Arts
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Brad White and Laura Ames perform in "Angels in America." The play, by Tony Kushner, takes place April 12 through 20 at The Playhouse on the University Park campus. For tickets, call (814) 863-0255. Photo: Greg Grieco |
'Dido and Aeneas'
The Penn State Opera Theatre and the Penn State Chamber Orchestra will present Henry Purcell's "Dido and Aeneas" at
8 p.m. Friday, April 12, and Saturday,
April 13, in Eisenhower Auditorium on the University Park Campus.
The vocal ensemble Sine Nomine will join the students to sing the choruses.
Admission is $10 for adults and $4.50 for students. Tickets are available at the Eisenhower ticket office.
Organ recital
Ann Marie Rigler will give an organ recital at 8 p.m. Sunday, April 14, in Esber Recital Hall on the University Park campus.
This will be Rigler's first recital at the University since joining the School of Music faculty in August 2001.
Admission is free to the public.
Mallet Ensemble concert
The Penn State Mallet Ensemble will present its annual spring concert at 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 16, in Esber Recital Hall on the University Park campus.
The concert is free to the public.
Centre Dimensions concert
Centre Dimensions will give its final
concert of the year at 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 17, in Esber Recital Hall on the University Park campus.
Tickets are $4 for adults and $2 for students and may be purchased at the door.
Philharmonic Orchestra concert
The Philharmonic Orchestra will give a concert at 8 p.m. Monday, April 15, in Eisenhower Auditorium on the University Park campus.
Admission is $4.50 for the general public and $2.50 for students.
Glee Club concert
The Glee Club will present the annual Blue and White Concert at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 20, in Schwab Auditorium on the University Park campus.
The concert is dedicated to the memory of Frank Gullo, director of the Glee Club from 1942 to 1967. The performance will include returning alumni, selections by the Hi-Lo's and two varsity quartets.
Tickets are $7 for general admission. Students with Penn State ID cards will
be admitted free. For tickets, call
(814) 863-0255.
For information on the Glee Club, visit http://www.clubs.psu.edu/gleeclub.
Holocaust memorial events
A number of events are taking place at the HUB-Robeson Center and other locations on the University Park campus in conjun ction with Anne Frank exhibit. The schedule follows:
* Through April 30: Handmade Holocaust books by Mount Nittany Middle School eighth-grade students will be exhibited.
* April 16, 18, 23, 24: Witness to Genocide readings and monologues will be held at 12:30 and 5:30 p.m.
* April 14: Conversations with Trudy Lipowsky and Beno Weiss, "Children of the Camps," will be at 4:30 p.m.
* April 17: Staged reading of the play "The Diary of Anne Frank" begins at 7:30 p.m. in the HUB-Robeson Auditorium. Free tickets are available at the HUB information desk.
* April 18: Stephen Feinstein will lecture on "Anne Frank and Others: Reflections On the Uses of Narrations and Art in Holocaust Memory" from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the HUB-Robeson Auditorium. Feinstein is director of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the University of Minnesota.
* April 19: Peter Hohendahl will lecture on "The Theory of the Public Sphere Revisited" at 4 p.m. in 102 Weaver Building. Hohendahl is Schurman professor of German and comparative literature at Cornell University.
* April 23: Nelly Toll will present "Imagining a Better World: Pictures by a Child in Hiding in Nazi-Occupied Poland, 1943," at 7:30 p.m. in the Lipcon Auditorium, Palmer Museum of Art. Like Anne Frank, Nelly Toll was concealed as a child during the Holocaust.
Visit http://www.sa.psu.edu/galleries for calendar updates and additions.
Gospel singer Bill Gaither is set to
return with Homecoming Concert
Gospel singer Bill Gaither will present the Gaither Homecoming Concert at 7 p.m. Friday, June 7, at The Bryce Jordan Center on the University Park campus.
Scheduled to appear are the Gaither Vocal Band, Russ Taff, Talley Trio, The Easters, Jessy Dixon, Anthony Burger, Janet Paschal, Ben Speer, The Martins, Ivan Parker, Kevin Williams, Hoppers, Lynda Randle, Jake Hess and Taylor Mason.
Tickets are $28.50 for Artist Circle and $19.50 for reserved seating. Tickets for children 2-12 years old, senior citizens 60 and older and groups of 20 or more will be $16.50. Infants younger than 2 years old attend for free.
Tickets can be purchased at the Bryce Jordan Ticket Center, Eisenhower Auditorium, selected Uni-Mart ticket outlets, Commonwealth Campus ticket outlets, by calling (814) 865-5555 and (800) 863-3336 or online at http://www.bjc.psu.edu.