Category: Board of Directors

25th Annual Performance of the Positivity Children’s Theatre

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Friday, August 2, 2019   7 PM

Saturday-Sunday, August 3-4, 2 PM

La Pointe School
868 Whitefish
La Pointe, WI 54850

Come see the 25th Annual Performance of the Positivity Children’s Theatre Summer Program. Guided by Founder and Artist Director Julie Stryker, PCT employs local playwrights, actors, and musicians to assist island children in the process of creating an original presentation that often contains history and stories from Madeline Island and the region.

Their performance of their final product is open to the public, and ticket sales support the program.

For more information, contact Julie Stryker, 715.209.0417

 

Donations needed for LPC Wine Tasting Silent Auction

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The 25th Annual  LPC Wine Tasting Gala and FUNdraiser is coming up fast: Sunday, May 26 at The Pub Restaurant and Wine Bar. Through the years, Islanders have looked forward to the opening of the high season, when we can mingle with returning Summer folks and early tourists after the long winter.

Once again we will rely on the generous nature of our members and neighbors to contribute something to the Silent Auction. We’re looking for art, music, books, gadgets, tools, donations of services, and even slightly used but still worthwhile memorabilia and objet d’art.

If you don’t know what what to donate, consider commissioning a local artist to create a special work of art, or purchase a piece by your favorite Island artist from one of the several island galleries. Other great ideas are gift certificates from local eateries and specialties stores, sports tickets, or consider donating some of your Madeline Island memorabilia—photos, artwork, or anything else that Island aficionados would appreciate! Know that proceeds from the sale of your donation will go to supporting Island art and artists, as we have for over 30 years.

Donations are still needed for our Silent Auction. They can be dropped off Monday and Tuesday from May 20 – 21, 10 AM – 2 PM in the basement of St. John’s Church, and Wednesday through Friday, May 22 – 24 at the Lightkeeper’s Lodge next to the Inn . Call Barbara at 715.209.5471 for more details. Donations are tax deductible.

 

LPC Wine Tasting Silent Auction Items Needed: Change of Venue

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Donations are still needed for the 25th Annual La Pointe Center Wine Tasting Gala & Silent Auction. They can be dropped off Monday and Tuesday from May 20 – 21, 10 AM – 2 PM in the basement of St. John’s Church, and Wednesday through Friday, May 22 – 24 at the Lightkeeper’s Lodge next to the Inn .

Tickets are now available online here.

Buy them at the Madeline Island Chamber of Commerce, the Madeline Island Ferry Line, The Inn on Madeline Island, and Stone’s Throw, 40 S. 2nd Street in Bayfield. Tickets include a round-trip passenger ferry ticket good until 7:30 PM May 26.

Call Barbara at 715.209.5471 for more details. Donations are tax deductible and $20 of your LPC Wine Tasting ticket is, too!.

2019 LPC Wine Tasting Gala Tickets Now Available Online

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Buy your 2019 La Pointe Center Wine Tasting & FUNdraiser tickets online now! $25 in advance, $30 at the door.

Ticket includes round trip passenger ferry fare, good until 7:30 PM the night of the event. For questions or more information, contact Barbara at 712.209.5471

Ticket go on sale Monday, May 13 at The Inn on Madeline Island, the Madeline Island Chamber of Commerce, the Madeline Island Ferry Office, and Stone’s Throw, 40 S. 2nd Street, Bayfield, WI

Silent Auction items can be dropped off at St. John’s Church starting Monday, May 20 – Friday, May 24, 2019 between 10 AM and 2 PM, or call Barbara to make arrangements.

LPC Art Gallery Presents: Indigenous Show

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June 1 – June 16, 2016

Reception: June 8, 4 – 7 PM

Featuring Anishinabe artists of the

Red Cliff, Bad River, Lac Courte Oreilles, St. Croix. and Lac du Flambeau
Bands of the Lake Superior Chippewa

Manitowish River Studio 

Mary Burns, Weaver, Ancestral Women’s Exhibit 

Marie Estelle Webster Gilane and her grandmother Julia Bennett –  Bad River Band, handwoven jacquard portrait by Mary Weaver

MISCO BENAYSHI 

St. Croix, Ojibwe

Woodland Treasures

Becky Lemieux, Bad River, Ojibwe

Biskakone, Greg Johnson

Lac du Flambeau, Ojibwe

 

TRACY CONNORS 

Bad RIver, Ojibwe

BENNIE WILSON, JR 

Ojibwe and Navajo

103 Lakeview Place

Madeline Island, WI

715.747.3321

 

Donations needed for LPC Wine Tasting Silent Auction

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The 25th Annual  LPC Wine Tasting Gala and FUNdraiser is coming up fast: Sunday, May 26 at The Pub Restaurant and Wine Bar. Through the years, Islanders have looked forward to the opening of the high season, when we can mingle with returning Summer folks and early tourists after the long winter.

Through the years, we have relied on the generous nature of our members and neighbors to contribute something to the Silent Auction. We’re looking for art, music, books, gadgets, tools, donations of services, and even slightly used but still worthwhile memorabilia and objet d’art.

