ARTSVIEW A Publication of Creative and Performing Arts

A publication of the Center for Creative and Performing Arts at Salem State University

FALL 2018

October 10 – 31 Exhibition: A Sense of Place

DARE TO DISCOVER!

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DARE TO DISCOVER! Salem State’s Center for Creative and Performing Arts provides the arts explorer a singular destination to experience world-class guest artists and award-winning student and faculty performances in dance, music and theatre as well as art exhibitions and spoken word events. Diverse and affordable arts experiences presented in state-of-the-art venues on Boston’s north shore.

SEPTEMBER

September 5 – October 3

Exhibition: Art + Design Faculty Showcase Winfisky Gallery, ECC This annual event features the work of faculty from within Salem State University’s nationally accredited art + design department. Works by both full-time and adjunct studio faculty in printmaking, painting, design, sculpture, photography and various other media are exhibited. Faculty artists will be available to discuss their work on selected Wednesdays during the exhibition. Visit salemstate.edu/arts for a complete schedule.

September 12 Reception: 6-8 pm Co-sponsored by Center for Research and Creative Activities

Winfisky Gallery, ECC

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REMOVING BARRIERS THROUGH CREATIVITY September 14

Workshop with Lida Winfield Stomping Stories for Dancers and Storytellers 1:40-2:55 pm O’Keefe Complex Dance Studio Room 303 In conjunction with her evening performance, In Search of Air: Growing Up Dyslexic, Lida Winfield leads a workshop utilizing improvisation and creative compositional tools to explore different ways of creating stories and dance. Students will artistically express their thoughts, feelings and stories around education, learning styles, failure and success. Creativity and an open mind are all that is needed to enjoy this workshop; all sizes and abilities welcome.

Christine Alcino

Lida Winfield

Lida Winfield In Search of Air: Growing Up Dyslexic 7:30 pm | Sophia Gordon Center $20 general/$15 senior/under 18 free In this dance/theater performance based on her experience growing up with a learning disability, Vermont dancer, choreographer and spoken word artist Lida Winfield shares the gifts and heartache that accompanied her struggle to learn to read which did not occur until her early twenties. Weaving together funny, sad and ironic vignettes, Winfield explores the issues of disability, access and the value of hands on learning.

Co-sponsored by disability services.

Spring 2018

Soundings East

September 24 CLAIRE KEYES POETRY AWARD Jenny Molberg

MICROAWESOME Maximus Adarvé Robin Beaudoin Shelby Brown Jeni De La O Angelical Esquivel Naoko Fujimoto Danielle Jones Robert Penick Ava Robinson Melanie Wilcox

Soundings East Release Party Claire Keyes Student Poetry Award

Sam Orluk

Claire Keyes Student Award – Runners-Up

Gianna Forlizzi David Gain Viktoria Paget Angelica Starling

FICTION James William Gardner Jacqueline Guidry Deborah S. Prespare Dennis Vannatta

Soundings East Volume 40 Spring 2018

Soundings East

POETRY Alan Basting Derrick C. Brown Sarah-Kathryn Bryan Chandler Camerato Tim Cremin Zebulon Huset Adam Hou Crystal Condakes Karlberg Adria Klinger Shirley Jones-Luke Sarah Maeder Jesse Minkert Derek Otsuji Jimmy Pappas Richard King Perkins II Linda Spolidoro Ahrend Torrey Helen Tzagoloff Hannah Wagner Abigail Warren Katie Bowler Young

7-8:30 pm | Viking 123 NON-FICTION Kerstin Lieff Carolyn B. McGuire Kelly Talbot

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Volume 40

Come join the contributors and the editors of Soundings East as they celebrate the release of Volume 40. $10

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OCTOBER October 4

Writers Series: Sean Thomas Dougherty 7:30-9 pm | MLK Room, ECC

Sean Thomas Dougherty

Known for his dynamic readings, Sean Thomas Dougherty has performed at hundreds of venues. Dorianne Laux has called him the “gypsy punk heart of American poetry.”

