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Upcoming Arts Events
All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.
May 2008
April 29 - May 18
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Senior Honors Exhibition
Spingold Theater Center
Students in Brandeis's acclaimed Fine Arts program show final projects in painting, sculpture, drawing, and printmaking. Opening reception Tuesday, April 29, 5 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Thursday, May 1
FLOW: For Love of Water
Wasserman Cinematheque, International Business School
7:30 p.m.
The Film Studies program presents the Boston premiere of a documentary on the worldwide water crisis, with a focus on politics, pollution and human rights. Directed by award-winning French journalist Irena Salina, the film premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and has been honored by the 2008 Mumbai Film Festival, the Vail International Film Festival, and the Flagstaff Film Festival.
Friday, May 2
Intuitive Music: A Commemoration of the Life and Works of Karlheinz Stockhausen
Slosberg Music Center
8 p.m.
Members of the Brandeis Graduate Improvisation/Experimental Music Ensemble plus special guests Ken Ueno, Hillary Zipper, Kevin Patton, Lou Bunk, and Peter Gilbert perform music by Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007), with special emphasis on his "Intuitive Music," including material from Aus Den Sieben Tagen, Für kommende Zeiten, Tierkreis, and more. For more information, contact Peter McMurray at plmcmurray@gmail.com.
May 2 - 4
Measure for Measure
Women's Studies Research Center
The student-run Free Play Theater Cooperative presents Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, which explores the strengths and flaws in humanity through the story of Claudio, a young man who is sentenced to death for impregnating his betrothed, in a time where premarital sex is unlawful. Directed by Vicki Schairer '09, produced by Stefan Isaac '10, and stage managed by Lily Nagy-Deak '11. For more information or to reserve tickets, email Stefan Isaac at rsisaac@brandeis.edu.
Sunday, May 4
Hansel and Gretel
Spingold Theater Center
11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
Indulge your sweet tooth for adventure with this classic opera for the whole family. In Humperdinck's beloved opera, sung in English, a walk in the forest becomes a musical discovery of delights and frights. Produced by Boston Lyric Opera. Tickets: $12 children, $18 adults, available online or call 781-736-3400.
Thursday, May 8
Spring Exhibitions Opening Celebration
Rose Art Museum
6 p.m.
Celebrate the first major U.S. solo exhibition by Alexis Rockman as well as the opening of The New Authentics: Artists of the Post-Jewish Generation and Paper Trail II: Passing Through Clouds, curated by internationally known artist Odili Donald Odita. The exhibition continues through July 27.
May 9 - July 27
Alexis Rockman: The Weight of Air
The New Authentics: Artists of the Post-Jewish Generation
Paper Trail II: Passing Through Clouds
Rose Art Museum
This first major U.S. solo exhibition by Alexis Rockman, the Ruth Ann and Nathan Perlmutter Artist-in-Residency, who is known for creating information-rich scenes that offer socially charged predictions, including the future effects of genetic engineering and global warming. Over the past two years, he has been creating an extraordinary new body of works on paper that reveals a depth of experimental process resulting in a unique mix of beauty, feelings of wonder and encroaching catastrophe.
The New Authentics: Artists of the Post-Jewish Generation, featuring works by 16 prominent American artists, examines how these artists are informed by their particular experiences as Jews and will address complex notions of Jewishness in American culture.
Paper Trail II: Passing Through Clouds is the second in a series of exhibitions in which artists integrate their own work with pieces they select from the museum’s works on paper collection. The project offers the rare opportunity to showcase samples from more than 2,000 works on paper owned by the Rose Art Museum. Margaret Evangeline curated the first artist exhibition in 2007. Odili Donald Odita is the featured artist/curator for Paper Trail II.
Saturday, May 10
New Music Brandeis
Slosberg Music Center
8 p.m.
Graduate composers in Brandeis's top-ranked music program present new works performed by professional guest musicians.
Sunday, May 11
Jazz at the Rose: Eric Hofbauer Quartet
Rose Art Museum
2 p.m.
Cambridge-based guitarist Eric Hofbauer's range encompasses "avant Americana solo guitar de/reconstructions of everything from Jelly Roll Morton to Andrew Hill to A-ha and Waylon Jennings." He brings his quartet to the Rose for another installment in the museum's monthly jazz series.
Saturday, May 31
Inside View: The Weight of Air
Rose Art Museum
2 p.m.
Join Rose director Michael Rush for a gallery tour of The Weight of Air, the first major museum solo show of Alexis Rockman’s latest works.
Through May 21
Lynne Avadenka: A Thousand and One Inventions
Women’s Studies Research Center
Words and images meld in Lynne Avadenka's site-specific installation, creating an environment that opens up and reveals layers visually, as a book does conceptually. A multiplicity of marks in a variety of media transforms the Kniznick Gallery's unique architecture into a work of art that invites and absorbs the viewer.
The Art Behind the Portrait
Goldfarb Library
Inspired by the library's collection of photographer Carl Van Vechten's African American portraits, this display highlights African American luminaries such as Sammy Davis, Jr., Harry Belafonte, and Billie Holiday. Display created by Gail Goldspiel ’09 and produced by Lisa Zeidenberg, arts and culture librarian. Creative Arts, Farber Library, Floor 3.
Brandeis in Lights: Legends of Stage, Screen, and Song
Goldfarb Library
This exhibit highlights notable aspects of Brandeis's early music and theater programs; it also showcases the personal collections of important figures in theater, film, and musical composition. Come for a glimpse of the artistic impresarios associated with Brandeis ... and for a close look at Oscar. The Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department, Goldfarb Library, Level 2
