shop online at www.missourivalleyshopper.com August 14, 2018 • Page 19 Gengler-Copple Set To Be Featured Artist At Centerville Festival CENTERVILLE — The Centerville Community Arts Council, Inc., will present Deb Gengler-Copple, “Art by Nature,” as the featured guest artist in “Art in the Garden — Sidewalk Arts Festival.” Her work will be displayed and on sale in the Centerville Senior Citizens Center on Sunday, Aug. 26, from 4-7:30 p.m. She will be available to answer questions at that time. (In case of rain, the event will be held in the Centerville School Commons area.) Gengler-Copple (www. debcopple.com) is from Hubbard, Nebraska. She received a BA degree from Morningside College, Sioux City, Iowa, and has worked as a graphic artist, but her passion for wildlife redirected her career. She travels to national parks to photograph and study wildlife in its natural habitat and then returns to capture those photos on canvas in oil and pastels. GenglerCopple has won numerous awards including Nebraska Habitat Stamp. Her work supports many wildlife causes such as Pheasants Opinion Forever, Ducks Unlimited, Defenders of Wildlife and more. “Art by Nature” includes international wildlife, wild birds, horses, people & landscapes. Several area artists and crafters will set up tables downtown Centerville including weaving (Rags to Rugs), Usborne Books, watercolor, acrylic & oil, jewelry, reclaimed wood, doll clothes and more. Activities for children will be provided. The Sewing Room, Luden’s Treats & Treasures, and Walz to Walz Antiques will be open during the event. Food will be served by the Centerville Steakhouse, Maria’s Authentic Mexican and Zippy Cakes (funnel cakes and more). During the afternoon, music will be provided by the Tri-Valley Barbershop Chorus (4-5:30 p.m.) and Matt Kiger and Joe Sokolowski (5:30-7 p.m.) Bring your lawn chairs and plan to come to meet the many talented area artists. For more information, contact Deb Diercks at 563-2780. WSC Summer Music Camp Rocks Wayne WAYNE, Neb. — Middle and high school students from Nebraska, Iowa, and California attended Summer Music Camp July 23-26 at Wayne State College. Music faculty and local music professionals provided learning opportunities in world drumming, Garage Band, music theatre, band, choir, mariachi, ukulele, and individual instrument or voice lessons. WSC faculty displayed their talents with a recital on Tuesday evening, July 24 in Ramsey Theatre. A grand finale concert, with participants performing repertoire studied throughout the week, concluded the camp on Thursday evening, July 26. The four-day camp also offered the experience of campus living as well as kickball, a scavenger hunt, board games, and a trivia contest. Participants lauded their experience, making comments such as: “I learned to play the ukulele;” “I’m now in a mariachi band;” I met lots of amazing people;” “WSC Music Camp is a great way to do what you love while learning new skills;” “This camp inspired me to be more invested in my music;” and “It’s an experience like no other.” The WSC Department of Music will make the Summer Music Camp an annual event. “The 2018 camp was a great success and will be a great way to establish the camp for many years to come,” said Camp Director Dr. David Bohnert. The 2018 Music Camp participants included Haidyn Anderson, Benjamin Bugenhagen, Isabel Calvillo, Kloe Crippen, and Eryn Gustman of Norfolk, Neb.; Libby Aschoff of David City, Neb.; Ethan Bohnert, Ashton Brandow, Cole Hobza, Matthew Kufner, Sarah Tompkins, and James cal distribution and exhibition of the popular art form Tompkins of Wayne, Neb.; Rose Dieter and Brandan Fuhrthat occasionally really is about the art, along with the man of Omaha, Neb.; Jamie Dolph, Sam Heitz, and Katie commerce. VanderVeen of Wakefield, Neb.; Rose Graham of Pierce, And yet there are so many problems with this stupid Neb.; Erica Heiman and Alexander Heiman of Osmond, decision. Neb.; Kelsie Hupp of Cedar Rapids, Neb.; Karissa Jackson After the initial Wednesday announcement, the acad- of Cozad, Neb.; Hannah Johnson of Fremont, Neb.; Alison emy issued a hasty addendum noting that blockbustKarnes and Sadie Uhing of Hartington, Neb.; Nora Koske ers (definition pending) of note will be eligible in both and Elizabeth Koske of Papillion, Neb.; Grace Powell of top-line categories, the Moneybags Award and the Actual Ashland, Neb.; Madeline Reeves of Beaver City, Neb.; Quality Award. Now, I’m a big fan of “Black Panther.” But Caslynn Schmidt of Broken Bow, Neb.; Evelyn (Evie) Storas film historian and critic Mark Harris tweeted Wednes- johann of Blair, Neb.; Ethan Wewel and Rhylan Wurdeman day: “It truly is something that in the year ‘Black Panof Columbus, Neb.; Brennan Wrightsman of Juniata, Neb.; ther,’ a movie made just about entirely by and with black Anastasia Zinnecker of Martell, Neb.; Andrew Christensen, people, grosses $700 million, the Academy’s reaction is, Alexia Lynn, Tatum Navrkal, and Michael Widjaja of ‘We need to invent something