Events at Indiana University
Shadow and Substance
Now-May 17, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., 650 W. Washington St., Indianapolis -- A collaboration with the internationally acclaimed Burns Collection of New York brings together dozens of rarely seen photographs of the African American experience in the United States. "Shadow and Substance" celebrates "the strengths and accomplishments of African Americans in the face of oppression, subjugation and political disenfranchisement." The exhibition is filled with illustrations of achievement and shocking evidence of intolerance that include images of slaves; Civil War soldiers; new voters; businessmen and professionals; and political activists, among others. Indiana-related imagery, such as a photograph of Hoosier international bicycle champion Major Taylor, is also included. The Burns Collection is best known as the nation's largest, most comprehensive resource for early medical photography, but it also includes more than 600,000 other images, with particular strengths in African American photographs, Judaica, Criminology and Ethnology. Much of the African American imagery focuses on the 19th- and early 20th-century African American middle class. It also includes rare photographs of all aspects of African American history. For more information, visit http://www.in.gov/ism/Exhibits_Collections/ChangingGalleries/burns.aspx.
Herron Alumni Show
Now-May 25, 10 a.m.-7 p.m., 420 University Blvd., room 240, Indianapolis -- The IUPUI Cultural Arts Gallery is dedicated to educating students and community through the visual arts. The gallery hosts four shows throughout each university semester. These shows highlight the work of artists who are typically under-represented in the art world. In addition, the gallery strives to raise awareness and appreciation for cultural diversity through the celebration of diverse visual art. This year the theme is "40/40 Vision." In recognition of IUPUI's 40th anniversary, only 40 pieces of artwork will be accepted. The artist and the artwork will bring the past 40 years into focus. This year's alumni show is sponsored by Indiana Members Credit Union. For more information, visit http://life.iupui.edu/campus-center/about/cag.html
Botanica: A Pharmacy for the Soul
Botanica: A Pharmacy for the Soul
Now-July 2, various times, Mathers Museum, 416 N. Indiana Ave., Bloomington -- The exhibition "Botanica: Pharmacy for the Soul" centers on traditions of spirit healing and the practitioners and places associated with these beliefs. The Mathers Museum is open Tuesdays through Fridays, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Admission to the museum is free. For more information, visit http://www.mathers.indiana.edu.
Images of Native Americans: The Wanamaker Collection
Now-July 2, various times, Mathers Museum, 416 North Indiana Ave., Bloomington -- This exhibition presents selections from one of the largest and most important collections of images of Native Americans, and features an overview of the collection's history and its holdings. For more information, visit http://www.mathers.indiana.edu.
Safe and Sound: Protective Devices from Around the World
Now-Aug.14, various times, Mathers Museum, 416 North Indiana Ave., Bloomington -- The universal desire to avoid danger and remain out of harm's way is the subject of a new exhibition at the Mathers Museum of World Cultures. "Safe and Sound: Protective Devices from Around the World" features a number of objects that are believed, by some cultures, to hold protective powers. Curator Suzanne Ingalsbe, a doctoral student in the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, delves into the history of these devices and explores the sources of their power. The objects in this exhibition represent a variety of countries, cultures and beliefs. Included in the display are signs, clothing, jewelry, text and other devices that illustrate the many varied forms protection can take. These objects, alongside an explanation of their roots, demonstrate the power that belief can give to a seemingly ordinary object. For more information, or to schedule a guided group tour, call 812-855-6873 or e-mail mathers@indiana.edu.
Eros in Asia: Erotic Art from Iran to Japan
Now-June 26, 2 to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and by appointment, The Kinsey Institute Gallery, Morrison Hall, third floor, Bloomington -- "Eros in Asia: Erotic Art from Iran to Japan" features a variety of erotic artwork from Iran, India, Japan and China. In the 1940s and 1950s, Alfred Kinsey actively collected visual materials from around the world to enable him to study sexual behavior and attitudes across the Asian continent. Since that time, the institute has continued to acquire paintings, prints, illustrated books, sculptures and art objects from Asian countries, each of which has its unique artistic traditions and genres for the visual representation of sexuality. The Kinsey Institute was founded in 1947 as a private research institute affiliated with IU. Its mission is to promote interdisciplinary research and scholarship in the fields of human sexuality, gender and reproduction. For more information, visit http://www.kinseyinstitute.org/services/gallery.html or call 812-855-7686.
