 This Week at the Lewis CenterWeek of October 6, 2013
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Exhibition of work by Dean
of the Faculty David Dobkin
Final day - don't miss the show everyone's talking about! Closes Friday, October 4
The Program in Visual Arts is currently presenting a unique exhibition of sculptures, photo-collages, and site-specific installations by Dean of the Faculty and professor of computer science David Dobkin, a self-identified amateur artist who collects and creatively repurposes a vast array of things from daily life. The exhibition is part of a graduate arts and humanities course, "Contemporary Art and the Amateur," and will be on view through Friday, October 4 in the Lucas Gallery at 185 Nassau Street. For a closer look at the artist and his work, watch a short video here. The exhibition is free and open to the public. Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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Photo by Mary Gearhart
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Screening of a performance
by avant garde artists company
The Wooster Group
Today! Friday, October 4 at 4:30 p.m.
A screening of the The Wooster Group's OBIE Award-winning production of To You, The Birdie! (Ph�dre) will be held on Friday, October 4 at 4:30 p.m. at the James M. Stewart '32 Theater at 185 Nassau Street as part of a year-long series called "Myth and Transformation: The Phaedra Project." The project aims to bring together artists, scholars, and students from Princeton and beyond to engage creatively with Phaedra's many instantiations. During the 2013-14 academic year, the myth will be featured in an interdisciplinary series of events including theatrical productions, lectures, musical performances, film screenings, and more. The Wooster Group's production of To You, the Birdie! is Paul Schmidt's version of Racine's Ph�dre, re-set in a mobile modernist landscape. The screening will be followed by a talk-back with director Elizabeth LeCompte and memebers of the cast. The event is sponsored by the Council of the Humanities, the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, and the Lewis Center. For more information on upcoming events in The Phaedra Project, click here. Photo caption: Frances McDormand, Scott Shepherd, and Kate Valk from "To You, The Birdie!" by The Wooster Group.
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Photo by Fiorella Battistini
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Nobel Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa in conversation with Enrique Krauze
Tuesday, October 8 at 6:00 p.m.
The Program in Latin American Studies at Princeton and the Spencer Trask Lecture Series are sponsoring a conversation on politics and culture in Latin America between authors Mario Vargas Llosa and Enrique Krauze on Tuesday, October 8. Vargas Llosa, winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature, is a Visiting Lecturer in the Program in Creative Writing at the Lewis Center and the Program in Latin American Studies. Enrique Krauze, a historian and the founder of the cultural magazine Letras Libres, is a Visiting Research Scholar in the Program in Latin American Studies and a Visiting Lecturer in the Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures at Princeton. The roundtable will begin at 6:00 p.m. at McCosh 50 on the University campus. The event is free and open to the public..
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Photo by Nina Subin
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A discussion on faith, culture
and identity
Tuesday, October 8 at 7:30 p.m.
Ayad Akhtar, a playwright, screenwriter and novelist who lives in many worlds between East and West, Islam and secularism, white and Asian, will talk with Lewis Center for the Arts Chair Michael Cadden on Tuesday, October 8 at 7:30 p.m. at the Carl Fields Center at 58 Prospect Avenue on the Princeton University campus. Akhtar, winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play, Disgraced, will discuss with Cadden faith, culture, and identity as manifested in his work across genres. Presented by the Muslim Life Program in the Office of Religious Life, the Program in American Studies, the Carl Fields Center for Equality and Cultural Understanding, the Department of English, and the Lewis Center, the event is free and open to the public.
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Photo courtesy Jason Treuting
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Percussionist and composer to be featured next in the musical series
Thursday, October 10 at 4:30 p.m.
The Department of Music's Colloquium Series will present percussionist and composer Jason Treuting, a 2013-15 Fellow in the Creative and Performing Arts at Princeton, in the next Composition Colloquium on Thursday, October 10 at 4:30 p.m. in Room 102 at the Woolworth Center on the University campus. Treuting performs, records and composes music as a member of the quartet So Percussion. For the colloquium, he will be using a selection of So's pieces, such as the recent "Where (we) Live," to demonstrate his approach to musical composition as both a performer and composer. The event is free and open to the public.
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Photo by Martina Kenji
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Reading from his new short story collection, "Dark Lies the Island"
Friday, October 11 at 4:30 p.m.
The Fund for Irish Studies will present a reading on Friday, October 11 by award-winning fiction writer Kevin Barry. Author of There Are Little Kingdoms and City of Bohane, Barry will be reading from his latest collection of short stories entitled Dark Lies the Island, which expands upon the author's gift for witty observation. The reading will begin at 4:30 p.m. at the James M. Stewart '32 Theater at 185 Nassau Street. Copies of Barry's Dark Lies the Island and the new paperback edition of his City of Bohane will be for sale at the event and he will be available to sign books. The reading, part of a series presented by Princeton University's Fund for Irish Studies, is free and open to the public.
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Photo by Ethan Hill
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Wednesday, October 16 at 1:30 p.m.
