Linn-Benton Community College

LBCC music major Serena Lodes will give a vocal recital Thursday, Feb. 28 at 7:30 pm at Linn-Benton Community College South Santiam Hall, room 213, 6500 Pacific Blvd. SW, Albany. Lodes, an Albany resident, will perform works by a number of composers of repertoire from across the spectrum of vocal literature.  Pieces will include Come, Heavy Sleep (Johnson), Piercing Eyes (Haydn), and works from operas by Mozart, Schubert, Gounod and works by Barber and Head.  LBCC music major Jacob Potter will accompany Lodes, in addition to several other students from the music program. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact James Reddan at 541-917-4550.

The annual Art Faculty Exhibit is now on view in the South Santiam Hall and Calapooia Center galleries at Linn-Benton Community College through Oct. 27. The exhibit includes new paintings by Gary Westford, several colorful oils by Dori Litzer and Analee Fuentes, and ceramic art by Jay Widmer. Also on exhibit is work by part-time art instructors Cynthia Herron featuring acrylic paintings; Ken Herin featuring mixed-media sculpture; masks by new theater instructor Dan Sone; and photographs by gallery coordinator Rich Bergeman. A special event in conjunction with the show this year is a Silent Art Auction. Up for auction in the South Santiam Hall Gallery conference room are more than a dozen pieces donated by Westford, Fuentes, Litzer, Widmer and Bergeman. Bids are accepted through the month of October. Auction proceeds help support the LBCC art galleries. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. For more information, contact the SSH Gallery at 541-917-4247. Photo capti...