 This Week at the Lewis CenterWeek of October 20, 2013
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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
Today! 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 Theatre 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 poems by Yeats. The poems range from his earlier works to his final collection, featuring some of his best-loved poems, 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 Frank Wojciechowski
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Program in Theater presents
senior thesis production
featuring Zachary Salk
Opens tonight! Friday,October 18 at 8:00 p.m.
Also Saturday, October 19 & Wednesday-Friday, October 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, beginning this weekend, October 18-19 and continuing next Wednesday through 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. To view a trailer of the production, click here. A talk back with actor, director and Princeton Theater faculty member Mark Nelson will follow the performance on Thursday, October 24. 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 courtesy Robert Beavers
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A screening and discussion
with the celebrated filmmaker
Tuesday, October 22 at 7:30 p.m.
On Tuesday, October 22 the Film Studies Committee will present the 2013 John Sacret Young '69 Lecture. Celebrated American filmmaker Robert Beavers will show and discuss his films Work Done, The Hedge Theater, and The Suppliant, along with his newest work Listening to the Space in my Room, which received its World Premiere in September at the 2013 Toronto Film Festival and will go to the 2013 Viennale immediately following the presentation at Princeton. The screening and discussion will take place at 7:30 p.m. at the James M. Stewart '32 Theater at 185 Nassau Street. Preceding the film screening, a lecture by Rebekah Rutkoff, the Hannah Seeger Davis Postdoctoral Fellow in the Hellenic Studies Program at Princeton and an expert on the work of Beavers and filmmaker Gregory Markopoulos, will present a lecture on "Cinematic Incubations: Gregory Markopoulos' Asclepion Vision" at 4:30 p.m. at the Scheide Caldwell House, Room 103. Both events are free and open to the public.
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Photo courtesy Jason Treuting
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Stainless Staining and Jason Treuting and Friends
Opportunities to hear the work of 2013-15 Creative Fellow Jason Treuting
Tuesday, October 22 at 8:00 p.m. and
Saturday, October 26 at 8:30 p.m.
On Tuesday, October 22 at 8:00 p.m., Princeton Sound Kitchen will present Stainless Staining, a performance of new solo works by various composers, including 2013-15 Creative Fellow at Princeton Jason Treuting. Pianist Lisa Moore will be playing Treuting's "Bagatelle." The concert will be held in the Solley Theater at the Arts Council of Princeton's Paul Robeson Center for the Arts at 102 Witherspoon Street. In addition, on Saturday, October 26, Small World Coffee will kick-off a new monthly tradition of a performance by Jason Treuting and Friends. Treuting will perform along with Director of Princeton Sound Kitchen and Professor of Music Composition Dan Trueman, viola virtuoso Beth Meyers of Janus Trio, and So Percussion's Josh Quillen. That performance will begin at 8:30 p.m. at Small World Coffee at 14 Witherspoon Street in Princeton. Both events are free and open to the public.
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Photo by Marcos Cisneros '15
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Presenting recent work
by students in fall courses
Opens Wednesday, October 23
The Program in Visual Arts will present an exhibition of recent work by students in fall introductory and advanced drawing courses that will be on view from Wednesday, October 23 through Friday, November 8 in the Lewis Center's Lucas Gallery at 185 Nassau Street. Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m..
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Photo by Brad Paris
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Performance by award-winning choreographer
Pam Tanowitz and string ensemble FLUX
Monday, November 4 at 6:45 p.m.
On Monday, November 4, the Program in Dance will present Borrowed Structures, a collaboration between Pam Tanowitz, award-winning choreographer and 2013-14 Hodder Fellow, and the classical/jazz/avant garde string ensemble FLUX. They will be presenting a new piece to be performed by Tanowitz and her company Pam Tanowitz Dance, which includes former Merce Cunningham Company dancers Melissa Toogood and Dylan Crossman, before its New York premiere at the Joyce Theater in February. Pizza will be served at 6:00 p.m. and the performance will begin at 6:45 p.m. in the Patricia and Ward Hagan '48 Dance Studio at 185 Nassau Street. The performance is free and open to the public.
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Photo courtesy Philip King
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Friday, November 8 at 4:30 p.m.
A curator, film director, writer, cultural commentator, broadcaster and musician, Philip King will present a lecture entitled "The Irish Song Lyric from Tom Moore to Christy Moore," on Friday, November 8. Throughout his career, King has directed and produced numerous series, documentaries and events exploring Irish music and its international influence. The lecture will begin at 4:30 p.m. in the Lewis Center's James M. Stewart '32 Theater at 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.
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Photo by Marcos Cisneros '15
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This year's Fall Show is a bold new interpretation
of one of Shakespeare's best-loved comedies
November 8-9 and 14-16, 2013
The Program in Theater will present an exciting new interpretation of one of Shakespeare's best-loved and most-produced comedies, Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Princeton alumna Lileana Blain-Cruz. This production explores the darker aspects of the play, combining elements of great humor with more serious issues of honor and shame, taking audiences on a roller coaster ride of emotions. Performances will begin on Thursday and Friday, November 8-9 and continue Thursday through Saturday, November 14-16 at 8:00 p.m. at the Berlind Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center. A special talk-back led by Lewis Center Chair Michael Cadden and Lileana Blain-Cruz will follow the Thursday, November 14 performance. Tickets: $15 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.
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