Arts Calendar - November 16

ARTSCALENDAR

FALL2011NOVEMBER16–NOVEMBER25

TableofContents

DANCE 3FILM 3LITERARY 8MUSIC 3THEATER 13VISUALARTS 13INFO 17

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DANCEBABSONCOLLEGE

December2nd.7pm.

BabsonDanceEnsemble:iDance.

MUSICBABSONCOLLEGE

December4.3pm.

PianoRecital.Carling­SorensonTheater.RSVP.

WELLESLEYCOLLEGE

November16th.8pm.

CollegiumMusicum.HoughtonChapel.RSVP.

Anensembleofsingersandinstrumentalists,CollegiumspecializesintheperformanceofWesternmusicfromtheMiddleAgestotheearly19thcentury.MembersoftheCollegiumenjoytheuseoftheMusicDepartment’sunusuallyfinecollectionofhistoricalinstruments.DirectedbyTomZajac.

November20th.8pm.

Brandeis­WellesleyOrchestra.HoughtonChapel.RSVP.

TheBrandeis‐WellesleyOrchestraiscomposedofstudents,faculty,staff,andassociatesofWellesleyCollegeandBrandeisUniversity.UnitingthestandardsofexcellenceassociatedwithWellesleyandBrandeis,theorchestrabringsinspiringperformancesofthegreatorchestralliterature—pastandpresent—toanewgenerationofmusiciansandaudiences.ItsfallprogramwillincludeElgar’sEnigmaVariations,TheRomanCarnivalOverturebyBerlioz,andtheBostonpremieroftheFauréViolinConcerto.DirectedbyNealHampton.

November30th.12:30pm

TripleHelixPianoTrio:Lecture­Recital.JewettAuditorium.RSVP.

Inthisinformallectureandrecital,TripleHelixtakesalookatthecoolandurbaneworldofjazz.AstheyperformtheworksofRavel,PiazzollaandReidwithWellesleyCollegePerformanceFacultymemberGregHopkins,

theyexaminethemusic'sroleinpromotingcross‐culturalexchange.

TheWellesleyCollegeClub,situatedontheshoresofLakeWaban,isdelightedtoopenitsdoorstothepublicforHighTea,October12at2:00pm,followingtheconcertinJewwettAuditoriumbeginningat12:30pm.Reservationsarerequired;pleasecall781.283.2700forreservationsandmembershipinquiries.

December1st.7pm.

ChamberMusicSocietyConcert.PendletonWest220.RSVP.

TheWellesleyCollegeChamberMusicSocietyoffersstudentstheopportunitytoexploreand

performtheclassicalrepertoireforsmallensembles—includingstrings,winds,guitar,harp,piano,harpsichord,andvoice—andtobecoachedweeklybymembersoftheMusicDepartmentfaculty.Eachsemesterculminatesinaseriesofconcertsgivenbyparticipants.DirectedbyDavidRussellandJennyTang.

ecember4PianoRecital.Carling­SorensonTheater.

FILMWELLESLEYCOLLEGE

November30th.7pm.

Anomaly.MultifaithCenter.RSVP.

Anomalytakesathought‐provokinginsider'slookatmultiracialidentitybycombiningpersonalnarrativeswiththelargerdramaofmixedraceinAmericanculture.Featuredintervieweesusespokenwordandmusictotelltheirstories.Communityleadersandacademicexperts,includingJenChau’99,providecontextandanalysis.Asitunfolds,AnomalytellsastorythatisdeeplypersonalyetbroadlyAmerican.AnomalywontheLangstonHughesAfricanAmericanFilmFestival’sLocalFilmmakerAwardinSeattleinApril2010,andwasfeaturedintheBestoftheAfricanDiasporaFilmFestivalinBrooklyninFebruary2010.ClicktowatchtheAnomalytrailer.

ChauisfounderandexecutivedirectorofSwirl,Inc.,anationalcommunityorganizationfoundedin2000thatservesthemixed‐racecommunity.AsastudentatWellesley,ChauservedCollegeGovernmentasthemulticulturalaffairscoordinator.

LITERARYBABSONCOLLEGE

November30.7pm.

TheEmpowerSeries:EmmanuelJal.KnightAuditorium.RSVP.

Alleventsinour“Empower”seriesthisfallaredesignedtobringasmuchenergyandcommitmenttotheethicsofdifferenceandinclusiononourcampusasisgeneratedaround,say,social

entrepreneurshiporsustainability.EmmanuelJal,formerchildsoldier,hip‐hopartist,peaceactivistwillperformandspeakaspartofthisseries,butalsoasthefeaturedspeakerforallArtsandHumanitiesFoundationsectionsthisfall.MostofthosecourseswillusethedocumentaryWARCHILD,abouthislife,aswell.WatchhisTEDtalkhere:http://www.ted.com/talks/emmanuel_jal_the_music_of_a_war_child.htmlhttp://www.myspace.com/emmanueljal

