Worcester Magazine's Sixth Annual Photography Contest Exhibition (Fri, May 16)
6:00 PM-8:00 PM, ARTSWorcester, Aurora Gallery, 660 Main Street, Worcester, MA
A juried exhibition of 75 works by local photographers who entered Worcester Magazine's Sixth Annual Photography Contest. Cost: free Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through May 23.

The Loves of Cass McGuire (Fri, May 16)
8:00 PM-10:30 PM, Worcester Hibernian Cultural Centre, 19 Temple St, Worcester, MA
Written by Brian Friel, the Tony award winning author of Translations and Dancing at Lughnasa, this raucously funny yet poetically moving play is directed by Pilgrim Soul's founder and Artistic Director Matthew J. Carr, and features a troupe of local actors, led by veteran performer Ann Marie Shea in the title role. The play tells the story of Cass McGuire, who for most of her life has slaved as a barmaid on the edge of Skid Row, among deadbeats and washouts - people who live in the past. Friel's bawdy, vital, compassionate play deals with her return to Ireland and her genteel family's rejection of her. It follows her lonely struggle to rediscover the home she's dreamt of all her life and her eventual surrender to the dream world of Eden House, the rest home to which her family has committed her. Filled with colorful characters, it is a play of sentiment and wit, which according to the N. Y. Post exhibits "the rueful imagination of the true Irish poet." Ann Marie Shea, a familiar face to local audiences, performs the title role of Cass McGuire. Ms. Shea has appeared locally with Redfeather theater company (The Tempest, Richard III), and in many productions of Worcester Forum Theatre, EntrActors and New England Repertory Theatre. She has recently had the opportunity to work in several Boston area theaters, including Stoneham Theatre (A Prayer for Owen Meany, And Then There Were None), Boston Playwrights' Theatre (Red Elm), Devanaugh Theatre (By the Bog of Cats) and the Huntington Theatre, where she was an understudy for Well. She is professor emerita of Worcester State College, where she taught theatre for many years. Last spring at the Worcester Hibernian Cultural Centre, Pilgrim Soul Productions staged Hugh Leonards poignant play Love in the Title to critical acclaim and standing ovations. The theater company is currently planning to follow up its production of Cass McGuire with a November production of Jimmy Murphy's The Muesli Belt, a tragicomic tale of modern Dublin. To reserve tickets, call 508-523-3773 or 508-799-7775, or send email to jfrooney@charter.net or htfoley@charter.net . Tickets are also available at the door. Sponsored by: Pigrim Soul Productions. Cost: $15 (group discounts for groups of 25+); Worcester college students earn WOO points Through Saturday, May 17.

The Starving Dog Exhibition Controversy
What would you call a gallery installation that featured crack cocaine in an incense burner, a musical loop of "Himno de Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional" playing backwards, words spelled...

Antiques: Tending to the Legacy of a Deco Master
Jules Leleu never achieved the international fame of other 20th-century French designers, but he was just as successful and probably more prolific.

John Waterhouse
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Andrea Laliberte
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Georgia O'Keeffe
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Found figurines, sci-fi dreams at galleries
Artists frequently err by trying too hard to put something across - a message, a mood, an attitude or mere impact. The video work of Argentine New Yorker Liliana Porter can present the opposite impression of someone not trying hard enough. An impatient look...

Art in the Garden (Fri, May 16)
10:00 AM-5:00 PM, Tower Hill Botanic Garden: Milton Gallery, Stoddard Center, 11 French Drive, Boylston, MA
The first exhibit in Tower Hill Botanic Garden's "Art in the Garden" 2008 Exhibition Series opens on Tuesday, May 13 with the hauntingly beautiful photographs taken by Dominick Marcigliano, and the sensually detailed sculptures created by Arlene Fins. Dominick Marcigliano is a photographer whose current portfolio features photographs of art and architecture; or as the artist terms it "objects people see everyday but may not notice." His work has been exhibited at ArtsWorcester and other venues. Marcigliano is the Executive Director of the East Side Community Development Corporation in Worcester, and a past recipient of the Greater Worcester Community Foundation's Renaissance Award. Complementing the photographic essay is the work of Arlene Fins, a sculptor whose the hand-wrought bronze figures are emotive masterpieces. Fins, a resident of Acton, Mass., has an extensive education in the arts, including a long career as an illustrator and a degree in Theater Arts & Music. "I love to create sculptures that express something of the human condition," says Fins, "For me, each piece is an exploration of human energy, character, and feelings...I want to find the right gesture, tilt of the head, facial expression that will reveal what person the sculpture was meant to be." Her work has been exhibited at the DeCordova Museum, the Cape Cod Art Association National Exhibition, the New England Sculptors Association, and many other venues. Cost: Included with admission; $10 Adults, $7 Seniors, $5 Youth, Free to children under 6 Through Sunday, Jun 22.

Unrecorded at Akbank Art Center
The perceptual re-construction of space is a continuous process, generated by diverse inputs such as our senses, memory, history, consciousness as well as technology. It is a process, consisting of momentary fragments, which are impossible to record. They are temporary, augmented, designed, and loaded.