Dougherty is the author or editor of 15 books, including The Second O of Sorrow (BOA Editions, 2018), All You Ask for is Longing: Poems 1994-2014 (BOA Editions), and Sasha Sings the Laundry on the Line (BOA Editions, 2010), which was a finalist for Binghamton University’s Milton Kessler Poetry Book Award for the best book by a poet over 40. Dougherty is the recipient of fellowships from the Fulbright Foundation and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.

October 10 – 31

Exhibition: A Sense of Place: Fred Lynch and Michael McLaughlin Winfisky Gallery, ECC Artists Fred Lynch and Michael McLaughlin anchor their work in distinctly different landscapes. Lynch’s drawings share the experience of place in the walled, medieval city of Viterbo, Italy. Lynch captures perceptions as much as appearances as he explores the wonders of this place in the tradition of the artists of the Grand Tour in the 17th and 18th centuries. McLaughlin’s work is firmly anchored in the urban landscape, with a nod to the work of the Photorealists of the 1970’s and 80’s. The viewer is drawn in to his photorealistic paintings, themselves surrounded by miniature works lending additional context and depth. Gallery talks on selected Wednesdays during the exhibition.

Visit salemstate.edu/arts for a complete schedule.

Cliff Dwellers, Fred Lynch

October 17 Artist Talk: 12 pm | Reception: 2-4 pm Winfisky Gallery, ECC

Rivka in Autumn, Michael McLaughlin

October 15

Shahid Parvez Khan, Sitar 7:30 pm | Recital Hall $20 general / $15 seniors / under 18 free “Indian music personified.” ­—The Hindu Dazzling virtuosity and innovative musical genius make Shahid Parvez Khan a giant of the sitar. He learned his craft from his father, Ustad Aziz Khan, and is a seventh-generation heir to the sitar’s first family, the Etawah Gharana. Shahid Parvez Khan’s global reputation as an awe-inspiring performer is Shahid Parvez Khan complemented by another rare gift—his ability to spread his music as a dedicated and loving guru. He sums up his mastery of this most intricate art form with a profoundly simple philosophy: “Music is my life”.

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October 18

Writers Series: Ann Taylor Book Launch 4:30-6 pm | Metro Room, ECC Ann Taylor is a professor of English at Salem State where she teaches both literature and writing courses. She has written two books on college composition, Short Model Essays (Little Brown) and Shaping the Short Essay (Harper Collins) and a collection of personal essays, Watching Birds: Reflections on the Wing (Ragged Mountain/McGraw Hill). Her first poetry book, The River Within, won first prize in the 2011 Cathlamet Poetry competition at Ravenna Press. A chapbook, Bound Each to Each, was published in 2013 (Finishing Line Press). Her most recent collection, published in 2018, Héloïse and Abélard: the Exquisite Truth (Word Tech Communications) is based on the famous twelfth-century story of their lives. She is now working on a manuscript entitled In the Writing Zone.

Ann Taylor

October 18 – 20, 7:30 pm October 25 – 27, 7:30 pm October 21 and 28, 2 pm

Harvey

by Mary Chase Sophia Gordon Center $20 general / $15 senior / under 18 free Audience costumes welcome Halloween weekend!

Elwood P. Dowd has a best friend that nobody else can see—a six foot white rabbit named Harvey. Elwood’s socially obsessed sister Veta loves her brother but becomes unglued as she tries to conceal his eccentricities while trying to find a suitable husband for her wallflower daughter, Myrtle Mae. Her attempt to have Elwood committed boomerangs into hysterical chaos while Elwood remains unchanged by the rigid world of rules he continues to ignore. Seventy-five years after its premiere, Chase’s Pulitzer Prize winning play remains heartwarming and hilarious. It also exposes our compulsion to silence those who do not conform to what is “correct” and our resistance to truly hearing those around us.

October 23

Dance/Movement Therapy Workshops with Audrey Albert King Introduction to Dance/Movement Therapy, 10:50 am-12:05 pm Application and Practices of Dance/Movement Therapy, 12:15-1:30 pm O’Keefe Complex Dance Studio Room 303 These workshops explore the discipline of dance/movement therapy (DMT), a form of creative arts therapy that utilizes elements of dance and expressive movement as a primary method of assessment and treatment intervention. Please come prepared to engage in movement, experiential exercises and discussion.