If you don’t know what what to donate, consider commissioning a local artist to create a special work of art, or purchase a piece by your favorite Island artist from one of the several island galleries. Other great ideas are gift certificates from local eateries and specialties stores, sports tickets, or consider donating some of your Madeline Island memorabilia—photos, artwork, or anything else that Island aficionados would appreciate! Know that proceeds from the sale of your donation will go to supporting Island art and artists, as we have for over 30 years.

Donations are still needed for our Silent Auction. They can be dropped off from May 20 – 24, 10 AM – 2 PM in the basement of St. John’s Church. Call Barbara at 715.209.5471 for more details. Donations are tax deductible.

 

You are invited to LPC Annual Meeting

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Annual Membership Meeting and Picnic

Sunday, August 26, 2018

Joni’s Beach @ 4:00

 

Please join the LPC Board for our Annual Membership Meeting and Picnic at the beach. Chris Brown, our picnic chef, will be serving grilled brats, potato salad, and beverages.

Thank you for your 2018 membership support of La Pointe Center (LPC) for the Arts. We are hoping you will choose to become a member of our organization in 2018 and attend our membership meeting. Our by-laws state that every year we must have a membership meeting to inform our members of our finances and other business plans. We also need you as members to vote on the new Board Directors that have been selected. We need a quorum of 15 members. It has been challenging some years to get 15 folks together some Sundays afternoons. We are hoping that this special invitation and meeting notice rallies the crew! Your meeting participation is much needed and greatly appreciated.

Artfully yours, The LPC Board of Directors:
Peg Bertel (chair), Susan Sabre (treasurer), Michele Auger, Chris Brown, Sally Brown, Leslie Mack, Micaela Montagne, and Carol Sowl.

We will have a short business meeting followed by presentations from our affiliate organizations and the winners of our 2017/18 grant awards.

Agenda:

Call the meeting to order

Approve Minutes from the 08-27-18 Annual Meeting

Vote on re-election of current Board Directors:
Peg Bertel as Chair; Susan Sabre as Treasurer

Vote on new Board Directors:
Beth Speckien and Ruth Anne Tiesberg

President’s Report

Treasurer’s Report

Business Manager Report

Adjourn the meeting

Affiliates: La Pointe Center Gallery, Positivity Children’s Theatre, Performing Arts Committee, Madeline Island Book Club, and Garden Masters.

 

Live Auction Item: Murder Mystery Dinner for 8 at Wood’s Manor

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The La Pointe Center for the Arts is gearing up for our Annual Wine Tasting Gala and Fundraiser taking place this Sunday, May 28 at the Pub Restaurant and Wine Bar. $30 tickets include round-trip passenger ferry fee for those on the mainland. Come and bid on hundreds of intriguing and one-of-a-kind silent auction items while sipping wine on the shores of the lake. Doors open at 2 PM.

This year our live auction includes a Murder Mystery Dinner for eight, catered by Seiche and to take place at Wood’s Manor, a spectacular 12-bedroom island home built in 1924.

The package includes food, booze, and Murder Mystery Dinner hosts Peg and Charlie leading your group through the action-packed dinner party game called The Hollywood Premiere of Powar and Greede:

Wood’s Manor, circa 1938. Photo: Wisconsin Historical Society

Imagine Wood’s Manor is the famous Powar Oriental Gardens Theater in Hollywood. It’s 1936 and guests are gathered to enjoy the glitter and glare of the Powar Film Studio’s newest release, Powar and Greede. A dinner for the cast is being hosted by W. Anton Powar in a private dining room adjacent to the party. Excitement turns to horror when a murder is discovered, and guests must decide who amongst them have committed the crime.

Pick a beautiful autumn evening between September 7 and October 10, 2017 and bring your friends for a once-in-a-lifetime chance to enjoy Wood’s Manor, now the private residence Jean Mescher and Paul Guerin, who are generously opening their home to help benefit the La Pointe Center for the Arts.

Wine Tasting tickets are available at the Madeline Island Ferry Office, the Madeline Island Chamber of Commerce, Stone’s Throw in Bayfield. $5 off at the door if you bring a glass from a prior wine tasting.

Photos of Wood’s Manor: Erik Kodner, Madeline Island Realty

 

LPC at Wisconsin Arts Day in Madison

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LPC Board Members Terrie Myers and Judy Sebranek, and Positivity Children’s Theatre Director Julie Stryker-North met with Sen. Janet Bewley on March 9 for Arts Day in Madison, hosted by the Wisconsin Arts Board and Arts Wisconsin.

During the important 2017-2019 state budget season, Arts Wisconsin will be advocating with the Wisconsin State Legislature to create this program as a 21st century strategy to invest in creative people, institutions, businesses, and communities throughout the state. On Arts Day and over the next few months, they will help us tell our stories to decision-makers, to demonstrate the power, impact, and benefits of the arts and creative development throughout Wisconsin.

Way to represent Madeline Island and La Pointe Center for the Arts!

Julie Stryker-North, Sen. Janet Bewley and LPC Board Member Terrie Myers at Arts Day Wisconsin, Madison, WI March 9, 2017