Magic Valley Arts Council presents the first of a series of Jazz Club dinner and music events, featuring Fox-Jensen Jazz Band, 7-10 p.m. Saturday, January 28, 2012 at Twin Falls Center for the Arts, 195 River Vista Place, Suite 101. Door opens at 6:30 p.m. Band members are Jesse Hadley on piano, Adam Crofts on bass, Michael Frew on guitar, Brent Jensen on sax, Jeff Fox on sax and Alex Doetsch on drums. Tickets, which include dinner, are $50, at Twin Falls Center for the Arts or 734-2787. Seating is limited; tickets must be purchased in advance.
The Castleford Men’s Club is holding its annual fund raising auction Jan 28, in the Castleford High School Cafeteria at 10 a.m. The Castleford Men’s Club supports community events especially involving youth. Having been formed in the 1940′s, the club sponsors a scholarship fund, 4-H, PTYO, Youth Sports, all school groups, and recently built the Castleford Community building. All the groups supported and members of the club (not all men), would appreciate your support for the lone fund raising event for the service club.
Join us for this new tax workshop designed especially for Tax Preparers, Enrolled Agents and CPA’s. On Sept 1, 2011 a new IRS law was put in place that directs employers to issue H-2A workers a Form W-2 when you prepare their W-2s for last year (2011). This is of extreme importance for you to learn about; if you work with this segment of the population and want to prepare their taxes correctly. Go to: http://www.csi.edu/isbdc then click on workshops to enroll. This listing for this class is at the bottom of our training roster. Seating limited – sign up soon! $50 per person for 4 hours of intensive training on this new law for Ag Workers’ wage reporting and filing. Cost is $50.00, from 8 a.m. – 12 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 28. College of Southern Idaho Evergreen Bldg C77.
Magic Valley Arts Council and Art Guild of Magic Valley will hold an event for the launch of Art and Soul of Magic Valley, 1-3 p.m. Jan. 28 at Twin Falls Center for the Arts, 195 River Vista Place, Suite 101, announcing the start of recruitment for artists, artist sponsors and exhibit venues. The event includes a painting demonstration by Robert Moore, grand prize winner of the 2011 Art and Soul of Magic Valley. The art contest, with total cash prizes of $30,000, is open to any and all artists. The public votes on the art and decides the prize winners. The Art and Soul event is APRIL 27 to MAY 5 throughout Twin Falls. Applications available at Twin Falls Center for the Arts or magicvalleyhasart.com or from Art Hoag at 421-1311.
Annual Fundraising Boxing Smoker for the College of Southern Idaho Rodeo Team. Come out and see one of the most exciting events of the year and support the CSI Rodeo Team. Buy your tickets in advance and save $2 at: Vickers Western Store and The Beacon Grill in Twin Falls, EZ Money Pawn & Auto in Burley, The Shoe & Tack Shop in Jerome or online @ www.csi.edu/athletics and click on the rodeo team link. Tickets range from $10 – $30 and when purchased at the door will cost $2 more per ticket. Jan. 28, 8 p.m. – 10 p.m., CSI Eldon Evans Expo Center.
Art and Foreign Film Series, “Hottest Ticket in Town,” presented by College of Southern Idaho’s Community Education Center and Twin Cinema 12, continues at Twin Cinema 12 Theatre on Eastland Drive. One film screened each week. Featured films: * 7:30 p.m. Jan. 26 and 1 p.m. Jan. 29, “The Skin I Live In,” (scientist Dr. Robert Ledgard, honoring his late wife who died in a flaming car accident, is trying to synthesize the perfect skin which can withstand burns, cuts or any kind of damage but the scientific community becomes skeptical and his past is revealed); Tickets are $9 each or $40 for the series of five movies, at Twin Cinema 12, CSI box office, 732-6288 or tickets.csi.edu.
The Mt Harrison Heritage Foundation’s production of Rogers and Hammerstein’s “The Sound of Music,” which opens at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 20, 2012, at the King Fine Arts Center. The play will show Jan. 20, 21, 23, 26, 27, at 7:30 p.m. and on Jan 28, at 2 p.m.
Sarah Condie stars as Maria. She is governess to the Von Trapp children, who are: Lauren Cook, as Gretl, Brigham Bodily as Marta, Caden Seely, who is Kurt, Ceci Faux, as Luisa, Cody Hansen as Frederich, and Kyrstin Tindall as Leisel. Burton Anderson stars as Captain Von Trapp, with Megi Jones as Baroness Schrader. The Mother Superior is played by Barbara Sorensen, with MaKyla Barras, Kayla Lloyd, and Donn Peacock as some of the nuns. Michael James is Max and Casey Tindall is Rolf.
Admission is $10 for reserve seating; $8 for general seating; $5 for economy seating. Tickets are available at Book Plaza, Welch Music in Burley; The Book Store in Rupert; Crowley’s “The Quad” and Welch Music in Twin Falls. Tickets will also be available at the door. Call 678-6868 for reserved seating.
