Kiss Me, Kate: A concert performance

The Program in Theater is presenting a concert version of Cole Porter’s classic, “play-within-a-play” musical based on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, Kiss Me, Kate, on Friday, December 7, at 8:30 p.m. and Saturday, December 8, at 2:00 p.m. The production is the senior thesis project of Theater Program certificate students Brad Wilson, who is directing the show, and Catherine Cohen, who is starring as Lilli/Kate. Performances will be held in the Marie and Edward Matthews ’53 Acting Studio at 185 Nassau Street. Tickets are $12 general admission, $10 for students and seniors and may be ordered by calling University Ticketing at 609.258.9220.

Irish Composer Donnacha Dennehy Lectures on "Grá Agus Bás: Love and Death"

Irish composer Donnacha Dennehy will present a lecture entitled, “Grá Agus Bás: Love and Death” on Friday, December 7 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.

Photography and Graphic Design Class Show

The Program in Visual Arts is currently presenting PHOTO/GRAPHIC, an exhibition of new student work in Photography, Graphic Design, and Art for Everyone. The exhibition is free and open to the public and is on view weekdays from 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. through December 14, 2012 in the Lucas Gallery, 185 Nassau Street.

Choreographers in Residence and in Conversation (CIRC)

CIRC artists Ann Carlson, Sharon Moore, and Aynsley Vandenbroucke will reveal some of their useful trade secrets as well as the uncertainties, complexities, dead ends and revelations of their current artistic undertakings. Pizza will be served at 6:15 p.m. with discussion following at approximately 6:30 p.m. in the Patricia and Ward Hagan '48 Dance Studio at 185 Nassau Street. This event is free and open to the public.

An uncreative art experience

This event is the finale for the course Art for Everyone. It will feature work in a range of media such as: performance, video, social media and printed matter. Can anyone be an artist? How do we receive art? Through a range of easily available media, the class explores questions on the democratization of art production and spectacularization of its accessibility. Is this a dreamed-of utopia, a universal banality, or a cultural nightmare? The presentation will begin at 7:30 p.m. on December 11 in the Wilson College Blackbox Theater.

Readings of New Work by Students in Creative Writing

Students in the Program in Creative Writing will present new work at a reading on December 12 at 5:15 p.m. in the Chancellor Green Rotunda. Students from fall workshops in fiction, poetry, nonfiction, screenwriting and literary translation will read from work completed during the past semester. The reading is free and open to the public.

Dance Performance Workshop and End of Semester Showings

The Program in Dance will present a showing of faculty and guest choreographers' work at the Dance Performance Workshop on Wednesday, December 12 at 8 p.m. Students enrolled in a variety of dance courses will perform End of Semester Showings on Thursday, December 13 at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. as well as on Friday, December 14 at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. All showings will take place in the Patricia and Ward Hagan '48 Dance Studio at 185 Nassau Street. The performances are free and open to the public.

Princeton Fellowships in the Creative and Performing Arts Offered

Deadline February 15, 2013

Princeton University invites applications for the inaugural Princeton Fellowships in the Creative and Performing Arts, funded in part by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Fellowships will be awarded to artists whose achievements have been recognized as demonstrating extraordinary promise in any area of artistic practice and teaching. Applicants should be early career artists who would find it beneficial to spend two years working in an artistically vibrant university community. Fellows will be in residence for academic years 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 at Princeton, interacting with students, faculty and staff as part of the Lewis Center for the Arts and the Department of Music. Fellows will teach a course or may be asked to take on an artistic assignment, such as directing a play, conducting a student music ensemble, or creating a dance with students. Fellows will be full and active members of our community, committed to frequent and engaged interactions with students during the academic year. An annual stipend will be provided. Applications are due to be submitted by February 15, 2013.

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.