ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFS
Photo show schedule for Gallery Night weekend

The 13th annual Power of Photography Show is scheduled for Friday, July 14, through Sunday, July 16, in downtown Pensacola.

The juried art event will feature the best 300 photos that were submitted on July 10 to the Wide Angle Photo Club. Over 100 area photographers are competing for a chance at 30 specific awards and to win over $1,300 in cash and prizes at the The Wright Place, 80 S. Wright Street, this weekend.

This year's show will include free Saturday one-hour seminars, beginning at 10 a.m. and going through 4 p.m. Visitors can also view displays from national and local contributors, vote for People's Choice, purchase photography, and participate in drawings for merchandise through donations to ARC Gateway.

Show hours are Friday, 10 am to 9 pm; Saturday, 10 am to 6 pm; and Sunday, noon to 4 pm. Honorary chair for this benefit event is Sue Straughn, WEARTV news anchor. Admission is free.

For details and updates, please check the photo club's web site: www.wideanglephotoclub. org.

Belmont To Create 'Great Wall of Belmont' Friday, July 14

In conjunction with Gallery Night, the Belmont Arts Center will host a live art participation event on July 14 from 5 to 9 p.m. In Christo-like fashion, the parking lot of the Belmont will be transformed into a public art piece that event attendees will help create.

Materials such as sheets, yarn and wire will be stretched, wrapped and strung around poles, resulting in the "Great Wall of Belmont." This mural of materials will be on display outside the center throughout the summer. Although those interested are encouraged to bring their own materials, a select number will also be available.

The event, held at the Belmont, 401 North Reus St., located inside the window factory in downtown Pensacola, will also include tours of the center and live glass blowing and Raku demonstrations.

The Belmont is encouraging those interested in art to hop on the Gallery Night trolley or park at the Belmont and participate in this fun and interactive event.

For more information, contact (850) 429-1222 or visit www.belmontartscenter.com.

'Singin' in the Rain' not all wet at PJC

Come enjoy the funny, nostalgic musical "Singin' in the Rain" the grand finale of the 2006 Lyceum program at Pensacola Junior College.

The musical is a PJC Summer High School Onstage Workshop production that runs 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sundays, July 28-30 and Aug. 4-6, at the Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium, Building 8, Pensacola campus, 1000 College Blvd.

Ticket cost is $10 and can be purchased at the Lyceum box office in the Ashmore Auditorium. VISA, MasterCard, cash or check accepted. Reservations by phone are charged to a credit card at the time of order.

The story line: It's 1927 and Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont are the darlings of the silent silver screen. Offscreen, Don, aided by his happy-golucky friend and piano accompanist, Cosmo Brown, has to dodge Lina's romantic overtures, especially when he falls for chorus girl Kathy Selden. With the advent of sound in motion pictures, it is decided to turn Don and Lina's new film into a "talkie" and a musical at that. The only problem is Lina's voice, which mere words cannot describe. Thus, Kathy is brought on to dub her speaking and singing voice in secret, and Don's on top of the world. But then Lina finds out...

For more information or to buy tickets, call 484-1847.

Swing dance every Friday night at Bayview

Learn to Swing dance with lessons at 8 p.m. and dance from 9 to 11:30 p.m. Admission is $5, and this is an alcohol and smoke-free, great family event. No partners needed, but bring friend anyway.

Bayview Community Center, 2000 East Lloyd Street (in East Hill) 433-6287, www.pensacolaswing. net.

Discussion and Demonstration at Artel Gallery

Artel Gallery continues its educational lecture series, Art Explorations, on Tuesday, July 18, with a discussion and demonstration by Lonnie Rich entitled "The Colored Pencil as a Fine Art Medium." Mr. Rich is the former chair of The Art Program, a former art instructor and art gallery director at Lurleen B. Wallace Community College, Andalusia, Alabama.

Doors open at 5 p.m. and the lecture begins promptly at 5:30 p.m. A question and answer period will follow the one hour long presentation. Light refreshments will be served. Art Explorations lectures are free and open to the public.

Artel is a not-for-profit educational gallery providing a venue for experimental, cutting edge art. Located at 505 South Adams Street in Seville Square, the gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 am to 4 pm. For more information call (850) 432-3080.