EARLY PHOTO CURIOSITIES: A 40 YEAR-LONG QUEST FOR THE ORIGINS OF MIDDLE-EASTERN CAMERAWORK
September 5–October 9
Reception: Saturday, September 26, 1–3pm
Carney Gallery hours: M–F, 10am–4pm
Haunting questions, visual humor, sophisticated image-manipulations and awe-inspiring 12-part panoramas over Constantinople and Cairo will be presented by the Archives for Historical Documentation, Brighton, Massachusetts.
In one of the very earliest, accurate visual records of the bleak site, Jerusalem’s first professional photographer, MJ Diness (probably during a pioneering photo-safari in 1858) has produced an eerily unsettling composition by having foreground figures crouch down in the setting sun’s slanting light for his very low camera angle. The left-hand figure can be followed at other sites on the safari-posing theatrically with a rifle or even swiftly positioning himself several times within the same image!
Could the diagonal reflections or apparent “scratches” on the right have been deliberately inserted by Diness to enhance the ominous mood of the scene? Could Diness, using the then scarcely five-year-old wet-plate collodion process, have anticipated emulsion-distortions with which Polaroid artists were to experiment in Massachusetts 130 years later?
The questions will be posed by images like Horns of Hattin. Shaped roughly like the stubby, worn-down horns of a bull, this long low hill witnessed—in 1187—perhaps the most disastrous day for European political expansionism and certainly for mediaeval chivalry: the utter defeat of the Crusaders and their “Kingdom of Jerusalem.”
SEPTEMBER
Horns of Hattin BOSTON CIVIC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
MEET THE ORCHESTRA
Max Hobart, Music Director
Sunday, October 18, 3pm
Casey Theatre
For tickets call: 617-923-6333
Assigned Seating
The Civic will open its 85th season with a family concert featuring 15-year-old pianist Mackenzie Melemed, co-winner of the James R. Powers Concerto Competition, performing Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A Minor. Former WBZ arts and entertainment reporter, Joyce Kulhawik will serve as host for the afternoon, narrating two well-known children’s pieces: Mascari’s Meet the Orchestra and Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf.
OCTOBER
Joyce Kulhawik
Mackenzie Melemed
DEEP SPACE: RECENT WORK BY KATHLEEN CAMMARATA
October 18–December 20
Reception: Sunday, October 18, 1–3pm
Carney Gallery hours:
M–F, 10am–4pm and by appointment
Kathleen Cammarata's paintings and drawings examine the place, location and terrain of an imaginary world subject to growth, change, explosion and rebirth. Unexpected reds and yellows present amorphous shapes alternating with sharply drawn lines, spots and curls. Cammarata says, “The viewer is a traveler taken to the threshold of sensation, to the body of the mother earth and to the generating power of nature. My drawings are also imaginary worlds, but rather than confront, they provoke mystery. They whisper possibilities in the distance. The forms are gently unfolding, undulating and holding. The blacks retain the deep space while the whites enhance the near space with subtle texture. A peculiar silence hovers over the landscape.”
the GRASS is GREENER on the other side, 2009, oil on canvas, 60" x 42"
DUELING PIANOS
Friday, October 16, 7pm
Casey Theatre
Admission: $15 general public; $10 seniors, students, Regis College faculty, staff and alumnae; $5 Regis College students and LLARC members
GENERAL SEATING
What is dueling pianos? Two piano players take the stage with two baby grand pianos. Each player has a repertoire of songs that includes literally thousands of hits, from rock to pop, dance to country, R&B to standards. They take requests and bring the audience into to the event in a way that no other entertainment does, getting you to sing, laugh and clap together.
Deuling Pianos
WRITERS READ SERIES
TRACY WINN
MRS. SOMEBODY SOMEBODY
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
6:30pm, Carney Gallery
Tracy Winn’s debut collection of linked short stories, Mrs. Somebody Somebody, was just recently published by SMU Press. Her stories, which have appeared in publications such as Alaska Quarterly Review, Hayden’s Ferry Review and New Orleans Review have been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and for inclusion in the Best American Mystery Stories. A graduate of the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers, she is the recipient of grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the Barbara Deming Memorial Trust, the Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation and fellowships from the Millay Colony and the MacDowell Colony. She lives in Massachusetts and works with Gaining Ground, a non-profit farm that grows and gives away fresh produce for hunger relief.
TOM CHAPIN
FAMILY SHOW
Sunday, November 1, 2pm
Casey Theatre
Admission: $15 general public; $10 seniors, students, Regis College faculty, staff and alumnae; $10 Regis College students, LLARC members, $5 children under 12
GENERAL SEATING
Chapin’s live performances engage the hearts, minds and imaginations of children and adults alike. Parent’s Magazine says, “Nobody today is writing and performing better kids’ songs than Tom Chapin . . . the Pied Piper of children’s music.” Elementary school teachers across North America have incorporated Chapin’s songs into their curriculum, finding them accessible and adaptable to classroom study and interaction.
