 This Week at the Lewis CenterWeek of February 9, 2014
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Photo by Mihai Cucu
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Performance by John Feeley and Fran O'Rourke next in Irish Studies series
Today! Friday, February 7 at 4:30 p.m.
On Friday, February 7, Irish classical guitarist John Feeley and Fran O'Rourke, associate professor of philosophy at University College Dublin, will perform traditional Irish songs with a connection to James Joyce and his works. The performance will begin at 4:30 p.m. in the James M. Stewart '32 Theater at 185 Nassau Street. The event is part of a series presented by Princeton University's Fund for Irish Studies and is free and open to the public.
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Photo courtesy BAC drama
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Senior thesis production
directed by Reena Glaser
This weekend only! Friday, February 7 at 8:00 p.m. & Saturday, February 8 at 2:00 & 8:00 p.m.
Princeton Black Arts Company/Drama will present Stephen Schwartz' musical Children of Eden, directed by graduate student Warren Rieutort-Louis and senior theater certificate student Reena Glaser. Through music, Children of Eden explores vivid themes such as personal freedom versus authority, the quest for self-definition, race, love, faith and relationships between the generations. Click here to view a trailer of the musical. Performances will take place on Friday, February 7 at 8:00 p.m. and Saturday, February 8 at 2:00 and 8:00 p.m. in the Frist Performance Theater at Frist Campus Center. Tickets are $10, $7 students/seniors and are available through University Ticketing or at the Frist Ticket Office. The production is cosponsored by the Lewis Center, the Center for Jewish Life, the Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies, the Graduate Student Government Events Board and the Program in Judaic Studies.
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Photo courtesy Nicole Eisenman and Koenig & Clinton, New York
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Lecture by visual artist Nicole Eisenman
Tuesday, February 11 at 7:00 p.m.
On Tuesday, February 11, artist Nicole Eisenman will give a lecture entitled "Community as Muse," where she will discuss her work, the problems of political oppression and art, and the ideas of audience, motivation, and community as muse. Eisenman is a representative of lesbian feminist iconoclasm whose work spans painting, installation and sculpture. The lecture, presented by the Lewis Center and the Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies at Princeton, will begin at 7:00 p.m. in Room 219 at 185 Nassau Street and is free and open to the public. Photo: The Triumph of Poverty, 2009, by Nicole Eisenman. Oil on canvas, 65 x 82 inches. Private collection.
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Photo by LiveWellPhoto
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Performance by Arts Fellow Jason Treuting and So Percussion
Tuesday, February 11 at 8:00 p.m.
Princeton Sound Kitchen in the Department of Music will present 2013-15 Arts Fellow Jason Treuting with So Percussion on Tuesday, February 11 at 8:00 p.m. at Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall on the University campus. The group will perform new works by Dave Molk, Dan Trueman, and Andrea Mazzariello. The concert will also include the premiere of "Chorus Music," a set of five pieces that Treuting began developing in December. The concert is free and open to the public.
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(L) Photo courtesy Teju Cole; (R) Photo by Gary Lanier
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Poet and writer next in Althea Ward Clark W'21 Reading Series
Wednesday, February 12 at 4:30 p.m.
On Wednesday, February 12, poet Denise Duhamel and award-winning fiction writer Teju Cole will read from their works as part of the Althea Ward Clark W'21 Reading Series of the Program in Creative Writing in the Lewis Center. Princeton student Molly O'Neill will also read from her recent poetry work. The reading, beginning at 4:30 p.m. at the Berlind Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center, is free and open to the public.
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Photo by Frank Wojciechowski
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Senior thesis production by
theater students Peter Giovine
and Emma Boettcher
Friday - Saturday, February 14 & 15 at 8:00 p.m.
The Program in Theater will present a recent dramatic adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic, coming-of-age epic, Great Expectations by Neil Bartlett. Directed by faculty member Tim Vasen and featuring senior Peter Giovine as Pip with senior Emma Boettcher serving as dramaturg, performances will take place on February 14, 15, 20, 21 and 22 at 8:00 p.m. in the Marie and Edward Matthews '53 Acting Studio located at 185 Nassau Street. A talk-back will follow the February 15 performance. Click here for a behind-the-scenes look at the production. Tickets are $12 general admission, $10 students/seniors and are available online through University Ticketing or by calling 609.258.9220, at Frist Campus Center Ticket Office, or at the door prior to each performance.
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Two artists' books by juniors.
Photo by Jaclyn Sweet
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Featuring student work
Through Friday, February 21
The Program in Visual Arts is presenting a comprehensive exhibition of new work created by students in fall semester courses in drawing, painting, photography, graphic design, sculpture and other media. The student work will be on view through Friday, February 21 in the Lucas Gallery on the second floor at 185 Nassau Street. Gallery hours: Weekdays 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public.
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Photo by Bentley Drezner
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Annual dance concert showcasing
more than 50 students
Friday - Sunday, February 21, 22 & 23
The Program in Dance will present the 2014 Spring Dance Festival, a dance concert showcasing more than 50 students performing in repertory by distinguished, internationally renowned choreographers Kyle Abraham, Bill T. Jones and Doug Varone; a premiere by Princeton Hodder Fellow Pam Tanowitz; and in new dances created by faculty members Tina Fehlandt and Rebecca Lazier. Performances will take place on Friday, February 21 at 8:00 p.m.; Saturday, February 22 at 2:00 and 8:00 p.m., and Sunday, February 23 at 1:00 p.m. in the Berlind Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center. Tickets are $15 reserved seating, $10 students/seniors and are available through University Ticketing at 609.258.9220 or the Berlind Box Office at 609.258.2787.
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Photo courtesy Genevieve Yue
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Thursday, February 20 at 4:30 p.m.
The Program in Visual Arts will kick-off a spring film lecture series on Thursday, February 20, with a lecture by film scholar and programmer Genevieve Yue. Yue, an assistant professor of Culture and Media at Eugene Lang College in The New School for Liberal Arts, will give a lecture entitled "Leader Ladies: China Girls, Film Laboratories, and Experimental Cinema" at 4:30 p.m. in the James M. Stewart '32 Theater at 185 Nassau Street with a reception following. The event, co-sponsored by the Film Studies Committee, the Council of the Humanities and the Lewis Center, is free and open to the public.
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Photo by Frank Wojciechowski
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Professor of Creative Writing in the Lewis Center, Roger S. Berlind '52 Professor of the Humanities, and bestselling author Joyce Carol Oates will receive the 2014 Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award. The awards will be presented at Poets & Writers' annual benefit dinner, "In Celebration of Writers," on March 11 in New York City. Oates will be recognized for promoting emerging writers through the Ontario Review and Ontario Review Press, which she founded and ran with her late husband Raymond J. Smith, and the Pushcart Prize anthology, for which she served as a founding editor.
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Photo by Bentley Drezner
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EXTENDED application deadline: Monday, February 10
Princeton's Program in Dance announces a new program: PLab 185 invites applications from students in any genre of dance. Selected choreographers will receive a series of one-on-one mentorship sessions with a member of the program faculty, culminating in a performance in late April in the Patricia and Ward Hagan '48 Dance Studio at 185 Nassau Street. Learn more at arts.princeton.edu.
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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 arts.princeton.edu.
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