Arts & Entertainment
Penn State Intercom......January 23, 2003

Ron Hand, exhibition designer at the Palmer Museum of Art on the University Park campus, puts the finishing touches on the signage for the exhibit "Rodin's Obsession: The Gates of Hell, Selections from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Collection." These works, by sculptor Auguste Rodin, will be on display in the museum through June 1. Photo: Greg Grieco

"A Passion for Quilts," an exhibit by the Centre Pieces Quilt Guild, will be on display in the HUB Gallery of the HUB-Robeson Center on the University Park campus through March 18. A reception will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Jan. 24. For information on this and other exhibits on the University Park campus, visit http://www.sa.psu.edu/galleries.

Liza, Globetrotters to light up Happy Valley

A legendary cabaret singer and a legendary basketball team will headline in February at The Bryce Jordan Center on the University Park campus.

Singer/actress Liza Minnelli will present a concert at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 23.

The crowd-pleasing Harlem Globetrotters will make an appearance on their 2003 "Reclaiming the Game" World Tour at 7 p.m. Feb. 24.

Minnelli has won three Tony Awards, an Oscar, two Golden Globe Awards, an Emmy and a special Grammy. In October, Minnelli released her CD, "Liza's Back!" which was recorded during her seven-night, sold-out stand at New York City's Beacon Theatre this past May.

Reserved tickets cost $45, $55 and $75.

After having played in more than 117 nations in the team's 76-year history, the Harlem Globetrotters were recently inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. The team secured its 21,000th career win on Jan. 13, defeating its exhibition opponents, the New York Nationals, by a score of 107-52.

Reserved Globetrotter tickets cost $17, $21.50 and $63.50. Children age 2 and younger are admitted free.

Tickets are available at The Bryce Jordan Ticket Center, Eisenhower Auditorium, select Uni-Marts and the Altoona Campus ticket outlet. Call (814) 865-5555 or (800)863-3336 or go online at http://www.bjc.psu.edu.

Recitals

The School of Music has planned the following recitals at the Esber Recital Hall on the University Park campus:

* Friday, Jan. 24, 8 p.m.: Jury Recognition Recital;

* Sunday, Jan. 26, 8 p.m.: Susan Boardman, soprano, faculty recital, with guest artist Mary Hunt of St. Paul, Minn.;

* Monday, Jan. 27, 8 p.m.: Horn Studio Recital; and

* Wednesday, Jan. 29, 8 p.m.: Daryl Durran, bassoon, faculty recital.

Bach's Lunch

The Voice Jury Honors, students from the School of Music, will perform at the Bach's Lunch at 12:10 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 30, at Eisenhower Chapel on the University Park campus.

The 20-minute concert is sponsored by the School of Music and the University Lutheran Campus Ministry. Following the performance, audience members may take their bag lunches to Memorial Lounge of Eisenhower Chapel. Beverage is provided. The concert is free to the public.

U.S. Air Force quintet

The U.S. Air Force Tradewinds Quintet will perform at 2:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24, in the Esber Recital Hall on the University Park campus.

The quintet's repertoire includes a wide variety of chamber works, as well as popular and patriotic pieces. Composed of flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon, the quintet is part of the U.S. Air Force Heritage of America Band, a 60-member band based at Langley Air Force Base, Va.

Admission is free to the public.

Latin jazz coming to Eisenhower

Jazz acoustic bass player Charlie Haden and his bandmates will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 30, at Eisenhower Auditorium on the University Park campus.

Haden will be backed up by pianist Gonzalo Rubalcabo, saxophonist Joe Lovano and violinist Frederico Britos Ruiz.

Haden's album, "Nocturne," won the 2002 Grammy for best Latin jazz album.

Tickets are $28 for general audience members; $16 for full-time University Park students; and $21 for those 18 and younger.

For tickets, call (814) 863-0255 or (800) ARTS-TIX.

Artistic Viewpoints, an informal discussion about the performance that provides insight from an artist or expert perspective, is offered in the Eisenhower Auditorium Conference Room one hour before the performance and is free to ticket holders.

For information, visit http://www.cpa.psu.edu on the Web.

Concert scheduled

The Independence Sinfonia will perform at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 2, in the Sutherland Auditorium, Helen Buck O'Neill Stage, on the Penn State Abington campus.

Admission is free. The snow date for this program is Feb. 9.

For information, call (215) 881-7661.

Library exhibits

Two new exhibits are currently on display in Pattee Library on the University Park campus:

* "Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. and Black History Month," an exhibit featuring posters designed by students, are on display in the Pattee Library exhibit area through March 14.

The student posters were created in Lanny Sommese's Art 470, Time and Sequence course. This annual exercise for Sommese's students exposes them to real world design, with a fixed deadline, client, and prescribed project specifications. Judges from the commemoration planning committee selected graphic design and photography student Roman Shuman's poster to represent the 2003 theme, "We Won't Stop Here." The theme is derived from Dr. King's last speech, delivered in Memphis on the night before he was killed. It emphasizes the need to constantly seek greater justice in our world.

* "A Visual History of African-American Blues, Jazz and Gospel," an exhibit by Jerry Zolten featuring selections from his extensive personal collection, is on display in the Diversity Studies Room, 109 Pattee Library, through March 14.

Zolten, assistant professor of speech communications and American studies at Penn State Altoona, will give a presentation, "African American Blues, Jazz and Gospel," at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12, in the Foster Auditorium, 101 Pattee Library. Following his presentation, he will be available to answer questions and sign copies of his recently released book, Great God A'Mighty! The Dixie Hummingbirds: Celebrating the Rise of Soul Gospel Music, Oxford University Press.

Art for kids

The Art Education Program will sponsor Saturday art classes this spring for students in kindergarten though eighth grade. Interested participants may register now for the nine-week session, which begins Feb. 15 and concludes with a show of student work on April 26. Advanced art education students will teach classes in collaboration with art education faculty and graduate teaching assistants. They will be held in studio classrooms in Patterson Building and the Arts Cottage on the University Park campus. Registration is $65 per student. For more information or to request a registration form, call (814) 865-6570.

Art Alley

"Minimum Wage," photographs by Matthew Gordon, are on display
through March 2 in Art Alley at the HUB-Robeson Center on the University Park campus.

These color photographs document the artist's experiences working at a fast-food restaurant. Gordon is an ndergraduate majoring in art education and drawing/painting. For more information, call the HUB-Robeson galleries at (814) 865-2563 or check the Web at http://www.sa.psu.edu/galleries.

Art on the Move

"The Seniors," photographs by Joel Knepper, will be on display in the exhibit area of Ritenour Building on the University Park campus through March 5.

The photographs honor the differences the photographer discovered between his own generation and the seniors, as well as the qualities that make seniors special. Knepper is a senior majoring in photography. Call Ritenour Information Desk at (814) 865-6556 for viewing hours. For more information call the HUB-Robeson galleries at (814) 865-2563 or check the Web at http://www.sa.psu.edu/galleries.

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