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WB gallery offers rich palette this season Armando and Jean Carbonell first to exhibit By Brad Lynch arts@barnstablepatnot.com Mary Burns, the volunteer direc- tor of the Old Selectmen's Building since it was transformed into an art gallery 15 years ago, report s that a record high number of area artists will exhibit in the gallery on Route 149 in West Barnstable through Nov. 26. Admission is free, and the hours are Wednesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. Some 50 artists -mostly painters - but also sculptors, wood workers, photographers ,jewelry makers-will take part . Several group shows by members of the same art clubs and familiesare scheduled. The first art- ists to show their work, from April 26 through 30, are Armando and Jean Carbonell. Among exhibitors who wfll return are these and other veterans of the gallery, Ann Boucher, Zoe Albino, Marge Keary, Milo Morin, Brenda Bechtel, Nancy Devine and others. All seven Barnstable villages will have artists in the shows, as will Falmouth and Downcape. Five fa- ther-daughter teamswill show their varied work together. Burns report s that last summer was agood one for sales at the gallery, though there was some slippage due to lower spending for art throughout the country. Each year a portion of the artists'salesrevenue goes to pay expenses from its operation. This year: a vacuum cleaner and (per- haps) a new exterior paint job. Burns looks forward to the contin- ued help in running the gallerythat she receives from Joanne Wallace of West Barnstable as assistant on the gallery staff and indispensable volunteer. NOWPLAYING REGAL THEATERS MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 3 (PG-13) Adv. Tix. on Sale Now! Pass/Discount Restrictions Apply HOOT (PG) Adv. Tix. on Sale Now! Pass/Discount Restrictions Apply POSEIDON (PG-13) Adv. Tix. on Sale Now! Pass/Discount Restrictions Apply THE SENTINEL (PG-13) Fri. - Thu. (1235 340) 735 1000 SILENT HILL (R) Fri. - Thu. 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(355) 710 THANK YOU FOR SMOKING (R) Fri. - Sat. (120 335) 725 920 Sun. (120 335) 725 Mon. - Thu. (335) 725 i— MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 3 (PG-13) Adv. Tix. on Sale Now! Pass/Discount Restrictions Apply HOOT (PG) Adv. Tix. on Sale Now! Pass/Discount Restrictions Apply POSEIDON (PG-13) Adv. Tix. on Sale Now! - Pass/Discount Restrictions Apply - THE SENTINEL (PG-13) Digital - Fri. - Sun. (1225 330) 720 955 Mon. - Thu. (330) 720 955 SILENT HILL (R) Fri. - Sun. (1215 320) 715 1000 Mon. - Thu. (320) 715 1000 SCARY MOVIE 4 (PG-13) Digital Pass/Discount Restrictions Apply Fri. - Sun. (1150 205 425) 700 950 ICE AGE 2: THE MELTDOWN (PG) Fri. - Sun. (1145 200 420) 705 935 Mon. - Thu. (420) 705 935 THE WILD (G) Fri. - Sun. (1200 215 435) 725 940 Mon. - Thu. (435) 725 940 BENCHWARMERS (PG-13) Fri. - Sun. (1205 220 440) 730 945 Mon. - Thu. (440) 730 945 SCARY MOVIE 4 (PG-13) Digital - Mon. - Thu. (425) 700 950 The Barnstable Patriot welcomes letters to the editor. Please keep them brief and either type or print them neatly.Include name, address and tele- phone number. Anony- mous letters will not be published, but names will be withheld upon request. We reserve the right to edit all submissions. THE BARNSTABLE PATRIOT P.O. BOX 1208 HYANNIS, MA 02601 OR E-MAIL TO letters@barnstablepatriot.com Letters to the editor 'Uninhibited' artists... CONTINUED FROM PAGE C:1 Takingtheir subjects from na- ture, dreams, and the conjuring of their own minds, the artists have created works of art that are spontaneous , often joyful celebrations of the imagination that are freed from restraint. "It is a really terrificlooking show," said Kirk Christian,who taught the classes with Wolf. "It's bright, energetic , and happy -it breaks away from all those 'artsy shows' where everything is black and gloomy." Kira Kelsey'spainting "Then to Now"depicts arainbowed city with abridge to the present that includes a portrait of Chnstian. "The idea came from several dreams that I put together and from drawings I did when I was younger," she said. Asked how she felt about the art classes,she observed , "I love being around arty people, letting loose. It's where my inhibitions go." The idea of bringing Life, Inc. residents to the Cotuit Center for the Arts originated with the organization 's founding direc- tor, Mary Ann Matthews , who approached Wolf last February. What developed wasan ongoing series of six-week classes. "Jamiehasbeen willingto take