Arts Calendar
February 2012 | |
Monday, February 6 | |
| 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. |
Cabinets of Curiosities. This mini-exhibition is the final project for students in ''Introduction to Museum Studies,'' who were required to develop a cabinet of curiosities, on display until February 2012. Cabinets of curiosities, known in German as Wunderkammern, literally ''room of wonders,'' became popular in 16th and 17th century Europe. Watson Fine Arts and Wallace Library. Contact: Leah Niederstadt |
| 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
Ken Aptekar: Look Again. On display until April 14. Beard & Weil Galleries, Watson Fine Arts. Gallery hours are 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644) |
Wednesday, February 8 | |
| 6:00 p.m. |
Voice of an Artist: Ken Aptekar. ''Objecting to Objects: Notes of the Re-Painter.'' Aptekar mines the works of other artists and re-creates portions of their paintings, with clever shifts of scale and hue, covered by glass, upon which he inscribes inventive lines of text. Weber Theatre, Watson Fine Arts. Web link. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644) |
| 7:00 p.m. |
Gallery Opening Reception. To celebrate the opening of Ken Aptekar's exhibition in the Beard & Weil Galleries, ''Look Again,'' on display through April 14. Haas Concourse & Lobby, Watson Fine Arts. Web link. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644) |
Monday, February 13 | |
| 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
Ken Aptekar: Look Again. On display until April 14. Beard & Weil Galleries, Watson Fine Arts. Gallery hours are 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644) |
Thursday, February 16 | |
| 10:30 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. |
Life at the Loft featuring Ron Jay. Live spoken word and rap. Free admission and free pizza! The Loft, Balfour-Hood. Web link. Contact: Tyrek Greene |
Friday, February 17 | |
| 7:30 p.m. |
Jazz Band Concert. Under the direction of Rick Britto, the ensemble performs the music of Charlie ''Bird'' Parker, John Coltrane and other jazz masters. This performance honors Black History Month. Kresge Experimental Theatre, Watson Fine Arts. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644) |
Saturday, February 18 | |
| 7:30 p.m. |
Festival of Dance. Student-run dance groups--including SOLE, Paraiso Latino and Tap Out Loud--showcase a variety of dance styles and traditions. Weber Theatre, Watson Fine Arts. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644) |
Sunday, February 19 | |
| 2:00 p.m. |
Festival of Dance. Student-run dance groups--including SOLE, Paraiso Latino and Tap Out Loud--showcase a variety of dance styles and traditions. Weber Theatre, Watson Fine Arts. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644) |
Monday, February 20 | |
| 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
Ken Aptekar: Look Again. On display until April 14. Beard & Weil Galleries, Watson Fine Arts. Gallery hours are 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644) |
Thursday, February 23 | |
| 7:30 p.m. |
Trybe Gala 2012. This performance by the student-run dance ensemble Trybe features a wide array of dance styles--from belly dancing to urban hip-hop--from a variety of world cultures. Weber Theatre, Watson Fine Arts. To reserve complimentary tickets call the Trybe Ticket Line at 508-286-3365. Contact: Betsy Cronin |
Friday, February 24 | |
| 7:30 p.m. |
Trybe Gala 2012. This performance by the student-run dance ensemble Trybe features a wide array of dance styles--from belly dancing to urban hip-hop--from a variety of world cultures. Weber Theatre, Watson Fine Arts. To reserve complimentary tickets call the Trybe Ticket Line at 508-286-3365. Contact: Betsy Cronin |
Saturday, February 25 | |
| 7:30 p.m. |
Trybe Gala 2012. This performance by the student-run dance ensemble Trybe features a wide array of dance styles--from belly dancing to urban hip-hop--from a variety of world cultures. Weber Theatre, Watson Fine Arts. To reserve complimentary tickets call the Trybe Ticket Line at 508-286-3365. Contact: Betsy Cronin |
March 2012 | |
Thursday, March 1 | |
| 8:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. |
The Vagina Monologues. Eve Ensler's classic piece returns to Wheaton in a production benefiting New Hope of Attleboro and the V-Day Spotlight Campaign to end violence against women and girls of Haiti. Produced by Sophie Howard '14, directed by Julia McEntee '12. Cole Chapel. To reserve tickets call 508-286-3299 or email vmonologues@wheatoncollege.edu. Web link. Contact: Sophie Howard |
