January 27, 2015
Southern Illinois University Arts and Cultural Events
Feb. 2-15
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.
SPOTLIGHT OF THE WEEK
The first exhibition reception of the spring 2015 semester is from 4 to 7 p.m., Feb. 6, at the University Museum in Faner Hall. “Celebrity and Scintillation: Andy Warhol’s Party” is just one of the exhibits being celebrated.
Curator Alison Erazmus said she wanted to design an exhibit that would give the impression of Warhol’s devotion to the superficial -- to party as performance art, to being “seen” as an artistic goal. The exhibit highlights the new screen prints the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts donated to the museum. Erazmus paired the colorful screen prints with Warhol photographs in the museum’s collection -- another gift from the Foundation.
In keeping with the spirit, the exhibit includes a photo booth. Visitors can take a photo -- or several. Museum staff will upload the photos to the museum Facebook page (www.facebook.com/universitymuseum) for a Warhol-esque gallery.
Light refreshments are available, and there is no admission to the reception or to the exhibits.
Upcoming Events:
FEBRUARY
2 – Black History Month begins with a “kick-off and social hour” event at 5 p.m. in the Student Center’s Corker Lounge. This year’s theme is “Celebrating Black Voices through History and Culture.”
FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Nathan Stephens, nathan.stephens@siu.edu or 453-3740; or Lanel Love, llove2@siu.edu or 453-4846.
3 – Panel discussion: “Black and Brown Coalition Building,” focuses on the similarities and differences of the African-American and Latino communities, and how they can unite to fight for social justice. The event begins at 5 p.m. in Morris Library’s John C. Guyon Auditorium. This is a Black History Month event.
FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Nathan Stephens, nathan.stephens@siu.edu or 453-3740; or Lanel Love, llove2@siu.edu or 453-4846.
4 – Grad Bash 2015 might be of interest to area media seeking to interview soon-to-graduate Salukis. The social event provides an opportunity for students to apply for graduation, order transcripts, order caps, gowns and graduation, and enjoy some free food. The event runs from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Student Center ballrooms.
FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Chris Barker, chrisb@alumni.siu.edu.
4 – Performance: Jeffrey McGoy, assistant dean of students, brings his experience with acting and motivational speaking to a performance “Roots Run Deep: The Generations Unite.” The event begins at 7 p.m. in the Student Center Auditorium. This is a Black History Month event.
FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Nathan Stephens, nathan.stephens@siu.edu or 453-3740; or Lanel Love, llove2@siu.edu or 453-4846; or Jeffrey McGoy at jmcgoy@siu.edu or 453-1492.
5 – Visiting artist: Printmaker Karla Hackenmiller presents a free lecture at 7 p.m. in Morris Library’s John C. Guyon Auditorium. Hackenmiller’s recent research focuses on the limitless and ever-evolving results of the thought process as it relates to the physical brain and its abstract outcomes. She works in linear etching, drawing, collage, collagraph and monoprint.
FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Diane McClain-Inman in the School of Art and Design, dinman@siu.edu or 453-4313.
5 –James Brown film and discussion, 6-9 p.m., Lawson Hall, Room 161. Black History Month event. Progressive Masculinities Mentors sponsors this event.
FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Nathan Stephens, nathan.stephens@siu.edu or 453-3740; or Lanel Love, llove2@siu.edu or 453-4846.
5 – Speaker: Center for Ecology Speaker Series: David Cooper, visiting from Colorado State University, will speak about wetland and riparian ecology, hydrology and restoration, 3:30-6 p.m. in Morris Library, John C. Guyon Auditorium. This event includes a reception. Cooper is senior research scientist and a professor in the Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship at Colorado State University.
FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Jim Lovvorn, lovvorn@siu.edu or 536-2314.
6 – University Museum exhibit reception. The first reception of the spring semester is 4-7 p.m. at the museum. A highlight of the exhibit season is “Celebrity and Scintillation: Andy Warhol’s Party,” curated by Alison Erazmus. See the Spotlight of the Week for more information.
FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Dona Bachman, dbachman@siu.edu or 453-5388; or Alison Erazmus, aerazmus@siu.edu or 453-7413.
6 –The Evolution of Afro-Fashion, 5 p.m., Lawson Hall, Room 161. Black History Month event. The Association of Black Psychologists Student Circle sponsors this event.
FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Dara Weaver Holmes, daraj@siu.edu.
6-8 -- Chamber Opera, Double Bill. The Department of Theater and the School of Music present two comic operas: “Captain Lovelock” and “The Music Shop.” “Captain Lovelock” is based on Ludvig Holberg’s comedy “The Changed Bridegroom.” The story features daughters conspiring to prevent their widowed mother from marrying a younger man by offering a new paramour -- her maid, in disguise. “The Music Shop” is based on Anton Chekov’s short story “Forgot.” In this opera, music shop clerks try to help a forgetful husband remember what song his domineering wife has sent him to purchase. Performances begin at 7:30 p.m., Feb. 6-7, and at 2 p.m., Feb. 8 in Shryock Auditorium, with seating on the stage. Tickets are $16 for the general public, $6 for students. 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 Vincent Rhomberg, mcldpub@siu.edu or 453-7589.
9 -- Tribute to Maya Angelou: A Flawless Woman of Our Time. Anna Jackson, a lecturer in the Department of English, will present this tribute beginning at 6 p.m. in the Student Center’s Kaskaskia Room. Angelou, author of “I know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and other best-sellers, appeared at SIU on multiple occasions. This event highlights Angelou’s contributions to the world. This is a Black History Month event.
FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Nathan Stephens, nathan.stephens@siu.edu or 453-3740; or Lanel Love, llove2@siu.edu or 453-4846.
10 – Continuing the focus on black women writers is Herstory: Tribute to Black Women Writers, 5-6:30 p.m., Student Center, Illinois Room. This is a Black History Month event.
FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Nathan Stephens, nathan.stephens@siu.edu or 453-3740; or Lanel Love, llove2@siu.edu or 453-4846.
10 – Guest speaker: John C. Gaskin III, recently sworn in as a voting member of the NAACP National Board of Directors, and a member of the board’s executive committee, delivers a lecture on “Ferguson and Beyond: Not Just a Moment But a Movement,” beginning at 6 p.m., Student Center Auditorium. This is a Black History Month event.
FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Nathan Stephens, nathan.stephens@siu.edu or 453-3740; or Lanel Love, llove2@siu.edu or 453-4846.
10 – Visiting Artist. Steve Young Lee, a ceramicist, presents an art lecture beginning at 7 p.m., Morris Library, John C. Guyon Auditorium. Lee is resident artist director at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts. His work examines the effects of environment, tradition and even superstition overlay our cultural perceptions. The School of Art sponsors this visiting artist.
FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Diane McClain-Inman, dinman@siu.edu or 453-4313.
11 – Presentation: “ ‘Shut Up!’ Acknowledge Civil Rights and Black History.” Noel Benson, president of the TRiO Achievers, the registered student organization behind TRiO Student Support Services, offers this presentation, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Morris Library’s John C. Guyon Auditorium. This is a Black History Month event.
FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Nathan Stephens, nathan.stephens@siu.edu or 453-3740; or Lanel Love, llove2@siu.edu or 453-4846.
11 -- International Festival Food Fair. Members of SIU’s international community join forces to present one of the most important, and certainly the most delicious, part of their cultures -- their cuisines. The ticketed event is 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Student Center Ballrooms.
FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Carla Coppi, ccoppi@siu.edu or 453-7661.
12 – Darwin Week lecture and coffee hour: Science writer and fossil fanatic Brian Switek presents a lecture, noon-2 p.m. Morris Library, first floor rotunda. Switek is a National Geographic blogger, “resident paleontologist” for the movie “Jurassic World,” and, according to the television network HLN, one of “Twitter’s Eight Coolest Geeks.”
FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Kevin Horn, kmhorn@siu.edu or 536-2314.
12 – Film screening and discussion. “Prom Night in Mississippi,” followed by a discussion, begins at 6:30 p.m. in Morris Library, the John C. Guyon Auditorium. The focus is on a Mississippi high school that did not host its first integrated senior prom until 2008. Novotny Lawrence, associate professor and chair of the Department of Radio, Television, and Digital Media, will host. This is a Black History Month event.
FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Nathan Stephens, nathan.stephens@siu.edu or 453-3740; or Lanel Love, llove2@siu.edu or 453-4846; or Novotny Lawrence, novotnyl@siu.edu or 453-6992.
13 – International Festival 2015 Cultural Show is a presentation by SIU international students, giving them a chance to showcase aspects of their cultural heritage with skits, dance, music, fashion, performance art and more. These high-quality presentations welcome the SIU community to SIU’s international community.
FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Carla Coppi, ccoppi@siu.edu or 453-7661.
13 – Craft workshop: Build a violin from a kit, or rebuild one that is broken during this opportunity to learn about musical instrument construction. For the media, this is a fun photo and feature opportunity. The event is from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Student Center Craft Shop. The fee is $75 for SIU students, $95 for community members. Participants must be 16 years or older. The class must have a minimum of five participants to run. Reserve your spot at the Student Center Craft Shop, 453-3636.
FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Ron Dunkel, rdunkel@skiu.edu, 453-3636.
14 – Music Concert: Heartland Honor Choir and Heartland Honor Band. Some of the area’s finest high school band and choir members join to offer a concert and to attend workshops during the day. The Heartland Honor Choir concert is 1:30-3 p.m., and the Heartland Honor Band concert is 3:30-5 p.m. Both events are in Shryock Auditorium.
FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Christopher Morehouse, cmoreh@siu.edu or 453-2776.
15 – Presentation: “It’s Our History and We Can’t Forget It,” at the Rock Hill Missionary Baptist Church (219 E. Monroe St., Carbondale). The event begins at 4 p.m., and is a Black History Month event.
FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Nathan Stephens, nathan.stephens@siu.edu or 453-3740; or Lanel Love, llove2@siu.edu or 453-4846.
CURRENT
Art Exhibit: The Light That Shatters Darkness -- Morris Library, Hall of Presidents. This exhibit combines the award-winning poetry of David Bond, senior library specialist at SIU, with the evocative mining photographs of former SIU Carbondale faculty member C. William 'Doc' Horrell. Runs now through Sunday, Feb. 1.
Art Exhibit: 50th Anniversary of Selma to Montgomery – Morris Library, Hall of Presidents. This exhibit commemorates the Selma to Montgomery marches in 1965 that were part of the Selma Voting Rights Movement leading up to the Voting Rights Act. The exhibit runs Saturday, Feb. 2 – March 14.
University Museum exhibits. Six exhibits currently open. This week note “Celebrity and Scintillation: Andy Warhol’s Party,” Alison Erazmus, curator. This exhibit showcases the 10 large screen prints and 155 photographs from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts currently held in the museum collection. There is no admission to University Museum.