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Arts@Brandeis Calendar
All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.
Feb. 3 to 22
Dimensions 2: Fine Arts Exhibition
Spingold Theater Center
Enjoy paintings, prints, and drawings by Brandeis's gifted undergraduate artists. Opening reception: Feb. 3, 5 to 7 p.m.
Feb. 4 to 14
Funnyhouse of a Negro
Spingold Theater Center
Adrienne Kennedy's provocative and phantasmagorical play from the 1960s explores the psychological dimensions of race and identity in America. Sarah is young, black and obsessed with whiteness. She loses herself in her own internal funnyhouse through various versions of herself including Queen Victoria, the Duchess of Hapsburg and Jesus. Directed by acclaimed Boston theater artist David R. Gammons. Tickets are $18-$20. Purchase tickets online or call Brandeis Tickets: 781-736-3400.
Feb. 8 to 12
The Green Canvas: The Artist as Environmental Activist
Graphic artist Hoseob Yoon of South Korea has devoted his career to climate change activism. His residency as the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life's Distinguished Visiting Practitioner includes an exhibition, gallery talk and T-shirt making. For full schedule, visit the Ethics Center Web site.
Tuesday, Feb. 23
Creating the Popular Romance Project
Women's Studies Research Center
12:30 to 2 p.m.
Meet Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Laurie Kahn ("A Midwife's Tale" and "Tupperware!"), whose next film (working title: "Love Between the Covers") explores the world of romance novels. The film will take its viewers to the annual conference of the Romance Writers of America, into the lives of well-known and wannabe writers, behind the scenes of publishing houses, and into the operation hubs of huge participatory online communities of romance readers. For more information, contact Rosa Di Virgilio Taormina, taormina@brandeis.edu.
Feb. 23 to April 26
Tear/Repair (kriah/ichooi)
Kniznick Gallery at the Women's Studies Research Center
Andi Arnovitz has created a series of paper coats representing Jewish women who have changed history. As Hadassah-Brandeis Institute artist-in-residence, Arnovitz will create sketches for new work based on research and interactions with the Brandeis community. The new work extends her "Garments of Faith" series, also on view, which uses torn or intact papers, scrolls and book pages to address challenges to Jewish women throughout history. Opening reception: Feb. 23, 5 to 7 p.m.
Feb. 24 to March 14
Dimensions 3: Fine Arts Exhibition
Spingold Theater Center
Undergraduates in Brandeis's acclaimed fine arts studio courses show new work in sculpture and 3-D design. Opening reception: Feb. 24, 5 to 7 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 28
Cellotica, Vol. 2: Eclectic Mix
Slosberg Music Center
3 p.m.
Lydian String Quartet cellist Joshua Gordon teams up with Randall Hodgkinson, piano, to perform the premiere of a work by Boston composer Scott Wheeler. Program also includes Charles Koechlin: Chansons Bretonnes, Book 1; Gabriel Fauré: Cello Sonata no. 1 in D minor, Op. 109; and Frederick Chopin: Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65. Tickets are $10 to $25. Purchase tickets online or call Brandeis Tickets: 781-736-3400.
Coming Soon
Saturday, March 6
World Music Concert: Alim and Fargana Qasimov: The Spiritual Music of Azerbaijan
Slosberg Music Center
8 p.m.
MusicUnitesUS presents Alim Qasimov, one of the 20th century's greatest interpreters of mugham, Azerbaijan's classical vocal music. He is joined by his daughter Fargana in a residency curated by ethnomusicologist Theodore Levin of Dartmouth College and produced in collaboration with the Aga Khan Music Initiative, a program of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture. Tickets are $10 to $25. Purchase tickets online or call Brandeis Tickets: 781-736-3400.
Ongoing
Through May 24
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: Tuesday through Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.