Friday, March 2 | |
| 8:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. |
The Vagina Monologues. Eve Ensler's classic piece returns to Wheaton in a production benefiting New Hope of Attleboro and the V-Day Spotlight Campaign to end violence against women and girls of Haiti. Produced by Sophie Howard '14, directed by Julia McEntee '12. Cole Chapel. To reserve tickets call 508-286-3299 or email vmonologues@wheatoncollege.edu. Web link. Contact: Sophie Howard |
Saturday, March 3 | |
| 12:30 p.m. |
New Plays Festival. Twelve original student works showcased over two days, advised by Associate Professor of English Charlotte Meehan and Professor of Theatre David Fox. Curtain at 12:30, 3:30 and 6:30 each day. Kresge Experimental Theatre, Watson Fine Arts. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644) |
Sunday, March 4 | |
| 12:30 p.m. |
New Plays Festival. Twelve original student works showcased over two days, advised by Associate Professor of English Charlotte Meehan and Professor of Theatre David Fox. Curtain at 12:30, 3:30 and 6:30 each day. Kresge Experimental Theatre, Watson Fine Arts. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644) |
Monday, March 5 | |
| 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
Ken Aptekar: Look Again. On display until April 14. Beard & Weil Galleries, Watson Fine Arts. Gallery hours are 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644) |
Monday, March 19 | |
| 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
Ken Aptekar: Look Again. On display until April 14. Beard & Weil Galleries, Watson Fine Arts. Gallery hours are 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644) |
Wednesday, March 21 | |
| 7:30 p.m. |
Brilliant Bach. Celebrate Bach's birthday at a recital of his music performed by William MacPherson on the college's magnificent Casavant organ. Cole Memorial Chapel. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644) |
Thursday, March 22 | |
| 5:00 p.m. |
Readings by the Writer. South African writer Tony Eprile is the author of Temporary Sojourner and Other South African Stories and the much-lauded The Persistence of Memory. May Room, Mary Lyon Hall. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644) |
| 8:00 p.m. |
Film Screening: ''Utopia in Four Movements.'' With a powerful sense of poetry, ''Utopia'' uses the collective experience of cinema to explore the battered state of the utopian impulse at the dawn of the 21st century. This ''live documentary'' features filmmaker/narrator Sam Green and musician Dave Cerf. Ellison Lecture, Watson Fine Arts. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644) |
Sunday, March 25 | |
| 7:30 p.m. |
Ten-Minute Play Festival. A showcase of dramatic vignettes written, directed and performed by Wheaton students. Kresge Experimental Theatre, Watson Fine Arts. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644) |
Wednesday, March 28 | |
| 8:00 p.m. |
Loser Concert Series: Cellist Alisa Weilerstein. American cellist Alisa Weilerstein has attracted worldwide attention for playing that combines a natural virtuosic command and technical precision with impassioned musicianship. Tickets are required for this free event. Call the Loser Concert Line, 508-286-3515 to reserve. Contact: Ellen Hallett |
Thursday, March 29 | |
| 7:00 p.m. |
4th Annual Mary L. Heuser Lecture. ''Paint, Pollen, Polymorphy: Sargent's Allegorical Self-Portraits,'' featuring Alison Syme, associate professor of art history at the University of Toronto, where she teaches courses in European and American 19th and 20th century art and visual culture. Ellison Lecture, Watson Fine Arts. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644) |
Friday, March 30 | |
| 7:30 p.m. |
Music of Brazil: Celia Malheiros and Friends. Malheiros performs an eclectic range of music, from sophisticated jazz harmonies and improvisations to folkloric and indigenous sounds of Brazil. With the Wheaton College Chorale and Chamber Singers. Cole Memorial Chapel. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644) |
April 2012 | |
Monday, April 2 | |
| 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
Ken Aptekar: Look Again. On display until April 14. Beard & Weil Galleries, Watson Fine Arts. Gallery hours are 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644) |
Thursday, April 12 | |
| 7:00 p.m. |
