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4/8/08
CAMPUS ARTS OPPORTUNITIES: APRIL 11-17
MADISON - Music continues to fill the air this week.
In addition to student ensemble concerts by the Madrigal Singers, Concert Choir, Symphony Orchestra and even the Javanese Gamelan Ensemble, piano professor Christopher Taylor presents the eighth and ninth installments of his Beethoven piano sonata series, while flute professor Stephanie Jutt and friends perform at a benefit for the Waisman Center� and that's not even counting guest artists visiting campus.
These concerts are just some of the many arts events taking place during the week of April 11-17 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 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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MU MOVIES: THERE WILL BE BLOOD
WHEN AND WHERE: Friday, April 11 and Saturday, April 12, 7 and 10 p.m., Fredric March Play Circle, Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St.
DETAILS: A story about family, greed, religion and oil, centered around a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.
RELATED LINK: http://www.union.wisc.edu/film/MUmovies.html
CONTACT: (608) 262-1143, erinhallbauer@gmail.com
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UW SPACE PLACE: MUSIC UNDER THE STARS
WHEN AND WHERE: Friday, April 11, 7:30-10 p.m., 2300 S. Park St.
DETAILS: From 7:30-8:30, piano students from the School of Music will play selections from a variety of Spanish composers. Following the recital, join in as astronomers on the rooftop observation deck point out planets and constellations in the night sky. The sky must be 75 percent clear for the deck to be opened. All ages are welcome, but children must be accompanied by an adult.
RELATED LINK: http://spaceplace.wisc.edu
CONTACT: (608) 262-4779, kay@sal.wisc.edu
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CINEMATHEQUE: SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON
WHEN AND WHERE: Friday, April 11, 7:30 p.m., 4070 Vilas Hall, 821 University Ave.
DETAILS: In the second installment in John Ford's "Cavalry Trilogy," an aging cavalry officer must relinquish his command to a rash young lieutenant. Ford biographer Joseph McBride calls this film "a lyric poem about mortality." Print restored by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. USA, Directed by John Ford, with John Wayne, Joanne Dru, John Agar.
RELATED LINK: http://www.cinema.wisc.edu
CONTACT: (608) 262-3627, heckman@wisc.edu
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WISCONSIN UNION THEATER WORLD STAGE: LILA DOWNS
WHEN AND WHERE: Friday, April 11, 8 p.m., Wisconsin Union Theater, Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St.
DETAILS: Downs was born in Oaxaca and began singing "ranchera" music at an early age. Don't miss this spellbinding performance.
COST: $32/$26/$18; UW-Madison students with valid ID, $10; Order tickets online.
CONTACT: (608) 262-2201, boxoffice@wut.org
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SCHOOL OF MUSIC CONCERT: SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
WHEN AND WHERE: Friday, April 11, 8 p.m., Mills Hall, Mosse Humanities Building, 455 N. Park St.
DETAILS: Graduate Assistant Conductor Grant Harville begins the program with "Russian Easter Overture" by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov. James Smith conducts the complete music for the ballet "Fancy Free" by Leonard Bernstein and "Symphony No. 1" by Jean Sibelius.
RELATED LINK: http://www.music.wisc.edu
CONTACT: (608) 263-9485, music@music.wisc.edu
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FIFTH ANNUAL WISCONSIN TEEN POETRY SLAM
WHEN AND WHERE: Saturday, April 12, 7 p.m., Orpheum Theater, 216 State St.
DETAILS: The top 20 youth poets from Madison, Milwaukee and beyond show their skills on the mic for a chance to represent Wisconsin at the Brave New Voices International Youth Slam this July in Washington, D.C. Hosted by legendary NYC beatboxer and emcee Baba Israel and featuring the First Wave Hip-Hop Theater Ensemble and DJ Pain1.
RELATED LINK: http://omai.wisc.edu/
COST: $5 students, $10 general
CONTACT: (608) 890-1006, jghealey@wisc.edu
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CINEMATHEQUE: IN A LONELY PLACE
WHEN AND WHERE: Saturday, April 12, 7:30 p.m., 4070 Vilas Hall, 821 University Ave.
DETAILS: In one of Nicholas Ray's greatest and deeply resonant features, Steele, an embittered screenwriter, is hired to adapt a bestseller. Instead of reading the book himself, he asks a hatcheck girl to summarize the plot. But when she is found brutally murdered, he becomes the prime suspect. With Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame and Frank Lovejoy.
RELATED LINK: http://cinema.wisc.edu/
CONTACT: (608) 262-3627, heckman@wisc.edu
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BELLYDANCING UW'S 8TH ANNUAL SPRING SHOW
WHEN AND WHERE: Saturday, April 12, 7:30 p.m., Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St.
DETAILS: Accomplished international belly-dance star Zahra Zuhair headlines Bellydancing UW's spring show, featuring performances from talented amateur and professional dance artists from the Midwest. Tickets are available through the Union Theater Box Office.
RELATED LINK: http://bellydancinguw.rso.wisc.edu/
COST: $5-10
CONTACT: bellydancinguw@studentorg.wisc.edu
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SCHOOL OF MUSIC CONCERT: JAVANESE GAMELAN ENSEMBLE
WHEN AND WHERE: Saturday, April 12, 8 p.m., Mills Hall, Mosse Humanities Building, 455 N. Park St.
DETAILS: The Gamelan Ensemble's annual concert features music and a dance-drama, an episode from the epic "Mahabharata." Dancers from Peggy Choy's Javanese dance class and students in R. Anderson Sutton's Javanese gamelan will be joined by guest dancer Valerie Mau Vetter and guest musician Roger Vetter.
