Calendar of Arts - November 2011

Masterworks: Renaissance, Baroque, and Early Modern Prints and Drawings from the Darlene K. Morris Collection

August 22–November 22
Reception: Friday, September 2, 5–7 p.m.
The Trout Gallery, Weiss Center for the Arts. Free

This exhibition presents a superb collection of old master and modern prints and drawings, representing many of the leading artists from the Renaissance to the mid-20th century. It features works by artists such as Albrecht Altdorfer, Thomas Hart Benton, Pierre Bonnard, Mary Cassatt, Lucas Cranach, Albrecht Dürer, Hendrick Goltzius, Francisco de Goya, Jan van Goyen, Angelika Kauffman, Jacob Lawrence, Lucas van Leyden, Claude Lorrain, Reginald Marsh, Henri Matisse, Jean-François Millet, Adriaen van Ostade, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Rembrandt van Rijn, Alfred Sisley, Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, James McNeill Whistler and Grant Wood.

Public Lecture – Wednesday, September 14, 6-7 p.m. 
Old Master Prints and the Print Trade by Alan Stone, Hill-Stone Gallery Inc., New York
Weiss Center for the Arts, Room 235 

 

 

Reflections and Undercurrents: Prints of Venice, 1900–1940

October 21–February 4
Opening Reception: Friday, October 21, 5–7 p.m.
The Trout Gallery, Weiss Center for the Arts. Free

In the early 1880s, James McNeil Whistler revolutionized the way that artists represented the city of Venice by producing images that moved away from the major tourist monuments to depict the squares, back alleys and isolated canals that only residents knew. His informal style and novel approach inspired several generations of printmakers who worked in Venice. This traveling exhibition of approximately one hundred prints concentrates on a group of American etchers and their Italian counterparts who captured a fresh view of the ancient city in the first half of the twentieth century, including Ernest David Roth, John Taylor Arms, Louis Rosenberg, John Marin, Herman Armour Webster and Fabio Mauroner. Guest curator: Eric Denker ’75, senior lecturer, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Public Lecture – Friday, October 21, 4–5 p.m.
Reflections and Undercurrents: Ernest Roth and Printmaking in Venice by Eric Denker ’75
Weiss Center for the Arts, Room 235. Free 

 

Much Ado About Nothing

Friday, October 28, 8 p.m.
Saturday, October 29, 8 p.m.
Monday, October 31, 8 p.m.
Tuesday, November 1, 8 p.m.
Mathers Theatre, Holland Union Building (HUB). $5/$3 student advance purchase

In William Shakespeare’s comedy, Much Ado About Nothing, the sparks fly between old friends Beatrice and Benedick while for Claudio and Hero it is love at first sight. Battle of wits and battle of the sexes, courtships and deceptions, masked balls and romantic revelations, innuendo and gossip all play a part in the matchmaking. One of Shakespeare’s most popular comedies, Much Ado About Nothing centers on the frivolity of courtships and all the uproar they cause. Presented by the Department of Theatre and Dance and the Mermaid Players.

 

An Evening of Jazz

Tuesday, November 1, 8 p.m.
Rubendall Recital Hall, Weiss Center for the Arts. Free

Faculty Jazz Quartet members Steve Strawley (trumpet and flugelhorn), Tim James (piano), Jim Miller (bass, guest artist) and Dave Zygmunt (drums), along with guest vocalist Erin Cruise, present An Evening of Jazz. This concert will feature tunes from the great American songbook, as well as jazz favorites, in a relaxed atmosphere.

 

Faculty Recital: Jennifer Blyth

Saturday, November 5, 7 p.m.
Rubendall Recital Hall, Weiss Center for the Arts. Free

Jennifer Blyth will present a faculty recital contrasting the solo works and chamber works of Sergei Rachmaninoff with a set of more modern compositions inspired by the theme of water. Works include a selection of Preludes and Études and the Cello Sonata in G Minor of Rachmaninoff as well as works by Maurice Ravel and Tobias Picker. Blyth will be joined by cellist Michael Cameron and students from her First-Year Seminar.Jennifer Blyth will present a faculty recital contrasting the solo works and chamber works of Sergei Rachmaninoff with a set of more modern compositions inspired by the theme of water. Works include a selection of Preludes and Études and the Cello Sonata in G Minor of Rachmaninoff as well as works by Maurice Ravel and Tobias Picker. Blyth will be joined by cellist Michael Cameron and students from her First-Year Seminar.

 

Noonday Concert

Thursday, November 10, noon
Rubendall Recital Hall, Weiss Center for the Arts. Free

This concert features students in Dickinson College’s performance-studies program.

 

Third Coast Percussion: The Cage Century

Saturday, November 12, 7 p.m.
Rubendall Recital Hall, Weiss Center for the Arts. Free

Third Coast Percussion quartet (David Skidmore, Peter Martin, Robert Dillon and Owen Clayton Condon) presents a concert that celebrates the 100th birthday of John Cage, one of America’s most influential and beloved artists, composers and philosophers of the last century. This concert will be the culmination of Third Coast Percussion’s weeklong residency at Dickinson College. Throughout this residency, the ensemble will interact with Dickinson College students and faculty, members of the community and students from Carlisle High School, with events ranging from master classes and lecture/demonstrations to interactive performances and informal discussions.

“sonically spectacular” — Chicago Tribune 

 

Different Drummers—Marking Time in Music

Friday, November 18, 7 p.m.
Rubendall Recital Hall, Weiss Center for the Arts. Free

The Dickinson Jazz Ensemble and the Dickinson Improvisation and Collaboration Ensemble (DICE), under the direction of Michael Clayville, will present works that reflect upon different ways composers explore and manipulate time. DICE is a newly formed ensemble committed to innovative performances of exciting music. The performance will include Terry Riley's In C, Caled Burhans' Oh Ye of Little Faith, Duke Ellington's Cottontail and works by Stan Kenton.
 

Dance Theatre Group’s Fall Concert: The New Normal: A Dance

Friday, November 18, 8 p.m.
Saturday, November 19, 8 p.m.
Sunday, November 20, 2 p.m.
Mathers Theatre, Holland Union Building (HUB). $5/$3 student advance purchase

Airport body scans, Skype, Wii game technology, enhanced reality and the real prospect of cyborgs: technology in the 21st century sketches and retraces us to redraw temporal and virtual borders—between bodies and machines, private and public spaces, corporeal identities and their virtual representations. The New Normal: A Dance explores themes of the techno-corporeal interfaces as they play out in the public imaginary. Presented by the Department of Theatre & Dance and the Dance Theatre Group. Choreography by Director of Dance Sarah Skaggs, postgraduate fellow Dawn Springer, Guggenheim Fellows in choreography Art Bridgman and Myrna Packer and visual artist Jung Eun Kim.

 

 

Margaret Atwood, Award-Winning Author

The Harold and Ethel L. Stellfox Visiting Scholars and Writers Program

Tuesday, November 29, 7 p.m.
Reading and Award Presentation
Anita Tuvin Schlechter (ATS) Auditorium. Free

Wednesday, November 30, 10:30 a.m.
Question & Answer Session followed by Book Signing
Great Room, Stern Center. Free

Booker Prize-winning writer Margaret Atwood is a novelist, poet, literary critic, essayist and environmental activist. Her most celebrated works include A Handmaid’s Tale, Alias Grace and The Blind Assassin. Atwood’s most recent novel, the dystopic The Year of the Flood, has been hailed as “visionary” and “brilliant.” The New York Times raved, “[Written with] energy, inventiveness, and narrative panache.  . . .  A gripping and visceral book that showcases [Atwood’s] pure storytelling talents.”