risks,"Matthews said."He wants it (the Center) to reflect the es- sence of the community." "Thiswhole art center is based on community,"Wolfsaid."Myjob is to get the artists and the com- munity to meet each other." Mathews , was blown away by the program's success, "It brought out people that I never would have expected...and that for me, after all these years, was really fantastic ,"she said."Kirk's intuitive ability torelate hasmade a tremendous difference" given that the challenge is "to bring out not only their creativity but their enthusiasm...they haven't lost interest. There seems to be a real hold on them." Saturday's opening reception, to be held from 5 to 8 p.m., will feature pianist Jared McMurray. "Mindflow: Subconscious Art of the Soul" will be on view through May 20. Be Sure To Say Thanks' For Us... When You Patronize Our Advertisers! 1 ) AT ARTS NOTEBOOK Inkley Pops back in Cape native Fred In- kley, a concert soloist and Broadway performer, will return to the peninsula Aug. 6 to sing the National Anthem at the 21SI Annual TD Banknorth Pops by the Sea concert on the Hyannis green. For ticket info, call 508- 362-0066 or go to www. artsfoundation.org Borromeo boosts Schoenberg "Modern" music by Ar- nold Schoenberg isn't so modern anymore; after all, the poor guy passed away half a century ago. Still, consumer resistance remains. Nevertheless, on April 29 at the Cotuit Cen- ter for the Arts, the Bor- romeo String Quartet will play Schoenberg's String Quartet No. 4. matching it with string quartets by Mozart and Dvorak. At 6:45 p.m., Nicholas Kitchen, the Borroemo 's first violin, will lead a lec- ture/demonstration on Schoenberg 's work. The concert itself begins at 8 p.m. For tickets ($27; $24 for seniors; $15 for college students; free for 18 and under), call800-818-0608 or go to www.ticketweb.com Murelle takes American Songbook to Boston Baritone John Murelle of the Cape Cod Conser- vatory is taking his show on the road to Boston University for a series of Tuesday concerts honor- ing, in turn, Jerome Kern, Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart, and Cole Porter April 25, May 2 and May 9. He'll be accompanied by pianist Steve Lindberg and, for the Kern turn, by soprano Kathryn Alongi. Toregister for the series, which will be presented from 1to 2:30 p.m. in the George Sherman Union at 775 Commonwealth Ave., call 617-353-9852. The fee is $30. Noted Harlem poet in Hyannis AskiaTourre, co-founder of the Harlem Black Arts Movement in the 1960s, will read from his upcom- ing book April 29 from 4 to 6 p.m. at The Island Mer- chant on Ocean Street in Hyannis. An open mic for all poets will be offered. Herring aid... CONTINUED FROM PAGE C:1 knowledge of its annual com- ings and goings. He was wise enough to consult reports and scientists about the alewife to learn about what cannot simply be observed. It is the nature of the place in which they were observed that pro- vides the legacy of the book and its author. Anyone who's spent time with a net and bucket in the swampier areas of a herring run will know the described territory beyond the man- made ladders of concrete and wood: the ever-soaked ground that quickly dampens knees of kneeling investigators, the lush skunk cabbage waiting for a passerby to break a leaf and release its unmistakable calling card , and the dappled sunlight breaking through the overhanging trees. My history with these fish is purely recreational. As a kid I helped a friend gather them from Centerville 's Long Pond run south of Pine Street. This had the advantage of being unpopulated by others and also directly behind his grandparent'shouse. The fish were used to bait his father 's lobster pots. Those, too, were recreational , and blessedly limited to 10 along the Hyan- nisport jetty. In the day of The Run , ale- wives were known as an easily managed species. The basic rule was to leave them alone during and after the run, and they'd replenish their stocks. That remains the idea behind the current ban, adopted in Massachusetts last November, although many of the runs and points of access to breeding grounds are in disrepair. Commercial fishing, coastal construction and improper care of the herring runs built for our conveniences have all taken their toll on alewives of late. The Run has agood compan- ion in Dick Russell's Striper Wars (Island Press, 2005 and released last month in pa- perback), which tells of the bottom-up and unquestion- ably successful struggle to protect striped bass along the eastern seaboard. There's a