“A uniquely appealing singer of children's songs-funny, thoughtful and warm.”
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People magazine
NOVEMBER
Tom Chapin. Photo -
Bonnie Chapin
THE FACTORY GIRLS
REGIS COLLEGE THEATRE COMPANY
By Frank McGuinness
Directed by Frans Rijnbout
Black Box Theatre
November 18, 19, 20 at 8pm
November 21 at 2pm
Admission: $10 general public, seniors, students, Regis College faculty, staff and alumnae; $5 children under 12; $3 Regis College students, LLARC members. GENERAL SEATING
The Factory Girls tells the story of five women who, facing the threat of lay-offs, stage a lock in in a shirt factory in Ireland. As their protest continues the women learn more about each other and themselves as they explore their anger, courage and compassion.
CHRISTMAS CONCERT
REGIS COLLEGE GLEE CLUB,
CHAMBER SINGERS, HANDBELL CHOIR AND ALUMNAE CHORUS
Dr. Sheila Grace Prichard, Director
Paul Huberdeau, Keyboard
Instrumental Music Ensemble
Douglas Anderson, Director
Keyboard Performance Ensemble
Kathleen Maskell, Instructor
Casey Theatre
Saturday, December 5, 3:30pm
Sunday, December 6, 3:30pm
Snow date: Monday, December 7, 7:30pm
Admission: $15 general public; $10 seniors, students, Regis College faculty, staff and alumnae; $5 Regis College students, LLARC members and children under 12. GENERAL SEATING
Holiday Season at Regis is ushered in with the traditional Christmas Concerts. Combined choirs and orchestra perform choral classics as well as contemporary arrangements of familiar carols. The Instrumental Ensemble plays jazz-band style pieces and the Chamber Singers offer a brief a cappella performance followed by the always-popular Handbell Choir. During intermission, audience members enjoy a cookies and punch reception in the holiday-decked atrium and the concert closes with the traditional Silent Night by candlelight.
DECEMBER
Regis College Handbell Choir
BOSTON CIVIC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
A FAMILY HOLIDAY POPS
Max Hobart, Music Director
Saturday, December 19, 2pm
Casey Theatre
For tickets call 617-923-6333
Holiday favorites, a sing-along, children onstage conducting the orchestra, and a visit from Santa: the magic all happens once again this season with our traditional holiday concert. A highlight of this year’s event will be a performance of music from the 1982 animated film, The Snowman, with Leslie Holmes narrating and a boy soprano.
A Symphony player’s Holiday spirit
Leslie Holmes
JANUARY
Monument Valley, Arizona, c. 1915, oil on canvas, 8 x 10
MARJORIE THOMAS: ARTISTIC PIONEER
Carney Gallery
cancelled THE ART OF HEALING
Carney Gallery
January 19–March 19
Reception: Saturday, February 6, 4:30–6:30pm
Gallery hours: M–F, 10am–4pm and by appointment
From the dawn of civilization the arts have been an integral part of the healing practices and rituals of cultures throughout the world. Over time as cultures became more complex, the arts were removed from the daily lives of communities and people, while at the same time "Western Medicine" segregated healing practices into discreet areas of specialization. It is only recently that art and medicine have begun to be reunited in treating the whole person for physical, emotional and spiritual ills and imbalances. The Art of Healing, the art of psychotherapists, comes to the Carney Gallery from The Brush Gallery in Lowell, Mass.
Red Shift by Helen Shulman, 2008
JANUARYMonument Valley, Arizona, c. 1915, oil on canvas, 8 x 10
Writers Read Series
Diane Kendig
The Places We Find Ourselves
Tuesday, February 2
6:30pm, Carney Gallery
Diane Kendig is a poet, writer and translator who has published four chapbooks, the most recent titled The Places We Find Ourselves. Her poetry and nonfiction have appeared in journals such as J Journal, Ekphrasis, Minnesota Review and Under the Sun, as well as the anthologies Letters to the World and Those Winter Sundays: Female Academics and their Working-Class Parents. A recipient of a Fulbright lectureship, an NEH grant in translation and a Yaddo Fellowship, she currently lives in Lynn, Massachusetts and teaches at Bentley University.
