Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University
This Week at the Lewis Center
April 6, 2014
tyrell in studio
Photo by Charles Waldron '15
Exhibition of photography by senior Nathan Tyrell
Last day! Friday, April 4
 
The Program in Visual Arts is presenting a senior thesis exhibition by certificate student Nathan Tyrell through April 4 in the Lucas Gallery at 185 Nassau Street. Tyrell's exhibition features medium format color photographs of raw industrial materials such as piles of scrap aluminum, taken during his summer spent working in an aluminum processing plant in Germany as a Keller Center Ruhr fellow. Gallery hours are from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Friday. The exhibition is free and open to the public 

black 47 live
Photo courtesy of Black 47
Celtic rock band performs on 
farewell tour
Today! Friday, April 4 at 4:30 p.m.

Renowned Celtic rock band Black 47 will perform in concert at Princeton on Friday, April 4, as part of the Fund for Irish Studies series. Black 47 is disbanding after 25 years together performing songs about such topics as the Northern Ireland conflict, civil rights, and urban unrest in contemporary New York. Their farewell tour of the U.S. recently included a St. Patrick's Day performance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon--click here to watch a clip! The concert will begin at 4:30 p.m. at the Berlind Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center and is SOLD OUT.  

michell in studio
Photo by M. Teresa Simao
Exhibition of sculpture and assemblages by senior Cara Michell
Monday, April 7 - Friday, April 11
 
The Program in Visual Arts will present a senior thesis exhibition by visual arts major Cara Michell from April 7 through April 11 in the Lucas Gallery at 185 Nassau Street. Michell's interactive multimedia exhibition includes sculptures and assemblages that explore acts of exclusivity and privatization in urban spaces. An opening reception will be held in the Lucas Gallery on Thursday, April 10 at 7:00 p.m. For more information on events Michell will host in the gallery during her exhibition, click here. Gallery hours are weekdays from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The exhibition, reception, and other events are free and open to the public 

aubert headshot
Photo courtesy Danielle Aubert
Critical Encounters event with 
Arts Fellow Danielle Aubert
Monday, April 7 at 4:30 p.m.
 
Critical Encounters brings together like minds from unlike disciplines in a series of open dialogues before the campus community and the public. On Monday, April 7, "Being Insomniac with Tan Lin" will feature a reading by poet Tan Lin followed by a conversation between Lin, graphic artist and 2013-15 Princeton Fellow in the Creative and Performing Arts Danielle Aubert, and Professor of English Anne Cheng. Jointly sponsored by the Department of English and the Center for African American Studies, the event will begin at 4:30 p.m. in McCormick Hall 106 and is free and open to the public 

lee headshot
Photo by Frank Wojciechowski
Chang-rae Lee reads from his 
latest novel
Tuesday, April 8 at 6:00 p.m.
 
On Tuesday, April 8, Professor of Creative Writing and bestselling author Chang-rae Lee will read from his new novel, On Such a Full Sea. The book is a highly provocative, deeply affecting story of one woman's legendary quest in a shocking, future America. 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 

dancers, hands, feet
Photos by M. Teresa Simao
A collaborative senior dance thesis
Friday, April 11 at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 12 at 2:00 & 8:00 p.m.
 
The Program in Dance will present Re[verb], a senior thesis performance featuring new choreography by certificate students Samantha Gebb, Casey Brown, Tess Bernhard and Sarah Rose, as well as repertory/new pieces featuring Paige Hupy and Cloe Cheney-Rice, Maya Kelley and Meghan Angelos by Zvi Gotheiner, Jessica Lang and John Heginbotham. Performances will be held on Friday, April 11 at 8:00 p.m. and Saturday, April 12 at 2:00 and 8:00 p.m. in the Berlind Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center. Tickets are $15 general admission, $10 for students/seniors and are available through the McCarter Box Office by calling 609.258.2787 

In the Coming Weeks

maura at work
Photo by Jaclyn Sweet
A senior art show by Maura O'Brien 
April 14-18


The Program in Visual Arts will present a senior thesis exhibition by visual arts major Maura O'Brien from April 14 through April 18 in the Lucas Gallery at 185 Nassau Street. Entitled Chrysalid, her exhibit will include oil paintings, wall-size multimedia works on paper, woodcut blocks, her sketch books, and a sculptural installation all inspired by her remembrances of the northern Minnesota wilderness. An opening reception will be held in the Lucas Gallery on Thursday, April 17 at 7:00 p.m. 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.

powell & beattie
(L) photo by Trane DeVore; (R) photo courtesy of Ann Beattie
Poet and fiction writer next in Althea Ward Clark W'21 Reading Series
Wednesday, April 16 at 4:30 p.m.


On Wednesday, April 16, National Book Critics Circle Award-winning poet D.A. Powell and acclaimed fiction writer Ann Beattie will read from their works as part of the Althea Ward Clark W'21 Reading Series of the Program in Creative Writing. Princeton student Cameron White will also read from his recent fiction work. The reading, beginning at 4:30 p.m. at the Berlind Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center, is free and open to the public.

number 4 slide

Lecture by Ariel Rogers on special effects in Hollywood's golden age
Thursday, April 17 at 4:30 p.m.


The spring lecture series "4 the Love of Film" will conclude on Thursday, April 17, with a lecture by Ariel Rogers, the Associate Professor in Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Southern Maine. Rogers will speak on "Special Effects and the Apparatus in Hollywood Cinema of the 1930s and 1940s." The lecture 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.

the drowsy chaperone

Lyricist of The Drowsy Chaperone participates in talkback following the production
Thursday, April 17 at 8:00 p.m.


On April 17, opening night of Princeton University Players' and Theatre Intime's production of The Drowsy Chaperone, lyricist Lisa Lambert will participate along with the student cast in a talk back discussion moderated by Professor of Theater Stacy Wolf. The production will begin at 8:00 p.m. in the Hamilton Murray Theatre on the University campus, with the talk back immediately following. Tickets are $12, $10 students/seniors and are available through University Ticketing by calling 609.258.9220 or at the Frist Campus Center ticket office. The talkback with Lambert is cosponsored by the Program in Theater and the Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies.

martial arts; BWC
(L) costume sketch by Anita Yavich; (R) photo by Frank Wojciechowski
A production of Fred Ho's martial arts musical paired with performance by musical theater improv ensemble Baby Wants Candy 
Friday, April 18 at 6:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.


On the evening of April 18, the Princeton Atelier will present a unique event pairing a production of Fred Ho's action-adventure martial arts musical fantasy Journey Beyond the West: The New Adventures of Monkey with the award-winning Chicago-based musical theater improv ensemble Baby Wants Candy. The evening will begin with Journey Beyond the West at 6:30 p.m., followed by a talk back discussion, a brief intermission, and the performance by Baby Wants Candy at 8:00 p.m. Both events will be held in the Berlind Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center and are free and open to the public. 

Announcements

art of science logo

Exploreing the interplay between science and art, Princeton's annual ART OF SCIENCE exhibition consists of images produced during the course of scientific inquiry that have aesthetic merit. The 2014 competition is now open and includes both still images and video this year. Cosponsored by the Lewis Center, the contest is open to undergraduates, graduate students, post-docs, faculty, staff and alumni. Winning still images will be awarded cash prizes and the winning video will receive a GoPro. The deadline for submissions is Monday, April 7. To learn more information, to review the submission guidelines, or to submit an image, click here.


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. The programs of the Peter B. Lewis Center for the Arts are made possible through the generous support of many alumni and other donors. For more information about the Lewis Center for the Arts, including a complete list of supporters, please visit arts.princeton.edu.




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