Centre Stage Productions

Saturday, December 18   1-4 p.m.  Join us for our first event in the new Stagelights Studios location, 619 Chetco Ave.  (just south of the Redwood Theater) The open house will feature music lesson teacher demonstrations, workshops, refreshments, and drawings.  Don’t miss this opportunity to win a free month of music lessons!  Most of our teachers will be on hand to answer questions and to sign up students.  Gift certificates will be available too…

Saturday, November 20 2 p.m.  Portland singer-songwriter Robert Richter will host a FREE slide guitar workshop.  The workshop will be held at Stagelights headquarters, 617 Chetco Ave. (just south of the Redwood Theater), downtown Brookings.  Space is limited and reservations are recommended.  Please contact Kim at 541-251-3952 to rsvp.   The workshop will cover the following:

¨ Brief history of slide guitar including use of glass and brass slides

¨ Basic open tuning techniques to illustrate how it is most commonly used especially in blues…also types of strings used (thicker gauge) and how to raise your strings with a special tool…needed to create the sound.

¨ Most important technique—-the secret to get the sound you want and once you know this you will be able to practice on your own and develop your own style.

¨ Strumming and finger-picking styles.

 Don’t miss Roberts performance the same evening at 7 p.m. in the Chetco Playhouse, 1240 Chetco Ave.  See post for this event for more information.

Saturday, April 25,   9 a.m. to 4 p.m.  “Anchoring the Light”:  A silk painting and movement meditation workshop.    Only  $85  with early bird discount…advance registration must be completed by April 15th to be guaranteed a space…there will be a limited number of participants for optimum results and enjoyment.  ($95 after April 15th if space available)  Fee includes continental breakfast and lunch prepared by The Backstage Cafe’ .

Billie Ruth has facilitated workshops for the Maui Youth Ambassadors, who painted a peace mural in Perslaval-Zalesky, Russia; Women of Vision and Action in Idaho; The Survivors Healing Center in Santa Cruz, California; the Colorado Department of Human Services in Denver, Colorado; South Western Oregon Community College in Brookings, Oregon, as well as many private groups for over 20 years.  She is available as a speaker and facilitator of the 7-MPractice ™ and the 5-D Process ™. 

“My work is a metaphor for the fabric of life, with overlaying design, color, texture, and text.  For the most part, none of us have lives with all of the edges neatly folded over and stitched into a perfect package.  The fabric of our lives is open, undone, hanging loose, leaving us vulnerable and feeling unfinished.  For that reason, many of my fabrics hang with the edges exposing raw fibers.  With my digital collages on paper, I tear the edges to evoke that same emotional motif. 

As a teacher, dancer, musician, poet, and workshop facilitator, I use interdisciplinary techniques.  Whether I am working on a fabric, a digital collage, or designing a piece of art-to-wear, my work integrates arts education, spiritual growth and societal change.  Things change whether we like it or not.  People who are interested in the arts are already poised to fly on the outside of the envelope and move into the future.  “  (Billie Ruth Furuichi)  

For more information please call Kim 541-251-3952  or go to www.furuichiarts.com