A Brontë Evening and Sunset

An exhibition and a one-woman-show:

1. In Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK:

Peter Brook
Just look at the state of the bloody Pennines!

AC Gallery
11 Byram St, Huddersfield
Runs until next Friday, October 31.

“JUST look at the state of the bloody Pennines!”
It’s an odd and rather humorous title for Peter Brook’s big exhibition at the AC Gallery, Byram Street, Huddersfield.
The exhibition, which runs until next Friday, once more shows us a great deal of his love affair with those hills, particularly when they have a white covering.
“My pictures are a good deal to do with the weather, whether it’s snowing and what kind of snow,” says the Brighouse artist. (...)
Aside from the original there are many limited edition prints in this show. I particularly enjoyed two contrasting ones, Late Evening, Skye and A Real Bronte Sunset. [in the picture, source].
This is a very large exhibition, with hundreds of works.
(Read more) (Sarah Bull in The Huddersfield Daily Examiner)

2. And tomorrow, October 28 in Champaigne, Illinois, a new chance to see Patricia Hruby Powell's one woman show, An Evening with Jane Austen, Emily Brontë & Emily Dickinson:

Patricia Hruby Powell — storyteller, dancer, mime, actress and award-winning author — will perform “An Evening with Jane Austen, Emily Brontë & Emily Dickinson” at the Champaign Public Library on Tuesday, October 28, at 7 pm. The event, which is free and open to the public, will be in Robeson Pavilion Room A & B. Registration is not required.
These three great women writers dared to break the male monopoly on literary greatness in the nineteenth century. In her unique presentation, Hruby Powell breaks with tradition by combining movement with storytelling. In her three-decade career as a solo modern dancer, Hruby Powell has performed throughout the United States, Latin America and Europe, gradually integrating spoken word and shifting her emphasis to storytelling accented with dance.
The program begins with Jane Austen writing “Emma” in the winter of 1814. Next, the audience meets Emily Brontë soon after the publication of “Wuthering Heights,” sharing memories of her sisters, Charlotte and Anne, a day after the funeral of their brother, Branwell. Finally, Hruby Powell portrays the reclusive Emily Dickinson writing her pithy, enchanting poetry in Amherst.
The program is supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency. The library is located at 200 W. Green St. For more information, call 217/403-2070 or visit www.champaign.org.

Categories: Art-Exhibitions, Theatre