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Arts & Humanities Schedule 2008-2009

Midday Performances

All performances are held in the Heineman Ecumenical and Cultural Center at 1:30 pm

 9/17 Bluegrass Gumbo
Obi’s Boys with special guests James Buchanan, fiddle, Brian Clancey, guitar Kathryn Kaufman, harmonica and Terry Thomas, banjo

10/22 Mozart’s Clarinet Trio
Claflin Hill Chamber Ensemble with Paul Surapine

11/12 All That Jazz
Ed Melegian Quintet

12/1 Vivaldi’s Gloria
Framingham State College Choir

2/4 Samuel Barber’s Summer Music
Claflin Hill Chamber Ensemble with Paul Surapine

3/11 Gaelic Traditions
Stone’s Session Players

4/15 All That Jazz
Ed Melegian Quintet

5/6 Rapproache
American, Canadian, Celtic and French music from Spirit Fiddle

Year of Darwin

Co-sponsored by the Arts & Humanities Council, Biology, Government and Sociology Departments.

All of these events are held in the Dwight Performing Arts Center at 7:00 pm

 

11/20 Lecture
by Federal Judge John E. Jones

 

2/12 Lecture
by Philosopher Daniel C. Dennett

 

3/5 The Sandwalk
A play based on the relationship of Emma and Charles Darwin presented by the Guild Players Touring Company

 

3/31 Lecture
by Biologist Dr. Sean Carroll, author of From Darwin to DNA

 

INTERNATIONAL FILM SERIES

Dr. Arthur Nolletti, Jr. leads a discussion following the screening are held in the Dwight Performing Arts Center at 7:30 pm

 

9/18   THE BAND'S VISIT (Bikur Ha-Tizmoret; Israel, 2007).
Winner of an International Film Critics' Award at the Cannes Film Festival, Eran Kolirin's wise, lighthearted comedy deals with a Egyptian police orchestra that gets lost while on tour in Israel. Although the political issues that surround the visit are never far from the surface, Kolirin's emphasis is on how people of all cultures are bound by the trials and tribulations of life itself. In Arabic, English, and Hebrew with English subtitles. 87 minutes.

10/23   ALEXANDRA (Russia, 2007)
In Alexandr Sokurov's powerful meditation on war legendary opera star Galina Vishnevskaya (in a towering performance) stars as Alexandra, an indomitable, unwaveringly compassionate woman who visits her grandson, an officer stationed in a Russian military compound in Chechnya. Her basic humanity and belief in life offer a quietly devastating indictment of the cynicism and absurdities of war. In Russian with English subtitles. 92 minutes.

2/19   PRIVATE FEARS IN PUBLIC PLACES (Coeurs; France, 2006)
Winner of the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival, Alain Resnais's adaptation of Alan Ayckbourn's play is an artful examination of not only the search for love but also the relationship between theater and film. A poignant comedy, it has to do with seven Parisians whose lives affect one another's, even though they do not all know one another. With an all-star cast led by Andre Dussollier and Sabine Azema. In French with English subtitles. 120 minutes.

3/26   4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS (4 Luni, 3 Septamini Si 2 Zile; Romania 2007)
The most celebrated film of the Romanian New Wave, Cristian Mungiu's riveting account of a young college student desperately trying to help her roommate secure an illegal late-term abortion is far more than an "abortion film." It is also a corrosive examination of life during the final days of Communism in Romania. Please note: this film has some disturbing images, and is for adults only. In Romanian and English with English subtitles. 113 minutes.

