November 18, 2014
Southern Illinois University Arts and Cultural Events
This weekly email brings together all the arts and cultural events happening in a two-week period at SIU Carbondale. From music to art, film to dance, guest lectures to workshops and theater, you will find the information here. Also, event information is subject to change.
This is the last arts and cultural events email for the fall 2014 semester. We will resume in January.
SPOTLIGHT OF THE WEEK
Upcoming Events:
Art Over Easy 10, the art sale and gala supporting the School of Art and Design, is Dec. 5, 7-9:30 p.m. in the Surplus Gallery at The Glove Factory, 432 S. Washington Ave., Carbondale. The event is a juried art show, art auction and social event.
Admission is $30 and includes light food, wine and other beverages, with music by the Jose Guzman Trio. Guzman is a graduate student in the School of Music specializing in jazz and classical guitar.
This year’s juror is SIU alumna Debra Tayes, an associate curator of fine art for the Illinois State Museum and the Southern Illinois Art and Artisans Center.
The event is a major fundraiser for the School of Art and Design. Proceeds will help match two private grants for scholarships and creative research.
A silent auction runs from the beginning of the event to the beginning of the live auction. In addition, attendees can buy a plastic egg (representative of the icon of Art Over Easy) for an unknown prize inside. Some might simply make back their money, some might win local resort weekends, or services or goods. The element of the unknown, and the competitive bidding to buy, are part of the fun at Art Over Easy.
FOR THE MEDIA: For more information, contact Marie Bukowski, bukowski@siu.edu or 453-4301; or Kay Zivkovich, kmpzivko@siu.edu or 453-7752.
NOVEMBER
25 -- Music concert: Southern Illinois Civic Orchestra Fall Concert presents “Firsts,” 5:30 p.m., Shryock Auditorium. The orchestra will offer the finales of several of the first symphonies of beloved classic composers, including Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms. The civic orchestra is an ensemble of community members, students and faculty. Tickets are $12 and available at the SIU Arena and McLeod Theater box offices or online from the SIU Ticket Office. Tickets are also available at the door beginning one hour before the performance.
FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Jacob Tews, j.tews@siu.edu or 536-8742.
DECEMBER
2 -- Performance: 8 p.m., Marion Kleinau Theatre, Communications Building. Performance Art Spotlight. The highlights of the Performing Culture class take to the stage. There is no admission for this event.
FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Craig Gingrich Philbrook at craiggp@siu.edu or 4553-2291.
2 -- Music Concert: 7:30 p.m., Shryock Auditorium. “Dona Nobis Pacem: A Song of Peace.” The Southern Illinois Symphony Orchestra, the Concert Choir and the Choral Union join forces for a presentation of works by Bach, Barber and Finzi. “My motivation for selecting the music was a desire to emphasize our need for peace on earth and how, through performing together in a community of musicians, we can offer something to the peace of those around us,” Susan Davenport, choral director and professor of music, said. Davenport conducts the choir, Jeremiah Selvey conducts the symphony. The performance is not part of the Southern Illinois Symphony Orchestra season series. Tickets are $12 and available at the SIU Arena and McLeod Theater box offices or online from the SIU Ticket Office. Tickets are also available at the door beginning one hour before the performance.
FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Susan Davenport, sgds@siu.edu or 453-5800, or Jeremiah Selvey, jselvey@siu.edu or 536-8742.
4 -- Performance: 8 p.m., Marion Kleinau Theatre, Communications Building. Advanced Performance Studies graduate and undergraduate students present highlights for this collage of performance shorts. Tickets are $7 for the public and $5 for SIU students with I.D. Tickets are available one hour before the performance at the box office. Reserved tickets are available by calling 453-5618.
FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Craig Gingrich Philbrook at craiggp@siu.edu or 4553-2291.
4 -- Music concert: 7:30 p.m., Shryock Auditorium. SIU Wind Ensemble brings “Contrasts,” a mixed bag of musical performances. Among the selections are “Lachrymae” by Yo Goto, an aleatoric selection composed in reaction to Sept. 11, 2001. An aleatoric piece is “chance music,” meaning some of the composition is left to the performers to determine. Other selections include “Asphalt Cocktail” from John Mackey; “Early Light” by Carolyn Brenner with musical reference to the “Star-Spangled Banner;” the Walt Whitman-inspired “Sea Drift,” by Anthony Iannaccone, and the classic “Handel in the Strand” by Percy Grainger. Tickets are $12. They are available at the SIU Arena and McLeod Theater box offices or online from the SIU Ticket Office. Tickets are also available at the door beginning one hour before the performance.
FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Christopher Morehouse, cmoreh@siu.edu or 453-2776.
5 -- Music concert: New Arts Jazztet, 7:30 p.m., Altgeld Hall, Room 112. The premiere jazz ensemble in the region is composed of SIU School of Music faculty. They offer this cool start to the holiday season.
FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Phil Brown at philbrown@siu.edu or 453-5812 or Bob Allison at rallison@siu.edu or 453-5807.
13 -- Astronomy Observation 11 p.m. to 1 a.m., Neckers Observation Deck. Visible this evening are: the Geminids meteor shower, Andromeda Galaxy, Jupiter, the Orion Nebula, and Uranus. Accompanied children are welcome. A presentation on the night sky is part of the evening’s sky-gazing.
FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Bob Baer, rbaer@siu.edu or 453-2729.