Arts Calendar
March 31-April 6
2011
Weekly updates on the Arts at Babson, Olin, and Wellesley. Styles include art, music, dance, theater, and film.
The Arts at Babson, Olin, and Wellesley
ARTS CALENDAR [BABSON, OLIN, WELLESLEY] : [MARCH 31-APRIL6]
visual art Today. LITERARY MAGAZINE PHOTO & ART CONTEST Today. EL ANATSUI: WHEN I LAST WROTE TO YOU ABOUT AFRICA Today. WAAM-SLAM EXHIBITION Today. FRANCIS ALYS: THE MOMENT WHERE SCULPTURE HAPPENS Today. DAVIS DESIGN CONTEST Today. JOHN UDVARDY: A SCUPTORS VISION March 31. 6pm. ANNUAL RUTH MORRIS LECTURE April 7. 4:45pm. OPENING RECEPTION: JOHN UDVARDY: A SCUPTORS VISION April 8. 1:30pm. GALLERY TALK - JOHN UDVARDY: A SCUPLTOR'S VISION April 13. 6pm. DAVIS AFTER DARK April 16. 7pm. LOOKBOOK: 29TH ANNUAL ETHOS SPRING 2011 FASHION SHOW
music April 2. 8pm. JAZZ AND WORLD MUSIC FACULTY CONCERT April 8. 4pm. KARAOKE AND QDOBA April 8. 7:30pm. SPRING CONCERT : KE$HA April 9. 7pm. A CAPELLA EXTRAVAGANZA April 10. 3pm. SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ
dance April 7. 6:30pm EAST MEETS WEST: LAS VEGAS MEETS MACAU April 9. 7pm. WELLESLEY WUSHU PRESENTS: READY SET ACTION! April 12. 5pm. BORN THIS WAY EVENT & BBQ April 15. 7pm. INFERNO: FREESTYLE'S 14TH ANNUAL JAM ON IT
theater April 1. 8pm. HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT TRYING April 1. 8pm. FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF
Today. BORN THIS WAY VIDEO CAMPAIGN Today. SANTOS Y PECADORES : CINEMATIC DRAMA IN MEXICO April 11. 4:30pm WASAC FILM SCREENING: CHILDREN OF THE TALIBAN
literary Today. LITERARY MAGAZINE WRITING COMPETITION April 13. 7pm. BABSON CREATIVE THINKING PRIZE PRESENTATION April 1-2. 24 HOUR SHAKESPEARE
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film
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Have an event tip or an open call? Email lowolabi1@babson.edu with details. View the Arts Calendar online at the Sorenson Center on facebook and forward this info to any interested people.
visual art BABSON COLLEGE
today – saturday, april 16. Photography and Art Contest! Submit now! Submit your photography and art to litmag@babson.edu now to enter our contest for a chance to win:
The deadline is April 16. Every person is limited to three entries. Submit now!
March 31, 2011
1st place: $100 and the cover of the magazine 2nd place: $50 3rd place: $25
ARTS CALENDAR [BABSON, OLIN, WELLESLEY] : [MARCH 31-APRIL6]
Dreams, nature, and the private sea of ice are just a few emotions emitted by this art installation in the Hollister Gallery. The artist, Chris Faust, makes use of materials that can be found in hardware stores, and has a unique process to creating these amazing paintings. Using tyvek, wall paint, and household painting brushes, Chris Faust sought inspiration from photographs of natural ice landscapes and created a dreamlike world of ice. View more about the creative process behind the Private World on a Sea of Ice.
March 31, 2011
today-friday, april 29. Private World on a Sea of Ice. Hollister Gallery
ARTS CALENDAR [BABSON, OLIN, WELLESLEY] : [MARCH 31-APRIL6] WELLELSEY COLLEGE
today-june 26. El Anatsui : When I Last Wrote to You about Africa. Davis Museum
The exhibition, which features 54 works from the artist’s four-decade career, encompasses sculptures in wood, ceramic, and metal, as well as rarely seen paintings and drawings. A richly illustrated catalogue, with entries by Kwame Anthony Appiah, Laurance S. Rockefeller University professor of philosophy at Princeton University; Lisa Binder, assistant curator at the Museum for African Art, New York; Olu Oguibe, professor of art and art history at the University of Connecticut; Chika Okeke-Agulu, assistant professor of art and archaeology at Princeton University; and Robert Storr, dean of the Yale School of Art, accompanies the exhibition and will be available at the Davis.
