 This Week at the Lewis CenterApril 20, 2014
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Photo by Frank Wojciechowski
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A new play by senior Rachel Alter
Tonight! Saturday, April 19 at 8:00 p.m.
Thursday-Saturday, April 24-26 at 8:00 p.m.
The Program in Theater is presenting Margo in Margoland, a new play written by senior certificate student Rachel Alter and directed by senior Caroline Slutsky. Inspired by the Greek myth Medea, Margoland is a magical realist adaptation in which Margo falls into her imagination and discovers that the pain and betrayal of her past are much more alive and real than she could have ever imagined. Click here to watch a short video trailer about the production. Running April 19, 24, 25 and 26, the show will begin at 8:00 p.m. in the Marie and Edward Matthews '53 Acting Studio at 185 Nassau Street. Tickets are $12 general admission, $10 for students/seniors and are available through University Ticketing at 609.258.9220 or at the Frist Campus Center Ticket Office.
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Photo by Janette Beckman
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Opportunities to hear the work of the 2013-15 Arts Fellow
Tonight! Saturday, April 19 at 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday, April 23 at 8:00 p.m.
Princeton Arts Fellow and percussionist Jason Treuting will participate in two upcoming concerts, beginning with a performance by Jason Treuting and Friends on Saturday, April 19 at 8:00 p.m. at Small World Coffee on Witherspoon Street in Princeton. Treuting will also join the Princeton Laptop Orchestra (PLOrk) and the Zs' saxophonist Sam Hillmer for a unique, multidisciplinary performance on Wednesday, April 23 at 8:00 p.m. at Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall on the University campus. Both concerts are free and open to the public.
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Photo by Brady Valashinas '14
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Senior art show by Pew Natthamon Wutilertcharoenwong
Monday, April 21 - Friday, April 25
The Program in Visual Arts will present a senior thesis exhibition by visual arts major Pew Natthamon Wutilertcharoenwong from April 21 through 25 in the Lucas Gallery at 185 Nassau Street. Pew's web and printed materials and sculptural works explore the intersection of the artist's interests in formalism, materials and process, and the economies of the female body. An opening reception will be held in the Lucas Gallery on Thursday, April 24 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.
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Photo by Didier Morel
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Pulitzer Prize-winning poet gives 2014 Holmes Lecture
Wednesday, April 23 at 4:30 p.m.
Princeton's annual Theodore H. Holmes '51 and Bernice Holmes Lecture will feature Jorie Graham, one of the most celebrated poets of the American post-war generation, on Wednesday, April 23. Beginning at 4:30 p.m. Graham will read from her acclaimed work followed by a Q&A session at the James M. Stewart '32 Theater at 185 Nassau Street. The event is free and open to the public. Learn more
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Photo by Denise Applewhite
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Exhibition of new work by visual arts students
Thursday, April 24 - Friday, May 9
The Program in Visual Arts will present an exhibition of recent work by junior students beginning Thursday, April 24 through Friday, May 9 in the James S. Hall '34 Memorial Gallery at Butler College. An opening reception will be held in the gallery on Wednesday, April 23 at 7:00 p.m. Gallery hours are weekdays from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public.
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(L) Photo courtesy of Freddie Rokem; (R) photo courtesy of Galit Hasan-Rokem
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Lectures by Israeli scholars Freddie Rokem and Galit Hasan-Rokem
Thursday, April 24 at 4:30 p.m.
The Program in Theater will present "Dramas of Exile," two lectures by Israeli scholars Freddie Rokem and Galit Hasan-Rokem on Thursday, April 24. They will discuss Lion Feuchtwanger and Bertolt Brecht, two German-Jewish authors who lived in exile in the U.S. during World War II and wrote about different forms of exile. Dr. Freddie Rokem is Professor of Theatre Studies at Tel Aviv University, and Dr. Galit Hasan-Rokem is Professor of Hebrew Literature and Jewish and Comparative Folklore at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The event will begin at 4:30 p.m. in Room 219 at 185 Nassau Street and is free and open to the public. Learn more
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Photo by Bentley Drezner
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Performance of new student choreography
Thursday, April 24 at 7:00 p.m.
Students participating in the Program in Dance's new mentorship and performance program will present their dances on Thursday, April 24 in the Patricia and Ward Hagan '48 Dance Studio at 185 Nassau Street. PLab 185 gives student choreographers the opportunity to develop their work over a period of time, engaging in choreographic investigation under faculty mentorship. The event will begin at 7:00 p.m. and is free and open to the public.
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Photo by Derek Speirs
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Fiddler and guitarist next in Fund for Irish Studies series
Friday, April 25 at 4:30 p.m.
World-renowned violinist Martin Hayes and master guitarist Dennis Cahill will play traditional Irish music in a Fund for Irish Studies performance on Friday, April 25. Two of the world's leading artists in traditional Irish tunes, the duo has toured internationally for almost twenty years. The concert 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.
