Vol. 20, No. 7 |
Nov. 30, 2000 |
PTTP to present 'King Lear'
One of Shakespeare's most masterful tragedies, this absorbing and compelling drama resonates with universal human issues of family relationships, identity and self-discovery and the great cost of the absurdities of human existence. Evening performances of King Lear are scheduled at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday, Dec. 5-9; Thursday through Sunday, Jan 25-28; and Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 15-17. Matinees are scheduled at 12:30 p.m. on Saturdays, Dec. 9, Jan. 27 and Feb. 17; and Sunday, Jan. 28. All performances take place in Hartshorn Hall. Tickets for all productions range from $10 to $17 for Friday and Saturday evenings, from $9 to $16 for weeknights and $7 to $14 for matinees and Sunday evenings. Tickets are available at University box offices at Hartshorn Hall, the Trabant University Center and the Bob Carpenter Center. For more information, call 831-2202. Alexander's bad day musical is a fun show for families
Just how bad is a bad day? For Alexander, it begins when he wakes up with gum in his hair, and before he gets out the door he trips over his own skateboard. Things do not get much better at school, where Alexander finds out that his mom forgot to pack his favorite dessert and his best friend announces their friendship is over. Alexander's solution is to pack up and move to Australia, where things are upside down, and whatever's bad will turn out good. What Alexander and his audience learn is that life has its daily ups and downs, and bad days can happen to the best of people, even in Australia. In this adaptation of Judith Viorst's popular children's book, Alexander's trials and torments are set to music. With the help of composer Shelly Markham and director Nick Olcott, one of America's feistiest characters is presented on stage. Tickets are $10 for the general public, $8 for UD faculty, staff, alumni and senior citizens and $6 for UD students and children and are on sale from noon to 5 p.m. at the Hartshorn box office. Orders with credit card payment may be made by fax at 831-4366 or by phone at 831-2204. Tickets also are available through Ticketmaster at 984-2000, where a convenience charge will apply. The Family Performing Arts Series, coordinated by the Office of Alumni and University Relations, is sponsored by Arby's Roast Beef and a grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts. Wellness session to reinforce New Year's resolution efforts It's not too early to think about New Year's resolutions. For those interested in changing eating habits, the Employee Wellness Center is offering its New Year's Resolutions Program. Participants will be asked to provide information about their eating habits, and they will receive a computerized analysis of their diet, providing specific details on whether they are getting everything they need nutritionally. In addition, a nutritionist will meet with each participant to help plan specific, realistic New Year's resolutions. Rather than a general goal of losing weight, the plan will develop specific goals targeting behaviors that will help achieve weight loss. The cost of the program is $15 Wellness Dollars and the deadline to register is Dec. 8. Call 831-8388 or visit [www.udel.edu/wellness] to sign up. Gallery schedules variety of events during December Special events for children and adults on subjects ranging from modern art and dance to Native Americans drawings highlight December events at the University Gallery. "Reading the Museum: Between the Lines," an interpretative story and activity workshop for children ages 4-8, will be held from 2-3 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 2. The workshop is being offered in conjunction with the exhibition, "Line Dance: Abraham Walkowitz Drawings of Isadora Duncan," which is on view through Dec 17. Designed to explain the concepts behind modern art and dance, the children's workshop will give youngsters a chance to see the exhibition and showcase their own artistic talents by using the same media–pastel, pencil, ink and watercolor–that Walkowitz used in creating his drawings of the famous dancer. Preregistration is required by calling 831-8242. "Saving a Place in Line: Art Conservation Issues and Walkowitz," with Winterthur art conservation faculty and students, is the first of three brown bag lunch lectures in the University Gallery. The talk, free and open to the public, will take place at noon, Tuesday, Dec. 5. The second talk, also free and open to the public, "The Abraham Walkowitz Archive at the University of Delaware," with UD art history doctoral candidate Ellen Menefee, will be held at noon, Tuesday, Dec. 12. A gift to the University from New York art dealer Virginia Zabriskie in 1993, the Abraham Walkowitz Collection includes more than 1,500 works by the Russian-born artist who lived from 1878 to 1965. The current exhibition features 100 works on paper–many on display for the first time–that are part of the gallery's holdings of 400 Walkowitz drawings of Duncan. The diversity of the gallery's permanent collection