January
January 25–April 12
America en plein air: Impressions by Henry Ryan MacGinnis
Opening Reception: Friday, January 25, 5-7 p.m.
Henry Ryan MacGinnis (1875–1962) was born and raised in Indiana and began his career painting sun-filled landscapes en plein air with Hoosier Group artists T. C. Steele and John Ottis Adams. His works feature scenes of the surrounding Delaware River Valley as well as views from New Hampshire, where he spent his summers. This exhibition is organized with the generous assistance of Richard Frey ’90, and curated by Dickinson College senior art history majors Abigail Bruckart, Kara Carmack, Sonia Evers, Rachel Fitzsimmons, Diana Jonas, Rebecca Mendelsohn, Anna Metzger, Selwyn Ramp and Martine Romano, under the direction of Assistant Professor Elizabeth Lee.
The Trout Gallery, Weiss Center for the Arts. Free
Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Tuesday, January 29, 8 p.m.
Faculty Brass Quintet Concert
Steve Strawley (trumpet), John Brye (trumpet), Jeb Wallace (horn), Ron Axsom (trombone) and Eric Henry (tuba) will perform works by Paul Dukas, J. S. Bach, Viktor Ewald and Samuel Scheidt.
Rubendall Recital Hall, Weiss Center for the Arts. Free
February
Friday, February 1, 7 p.m.
Florestan Recital Project, Musical Artists-in-Residence:
Songs of the British Isles, A Taste of the Highlands
Celebrate Robbie Burns Day with a concert of Scottish music. Burns’ poems and songs have long been icons of Scotland’s musical and literary legacy, inspiring settings and arrangements by composers including Britten, Ravel, Robert and Clara Schumann and John Greer. In addition to these songs and duets, this program features two unique dramatic works: Banquo’s Buried by Alison Bauld; a setting of Lady Macbeth’s mad scene from Shakespeare’s Scottish tragedy, Macbeth; and Judith Weir’s King Harald’s Saga, a scene for unaccompanied soprano that tells the tale of a failed 1066 invasion. Elizabeth Keusch, soprano; Joe Dan Harper, tenor; and Alison d’Amato, piano.
Rubendall Recital Hall,Weiss Center for the Arts. Free
Saturday, February 2, 8 p.m.
Oedipus at Colonus
The departments of Theatre & Dance and Classical Studies present Handcart Ensemble’s production of Oedipus at Colonus in a new translation by poet Eamon Grennan and directed by Karen Kirkham. Handcart Ensemble is a New York City theatre company devoted to bringing new life to literary masterworks by combining bold, inventive staging with language-rich translations, adaptations and classically inspired new works. Sophocles’ Oedipus at Colonus tells the story of the last day in the life of Oedipus. That “most tender of poems,” as Cicero called it, this play asks how do we find stable ground on which to stand and define our moral lives? Sophocles offers his play as a witness to the remarkable human capacity to persevere in this struggle.
The Cubiculo, Carlisle Theatre, 44 W. High St., 2nd floor. Free
Sunday, February 3, 4 p.m.
Faculty Recital: Shirley King, organ
Shirley S. King will perform a concert of organ music featuring composers J. S. Bach, Felix Mendelssohn and 20th-century composers Gaston Litaize, Simon Preston and Brent Weaver.
First Lutheran Church, High and Bedford streets, Carlisle. Free
February 8–March 29
New Lives for Asian Images
Opening Reception: Friday, February 8, 5-7 p.m.
This selection of works from The Trout Gallery’s permanent collection considers a variety of objects from Asia and how, divorced from their original context, they live new lives as part
of the art collection at Dickinson College. The images and objects gathered here were originally made and used in Asia. Many were dedicated to the practice of religious belief in homes or temples or other sacred places. Others provided entertainment to villagers or townspeople, enabled merchants to weigh goods for sale in the marketplace, educated people about great events of the moment, or brought to mind bygone and better days. These images and objects also offered the pleasures of beauty and the solace, enlightenment and inspiration works of craft and artistry carry in their making and in their viewing. Collected and donated over the years by Dickinson alumni, faculty, staff and other friends of the college, these works of art and craft have found a new home in an institution dedicated to thinking about the past, the present and the future of Asia, America and the world. Their presence invites serious and playful conversations about their lives and ours. The exhibition is curated by Associate Professor Samuel K. Parker, from the University of Washington, Tacoma, in conjunction with Professor David Strand, James Bowman, and Jennifer Huang ’08.
The Trout Gallery, Weiss Center for the Arts. Free
Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sunday, February 10, 4 p.m.
Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire
Lynn Helding, associate professor of music, and members of the music department faculty join to present a rare performance of Arnold Schoenberg’s monumental song-cycle Pierrot Lunaire. Described by Stravinsky as “the solar plexus as well as the mind of early twentieth-century music,” this historic work revolutionized the musical language of its time and had a resounding effect on the musical landscape. Featuring Lynn Helding, mezzo-soprano; with Mary Hannigan, flute; Elisabeth Stimpert, clarinet; Geoffrey Yeh, violin/viola; Michal Schmidt, cello; and Jennifer Blyth, piano. Conducted by Robert Pound.
Rubendall Recital Hall, Weiss Center for the Arts. Free
Sunday, February 24, 4 p.m.
Faculty Recital: Inspired by Poetry
Michal Schmidt, cello, and Jennifer Blyth, piano, present Inspired by Poetry, a recital based on transcriptions and original works based on songs and poetry. Composers include Faure, Schumann and Hahn.
Rubendall Recital Hall, Weiss Center for the Arts. Free
Tuesday, February 26, 8 p.m.
Belfer Creative Writing Lectureship
Author and Dickinson alumnus Brock Clarke ’90 will read from his widely acclaimed new novel An Arsonist’s Guide to Writers’ Homes in New England.
Memorial Hall, Old West. Free
Friday, February 29, 8 p.m.
Saturday, March 1, 8 p.m.
Monday March 3, 8 p.m.
Tuesday, March 4, 8 p.m.
The Tempest
The Department of Theatre & Dance, with the Mermaid Players, presents William Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Shakespeare’s last major play is an intriguing mix of the comic, the romantic, thesentimental and the magical. Fred Morsell ’62 returns to campus as guest artist in the role of Prospero, along with a Dickinson student cast. In addition to decades of professional work in New York and regional theatre as well as television and film, Morsell has toured extensively performing the role of Frederick Douglas in a one-man show he researched and wrote. The Tempest will benefit from input by students enrolled in a special year-long course, taught by professors Todd Wronski and David Kranz, examining Shakespearean scholarship and production.
Mathers Theatre, Holland Union Building (HUB). $5; $3 for students