IU Art Museum presents: Ukucwebezela: To Shine -- Contemporary Zulu Ceramics
Now-May 24, third-floor of the Raymond and Laura Wielgus Gallery of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, IU Art Museum, Bloomington -- Masterfully thin-walled clay containers, round as balls, with blackened, sooty surfaces, are among the most recognized -- as well as the most prized -- examples of the potter's art in the world of African ceramics. Featuring the work of more than 25 artists, "Ukucwebezela: To Shine" speaks to the changing cultural and economic realities of South African ceramicists. An important part of the cultural traditions of the Zulu peoples, the largest single ethnic group in South Africa, these vessels have a long history, but are also part of the vibrant art scene in contemporary South Africa. "Ukucwebezela: To Shine-Contemporary Zulu Ceramics" takes a fresh look at Zulu ceramics, encouraging visitors to recognize subtle differences and to note the rich variety of form, color, texture and decoration of Zulu ceramics today. For more information, visit http://www.iub.edu/~iuam/iuam_home.php.
Focalpoint installation focuses on art from Cameroon
Now-May 24, IU Art Museum, 1133 E. Seventh St., Bloomington -- IU Art Museum visitors can still see some objects from northern Cameroon as well as Grasslands objects not usually on display (including some recent acquisitions) in this semester's Focalpoint Installation. The IU Art Museum's galleries are open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. The museum is closed on Mondays and major holidays. All exhibits are free and open to the public. For more information, visit http://www.iub.edu/~iuam/iuam_home.php.
Bloomington Photography Club Annual Exhibition
May 14-22, 12-4 p.m., SoFA Gallery, 1201 E. Seventh St., Bloomington -- The largest photography club in Indiana will have its 18th annual juried exhibition at the School of Fine Arts Gallery. An openingreception will accompany the exhibit May 15 from 7-9 p.m. This year's exhibition will feature photographs in various genres created by Photo Club memebers of Bloomigton and surrounding communities. All events are free and open to the public. For more information, contact the SoFA Gallery at 812-855-8490 or email sofa@indiana.edu.
Forensic Science/Criminal Justice Jag Day
May 22, 9 a.m. - 2:15 p.m., 420 University Blvd., CE-Campus Center, Indianapolis -- Follow professions in the legal system to learn more about crime scene investigation, conducting research, assisting local law enforcement and families. For more information or to register, visit https://www.iupui.edu/~jagdays/next.html.
The All Night Strut
June 11-July 5, various times, Brown County Playhouse, 70 Van Buren St., Nashville, Ind. -- The Brown County Playhouse season opens June 11 with The All Night Strut!, a classy, sassy musical celebration of the 1930s and '40s. This show soars, sings and struts to the matchless music and dynamic dances of the '30s and '40s, guiding the audience from the Depression through World War II to the post-war boom on waves of blues, jazz, bebop and classic song standards, including favorites by legendary composers of the American songbook. There are songs of danger and of despair, heartbreak and homesickness, but also heroism and hope, love and romance, sweet sentiment, seduction and just plain fun. The event includes dancing, from smooth moves to swing to jumpin' jive. For more information, visit http://www.indiana.edu/~thtr/bcplay.html.
Our Culture is Our Resistance
Jonathan Moller's work featured in new exhibit
Now-Aug. 14, various times, Mathers Museum, 416 North Indiana Ave., Bloomington -- "Our Culture is Our Resistance" features images by internationally renowned photographer and human rights activist Jonathan Moller. This exhibit focuses on the history of Guatemala, documenting injustices towards the country's indigenous majority during the civil war at the hands of the Guatemalan government. For more information, or to schedule a guided group tour, please call 812-855-6873 or e-mail mathers@indiana.edu.
Thoughts, Things, and Theories
. . . What Is Culture?