separate ... but equal.’” Sergeant Bluff, Iowa; Anna Fuelberth of Spirit Lake, Iowa; This all goes back to the very first Academy Awards Carsyn Heger of Sioux City, Iowa; and Skylahr Kruger of presentation in 1929, a modest affair held at the HolSausalito, Calif. lywood Roosevelt Hotel. William Wellman’s World War I Wayne State College, a leading, public four-year college adventure “Wings” (1927) won the “outstanding produc- in northeast Nebraska, is a proud member of the Nebraska tion” award. (The first Oscars ceremony honored films State College System. from ‘27 and ‘28.) F.W. Murnau’s dazzling melodrama “Sunrise” (1927) was given the nod for “unique and artistic” achievement. One was a commercial wallop of “WHEN I WAS LOOKING considerable artistic craft; the other remains a cinematic landmark. FOR A JOB, In F.W. Murnau’s “Sunrise,” a farmer (George O’Brien) I PUT THE CLASSIFIEDS TO is haunted by the memory of a big-city flapper (Margaret WORK!” Livingston). The film won an inaugural 1929 Academy Award for “unique and artistic” achievement; the same year, “Wings” won for “outstanding production.” Our Help Wanted Listings Have A film such as Ryan Coogler’s “Black Panther” deHundreds Of Opportunities serves serious recognition. So did “The Dark Knight” a For You... decade ago. Its sniffy exclusion from the best picture nominees that year helped get us where we are today, for • Full-Time better or worse. • Part-Time Change is overdue and necessary, especially when • Permanent your awards show is crowded with competitors, and you • Temporary run four hours, and every year promises to be politically divisive. But the money award is simply something ABC feels it is owed. And it stinks of something other than money. The Oscars’ Popularity Contest Just Got Worse BY MICHAEL PHILLIPS © 2018, Chicago Tribune So now the Oscars have turned into George C. Scott in “The Hustler.” Remember George C. Scott in “The Hustler”? He played the gambler and manager who screamed at Paul Newman: “You owe me MONEY!” On Wednesday the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced several big changes, including a promise to keep the show under three hours in length. That change, I can live with. But by creating an “outstanding achievement in popular film” category for the Academy Awards, a blockbuster recognition award separate from but equal to the traditional best picture citation, the academy’s board of governors have caved to market pressure and the desires of their corporate overlords, the Disney-ABC Television Group. ABC broadcasts the annual Oscars show, and recently signed through 2028. The network is nervous about that situation. Five months ago, its 2018 Oscars telecast ran nearly four hours and drew the fewest viewers (26.6 million, down 19 percent from 2017) on record. By 2028, the film industry will not be the film industry it is today. Multiplexes may be well on their way to becoming the Blockbuster Video stores of their era. Disney-ABC owns Marvel Studios as well as the “Star Wars” franchise, for the record. Those movies make billions. Some of them are really good, such as this year’s $1.3 billion global smash “Black Panther.” So it’s in Disney-ABC’s self-interest to ensure that a movie such as “Black Panther” gets recognized for its achievement, one way or another. The cruel irony: “Black Panther” fully deserves a best picture nomination. It will get one, I bet. And it’ll probably also win the Moneybags Award, thereby rendering the change more than a little craven and ridiculous. “Why do you always talk about money?” Nina Foch asks Gene Kelly in “An American in Paris,” the film voted best picture of 1951. “Because I ain’t got any,” he snarls back. “And when you ain’t got any, that takes on a curious significance.” Money’s at the root of the academy’s changes. The academy and ABC weren’t ready for the blowback Wednesday following the popularity contest announcement. One Oscar for the people’s choice, and one for the snobs: Seemed like a good idea at the time! One for “Black Panther” or, God help us, “Avengers: Infinity War,” and another for a film more along the lines of recent, smaller-scale Oscar winners “The Shape of Water” or “Moonlight” or “Spotlight.” That patronizing two-tier recognition, designed to flatter the audience while recognizing the uncompromising artists in the industry’s midst, lasted exactly one year. Until now. The academy has been making some bold and encouraging moves lately, diversifying its voting ranks, dragging its early 20th century machinery and thinking into the 21st. These have been for the good. All those movies, by the way, made many millions of dollars. Their respective production budget/profit ratios were impressive. They were efficiently produced success stories. But they weren’t, you know, a Marvel movie. The Oscars are trying to stay relevant, which isn’t easy if you’re turning 91. They’re trying to improve their ratings, and attract better advertising dollars. 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