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NOVEMBER November 8

Writers Series: Mona Awad 7:30 pm | Metro Room Mona Awad is the author of 13 Ways of Looking At a Fat Girl (Penguin 2016), which won the Amazon Best First Novel Award and was shortlisted for the Giller Prize. Time Magazine has called it “[An] insightful debut novel…sensitive, unflinching, a valuable addition to the canon of American womanhood” and Elle referred to it as “honest, searing, and necessary . . .

[13 Ways] peels back the curtain on the struggles of entering womanhood—from body image, to relationships, to merely navigating the oh-so-cruel world.” Awad’s writing has also appeared in Electric Literature, Time, Vice, McSweeney’s and elsewhere. Her second novel, Bunny, is forthcoming with Viking Press in the summer of 2019.

Co-sponsored by Florence Luscomb Women’s Center

Friday, November 9

Dance Alumni Salon 7 pm | O’Keefe Complex Dance Studio Room 303 Free Salem State dance alumni share their work in an informal showing. A brief Q&A will follow the event.

Seating is limited. Advance reservations: salemstatetickets.com

November 7 – 30

Exhibition: Rosenberg Glass Residency Winfisky Gallery, ECC Now in its sixth year, the Rosenberg Residency for Passionate and Emerging Artists was established through the generous contribution of Ira and Judy Rosenberg. Each summer, four artists are invited to live on campus and to work for one month in the art + design department’s Glassworks Studio. Applications for the residency are juried from artists that range from early to mid-careers, regionally and nationally. This exhibition will highlight a variety of blown glass and sculptural glass by artists who have participated in the Rosenberg Residency since 2013.

Gallery talks on selected Wednesdays during the exhibition.

Visit salemstate.edu/arts for a complete schedule.

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November 29

University Chamber Orchestra 7:30 pm | Recital Hall Free The chamber orchestra is a full symphonic ensemble comprised of both student and community musicians.

The backgrounds, majors, and interests of the members are diverse and in addition to music include medicine, architecture, business, engineering, art, theater, education, science, history, among many others. Under the direction of Professor Mary-Jo Grenfell the ensemble performs a wide-ranging repertoire.

November 29 – December 1 and December 6 – 8, 7:30 pm December 2 and 9, 2 pm

Poison of Choice

by William Cunningham World Premiere Sophia Gordon Center $20 general / $15 senior / under 18 free Poison of Choice places the audience inside a graphic novel in a world that reeks of political corruption, sex, murder, addiction, and plenty of moral ambiguity. Author Alan Lubeck is trying desperately to get his mind out of the world of the graphic novel he has created, Terror Cell.

He accepts a job from an old friend and finds himself in a world that mirrors that of his graphic novel and soon Alan doesn’t know which world he is in, the real or the imagined. With a splash of the Shakespearean and the flavor of film-noir, Poison of Choice presents a kind of “creative madness.” If you’ve been thinking lately, “Has the world gone mad or is it just me?” this evening of theatre may help you find the answer.

William Cunningham

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DECEMBER December 3

Undergraduate Student Reading 11 am – noon | Metro Room, ECC What are Salem State students writing in their creative and professional writing courses? Come find out at this annual reading that spotlights the work of SSU student writers. Readers will include editors from Salem State’s national literary magazine, Soundings East and its e-zine, Red Skies. This year’s reading will also include excerpts from the winning essays about The Hate U Give, the 2018-2019 First Year Reading Experience (FYRE).

December 3

Dances in the Raw 7 pm | O’Keefe Complex Dance Studio Room 303 Dances in the Raw offers an up-close look at works in progress. This informal concert includes work by students and faculty and offers a unique glimpse into the creative process of dance-making. Seating is limited.

December 10 – 20

Art + Design Open Call Exhibition and Sale Closing Reception: Thursday, December 20 2-4 pm | Winfisky Gallery, ECC Personalize your digs!!

