Arts
& Entertainment
Penn State Intercom......January
24, 2002
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Doll enthusiasts
may want to mark their calendars as the HUB-Robeson Gallery and
the Philadelphia Doll Museum collaborate to bring the exhibit "Historical
and Contemporary Black Dolls" to the University Park campus. Above,
Ann Shields, senior gallery manager, prepares part of the exhibit
for its opening on Jan. 25. The exhibit continues through March
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Multiple exhibits at Zoller
"Things About Things," currently on display at Zoller Gallery on the University Park campus, features the works of Kaersten Colvin-Woodruff, assistant professor of fine art at Clarion University; Robert Raczka, associate professor of art at Allegheny College; and Owen Smith, associate professor of art history at the University of Maine.
The works, exhibited through Jan. 27, present the fused relationship between aesthetic and concept art.
Upcoming gallery exhibits include an installation by visiting Japanese artist Wantanabe Koichi, from Feb. 1 to 14; and an Undergraduate Juried Exhibition featuring the work of selected students who took art courses during the 2001-2002 academic year, which will be open Feb. 20 through
March 12.
For information, visit http://www.sva.psu.edu/zoller/.
'Merry Widow' to waltz in
The London City Opera's production of "The Merry Widow" will be presented at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1, at Eisenhower Auditorium on the University Park campus.
The operetta, brimming with intrigue, political chicanery and romance, evokes the spirit of Paris at the turn of the 20th century.
Tickets are $39 and $29 for general audience members; $34 and $26 for students; $24 and $16 for University Park students; and $12 and $8 for children 12 and younger.
Artistic Viewpoints is offered in the Eisenhower Auditorium Conference Room one hour before the performance and is free for ticket-holders.
For tickets and information, call (814) 863-0255 or (800) ARTS-TIX or visit http://www.cpa.psu.edu.
Piano concert
Classical pianist/composer Richard Kastle will perform at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 4, in the Quiet Lounge of the Study Learning Center at Penn State Worthington Scranton.
The event is free to the public.
For more information, call (570) 963-2700.
Topography inspires paintings
Koichi Watanabe, associate professor of art at Fukushima University in Japan and visiting artist and scholar at the University, will present an exhibition of his paintings, "On an Earth," Jan. 28 through Feb. 14 in Zoller Gallery on the University Park campus.
The exhibition features works inspired by North American topography viewed from 37,000 feet.
For information, visit http://www.sva.psu.edu/zoller/.
Opera lecture
Moylan C. Mills, professor emeritus of integrative arts, will discuss "Madame Butterfly" at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24, in 112 Woodland Building on the Penn State Abington campus.
This is a part of the "An Afternoon with the Arts" lecture series, held before the opening of this season's featured operas of the Philadelphia Opera Company.
Pre-registration for the lecture is required. Tickets are $8. For information, call (215) 881-7368.
Posters celebrate King, history
"Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. and Black History Month," an exhibit featuring 18 posters designed by students and a selection of prints from the University Libraries collection of historical Black Experience posters, will be on display through March 4 in the Pattee Library exhibit area on the University Park campus.
The student posters
were created in Lanny Sommese's
Art 470, "Time and Sequence" course. The other posters are selections
from the Libraries' collection, begun in the 1960s when the Libraries
joined with other University departments to produce posters and displays
celebrating Black History Month (previously Black Experience Month) during
February.
For information, call (814) 865-0401.
Exhibits celebrate black history
The University Libraries' Diversity Studies Room, 109 Pattee Library on the University Park campus, is featuring three exhibits in conjunction with the upcoming Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Black History Month -- "John Biggers," "Charles L. Blockson" and "Paul Robeson" -- as well as the additional exhibit "Sketches from Todi: a Study Abroad Experience," all through March 13.
The Blockson exhibit features photographs and novels by the writer of The Underground Railroad and many other notable works. Blockson is curator of the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection at Temple University.
Robeson was a scholar, actor, athlete and singer. The exhibit features photographs, musical recordings, videos and autographed books.
Biggers' murals are reflections of his childhood in the South during the Great Depression, his experiences as a student and as a recipient of the UNESCO fellowship allowing him to study in West Africa.
"Sketches from Todi: a Study Abroad Experience" contains artwork made by students and faculty members who participated in the Education Abroad Program in Todi, Italy, during the summer of 2001.
For information, check http://www.libraries.psu.edu/pubinfo/events.html.
Award-winning pianist
Marvin Hamlisch to play March 1 
Composer, conductor and pianist Marvin Hamlisch will be on stage at 8 p.m. Friday, March 1, at The Bryce Jordan Center on the University Park campus. Tickets are $39.50 and $36.50 for intimate, theatre-style seating. Group rates are available by calling (814) 863-1812.
Hamlisch's life in music is notable for its great versatility as well as substance. Best known as a composer, Hamlisch has written major works for film, stage, recordings and concert halls. As conductor, he has led the great orchestras of the world, and as a pianist and entertainer, he has performed both with ensembles and in solo capacity.
Hamlisch has won virtually every major award that exits: three Oscars, four Grammies, four Emmys, a Tony and three Golden Globe awards; his groundbreaking show, "A Chorus Line," received the Pulitzer Prize. He is the composer of more than 40 motion picture scores including "The Way We Were" and his adaptation of Scott Joplin's music for "The Sting." Among the Broadway shows Hamlisch has composed are "They're Playing Our Song" and "The Goodbye Girl."
Tickets are available at The Bryce Jordan Ticket Center, Eisenhower Auditorium, select Uni-Marts, Commonwealth Campus ticket outlets, by phone at (814) 865-5555 and (800) 863-3336, or online at http://www.bjc.psu.edu/.