Weekly updates on the Arts at Babson, Olin, and Wellesley. Styles include art, music, dance, theater, and film.
BABSON COLLEGE Microclimates: Mixed Media Art by Alison Williams. 10am-7pm. Hollister Gallery and Exterior Ongoing until October 29. Alison grew up in New Zealand, currently has a studio and garden in New Hampshire, and attended art school in Scotland. With the influence of her father's greenhouses, Alison has created glass houses for biology to overlap with creativity. Alison Williams is a 2009 recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation Award. The gardens and plants are inspiration for art making. Canvases are buried and rot, paintings are made outdoors in the rain, soaked flowers create delicately colored "Juices", while leaves, stems, and seeds are both stencils and collage materials layered over "unnatural" paint, stickers and found materials.
friday, oct 15.
BFAA Invites You to the First Pottery Painting Workshop! Note: $5 Cover Charge (for supplies) Learn how to paint beautiful pieces of pottery with special glaze that will permanently adhere to the ceramic pieces. Take your pieces of art home with you as decoration or gifts for that special someone. This is a great way to relieve your stress in the midst of midterms.
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BFAA Pottery Painting Workshop. 1:30pm-3pm. Ceramics Studio (Trim).
SAVE THE DATE friday, oct 22. Drawing from the Skeleton. 6 pm-8pm. Trim 215. Artist in Residence Danielle Krcmar will teach students basic drawing techniques using the skeleton as a model. Students will first learn how to make quick study “gesture� sketches and then develop a longer drawing to learn about proportion and composition. This workshop is free and all materials will be provided. This workshop is cosponsored BFAA and Sorenson Center for the Arts.
tuesday, oct 26. Acrylic Painting Workshop with Dana Clancy. 5 pm7pm. Trim 215. Painting from your photograph/s: Re-imaging a place. BU painting professor Dana Clancy will teach students to create a shaped painting that uses their own photographs as a starting point. Students will use their imagination, memories, and some tracing paper to make study drawings from their photographs. These study drawings will provide the structure for the shaped painting. RSVP to dkrcmar@babson.edu
Babson Literary Magazine The Babson Literary Magazine is now accepting submissions from any students, faculty, or staff members. If you have any art, photography, poetry, or writing that you would like to showcase in our magazine, please email us at litmag@babson.edu. There is no need to be highly skilled, simply submit any literary or artistic work you may have at hand. Our magazine prints in full
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color and will be published by the first week of December. We are accepting submissions up until November 14, 2010. Please submit any art you may have! 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
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.
WELLESLEY COLLEGE
Calculated Risks celebrates the inventive diversity represented among the faculty studio artists in the Art Department at Wellesley. It features paintings, sculpture, drawings, collage, photographs, film, video, and interactive new media and will be installed in gallery spaces throughout the museum.
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Calculated Risks: New Work by Faculty Artists. 11am -5pm. Chandler Gallery Ongoing until December 12.
Artists: Judith Black, Carlos Dorrien, Bunny Harvey, Clara Lieu, Phyllis McGibbon, Salem Mekuria, Qing-Min Meng, Andrew Mowbray, David Olsen, Daniela Rivera, Christine Rogers, and Jeffrey Skoller
Student Advanced Drawings. Jewett Sculpture Court Ongoing until September 30. Featuring works completed by students in Professor Daniela Rivera’s Spring 2010 ARTS 314 course at Wellesley College. Photographs by Clarence Kennedy. Jewett Sculpture Court Ongoing until November 14. Featuring works completed by students in Professor Daniela Rivera’s Spring 2010 ARTS 314 course at Wellesley College.
wednesday, oct 19. Opening Reception: Pedagogy Through Photography. 4:45pm-6:00pm. Jewett Sculpture Court, Jewett Arts Center, 3rd floor
WELLESLEY COLLEGE SAVE THE DATE saturday, nov 20.
Join the Brandeis-Wellesley Orchestra as they perform a great selection of music featuring the winners of the 2010 Concerto Competition: Hindemith Der Schwanendreher - Hannah Saltman, Viola Liszt Hungarian Fantasy - Sang-Hee Min, Piano: Sibelius Symphony No. 1 This event is free and open to the public.
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Brandeis-Wellesley Orchestra Concert. 8pm. Wellesley College Hougton Chapel.