Mazmanian Gallery Exhibitions

Subject to change

9/3 through 9/26
New Work by Barbara Milot
Reception: Tuesday, 9/9/08, 4:30-6:30 pm

10/6 through 10/24
Recent Paintings Lou Haney
Reception: Tuesday, 10/7/08, 4:30-6:30 pm

11/3 through 11/14
Children’s Book Illustrations
Barbara Lehman
Reception and Book Signing:
Thursday, 11/6/09, 3:00-6:00 pm

11/24 through 12/12
Paintings
David Roth, Carole Rabe, and Gwen Strahle
Reception: Tuesday, 12/02/08, 4:30-6:30 pm

1/12 through 1/30
Paintings and Monotypes by Katie Claiborne
Sculpture by Claudia Olds Goldie
Reception: Tuesday, 1/20/09, 4:30-6:30 pm

2/10 through 2/19
Senior Thesis

Reception: Tuesday 2/11, 4:30-6:30 pm

2/24 through 3/5
Senior Thesis

Reception: Tuesday 3/4, 4:30-6:30 pm

3/13 through 3/17
Spring Break
Gallery Closed

3/20 through 3/29
Senior Thesis

Reception: Tuesday 4/1, 4:30-6:30 pm

4/10 through 4/14
Senior Graphic Design Show

Reception: Tuesday 4/15, 4:30-6:30 pm

4/24 through 5/8
All Student Juried Exhibition
Reception: Tuesday 4/29, 4:30-6:30 pm

The Arts & Humanities Evening Program Series

9/24    Las Tres Vidas
is a one woman show for singing actress based on the lives of three legendary Latin American women: Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, Salvadorian peasant activist Rufina Amaya and Argentinean poet Alfonsina Storni presented by the Core Ensemble co-sponsored by the Arts & Humanities Council, Modern Language Department and Multicultural Affairs.

 

7:30 pm in the Dwight Performing Arts Center

 

10/14   The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare
presented by the American Shakespeare Center co-sponsored by the Arts & Humanities Council and the English Department.

7:30 pm in the Dwight Performing Arts Center

 

11/6   Children’s Literature Festival
with author/illustrator Barbara Lehman co-sponsored by the English, Art & Music and Education Departments, the Arts & Humanities Council and Academic Affairs.

 


Festival events will be held in the College Center from 3:00 to 9:00 p.m, Book Sales (1839 Room) and Signing (Mazmanian Gallery) 3-6:00 pm, Workshop (Alumni Room) 4-5:00 pm, Cocktail Reception (Faculty/Staff Dinning Room), 5-6:00 pm, Dinner and Address (commuter cafeteria) 6-9:00 pm Ticket price: $25

12/2   Interfaith Lessons and Carols
presented by the Framingham State College Chorus, director Paul Cienniwa and Campus Ministries.

 

7:00 pm in the Heineman Ecumenical and Cultural Center
Free Admission

2/17   Artist and Illustrator Faith Ringgold
gives a talk co-sponsored by the Arts & Humanities Council, Danforth Museum, Art & Music and Communication Arts Departments.

 

7:00 pm in the Dwight Performing Arts Center

2/25   The Path
communicates the African Americans experience through music and movement, from work songs to blues; Charleston to hip hop. Bass-Line Motion, choreographer Adrienne Hawkins and poet/musician Larry Roland lead a talented troupe of dancers and musicians in an evening that leaves a lasting impression.

 

7:30 pm in the Dwight Performing Arts Center

4/2   Springtime Pops -- Symphony Rocks
presented by the Claflin Hill Symphony with works by The Beatles, The Moody Blues, Emerson, Lake and Palmer and others.

 

7:30 pm in the Dwight Performing Arts Center

 

4/14   An Evening with Mark Twain
presented by Actor/Historian Richard Clark

 

7:30 pm in the Heineman Ecumenical and Cultural Center

 

4/29   Spring Concert
presented by the Framingham State College Chorus and director Paul Cienniwa

 

7:00 pm in the Heineman Ecumenical and Cultural Center Free Admission

 

Pricing

Midday Performance                                                                 Free Admission

Mazmanian Gallery Exhibitions                                                Free Admission

Arts & Humanities Evening Program Series                            Subscription $50
including the International Film Series and Year of Darwin       Single Event: $5.00
Framingham State College Chorus concerts on the                   Faculty/Staff:
Evening Program Series are Free Admission Events               Free Admission
                                                                                                           

Children’s Literature Workshop                                               $25 Registration Fee

Framingham State College Students: Free Admission

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