Now-July 31, various times, Mathers Museum, 416 N. Indiana Ave., Bloomington -- The meaning of culture and cultural traditions is explored in a new exhibition at the Mathers Museum of World Cultures. "Thoughts, Things, and Theories . . . What Is Culture?" uses objects from around the world to show the way culture permeates all human lives. Funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the exhibit focuses on two main themes: universal needs and life stages. Universal needs (food, clothing, and shelter, for example) are demonstrated in replicas of two households -- one a Bloomington ranch house from 1967, the other a multi-generational family compound from northern Nigeria in the same year. Visitors can then move into an area of the exhibit with artifacts illustrating life stages (from birth and infancy to death and the afterlife), with a Lakota cradleboard, Japanese wedding kimono and numerous other artifacts from around the globe. The exhibit also features a hands-on activity station, computer kiosks with interactive programs, and a reading area. For more information, or to schedule a guided group tour, please call 812-855-6873 or e-mail mathers@indiana.edu.
2009 IU Summer Music Festival
June 21-Aug. 11, various times and locations, Bloomington
-- Featuring more than 50 free and ticketed events, the 2009 Indiana University Summer Music Festival on the IU Bloomington campus offers the collegiate premiere of the Tony Award-winning musical The Light in the Piazza and a world-class array of orchestral concerts, chamber music, piano recitals, band concerts, percussion and other special events. For a complete list of Summer Music Festival performances and further information, visit http://www.music.indiana.edu/events/summer/2009/index.html. For tickets and Festival Passes, visit http://www.music.indiana.edu/events/summer/2009/tickets.html.
2009 IU Summer Music Festival: Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio
June 21, 4 p.m. Merrill Hall, 1201 E. Third St., 003, Bloomington -- Featuring Joseph Kalichstein, piano; Jaime Laredo, violin; and Sharon Robinson, cello. Works by Beethoven, Shostakovich and Schubert. Tickets are $8 for students, $15 for non-students. Festival Passes can be purchased for all events. For more ticket information, visit http://www.music.indiana.edu/events/summer/2009/tickets.html.
2009 IU Summer Music Festival: Biava Quartet and Atar Arad, viola
June 23, 8 p.m., Merrill Hall, 1201 E. Third St., 003, Bloomington --Featuring Austin Hartman and Hyunsu Ko, violin; Mary Persin, viola; and Jason Calloway, cello, with Atar Arad. Works by Haydn, Shostakovich, and Mendelssohn. For more information, visit http://www.music.indiana.edu/events/summer/2009/index.html.
2009 IU Summer Music Festival: Weiss-Kaplan-Newman Trio
June 25, 8 p.m., Merrill Hall, 1201 E. Third St., 003, Bloomington --
Featuring Yael Weiss, piano; Mark Kaplan, violin; and Clancy Newman, cello. Works by Bright Sheng, Smetana and Brahms. For more information, visit http://www.music.indiana.edu/events/summer/2009/index.html.
2009 IU Summer Music Festival: Festival Chamber Players
June 26, 8 p.m., Merrill Hall, 1201 E. Third Street, 003, Bloomington -- Featuring Erin Aldridge, violin; Atar Arad, viola; Csaba Onczay, cello; and Evelyne Brancart, Chih-Yi Chen and Cory Smythe, piano. Sonatas by Beethoven, Grieg, Schubert and Stravinsky. For more information, visit http://www.music.indiana.edu/events/summer/2009/index.html.
2009 IU Summer Music Festival: Hans Boepple
June 27, 8 p.m. Merrill Hall, 1201 E. Third St., 003, Bloomington -- Enjoy a series of diverse piano recitals, performed by renowned musicians, all closely associated with the IU Jacobs School of Music and the Summer Piano Academy. Works by J. S. Bach, Barber, Chopin and Liszt. This event is free. For more information, visit http://www.music.indiana.edu/events/summer/2009/pianorecitals.html.
2009 IU Summer Music Festival: Weiss-Kaplan-Newman Trio and Friends
June 28, 4 p.m., Merrill Hall, 1201 E. Third St., 003, Bloomington -- Featuring Yael Weiss, piano; Mark Kaplan, violin; and Clancy Newman, cello, with Sarah Kapustin and Zoe Martin-Doike, violin; Atar Arad and Mary Persin, viola; and Peter Lloyd, double bass. Works by Mendelssohn. For more information, visit http://www.music.indiana.edu/events/summer/2009/index.html.