also is evident in the concurrent exhibition,"Inuit Drawings from the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Native American Art Collection," on view through Dec. 17. The 28 works on display are among the 200 Inuit drawings in the Herman's collection. They reflect the Inuit people's everyday lives and traditions over the span of three generations. Included are scenes of hunting, wildlife in their native habitat, rituals, myths and legends, as well as a sense of the emerging Inuit awareness of modern life and its influence on Inuit culture in the 21st century. Bernard Herman, UD professor of art history and director of the Center for American Material Culture Studies, will discuss the drawings in "Inuit Art in the Herman Collection," at noon, Wednesday, Dec. 6. The lecture is free and open to the public. The University Gallery is located on the second floor of Old College. For more information, call 831-8242. Father/daughter authors will sign book at HenEssentials
A mental-skills trainer for many figure-skating medallists, Schallehn teamed up with daughter Nikki, an exercise and sports science major, and triple gold medallist Patti Tashman, to produce the book described as providing "friendly, klutz-proof instruction for the beginning and intermediate skater." With dozens of illustrations covering everything from basic equipment to complicated freestyle techniques, the book offers tips to novice skaters on how to take a fall, and more importantly, how to get right back up. There is also advice on executing the myriad of turns, jumps, and stops that professional skaters seem to perform almost effortlessly. A short chapter aimed at spectators helps figure skating fans and television viewers learn the differences between long and short technical programs and how to tell an axel from a lutz. ? For more information of the book signing, call 831-3078. Guest conductor featured at Wind Ensemble concert The University of Delaware Wind Ensemble will present a free concert under the direction of Robert J. Streckfuss at 8 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 3, in Loudis Recital Hall of the Amy E. du Pont Music Building. The concert will feature guest conductor James Beyer, director of bands at Washington Township High School in Sewell, N.J., who will conduct O Come Holy Night by Stephen Melillo. Beyer's music program at Washington Township High School has a reputation for excellence, and two of his former students, who are currently music majors at UD, will again perform under his baton at this concert. Beyer serves as a cooperating teacher for UD student teachers in instrumental music. The Wind Ensemble also will perform transcriptions of Overture to Colas Breugnon by Dmitri Kabalevsky, Pictures at an Exhibition by Moussorgsky/Ravel, "Blessed Are They" from the German Requiem by Brahms, and the Firebird Suite (1919) by Stravinsky. The Wind Ensemble is a select group of 46 wind and percussion instrumentalists. Membership is open to students from all majors at the University, and about half of them are music majors. The Wind Ensemble performs music originally written for wind band and transcriptions from all style periods. The ensemble was invited to perform at the 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998 and 1999 Eastern Division meetings of the Music Educators National Conference. Streckfuss received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Michigan and his doctor of musical arts degree from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. He teaches courses in conducting and music education and conducts the UD Wind Ensemble. Guest conductor Beyer has served as director of the concert bands, the jazz band and the Minuteman Marching Band at Washington Township High School for the past 21 years. His groups have received frequent awards in local, regional and national events, and his marching band performed in the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, Calif. A 1995 Teacher of the Year recipient, Beyer recently made his fifth European tour conducting the American Music Abroad Honors Symphonic Band. For details, call 831-2577. UD Orchestra to perform Dec. 2 in Loudis Recital Hall
Highlighting the program will be the Violin Concerto in A minor by J.S. Bach, performed with soloist Timothy Schwarz. Also included on the program is Dvorak's Notturno and Tchaikovky's Serenade. Schwarz began his musical training at age 4. He was asked to solo with the Philadelphia Orchestra at Philadelphia's Academy of Music when he was 9, one of the youngest artists ever to perform with the orchestra. Schwarz received a master's degree in music from Peabody C onservatory, and he has served as USIA "Artistic Ambassador" to the Middle East, performing 30 recitals in 11 countries. In 1997, EMI and Allegro began distribution of his first solo CD, An American Affair. He has served as associate concertmaster at Tanglewood and Aspen and is a violist with the Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia. Schwarz currently teaches violin and viola at UD. For more information, call 831-2577. Storytelling for adults set Dec. 2 in Bayard Sharp Hall