Playwright Donald Margulies, winner of the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play, Dinner With Friends, will discuss his work and career on Wednesday, October 16, from 1:30 to 2:45 at the Lewis Center's Marie and Edward Matthews '53 Acting Studio at 185 Nassau Street. Margulies will be a guest speaker for the course, "Jewish Identity and Performance in the U.S.," taught by Professors of Theater Jill Dolan and Stacy Wolf. Together Dolan and Wolf will engage Margulies in a conversation about his acclaimed body of work, his accomplishments, and how his Jewish identity has affected his work and career over the past three decades. The event is free and open to the public.
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Photos by Timothy Greenfield Sanders and Matt Stuart
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Poet and writer next in 2013-14
Althea Ward Clark W'21 Reading Series
Wednesday, October 16 at 4:30 p.m.
American poet Richard Blanco and award-winning British writer Geoff Dyer will read from their works on Wednesday, October 16, at 4:30 p.m. at the Berlind Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center. Princeton student Matthew Brailas '14 will also read from his poetry. The reading is presented as part of the Program in Creative Writing's 2013-2014 Althea Ward Clark W'21 Reading Series. A reception will follow the reading at which the writers will be available to sign copies of their books. The reading and reception are free and open to the public. For further details on upcoming readings in the series, click here.
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Photo by Bob Barkany
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Performance of "Sailing to Byzantium," her
award-winning settings of poems by W.B. Yeats
Friday, October 18 at 4:30 p.m.
Award-winning Irish songwriter, composer and jazz singer Christine Tobin will give a performance of "Sailing to Byzantium," her award-winning musical settings of poems by W.B. Yeats, on Friday, October 18, at 4:30 p.m. in the Frist Theater at the Frist Campus Center. "Sailing to Byzantium" is Tobin's latest work that brings to life the lyrical magic of poetry through a sensitive setting of twelve best-loved poems by Yeats, including "When You Are Old" and "The Wild Swans at Coole." The performance is part of a series presented by Princeton University's Fund for Irish Studies. The event is free and open to the public.
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Photo by Marcos Cisneros '15
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Program in Theater presents senior
thesis production featuring Zachary Salk
October 18-19 & 23-25 at 8:00 p.m.
The Program in Theater will present a senior thesis production of Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov, directed by faculty member R.N. Sandberg and featuring senior Zachary Salk as Vanya, on Friday and Saturday, October 18-19 and again on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, October 23-25 at 8:00 p.m. Romantic and existential passions bubble to the surface and threaten to overwhelm the characters in Chekhov's dark comedy. When Professor Serebryakov returns to his late wife's estate with his lovely young wife Yelena, the lives of his brother-in-law Vanya, his daughter Sonya, and the local doctor Astrov are thrown into disarray. Performances will take place in the Marie and Edward Matthews '53 Acting Studio at 185 Nassau Street. Tickets: $12 general admission; $10 for students and seniors. Call Princeton University Ticketing at 609.258.9220, visit princeton.edu/utickets/ or the Frist Campus Center Ticket Office. Tickets also available at the door on the night of performances.
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Photo by Marion Ettlinger
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Author A.M. Homes and photographer
Susan Unterberg to serve as co-chairs
Program in Creative Writing Lecturer A.M. Homes has been elected to serve as a co-chair of Yaddo, an artists' community in Saratoga Springs, New York, that is among the United States' first and most acclaimed artists' communities. Of her time at Yaddo, Homes has said: "Without Yaddo I wouldn't exist as a writer. Yaddo gives artists the increasingly rare gift of a time and place to do one's work, suspended from the intrusive buzz of the every day. I am forever indebted." Homes is the author of the novel May We Be Forgiven, which was awarded the 2013 International Women's Prize for Fiction, as well as the novels This Book Will Save Your Life, Music For Torching, The End of Alice, In a Country of Mothers, and Jack; the short story collections Things You Should Know and The Safety of Objects; a best-selling memoir, The Mistress's Daughter; a travel memoir, Los Angeles: People, Places and The Castle on the Hill; and the artist's book Appendix A. Her work appears frequently in magazines and literary journals. Additionally, Homes has created original television pilots for HBO, FX, and CBS.
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Photo by Frank Wojciechowski
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Princeton Alumni in the Arts
Successful kick-off for new arts alumni group
The First Annual Princeton Alumni in the Arts Party at SubCulture NYC in New York sponsored by the Lewis Center was a huge success, with nearly 150 guests in attendance, a fabulous performance from Miracles of Modern Science and abundant enthusiasm for the Arts. Special thanks to the alumni team who organized the event! If you are a Princeton alum in the arts or know someone who is and may want to become involved in the group in the future, please click or forward this link to join the group's e-news list and receive updates and information on upcoming events. Comments or questions can be sent to Pton.arts.alumni@gmail.com.
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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 the University 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, screenings and lectures are offered each year, most of them free or at a nominal ticket price. For more information about the Lewis Center for the Arts visit princeton.edu/arts.
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