[clubs] Ask Michèle Oshima moshima@babson.edu how you can take private music lessons at Wellesley. 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 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
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
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Wellesley College: Choir, Chamber Singers, Collegium Musicum, Chamber Music Society, Wellesley BlueJazz, and Yanvalou.
Roger’s Pub – Available for student shows and equipped with a small stage, lights, and sound reinforcement. Contact pbaptiste@babson.edu
BABSON COLLEGE wednesday, oct 13-oct 14. Register for the Multicultural Fair. Online. Office of Student Diversity & Inclusion Life@Babson Page under "Forms" Please go to the "Office of Student Diversity & Inclusion" Life@ Babson Page and register for the Multicultural Fair under the "Forms" Tab. Please do this as soon as possible to allow for proper preparation and planning!
SAVE THE DATE thursday, nov 4. Air AMAN. 6:30pm. Sorenson Theater Fasten your seat belts and fly on Air AMAN through South Asia for this semester's cultural show... Tickets: $5 on campus/$10 off campus. Food will be provided after the show.
thursday, nov 11.
WELLESLEY COLLEGE SAVE THE DATE thursday, nov 4. Celebrating Divali Through Music and Dance. 7pm. Multifaith Center
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Multicultural Fair. 5pm-7pm. Location TBA
Divali is considered one of the most beautiful and important Hindu festivals; it celebrates the return of Lord Rama to his kingdom after a 14-year exile. Fire and light are its symbols, representing enlightenment and the illuminating of darkness. Countless flickering oil lamps and lights are lit, making Divali a night of enchantment. Festivities are an essential part of the occasion. Join us as we celebrate Divali with a concert of Indian music and dance.
[clubs] 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 Performing Arts Facilities at Babson Sorenson Dance Studio – Studio with wood floor, two mirrored walls, and dance bar Contact Sorenson@babson.edu
BABSON COLLEGE
Lecture: Life of Honor. 7pm. Sorenson Theater Kwame Anthony Appiah, Professor of Philosophy, Princeton University. Appiah will discuss some of the ideas in his new book, The Honor Code: How Moral Revolutions Happen. Using examples from various cultures and countries around the world, he considers how altering notions of honor can provoke positive changes in social behavior and bring about moral progress.
friday, oct 15- saturday, oct 17.
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thursday, oct 14.
Moon Over Buffalo. 7pm. Sorenson Theater Moon Over Buffalo is a hilarious farce about a dysfunctional theater troupe performing at the Erlander Theatre in Buffalo in 1953. The show stars diva lead actress Charlotte Hay and her philandering semi-alcoholic husband, George, who both dream of being film stars. When George finds out that famous film director Frank Capra is coming to see their show, and Charlotte finds out that George is having an affair, their argument begins a cascade of hysteric mishaps, mistaken identities, and of course good old slap-stick comedy. Their antics combined with those of memorable characters such as Ethel the near death grandmother and Richard the love sick lawyer produce one door slamming, "pit" falling, fast paced show. Come see the Babson Players present this fantastic comedy! Contact babsonplayers@gmail.com or Kerry kliszka1@babson.edu
wednesday, oct 20. Wake Up! Do the Right Thing by filmmaker Spike Lee. 5pm. Knight Auditorium
Wake Up! Do the Right Thing featuring film director, producer, writer, and actor Spike Lee, live and in person, to talk about diversity and inclusion, the keys to success in business. The program concludes with a Spike Lee Entrepreneurial Challenge to the Babson Community.
REGISTRATION REQUIRED! This is a FREE event for current Babson students, faculty and staff. There is a $10 registration fee for Babson Alumni. http://babsonspikelee.eventbrite.com
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The Council for Inclusiveness and Community presents:
Co-produced by The Lewis Institute, The Sorenson Center for the Arts, One Tower, Student Government Association, the Black Student Union, the Black Experience at Babson Club, the Babson Entrepreneurship Club, the Graduate Student Council, and The Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship.