FEBRUARY
Diane Kendig
Seventeenth Annual ACDA Collegiate Choral Festival Concert
Sponsored by Massachusetts Chapter, American Choral Directors Association
Hosted by the Regis College Glee Cub
Dr. Sheila Grace Prichard, Festival Chair
Collegiate Choirs and Smith College Orchestra
Dr. Jonathan Hirsh, Conductor
Casey Theatre
Saturday, February 6, 7:30pm
Snow date: Sunday, February 7, 7:30pm
Admission: $15 general public; $10 seniors, students, Regis College faculty, staff and alumnae; $5 Regis College students, LLARC members and children under 12. GENERAL SEATING
Enjoy some mid-winter inspiration as choral groups from area colleges and universities conclude a day of musical collaboration with a gala festival concert. Choirs will perform individually with their conductors, singing a great variety of choral repertoire, from a cappella motets to rousing spirituals and humorous novelty tunes. The 200-voice combined choirs join forces with the 50-piece Smith College Orchestra for a grand finale under the direction of Dr. Jonathan Hirsh.
Regis College Glee Club and Alumnae Chorus
AFRICAN DRUMMING AND DANCING
Friday, February 12, 7:30pm
Admission: $15 general public; $10 seniors, students, Regis College faculty, staff and alumnae; $5 Regis College students, LLARC members and children under 12. GENERAL SEATING
Please join us for an exciting evening of traditional African dance and drumming. We will experience the magic and intensity of masked dances, joyous rhythms and African drumming from Guinea, Mali and Senegal while being serenaded by the wandering minstrels.
African Drumming and Dancing
CHERISH THE LADIES
Sunday, February 28, 2pm
Admission: $25 general public; $20 seniors, students, Regis College faculty, staff and alumnae; $10 Regis College students, LLARC members and children under 12. GENERAL SEATING
When describing Cherish the Ladies, the critics say it best—
“It is simply impossible to imagine an audience that wouldn’t enjoy what they do,” The Boston Globe. “An astonishing array of virtuosity,” The Washington Post. “Expands the annals of Irish music inamerica…the music is passionate, tender and rambunctious,” The New York Times. And for the past eighteen years, Cherish the Ladies have proven themselves worthy to live up to these accolades and, in doing so, have become one of the most engaging ensembles in the history of Irish music.
Cherish the Ladies.
Photo—Larry Shirkey
“… hard-core folk appeal… the most rhythmically bracing of the traditional music bands.”
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Time magazine
“… traditional heroes… played a moving set, putting people to their feet and making them dance the night away.”
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Irish World OUR VOICES FESTIVAL IV, 2010
A CELEBRATION OF PLAYWRIGHTS' PLATFORM WOMEN'S PLAYS
February 27, 7pm
Black Box Theatre
The annual Our Voices Festival is produced by Regina Eliot-Ramsay and Kelly DuMar, members of Playwrights’ Platform, Boston, a cooperative developmental workshop for new plays. Our Voices celebrates new writing by women members with performances by actors-in-residence. Our Voices IV will feature juried selections of Playwrights’ Platform member plays with a contribution by Regis faculty member Wendy Lement and will include a writing workshop facilitated by a professional playwright that will be open to the public. For more information, contact Kelly DuMar (diarydoor@aol.com) or visit: www.playwrights-platform.org.
FLAMENCO DANCE PROJECT
FLAMENQUEANDO
Casey Theatre
Saturday, March 20, 2009, 7:30pm
Admission: $15 general public; $10 seniors, students, Regis College faculty, staff and alumnae; $5 Regis College students, LLARC members and children under 12. GENERAL SEATING
Flamenco Dance Project is a company of artists dedicated to the evolving art of Flamenco dance and music by showcasing the talents of US-based flamenco performers. “Flamenqueando” will feature guitarist Kai Narezo, a Los Angeles-based guitarist whose background includes study both in the caves of Sacromonte and at the Berklee College of Music. Accompanying him will be singer/dancer La Conja, who recently completed a three-week run with Savion Glover at the Joyce Theater in NYC. Cajón player GonzaloGrau was just nominated for a Grammy as leader of his “other” band, “La Clave Secreta.” They will be joined by dancers Jose Moreno, Maria Galán and Sabrina Avilés, each of whom has performed flamenco for many years both in the US and abroad as soloists and in major dance companies. This talented group has delighted flamenco fans for many years with the passion and artistry of their performances.
MARCH
Flamenco Dance Project
DIVINE WORDS, INSPIRED ART:
PRINGS FROM THE SAINT JOHN'S BIBLE
March 11–May 15
Reception: Saturday, March 20, 1–3pm
Carney Gallery hours: M–F, 10am–4pm
At the start of the twenty-first century, Saint John’s Abbey and University in Collegeville, Minnesota commissioned a work of art that illuminates the Word of God for a new millennium. The Saint John’s Bible was the first commissioned handwritten, monumental, illuminated Bible in the modern era. The work was created by scribes and artists in a Scriptorium in Wales under the artistic direction of Donald Jackson, one of the world’s foremost calligraphers and Senior Scribe to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth’s Crown Office at the House of Lords. The work was completed in 2009 and is now kept at Saint John’s Abbey and University in Minnesota. Regis College is pleased to host seventeen prints from the series. The set includes, Creation, Matthew Frontispiece, Jacob’s Ladder and Life in Community.
