AREA SHORTS

The New York Theatre Ballet will launch the Lakes Area Concert Association season with a performance at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Tornstrom Auditorium, Washington Educational Services Building, 804 Oak St., in Brainerd.

Season memberships will be for sale at the show. They are $32 for adults, $10 for students and $80 for families.

The New York Theatre Ballet will present two acts. Act I will feature "He Loves/She Loves: A Radio Reverie," a program of ballets. The Radio Lady, sitting in an overstuffed chair and listening to her favorite radio program, dreams of what life could have been. The dance numbers include cheerleading fun, a pompom girl pursued by a body builder, two shy librarians in love, a ballroom romance, a beach babe and a sextet of distraught lovers. The 1950s score is by Gershwin.

Act II combines Agnes DeMille's choreography of portions of the musicals "Paint Your Wagon" and "Carousel."

For more information on LACA, call 829-3379, 963-2654 or 829-4901. For more information on the ballet, visit www.nytb.org.

CLC Theatre taps 'Asylum' cast

The cast for "Asylum: The Strange Case of Mary Lincoln" has been announced by Central Lakes College Theatre. The play will be staged Nov. 6-15.

Heading the cast are Bri Keran of Baxter as Mary Lincoln and Joe Wall of Brainerd as Mary's son, Robert. Kayla Marie Mudgett of Baxter is Delia, Mary's nurse. Marc Olipant of Baxter plays Dr. Patterson, the head of Bellevue Place Insane Asylum. Nic Brutscher and Katrina Paschelke, both of Brainerd, appear as young Abe and Mary Lincoln.

Lad Fisk of Fort Ripley and Johanna Downing of Baxter are Franc Wilkie and Myra Bradwell, friends of Mrs. Lincoln. Eric Kloster of Breezy Point is young Robert Lincoln. Rounding out the cast are Gabe Franz and Stephanie Stine of Brainerd as Mr. and Mrs. Williams.

The production is designed and directed by Dennis Lamberson. Wall is the vocal and musical director.

ART

CLC Gallery features Russian-born artist

Recent paintings by Russian-born Natalia Himmirska Klyova will be on display through Nov. 5 in the Central Lakes College Gallery on the Brainerd campus.

Klyova has been a member of the fine arts faculty at Bemidji State University since 2004. Born in Moscow, she earned her master of fine arts degree from the Moscow Technological Institute in 1972.

Brainerd Art Club's work at library

Work by members of the Brainerd Art Club will be on display through December at the Brainerd Public Library.

Artists Lily Atwell, Phyllis Frankum, Sandy Gagnon, Evelyn Matthies, Betty Salmon, Helen Smith, Betty Street and Kelly Street will be featured. Media include watercolor, mixed media, oil, acrylic and charcoal.

Gallery to feature Foss

NISSWA - Paintings by Heath Foss will be featured from 4-6 p.m. Friday at the Path Less Traveled Art Gallery in Nisswa.

Born and raised in Minnesota, Foss has spent many hours in the field studying his surroundings of many species of wildlife to give his artwork accuracy, emotion and dramatic composition.

For more information, call 820-9354.

A Nice Little ArtSale slated at FAC

A Nice Little Art Sale will be from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Oct. 25 and noon-6 p.m. Oct. 26 in Gallery 119 at the Franklin Arts Center in Brainerd.

The sale will feature original pottery, paintings and drawings by 14 artists. Watercolor demonstrations will be offered by Evelyn Matthies, Phyllis Frankum and Diane Runberg, and members of Frankie Gumbo Potters will demonstrate the potter's wheel.

Exhibit and sale setat Lost Lake Design

LITTLE FALLS - Lost Lake Design, at 77C E. Broadway in Little Falls, will host an art exhibit and sale from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Nov. 15. The exhibit will be on display through Jan. 2.

Curators Stacy Zeigler and Heidi Zeigler are seeking art for this exhibit. The deadline is Nov. 7. For guidelines and a registration form, call (320) 632-5585 or e-mail lostlakedesign@yahoo.com.

FILM

'Trust Me' to be screened Nov. 8

CROSSLAKE - "Trust Me," a film with cast and crew members from the Brainerd lakes area, will be screened at 7 p.m. Nov. 8 at Whitefish Lodge & Suites in Crosslake.

Admission is free and refreshments will be available.

"Trust Me," produced by Twin Cities-based Restraining Hollywood, was written and directed by Nisswa native Brandon Van Vliet. It stars Crosslake native R.J. Ruud and co-stars area residents Chad Baker, Eric McCulloch, Crystal Glaser, Jason Bittner, Braden Palmer, Ray Mosberger, Bobby Tulenchik, Melissa Smith, Jory Carlson, Melissa Dunn, Amy Dunn, Jason Szabo, Dave Badeaux, Rick Ruud, Wayne Van Vliet and Linda Van Vliet.

"Trust Me" tells the tale of a high-powered lawyer named John Martin (R.J. Ruud) who is convicted for a crime he didn't commit and sent to treatment. The film contains strong language, violence, drug abuse and sexual content.

For more information, visit www.restraininghollywood.com.