2009 IU Summer Music Festival: Ruth Morrow
June 29, 8 p.m., Merrill Hall, 1201 E. Third St., 003, Bloomington -- Enjoy a series of diverse piano recitals, performed by renowned musicians, all closely associated with the IU Jacobs School of Music and the Summer Piano Academy. Works by J. S. Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Muczynski, and Schubert. This event is free. For more information, visit http://www.music.indiana.edu/events/summer/2009/pianorecitals.html.
2009 IU Summer Music Festival: String Academy 25th Birthday Celebration
June 30, 8 p.m., Merrill Hall, 1201 E. Third St., 003, Bloomington -- Featuring William Harvey, violin, with Erin Aldridge, violin, and Cory Smythe, piano. Works by Bartok, William Harvey, Sharara, Mozart, Cowell and Ranjbaran. For more information, visit http://www.music.indiana.edu/events/summer/2009/index.html.
2009 IU Summer Music Festival: Festival Chamber Players
July 1, 8 p.m. Merrill Hall, 1201 E. Third St., 003, Bloomington -- Featuring Mihaela Martin, violin; Atar Arad and Zoe Martin-Doike, viola; Jason Calloway, cello; and the Biava Quartet. Works by J. S. Bach, LeClair, Penderecki and Ginastera. For more information, visit http://www.music.indiana.edu/events/summer/2009/index.html.
2009 IU Summer Music Festival: David Robertson, Conducotr
July 2, 8 p.m., Musical Arts Center, 101 N. Jordan, Bloomington
--Director of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, David Robertson is highly acclaimed worldwide for his impeccable musicianship, exhilarating presence, and innovative programming. Works by Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, and Nielsen. For more information, visit http://www.music.indiana.edu/events/summer/2009/orchestra.html.
2009 IU Summer Music Festival: Jonathan Biss
July 3, 8 p.m., Merrill Hall, 1201 E. Third St., 003, Bloomington -- This event is a special scholarship benefit concert for the summer piano academy. Works by Haydn, Kurtag, Beethoven and Schumann. For more information, visit http://www.music.indiana.edu/events/summer/2009/pianorecitals.html.
2009 IU Summer Music Festival: Read Gainsford
July 5, 8 p.m., Merrill Hall, 1201 E. Third St., 003, Bloomington -- Enjoy a series of diverse piano recitals, performed by renowned musicians, all closely associated with the IU Jacobs School of Music and the Summer Piano Academy. Works by Berio, Ravel, Liszt, J.S. Bach and Vine. This event is free. For more information, visit http://www.music.indiana.edu/events/summer/2009/pianorecitals.html.
2009 IU Summer Music Festival: Festival Chamber Players
July 5, 4 p.m. Merrill Hall, 1201 E. Third St., 003, Bloomington -- Featuring Jorja Fleezanis and Miheala Martin, violin; Atar Arad, viola; Anthony Ross, cello; and Evelyne Brancart, piano. Works by Beethoven, Kodaly and Brahms. For more information, visit http://www.music.indiana.edu/events/summer/2009/index.html.
2009 IU Summer Music Festival: Sarah Kapustin, violin and Jeanette Koekkoek, piano
July 6, 8 p.m. Merrill Hall, 1201 E. Third St., 003, Bloomington -- Beethoven Violin Sonatas 1, 8, 2, and 7. For more information, visit http://www.music.indiana.edu/events/summer/2009/index.html.
2009 IU Summer Music Festival: Festival Chamber Players
July 7, 8 p.m. Merrill Hall, 1201 E. Third St., 003, Bloomington -- Featuring Erin Aldridge, violin; Amir Eldan, cello; Chih-Yi Chen and Cory Smythe, piano. Works by Schubert, Franck and Arensky. For more information, visit http://www.music.indiana.edu/events/summer/2009/index.html.
2009 IU Summer Music Festival: Summer Band Concerts
July 8, 15, 22, Musical Arts Center, 101 N. Jordan, Bloomington --Enjoy our free Wednesday band concerts featuring marches, popular favorites, solos and light classics. This year, they will be indoors on the MAC stage! For more information, visit http://www.music.indiana.edu/events/summer/2009/band.html.