cosponsoredbyArtsandHumanitiesDivisionasAHFperformer,requiredforallstudentsEmmanuelJalwasborninwar‐tornSudan,andwhilehedoesn’tknowexactlywhen,hebelievesitwasintheearly1980s.Hewastakenfromhisfamilyhomein1987whenhewassixorsevenyearsold,andsenttofightwiththerebelarmyinSudan’sbloodycivilwar.Fornearlyfiveyears,hewasa“childwarrior,”putintobattlecarryinganAK‐47thatwastallerthanhewas.Bythetimehewas13,hewasaveteranoftwocivilwarsandhadseenhundredsofhisfellowchildsoldiersreducedtotakingunspeakablemeasuresastheystruggledtosurviveonthekillingfieldsofSouthernSudan.Afteraseriesofharrowingevents,hewasrescuedbyaBritishaidworker(EmmaMcCune)whosmuggledhimintoNairobitoraisehimasherown.”

Jalisalsothesubjectofadocumentaryfilmhttp://www.warchildmovie.com/andamemoirhttp://www.amazon.com/War‐Child‐Soldiers‐Story/dp/0312383223/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1306510822&sr=8‐2

WELLESLEYCOLLEGE

November17.6:30pm.

IntheMecca.CollinsCinema.RSVP.

AconversationwithSarifaRhodes‐PittsandSarahBroomaboutHarlemandNewOrleans

In1968,thepoetGwendolynBrookspublishedabooklengthworkcalled"IntheMecca."Init,aninnercitymothersearchesforherchildinanurbanhousingproject.Inthisprogram,thewritersSharifaRhodes‐PittsandSarahBroomdiscusstheirinterestintwocommunitiesthatarecloselyidentifiedwithpeopleofcolor:HarlemandthecityofNewOrleans.AsaNewOrleansnative,BroomwilldiscusstheaftereffectsofHurricaneKatrinaonthecity'scurrentstatusandthedispossessed;Rhodes‐Pitts,whocurrentlyresidesinNewOrleans,willreadfrom,andcommenton,herbook,HarleminNowhere,ameditativeaccountofherlifeinNewYork's"blackmecca."TheirconversationwillbemoderatedbyNoahChasin,anarthistorianfromBardCollege,whoseresearchfocusesontheintersectionofhumanrightsandurbancontexts.

SharifaRhodes‐PittsisawriterwhoseworkhasappearedinTransition,TheNewYorkTimes,andTheBostonGlobe.ShehasreceivedawardsfromtheRonaJaffeFoundation,theLannanFoundation,andtheNewYorkFoundationfortheArts.OriginallyfromHouston,Texas,shegraduatedin2000fromHarvardUniversityandwasaFulbrightScholarintheUnitedKingdom.SharifaiswritingatrilogyonAfrican‐Americansandutopia;herfirstbook,HarlemisNowhere,waspublishedin2011byLittle,Brown&Company.SarahM.BroomisaNewOrleansnativewhoseessayshaveappearedinTheNewYorkTimesMagazine,TheOxfordAmerican,O,TheOprahMagazineandelsewhere.ShehasworkedasSeniorWriterforMayorC.RayNaginafterHurricaneKatrinaandmostrecentlyservedasExecutiveDirectorofVillageHealthWorks,aNewYork‐basedinternationalnon‐profitthatprovideshealthcaretoBurundi'spoorest.Ms.BroomiscurrentlyatworkonTheYellowHousewhichwillbepublishedbyGrovein2013.BroomlivesinHarlem.

NoahChasinisAssistantProfessorofArtHistoryatBardCollegewherehealsoteachesintheHumanRightsandtheEnvironmentalandUrbanStudiesPrograms.HehaswrittencriticisminmanyvenuesincludingArtforum,ArtJournal,andtheJournaloftheSocietyofArchitecturalHistorians.Hisresearchfocusesontheintersectionofhumanrightsandurbancontexts,aswellasthehistoryofself‐organizationinurbancommunities.

THEATER

VISUALARTSBABSONCOLLEGE

LoopsandStrips:NewPaintingsbyNataliyaBregel.HollisterGallery.RSVP.OpeningReception:ThursdayNovember3,5‐7p.m.Artist’sTalk:WednesdayNovember9,1‐1:30p.m.Formoreinformation,[email protected]

ExhibitHours:9a.m.‐7p.m.Monday–Friday,byappointment

BabsonCollegepresents“LoopsandStrips,”NewPaintingsbyNataliyaBregel,basedonvideofootagefromhertravels.Sheshootsfootageinbothpublicanddomesticenvironments,observingunfoldinginteractionsbetweenfriendsandfamilyorgroupsofstrangers.

Bregelselectsagroupofstillshotsfromthevideo,whichshethenpaintsontothinhorizontalpanelsandmorerecently,theinteriorsofhoops,shownhereforthefirsttime.Theinteriorsurfacesofthelargewoodenhoopsallowtheviewertobecomeimmersedinthesepaintingspaces.

