With Halloween just around the corner, Jeffrey LeBlanc’s art show at Fig Tree Gallery is apropos for this chilling season. Featuring a series of paintings entitled “Pareidolia: the faces of Jeffrey LeBlanc,” his bold works exhibit a sense of haunting mystery, opening Friday.
“I have been painting for just under three years,” says LeBlanc, who is also known for his tattoo designs and drawings. “The style that I’ve fallen into kind of happened as a creepy little accident one day, since then I’ve tried daily to create pieces that emote some type of visceral reaction, whether that be a positive or negative, I will always take some reaction over none at all when it comes to art.”
Those reactions might be across the board when taking in LeBlanc’s works: many faces of different emotions, some haunted, some happy. Much like a series of imaginitive costumes, they are debuting at the perfect time of year.
This being LeBlanc’s first solo show, he has a fresh body of work that is inspiring him to do more creative things in the community. His hope is that the gathering at Fig Tree Gallery will encourage other avante garde artists to gather for future group shows.
Fig Tree Gallery is located in Ashland off of exit 24 (previously Veggie Art Girl in Holderness.) LeBlanc’s work will be shown through Nov. 5, with the gallery open weekends only through the fall. For more info, visit figtreeNH.com, find Fig Tree Gallery on Facebook or Artwork by Jeffrey LeBlanc on Facebook.
The Church of St. John the Evangelist invites neighbors and friends to celebrate its 150th anniversary. Grammy Award winning musician Dan Zanes will present three benefit concerts on Saturday. Saturday’s concerts at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. will feature music for families and children, with $10 admission. At 7 p.m., a concert will celebrate the music of Lead Belly, with admission of $15. Tickets will be available at the door. Proceeds will benefit community and refugee support efforts. The church is located at 270 Stark Highway in Dunbarton.
The Rev. Winnie Skeates, Vicar of St. John the Evangelist, explained, “For 150 years, this church has baptized, married and buried residents of this region. St. John’s is a welcoming community that provides nourishment for the spirit and support for the challenges of daily living. We hope our presence here continues to enrich the community in the years to come.”
For more information about St. John the Evangelist, visit stjohndunbarton.org. For more information about the Episcopal Church of New Hampshire, visit nhepiscopal.org.
A sci-fi adventure hailed as the first feature film to depict realistic space travel will be screened this month at the Flying Monkey.
Woman in the Moon (1929), directed by German filmmaker Fritz Lang (Metropolis, 1927), will be screened with live music on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the Flying Monkey Moviehouse and Performance Center, 39 S. Main St., Plymouth.
The screening is open to the public.
Admission is $10 per person.
The rarely seen full-length version of Woman in the Moon follows an intrepid band of space pioneers as they attempt mankind’s first voyage to the lunar surface, where they hope to find large deposits of gold.
Woman in the Moon will be shown with live music tonight at 6:30 at the Flying Monkey Moviehouse and Performance Center, 39 S. Main St., Plymouth. General admission $10 per person. For more info, visit flyingmonkeynh.com or call 536-2551.
The Cat and the Canary (1927), a haunted house thriller from Hollywood’s silent film era, will be screened with live music Friday at 7 p.m. at Red River Theatres, 11 S. Main St.
Live music for the movie will be provided by silent film accompanist Jeff Rapsis. Admission is $10 per person.
The Cat and the Canary stands as the original movie thriller – the first picture to feature the reading of a will in a haunted mansion complete with clutching hands, a masked killer, disappearing bodies, and secret passageways.
Silent film starlet Laura LaPlante leads the cast as a young heiress who must spend the night in the creepy old mansion, which is filled with relatives who all have motives to frighten her out of her wits.
Meanwhile, a dangerous escaped lunatic is loose on the grounds. Can she and the others make it through the night?
The Cat and the Canary will be accompanied by live music by New Hampshire composer Jeff Rapsis, who specializes in silent film scoring.
For more info, call 224-4600 or visit redrivertheatres.org. For more about the music, visit jeffrapsis.com.