PURCHASE COLLEGE FEBRUARY 2008
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Friday, February 1
David Schwarz Project 8 Functioning as a project space for the Neuberger Museum’s exhibition Person of the Crowd, the Contemporary Art of Flânerie, the School of Art+Design presents a selection of participating artists from the museum exhibition which examines the role of the artist-flâneur in cities around the world. In keeping with the campus-wide theme of the African Diaspora, the artists in this exhibition specifically approach the degree to which their African and African-American cultural backgrounds and influences have affected how “they join street life in order to make art about postmodern cities…and the people who inhabit them.” M-F, 9 AM-5 PM, Richard & Dolly Maass Gallery, Art+Design Bldg. Free. 914-251-6750. Through March 13.
Admissions Information Session includes a presentation and question-and-answer session with an Admissions Representative, a walking tour of campus, and a visit to a residence hall. Reservations required. 10 AM & 2 PM, Buffer Room, Administration Bldg. Free. For reservations, 914-251-6300 or www.purchase.edu/visit. Sessions also on Feb. 4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 18, 20, 23, 25 & 27 at 10 AM, and Feb. 15, 22 & 29 at 10 AM & 2 PM.
Purchase Opera presents Mozart’s comedy of manners Cosi Fan Tutte. In the course of 24 hours, the fiancés of two sisters pretend to have gone off to war, but instead disguise themselves to try to seduce the other sister. Many of the arias rank among Mozart’s best. 7 PM, Humanities Theatre, Durst Family Humanities Bldg. $8, $6 children. 914-251-5909. Also on Feb. 2.
BFA Dance Concert Marie Doherty, Abby Geartner, Carlyn Hudson and Kyleigh Sackandy produce and present their Senior Project Dance Concert featuring repertory performances and original choreography in ballet and modern dance. 8 PM, Dance Theatre Lab, Dance Bldg. $5, $3 students, at the door, cash or check only. 914-251-6800. Also on Feb. 2.
An Evening with Branford Marsalis 8 PM, The Performing Arts Ctr. $50, $40, $30. 914-251-6200 or www.artscenter.org.
Saturday, February 2
Free First Saturday Discover art with the whole family. 1 PM, Neuberger Museum. 914-251-6100.
Tuesday, February 5
Science in the Modern World Lecture Dr. Jessie Stone, physician and director of the non-profit organization Soft Power Health, will discuss “Preventing Malaria in Uganda.” 7 PM, The Performing Arts Ctr. Free. 914-251-6601.
Wednesday, February 6
School of the Arts Tour Starting at the Office of Admissions, these are tours specifically designed to view the Conservatories of Theatre Arts & Film, Music and Dance and the School of Art+Design. Reservations required. 1 PM. For reservations, 914-251-6300 or www.purchase.edu/visit. Tours also on Feb. 13, 20 & 27.
Friday, February 8
Purchase Repertory Theatre presents Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, directed by David Bassuk. Madame Ranevskaya has chased her lover across Europe and returns to find that her beloved Russian estate, with its beautiful orchard, will soon be auctioned. Characters from her old world collide comically and then retreat into fantastic daydreams. Chekhov’s masterpiece is both a comic and tragic portrait of a world on the brink of destruction. 8 PM, The Performing Arts Ctr. $20, $15, seniors & students. 914-251-6200 or www.artscenter.org. Also on Feb. 9, 14, 15 & 16 at 8 PM; Feb. 10 & 16 at 2 PM.
BFA Dance Concert Claire Allen, Chanelle Lagacé and Rachel Talley produce and present their Senior Project Dance Concert featuring repertory performances and original choreography in ballet and modern dance. 8 PM, Dance Theatre Lab, Dance Bldg. $5, $3 for students, at the door, cash or check only. 914-251-6800. Also on Feb. 9.
Saturday, February 9
Budapest Festival Orchestra 8 PM, The Performing Arts Ctr. $70, $60, $50, $40. 914-251-6200 or www.artscenter.org
Sunday, February 10
Trinity Irish Dance Company 5 PM, The Performing Arts Ctr. $50, $40, $30. 914-251-6200 or www.artscenter.org.
Monday, February 11
Noon Music Voice and Opera students perform. 12 Noon, Recital Hall, Music Bldg. Free. 914-251-6700. Also on Feb. 25.
Tuesday, February 12
Jewish Studies Lecture Archaeologist and author Jodi Magness will discuss “The Archaelology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls.” The Dead Sea Scrolls are a collection of over 900 scrolls from caves around the site of Qumran, on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea. The scrolls represent the library of a Jewish sect that lived at Qumran. This slide-illustrated lecture examines the lifestyle and beliefs of this sect based on information from the archaeological remains at Qumran and from the scrolls. 7:30 PM, Humanities Theatre, Durst Family Humanities Bldg. Free. 914-251-6516.
Talk Cinema Preview an independent or foreign film before its release. 7 PM, The Performing Arts Ctr. $20. 914-251-6200 or www.artscenter.org.
Wednesday, February 13
Art Sandwiched-In An informal talk and gallery tour of Person of the Crowd, with exhibition curator and Museum Director Thom Collins. 12 Noon, Neuberger Museum. Free with Museum admission. 914-251-6100.