Film Screening: ''The Mill and the Cross.'' With director Lech Majewski, a Polish visual artist and filmmaker whose work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Venice Biennale. The film is based on the painting by Peter Bruegel, ''The Way to Calvary.'' A discussion with the filmmaker will follow. Ellison Lecture, Watson Fine Arts. Web link. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644) |
| 8:00 p.m. |
Cloud Nine. Directed by Stephanie Daniels, this comedic satire by Caryl Churchill mocks gender, racial stereotypes and sexual politics in British Colonial Africa and in London, 1979. Kresge Experimental Theatre, Watson Fine Arts. Tickets are $5 general, $2 students/seniors and may be reserved by calling the Watson Box Office at 508-286-3575 or emailing to boxoffice@wheatoncollege.edu. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644) |
Friday, April 13 | |
| 4:00 p.m. |
Student Recitals. Gifted student performers demonstrate mastery in voice, violin, cello, piano and other instruments. Cole Memorial Chapel. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644) |
| 7:30 p.m. |
Chamber Concert: Music by Black Composers. The Great Woods Chamber Orchestra performs music by Alvin Singleton, William Grant Still and other black composers. Trinitarian Congregational Church, Pine St., Norton. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644) |
| 8:00 p.m. |
Cloud Nine. Directed by Stephanie Daniels, this comedic satire by Caryl Churchill mocks gender, racial stereotypes and sexual politics in British Colonial Africa and in London, 1979. Kresge Experimental Theatre, Watson Fine Arts. Tickets are $5 general, $2 students/seniors and may be reserved by calling the Watson Box Office at 508-286-3575 or emailing to boxoffice@wheatoncollege.edu. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644) |
Saturday, April 14 | |
| 8:00 p.m. |
Cloud Nine. Directed by Stephanie Daniels, this comedic satire by Caryl Churchill mocks gender, racial stereotypes and sexual politics in British Colonial Africa and in London, 1979. Kresge Experimental Theatre, Watson Fine Arts. Tickets are $5 general, $2 students/seniors and may be reserved by calling the Watson Box Office at 508-286-3575 or emailing to boxoffice@wheatoncollege.edu. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644) |
Thursday, April 19 | |
| 8:00 p.m. |
Cloud Nine. Directed by Stephanie Daniels, this comedic satire by Caryl Churchill mocks gender, racial stereotypes and sexual politics in British Colonial Africa and in London, 1979. Kresge Experimental Theatre, Watson Fine Arts. Tickets are $5 general, $2 students/seniors and may be reserved by calling the Watson Box Office at 508-286-3575 or emailing to boxoffice@wheatoncollege.edu. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644) |
Friday, April 20 | |
| 8:00 p.m. |
Cloud Nine. Directed by Stephanie Daniels, this comedic satire by Caryl Churchill mocks gender, racial stereotypes and sexual politics in British Colonial Africa and in London, 1979. Kresge Experimental Theatre, Watson Fine Arts. Tickets are $5 general, $2 students/seniors and may be reserved by calling the Watson Box Office at 508-286-3575 or emailing to boxoffice@wheatoncollege.edu. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644) |
Saturday, April 21 | |
| 8:00 p.m. |
Cloud Nine. Directed by Stephanie Daniels, this comedic satire by Caryl Churchill mocks gender, racial stereotypes and sexual politics in British Colonial Africa and in London, 1979. Kresge Experimental Theatre, Watson Fine Arts. Tickets are $5 general, $2 students/seniors and may be reserved by calling the Watson Box Office at 508-286-3575 or emailing to boxoffice@wheatoncollege.edu. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644) |
Tuesday, April 24 | |
| 7:00 p.m. |
Gallery Opening Reception. To celebrate the opening of the Senior Studio Art Majors Exhibition running in the Beard & Weil Galleries until May 4. Haas Concourse & Lobby, Watson Fine Arts. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644) |
| 7:30 p.m. |
The Phat Police. Under the direction of Jeffrey Cashen, The Phat Police is a contemporary jazz ensemble playing a wide range of music from Wayne Shorter to Radiohead. Lyons Den, Rt. 140, Norton. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644) |
Wednesday, April 25 | |
| 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
Senior Studio Art Majors Exhibition. on display through May 4. Beard & Weil Galleries, Watson Fine Arts. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644) |