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Photo of Emily Mann by Merri Cyr
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A new play reading and symposium
Saturday, April 26 from 1:00 - 6:00 p.m.
On April 26, the Program in Theater will present Hoodwinked, a documentary-style play created by McCarter Theatre's award-winning Artistic Director Emily Mann inspired by questions, confusion, and misinformation that circulated in the media after the 2009 Fort Hood massacre. A related symposium will explore radical Islam/Islamism and the dangers that ideology can pose not only to western nations but also to moderate/traditional Muslims around the world. Beginning at 1:00 p.m. in the James M. Stewart '32 Theater at 185 Nassau Street, the event will open with a public reading of Hoodwinked followed by a variety of opportunities for dialogue and learning. The event is free and open to the public. Learn more
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The annual town and gown festival of the arts
Sunday, April 27 from 1:00 - 6:00 p.m.
On Sunday, April 27, the Lewis Center will take part in the annual Communiversity festival during Princeton Arts Weekend. Stop by our booth near the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon streets anytime between 1:00 and 6:00 p.m., where kids and parents alike can join in our celebrations for Shakespeare's 450th birthday! Learn more
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Photo by M. Teresa Simao
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A senior thesis exhibition by Julia Meng
April 28 - May 2
The Program in Visual Arts will present a senior thesis exhibition of figurative oil paintings and sculptural assemblages by visual arts major Julia Meng from April 28 through May 2 in the Lucas Gallery at 185 Nassau Street. An opening reception will be held in the Lucas Gallery on Thursday, May 1st 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.
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Photo by Denise Applewhite
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Performance of original songs by students
Monday, April 28 at 4:30 p.m.
Students from the Program in Creative Writing and the Department of Music's spring course on "How to Write a Song" will perform their new, original songs on Monday, April 28. Led by Howard G.B. Clark '21 University Professor in the Humanities Paul Muldoon and songwriter Wesley Stace, the course introduces students to the art of writing words for music. The performance will begin at 4:30 p.m. in the Frist Theater at Frist Campus Center and is free and open to the public.
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Photo courtesy Dessie Moynihan
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A conversation with Dessie Moynihan about art and commerce in American theatre
Tuesday, April 29 at 4:30 p.m.
The Shubert Organization's Dessie Moynihan will discuss art and commerce in American theatre in a conversation with Professor Jill Dolan on Tuesday, April 29 at 4:30 p.m. Moynihan is the organization's Vice President of Creative Projects and has been involved in such productions as Strindberg's Dance of Death and Michael Legrand's musical Amour. The Q&A session will take place in the Katzenbach Room 207 at 185 Nassau Street and is free and open to the public.
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Reading of new work by creative writing students
Wenesday, April 30 at 5:15 p.m.
Students in the Program in Creative Writing will present new work at a reading on Wednesday, April 30 at 5:15 p.m. in Chancellor Green Rotunda. Select students from spring workshops in fiction, poetry, screenwriting and literary translation will read from work completed during the past semester. The reading is free and open to the public, however seating is limited.
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Photo by M. Teresa Simao
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Exhibition of recent work by visual arts students
May 1-9
The Program in Visual Arts will present an exhibition of recent work by students in the spring course, "Ceramic Sculpture," taught by Adam Welch. The work will be on view from May 1 through May 9 with an opening reception planned for May 9 at 3:00 p.m. at 701 Carnegie Center in Princeton. Gallery hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and the exhibition is free and open to the public.
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Image by Dayna Li '14
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Showing of senior thesis work by film students
Wednesday, April 30 at 6:00 p.m.
Thursday, May 1 at 8:00 p.m.
The Program in Visual Arts will present two screenings of senior thesis work by film/video certificate students Nick Ellis, Dayna Li, and Brady Valashinas on Wednesday, April 30 and Thursday, May 1. The screening on April 30 will begin at 6:00 p.m. in the James M. Stewart '32 Theater at 185 Nassau Street; the 8:00 p.m. screening on May 1 will be held outdoors on the south lawn at Frist Campus Center. Both events are free and open to the public. Photo: Still from Dayna Li's film, "Pretty People"
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Photo courtesy of Intstitut Mathildenhohe Darmstadt
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Cross-disciplinary performances by students
Thursday, May 1 at 5:30 p.m.
Students in the spring course, "Body/Object/Sound: Translation and the Making of Performance," will show their work in a performance on Thursday, May 1. Led by percussionist and 2013-15 Arts Fellow Jason Treuting, visual artist Suzanne Bocanegra, and choreographer and Director of Dance Susan Marshall, the course encourages students to engage in playful, cross-disciplanary collaboration in order to construct new works involving bodies, objects and sounds. The event will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Patricia and Ward Hagan '48 Dance Studio at 185 Nassau Street and 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. 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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