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Rock music authority visits Elon on Oct. 10

pgross — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:53:00 +0000

Parke Puterbaugh, “Rock and Roll Is Dead and We Just Don’t Know It Yet”

Wednesday, October 10

Yeager Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m.

A leading authority on rock music, Puterbaugh visits Elon to discuss the state of popular music and culture. He is a former senior editor for Rolling Stone magazine, for which he wrote for 25 years. He has been a copywriter and curator for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame since 1986. Puterbaugh currently teaches Rock History at Guilford College.

Sponsored by the School of Communications, General Studies, Liberal Arts Forum, English, and Writing Across the Curriculum

“Marisol” by Jose Rivera from Oct. 3-9

pgross — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:43:00 +0000

Black Box Theatre, Center for the Arts

Performances: Wednesday-Saturday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday 2 p.m., Monday-Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.

A story by José Rivera, “Marisol” tells the story of a girl abandoned by her guardian angel who must navigate the unpredictable, dangerous and surprisingly funny world of the Bronx as she searches for a safe haven and life’s meaning. Rivera’s apocalyptic tragi-comedy pulses with a nightmarish mix of sensuality, paranoia, religious ecstasy and hope.

Reservations highly recommended: $12 or Elon ID.

Reservations will be taken beginning Sept. 26 by calling (336) 278-5650.

Author Fred D’Aguiar to read recent work – Sept. 24

pgross — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:55:00 +0000

Monday, September 24
Fred D’Aguiar, “Elegy: Reflections on Life after Virginia Tech”
Yeager Recital Hall, 5 p.m.

Poet, novelist and playwright Fred D’Aguiar is co-director of Creative Writing in the Department of English at Virginia Tech University. In addition to publishing numerous novels, poems, and plays, his reading is based on his long poem (dialogue mostly), provisionally titled Elegy. Portions have been broadcast on the BBC World Service Radio and R4 in the UK. Other parts are scheduled to appear in Poetry Review (UK) and other publications.

The poem began as an elegy for the VT dead, but then branched out into an assessment of guns, murder, the nation and its global ambitions, and D’Aguiar’s life as a writer, a black male, a middle-aged parent, and a Caribbean/British subject. A question and answer session, along with a book signing will follow the reading/lecture.

Sponsored by AAASE, the program for African/African-American Studies at 51��

Lyceum Series presents Dance Alloy Theatre – Sept. 25

pgross — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:36:00 +0000

Dance Alloy Theater

Tuesday, September 25
McCrary Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

Dance Alloy Theater, Pittsburgh’s premier modern dance company, presents what is both new and timeless, reaching out to diverse audiences with artistic vision and power. The company performs varied yet cohesive programs sure to appeal to all.

The Dance Alloy was founded in 1976 with eight dancers. The Theater has grown tremendously since then, and now includes a dance school which offers a wide variety of dance lessons. Dancers for the company have training in both ballet and modern dance.

Admission: $12 or Elon ID. Tickets available Sept. 4.

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Lyceum Series presents classical guitarist Tuesday, October 9

pgross — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:58:00 +0000

Jason Vieaux, guitar

Tuesday, October 9

Whitley Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.

Acclaimed classical guitarist Vieaux performs selected works by Fernando Sor, J.S. Bach, Isaac Albéniz, Manuel Ponce, José Luis Merlin and Pat Metheny.

Admission: $12 or Elon ID. Tickets available September 18.

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Elon School of Law presents The Exonerated Friday, Sept. 28

pgross — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:15:00 +0000

The Exonerated by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen

Friday, September 28
Elon School of Law Library
Michael Weaver Building (Greensboro), 7:30 p.m.

Elon School of Law presents its first theatrical event directed and performed by members of the student body. The Exonerated is a magnificent collage of monologues written by two actors who traveled across the country and recorded the stories of the men and women who were exonerated after being convicted of crimes they did not commit.

Admission: Free with ticket. Tickets available September 7 at the School of Law and the Center for the Arts box office.

Bel Canto Company to perform October 1

pgross — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:05:00 +0000

Bel Canto Company performs
A Choral Mosaic

Monday, October 1
Whitley Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.

Bel Canto Company, the Triad area’s premier choral ensemble, celebrates its 25th season in 2007. Artistic director Welborn Young leads a fast-paced and multifaceted program for the Elon concert, including selections by George Frideric Handel, Randall Thompson, Robert Lau and Lloyd Pfautsch.

Performing Arts Collage returns to Yeager Recital Hall – Sept. 28, 29

pgross — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:04:00 +0000

Collage

Friday-Saturday, Sept. 28 & 29
Yeager Recital Hall

Performances at 7 and 8:15 p.m. Friday; 6 and 7:15 p.m. Saturday

The Department of Performing Arts presents an exciting collage of entertainment, song and dance from the Broadway stage. A delightful showcase of the talented performing arts students.

Admission by ticket only: $10 or Elon ID. Tickets for Friday shows will be available in the Koury Concourse Sept. 28 at 3 p.m. Tickets for Saturday shows will be available Sept. 29 at 8 a.m. Please call (336) 278-7271 with questions.

Art History Lecture Series presents Gennifer Weisenfeld Sept. 26

pgross — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:03:00 +0000

Gennifer Weisenfeld

“Publicity and Propaganda in 1930s Japan: Modernism as Method”

Wednesday, Sept. 26
LaRose Digital Theatre, Koury Business Center, 6 p.m.

Weisenfeld, Associate Professor and Director of the Graduate Program in Art, Art History, and Visual Studies at Duke University, speaks on the links forged between the corporate and the art and design realms in 1930s Japan. Through a close examination of the practices of the foremost Japanese commercial design specialists of the day, Weisenfeld explores the modernist pictorial strategies deployed in the dynamic realm of national publicity and propaganda production.

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Department of Music presents guitarist Douglas Neidt Sept. 27

pgross — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:03:00 +0000

Douglas Neidt, guitar

Thursday, Sept. 27

Whitley Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.

The Music Department welcomes guitarist Douglas Niedt as Visiting Artist for the 2007-08 academic year. Niedt will visit the campus four times throughout the year engaging students in private lessons and master classes. Please visit our website for more information.

Neidt’s fresh, diverse and emotionally engaging repertoire is performed with incredible energy, technical perfection and emotional depth. Along with traditional classical music, his one-of-a-kind arrangements include Gershwin, Duke Ellington, Secret Garden and Tommy Emmanuel. Neidt is currently head of the guitar program of the Conservatory of Music, University of Missouri at Kansas City.

This evening’s recital is the inaugural concert of this new addition to the Music Department’s programming.

Admission: $12 or Elon ID. Tickets available Sept. 6.

Posts by pgross | Today at Elon | 51������

Rock music authority visits Elon on Oct. 10

“Marisol” by Jose Rivera from Oct. 3-9

Author Fred D’Aguiar to read recent work – Sept. 24

Lyceum Series presents Dance Alloy Theatre – Sept. 25

Lyceum Series presents classical guitarist Tuesday, October 9

Elon School of Law presents The Exonerated Friday, Sept. 28

Bel Canto Company to perform October 1

Performing Arts Collage returns to Yeager Recital Hall – Sept. 28, 29

Art History Lecture Series presents Gennifer Weisenfeld Sept. 26

Department of Music presents guitarist Douglas Neidt Sept. 27

Posts by pgross | Today at Elon | 51��