March 31, 2011
El Anatsui: When I Last Wrote to You about Africa, the Ghanaian artist’s first career retrospective, makes its U.S. debut at the Davis. Widely lauded for magnificent large-scale wall hangings made from thousands of discarded liquor-bottle tops “sewn” together with copper wire, and for installation pieces similarly crafted from refuse, Anatsui draws on traditional idioms and contemporary art practices to create work that resonates materially and symbolically with the cultural and historical conditions of West Africa.
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thursday, march 31. Annual Ruth Morris Bak Win Lecture: El Anatsui. 6pm. Jewett Auditorium Internationally renowned Ghanaian artist El Anatsui in conversation with Lisa Binder (assistant curator, Museum for African Art, New York) and Chika Okeke-Agulu (assistant professor, Princeton University). On the occasion of the opening of his retrospective exhibition at the Davis Museum, El Anatsui discusses his work with exhibition curator Lisa Binder, and one of the authors of the exhibition catalogue, Chika Okeke-Agulu. Co-sponsored by the Art Department and the Davis Museum.
Only ten years ago, the Wellesley student body was galvanized in dramatic PROTESTS AND NEGOTIATIONS for a variety of multicultural demands, as a part of the Wellesley Asian Action Movement and Sisters Leading Action for Multiculturalism (WAAM and SLAM, referred to as WAAM/SLAM). The story of WAAM/SLAM is a powerful one. Those who are familiar with the protests and the successful push for two full-time employees who became the Directors of Multicultural Programs and Services and advisors to the Asian/Asian American and Latina communities tell the story with awe and weight, giving the history a mythical status.
March 31, 2011
today – Sunday, april 24. WAAM-SLAM Exhibition. Jewett Art Gallery 3r d Floor Sculpture Court
ARTS CALENDAR [BABSON, OLIN, WELLESLEY] : [MARCH 31-APRIL6] Our WAAM/SLAM exhibition challenges this myth. Our exhibition intends to find the story behind the myth – putting voices to the individual experiences and illuminating the behind-the-scenes negotiations and work done by administrators, students and staff. We explore the controversial decision to hunger strike and the final compromise, which shapes our multicultural model today. Most importantly, we display WAAM/SLAM as a moment in Wellesley's MULTICULTURAL HISTORY in which students came together for ALLIED CAUSES – a coalition of students who were in our same positions and taking the same classes, not too different from ourselves. Created in an effort to increase institutional memory among students, we hope this exhibition will inspire students to draw CONNECTIONS BETWEEN OUR PREVIOUS STRUGGLES AND THE ISSUES OUR COMMUNITY IS TAKING ON IN THIS MOMENT, and (in the spirit of WAAM-SLAM) encourage collaboration across student and administrative lines and multicultural divisions.
today – Sunday, april 24. Francis Alÿs: The Moment Where Sculpture Happens. Davis Museum Francis Alÿs: The Moment Where Sculpture Happens features the artist’s subtle performances and extended documentation
March 31, 2011
The exhibition will run throughout the month of April, coinciding with the tenth anniversary of WAAM-SLAM. It will be open to all members of the Wellesley community and the general public. Extensive research by students has created a collection consisting of visual materials such as fliers, posters, and photos from the overnight sit-in and the rally, a five-minute documentary using video footage of the protests, archived documents including timelines, emails, press releases, statements from the president, and senate minutes, as well as audio material featuring 16 oral history interviews lasting an hour each with alumnae, faculty, and administrators who were involved in the events.
