 This Week at the Lewis CenterMarch 9, 2014
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Image by Yuliya Barsukova
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A senior thesis exhibition by
Yuliya Barsukova
Last day to view! Friday, March 7
The Program in Visual Arts will present an installation inspired by the impact of technology, youth, rebellion, and shock entertainment by senior certificate student Yuliya Barsukova through Friday, March 7 in the Lucas Gallery at 185 Nassau Street. Gallery hours are weekdays from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The exhibition is free and open to the public.
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Photo by Marcos Cisneros
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Senior thesis production of the hit musical adaptation of the classic
1968 film
Friday-Sunday, March 7-9 at 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday-Wednesday, March 11 & 12 at 8:00 p.m.
The Program in Theater will present a senior thesis production of The Producers, the hit musical by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan based on Brooks' comedic film about two down-on-their-luck producers and their get-rich-quick scheme to create the world's worst, most outrageous musical. The show features senior certificate students Evan Thompson and Mary Lou Kolbenschlag, with choreography by junior Eamon Foley. Program in Theater and Department of Music faculty member Ethan Heard directs the production. Performances will take place Friday through Sunday, March 7-9, as well as Tuesday and Wednesday, March 11 and 12 at 8:00 p.m. in the Berlind Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center. Tickets are $15, $10 students/seniors and are available through University Ticketing at 609.258.9220 or the McCarter Box Office at 609.258.2787.
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(L) Photo courtesy of Richard Goode; (R) Photo by Catherine Mauger
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A recital with the renowned pianist
and award-winning poet
Sunday, March 9 at 3:00 p.m.
Grammy-winning pianist Richard Goode and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and recently retired Creative Writing faculty member C.K. Williams will give an exclusive recital at Princeton on Sunday, March 9. The pianist and the poet will alternate, with Williams giving his poetic take on the pieces that Goode will perform, including works by Beethoven, Janacek, Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Brahms and Schumann. The event will begin at 3:00 p.m. in Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall. At 2:00 p.m., Professor of English Jeff Dolven will moderate a pre-concert talk with Williams that is free to ticket holders. For tickets please call University Ticketing at 609.258.9220 or Princeton University Concerts at 609.258.2800.
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Image by Buse Aktas
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A senior thesis exhibition by
Buse Aktas
Monday, March 10 - Friday, March 14
The Program in Visual Arts will present Daire, a senior thesis exhibition by certificate student Buse Aktas from Monday, March 10 through Friday, March 14 in the Lucas Gallery and across the University campus. Aktas' work includes several site-specific outdoor installations and other process-based artworks, such as excavating a buried item near Blair Arch and rolling a sewage drainage pipe across campus. An opening reception will be held on Thursday, March 13 at 7:00 p.m. in the Lucas Gallery at 185 Nassau Street. Gallery hours are weekdays from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public.
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Image by Lauren Schwartz
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A senior thesis exhibition by
Lauren Schwartz
Monday, March 10 - Friday, March 14
The Program in Visual Arts will present a senior thesis exhibition by certificate student Lauren Schwartz from Monday, March 10 through Friday, March 14 in the Lucas Gallery at 185 Nassau Street. Schwartz paints acrylic portraits with metal leafing of strong feminist role models such as German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and she creates sculptural items of clothing from recycled painted canvases. An opening reception will be held on Thursday, March 13 at 7:00 p.m. in the Lucas Gallery. Gallery hours are weekdays from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public.
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Screening of Tom Donahue's hit
HBO documentary
Monday, March 10 at 4:30 p.m.
On Monday, March 10, the Program in Theater will present a screening of HBO's Casting By, the popular 2012 documentary by filmmaker Tom Donahue. Casting By is a fast-paced journey through the last half-century of Hollywood history from an entirely new perspective as it spotlights filmmaking's unsung hero, the casting director. The documentary will be shown as part of "Casting: History, Theory, Practice," a spring course taught by Assistant Professor of Theater Brian Herrera. The event will begin at 4:30 p.m. in the James M. Stewart '32 Theater at 185 Nassau Street and is free and open to the public. A talk back with Herrera will follow the screening.
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Photo courtesy Marianne Weems
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Lecture by internationally renowned theatre director Marianne Weems
Monday, March 10 at 4:30 p.m.
The Lewis Center's Performance Central series will present a lecture by Marianne Weems on Monday, March 10. Weems is co-founder and artistic director of the New York-based performance and media company The Builders Association, known for creating original productions that blend stage performance, text, video, sound and architecture to tell stories drawn from contemporary life. In her lecture, Weems will discuss her innovative theater work and her career in theater. Weems will teach an Atelier course at Princeton in the fall of 2014. The event will begin at 4:30 p.m. in Room 219 at 185 Nassau Street and is free and open to the public.
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Photo by Frank Wojciechowski
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Reading by Joyce Carol Oates
Monday, March 10 at 6:00 p.m.
On Monday, March 10, celebrated author and Professor of Creative Writing Joyce Carol Oates will read from her newest novel, Carthage, in which a young girl's disappearance rocks a family and community. The award-winning Oates has penned numerous national bestsellers, including We Were the Mulvaneys, Blonde, and The Falls. The reading will begin at 6:00 p.m. at Labyrinth Books at 122 Nassau Street in Princeton and is free and open to the public.
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Photo courtesy Katy Didden
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Reading by Hodder Fellow Katy Didden
Monday, March 10 at 7:30 p.m.
Poet and 2013-14 Hodder Fellow Katy Didden will read selections from her work as part of a Poets at the Library event on Monday, March 10. Didden's first book, The Glacier's Wake, was published in 2013 and won the Lena-Miles Wever Todd Prize from Pleiades Press. Poet and literary critic Daniel A. Harris will also read at the event beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the fireplace area on the second floor of the Princeton Public Library. The reading is free and open to the public.
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Photo by Walter McBride
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Conversation with renowned musical director Rob Berman
Tuesday, March 11 at 3:00 p.m.
The Music Theater Lab is presenting a series of guests "in conversation" as part of Professor of Theater Stacy Wolf's spring seminar course "The Musical Theatre of Stephen Sondheim." On Tuesday, March 11, New York City Center's Encores! acclaimed musical director Rob Berman will discuss "Musical Directing Sondheim." Berman was nominated for a 2008 Joseph Jefferson Award for Musical Direction for his work on Sondheim's Passion at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater. The conversation will begin at 3:00 p.m. in Room 219 at 185 Nassau Street and is free and open to the public.
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(L) Photo by Anne Staveley; (R) Photo by Lily Glass
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Poet and fiction writer next in Althea Ward Clark W'21 Reading Series
Wednesday, March 12 at 4:30 p.m.
On Wednesday, March 12, acclaimed poet Dana Levin and award-winning fiction writer Claire Vaye Watkins 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 Michael Cummings will also read from his recent screenwriting 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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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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