The Suzanne Farrell Ballet will grace the University of Massachusetts Fine Arts Center concert hall stage tonight.
Thursday, February 23, 2012 | last update: 8:33 pm
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Suzanne Farrell Ballet to grace Fine Arts Center
Tags: Fine Arts Center, New York State Council on Arts, Suzanne Farrell Ballet
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Veterans to talk on art, expression and the ability to cope
Veterans discuss how their war experiences changed affected there artwork at a panel discussion yesterday, as the final event in a three-week-long art exhibition.
Tags: Veterans, Visual Art, War on Terror
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Twelfth Night shines
The UMass Theater Department’s adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” will be performed at Rand Theater on April 28, 29 and 30 at 8 p.m. and April 30 at 2 p.m.
Tags: Dawn Monique Williams, Duncan Grossman, William Shakespeare
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Emerging Choreographers are D.O.P.E
This past weekend, University dancers put on a “D.O.P.E.” performance at Hampshire College Dance Studio Theater.
Tags: Alive and Dance, D.O.P.E., hampshire college
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The “Cats” meow: Classic Broadway production comes to Mullins Center
Last Monday night, the national tour of “Cats” played one performance to a full house at the Mullins Center, which it most certainly deserved. “Cats” has been a benchmark of musical theater since it came out in 1981 in London, for its writing, music, dance and design elements. Now, more than 30 years later, the tour continues to uphold that high standard.
Tags: cats, Mullins Center
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Beloved musical ‘Cats’ comes to Mullins Center
The national tour of ‘Cats’ arrived at the Mullins Center yesterday for one show only. The 1982 show features music by mega-composer Andrew Lloyd Webber. Webber has been won 11 Tony Awards, including best original score for ‘Cats’ in 1983. ‘Cats’ won seven Tony Awards overall, including Best Musical. The lyrics are mainly from poems by T.S. Eliot, with additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe.
Tags: andrew lloyd webber, broadway, cats, dancing, musical, tony awards
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‘Multiple Totalities’ a local art masterpiece
An exhibit at the Student Union Art Gallery brings together a variety of installation pieces, creating an unexpected cohesion of ideas and perception. “Multiple Totalities”, curated by Kerry O’Grady, is the work of nine artists from Mass. that were carefully chosen to participate in the exhibit. Artists from the Valley, the Five College area and all of the University of Massachusetts campuses were invited to apply.
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Prestigious poet to visit Smith College
The Smith College program for the Study of Women and Gender will hold a poetry reading tonight, recognizing the youth of New England’s excellence in the art of poetry.
Tags: high school, pioneer valley, poetry, poets, reading, smith college, tracy k. smith, tracy smith, writing
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CASA Dominicana celebration heats up a cold winter night
CASA Dominicana infused a little Caribbean heat into a cold Massachusetts night when they celebrated Dominican Independence Day on Saturday ,Feb. 27 in the Fine Arts Center lobby.
Tags: UMass Casa Dominicana
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