Thursday, April 12, 2012

What's Happening in the Arts

April, 12th-21st

TONIGHT, April 12:
  • Mandala Talk: Geshe Lobsang Tenzin Negi, Director of the Emory-Tibet Partnership and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Religion, discusses a carved wooden mandala of Guhyasamaja, recently completed and on loan from the Gyupto Monastery in Dharamsala, India. (Michael C. Carlos Museum Galleries, Level Three; 7:30 pm)
  • Questions to Ask a River or a CreekWhat is required of us to become sustainable? This site-specific, live dance performance will include choreography by Emory dance faculty member Lori Teague with Juana Farfan, Tiffany Greenwood, Natasha Nyanin, Dela Sweeney, and Jacqueline Woo. (Emory Quadrangle, 7:00 pm)
  • Creativity in Common Gounds: Student-run open-mic. (Canon Chapel, 7:00 pm)
  • Australian Chamber Orchestra: Internationally renowned for inspired programming and the rapturous response of audiences and critics, the Australian Chamber Orchestra moves hearts and stimulates minds with a virtuosity and energy unmatched by other ensembles. Their Emory program includes Mahler, Shostakovich, Beethoven; plus featured baritone Teddy Tahu Rhodes, the operatic world’s rising star from New Zealand. (Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, 8:00 pm
Friday, April 13th: 
  • Night of the Iguana: Theater Emory celebrates the 100th Anniversary of the birth of Tennessee Williams with his hugely entertaining and powerful 1961 Broadway hit. "The Night of the Iguana" is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC. on behalf of the University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee. (Mary Gray Munroe Theater, 7:00 pm)
  • Questions to Ask a River or a Creek: (Emory Quadrangle, 7:00 pm)
Saturday, April 14th:
  • Night of the Iguana: (Mary Gray Munroe Theater, 7:00 pm)
  • Questions to Ask a River or a Creek: (Emory Quadrangle, 7:00 pm)
Sunday, April 15th:
  • Night of the Iguana: (Mary Gray Munroe Theater, 7:00 pm)
Monday, April 16th: 
  • Global Health & the Arts--Water: An evening showcasing art inspired by water with: street theater, dance, music, and improvisation and a reception and visual art display to follow in the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts. (Performing Arts Studio, 6:30 pm)
Wednesday, April 18th:
  • Symposium/Reception: Artist Nene Humphrey, Benny Andrews’ wife of 20 years, will give a presentation titled “Artist to Artist: Reflections on a Life Together,” and exhibition curator Pellom McDaniels III will discuss Andrews’ art. Light refreshments and a chance to view the exhibition will be available before and after the presentations. The symposium is co-sponsored by the Department of African American Studies, the Department of Art History, and the Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts. (Jones Room-Woodruff Library, 7:00 pm)
 Friday, April 20th:
  • Chamber Music Concert: Christopher Rex, cello and Eun Sun Lee, viola; join the Vega String Quartet for a perfomance of Brahm's Sextet for Strings in B-flat. (Carlos Museum, 12:00 pm)
  • Emory University Symphony Orchestra and Chorus: Mozart's "Coronation Mass", Brahms "Nänie", Britten's "Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes". (Schwartz Center for Performing Arts: 8:00 pm)
Saturday, April 21st:
  • Emory University Symphony Orchestra and Chorus: (Schwartz Center for Performing Arts: 8:00 pm)

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