ARTS CALENDAR [BABSON, OLIN, WELLESLEY] : [MARCH 31-APRIL6] of life in the congested colonial center of Mexico City. This multimedia presentation includes 35mm slide shows, video projections, and a light-table with slides and studies, to demonstrate the diverse range of Alÿs’s artistic practice over the past 20 years. This will be the artist’s first one-man show in the Boston area. Francis Alÿs is one of the leading figures on the international contemporary art scene. This exhibition highlights the Davis’s recent acquisition of Alÿs’s major painting triptych, Cityscape (1996–97), and related drawings, also on view. This exhibition is funded by the Wellesley College Friends of Art, whose generosity also made possible the acquisition of Francis Alÿs’s Cityscape. Davis Museum Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 11:00am – 5:00pm Wednesday until 8:00pm Sunday, 12:00pm – 4:00pm Closed Monday and holidays
today – june 26. Davis Design Contest
March 31, 2011
Come see the fabulous designs of 14 Wellesley student designers on display at the Davis Museum. Vote for your favorite!’
ARTS CALENDAR [BABSON, OLIN, WELLESLEY] : [MARCH 31-APRIL6] OFF CAMPUS Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The MFA is free for University Member students (YES, Babson, Olin, and Wellesley students can come for free anytime!) every day of the year. All you need to do is show your college ID to join and enjoy all that the Museum has to offer.
today – april 20. John Uvardy: A Sculptor’s Vision. Jewett Art Gallery On View: March 16–April 20 Opening Reception: April 7 / 4:45–6:00 PM Gallery talk: April 8 / 1:30 PM
John Udvardy’s sculptures, drawings, and collages invite us into one of the most rarified of experiences—an unforgettable vehicle for contemplation. His work is masterfully crafted and imbued with secrets, like our own elusive memories and dreams that we forget at our peril. John’s work is one of the strangest and most satisfying visual experiences one can have: it is as if his work transports all the senses, giving sight, smell, proportion, and silence a raw, unpolluted collective power, like wisps of the seemingly lost, yet re-discovered, essential.
March 31, 2011
Gallery Hours: Tu-Fri 11am-4pm, Sat 12-4pm
ARTS CALENDAR [BABSON, OLIN, WELLESLEY] : [MARCH 31-APRIL6]
wednesday, april 13. Davis After Dark. 6pm. Davis Museum An evening celebration at the Davis! Food. Fashion. Festivities. Join DMSAC for our Spring 2011 Davis After Dark as we celebrate the (re)trospective of el anatsui. Come see the new exhibition, hear a gallery talk, get your craft on, see the fashion design submissions, eat & have fun! It's gonna be epic, so don't miss out!
saturday, april 16. LOOKBOOK: The 29th Annual Ethos Spring 2011 Fashion Show SAVE THE DATE! As Always, it's going to be an event that you do NOT want to miss. LOOKBOOK: Ethos Spring Fashion Show. A presentation of global inspired street wear. more about Ethos: http://www.wellesley.edu/Activities/homepage/ethos/site/main.html
March 31, 2011
Transportation: Harvard Yard. 77 Mass Ave (in front of MIT student center). Comm Ave. *buy bus tickets at 'Out of Town News' at Harvard Sq., MIT Student Center or at 'Marlboro Market' on Comm Ave. More transportation information: http://www.wellesley.edu/Transportation/senatesched.html
ARTS CALENDAR [BABSON, OLIN, WELLESLEY] : [MARCH 31-APRIL6]
music BABSON COLLEGE friday, April 8th Spring Concert: Ke$ha. 7:30pm. PepsiCo Pavillion CAB welcomes Ke$ha's Get $leazy Tour to campus! Don't miss an EPIC night starring Ke$ha with special guest Beardo. TIMES *Doors open at 6:30pm *Show starts at 7:30pm TICKETS *$10 for Babson students *$30 for non-Babson students
friday, april 8. Karaoke and Qdoba. 4pm. Coleman Hall – 2nd Floor Come get ready for the Ke$ha's Get Sleezy Tour in Coleman!!!! Come out for FREE Qdoba along with a Karaoke competition!!! **There will be prizes available for the best performers!!!!