WELLESLEY COLLEGE friday, oct 15. What is a Character? 4:15pm. Diana Chapman Walsh Alumnae Hall. Keynote lecture by Marjoria Garber, Harvard University, and Carey Perloff, American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco. No aspect of theatre seems as simple and indispensable as the characters on stage, and yet the questions of character have been subject to much revision, challenge, and even hostility in both theatre and academia. Over the course of two days, actors, scholars and directors will address the issue of Shakespearean character, beginning with the Keynote Lecture delivered by two of the leading figures from theatre and academia: Carey Perloff, Artistic Director of the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, and Marjorie Garber, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Visual and Environmental Studies and Environmental Studies at Harvard University. In a prolific career that has spanned over 30 years Carey Perlodd has directed award-winning productions around the world of contemporary plays as well as classics. Professor Garber is the author of over a dozen distinguished books on Shakespeare as well as contemporary culture, including Vested Interests: Cross-Dressing and Cultural Anxiety and Shakespeare and Modern Culture. Women of Will 7:30pm. Diana Chapman Walsh Alumnae Hall. A performance by Tina Packer, Founding Artistic Director, Shakespeare & Company.
Packer and Shakespeare & Company favorite Nigel Gore, who have starred opposite each other in celebrated productions including Antony and Cleopatra, Hamlet, and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Present a series of scenes from Shakespeare’s canon, providing insight into the chronological growth of Shakespeare’s portrayal not only of female characters but of the qualities traditionally considered feminine. This comprehensive overview combines themes from the full, five-part opus, and covers the breadth of Shakespeare’s works.
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A true tour de force performance – with just a bit of crowd participation – Women of Will is the much-anticipated, masterful summation of Tina Packer’s 40-odd years of deep investigation into all things Shakespeare.
saturday, oct 16. Symposium on Theatre Criticism and Practice. 9:30am-5:30pm. Collins Cinema Through panels and a hands-on workshop, scholars and practitioners will continue to explore the construction of Shakespeare’s characters. Panels will address playing Shakespeare’s female roles on contemporary stages as well as alternative, innovative approaches that rethink how character is created. The workshop will give audience members the opportunity to experience playing roles the way Shakespeare’s actors did – with only individual parts that demand spontaneous response and action. Symposium participants will include some of the most recognized and dynamic figures in their fields: Tina Packer (Shakespeare & Company), Meredith Anne Skura (Rice University), William B. Worthen (Barnard College), Tiffany Stern (Oxford University) and Diego Arciniegas (Boston Publick Theatre and Wellesley College).
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BABSON COLLEGE friday, oct 15. Spike Lee Film Series: Jungle Fever. 8:30pm-10:30pm. Keith B Tower Join ONE Tower for the Spike Lee Film Series. Every night leading up to Spike's appearance, we will be showing one of Spike's films. Check the flyer for specific dates and times. Come out and watch this great director and actor's work. Film: Jungle Fever.
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TheatreWorks Vagina Monologues Babson Players Contact kliska1@babson.edu FWOP Contact megan.elsenbeck@students.olin.edu OFAC Contact Kevin.simon@students.olin.edu Butterfingers Contact Zachary.brass@students.olin.edu
saturday, oct 16. Spike Lee Film Series: Crooklyn. 8:30pm-10pm. Keith B Tower Join ONE Tower for the Spike Lee Film Series. Every night leading up to Spike's appearance, we will be showing one of Spike's films. Check the flyer for specific dates and times. Come out and watch this great director and actor's work. Film: Crooklyn.
sunday, oct 17. Spike Lee Film Series: Mo Better Blues. 10pm-12am. Keith B Tower Join ONE Tower for the Spike Lee Film Series. Every night leading up to Spike's appearance, we will be showing one of Spike's films. Check the flyer for specific dates and times. Come out and watch this great director and actor's work. Film: Mo Better Blues.
Sophomore Steering Tower Movie Night: Clockers. 6pm-8pm. Coleman Come watch Clockers with the Sophomore Steering Tower on Sunday, October 17th, at 6pm in Coleman. Popcorn and snacks will be provided. It will be great to see some of Lee's work before he comes to Babson on the 20th!
Spike Lee Film Series: Clockers. 10pm-12am. Keith B Tower Join ONE Tower for the Spike Lee Film Series. Every night leading up to Spike's appearance, we will be showing one of Spike's films. Check the flyer for specific dates and times. Come out and watch this great director and actor's work. Film: Clockers.
