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WHITEFISH REVIEW TAKING SUBMISSIONS UNTIL OCT. 1
Submissions for Whitefish Review’s winter 2014 issue are now being re- viewed in art, photography, fiction, non- fiction, and poetry.
Cristina Eisenberg will serve as the lead editor for issue No. 16, “The Geog- raphy of Hope.”
Eisenberg is an ecologist, writer, and nonfiction editor of Whitefish Review. Her most recent book is “The Carnivore Way: Coexisting with and Conserving North America’s Predators.”
The Review editors seek stories that speak to the wilderness within us and the hope we can draw from wild places. Geography conjures images of maps, in- cluding maps of places that remain mys- terious and not fully explored.
“We also envision this as a richly visual issue for our artists and photog- raphers to tackle, with maps created as part of a community art project,” said Brian Schott, founding editor. “While there are many sides of hope that we wish to explore, this theme provides a fo- rum to create maps that can help us find our way into a better future for ourselves and our children.”
Editors are also currently seek- ing submissions for Whitefish Review’s Montana Prize for Fiction. First place winner of the fiction prize will receive $1,000 and be published in issue #16. Runners-up and finalists may also be considered for publication. Author Rick Bass will serve as the judge for this prize.
The deadline for submissions for the fiction prize is September 15 and there is a $15 fee to submit. Submissions for the Geography of Hope issue do not carry a fee and are accepted through Oct. 1. All submissions are accepted via an online submission manager at www.White- fishReview.org. For full guidelines, visit the web site.
GLACIER SYMPHONY OPENS 32ND CONCERT SEASON WITH AMERICAN HARP QUARTET
The Glacier Symphony and Chorale will open its 32nd concert season with a special one-night performance featur- ing the American Harp Quartet on Fri- day, Sept. 12 at 7:30 pm at the Whitefish Performing Arts Center.
Currently touring Montana and the northwest the American Harp Quartet is a newly formed ensemble of some of the finest harpists from across the nation. Their performance repertoire includes a wide variety of music ranging from Big Band to Latin jazz to works from the
classical repertoire. Such popular tunes as “Mack the Knife” and Gershwin’s “I Got Rhythm” will be interspersed with Chopin’s “Ocean” and Astor Piazzolla’s “Adios Nonino.” All the music has been arranged or composed for harp by Willi HuberMaerz.
“It is a rare chance to have four harps on stage at one time,” GSC Music Direc- tor John Zoltek said, adding that the cal- iber of the musicians is extraordinary.
The quartet is comprised of Ellie Choate, Delaine Leonard Fedson, Leslie Stratton and Jacquelyn Venter.
THIRD WINDOWS ON WHITEFISH INSTALLATION TO BE UNVEILED SEPT. 4
The third of four large mosaic mu- rals depicting life in the Flathead Valley will be unveiled on Sept. 4, showcasing months of public contributions and work on the piece.
In 2012, Stumptown Art Studio launched Windows on Whitefish, or WOW.
It is a public art project consisting of a series of 6-foot-by-9 foot mosaic mu- rals depicting the four seasons of the Whitefish Range and life in the Flathead Valley. The three-year project was ini- tially funded by a start-up grant from the Montana Arts Council and will con- tinue to need support through donations from individuals, businesses and future grants.
The first of the four windows, de- picting the seasons of Whitefish, was unveiled in September 2012, followed by the second (summer), with the third window (fall), scheduled to be presented in a ceremony on Thursday, Sept. 4 just prior to the beginning of the Whitefish Gallery Night.
Special guest Arlynn Fishbaugh, ex- ecutive director of the Montana Arts Council will present the unveiling at 5:45 p.m. at the corner of Second and Central, followed by a celebration at Stumptown Art Studio.
Also during this gallery evening from 6-9 p.m. is the regular opening reception for artistic director of the WOW project, Deb Stika, who is the featured artist at the Stumptown Art Studio exhibit. The evening is also a student and volunteer thank you show displaying mosaic art- work created by her students.
Seeing and inspired by the exhibit, the public will have a final opportunity to become part of the project and create their own mosaic pieces this fall, as the fourth window is being created.
The murals are on permanent dis- play on the corner of 2nd Street and Cen- tral Avenue on the wall of the Latitude 48 Restaurant building.
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