2009 IU Summer Music Festival: Sarah Kapustin, violin and Jeanette Koekkoek , piano
July 8, 8 p.m. Merrill Hall, 1201 E. Third St., 003, Bloomington -- Beethoven Violin Sonatas Nos. 4, 6 and 9. For more information, visit http://www.music.indiana.edu/events/summer/2009/index.html.
2009 IU Summer Music Festival: Biava Quartet and Friends
July 9, 8 p.m. Merrill Hall, 1201 E. Third St., 003, Bloomington
-- With Jeanette Koekkoek, piano, and Csaba Onczay, cello. Quintets by Dvorak and Schubert. For more information, visit http://www.music.indiana.edu/events/summer/2009/index.html.
2009 IU Summer Music Festival: Evelyne Brancart
July 10, 8 p.m., Merrill Hall, 1201 E. Third St., 003, Bloomington -- Enjoy a series of diverse piano recitals, performed by renowned musicians, all closely associated with the IU Jacobs School of Music and the Summer Piano Academy. Works by Granados, Haydn and Mendelssohn. This event is free. For more information, visit http://www.music.indiana.edu/events/summer/2009/pianorecitals.html.
2009 IU Summer Music Festival: Afiara Quartet
July 12, 4 p.m. Merrill Hall, 1201 E. Third Street, 003, Bloomington -- Featuring Valerie Li and Yuri Cho, violin; David Samuel, viola; and Adrian Fung, cello. Works by Beethoven, Zorn and Mendelssohn. For more information, visit http://www.music.indiana.edu/events/summer/2009/index.html.
2009 IU Summer Music Festival: Sarah Kapustin, violin and Jeanette Koekkoek , piano
July 15, 8 p.m. Merrill Hall, 1201 E. Third Street, 003, Bloomington -- Beethoven Violin Sonatas Nos. 3, 5 and 10. For more information, visit http://www.music.indiana.edu/events/summer/2009/index.html.
2009 IU Summer Music Festival: String Academy Gala Concert
July 17, 7 p.m. Merrill Hall, 1201 E. Third Street, 003, Bloomington. For more information, visit http://www.music.indiana.edu/events/summer/2009/index.html.
2009 IU Summer Music Festival: Menahem Pressler and Friends.
July 21 & 22, 8 p.m. Auer Hall, 2nd floor, 1201 E. Third St., Bloomington -- With Alexander Kerr, violin; Larry Dutton, viola (Emerson Quartet); Paul Watkins, cello (Nash Ensemble). Piano quartets by Mozart and Dvorak. For more information, visit http://www.music.indiana.edu/events/summer/2009/index.html.
2009 IU Summer Music Festival: Mario Venzago, Conductor
July 23, 8 p.m., Musical Arts Center, 101 N. Jordan, Bloomington
-- Swiss conductor Mario Venzago has served as music director of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra since 2002, following several prestigious music directorships in Europe. Works by Moussorgsky, Strauss, Debussy, and Ravel. For more information, visit http://www.music.indiana.edu/events/summer/2009/orchestra.html.
2009 IU Summer Music Festival: College Audition Preparation Faculty
July 26, 7 p.m. Ford-Crawford Hall, 1201 E. Third St., Bloomington --Free and open to the public, featuring brass, woodwind, voice, jazz bass and jazz piano faculty. For more information, visit http://www.music.indiana.edu/events/summer/2009/index.html.
2009 IU Summer Music Festival: David Robertson, conductor
July 2, 8 p.m., Musical Arts Center, 101 N. Jordan, Bloomington -- Director of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, David Rovertson is highly acclaimed worldwide for his impeccable musicianship, exhilaration presence and innovative programming. Works by Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky and Nielsen. For more information, visit http://www.music.indiana.edu/events/summer/2009/orchestra.html.