Why settle for a mass-produced poster or tchotchke (nick-nack), when, for a few dollars more, you can own an ORIGINAL artwork (made by someone you may know)!! Please stop in and view the amazing work (all reasonably priced to take home) by students from across the university community.

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STUDENT MUSIC ENSEMBLE CONCERTS Jazz, choral music, world music, contemporary, classical and more — there is something for everyone at our end of semester music ensemble concerts!

December 3

University Band December 4

University Chorus and Chamber Singers December 5

Jazz Bands December 6

Small Music Ensembles December 10

Altavoce Treble Chorale December 11

World Music Ensemble All Concerts are at 7:30 pm Recital Hall Free

December 15, 7:30 pm and December 16, 2 pm

Salem Dance Ensemble Sophia Gordon Center $20 general / $15 senior / under 18 free The Salem Dance Ensemble fall concert features a broad array of original work by student choreographers, faculty, and guest artists. The concert also includes the premiere of a modern dance piece choreographed by assistant professor of dance Betsy Miller in collaboration with students.

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FOR YOUR INFORMATION TICKETS Ticketed events include: dance concerts, music guest artists and theatre productions.

Tickets: $20 general/$15 seniors and non-Salem State students 18 and above/under 18 admitted free.

Admission is free to writers series events, student concerts and the Winfisky Gallery.

Salem State students are admitted free with their ID to all arts events.

Group rates are available for groups of 10 or more.

SALEM NIGHTS! Salem residents admitted free with ID Fall 2018 Salem nights are: October 19, 7:30 pm (Harvey) December 8, 7:30 pm (Poison of Choice) December 15, 7:30 pm (Salem Dance Ensemble) Advance reservations may be made by calling the box office.

BOX OFFICE Online: salemstatetickets.com Phone: 978.542.6365

VENUES Sophia Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts 356 Lafayette Street North Campus

Winfisky Gallery Hours: Monday through Friday from 10 am until 4 pm Ellison Campus Center (ECC) 352 Lafayette Street North Campus

Recital Hall 71 Loring Avenue Central Campus (CC)

O’Keefe Complex 225 Canal Street

PARKING Visit salemstate.edu/community/campus-map

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WANT TO KNOW MORE? Theatre Preludes

Benjamin Rose Photography

Join us for this free, pre-show series. Members of the production team, Salem State faculty and other guests will lead patrons in an enlightening discussion about the show you are about to see. Fall 2018 Preludes will take place on Thursday, October 25 (Harvey) and Thursday, December 6 (Poison of Choice) at 6:30 pm in the Sophia Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts Rehearsal Room.

Gallery Talks Talks take place on selected Wednesdays from 12:30-1:30 pm in the Winfisky Gallery. A complete schedule is available at salemstate.edu/arts.

COMMUNITY Community Chorus The Salem State Community Chorus is open to anyone over age 18 who loves to sing.

No audition and no experience necessary.

Rehearsals begin Tuesday, September 11.

Visit salemstate.edu/community-chorus for additional information.

Continuing Education Workshops The music and dance department hosts a series of continuing education workshops from September 2018 through April 2019.

PDP’s are available for educators. Visit salemstatetickets.com for a complete schedule.

JOIN OUR EMAIL LIST! Subject line Arts Email at arts@salemstate.edu

SUPPORT THE ARTS! We do our best work with the support of alumni and friends. Your donation helps us educate the artists of tomorrow as well as presenting world-class visual and performing arts events.

Visit participate.salemstate.edu/give.

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FALL 2018 ART September 5 – October 3 Art + Design Faculty Showcase M-F, 10 am-4 pm Winfisky Gallery, ECC September 12 Reception: Art + Design Faculty Showcase 6-8 pm Winfisky Galley, ECC October 10 – 31 Exhibition: A Sense of Place: Fred Lynch and Michael McLaughlin M-F, 10 am-4 pm Winfisky Gallery, ECC October 17 Artist Talk: Fred Lynch and Michael McLaughlin Noon Reception 2-4 pm Winfisky Gallery, ECC November 7 – 30 Exhibition: Rosenberg Glass Residency M-F, 10 am-4 pm Winfisky Gallery, ECC November 14 Artist Talk: Rosenberg Glass Residency 12:30 pm Reception 2-4 pm Winfisky Gallery, ECC