Intheirscale,palette,andtouch,theseserialpaintingscreateanintimateviewingenvironmentwithinterestingparallelsandcontraststoourincreasinglyscreenderivedexperienceswhethertheyarrivethroughlaptop,tablet,orsmart‐phone.

Thepaintings’filmicqualitiesmovetheviewerthroughtheirnarratives,whiletheartist’spainterly

strokesmovebetweendeepexplorationsandlightdrawing.Whilelifeatthescreencompelsmultitasking,thesenearminiaturesasktheviewertoslowdownandcontemplatetheselectedmomentsunfoldinginthepaintings.

GlobalFlora:BotanicalimageryandExploration.RSVP.

Anexhibitioncelebratingtheaestheticqualitiesaswellasthescientificimportanceofbotanicalimagery,GlobalFlorafeaturesprintsandillustratedbooksthathaveresultedfromexploratorymissionsaroundtheworld.CuratedbyElaineMehalakes,KemperCuratorofAcademicPrograms.

Picturedabove:RobertJohnThornton,TheNight‐BlowingCereusfromTheTempleofFlora,1807.DoubleSolitaire:TheSurrealWorldsofKaySageandYvesTanguy.RSVP.

DoubleSolitairebringstheworkofhusbandandwifepaintersYvesTanguyandKaySagetogetherforthefirst

time.AstheexhibitexplorestheSurrealistworkofthetwoartists,thepaintingsprovideawindowintothecouple’spersonallives.

Pictured above: Kay Sage, Small Portrait, 1950, oil on canvas.

FiveWatercolorsbyMadameChiangKai­shek.RSVP.

SoongMay‐ling,WellesleyCollegeclassof1917,begantopaintinhermiddleage,andquicklydistinguishedherselfasagifted

pupil.A1952featureonherwatercolorsinLifemagazineproclaimedher“aptitudefargreaterthanthatofmostamateurs.”MadameChiangdonatedthepaintingstoWellesleyCollege,allowingfuturegenerationsofstudentsandDavisvisitorstoenjoyandbeinspiredbyherartisticwork.

Picturedabove:MadameChiangKai‐shek,ChineseOrchidforSpring

INFOHaveaneventtiporanopencall?Emaillowolabi1@babson.eduwithdetails.ViewtheArtsCalendaronline

attheSorensonCenteronfacebookandforwardthisinfotoanyinterestedpeople.theartsatbabson.theartsatwellesley.theartsat

olin.[artclubs]BFAA–BabsonFineArtsAssociationContactcbao1@babson.eduPotteryClubContactmolly.gutcher@students.olin.eduStudioArtfacilitiesatBabsonBabsonCeramicsstudio–Opentoexperiencedpotters/sculptors$80/$200feefor8weeksBabsonWetPhotographyLab–OpentoexperiencedphotographerswithaBabsonOneCardwiththepermissionofthemanager.$80/$200feeforsemester.Drawing/PaintingStudio–Availabletousewiththepermissionofstaff.Contactdakiba@[email protected]

[musicclubs]AskMichèleOshimamoshima@babson.eduhowyoucantakeprivatemusiclessonsatWellesley.BabsonCollegeRadioContactepadial1@babson.eduBabsonEntertainmentInitiativeContactepadial1@[email protected]

Babson/[email protected]­WellesleyOrchestraAnyonewishingtoauditionfortheBrandeis‐WellesleyOrchestrashouldcontactNealHampton,thedirector,[email protected].

SharedVoices,MultifaithChorus(opentostudents,staff,andfaculty)

[email protected]

RocketPitchesContactilee3@babson.eduConductorlessOrchestraContactDiana.dabby@olin.eduPowerchordsContactJessica.rucker@students.olin.eduWellesleyCollege:Choir,ChamberSingers,CollegiumMusicum,ChamberMusicSociety,WellesleyBlueJazz,andYanvalou.PerformingArtsFacilitiesatBabsonCarling‐SorensonTheater–Stateoftheart441seatprosceniumtheater.ParkManorCentralBandRoom–OpentoallmusicianswithaOneCardEquippedwithbass,guitaramps,drumset,electricpiano,andinstrumentlockers.SorensonPianoPracticeRooms–OpentotheBabsoncommunity‐[email protected]’sPub–Availableforstudentshowsandequippedwithasmallstage,lights,[email protected]

[danceclubs][email protected]

BabsonDanceEnsemble(BDE)[email protected]@babson.eduButterfingersContactZachary.brass@students.olin.eduOlinFirethrowersContactKevin.simon@students.olin.eduPerformingArtsFacilitiesatBabsonSorensonDanceStudio–Studiowithwoodfloor,twomirroredwalls,[email protected]

[theaterclubs]BabsonPlayersContactagreenslet1@babson.eduVaginaMonologuesContactagreenslet1@babson.eduFWOPContactharold.jaffe@[email protected]

[filmclubs]FILM.Tuesdays.9pm.OlinAuditorium.contactEli.Sheldon@[email protected]

[literaryclubs]BabsonLiteraryMagazineContactlitmag@[email protected]