Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton This Week at the Lewis Center

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Week of November 4, 2012

Moya Brennan - the Voice of Clannad - with Family and Friends

Screening and Talk by German Filmmaker Ute Aurand

Visual Arts Lecture by Painter Josephine Halvorson

Fund for Irish Studies Lecture with Judith Hill

Fall Show - Der Bourgeois Bigwig

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Monday, November 5 at 5:00 PM

Moya Brennan - the Voice of Clannad - with Family and Friends

Moya BrennanMoya Brennan, a Grammy Award-winning musician, singer, and songwriter, will give a concert at the Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall at Princeton University on November 5 at 5:00 p.m. Brennan is the lead vocalist for the Grammy Award-winning Irish band Clannad, known around the world for its blend of musical styles with traditional Irish music. Moya Brennan - the Voice of Clannad - with Family and Friends, is co-presented by the University's Lewis Center for the Arts Performance Central Series, the Index of Christian Art, and the Fund for Irish Studies, is free and open to the public. Advance tickets are gone, however tickets may be available at the door.


Wednesday, November 7 at 4:30 PM

Screening and Talk by German Filmmaker Ute Aurand

Junge Kiefern (Young Pines)Princeton University’s Film Studies Committee and the Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Visual Arts will screen Ute Aurand’s recent film, Junge Kiefern (Young Pines), and present a talk by the German filmmaker on Wednesday, November 7 at 4:30 p.m. in the James M. Stewart ’32 Theater at 185 Nassau Street.�The presentation, the 2012 John Sacret Young ‘69 Lecture, is free and open to the public.


Wednesday, November 7 at 6:30 PM

Visual Arts Lecture by Painter Josephine Halvorson

Josephine HalvorsonThe Program in Visual Arts presents the Fall Lecture Series, featuring faculty members in the Program in Visual Arts. Painter Josephine Halvorson will continue the series on Wednesday, November 7. Halvorson began teaching at Princeton in 2011 and comes to Princeton from The Cooper Union where she teaches Advanced Painting. She also currently serves as a Core Critic in the MFA program at Yale University, and as a Visiting Critic in the MFA program at Columbia University. The series concludes with filmmaker Su Friedrich on December 5. The lectures take place in the James M. Stewart '32 Theater at 185 Nassau Street at 6:30 PM and are free and open to the public.


Friday, November 9 at 4:30 PM

Lecture on "Brickbats and Love: Lady Gregory's Encounter with America on the Abbey Theater Tour of 1911-12" by Irish Historian Judith Hill

Judith HillIrish historian and biographer Judith Hill will present a lecture entitled, "Brickbats and Love: Lady Gregory's Encounter with America on the Abbey Theatre Tour of 1911-12" on Friday, November 9 at 4:30 p.m. at the Lewis Center for the Arts' James M. Stewart '32 Theater, 185 Nassau Street. The lecture is part of a series presented by Princeton University's Fund for Irish Studies. The event is free and open to the public.


Friday, November 9, 10 & 15 - 17 at 8:00 PM

Fall Show - Der Bourgeois Bigwig

Der Bourgeois BigwigThe Lewis Center for the Arts' Program in Theater in collaboration with the Department of Music will present a lavish world premiere of Der Bourgeois Bigwig on November 9, 10, 15, 16 and 17 at 8:00 p.m. at the Berlind Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center. Der Bourgeois Bigwig is a new adaptation by James Magruder of the Molière comedy Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme written to complement Richard Strauss' well-known orchestral suite and incidental music from 1912. This outrageous comedy is directed by Tim Vasen, Director of the Program in Theater, with the Department of Music's Michael Pratt conducting the Princeton University Orchestra. The project is made possible in part through the university's Arts Initiative program. Tickets are $10 students and seniors, and $15 general admission and may be ordered by calling University Ticketing at 609.258.9220 or the McCarter Box Office at 609.258.2787.


A Look Ahead

Glazed and Confused - Painting and Ceramics Class Exhibit

Glazed and ConfusedThe Program in Visual Arts presents Glazed and Confused, the Fall 2012 Painting and Ceramics Class Exhibit, a group show featuring work by students in VIS 203 - Introductory Painting, VIS 471 - Painting Without Canvas and VIS 331 - Ceramic Sculpture. The exhibition will be on view November 13 - 21 with an opening reception on Tuesday, November 13 at 4:00 PM in the Lucas Gallery. Gallery open weekdays 10 AM - 4:30 PM. This event is free and open to the public.

Reading by Denis Johnson and Tom Sleigh

Denis Johnson and Tom Sleigh On Wednesday, November 14, two writers whose work spans the breadth of poetry, fiction, journalism and playwriting will read from their works as part of the Althea Ward Clark W'21 Reading Series of the Program in Creative Writing at the Lewis Center for the Arts. Princeton student Maia ten Brink will also read from her poetry. The reading, beginning at 4:30 p.m. at the Berlind Theatre at the McCarter Theatre Center, is free and open to the public.

Open Studios

Open StudiosThe Program in Visual Arts at Princeton University's Lewis Center for the Arts will open the studios of junior and senior certificate students on November 20 from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. at the Lewis Center, 185 Nassau Street. Also on view starting November 13 and running through November 21 is an exhibition, Glazed and Confused, presenting new student work in painting and ceramics in the Center's Lucas Gallery. The exhibition and studio visit are free and open to the public.�

 

The Lewis Center for the Arts encompasses Princeton University's academic programs in creative writing, dance, theater, and visual arts, as well as the interdisciplinary Princeton Atelier. The Center represents a major initiative of President Shirley M. Tilghman to fully embrace the arts as an essential part of the educational experience for all who study and teach at Princeton. Over 100 diverse public performances, exhibitions, readings, and lectures are offered each year, most of them free. For more information about the Lewis Center for the Arts visit princeton.edu/arts.


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