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monday, oct 18.
tuesday, oct 19. Global Film Series: Children of Heaven. 7pm. Sorenson Theater Director: Majid Majidi. (Iran). Introduced by Professor Hassan Ildari, Emerson College. In this Oscar-nominated drama, a young Iranian boy accidentally loses his sister's shoes so he secretly arranges to share his own threadbare sneakers with her as they go to and from school at different times during the day. Repeatedly late for school despite his mad dashes, the boy decides to enter a highlypublicized foot race, aiming not to win but to take home the third-place prize: a new pair of sneakers. Through his child’s-eye-view, the movie offers a rare glimpse of everyday life in Tehran and a vivid sense of the precariousness of existence on the edge. Movie and Bible Mash-up. 7:30pm-8:30pm. Glavin Chapel Movie and Bible Mash -up. Short movie discussion # 3 Class of 2014 film: Toy Story 3. 8pm. Knight Auditorium Free food will be provided. Spike Lee Film Series: Do the Right Thing. 10pm-12am. Keith B Tower Join ONE Tower for the Spike Lee Film Series. Every night leading up to Spike's appearance, we will be showing one of Spike's films. Check the flyer for specific dates and times. Come out and watch this great director and actor's work. Film: Do the Right Thing.
friday, oct 22. Class of 2013 film: Dinner with Schmucks. 7pm. Carling-Sorenson Theater The Class of 2013 Steering Committee wants YOU to come on Friday, October 22nd and join us in watching Dinner for Shmucks in Sorenson Theater.
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SAVE THE DATE
You may not know this, but October 22nd is also National Nut Day. This day honors all of the nutty people in the world. It gives recognition to all the kooks, loony birds and daffy people in people's lives. We're encouraging all attendees to go nutty and we will be distributing Babson Kazoos to everyone who attends! Also, there will be FREE food and drinks from Lemon Thai. The whole night is meant as a fun getaway from the stress of midterm exams, so come out and enjoy. Note: There may be some special surprises in store for members of the Class of 2013 as well. DON'T MISS OUT!
monday, oct 25. Class of 2011 film: Salt. 7pm. Knight Auditorium
monday, nov 8. Global Film Series: Raise the Red Lantern. 7pm. Sorenson Theater Director: Zhang Yimou (China). Introduced by Professor Kandice Hauf, Babson College.
WELLESLEY COLLEGE wednesday, oct 20. Film Screening: Jeffrey Skoller, "The Malady of Death" (1994). 6:30pm. Collins Cinema
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Set in the 1920s during China's warlord era, the awardwinning Raise the Red Lantern focuses on a young woman struggling to exert control over her own life. After her father's death, 19-year-old Songlian is forced to marry a wealthy and powerful older man, becoming the latest of his four wives and finding herself at the bottom of the pecking order. Each night a red lantern is lit in front of the house of the wife chosen to receive a visit from the master. The power struggle among the women and Songlian’s desperate attempt to escape from the confines of her life leads to a dramatic and surprising conclusion.
"The Malady of Death" is Skoller’s adaptation of Marguerite Duras’ story of the same name, a particular reading of the story in which word and image explore male sexuality. The processes of reading are revealed to be complicated, poetic and political, as an unspecified narrator names and describes “the malady” and tells of a man and woman’s sexual encounters. The male “you” is multiplied, depicted by many men, each photographed nude, variously fragmented and abstracted, studied and distanced. The “she,” the “difference,” is literally absent from the image but present metaphorically, “possessed” but not known.
SAVE THE DATE wednesday, nov 20. Postwar: Films of Daniel Eisenberg. 6pm. Collins Cinema Screening of Persistence (1997) & Reception in the Davis Museum Lobby. To celebrate the release of Postwar: The films of Daniel Eisenberg (Blackdog Press), Daniel Eisenberg and Jeffrey Skoller will present a screening of Eisenberg’s Persistence (1997) followed by a discussion with the author and director about the book and film. The book is the first monograph on Eisenberg’s work, and places his films in the context of contemporary theory and experimental media practice, with contributions from highly respected writers on contemporary film and media art. An award-winning documentary, Persistence is a feature-length experimental portrait of Berlin in the years following the fall of the Berlin wall and the end of the cold war. A meditation on the time just after a great historical event, the film explores what is common to such moments, the continuous and discontinuous threads of history.
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FILM. Tuesdays. 9pm. Olin Auditorium. contact Eli.Sheldon@students.olin.edu CINE. Contact asmith28@babson.edu