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In Praise of Nature: Ansel Adams and Photographers of the American West is on view at The Dayton Art Institute through January 2. The exhibition showcases more than 150 rare photographs of America's rugged, natural beauty, including more than 70 works by Ansel Adams. For more information call 800/296-4426.

Cleveland Signstage Theatre will present an adaptation of the Grimm Brothers' Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs December 4-19 in the Brooks Theatre at the Cleveland Playhouse. Snow White is still beautiful with skin as white as snow, lips as red as blood and hair as black as night, but she also is deaf. All Signstage performances are presented simultaneously in American Sign Language and spoken English. For more information call 216/229-2838 (voice) or 216/229-0431 (TTY).

The Contemporary American Theatre Company presents The Last Night of Ballyhoo, the 1999 Tony Award Winner by Alfred Uhry, through December 19. This romantic comedy, starring Mandy Fox reviving her Broadway role as Lala Levy, and the Riffe Gallery's very own Mary Gray, brings love and tradition back to a Southern family's 1939 holiday festivities. Performances are in the Riffe Center's Studio One Theatre, 77 South High Street, Columbus. For tickets call the CATCO box office at 614/461-0010.

An expansive collection of early painting and sculpture by Cincinnati native Jim Dine is at the Cincinnati Art Museum through January 9. Jim Dine: Walking Memory, 1959-1969 is the first major survey of the work of one of America's major contemporary artists. For more information call 513/639-2954.

The Columbus Symphony Orchestra seeks nominations for its fourth annual Music Educator Awards to be held March 29 at the Ohio Theatre in Columbus. The program recognizes individuals who instill and inspire a love of music in children and adults in Central Ohio. Nominations must be postmarked by December 20. For more information or a nomination form call 614/228-9600 ext. 218.

OAC DEADLINES & PANEL MEETINGS

January 15
Operating Support II applications

Visual Arts, including Art in Public Places, Design Arts and Media Arts applications

Performing Arts, including Dance, Music and Theatre applications

January 26-27
Individual Artist Fellowships review panels

Join the Ohio Arts Council, the Riffe Gallery, other arts organizations and artists around the world in a day of action and mourning in response to the AIDS crisis. We invite you to:

Celebrate the achievements of colleagues and friends.
Mourn those already lost to us.
Initiate action to cure and care for all people living with AIDS.
Broaden attempts to educate the public about HIV infection.
Acknowledge all caregivers, advocates and activities.

Health officials say at least 6,575 people in Ohio have died of AIDS and 18,000 are estimated to be living with HIV or AIDS.

WE'RE BUILDING OHIO THROUGH THE ARTS

The Ohio Arts Council, a state agency established in 1965, builds the state through the arts - economically, educationally and culturally - preserving the past, enhancing the present and enriching the future for all Ohioans. The Council believes the arts should be shared by the people of Ohio. The arts arise from public, individual and organizational efforts. The OAC supports and encourages those efforts.