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1/29/08
CAMPUS ARTS OPPORTUNITIES: FEBRUARY 1-7
MADISON - The Wisconsin Union Theater brings world-renowned talent to its stage later this week, as Grammy-winning South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela and Academy Award-winning actress Olympia Dukakis arrive on campus. Their performances are only two of the many exciting arts activities presented from February 1-7.
This weekly digest highlights upcoming opportunities for the public to experience the university arts in campus theaters, museums, galleries and concert halls. All events are free unless otherwise noted. For a complete list, visit the Arts Institute calendar at http://www.arts.wisc.edu/cal.php.
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SCHOOL OF MUSIC FACULTY CONCERT SERIES
WHEN AND WHERE: Friday, Feb. 1, 8 p.m., Mills Hall, Mosse Humanities, 455 N. Park St.
DETAILS: Cellist Parry Karp and pianists Howard and Frances Karp perform music by Robert Kahn, Camille Saint-Saens, Frederic Chopin and Benjamin Britten.
COST: $11 general, $8 seniors and students, UW-Madison students free with ID.
RELATED LINK: http://www.music.wisc.edu
CONTACT: (608) 263-9485
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RATHSKELLER MUSIC: CLOVIS MANN
WHEN AND WHERE: Friday, Feb. 1, 9:30 p.m., Rathskeller, Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St.
DETAILS: Clovis Mann is a rising power trio out of Madison playing songs about love, life and struggle, while combining rock, blues and jam music with a penchant for hard-driving rhythms, soloing and improvisation.
RELATED LINK: http://www.union.wisc.edu/music/index.html
CONTACT: (608) 262-2215, Bui2@wisc.edu
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MUSIC FACULTY CONCERT SERIES: VIENNA, CITY OF CONTRADICTIONS
WHEN AND WHERE: Saturday, Feb. 2, 8 p.m., Mills Hall, Mosse Humanities, 455 N. Park St.
DETAILS: This program juxtaposes music and readings by Viennese composers and authors from the years preceding and following the turn of the 20th century. Music includes "Piano Quartet" by Mahler and songs by R. Strauss and Berg; and readings are from Rilke, Schnitzler and others. Mills Hall, Mosse Humanities, 8 p.m.
COST: $11 general, $8 seniors and students, UW-Madison students free with ID.
RELATED LINK: http://www.music.wisc.edu
CONTACT: (608) 263-9485
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WISCONSIN UNION THEATER PRESENTS: OLYMPIA DUKAKIS IN 'ROSE'
WHEN AND WHERE: Saturday, Feb. 2, 8 p.m., Wisconsin Union Theater
DETAILS: Academy Award winner Olympia Dukakis brings her West End and Broadway hit "Rose," the portrait of an 80-year old Jewish woman from a tiny shtetl in the Ukraine. Journey with her through war-torn Warsaw to the "borscht-belts" of post-war Atlantic City and modern Miami Beach.
COST: $42-18 general; $10 UW-Madison students
RELATED LINK: http://www.union.wisc.edu/uniontheater/index.html
CONTACT: (608) 262-2201, boxoffice@wut.org
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ART DEPARTMENT VISITING ARTIST: MEL ZIEGLER
WHEN AND WHERE: Tuesday, Feb. 5, 5:40 p.m., 204 Educational Sciences, 1025 W. Johnson St.
DETAILS: Current UT-Austin Art Department chair and a National Endowment for the Arts award recipient, Mel Ziegler will discuss his past and present work.
RELATED LINK: http://www.art.wisc.edu
CONTACT: (608) 262-1662, hbnguyen@education.wisc.edu
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RUSSIAN FOLK CONCERT: ZOLOTOJ PLYOS
WHEN AND WHERE: Tuesday, Feb. 5, 7 p.m., Morphy Hall, Mosse Humanities, 455 N. Park St.
DETAILS: Zolotoj Plyos, the colorful and popular Russian ensemble, has traveled extensively throughout Russia, collecting and preserving the tradition of Russian folk music. They perform traditional Russian folk songs using authentic folk instruments, including the treshchetka and balalaika.
RELATED LINK: http://www.music.wisc.edu
CONTACT: (608) 262-3379, events@creeca.wisc.edu
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CHAZEN GALLERY TALK: LESLEE NELSON AND LISA GRALNICK
WHEN AND WHERE: Wednesday, Feb. 6 (12:30 p.m.) and Thursday, Feb. 7 (noon), Paige Court, Chazen Museum of Art, 800 University Ave.
DETAILS: Join faculty artists Leslee Nelson and Lisa Gralnick as they talk about their work in conjunction with the 2008 Art Department faculty exhibition. Nelson will speak on Wednesday; Gralnick will speak on Thursday.
RELATED LINK: http://www.chazen.wisc.edu
CONTACT: (608) 263-2246, nmustapich@chazen.wisc.edu
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FELIX: A SERIES OF NEW WRITING
WHEN AND WHERE: Thursday, Feb. 7, 4:30-6 p.m., 126 Memorial Library
DETAILS: Michael Dumanis, editor of the anthology "Legitimate Dangers" and author of the Juniper Prize-winning book "My Soviet Union," reads with a. rawlings, a poet, artist, editor and arts educator who edited "Shift & Switch: New Canadian Poetry," an anthology of innvoative poets in Canada.
RELATED LINK: http://felixreadingseries.blogspot.com/
CONTACT: (608) 245-0952, lsims@wisc.edu
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SCHOOL OF MUSIC GUEST ARTIST SERIES: ROBERT MCDONALD, PIANO
WHEN AND WHERE: Thursday, Feb. 7, 7:30 p.m., Mills Hall, Mosse Humanities, 455 N. Park St.
DETAILS: Pianist Robert McDonald joins the Pro Arte Quartet for the "Piano Quintet" by Frank Bridge, and Pro Arte performs string quartets by Haydn and Boccherini. McDonald won the Gold Medal at the Busoni International Piano Competition and is on the faculty at the Juilliard School.
RELATED LINK: http://www.music.wisc.edu
CONTACT: (608) 263-9485
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STARLIGHT CINEMA
WHEN AND WHERE: Thursday, Feb. 7, 7:30 p.m., Play Circle Theater, Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St.
DETAILS: Milwaukee-based musician Jon Mueller and his band Collections of Colonies of Bees perform a live improvisation to Ira Cohen's film "The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda."
RELATED LINK: http://www.union.wisc.edu/film/starlight.html
CONTACT: (608) 262-1143, imairesse@gmail.com
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SCHOOL OF MUSIC CONCERT: BLACK MUSIC ENSEMBLE
WHEN AND WHERE: Thursday, Feb. 7, 8:30 p.m., Morphy Hall, Mosse Humanities, 455 N. Park St.
DETAILS: Join the Black Music Ensemble for a lively evening of jazz! Richard Davis directs.
RELATED LINK: http://www.music.wisc.edu
CONTACT: (608) 263-9485
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- Susannah Brooks, (608) 262-3846, srbrooks2@wisc.edu