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Creative & performing arts calendar. . .
THE ART GALLERY
Sept. 12-Oct. 5
20th-Century Japanese Prints from The Art Gallery's
Permanent Collection
Oct. 24-Nov. 23
Department of Art Faculty
Exhibition 2002
HORNBAKE LIBRARY EXHIBITION GALLERY
June 3-Aug. 23
Testudo and Friends
The original Testudo will be joined in the Maryland Room exhibit gallery by
turtles and terrapins loaned.
Sept. 6 -Dec. 20
Curly Byrd Exhibition
CLARICE SMITH PERFORMING ARTS CENTER EVENTS
Thursday & Friday, Sept. 12 & 13
Doug Varone and Dancers
A modern dance company characterized by extraordinary physical daring and vivid
musicality.
Kay Theatre, 8 p.m.
$30
Friday & Saturday , Sept. 20 & 21
"Monkey King"
Chu Shan Chinese Opera Institute
This tale of how the monkey king brought Buddhism to China is told through
dazzling costumes, spellbinding storytelling and awe-inspiring acrobatics.
Kay Theatre, 8 p.m.
$30
Sunday, Sept. 22
Susana Baca
This Afro-Peruvian singer evokes blues with south-of-the-border grooves.
Kay Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
$25
Friday & Saturday, Sept. 27 & 28
Maryland Dance Ensemble
Showcase
Department of Dance repertory company features works by professional guest
artists Doug Varone, David Parker and Aviva Geismar.
Kay Theatre, 8 p.m.
$12
Sunday, Oct. 6
"I, too, sing, America"
Stephen Salters, baritone
Music inspired by Langston Hughes, in honor of the 100th anniversary of Hughes's
birth, includes area premiere of Suite Death, a symphonic work for choir and orchestra based on poems by Hughes and composed by Ysaye Barnwell of
Sweet Honey in the Rock. Featuring 140 voices from the Lesbian & Gay Chorus of Washington, D.C., Inner Light United Fellowship, Washington Men's
Camerata and Washington Women's Chorus.
Dekelboum Concert Hall
Pre-performance presentation, 1:30 p.m.
Performance, 3 p.m.
$30
Friday, Oct. 11
Ricky Skaggs &
Kentucky Thunder
Four-time Grammy Award-winner Skaggs and his band share his love of bluegrass.
Dekelboum Concert Hall
Pre-performance discussion, 7 p.m.
Performance, 8 p.m.
$40, $30, $20
Friday & Saturday, Oct. 11 & 12
David Dorfman & Dan Froot
Live Sax Acts
A witty performance that turns masculine stereotypes upside down.
Dance Theatre, 8 p.m.
$25
Friday, Oct. 18-Sunday, Oct. 20
Teatro Hugo & Ines Present Short Stories
Hugo and Ines create a riot with characters composed of knees, feet, hands and
elbows that mirror moments in daily life.
Kogod Theatre, Friday & Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 3 p.m.
$15
Friday, Oct. 18-Saturday, Oct. 26
You Can't Take It With You
University of Maryland Dept.
of Theatre
In this classic American comedy by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, "Grandpa"
reigns over a delightful madhouse filled with children, grandchildren and
spouses. All are artists, writers and inventors without a lick of talent
except for having a good time.
Kay Theatre, call for times
$20
Friday, Oct. 25
Artemis String Quartet
Whoever says classical music is dead hasn't heard Artemis String Quartet, which represents a new generation of European musical artists. Performance will
include Schubert's "Quartettsatz in c minor, D. 703 'Andante' (fragment),"
Nono's "Fragmente - Stille, an Diotima," and Beethoven's "Quartet in c-sharp
minor, Op. 131."
Gildenhorn Recital Hall
Pre-performance discussion, 7 p.m.
Performance, 8 p.m.
$25
Saturday, Oct. 26
Left Bank Quartet
A presentation of the School of Music
(for more information see story, pg. 49)
Gildenhorn Recital Hall, 8 p.m.
$20
Saturday, Nov. 2
The Crossing with Tim O'Brien &
Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble
A two-act stage show of The Crossing, the poignant and bittersweet story of
Scots-Irish immigration to Appalachia and an intimate portrait of O'Brien's own
journey back to Ireland.
Kay Theatre
Pre-performance discussion, 7 p.m.
Performance, 8 p.m.
$25
Sunday, Nov. 3
Yellowjackets
Jazz with a sting. The Yellowjackets buzz between jazz, R&B, soul and even
bluegrass and orchestral renditions. Eleven-time Grammy nominees.
Kay Theatre
Pre-performance discussion, 6:30 p.m.
Performance, 7:30 p.m.
$30
Wednesday & Thursday, Nov. 6 & 7
Marc Maron & Roy Zimmerman
Edgy comic Maron and unabashedly left-of-center Zimmerman skewer liberals and
conservatives alike with rapid-fire wordplay and zingers that hit the target.
Kay Theatre, 8 p.m.
$25
Friday, Nov. 8
Boston Camerata
Camerata Mediterranea
L'Orchestre Abdelkrim Rais of Fes in ,i>Cantigas de Santa Maria
Boston Camerata recreates the unique musical poetic and spiritual climate of
Iberia in the 13th century, weaving Jewish, Islamic and Christian influences.
Dekelboum Concert Hall
Pre-performance discussion, 7 p.m.
Performance, 8 p.m.
$30
Friday-Saturday, Nov. 8-Nov. 23
The Laramie Project
by Moises Kaufman and the members of Tectonic Theatre Project
Directed by Adele Cabot
Created from interviews with the people of Laramie, Wyo., after the murder of
Matthew Shepard, this piece examines violent and nonviolent reactions to those
who have traditionally been labeled as "different."
Kogod Theatre, call for times
$15
Saturday, Nov. 9
Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio
Celebrating their 25th anniversary, the piano trio called "one of the
best-blended, most sensitive and intelligent piano trios in the world today" by
The New York Times, offers the world premiere of "Trio" by David Del Tredici,
commissioned by the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.
Dekelboum Concert Hall, 8 p.m.
$40, $30, $20
Sunday, Nov. 10
Bobby Sanabria & Ascension
Nominated for a Grammy in 2000 for best Latin jazz recording of the year, Bobby
Sanabria performs with his sizzling nonet, blending Bronx-bred attitude with
jazz wizardry.
Kay Theatre
Performance, 7:30 p.m.
Post-performance Q&A
$25
Friday & Saturday, Nov. 15 & 16, Tuesday & Wednesday, Nov. 19 & 20
Maryland Dance Ensemble
Featuring new works by Keely Garfield and faculty choreographers.
Dance Theatre, 8 p.m.
$12
Friday, Nov. 22
Tokyo String Quartet with
Alicia de Larrocha
Larrocha performs an arrangement of Mozart's Piano Concerto, A Major k. 414 with
the polished and technically impeccable quartet. Schubert's Quartet in E-flat,
D. 87 and Beethoven's String Quartet in F Major, op. 59, no.1 from "My Life"
complete the evening.
Dekelboum Concert Hall, 8 p.m.
$40, $30, $20
"An Evening of Duets and Solos"
Linda Mabbs, soprano; Delores Ziegler, mezzo-soprano; John Greer, piano
Two world-class vocalists grace the stage in an evening of chamber works.
Gildenhorn Recital Hall, 8 p.m.
$20
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