The Salina Symphony will bring scenes from Broadway to life at its Feb. 8 concert at Stiefel Theatre for the Performing Arts, 151 S. Santa Fe.

The concert begins at 4 p.m.

The symphony will play "Symphonic Dances" from West Side Story. For the second half of the concert, the symphony will be joined by the tenor and soprano duo Stefano and Nina Tanchietti. They will perform musical scenes from "Carmen" and "Phantom of the Opera." The concert will conclude with "Memory" from "Cats" and a surprise comedy encore number.

The Tanchiettis have toured the United States, Europe and South Africa while building extensive repertoires in opera and musical comedy.

Tickets cost $19 for adults and $12 for students. Tickets can be purchased at the Stiefel box office from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, by calling 827-1998 or online at www.ticket master.com. For more information, visit www.salinasymphony.org.

Applications sought for artist grants

The Salina Arts and Humanities Commission invites applications for Artist Award grants in the amount of $500 through the Horizons Grants Program. Proposals are due March 2 for projects occurring May 1 through Oct. 31.

The Artist Award program offers support to individual artists for activities related to presentation, study and training, artistic promotion, equipment and travel. Another goal of the Artist Award program is to familiarize artists with the grant application process through a simplified approach.

Applications require a simple project proposal narrative and budget. Application and guidelines may be downloaded at www.salinaarts.com or by calling the Salina Arts and Humanities Commission at 309-5770. A conversation with staff regarding the proposal is encouraged.

Horizons, a program of the Salina Arts and Humanities Commission, offers nearly $60,000 annually to organizations and individuals in Saline County to fund projects and initiatives that use the arts and cultural activities to enhance community development.

New exhibit opening at Deines center

RUSSELL -- The show "Color Duet" will be at the Deines Cultural Center, 820 N. Main, from Tuesday through Feb. 16.

"Color Duet" will feature the watercolors of Wanda Stallings along with the oil pastel and acrylic paintings of Roben Valenzuela. Both women are from Garden City.

Stallings is a Signature Member of the Kansas Watercolor Society and a juried member of Watercolor West. She has been accepted in major watercolor exhibitions and has won numerous awards in various exhibitions. Her work is included in private and corporate collections throughout the United States and Mexico.

Stallings' work reflects the people, animals, landscape and flowers of the Plains. She uses various surfaces for her work including traditional watercolor papers; Yupo, a slick surface; and Washi, a Japanese paper made from the fibers of bark.

Valenzuela is mostly self-taught when it comes to paint and pastels. She has shown her work in many festivals throughout the Midwest and Southwest. She also reproduces many of her works into prints and note cards, and is a member of the Oil Pastel Society. She considers her work to be contemporary perspective.

The center is open from 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Smoky Hills Audubon Society to show film

Smoky Hills Audubon Society members will have a public showing and discussion of the film "The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill" at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Carver Center, 315 N. Second. A social hour will precede the film at 7 p.m.

"The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill" is about the relationship between former street musician Mark Bittner, who lives on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco beneath Coit Tower, and a flock of wild parrots. He feeds them by hand, addresses them by name, knows their individual life histories and opens his home to some of them.

The showing and discussion are free. For more information, contact Marge Streckfus at 825-7889.

Third Friday Film series gets corny

"King Corn," January's Third Friday Film series selection, will be shown at 7 p.m. Thursday at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 901 Martin. A discussion will follow.

Behind America's 99-cent hamburgers and 72-ounce sodas is a key ingredient that silently fuels our fast-food nation -- corn. "King Corn" follows college buddies Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, who move from the East Coast to the heartland to learn where their food comes from. They relocate to northern Iowa, home of their great-grandfathers, with a mission. They plant an acre of corn and follow their harvest into the world.

Third Friday provides community, entertainment and in-depth examination of issues critical to democratic dialogue. The series is open to the public. Donations are accepted.

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