http://centre.evansvillegis.comThe Centre Upcoming Eventsen-us© The Centre 2013Thursday, May 23, 20135 http://centre.evansvillegis.com http://centre.evansvillegis.com/i/logob.png Whether you are planning that special banquet event, wedding reception, corporate meeting, trade show, or convention, you can feel confident that the Evansville Auditorium and Convention Centre, known as "The Centre", is the perfect gathering place. http://centre.evansvillegis.com/ShowEvent.aspx?ID=360 http://centre.evansvillegis.com/ShowEvent.aspx?ID=360 Centre’d On Kids presents The Monster Who Ate My Peas, based on the multi-award winning book written by Danny Schnitzlein and illustrated by Matthew Faulkner. ArtsPower's newest musical tells the funny and poignant story of a young boy who doesn't want to eat his peas. When a crafty monster appears underneath his kitchen table, the boy is ready to make a deal with the monster. If the monster eats his peas, the boy will give the monster any of his possessions. First, it's the boys’ soccer ball, then, his bike. But, when the monster raises the stakes, will the boy refuse the monster and make the difficult decision to face his own fears? Children and adults alike will be entertained and engaged by this wonderfully written tale about the value of will power. Wednesday, May 15, 2013 http://centre.evansvillegis.com/ShowEvent.aspx?ID=360 http://centre.evansvillegis.com/ShowEvent.aspx?ID=359 http://centre.evansvillegis.com/ShowEvent.aspx?ID=359 Centre’d On Kids presents The Monster Who Ate My Peas, based on the multi-award winning book written by Danny Schnitzlein and illustrated by Matthew Faulkner. ArtsPower's newest musical tells the funny and poignant story of a young boy who doesn't want to eat his peas. When a crafty monster appears underneath his kitchen table, the boy is ready to make a deal with the monster. If the monster eats his peas, the boy will give the monster any of his possessions. First, it's the boys’ soccer ball, then, his bike. But, when the monster raises the stakes, will the boy refuse the monster and make the difficult decision to face his own fears? Children and adults alike will be entertained and engaged by this wonderfully written tale about the value of will power. Wednesday, May 15, 2013 http://centre.evansvillegis.com/ShowEvent.aspx?ID=359 http://centre.evansvillegis.com/ShowEvent.aspx?ID=358 http://centre.evansvillegis.com/ShowEvent.aspx?ID=358 Disney Live! presents “Three Classic Fairy Tales” at The Centre’s Aiken Theatre with two shows on Sunday, October 27 at 12:00pm and 3:00pm. Tickets go on-sale Tuesday, June 4 at 10:00am. Seats are $53, $43, $30 and $22. Ages 1 and older must have a ticket. Tickets can be purchased online thru Ticketmaster, at The Center Box Office, Walmart West, Ticketmaster Charge-by-phone at 1-800-745-3000 or any other Ticketmaster Outlet. Check our Special Offers section to purchase Group Tickets. Thursday, May 09, 2013 http://centre.evansvillegis.com/ShowEvent.aspx?ID=358 http://centre.evansvillegis.com/ShowEvent.aspx?ID=357 http://centre.evansvillegis.com/ShowEvent.aspx?ID=357 Disney Live! presents “Three Classic Fairy Tales” at The Centre’s Aiken Theatre with two shows on Sunday, October 27 at 12:00pm and 3:00pm. Tickets go on-sale Tuesday, June 4 at 10:00am. Seats are $53, $43, $30 and $22. Ages 1 and older must have a ticket. Tickets can be purchased online thru Ticketmaster, at The Center Box Office, Walmart West, Ticketmaster Charge-by-phone at 1-800-745-3000 or any other Ticketmaster Outlet. Check our Special Offers section to purchase Group Tickets. Thursday, May 09, 2013 http://centre.evansvillegis.com/ShowEvent.aspx?ID=357 http://centre.evansvillegis.com/ShowEvent.aspx?ID=356 http://centre.evansvillegis.com/ShowEvent.aspx?ID=356 AEG Live is pleased to announce that the southern gothic, supernatural musical Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, written by Stephen King, with music by John Mellencamp and T Bone Burnett, has confirmed a tour of 20 American cities throughout the Midwest and Southeast beginning October 10 in Bloomington, IN, and ending November 6 in Grand Rapids, MI. Tickets go on sale Friday, May 17 at 10am at aeglive.com and at all ticketmaster locations. This extraordinary collaboration, 13 years in the making, is a haunting tale of fraternal love, lust, jealousy and revenge, which will be performed by an ensemble cast of 15 actors and a four-piece live band. The album of the musical will be released on June 4 via Hear Music and the Concord Music Group. Complete tour dates are below. The Ghost Brothers of Darkland County saga began when Mellencamp told King about a cabin on his land in Indiana where two brothers had gotten in a fight over a girl; one brother accidentally killing the other, only to die along with the girl in a car crash a short time later. King came up with an outline for a play in a matter of days. And then off and on, back and forth, they began to develop it into a full-length musical. The superb blues ‘n’ roots music of Ghost Brothers reflects the wide range of styles and influences needed for a work that jumps back and forth across decades. Rather than use the songs to propel the play’s narrative, as in a conventional musical, Mellencamp chose to make them a way to reveal the emotions and inner workings of the characters. Set in the tiny town of Lake Belle Reve, Mississippi, the Ghost Brothers’ story centers on two sets of brothers: the ghosts of Jack and Andy, dead in an apparent murder/suicide, and their nephews, the living Frank and Drake, who seem to be headed toward the same downward spiral as their uncles. Joe, younger brother of Jack and Andy, father of Frank and Drake, has decided it’s time to reveal his own terrible secret at the site of the tragedy, before it’s too late. As the story emerged during the writing of the musical, it became clear to the collaborators that Ghost Brothers had taken them into unfamiliar territory — and they liked it that way. "John can make rock & roll records and I can write books for the rest of our lives," says King, "but that’s the safe way to do it, and that’s no way to live if you want to stay creative. We were willing to be educated, and at our age, that’s an accomplishment." Putting King’s words and Mellencamp’s songs on the stage is in the skilful hands of acclaimed director Susan Booth, who calls the musical a “a kind of new age travelling medicine show.” “This is a gothic story-driven rock concert,” says Booth. “I want the emphasis to be on this fantastic score and our great singers and how the story advances us from song to song. In most musicals, the songs advance the narrative. With Ghost Brothers, the story will advance the songs.” Thursday, May 09, 2013 http://centre.evansvillegis.com/ShowEvent.aspx?ID=356