March 17, 2015

Southern Illinois University Arts and Cultural Events

March 24-April 7

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. Event information is subject to change. 

SPOTLIGHT OF THE WEEK

The spring-like weather entices nearly everyone outside -- including the School of Music. Music Outside the Box is March 28 to April 3 under the guidance of new faculty member Armando Bayolo.

This year’s featured guest is Deviant Septet, a group of seven musicians determined to “fulfill the vision” held by composer Igor Stravinsky -- to blend unusual combinations of instruments and musicians to present a beautiful musical riddle. The group includes clarinet, trumpet, violin, bassoon, double bass, trombone and percussion.

For full biographies of the members, visit their web page.

Here’s an overview of the schedule:

  • Jacob Tews, viola concert, 5 p.m., March 28, Old Baptist Foundation Recital Hall
  • The Deviant Septet, 7:30 p.m., March 29, Shryock Auditorium, $12
  • SIU Emerging Composers, 7:30 p.m., March 30, Old Baptist Foundation Recital Hall
  • Southern Illinois Symphony Orchestra, 7:30 p.m., March 31, Shryock Auditorium, $12
  • Altgeld Chamber Players, 7:30 p.m., April 1, Shryock Auditorium, $12
  • Clarinet Studio Concert, 5 p.m., April 2, Altgeld Hall, Room 110
  • Guitar Concert, 7:30 p.m., April 2, Old Baptist Foundation Recital Hall
  • Outside the Box 2015 final performance, 5 p.m., April 3, Altgeld Hall, Room 110

Watch SIU Today for more upcoming information, or contact Armando Bayolo, abayolo@siu.edu or 453-5817.

Upcoming Events:

MARCH 

24 -- Women’s History Month event: Film screening. “Sisters of Selma: Bearing Witness to Change,” 6 p.m.,  Morris Library’s Hall of Presidents. Light refreshments, no admission. The one-hour documentary film features, among others, Sister Mary Antona Ebo and the group of St. Louis area nuns who protested the violence in Selma. 

FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Christina Bleyer, cgould@siu.edu or 453-1499. 

25Guest speaker. Sister Mary Antona Ebo, a Franciscan Sisters of Mary Catholic nun famous for her civil rights work, visits SIU to talk about her life experiences. The image of her marching in 1965 in Selma has become an icon for voting rights. She is featured in the film “Sisters of Selma: Bearing Witness to Change.” Her address begins at 2 p.m. in Morris Library’s third floor rotunda. The event is free, and light refreshments are available. 

FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Christina Bleyer, cgould@siu.edu or 453-1499. 

25Guest speaker: Dagmar Budikova Persaud discusses “Arctic Sea Ice and Warm-Season North American Extreme Surface Air Temperatures.” Persaud is a professor of geography and geology, and serves as associate dean for the College of Arts and Sciences, at Illinois State University. The event begins at 3:30 p.m., University Museum Auditorium. Refreshments and a reception are included.

FOR THE MEDIA: Contact the College of Liberal Arts at 453-2466.

25 – Soldiers Among Us: Carbondale Public Library, 6 to 7:30 p.m. Panel discussion. Paul Copeland, coordinator of Veterans Services at SIU, will facilitate a panel and audience discussion of two readings. One is an op-ed that appeared in the New York Times, “After War, A Failure of the Imagination,” by Phil Klay. The other is “The Veteran,” by Stephen Crane, available here.

FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Paul Copeland, paul.copeland@siu.edu

2518th annual Southern Illinois Educational Leadership Conference: Vision 20/20 -- Promoting Student Focused  Leadership. The keynote address speaker is SIU President Randy Dunn. Workshop topics include: legal issues, community and institution partnerships, technology and education, student success and local, state and federal funding. This event is from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Student Center ballrooms. Participants should pre-register at continuinged.siu.edu.

FOR THE MEDIA: For a complete schedule, contact Jackie Welch at jackiew@siu.edu or 536-7751.

26 -- Guest speaker: The Center for Ecology hosts Wim Kimmerer from San Francisco State University. Kimmerer is a research professor of biological oceanography specializing in the aquatic ecosystem of the San Francisco Estuary. The event begins at 4 p.m. in Morris Library’s first floor rotunda

FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Lim Lovvorn, lovvorn@siu.edu

26Jeanne Hurley Simon Lecture: Felicia Norwood, director of the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services. Appointed by Gov. Bruce Rauner, Norwood was president of Aetna Insurance’s mid-American region. A Yale Law School graduate, Norwood previously served as a senior policy adviser on Health and Human Services for two Illinois governors. Her address begins at 7 p.m. in the Student Center Auditorium. A reception with refreshments precedes her address at 6 p.m. in the Student Center International Lounge adjacent to the auditorium. 

FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Carol Greenlee, cgreenlee@siu.edu or 453-4009. 

26-29Big Muddy New Play Festival. The headline play is “Last Seen Alice,” running March 26-29, Thursday-Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are $16 for adults, $6 for students. Tickets are available in advance at the box office, weekdays, noon-5 p.m., by phone at 453-6000 or online at theater.siu.edu. All tickets are general admission and seating is limited in this intimate space. Other performances include staged readings: “Lewis and the House of Cards,” March 27 at 4 p.m.; “Response Scenario,” March 28 at 1 p.m.; and “Girls with Bodies,” March 28, at 4 p.m.

FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Vincent Rhomberg, mcldpub@siu.edu or 453-7589. 

26-28 -- Performance: “Lullaby,” written, performed and co-directed by A. B. and Savannah Ganster. Billed as a show about “insomnia and creativity,” this performance uses stories, poems and personal narratives to explore the upside of staying up. Performances begin at 8 p.m. in Kleinau Theater. Tickets are available at the door or in advance by calling the box office at 453-2291.

FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Craig Gingrich-Philbrook, craiggp@siu.edu or 453-2291.

27Foreign Language Day, Student Center ballrooms and Corker Lounge, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. This event brings hundreds of area high school students for a day of cultural exploration and learning, and foreign language competition. A hot new event this year is the T-shirt concert. 

FOR THE MEDIA: For a schedule of this all day event, contact Karen Sweiger-Viel, kveil@siu.edu or 536-5571. 

27 –“Soldiers Among Us event: Communications Building, Room 1032, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Chris Parr, a former U.S. Army Reserve mental health counselor and staff member in the College of Mass Communication and Media Arts, leads a panel discussion on “Redeployment: Performances and Reflections by SIU Student-Vet-Artist-Scholars.” Participants include Jonathan Mabee, a veteran and master of fine arts student in the college, who will screen “Missing Silence” (available here) and read a selected portion of the script for a film now in production; and Carlye Schweske, a doctoral student in communication and performance studies, who will share performance pieces emerging from her research on the experiences of student-veterans at SIU

FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Peter Lemish, peterlemish@siu.edu or 534-3989. 

28 -- Music Outside the Box: Jacob Tews, viola concert, 5 p.m., Old Baptist Foundation Recital Hall.

FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Armando Bayolo, abayolo@siu.eduor 453-5817.

28-29 -- Southern Illinois Home and Garden Exposition, hosted by the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce and River Radio, in the SIU Arena, featuring hundreds of area contractors, retailers and service providers and more. Hours are 9 a.m.-6 p.m. on Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. on Sunday

FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Les O’Dell, 549-2146. 

28 -- Southern Illinois History Fair, 8 a.m.-3 p.m., Student Center ballrooms and Corker Lounge. This all day event brings hundreds of area junior high and high school students to campus to showcase their grasp of Illinois history. They have the option of presenting a traditional paper, a research poster or, in a group, a dramatic presentation. Winning projects advance to the statewide Illinois History Expo held in Springfield in May. From there, winning projects go on to the national history fair in Maryland in mid-June. Projects follow the theme from National History Day: Leadership and Legacy in History. 

FOR THE MEDIA: For a schedule of the day’s events, contact Jonathan Wiesen, jwiesen@siu.edu, or 453-7873. 

29 – Music Outside the Box: The Deviant Septet, 7:30 p.m., March 29, Shryock Auditorium, $12.

FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Armando Bayolo, abayolo@siu.eduor 453-5817.

30Paul Simon Public Policy Institute lecture: Student Center Auditorium, 7 p.m. “Reflecting on the 50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act,” U.S. Rep. James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.), Assistant Democratic Leader Clyburn is a leader in Congress, serving on the Appropriations Committee, and chair of the recently formed House Democrats’ Outreach and Engagement Task Force. He has distinguished himself in his support for increased Pell grants, for promotion of science and math programs, and fighting to preserve historically black college and universities. A reception with refreshments precedes the lecture at 6 p.m. in the Student Center International Lounge, adjacent to the auditorium. 

FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Carol Greenlee, cgreenlee@siu.edu or 453-4009. 

30 -- “Soldiers Among Us film screening:  “The Invisible War,” Communications Building, Room 1032, 4-5:30 p.m.  A panel discussion on “Sexual Assault in the Military” follows the screening. A winner of Peabody and Emmy awards, the Oscar-nominated documentary focuses on how the military handles sexual assault within its ranks. Participants will include Lt. Col. Matt Gooding, professor of military science for the Army ROTC detachment at SIU; doctoral student Carlye Schweske, and a staff member from the VA Medical Center in Marion. 

FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Peter Lemish, peterlemish@siu.edu or 534-3989. 

30 -- Music Outside the Box: SIU Emerging Composers, 7:30 p.m., March 30, Old Baptist Foundation Recital Hall.

FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Armando Bayolo, abayolo@siu.eduor 453-5817.

31 – Presentation. Matthew Penn is an astronomer at the National Solar Observatory and is the lead investigator on the Citizen CATE (Continental American Telescopic Eclipse) Experiment.  The experiment will use a fleet of telescopes to observe the total solar eclipse in 2017, including in Carbondale, allowing amateur astronomers from across the U.S. to take part in a historic large-scale observation that will contribute to our understanding of the sun. 3:30 p.m., Lawson Hall 161. 

FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Bob Baer, rbaer@physics.siu.edu or 453-2729.

31 -- Women’s History Month event:  Literary Reading: Roxana Rivera Memorial Poetry Contest awards ceremony and reading. Lauren K. Alleyne, poet and author of “Difficult Fruit,” presents a reading of her work at 4 p.m., location to be announced. This event includes an announcement of the winners of the annual Roxana Rivera Memorial Poetry Contest. 

FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Allison Joseph, aljoseph@siu.edu or 453-6854; or Melinda Yeomans, myeomans1@siu.edu or 453-3740. 

31 -- Music Outside the Box: Southern Illinois Symphony Orchestra, 7:30 p.m., Shryock Auditorium, $12.

FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Armando Bayolo, abayolo@siu.eduor 453-5817.

APRIL

1 -- Music Outside the Box: Altgeld Chamber Players, 7:30 p.m., Shryock Auditorium, $12.

FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Armando Bayolo, abayolo@siu.edu or 453-5817.

1 -- Fifth annual Edible Book Festival. The Edible Book Festival blends culinary and literary arts (and sly humor) for presentations of edible illustrations of books and book titles, often using plays on words. Examples include “Girl with the Dragon Fondue,” or “Fifty Shades of Lays.” Other contestants may choose to illustrate a theme or symbol in a book, creating an Eye of Sauron cake, for example, or a replica of a book out of layered dip. Those who don’t bring an entry can enjoy viewing those on display, and vote for their favorites in several categories. The event is 3-5 p.m. in Morris Library, First Floor Rotunda.

FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Sarah Prindle, sprindle@lib.siu.edu or 453-1249.

2 -- Music Outside the Box: Clarinet Studio Concert, 5 p.m., Altgeld Hall, Room 110 and Guitar Concert, 7:30 p.m., April 2, Old Baptist Foundation Recital Hall.

FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Armando Bayolo, abayolo@siu.edu or 453-5817.

3 -- Music Outside the Box 2015 final performance, 5 p.m., April 3, Altgeld Hall, Room 110

FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Armando Bayolo, abayolo@siu.edu or 453-5817.

3 - Music recital: Guest musician Margaret Herlehy joins SIU’s Douglas Worthen for a flute concert at the Old Baptist Foundation Recital Hall beginning at 7:30 p.m. Herlehy is resident artist in music at the University of New Hampshire, where she performs with the faculty trio Sospiri.

FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Douglas Worthen at worthen@siu.edu or 453-5832.

5 – Music recital: Flute studio. Advanced flute students present a concert based on workshops and the academic year’s preparation. The concert begins at 5 p.m. in the Old Baptist Foundation Recital Hall.

FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Douglas Worthen at worthen@siu.edu or 453-5832.

7 -- Undergraduate Creative Activity and Research Forum, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., SIU Student Center, Corker Lounge. This forum provides undergraduate students in several of the university’s research and creative activity programs to present the culmination of their work. Many present their work in the form of a research poster at this competitive, educational event.

FOR THE MEDIA: Contact Lori Foster, lafoster@siu.edu or 453-4433.

CURRENT EXHIBITS:  

University Museum exhibits: Master of Fine Arts Candidates Thesis Exhibitions join the schedule from now through the end of the spring 2015 semester. On exhibit March 20-27 are the thesis works of: Anna Niebrugge – painting, and Josh Stratten, sculpture. On exhibit April 3-10 are the thesis works of: Chintia Kirana – installation; and Zhe “Joe” Ren – new media 2-D. There is no admission to University Museum.

Art Exhibit: Expressions of Freedom, Morris Library First Floor Rotunda Exhibit Space. The exhibit runs through March 31. 

Art Exhibit: Buckminster Fuller and the Sacred Geometry of Nature, Morris Library Hall of Presidents. The exhibit runs through April 30.