The concert also will feature UD students who have taken the "Storytelling for Beginners" course. This year's student tellers include Renee Schumann Reddy, Laurie Goodwin Phillips and Monica Thomas. Each performer will share a story, ranging from ghost and folk tales to jokes and original family heritage stories. Brenda Foraker, continuing education and a professional teller, will serve as mistress of ceremonies and also will be featured. Tellabration 2000 is sponsored by Zeta Omicron Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, an international honor society in education. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for students with a UD ID. Seating is limited and tickets will be sold at the door on a first-come, first-seated basis. There also will be refreshments and door prizes, and a social period will follow the program. For more information, contact Angela Case at 831-2319 or send e-mail to [acase@udel.edu] or Lisa Markowicz at 837-8308 or [lisaimee@udel.edu]. Jazz group to perform standards, modern works
The University's Jazz Chamber group is a small jazz combo that performs various styles of standard jazz literature as well as original compositions and arrangements. The Dec. 4 program will feature works by Larry Young, a ballad by McCoy Tyner and a blues tune by the late Lee Morgan of Philadelphia. Also included will be a number of jazz standards, arranged by members of the ensemble. James is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music. In addition to directing the UD Jazz Chamber group, he also is a member of the UD Faculty Jazz Ensemble and teaches at Wilmington's Christina Cultural Arts Center. An active jazz artist throughout the region, he currently performs with jazz stylist and poet Gil Scott-Heron. James also has performed with the Charles Sullivan Big Band, Frank Foster Big Band, Jazz Mobile Big Band and Bernard Purdie. He also has appeared on PBS and BBC Television with Scott-Heron, Ozzie Davis and Ruby Dee. For information, call 831-2577. 'Blue Window' to open Dec. 1 E-52 Student Theatre will present the play, Blue Window by Craig Lucas at 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday, Dec. 1 and 2, and Thursday through Saturday, Dec. 7-9, in the Bacchus Theatre of the Perkins Student Center. Tickets are $5 for the general public and $4 for students. For more information, call (302) 283-1613. Skate with Santa, YoUDee, Baby Blue in arena Dec. 10
The special holiday package costs $10 and includes ice time, skate rental, lunch and a coupon for 20 percent off purchases of $10 or more that day only at the HenEssentials ice arena shop. Only 300 tickets will be available. Parents who don't skate will be admitted free. Ticketholders also will get to select five special gifts from Santa's goody bag, see YoUDee and Baby Blue and enjoy a 2 p.m. performance by youngsters who train at UD. Tickets are on sale now at all UD box offices and will be on sale at both ice arenas from Dec. 2-9. The event is sponsored by WSTW and Arby's Restaurants. Leading mathematician to present annual Rees lectures One of the world's leading mathmeticians, Peter Lax, will make two presentations in this year's Rees Distinguished Lecture Series, sponsored by the Department of Mathematical Sciences. Lax, of the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University, will present a session on "Multiple Eigenvalues" at 3:30 p.m., today, Nov. 30, in Room 103 Gore Hall. He will present a program on "Dispersive Turbulence" at 3:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 1, in Room 103 Gore Hall. Lax has made major contributions to functional analysis, partial differential equations, applied mathematics and scientific computing. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and has won major awards, including the National Medal of Science, the Weiner Prize and the Wolf Prize. For information, call 831-2653. SCENE to feature local talent during 'Funk and Rock Night' Student Creating Exciting New Events (SCENE), a group of UD students committed to providing alcohol-free events in Newark, will sponsor two free public performances as part of "Funk and Rock Night." The local band Piper Down and rock band Soul Craft, featuring UD students, will perform from 9 p.m.-1 a.m., Friday, Dec. 1, at Brew Ha-Ha! The funk band Soul Kitchen from Temple University and UD guitarist Bill Carleton and an acoustic band will play from 8-11 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 2, at Home Grown. Both establishments are located on Main Street, and the events are free and open to the public. For more information, call 369-2559. Transportation fair spotlights carpooling, new bus routes A transportation fair showcasing new DART bus routes and schedules will be held from 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 6, in the Food Court of the Trabant University Center. Visitors are invited to stop by and discover how carpooling or taking the bus can help protect the environment while cutting down on the level of commuter stress. Economic benefits of carpooling and using public transportation