Arts
& Entertainment
Penn State Intercom......November
8, 2001
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| This artwork by Tyler Hewitt is part of the "Conceptual Counterpoints" exhibition of mixed-media work on display in the McLanahan and Sheetz Galleries in the Community Arts Center at Penn State Altoona. The exhibit continues through Dec. 14. |
Dance, theatre performances
Two showcases featuring dance and theater are scheduled at Penn State Abington.
The annual fall dance concert, featuring members of Penn State Abington's dance troupe, will be performed at 8 p.m. Nov. 15 and 16 on the Mezzanine of the Physical Education Building.
Tickets are $5 for adults and $1 for children under 12 years of age.
The Penn State Abington Theatre Group Showcase will present Ntozake Shange's "for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf" at 8 p.m. Nov. 29 through Dec. 1 and 2 p.m. Dec. 2 in the Sutherland Auditorium, Helen Buck O'Neill Stage.
Tickets are $8 per person. A free preview and open dress rehearsal will be held Nov. 29.
For information, call (215) 881-7368.
Silent movie lecture
The magic of silent movies and organ music will be featured during a lecture and recital at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18, in the Sutherland Auditorium at Penn State Abington.
"Broken Blossoms," starring Lillian Gish, will be the focus of a lecture by Moylan C. Mills, professor emeritus of integrative arts. Organist Wayne Zimmerman, who has played theater organs from coast to coast, will provide the music using an authentic theater organ.
The concert is free to the public.
For information and reservations, call (215) 881-7368.
'Promise of a Love Song'
The Center for the Performing Arts presents "Promise of a Love Song" -- a trio of cultural perspectives woven into a musical play -- at 8 p.m. Saturday,
Nov. 10, in Eisenhower Auditorium on the University Park campus.
"Promise of a Love Song" brings together three distinctly different theater companies in a collaboration aimed at helping to transcend hatred, violence, prejudice and discrimination at the University and in the community. The three-part play features Pregones Theater, a Puerto Rican cultural group based in the Bronx; Junebug Productions, an African-American company from New Orleans; and Roadside Theater, which mines the heritage of the central Appalachians from its home along the Kentucky-Virginia border.
Prices are $20 for general audience members; $15 for students; $5 for University Park students; and $10 for children 12 and younger. For tickets, group sales or information, call the Arts Ticket Center at (814) 863-0255 or
(800) ARTS-TIX, or check the Web at http://www.cpa.psu.edu/.
Live audio description is available at no additional charge to ticket
holders.
Fall concert
The Penn State University Choir, under the direction of Tony Leach, assistant professor of music, will perform its annual fall concert at 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, in Esber Recital Hall, Music Building I, on the University Park campus. The theme of the concert is "A Call to Remembrance" and is dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Sept. 11 tragedy in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Shanksville. Tickets are $2 for students and $4 for non-students and may be purchased in advance or at the door.
Bach's Lunch
Essence of Joy will perform selections from its program "Time for Healing" as part of the Bach's Lunch concert at
12:10 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, in Eisenhower Chapel on the University Park campus.
Student soloists will include Keith Morris, Alana Arbe-Blakey, Ingrid Perez and Fran Betlyon. Tony Leach, assistant professor of music, is director of Essence of Joy, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary during the 2001-2002 academic year.
In addition, the Penn State Mallet Ensemble will perform at the Bach's Lunch concert at 12:10 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, at the same location. The ensemble is under the direction of Dan Armstrong, professor of music.
The free, 20-minute concerts are sponsored jointly by the Lutheran Student Association and the School of Music. After the concert, audience members may take their bag lunches to the Memorial Lounge in Eisenhower Chapel. Coffee and tea will be provided.
Opera Theatre
The Penn State Opera Theatre will feature scenes from a new opera by Victoria Bond, "Mrs. Satan," in its fall scenes production, "Opera Intermezzo" on Thursday, Nov. 15, Friday, Nov. 16, and Saturday, Nov. 17, in Esber Recital Hall, Music Building I, on the University Park campus. Each performance will begin at 8 p.m.
This reading of portions of "Mrs. Satan" is staged by Susan Boardman, director of the Penn State Opera Theatre. The program also includes scenes from other productions. Tickets are $4 and may be purchased at the door or by calling (814) 865-0431.
Portrait exhibit
A new exhibit, "'When Two or More Are Gathered Together': Groups and Composite Images from the B. and H. Henisch Photo-History Collection," is on display through March 30 in the University Libraries' B. and H. Henisch Photo-History Collection Exhibit Room, 201A Pattee Library on the University Park campus. The exhibit features mid-19th- to early-20th-century portraits of couples and groups and includes daguerreotypes, tintypes, cartes-de-visite (photographic portraits mounted on 3.5-by-2.25-inch cards), prints on paper and photo albums.
For more information, contact Ann Copeland at auc1@psulias.psu.edu or (814) 865-1755. For more on the Henisch collection, check the Web at http://www.libraries.psu.edu/crsweb/speccol/henisch.htm.