| 7:30 p.m. |
World Music Ensemble. A wide-ranging exploration of world music traditions from Brazil, India, Africa, Scotland, Ireland and more, under the direction of Visiting Instructor of Music Sheila Falls-Keohane. Weber Theatre, Watson Fine Arts. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644) |
Friday, April 27 | |
| 7:30 p.m. |
Southeastern Massachusetts Wind Symphony. Directed and conducted by Assistant Professor Earl Raney, the ensemble features a performance of spring pops and more. Weber Theatre, Watson Fine Arts. $5 general, $4 seniors, students free, $10 families of four or more. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644) |
Sunday, April 29 | |
| 7:30 p.m. |
Wheaton Chorale and Chamber Singers. Under the direction of Tim Harbold, the choruses present music of the Americas, ranging from contemporary works to jazz-influenced music of the United States and Brazil. Cole Memorial Chapel. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644) |
Monday, April 30 | |
| 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
Senior Studio Art Majors Exhibition. on display through May 4. Beard & Weil Galleries, Watson Fine Arts. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644) |
| 5:00 p.m. |
Playwrights on the Ground. Featuring Naomi Iizuka, who teaches at the University of California-San Diego and is the author of several plays, including Polaroid Stories and Language of Angels. May Room, Mary Lyon Hall. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644) |
May 2012 | |
Tuesday, May 1 | |
| 5:00 p.m. |
Student Recitals. Gifted student performers demonstrate mastery in voice, violin, cello, piano and other instruments. Cole Memorial Chapel. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644) |
Wednesday, May 2 | |
| 7:30 p.m. |
Jazz Band Concert. Under the direction of Rick Britto, the ensemble performs the music of Charlie ''Bird'' Parker, John Coltrane and other jazz masters. Kresge Experimental Theatre, Watson Fine Arts. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644) |
Thursday, May 3 | |
| 8:00 p.m. |
Wheaton College Dance Company. The ensemble performs under Artistic Director Andrea Taylor-Blenis. Weber Theatre, Watson Fine Arts. For ticket information and reservations ($5 general, $2 students/seniors), please call the Wheaton Box Office 508-286-3575 or email boxoffice@wheatoncollege.edu. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644) |
Friday, May 4 | |
| 8:00 p.m. |
Wheaton College Dance Company. The ensemble performs under Artistic Director Andrea Taylor-Blenis. Weber Theatre, Watson Fine Arts. For ticket information and reservations ($5 general, $2 students/seniors), please call the Wheaton Box Office 508-286-3575 or email boxoffice@wheatoncollege.edu. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644) |
Saturday, May 5 | |
| 8:00 p.m. |
Wheaton College Dance Company. The ensemble performs under Artistic Director Andrea Taylor-Blenis. Weber Theatre, Watson Fine Arts. For ticket information and reservations ($5 general, $2 students/seniors), please call the Wheaton Box Office 508-286-3575 or email boxoffice@wheatoncollege.edu. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644) |
Sunday, May 6 | |
| 7:30 p.m. |
Great Woods Chamber Orchestra. Featuring a concerto performed by violinist Victor Romanul from the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a performance by tenor Gavin Mackie '13, Wheaton's 2011 concerto-aria competition winner. Weber Theatre, Watson Fine Arts. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644) |
Friday, May 11 | |
| 7:30 p.m. |
Theatre Ensemble Experiments. Senior theatre majors present their final project on a Wheaton stage, advised by Assistant Professor of Theatre Jennifer Madden. Weber Theatre, Watson Fine Arts. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644) |
Saturday, May 12 | |
| 7:30 p.m. |
Theatre Ensemble Experiments. Senior theatre majors present their final project on a Wheaton stage, advised by Assistant Professor of Theatre Jennifer Madden. Weber Theatre, Watson Fine Arts. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644) |
Friday, May 18 | |
| 4:00 p.m. |
Theatre Ensemble Experiments. Senior theatre majors present their final project on a Wheaton stage, advised by Assistant Professor of Theatre Jennifer Madden. Weber Theatre, Watson Fine Arts. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644) |