March 31, 2011
Get ready to...Get $leazy.
ARTS CALENDAR [BABSON, OLIN, WELLESLEY] : [MARCH 31-APRIL6] saturday, april 9. A Capella Extravaganza. 7pm. Carling-Sorenson Theater. A Capella Extravaganza featuring the Babson Rocket Pitches, the Babson Notes Playable, and the Olin PowerChords. sunday, april 10. Sunday Afternoon Jazz. 3pm. Carling-Sorenson Theater Sunday Afternoon Jazz featuring the Babson/Olin Jazz Band, the Olin Conductorless Orchestra, Wellesley Synergy, and Wellesley BlueJazz WELLESLEY COLLEGE saturday, April 2nd Boundary Line: Jazz and World Music Faculty Concert
A cherished annual event, this year’s Jazz and World Music faculty concert will explore music that defies the boundary lines between genres. Through improvisation, the walls between jazz, pop, world music, and classical composition will disappear. Performers include: Kris Adams, voice; Glorianne CollverJacobson, guitar; Mark Henry, bass; Greg Hopkins, trumpet; Doug Johnson, piano; Steve Langone, drums; Lance Martin, flute; Cercie Miller, saxophones; Kera Washington, percussion and voice; and Paula Zeitlin, violin.
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April 2 / 8:00 PM Jewett Auditorium Reception to follow
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dance BABSON COLLEGE Thursday, April 7th East Meets West – Las Vegas Meets Macau. 6:30pm. Carling-Sorenson Theater Come join Babson Asian Pacific Student Association with their annual East Meets West show with a Las Vegas Meets Macau theme. See how our hosts 'relive' their crazy night!! Some performances include: Babson Thai Association, Japanese International Circle, Babson Christian Fellowship , and more!!!
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Come see your friends perform and learn more about Eastern and Western culture. ***FREE ASIAN DINNER WILL BE PROVIDED.***
ARTS CALENDAR [BABSON, OLIN, WELLESLEY] : [MARCH 31-APRIL6] WELLESLEY COLLEGE saturday, april 9. WELLESLEY WUSHU PRESENTS: READY SET ACTION! 7pm. Jewett Auditorium Wellesley Wushu presents: Ready, Set, Action!
Jewett Auditorium, Wellesley College, MA Also featuring performances by: Harvard Breakers, NYC Sifu Chen, and more! Food will be sold during the intermission.
Free with Wellesley ID as well as for offcampus guests!
friday, april 15. INFERNO: FREESTYLE'S 14TH ANNUAL JAM ON IT 7pm. Alumnae Hall Alumnae Hall, Wellesley College Featuring BC Aero-K, Bentley Craze, BU Fusion, EMS Steppers, MIT Mocha Moves, Phunk Phenomenon, Suffolk Wicked, and many more!
All proceeds go to Boston City Lights, a non-profit school for performing arts Come out and see some sweet dance moves before heading over to Dyke Ball and trying them out for yourself!
March 31, 2011
Wellesley Students: free with Wellesley ID Non-Wellesley: $5 presale, $7 at the door
ARTS CALENDAR [BABSON, OLIN, WELLESLEY] : [MARCH 31-APRIL6] Tuesday, april 12. Born This Way: Event and BBQ. 5pm. Barefoot Park
film BABSON COLLEGE
today-april 13. Born This Way: Beyond Bias Campaign. View it Here
Go to the campaign Facebook page and record a video or add a post saying: "I AM __________ AND I WAS BORN THIS WAY." The most creative delivery will get a special prize!
