Transition House Local women celebrated at coffeehouse A BENEFIT coffeehouse planned for the end of the month will celebrate and focus on the art and talent of local women. Women Say Women _. Sing is a fundraising event for the Terrace Transition House Merrill is tracking down art created by female art- ists for a silent auction planned for the same evening. Local writer Gillian Campbell is. composing something she'll read out at the even- building fund, “Tl had wanted to Hy #2 do this for time. ing, as is poet “| had wanted to Jacklyn do this for some Hoekstra. So far, perfor- mers include; some time,” says Greer Kaiser, who's lining up performers for the event. She had originally envi- sioned a women’s coffee house that would raise do- nations for women’s groups in Afghanistan. “Then, with alk of the upheaval here, I thought, you know what? It’s time to keep money Jocal.” Kaiser says a wide range of local female per- formers and artists are get- ting involved. Co-organizer From B1 Laurie Masala, an all-women’s group featur- ing Ester Brisch, Christine Clark, Chrissy Jurkic and Joan Conway; Feila Reidy and Eden Oliver; Kate English and Kaiser, who plays guilar and sings. That list is sure to grow. Women Say Women Sing takes place at the Elks Hall Saturday, April 27, Doors open — and the silent auction begins — at 7:30 p.m. Men are welcome .and encouraged to help make the event a success, ‘Art is a dialogue’ Working from a grid, Dickson drew the parts that make up the picture one at a time. It’s only now that it’s hanging all in one piece that he can step back and really look at it. He’s pleased with the results. He thinks it may have helped him discaver a way to apply the techniques he’s perfecting in pastel drawings with oil paint. “I feel now, I am really ready to do that,” he says, re- turning to the point that exhibiting his drawings is vital to his artistic growth. “This is very, very important. 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