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Arts@Brandeis Calendar
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November Highlights
Through May 24, 2010
The Rose at Brandeis: Works from the Collection
Rose Art Museum
The Rose presents a historic exhibition of its great modern and contemporary masterworks, representing significant cultural movements of the past five decades. On view are works by Willem de Kooning, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Morris Louis, Andy Warhol, Robert Motherwell, Helen Frankenthaler, Cindy Sherman, Kiki Smith, Philip Guston, Louise Nevelson, and Ellsworth Kelly. Curated by Roy Dawes and Adelina Jedrzejczak. Museum hours: Wednesday through Friday and Sunday, 12 to 5 p.m.
October 31
New Music Brandeis
Slosberg Music Center
8 p.m.
World premieres by graduate students in Brandeis's renowned composition program, performed by the area's finest professional musicians and singers.
Sunday, November 1
Boston Unhinged Chamber Players
3 p.m.
Slosberg Music Center
Bach Cantata BWV 51, Haydn Symphony No. 90, Mozart Symphony No. 25. Nicholas Alexander Brown '10, music director.
Saturday, November 7
Lydian String Quartet: Around the World in a String Quartet
8 p.m.
Slosberg Music Center
Enjoy Brandeis’s acclaimed resident quartet in an exquisite concert of music by Mozart (Quartet in E Flat, K. 428), Alejandro Cardona (Quartet No. 5), and Bartok (Quartet No. 4). Tickets $10-$25, available at Brandeis Tickets or at the door.
November 9 - 11
Autism Awareness Week
The African Dance Club and Free Play Theatre Cooperative have developed special arts events for Brandeis's first Autism Awareness Weekto acknowledge that art empowers people with autism spectrum disorders to express themselves and connect with the neuro-typical community, t, have co-sponsored AAW along with the Health Occupation Students of America and the Brandeis Pluralism Alliance.
Monday, November 9
Autism Awareness Week Kickoff
1 p.m.
Shapiro Campus Center Atrium
African dance and drumming kick off Autism Awareness week.
Ongoing: The Puzzle Project
11 a.m - 4 p.m.
Shapiro Campus Center Atrium
Buy a blank puzzle piece for $1, then decorate and display it. Each piece brings us closer to solving the mysteries of this condition. All proceeds go to Autism Speaks.
Tuesday, November 10
Film Screening: The Horse Boy
9 p.m.
Olin-Sang Auditorium
"The Horse Boy" (2009) follows a Texas couple and their autistic son as they trek on horseback through Outer Mongolia in a search for shamanic healing. An official selection in the Documentary Competition at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Director Michel Orion Scott answers questions after the screening. Presented as part of Autism Awareness Week by the Brandeis Pluralism Alliance, Health Occupation Students of America, Free Play Theatre Cooperative, and African Dance Club.
Wednesday, November 11Panel Discussion: Social Issues Surrounding Autism
3:30 p.m.
Shapiro Campus Center Multipurpose Room
Panelists discuss methods and approaches to socializing autistic members of the community. Speakers include Zohar Fuller ’10, who will share her experiences creating theater with kids who have Aspergers Syndrome. Refreshments provided.
Tuesday, November 10
Poetry Reading: Franz Wright and Elizabeth Oehlkers Wright
4:30 p.m.
DuBois Lounge, Rabb
Franz Wright is the author of ten collections of poetry, including "Walking to Martha’s Vineyard," which won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize. A former Jacob Ziskind Poet-in-Residence at Brandeis, his latest collections include "Wheeling Motel," and the chapbooks "Leave Me Hidden" and "7Prose." Elizabeth Oehlkers Wright's translations of contemporary German poets have appeared in many literary magazines, including "Agni" and "Words Without Borders." Her translation "Door Languages," by German poet Zafer Senocak, was published in 2008 by Zephyr Press. Sponsored by the school of night of the Creative Writing Program.
Wednesday, November 11
Meet the Author: Raymond Arsenault
4 p.m.