March 31, 2011
To take action with Sarina in sustaining our community here at Babson, please do the following:
ARTS CALENDAR [BABSON, OLIN, WELLESLEY] : [MARCH 31-APRIL6] Those who participate will get a special t-shirt to be worn on 4/13 where a special campus-wide event will take place. If seen with your T-shirt on 4/13, you will receive a raffle ticket to be entered to win a new iPad2! The “Born This Way: Beyond Bias” campaign was conceptualized out of a passion to create exposure around comments being said, and actions taking place in residence halls, classrooms, during and after Knight parties, and “after hours” all over campus. Sometimes these incidents are reported, sometimes they are not. Either way, they leave students feeling marginalized and unwelcomed. As aspiring entrepreneurs, engineers, and global citizens, your professional and personal success will be determined by your ability to recognize talent and opportunity and solve real world problems. The real world is comprised of real people. Real people are white, female, Latino, gay, black, heterosexual, Muslim, male, lesbian, Christian, Asian, transgendered, African, bisexual, European and much more. Instead, the goal is to celebrate the unique spirit of our community and ensure that everyone feels welcome.
WELLESLEY COLLEGE
Santos y Pecadores, an innovative installation of photographs, prints, and film, features the work of pioneering modernist photographer Paul Strand and major Mexican graphic artist Leopoldo Méndez. The exhibition examines how the juncture of visual arts and cinema addressed a critical point in Mexican art, society, and revolutionary politics. This exhibition is funded by the Wellesley College Friends of Art. Davis Museum Hours:
March 31, 2011
wednesday, feb 16-jun 5. Santos y Pecadores: Cinematic Drama in Mexico
ARTS CALENDAR [BABSON, OLIN, WELLESLEY] : [MARCH 31-APRIL6] Tuesday – Saturday, 11:00am – 5:00pm Wednesday until 8:00pm Sunday, 12:00pm – 4:00pm Closed Monday and holidays
monday, april 11. WASAC Film Screening. 5:30pm. Collins Cinema WASAC WEEK PRESENTS the documentary: Children of the Taliban With lecture by producer Fazeelat Aslam '07 About the documentary... This Emmy Award-winning documentary portrays the lives of young Taliban who are recruited at alarmingly young ages to carry out deadly tasks inside and out of Pakistan. It highlights Pakistan's political instability and the forces at work in the lives of the boys who join the Taliban.
BABSON COLLEGE friday, april 1. For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf. 8pm. Trim 201. Babson's Black Student Union Presents .... For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf
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theater
ARTS CALENDAR [BABSON, OLIN, WELLESLEY] : [MARCH 31-APRIL6] Please join the women of BSU as they perform Ntozake Shange's award winning stage play. This show promises to be an exciting showcasing kicking off the annual Black Affinity Conference and closing Residential Life's "A Woman's Worth."
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. 8pm. CarlingSorenson Theater Come see the Babson Players perform "H2$" H2$: A musical comedy about a young window washer who rises to the top of the large World Wide Wickets Company through manipulation and dumb luck. Musical Comedy: A hilarious night where you can laugh and dance in your seat at the same time. Hilarious:marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter; such as a macho company president who likes to knit, his cigarette girl lover on the side, his stuck up annoying nephew, and all the crazy people who work in his company, World Wide Wickets.
$: 3 dollars with payment of Babson Tuition, and 5 dollars for everyone else.
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Time: This Firday and Saturday at 8pm, and this Sunday (the 3rd) at 2pm.
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literary BABSON COLLEGE
today-april 16. Babson Literary Magazine Writing Competition.
March 31, 2011
Submit your writing and short stories to litmag@babson.edu now to enter our contest for a chance to win: 1st place: $100 2nd place: $50 3rd place: $25 The deadline is April 16. Every person is limited to three entries. Submit now!
ARTS CALENDAR [BABSON, OLIN, WELLESLEY] : [MARCH 31-APRIL6] WELLESLEY COLLEGE
friday april 1- saturday april 2. 24 Hour Shakespeare. Shakespeare Society House 24hour Shakespeare The Shakespeare Society House at Wellesley College Join the Wellesley College Shakespeare Society's 24hour Shakespeare Marathon. For the third year in a row, help the Society read through all of Shakespeare's works in under twenty-four hours. Jump into a battle scene from Henry V, attend the Capulet's party, or find out what the heck the plot of Coriolanus
is.