relationship between these two fish - one feeder, one fed upon -that becomes impor- tant in the present manage- ment of the alewife. It's been posited that the tremendous restoration of the striped bass has helped the decline of the alewife - more feeders feeding on fewer fed upon - but as ever, man's influence is the always-present factor. Saturday's reading at the Cape Cod Museum, of Natural History on Route 6A in Brew- ster is within sight of Paine's Creek, the inlet-turned outlet of the run Hay charts. The creek and the run are now full of the celebrated fish, as evidenced by the circling and gathered gulls,herring and the larger black backed , along the water path inland. It's an appropriate setting at an appropriate time for the new tradition to begin. When the state reopens the alewife fishery in 2009 , The Run will be celebrating its 50th year. The hope is that there 's cause for further celebration. Reading of The Run will be held Satur- day 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, 869 Route 6A . Brewster. Listeners are invited to bring lunch. Admission to the museum is $8: $7 for 65 and older; $3.50 tor ages 3 to 12: and free for those under 3. For more information, call 508-896-3867. Know the Market. Know the Town. omy mty t parngtable patriot Independent & Locally Owned Since 1830 396 Main St.. Suite 15. Fhannis. MA 02601 • 508/771-1427 • Fax 508/790-3997 E-mail: info<§ bamstablepatnot.com • www .bamstablepatnot.com BBubscribe Today (508) 771-14ZM By Mary Richmond columnist@barnstablepatnot.com A recent stop at Mill Pond in Marstons Mills confirmed what we've been suspecting the last few weeks. Spring is officially here. The herring are running.Well, swimming actually, but they have definitely begun their annual migration from salt water to fresh to lay their eggs. Their numbers are so reduced that it is actuallyshocking. Yes, it is early, but the last few years have shown a steady decrease in the numbers of herring and this year looks like it may not be any different. Each day, new birds seem to be arriving.Tree swallows have begun to arrive, as have afew rough winged and barn swallows.The largest num- bers are still to come but this next month should bring many of our breeding birds back as well as the many migrants that pass through here on their way north, such as the lovely wood warblers. Yellowlegs are visitingour marsh- es, especially off Sea Street and Ocean Street in Hyannisand oyster- catchers have been seen in Cotuit , Osterville and Hyannis in the last week. Piping plovers have paired up and are setting up nesting scrapes in all their usual spots and ospreys have claimed their nests once again after a winter away. At low tide you may find black bellied and semi- palmated plovers checking out the sandbars as well as mixed groups of sandpipers, dunlins, etc. Our winter friends - the loons , grebes and diving ducks - have departed at last, heading north and west to nest, breed and raise their young. Even as they leave, the creatures of the sea have begun to migrate back from the deeper water to the shallowshores. Crabs,fish and mollusks are all more abundant now as our waters begin to warm in the longer hours of sunlight. In the woods and fields robins, cardinals and blue jays are court- , ing. There are blue- birds nest- Q f ^ ing in some | spots, which is always a good sign. Red- winged blackbirds are setting up housekeeping as are grackles and you will find both in good numbers around most area ponds and marshes , both fresh and salt water. Great blue herons no longer nest here, although they travel here to fish and hunt. Snowy egrets, black crowned night herons and little green herons do nest here (on the Cape at least, if not in town), and may be found fishing and courting in area marshes. The most likely nesters in Barnstable are the green herons, which nest singly and commonly here. The others nest in colonies and there is limited nesting activity in our area, most occurring in protected areas. You may have noticed the insects have awakened and are out and about. A few butterflies are around and ants and bees are beginning to make themselves evident.I watched a flicker taking its fill of ants in a sandy spot the other day before continuing its nesting activity. But the best news of all? The mayflowers are coming into bloom. Many of our area conservation lands have mayflowers (trailing arbutus) and these lovely, sweet smelling flowers are an early spring delight. Look for the fuzzy, elongated leaves along sunny paths. leklorbwlRE