include saving money by sharing the cost of parking, gas, tolls and wear and tear on personal vehicles. Information also will be available on RideShare Delaware, DART First State, an operating division of the Delaware Department of Transportation, local road construction and E-Z passes, a nd visitors are invited to enter the RideShare raffle and win 10 free rides on a DART bus. For more information or to register with RideShare Delaware, call toll free at 1-888-RIDE-MAT or visit online at [www:rideshare delaware.org]. Make wreaths with Master Gardeners Holiday Greens–Creating Wreaths," a gardening workshop offered by the New Castle County Master Gardeners, will be held from 9-11 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 9, at the University of Delaware Cooperative Extension office, 910 South Chapel St., Newark. The cost is $12. To register, call 831-COOP Tonight's program includes diverse holiday traditions Peace and Harmony: Celebrating Traditions Together, sponsored by Student Centers and Student Centers Programming Advisory Board (SCPAB) as part of their successful Thursday night R series, will be held from 9-11 p.m., tonight, Nov. 30, in the Scrounge. The event is free and open to the entire University community. A celebration of Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwaanza, the event will feature New York artist and host Robin Greenstein, the local a capella group Lightsout, a UD a capella group Vision and others. The Presbyterian Campus Ministry, the Wesley Foundation, the Center for Black Culture and HOLA will present various aspects of the different holidays, and during intermission, a holiday trivia game is planned. Refreshments will be provided, and SCPAB will give free mugs as holiday gifts. For more information, call 831-1296. Program will provide help on workplace conflict issues Conflict Resolution in the Workplace" is the topic of a special program for salaried staff. Supervisors also are welcome to the session, scheduled from noon-1 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 5, in Multipurpose Room A of the Trabant University Center. Kathryn Denhardt, Institute for Public Administration; Cecily Sawyer-Harmon, Labor Relations; and Patricia M. Porter, Faculty/Staff Assistance Program will speak during the program, sponsored by the Commission on the Status of Women. Participants may bring a brown bag lunch. Beverages and snacks will be provided. For additional information and registration, call Dana Brittingham at 831-8063 or send e-mail to [dbritt@udel.edu]. The registration deadline is Dec. 1. Students in honorary are collecting books for tots Sigma Tau Delta, the English honor society, is collecting new children's books for the Toys for Tots campaign. Anyone wishing to donate new books may drop them off at the English department office in 212 Memoria l Hall or leave them in designated decorated boxes at several locations on campus, including Memorial Hall rotunda, the Christiana Commons and Russell Dining Hall. For more information, contact Linda Russell. English, at 831-1974. Save during bookstore sale Faculty and Staff Appreciation Days are scheduled from 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m., today, and Friday, Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, at the University Bookstore in the Perkins Student Center. On both days, UD employees will receive 20 percent off all items, get free gift wrapping and save 25 percent off all holiday products. Textbooks and computer software are excluded. |
UD's Professional Theatre Training Program's 2000-01 season continues with King Lear, William Shakespeare's classic tale of madness, tyranny, loyalty and love.
Families with young children are in for a treat when the Kennedy Center Imagination Celebration Tour presents Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m., Saturday, Dec 9, in Mitchell Hall. The production is sponsored by UD's 2000-2001 Family Performing Arts Series.
Nikki Schallehn, a UD senior and former competitive skater, will join dad Bernie Schallehn, to sign copies of their book, The Essential Figure Skater, from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 16, at the HenEssentials shop in the lobby of the Rust Ice Arena.
The University Orchestra directed by Hekun Wu, will present a free concert at 2 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 2, in the Loudis Recital Hall of the Amy E. du Pont Music Building.
Regional folk singer and educator Jackie LaGuardia McCabe will be featured at UD's second annual Tellabration celebration, an evening of storytelling for adults. The program, which commemorates and demonstrates the wide range of storytelling, begins at 7 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 2, in Bayard Sharp Hall.
The Department of Music will present a free concert by the Jazz Chamber Ensemble, directed by Vernon James, at 8 p.m., Monday, Dec. 4, in Loudis Recital Hall of the Amy E. du Pont Music Building.
Skaters of all ages are invited to take to the ice with Santa himself from noon to 3 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 10, at the Fred Rust Ice Arena.