Creation, Genesis, St. John’s Bible, Donald Jackson with contributions by Chris Tomlin
WRITERS READ SERIES
BRAD CLOMPUS
Tuesday, March 30
6:30pm, Carney Gallery
Brad Clompus attended Grinnell College for his BA and received an MFA from the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop. He is author of poetry chapbooks, Trailing It Home (Main Street Rag Publishing Company, 2007) and Talk at Large (Finishing Line Press, 2008). His poetry and essays have been published in such journals as Willow Springs, West Branch, Tampa Review, Sonora Review, Natural Bridge, The New Renaissance and The Cortland Review. He teaches at the Arlington Center for the Arts and the Tufts University Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
Brad Clompus
SPRING CONCERT
REGIS COLLEGE GLEE CLUB,
CHAMBER SINGERS, ALUMNAE
CHORUS, HANDBELL CHOIR
Dr. Sheila Grace Prichard, Director
Paul Huberdeau, Keyboard
Instrumental Music Ensemble
Douglas Anderson, Director
Casey Theatre
Saturday, April 10, 7:30pm
Snow date: Sunday, April 11, 7:30pm
Admission: $15 general public; $10 seniors, students, Regis College faculty, staff and alumnae; $5 Regis College students, LLARC members and children under 12. GENERAL SEATING
Spring Concert features the Regis College Music Department performing groups. Glee Club and Alumnae Chorus will sing repertoire performed on Concert Tour to Sicily, March 6–13, including choral classics, spirituals, folk songs, ballads and show tunes. Jazz-band settings will be performed by the Regis College Instrumental Ensemble, madrigals by the Chamber Singers and popular tunes by the Handbell Choir. The audience is invited to a cookies-and-punch reception following the concert.
APRIL
Regis College Instrumental Ensemble
FLAMENCO DANCE PROJECT
MARCANDO COMPÁS
Thursday, April 15, 8pm
Friday, April 16, 8pm
Black Box Theatre
Admission: $10 general public, seniors, students, Regis College faculty, staff and alumnae; $3 Regis College students, LLARC members and children under 12. GENERAL SEATING
The intimacy of this student recital will be enhanced in Regis’ Black Box Theater venue—an authentic setting for watching flamenco. Students of this passionate art form will showcase their skills in choreographies created by Flamenco Dance Project’s Artistic Director, Sabrina Avilés. The hour-long show, which will feature both recorded and live music, will culminate in a performance by professional musicians and dancers.
Flamenco Dance Project
WOMAN WITH THE RED KERCHIEF
WRITTEN BY WENDY LEMENT AND
FIROUZEH MOSTASHARI
Directed by Wendy Lement
Thursday, April 22, 7:30pm
Friday, April 23, 7:30pm
Saturday, April 24, 7:30pm
Sunday, April 25, 2pm
Casey Theatre
Admission: $15 general public; $10 seniors, students, Regis College faculty, staff and alumnae; $5 LLARC members and children under 12: $3 Regis College students. GENERAL SEATING
On the eve of the emancipation of serfs in imperial Russia, Leo Tolstoy has fallen in love with a young, married serf on his estate. Aksinia Bazykina captures the author’s imagination and draws him into her world. The liaison turns into an obsession for the novelist, who has begun to dress in peasant garb. Even a quick marriage to society maiden Sonya Behrs is not able to cure Tolstoy of his folly, as he pursues his old love with renewed effort. Our peasant femme fatale in the meantime has given birth to a child, the split image of Tolstoy himself. Sonya, Aksinia and Tolstoy are locked into a love triangle that resists the passage of time.
WRITERS READ SERIES
READINGS FROM HEMETERA
Tuesday, April 27
6:30pm, Carney Gallery
Student readings from HEMETERA, the Regis College literary magazine, spotlight the creative talents of the Regis student body. HEMETERA is published annually presenting works in poetry, prose, photography and fine art.
BOSTON CIVIC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
VERDI REQUIEM
Max Hobart, Music Director
Sunday, May 2, 3pm
Casey Theatre
For tickets call 617-923-6333
Assigned Seating
The final concert of our 2009–2010 season—a performance of the monumental Verdi Requiem, with special guests The Newton Choral Society, David Carrier, Music Director. Soloists will be soprano Patrice Tiedemann, Joanna Porackova, alto, Ethan Bremner, tenor, and Colman Reboi bass. This will be an event not to be missed.
MAY
Max Hobart