Rapaporte Treasure Hall, Goldfarb Library
The "Meet the Author" series continues with a focus on Marian Anderson, the brilliant vocalist whose historic performance at the Lincoln Memorial in 1939 helped to fuel the Civil Rights struggle in the United States. Historian Raymond Arsenault (Brandeis MA ’74; Ph.D., ’81) will discuss his work, “The Sound of Freedom: Marian Anderson, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Concert that Awakened America.” Sponsored by the Office of Communications.
November 12-22
The Game of Love and Chance
Spingold Theater Center
Friday, November 13
Commonwealth Brass Quintet
8 p.m.
Slosberg Music Center
Commemorate Veterans Day with the Commonweath Brass Quintet, an ensemble of the 215th Army Band, also known as the “The Governor's Own.” SPC Sammy Costa, trumpet; SPC Russell Correia, trumpet; SPC Nicholas A. Brown '10, horn; Sgt. Mark Alves, trombone; SSG Robert Needs, tuba.
Saturday, November 14
Brandeis University Chorus and Chamber Choir: Psalms
8 p.m.
Slosberg Music Center
Choral settings of Josquin, Palestrina, Lassus, Purcell, Monteverdi, Rossi, Schuetz, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Berger, Thomson, Vaughan Williams, and Stravinsky. James Olesen, director. Tickets: $5-$10, available at Brandeis Tickets or at the door.
Sunday, November 15
Brandeis University Wind Ensemble
3 p.m.
Slosberg Music Center
The Brandeis University Wind Ensemble travels south of the border with music from Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Brazil. Tickets: $5-$10, available at Brandeis Tickets or at the door.
Thursday, November 19
Afternoon of Art with Peter Maphatsoe
1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Shapiro Campus Center Atrium
Join Peter Maphatsoe, Lesotho artist and children's book author, and founder of the Children’s Art Organization of Lesotho, for interactive art activities. Sponsored by Professor Jane Hale's class on Reading, Writing, and Teaching across Cultures. For more information, contact Shira Rosenblum at shira486@brandeis.edu
Muse on Fire: Shakespeare and the Music of the Spheres
3 p.m.
Spingold Theater Center
From acoustics to astronomy, Kepler to Cleopatra, composer Bill Barclay, Shakespeare & Company's resident music director, uses the science and philosophy of ancient beliefs in planetary harmony to bring together musics from around the globe. Learn how Shakespeare and the Elizabethan view of the cosmos have inspired the view of music as the perfect metaphor for the order of the universe. Featuring Boston's Orfeo Group and the Brandeis Theater Company MFA actors.
November 19, 21-22
The Dybbuk
Shapiro Campus Center Theater
The student-run Hillel Theater Group presents the classic Yiddish fable about a young bride possessed by the mischievous spirit of her dead first love. Tickets: $3 - $5, available at Brandeis Tickets or at the door.
Friday, November 20
Bob Nieske’s Big Wolf Band
8 p.m.
Slosberg Music Center
Ten of Boston's leading jazzmen unite for a session of new jazz compositions. Featuring Allan Chase, Tony Carelli, Tom Hall, sax; Phil Grenadier, Ken Cervenka, trumpet; Jeff Galindo, Phil Swanson; trombone; Jon Damian, guitar; Bob Tamagni, drums; and Brandeis professor Bob Nieske, bass. Tickets: $10 - $25, available at Brandeis Tickets or at the door.
Ongoing
Through January 29
Shame: New Work by Roberta Paul
Kniznick Gallery at the Women's Studies Research Center
Whether in politics or popular culture, women in the public eye are expected to stand by their men. "Forgiveness is expected, and blame is overlooked," says Boston-based artist Roberta Paul. Her multifaceted paintings ignite exploration of shame, from Eve's decisive act, to the sins committed by religious or scientific zealots throughout history, to modern unscrupulousness. Read an interview with Roberta Paul here and join her for an artist talk on December 3 at 12:30 p.m.