There Goes the Bride
July 10-Aug. 2, various times, Brown County Playhouse, 70 Van Buren St., Nashville, Ind. -- A wedding always creates tension and requires problem-solving and personal management skills, but the society event in There Goes the Bride by Ray Cooney and John Chapman brings new meaning to the phrase "trouble in paradise." Besides the usual interfering relatives and disapproving future in-laws, Judy must deal with a father who is out of his mind -- and not because he's losing a daughter. The morning of the wedding, harassed advertising executive Timothy Westerby hits his head and happily awakens beside Polly Perkins, a 1920's Flapper girl straight out of his current advertising campaign. Of course, no one else can see or hear her. Imagining himself back in 1926, Timothy falls in love and the current wedding preparations plummet into pandemonium, while desperate friends and family do their utmost to get the father of the bride back to reality in time to walk his daughter down the aisle. Bruce Burgun directs this funny fiasco. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit http://www.indiana.edu/~thtr/bcplay.html.
2009 IU Summer Music: SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Cliff Colnot, Conductor
July 14, Aug. 11, 8 p.m., Musical Arts Center, 101 N. Jordan, Bloomington -- Savor two great concerts directed by Cliff Colnot, principal conductor of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's contemporary MusicNOW series. Works by Ravel and Tchaikovsky. The second event will be held Aug. 11, 8 p. m. with works by Schubert and Hindemith. Both events are free and open to the public. For more information, visit http://www.music.indiana.edu/events/summer/2009/orchestra.html.
2009 IU Summer Music Festival: The Light in the Piazza
July 31, Aug. 1,7, 8, 8 p.m., Musical Arts Center, 101 N. Jordan, Bloomington --Based on a novella by Elizabeth Spencer, The Light in the Piazza takes place in Italy in the summer of 1953. Margaret Johnson, the wife of an American businessman, is touring the Tuscan countryside with her daughter Clara. While sightseeing, Clara -- a beautiful, surprisingly childish young woman -- loses her hat in a sudden gust. As if guided by an unseen hand, the hat lands at the feet of Fabrizio Naccarelli, a handsome Florentine. When he returns the hat, an immediate, intense romance begins between the two. For more information, visit http://www.music.indiana.edu/events/summer/2009/piazza.html.
2009 IU Summer Music Festival: Giancarlo Guerrero, Conductor
Aug. 6, 8 p.m., Musical Arts Center, 101 N. Jordan, Bloomington --Costa Rican conductor and new music champion Giancarlo Guerrero was recently appointed music director of the Nashville Symphony, following a seven-year tenure as music director of Oregon's Eugene Symphony. Works by Sibelius and Berlioz. For more information, visit http://www.music.indiana.edu/events/summer/2009/piazza.html.
Present Laughter
Aug. 7-23, various times, Brown County Playhouse, 70 Van Buren St., Nashville, Ind. --Brown County Playhouse producer Jonathan Michaelsen directs Present Laughter, a farce that sparkles like fine champagne. In Present Laughter a popular, pampered, and self-obsessed stage star is rather fearfully facing his forties. But Garry needn't worry that he'll be abandoned. As he prepares for an upcoming theatrical tour he is bombarded by friends, relatives, a love-struck ingénue, his long-suffering secretary, and an aspiring -- if quite mad -- playwright who invades his elegant London flat -- many of them attempting to seduce him. And then there's his estranged wife to avoid -- or not. With typical Coward repartee and dazzling wit, Garry sidesteps the complications and escalating comic confusion. This wonderful romp about growing old gracefully is a summer sizzler and just a whole lot of fun. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit http://www.indiana.edu/~thtr/bcplay.html.
Driving Miss Daisy
Sept. 25-Oct. 25, various times, Brown County Playhouse, 70 Van Buren St., Nashville, Ind. -- Director Dale McFadden draws the 61st season to a close in Sept. and Oct. with the Pulitzer Prize-winning play that became the Oscar-winning movie, Driving Miss Daisy by Alfred Uhry. After Daisy, a feisty widow, crashes the car, her son hires a chauffeur against her wishes. Set in Atlanta, this heart-warming, humorous play begins in 1948 and spans one of the most tumultuous and hopeful periods in American history. Over 25 years all three discover friendships that grow and withstand the test of time. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit http://www.indiana.edu/~thtr/bcplay.html.
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