CREATIVE WRITING September 24 Soundings East Release Party 7-8:30 pm Viking 123 Free October 4 Writers Series: Sean Thomas Dougherty 7:30-9 pm MLK Room, ECC Free

October 18 Writers Series: Ann Taylor Book Launch 4:30-6 pm Metro Room, ECC Free November 8 Writers Series: Mona Awad 7:30-9 pm Metro Room, ECC Free

December 3 Undergraduate Student Reading 11 am-noon Metro Room, ECC Free

Salem State University is committed to equal access for students, staff and visitors, and encourages all to participate in its programs and activities. People who anticipate needing accommodations due to a disability, or who have questions about access, may contact disability services at access@salemstate.edu.

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September 14 Lida Winfield Workshop – Stomping Stories: For Dancers and Storytellers 1:40-2:55 pm O’Keefe Complex Dance Studio, Rm. 303 Free September 14 Lida Winfield In Search of Air: Growing Up Dyslexic 7:30 pm Sophia Gordon Center $20 / $15 / under 18 free September 28 Music and Dance Improvisation Jam Guided Structures – 7-7:30 pm Open Jam – 7:30-8:30 pm O’Keefe Complex Dance Studio, Rm. 303 October 23 Dance/Movement Therapy Workshops with Audrey Albert King: Introduction 10:50 am-12:05 pm Application and Practices 12:15-1:30 pm O’Keefe Complex Dance Studio, Rm. 303 Free November 9 Dance Alumni Salon 7 pm O’Keefe Complex Dance Studio Rm. 303

December 10 – 20 Student Art: Holiday Sale M-F, 10 am-4 pm Winfisky Gallery, ECC December 20 Closing Reception Holiday Art Sale 2-4 pm Winfisky Gallery, ECC

DANCE

December 3 Dances in the Raw 7 pm O’Keefe Complex Dance Studio, Rm. 303 December 15 Salem Dance Ensemble 7:30 pm Sophia Gordon Center $20 / $15 / under 18 free Salem Night! Salem residents admitted free!

December 16 Salem Dance Ensemble 2 pm Sophia Gordon Center $20 / $15 / under 18 free

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MUSIC October 15 Shahid Parvez Khan, Sitar 7:30 pm Recital Hall, CC $20 / $15 / under 18 free November 28 Salem State Community Chorus Concert 7:30 pm Tabernacle Church Washington St., Salem Goodwill offering at the door November 29 University Chamber Orchestra 7:30 pm Recital Hall, CC Free December 3 University Band 7:30 pm Recital Hall, CC Free December 4 University Chorus and Chamber Singers 7:30 pm Recital Hall, CC Free December 5 Jazz Bands 7:30 pm Recital Hall, CC Free December 6 Small Music Ensembles 7:30 pm Recital Hall, CC Free December 10 Altavoce Treble Chorale 7:30 pm Recital Hall, CC Free December 11 World Music Ensemble 7:30 pm Recital Hall, CC Free The Recital Hall is located on Central Campus (CC). ECC is the Ellison Campus Center which is located on North Campus.

THEATRE October 18 – 20 7:30 pm October 21, 2 pm Harvey

by Mary Chase Sophia Gordon Center $20 / $15 / under 18 free October 19 is Salem Night! Salem residents admitted free!

October 25 – 27 7:30 pm October 28, 2 pm Harvey

by Mary Chase Sophia Gordon Center $20 / $15 / under 18 free Audience costumes welcome Halloween weekend!

November 29 – December 1, 7:30 pm December 2, 2 pm Poison of Choice

by William Cunningham Sophia Gordon Center $20 / $15 / under 18 free December 6 – 8 7:30 pm December 9, 2 pm Poison of Choice

by William Cunningham Sophia Gordon Center $20 / $15 / under 18 free December 8 is Salem Night! Salem residents admitted free!

ARTSVIEW is a publication of Salem State University’s Center for Creative and Performing Arts (CCPA)

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