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22 | September 14, 2017 | The orland park prairie Life & Arts opprairie.com Celebrating at Centennial Village marks end of Summer Concert Series with Labor Day Weekend show Cora (left) and Leah Durbin, of Noblesville, Indiana, dance to the music. Ryan T. Hope, of No Alternative, performs Sept. 3 at Centennial Park West during the final show in the Village of Orland Park’s 2017 Summer Concert Series. Photos by Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media Guitarist Tony Elfers (left) and bassist Andrew T. Carroll perform with No Alternative. ABOVE: Local food vendors were ready to serve hungry concert-goers. Concert attendees (left to right) Milo and Colleen Pagnani, and Gregory and Melanie Elfers, of Lombard, dance during the season-ending summer concert event. LEFT: Attendees (left to right) Dick Atkian, of Orland Park; Diana Stoddard, of Lansing, Michigan; and Debbie Atkian, of Orland Park; enjoy a day of music Sept. 3 at Centennial Park West, marking the end of the Village’s Summer Concert Series.
opprairie.com Life & Arts the orland park prairie | September 14, 2017 | 23 Local photographer puts ‘50 Shades of Me’ on display Join 22nd Century Media at Brenden Moore Freelance Reporter Homer Glen resident Donna Nevels has taken photographs for as long as she can remember. As a child, she was her family’s “official” photographer wherever they went. And since 2004, she has been taking photographs of other people’s big moments — weddings, senior pictures and other special occasions — through her business. A glance through her website reveals samples of all kinds of photography, though Orland Park residents may know her as the person who shoots Senior Night pictures for the Sandburg High School athletics teams. But throughout this month, people will have the chance to see another side of Nevels, as she reveals “50 Shades of Me,” an exhibition of her photography at Gallery Seven, a fine art gallery in downtown Joliet. The title, a play on the book “Fifty Shades of Grey,” is meant to explain the different shades of Nevels’ photography, she said. “I thought, ‘That’s it: 50 Shades, but it’s 50 Shades of Me, because my photography is all over the place,’” Nevels said. “I’m not a photographer that’s just a nature photographer; I’m not a photographer that’s a black and white or places/scenery; I do everything.” The exhibit is divided into shades of people, places and nature, a reflection of Nevels’ “scattered” artistic tastes. Expect “a lot of dancer pictures” and photos coated in wax, Nevels said. The work through Gallery Seven allows Nevels to show the artistic side of her work. Nevels said she hopes to bring back some respect for the art of the printed photograph with ‘50 Shades’ — something that can be diluted, given how anyone with a smartphone is a photographer and, oftentimes, those pictures never get printed. “I don’t think it’s a respected art form the way it used to be,” she said. “So, exhibits like this are important to bring people in to see this is what photography truly is and can be and should be.” Nevels said she is creating history, which motivates her to do what she does. Whether she is shooting photographs at weddings, of babies or out in nature, they are moments she thinks should not be caught on a cellphone and lost to eternity in the cloud. Donna Nevels, of Homer Glen — who is known to many Orland Parkers for her shots of Sandburg athletics Senior Nights — recently launched a new exhibit called “50 Shades of Me” at Gallery Seven in Joliet. Photo submitted “In 20 years, there’s going to be a whole generation of kids that have nothing tangible, nothing they can hold in their hand and say, ‘Look, that’s me when I was 2,’ because it’s still on somebody’s phone or in the cloud,” Nevels said. “That’s what motivates me. I’m creating history by doing what I do, whether it be a neighbor or a wedding or a flower. It brings back memories to whoever’s going to look at it. That’s why I’m so motivated with it.” Nevels is slated to hold an opening reception for her exhibit from 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 17, which is to feature live music and refreshments. The exhibit runs now through Sept. 29 at Gallery Seven, 116 N. Chicago St., Suite 102, in Joliet. Saturday Oct. 21 • 9am - 1pm Tinley Park Convention Center 18451 Convention Center Drive • Tinley Park FREE ADMISSION! FREE PARKING! THIS EXPO WILL FEATURE: • Entertainment • Free games of Bingo with prizes! • Free gift bag to the first 300 attendees! • Health Screenings • Speaker Sessions • Vendor Booths • A performance by Something Special Singers! Sponsors include For more information, call 708.326.9170 ext. 16 or visit www.22ndcenturymedia.com/aging
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