The event takes place at Wellesley College in the Shakespeare Society House across from the Davis Museum.
For more information, visit the Shakespeare Society blog at http://wellesleyshakespearesociety.wordpress.com/, or contact Callie Kovacs at ckovacs@wellesley.edu.
March 31, 2011
Don't feel like staying for the whole 24 hours? Follow us on tumblr for updates about our progress, photos, and more at http://shakespearesociety.tumblr.com/.
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INFO Have an event tip or an open call? Email lowolabi1@babson.edu with details. View the Arts Calendar online at the Sorenson Center on facebook and forward this info to any interested people.
the arts at babson. the arts at wellesley. the arts at olin. [art clubs] BFAA –Babson Fine Arts Association Contact cbao1@babson.edu Pottery Club Contact david.gardner@students.olin.edu Art Club Contact tiama.hamkins-indik@students.olin.edu Studio Art facilities at Babson Babson Ceramics studio – Open to experienced potters/sculptors $75/$150 fee for 8 weeks Babson Wet Photography Lab – Open to experienced photographers with the permission of the instructor. $75/$150 fee for semester Drawing/Painting Studio – Available to use with the permission of staff. Contact Sorenson@babson.edu
[music clubs] Babson College Radio Contact eshea2@babson.edu Babson Entertainment Initiative Contact tjoyce1@babson.edu Babson Musicians Union Contact cdevlin1@babson.edu Babson/Olin Jazz Ensemble Contact jbroganjazz@gmail.com Brandeis-Wellesley Orchestra
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Ask Michèle Oshima moshima@babson.edu how you can take private music lessons at Wellesley.
ARTS CALENDAR [BABSON, OLIN, WELLESLEY] : [MARCH 31-APRIL6] Anyone wishing to audition for the Brandeis-Wellesley Orchestra should contact Neal Hampton, the director, at hampton@brandeis.edu. Rocket Pitches Contact alamb1@babson.edu Conductorless Orchestra Contact Diana.dabby@olin.edu Powerchords Contact Jessica.rucker@students.olin.edu Jazz Sarah.waksom@students.olin.edu Wellesley College: Choir, Chamber Singers, Collegium Musicum, Chamber Music Society, Wellesley BlueJazz, and Yanvalou. Performing Arts Facilities at Babson Carling-Sorenson Theater – State of the art 441 seat proscenium theater. Park Manor Central Band Room – Open to all musicians. Equipped with bass, guitar amps, drum set, electric piano, and instrument lockers. Sorenson Piano Practice Rooms – Open to the Babson community - first come first serve. Contact Sorenson@babson.edu Roger’s Pub – Available for student shows and equipped with a small stage, lights, and sound reinforcement. Contact pbaptiste@babson.edu
AMAN Contact ebawa1@babson.edu Babson Dance Ensemble (BDE) Contact atoorock1@babson.edu BAPSA Contact jchan4@babson.edu ODP Contact tiama.hamkins-indik@students.olin.edu Butterfingers
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[dance clubs]
ARTS CALENDAR [BABSON, OLIN, WELLESLEY] : [MARCH 31-APRIL6] Contact Zachary.brass@students.olin.edu OFAC Contact Kevin.simon@students.olin.edu Performing Arts Facilities at Babson Sorenson Dance Studio – Studio with wood floor, two mirrored walls, and dance bar Contact Sorenson@babson.edu
[theater clubs] Babson Players Contact kliszka1@babson.edu TheatreWorks Contact tba Vagina Monologues Contact agreenslet1@babson.edu FWOP Contact megan.elsenbeck@students.olin.edu
[film clubs] FILM. Tuesdays. 9pm. Olin Auditorium. contact Eli.Sheldon@students.olin.edu CINE. Contact irahvar1@babson.edu
Babson Literary Magazine Submit your photography and art to litmag@babson.edu now to enter our contest for a chance to win: 1st place: $100 and the cover of the magazine 2nd place: $50 3rd place: $25 The deadline is April 16. Every person is limited to three entries. Submit now!
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[literary clubs]