music

Holiday Pops presents sing-along tunes

A community of voices will present a concert of traditional hymns, carols and sing-along holiday tunes at Anchorage Family Holiday Pops.

The Anchorage Concert Chorus and Holiday Pops Orchestra join forces in this annual event. The concert will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Atwood Concert Hall. A pre-concert lecture will start at 3 p.m. Tickets are $21 to $34 (www.centertix.com, 263-2787). Find out more information at www.anchorageconcertchorus. org.

-- Dawnell Smith

visual arts

Photography show covers wide range

A raven against white. A tree against a rock face. A line of ridges against the horizon.

The Alaska Photographic Center Members' Show offers images near and far, far and wide in a group exhibit of photography that ranges from landscapes to portraits to the conceptual.

These works include everything from a shot of a thick and elaborate tree root in a piece called "Family Tree" by Tami Phelps to a city shot of a condom vendor standing by a life-sized cut-out photo of Gov. Sarah Palin in "Condom Street Vendor, Times Square NYC" by Clayton Hillhouse.

The show continues through Dec. 28 at the Carr Gottstein Gallery at Alaska Pacific University along with an associated juror's choice exhibit next door at Grant Hall. This latter show highlights photography by Brian Adams, Ashley Kelley, Deborah Mercy, Sheryl Maree Reily and Linda Smogor.

Find out more about the photographic center at www. akphotocenter.org.

-- Dawnell Smith

visual art

Observe still-life painter at work

Carol Lambert sheds new light on everyday objects in her still-life paintings that appear at Charlie's Club 25 Coffee Gallery every Friday this month.

"I find it very satisfying to give my fullest attention and observation to a common object," she said, "because when I do that, I always discover that it is a more complex, interesting and mysterious object than I could have guessed."

Her renderings of fruit, vegetables, flowers and found objects show the detail and connection of close attention.

"I really fall in love with the simplest details," explained Lambert, "but they are, to me, essential to the experience. I mean, something like a particular curve or corner or bright edge. Once I see it, I put everything I have into getting that detail into the painting in just the right way with the emphasis and accuracy it deserves."

See her work and watch her paint at the Club 25 Coffee Gallery (400 D St.) Fridays through December and the Jan. 2 First Friday event. Lambert sets up the show and begins painting at 9 a.m.

After taking a break, she'll continue her Friday shows at the gallery every month. Learn more about her work at carollambertarts.com.