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Arts@Brandeis Calendar
October 2008
All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.
Saturday, October 4
Lydian String Quartet
Slosberg Music Center
8 p.m.
Audiences around the world have enjoyed the Lydian String Quartet, professors of the practice at Brandeis. Tonight they continue their "Around the World in a String Quartet" series with Charles Ives' Quartet No. 1 "From the Salvation Army"; "Leyendas—An Andean Walkabout," by Peruvian composer Gabriela Lena Frank; and Beethoven's Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 74. Pre-performance lecture at 7 p.m. Tickets $10-$25, available online or by calling 781-736-3400.
Sunday, October 5
Brandeis-Wellesley Orchestra
Slosberg Music Center
3 p.m.
Catch a Rising Star, featuring the winners of the 2008 concerto competition: Eric Alterman (Dvorak's Cello Concerto), Jae Han (Beethoven's Piano Concerto no. 4, Elizabeth Merill (Barber's "Knoxvill Summer of 1915"), Nancy Pontius (Rosauro's Marimba Concerto), and Katharine Roller (Bellini's "Oh! quante volte"). Neal Hampton, director. Tickets $10-$5, available online or by calling 781-736-3400.
October 6 - January 9
On Equal Terms: Women in Trades 30 Years StrongWomen’s Studies Research Center
The WSRC recognizes the 30th anniversary of the historic legislation that opened the construction industry to women with a mixed-media installation by Susan Eisenberg (an artist, poet, activist, WSRC scholar, and master electrician), that combines realistic and fanciful works of art with personal testimonies. For a preview video of the exhibition, click here. Visit the Brandeis news page for a schedule of related events, including a tradeswomen conference and a poetry reading.
Wednesday, October 8
Music at Noon: Lydian String Quartet
Rose Art Museum
12 p.m.
Put the work day on pause and enjoy the world-renowned Lydian String Quartet at the Rose Art Museum. The quartet's special flair and interpretive mastery of standard and contmporary repertoire has won the ensemble prizes at international competitions including the presitgious Namburg Award for Chamber Music. Free with museum admission.
Sunday, October 12
Jazz at the Rose: Jon Damian Trio
Rose Art Museum
2 p.m.
Berklee guitarist Jon Damian is October's jazz artist at the Rose, part of the second Sunday series. Free with museum admission.
October 16 - 18
Intercultural Residency Series: Shubha Mudgal
MusicUnitesUs presents virtuoso Indian singer Shubha Mudgal, whose richly textured voice takes the listener on a musical journey that draws inspiration from medieval Sufi poetry, romantic love, and the paradoxes of modern life. For a complete residency schedule, including film screenings and an improvisation workshop, visit MusicUnitesUs.
October 16 - 26
Saturday Night
Spingold Theater Center
In this musical comedy set in 1929, five Brooklyn buddies spend each weekend on their front porch, dreaming of glamour girls and the nightlife of Manhattan. When Gene risks their savings to impress a young actress, will their dreams crash - or be rescued by friendship? Book by Julius J. Epstein; music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Based on the play Front Porch in Flatbush. Directed by Eric Hill. Tickets $16-$20, available online or by calling 781-736-3400.
Thursday, October 16
Opening Reception for On Equal Terms
Women’s Studies Research Center
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Celebrate the exhibition opening as well as the contributions of women in construction and their allies, who have kept affirmative action alive for the past three decades. For a preview video of the exhibition, click here.
Saturday, October 18
World Music Concert: Shubha Mudgal
Slosberg Music Center
8 p.m.
From a living tradition extending back thousands of years, Shubha Mudgal explores the hidden passageways of the soul, balancing extraordinary discipline and breathtaking virtuosity with the improvisation of the imagination. Mudgal and musicians Aneesh Pradhan (tabla) Sudhir Nayak (harmonium), and Murad Ali (sarangi) illuminate the beloved Hindustani styles, from the profound beauty of Khyal to the sensuous imagery of Thumri. Preconcert talk at 7 p.m. in the Rose Art Museum by George Ruckert, senior lecturer in music, MIT. Tickets $10-$25, available online or by calling 781-736-3400.
Friday, October 24
Marquee Series: Northern Lights
Slosberg Music Center
8:00 p.m.
Northern Lights performs an eclectic blend of traditional bluegrass and "newgrass," with touches of jazz, blues, rock, gospel, classical, and Western swing. "An original risk-taking bluegrass/newgrass act, Northern Lights shines." --Billboard. Tickets $10-$25, available online or by calling 781-736-3400.
Sunday, October 26
The Music of Edwin Geist
Slosberg Music Center
2 p.m.
German soprano Verena Rein joins Boston musicians and Brandeis students for a tribute to composer Edwin Geist (1902 - 1944), who died in the Holocaust. Klaus Harer of the German Cultural Forum for Eastern Europe, biographer Reinhard Kaiser, Geist's niece Rosian Zerner, and Bret Werb, musicologist at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, discuss Geist's life and work. For more information, visit the Center for German and European Studies. Seats are limited; to reserve, call Brandeis Tickets: 781-736-3400.
Thursday, October 30
Stan Brakhage Film Screening
Rose Art Museum
7:00 p.m.
As part of the Drawing on Film exhibition, the Rose presents a rare screening of hand-painted 16mm films by Stan Brakhage: Glaze of Cathexis (1990) 3 min.; Night Music (1986) 30 sec.; Rage Net (1988) 1 min.; and Microgarden (2001) 3 min. The program will screen several times throughout the hour. $5 suggested donation. Space is limited and reservations are recommended. Send an e-mail to Emily Mello or call 781-736-3429.
Ongoing
Through December 14
Invisible Rays: The Surrealism Effect
Project for a New American Century
Drawing on Film
Rose Art Museum
The surrealist preoccupation with dream states, the unconscious, and the blending of objects and ideas from different disciplines and cultures has had a profound influence on artistic practices. Drawing from the Rose’s extraordinary collection of modern and contemporary art, Invisible Rays includes work by Surrealists Yves Tanguy, Salvador Dalí, and Jean Cocteau, and artists influenced by Surrealists such as Jackson Pollock, Elizabeth Murray, and Fred Tomaselli.
Project for a New American Century showcases new acquisitions, including work by Matthew Antezzo, Roy Arden, Joanne Greenbaum, David Reed, Beat Streuli, Jim Hyde, and Jessica Stockholder.
Drawing on Film surveys the practice of “direct film” -- the process of drawing, scratching, or otherwise manipulating film stock to create images without a camera. The series presents works from the late 1930s to the present, along with special screenings.
The Art Behind the Portrait
Goldfarb Library
Inspired by the library's collection of photographer Carl Van Vechten's African American portraits, this display highlights African American luminaries such as Sammy Davis, Jr., Harry Belafonte, and Billie Holiday. Display created by Gail Goldspiel ’09 and produced by Lisa Zeidenberg, arts and culture librarian. Creative Arts, Farber Library, Level 2.
Brandeis in Lights: Legends of Stage, Screen, and Song
Goldfarb Library
This exhibit highlights notable aspects of Brandeis's early music and theater programs; it also showcases the personal collections of important figures in theater, film, and musical composition. Come for a glimpse of the artistic impresarios associated with Brandeis ... and for a close look at Oscar. The Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department, Goldfarb Library, Level 2