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2009 - 2010 Calendar
Welcome to the 2009-2010 Arts and Humanities Series. The Arts & Humanities Series is pleased to offer a rich array of cultural programs scheduled throughout the year. These include diverse speakers, performances, art exhibitions, and a series of international films.
Poetry Reading by Bernard Horn
Author of the prizewinning book of poems, Our Daily Words.
Thursday, April 8th at 7p.m.
Ecumenical Center
Framingham State College
Sponsored by the Arts & Humanities Program
2009-2010 Independent Film Series
October 24th
WENDY AND LUCY
1 p.m. - Dwight Hall Performing Arts Center
Independent filmmaker Kelly Reichardt's WENDY AND LUCY was selected as the Best Film of 2008 in a poll of national critics conducted by the prestigious journal Film Comment. The honor was well earned. On the face of it, the film, which deals with a homeless young woman in her 20s (the Wendy of the title) who is traveling to Alaska to find work accompanied by her dog (the Lucy of the title), would seem to lend itself naturally to sentimentality and melodrama. But Reichardt avoids this trap and gives us a powerful, understated look at an America that is rarely seen on the screen. Wendy--as played by Michelle Williams of Brokeback Mountain fame--may appear to be frail, but she faces hardship and just plain bad luck with stoic courage. This is especially the case when her car breaks down in Oregon, she has a run-in with the law (for stealing dog food!), and Lucy goes missing. For the most part the people Wendy meets try to help her, in particular a kind drugstore guard. But these people are suffering through hard times themselves, and they can do only so much. A film that has been compared to the classic Italian film Bicycle Thief in its simple but eloquent humanism, Wendy and Lucy proves that Reichardt is a filmmaker to watch.
Discussion with Dr. Nolletti follows the film.
February 24th
Lance Hammer's BALLAST (2008)
Highly acclaimed but not widely released, Lance Hammer's award-winning Ballast was cited by the British film journal Sight and Sound as "flat-out the best American movie of 2008." Set in the Mississippi Delta, it tells the story of three African-Americans who are trying to cope with a man's suicide: his twin brother, Lawrence, who is so shattered by the loss that he tries to kill himself; the dead man's estranged wife, whose fears and feelings of resentment are intensified by the loss, and her 12-year old son, whose confusion over his father's death leads to his getting mixed up with a bad crowd. Primarily interested in mood, setting, and characterization, Hammer's film has a starkness and raw immediacy. Yet it also ends on a guarded note of hope that helps explain the film's title. Webster's Dictionary defines a "ballast" as "anything giving stability and firmness to character, human relations, etc." In Hammer's moving first film, this is exactly the role that the three characters ultimately assume for one another. Following the film, there will be a discussion led by Dr. Nolletti.
(snow date 1/25/10)
2009-2010 International Film Series
Wednesday Evenings, Dwight Performing Arts Center, 7 p.m.
Dr. Arthur Nolletti, Jr. invites you to join him for the screening of a series of outstanding international films. Following each screening, Dr. Nolletti will lead a lively discussion on the evening's feature.
September 30th
Kurosawa Kiyoshi's TOKYO SONATA (Japan, 2008)
A moving, unpredictable comedy-drama about a dysfunctional family that is trying to cope with harsh economic times. The head of the family has lost his job, but is too ashamed to tell his wife and two sons, who have their own secrets. All of these secrets are eventually revealed when the mother is (willingly) taken hostage, the oldest son heads off to Iraq, and the youngest son--in the most positive act of all--offers dazzling proof that art can take root even in the least likely soil. In Japanese with English subtitles. 119 minutes.
October 21st
Sergei Dvortsevoy's TULPAN (Kazakhstan/Russia, 2008)
Winner of a major award at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, this feature debut of documentary filmmaker Dvortsevoy is both a fascinating study of the traditional lifestyle of nomadic shepherds in southern Kazakhstan and a gentle, often surreal comedy about a young man whose dream is to find a wife and tend his own flock of sheep. Unfortunately, the sheep are not always cooperative, and the only eligible woman around is an elusive beauty named "Tulpan," which means "tulip." In Kazakh and Russian with English subtitles. 100 minutes.
March 10th
Andrzej Wajda's KATYN (Poland, 2007)
Acclaimed as the crowning achievement of Wajda's sixty-year career, Katyn is the name of the forest where the Soviets secretly massacred more than twenty thousand Poles in 1940, then steadfastly denied their involvement for nearly fifty years. Wajda interweaves a handful of stories that foreground not only individual suffering but also extraordinary acts of courage. In the closing scene he also shows us--as he must--a few of the executions. Appropriately, they are accompanied by a subdued requiem chant; then the screen fades to black. In Polish with English subtitles. 121 mins.
April 7th
Doris Dörrie's CHERRY BLOSSOMS (Kirschblueten-Hanami; Germany, 2008) A homage to Ozu Yasujiro's 1953 masterpiece Tokyo Story, Dörrie's film deals with a middle-aged couple who decide to visit their grown children in Berlin. The visit is motivated by the devastating news the wife learns, but keeps secret: her husband is terminally ill. Though indebted to Ozu for its central action, Dorrie's tale ultimately focuses on how a young Japanese Butoh dancer helps the surviving spouse transcend grief and celebrate life as an ongoing process of self-discovery. In English, German, and Japanese with English subtitles. 124 minutes.
2009-2010 Midday Performances
All Midday Performances are at 1:30 p.m. in the Heineman Ecumenical and Cultural Center
Free Admission
September 21st
Baroque Trios
Paul Cienniwa
October 19th
Riding Into The Sunset
Obi's Boys
November 16th
All That Jazz
Melegian Quintet
December 7th
Midday Concert
FSC Chorus
February 22nd
Jazz from Berklee
Ben Hepner Trio
March 8th
Gaelic Traditions Finale
Stone's Session Players
March 29th
All That Jazz
Melegian Quintet
April 26th
Midday Concert
FSC Chorus
2009-2010 Evening Performance Series
Free Admission
September 17th
Aston Magna with soprano Dominique Labelle Haydn's Arianna a Naxos, Bach's "Wedding Cantata" and Villa Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
7:30 p.m. in the Heineman Ecumenical Center
http://www.dominiquelabelle.com/
October 1st
Author Jared Cohen speaks at Framingham State College
7 p.m. in the Dwight Performing Arts Center.
This event is co-sponsored by First Year Programs, Multi Cultural Affairs, and the Arts & Humanities Program Series.
October 15th
The American Shakespeare Company Production of All's Well That Ends Well
7:30 p.m. in the Dwight Performing Arts Center
October 17th
The Gizmo Guys
Dwight Hall Performing Arts Center
Shows: 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Juggling Workshop: 4:15 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.
www.thegizmoguys.com
November 5th
The Children's Literature Workshop
Author: Molly Bang
Events held in the College Center
Books Sales and signing: 3 p.m., Workshop with Pat Keough from 4 to 5 p.m., Cocktail Reception from 5 to 5:30 p.m.
Address from author at 5:30 p.m.
December 8st
FSC Chorus Winter Concert
Heineman Ecumenical and Cultural Center at 7 p.m.
April 22st
Recital by Tenor Mark Evans and Accompanist James Busby
Ecumenical and Cultural Center at 7:30 p.m.
Event Flyer
April 27st
FSC Chorus Spring Concert
Heineman Ecumenical and Cultural Center at 7:30 p.m.