RELATED LINK: http://www.music.wisc.edu
CONTACT: (608) 263-9485, music@music.wisc.edu
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SCHOOL OF MUSIC CONCERT: PERLMAN PIANO TRIO
WHEN AND WHERE: Sunday, April 13, 3:30 p.m., Morphy Hall, Mosse Humanities Building, 455 N. Park St.
DETAILS: The Perlman Piano Trio was endowed by Kato Perlman to award scholarships and performance opportunities to talented students. The inaugural trio comprises violinist Derek Powell, cellist Maureen Kelly and pianist Thomas Kasdorf. They will perform music by Beethoven, Arensky and Schubert. A reception for performers and audience follows the concert.
RELATED LINK: http://www.music.wisc.edu
CONTACT: (608) 263-9485, music@music.wisc.edu
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SCHOOL OF MUSIC CONCERT: MADRIGAL SINGERS
WHEN AND WHERE: Sunday, April 13, 4 p.m., Mills Hall, Mosse Humanities Building, 455 N. Park St.
DETAILS: The highly selective choir's spring program features the premiere of "The Night Knight," a madrigal comedy by UW alumnus Scott Gendel with libretto by Timothy Knapman. The work was commissioned by the Madrigal Singers with a grant from the Evjue Foundation. Bruce Gladstone conducts.
RELATED LINK: http://www.music.wisc.edu
CONTACT: (608) 263-9485, music@music.wisc.edu
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FRIENDS OF THE WAISMAN CENTER ANNUAL BENEFIT CONCERT
WHEN AND WHERE: Sunday, April 13, 6 p.m., Waisman Center, 1500 Highland Ave.
DETAILS: The Friends of the Waisman Center Annual Benefit Concert features musicians Stephanie Jutt and Jeffrey Sykes of the Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society.
RELATED LINK: http://waisman.wisc.edu/
COST: $35 concert, $75 concert and reception with the artists
CONTACT: (608) 263-5908, mitchell@waisman.wisc.edu
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SCHOOL OF MUSIC CONCERT: CONCERT CHOIR
WHEN AND WHERE: Sunday, April 13, 7:30 p.m., Mills Hall, Mosse Humanities Building, 455 N. Park St.
DETAILS: Beverly Taylor conducts.
RELATED LINK: http://www.music.wisc.edu
CONTACT: (608) 263-9485, music@music.wisc.edu
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GLASS LAB VISITING ARTIST ETHAN STERN
WHEN AND WHERE: Monday, April 14 through Wednesday, April 16; see below for details
DETAILS: On Monday, Ethan Stern delivers a talk from 12:30-1:30 p.m. in room 6261 of the Mosse Humanities Building before a demonstration of color applications and blowing hot glass for classes at the Art Department's Glass Lab (630 W. Mifflin St.) from 1:30-7 p.m.; on Tuesday, he presents a series of demonstrations on sculpting large blown forms in the Glass Lab; on Wednesday, he returns to the Glass Lab, demonstrating blowing technique from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., followed from 3-6 p.m. by a demonstration of cold working.
RELATED LINK: http://art.wisc.edu/
CONTACT: (608) 262-1662, hbnguyen@education.wisc.edu
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ART DEPARTMENT VISITING ARTIST: SHANE CAMPBELL
WHEN AND WHERE: Tuesday, April 15, 5:45-6:30 p.m., 204 Educational Sciences, 1025 W. Johnson St.
DETAILS: Curator Shane Campbell will discuss his current exhibits. His gallery exhibited at the 2007 Armory Show in New York City.
RELATED LINK: http://art.wisc.edu/?folder=events&pagename=det
CONTACT: (608) 262-1662, hbnguyen@wisc.edu
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CONCERT: UNIVERSITY OF IOWA CENTER FOR NEW MUSIC
WHEN AND WHERE: Tuesday, April 15, 7:30 p.m., Morphy Hall, Mosse Humanities Building, 455 N. Park St.
DETAILS: David Gompper is the director of the University of Iowa's contemporary music ensemble. The program includes works by Dangerfield, Griffin, Curtis-Smith and Webern.
RELATED LINK: http://www.music.wisc.edu
CONTACT: (608) 263-9485, music@music.wisc.edu
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BEETHOVEN PIANO SONATA SERIES: CHRISTOPHER TAYLOR
WHEN AND WHERE: Wednesday, April 16 and Thursday, April 17, 7:30 p.m., Mills Hall, Mosse Humanities Building, 455 N. Park St.
DETAILS: On Wednesday, Taylor performs the eighth in his 10-concert series of the complete piano sonatas by Beethoven, with Opus 49, Nos. 1 and 2, Opus 90 and Opus 53 ("Waldstein"). Thursday's concert, the ninth in the series, features Opus 13 ("Pathetique"), Opus 26 and Opus 81a ("Les Adieux").
RELATED LINK: http://www.music.wisc.edu
COST: $12 general, $9 seniors and students, free for UW-Madison students with ID
CONTACT: (608) 262-2201, music@music.wisc.edu
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EAST ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL KICKOFF: PAPRIKA
WHEN AND WHERE: Thursday, April 17, 7:30 p.m., Fredric March Play Circle, Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St.
DETAILS: Reality and the dream world are on a collision course in the anime tale. "Paprika" kicks off the 2008 East Asian Film Festival.
RELATED LINK: http://www.union.wisc.edu/film/international.html
CONTACT: (608) 262-1143, hovey@wisc.edu
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- Susannah Brooks, (608) 262-3846, srbrooks2@wisc.edu