New Media Lecture Artist and educator Amy Franceschini will discuss research-based projects that look at how the local relates to larger global issues. She will present works she has collaborated on with Futurefarmers and Free Soil that question the role of technology in art and in our every day lives. Co-sponsored by the New Media program and the Neuberger Museum of Art. 6:30 PM, Neuberger Museum. Free. 914-251-6100.
Friday, February 15
BFA Dance Concert Chad Dawson, Yun-tzu Chang, Kazuha Ota and Rebecca Rudolf produce and present their Senior Project Dance Concert featuring repertory performances and original choreography in ballet and modern dance. 8 PM, Dance Theatre Lab, Dance Bldg. $5, $3 students, at the door, cash or check only. 914-251-6800. Also on Feb. 16.
Saturday, February 16
Brian Stokes Mitchell 8 PM, The Performing Arts Ctr. $65, $55, $45. 914-251-6200 or www.artscenter.org.
Sunday, February 17
Emanuel Ax 3 PM, The Performing Arts Ctr. $65, $55, $45, $35.
Thursday, February 21
Day Breaks Exploring the African Art Collection, an afternoon of creativity for children ages 4-8. 1 PM, Neuberger Museum. $8 children, $3 adults. Reservations required. 914-251-6113.
Friday, February 22
BFA Dance Concert Kendell Dempster, Serge Desroches Jr., Quincy Junor and Milan Misko produce and present their Senior Project Dance Concert featuring repertory performances and original choreography in ballet and modern dance. 8 PM, Dance Theatre Lab, Dance Bldg. $5, $3 students, at the door, cash or check only. 914-251-6800. Also on Feb. 23.
Classical Theatre of Harlem presents Romeo & Juliet. 8 PM, The Performing Arts Ctr. $40, $30. 914-251-6200 or www.artscenter.org. Also on Feb. 23.
Sunday, February 24
Kronos Quartet with the Purchase College Chorus perform Terry Riley’s Sun Rings, an evening-length work in 10 movements. This multimedia production, featuring sounds and images from space, was commissioned for Kronos by NASA and draws on sounds harvested by NASA from our solar system. 3 PM, The Performing Arts Ctr. $45, $35, $25. 914-251-6200 or www.artscenter.org.
Wednesday, February 27
Visiting Artists Concert with the New Jersey Percussion Ensemble. The program features Mario Davidovsky’s Synchronisms No. 5, Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Mikrophenie I and more. 8 PM, Recital Hall, Music Bldg. Free. 914-251-6700.
Friday, February 29
Purchase Symphony Orchestra presents From the African Diaspora, with guest conductor Tania León, award-winning composer and conductor and visiting artist-in-residence. The evening’s program includes a world premiere of a new work by Ms. León, commissioned by the Purchase College Conservatory of Music with the support of the New York State Music Fund; Revueltas’s Sensemaya; Ginastera’s Dances from Estancia; Ellington’s Black, Brown & Beige; and Concerto, featuring the winner of the 2007-2008 Concerto Competition. 8 PM, The Performing Arts Ctr. $20. 914-251-6200 or www.artscenter.org.
BFA Dance Concert Brittany Dreher, Eleanor Erdman, Jacqueline Kilgore, Pamela Perkins and Carly Whitehead produce and present their Senior Project Dance Concert featuring repertory performances and original choreography in ballet and modern dance. 8 PM, Dance Theatre Lab, Dance Bldg. $5, $3 students, at the door, cash or check only. 914-251-6800. Also on March 1.
Purchase Repertory Theatre presents Derek Walcott’s The Odyssey, directed by Woody King. With its inspired interweaving of Homeric Caribbean themes, Walcott’s play springs from the same imaginative sources as his epic poem Omeros. With its vast sweep and richly figurative language, The Odyssey confirms that Nobel Prize winner Walcott is as compelling a playwright as he is a poet. 8 PM, The Performing Arts Ctr. $20, $15, seniors & students. 914-251-6200 or www.artscenter.org. Also on March 1, 6, 7 & 8 at 8 PM; March 2 & 8 at 2 PM.
NEUBERGER MUSEUM OF ART EXHIBITIONS
Person of the Crowd: The Contemporary Art of Flânerie
Through April 13, 2008
Collaborative Compositions: A Portfolio for Merce Cunningham
Through March 16, 2008
Show & Tell: Universal Symbols Reinterpreted
Through March 16, 2008
African Art & Culture: Selections from the Collection of the Neuberger Museum of Art
Ongoing
UPCOMING EVENT
March 31
James Moody & Friends in Concert The legendary jazz saxophonist headlines the annual “Moody & Friends” concert to benefit the James Moody Scholarship Fund at Purchase College. Joining Moody on stage this year will be Howard Alden, guitar; Bill Charlap, piano; Todd Coolman, bass; Eldar, piano; Paquito D’Rivera, clarinet; Roberta Gambarini, vocals; Jon Faddis, trumpet; Roy Hargrove, trumpet; Antonio Hart, alto saxophone; Russell Malone, guitar; Jeremy Monteiro, piano; and Najee, saxophone. 7:30 PM, B.B. King Blues Club & Grill, 237 West 42nd, Street, New York City. For tickets, call 914-251-6200 or visit www.artscenter.org. For more information, visit www.jamesmoodyscholarship.com