Register Staff
11-13-2008

The nonprofit Bishop Community Concert Association is pleased to announce the third of five concerts for the 2008/2009 season.
Nova and Susanna Jimeniz are sopranos with Chi-Chen Wu on piano and Joyce Lee on violin in an award-winning ensemble that combines classical and contemporary styles in melodic and powerful duets.
The concert will be held at the Bishop Union High School auditorium at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 19.
Bella Sorella – Nova and Susanna Jiménez (sopranos) with piano and violin accompaniment – is an award-winning soprano ensemble that combines classical and contemporary styles in melodic and powerful duets. Bella Sorella’s unique music, magnetic stage presence and remarkable personal story has earned them acclaim and recognition throughout California and abroad.
Bella Sorella officially formed in the fall of 2005 but has been years in the making. What they’ve accomplished since releasing their self-produced debut CD, “Popera,” is nothing less than remarkable.

The “Oompa-Loompas” will be performing in “Willy Wonka Jr.” tomorrow evening, Nov. 8 in the Bishop Union High auditorium. Photo submitted

Special to The Inyo Register

Playhouse 395 is pleased to announce its fall youth production of “Willy Wonka, Jr.”
This fast-paced musical, based on the Roald Dahl classic, “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” runs for four days only, Nov. 12-15, in the Bishop High School auditorium.
Following a brief prologue that sets the stage, the play opens in a decrepit shack, home to the poverty-stricken Bucket family. Mr. and Mrs. Bucket (Andrew Hallenbeck and Lisa Graham) live there with their bed-ridden parents, Grandpa Joe and Grandma Josephine (Billy Stinnett and Casey Ellis) and Grandpa George and Grandma Georgina (Dakota Winkler and Teresa Crider), and their son, Charlie (Nic Hilton). The world-famous candy maker, Willy Wonka (Eric Bridges), announces a contest, with the winners being invited to tour his secret factory, and then receive a lifetime supply of chocolate.

Chamber Music Unbound
11-6-2008

On Friday, Nov. 7, at 7:30 p.m. at Bishop Union High School, the Felici Trio celebrates 10 years in the Eastern Sierra with a festive concert with musical friends from the Eastern Sierra Chamber Orchestra and guest conductor Michael  Goodwin. Pianist Steven Vanhauwaert will be filling in for Wen-Ting Huang, who is currently on sick leave.   
The program features music by the immortal Ludwig van  Beethoven, the centerpiece being the cheerful Triple Concerto, a work for three solo instruments with orchestra.

Residents and visitors fill Bishop’s Mountain Light Gallery to view the various works of photography and enjoy the festivities during last year’s Downtown Art Walk. Photo courtesy Inyo Council for the Arts

By Jesse Steele
Special to The Inyo Register
10-30-2008

An opportunity to celebrate art in the Eastern Sierra and those establishments that help to keep it in the public eye is returning to Bishop for the fifth consecutive year, this weekend.
Inyo Council for the Arts, in cooperation with several members of Bishop’s art community, will host the Fifth Annual Downtown Art Walk on Saturday evening, Nov. 1.
“This has been one of our key events for five years now,” said ICA Executive Director Lynn Cooper, “and it is always welcomed and received with great enthusiasm by the local galleries and the community.”