and Oxide Gallery, recently announced that he’ll be moving the floral shop and art gallery to 231 W. Hickory St. on Aug. 1. The previous location was on Hickory at Carroll Boulevard.
“We are moving to a new location closer to Denton’s historic downtown Square in order to become a more active part of our local community,” Hooper said in an announcement e-mail.
Hooper also announced a new name for the business: Oxide Fine Art & Floral Gallery.
The date for a grand opening is not set.
Free concerts come with UNT workshops
The University of North Texas College of Music continues to host camps through the summer — with the perk of public concerts.
This week, marimba workshop and string orchestra day camp concerts take place.
A faculty recital is part of the marimba workshop, featuring faculty Scott Herring of the University of South Carolina, Brian Zator of Texas A&M University-Commerce and UNT’s Mark Ford and Christopher Deane. The concert is 8 p.m. Monday in the Recital Hall in the Music Building.
At 3 p.m. Friday, the marimba workshop will have an ensemble concert in the Recital Hall.
The final concert for the String Orchestra Day Camp is at 2 p.m. Friday in Voertman Hall in the Music Building.
All the concerts are free.
The Music Building is located at the southeast corner of Avenue C and Chestnut Street.
Exhibit brings Big Bend into Dallas gallery
Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery will host a solo exhibition for Dallas photographer Jack Ridley.
The show will feature his large format photographs of Texas’ Big Bend National Park. His 8x10 format follows the tradition of the 19th-century photographers who documented the American West.
The Dallas gallery is owned and operated by Denton residents Burt and Missy Finger.
Ridley’s show will open June 23 and run through Sept. 1. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. The gallery is located at 1202 Dragon St. in the Dallas Design District.
