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MARSHFIELD – Arts at the
UW, an organization dedicated to the performing and visual
arts at the UW-Marshfield/Wood County, is announcing its
2005-06 season.
Visual Arts Series
“Art and the
Culture of Observation, Invention and Expression” will be
the theme of The Visual Arts Series. The series features
art exhibits in Gallery 450 in the Helen Connor Laird Fine
Arts Building. “Observation and Representational
Imagery,” which runs August through October, will
feature the work of Guest Artist Bill Bukowski, a painter
and art professor at Bethany Lutheran College, Mankato,
Minn.
“Beyond
the Surface – the Invention of Surface Texture”
will run October through January. The exhibit features the
work of William Schulman and Shirley Siegel Schulman,
professional artists and art educators from Menomonie.
“Realism
X 3 – Expression in Subject Matter”
will be on display in March. The work of Photographer John
Twiggs and Realist Painter Vicky Mesa, both of Marshfield;
and Realist Painter Bonnie Hale, Sioux Falls, S.D., will be
featured.
“Annual
UW-Marshfield/Wood County Student Exhibition”
begins in April. All media – including painting,
printmaking sculpture, drawings, mixed media and computer
graphics – will be represented.
Gallery 450
is open 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Mondays-Fridays and during all
performances in the Helen Connor Laird Theatre. The Gallery
is open free of charge.
Performing Arts Series
“Becky Schlegel & Teresa,”
Bluegrass and Country, will be held at 7:30 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 24. The event is sponsored by Marshfield Clinic and
the Laird Endowment Fund for the Arts. The event features
Becky Schlegel, who has emerged at the forefront of the
Upper Midwest’s bluegrass, country and acoustic rock scene.
Teresa, who uses no last name, is a Nashville singer and
songwriter who is a six-time College Country Entertainer of
the Year. Tickets are $15.
“The
Nutcracker,” performed
by The Main Street Conservatory of Dance and the Marshfield
Youth Ballet Company, will be held at 3 and 6 p.m. on Dec.
17 and 18. This timeless classic will include a special
guest artist. Greta Smylie, of the American National Ballet
Co., will dance the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy. Tickets
are $8.
“Love,
Candy,” a cabaret
featuring the award-winning Candace Decker, will be at 7:30
p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11. Decker has appeared in cabarets
throughout the East coast and Midwest, performing with
cabaret legends Sally Mayes, Julie Wilson and Margaret
Whiting. She produced the “Cabaret Nouveau Series” for four
years in Indiana, bringing cabaret artists from Chicago,
Washington, D.C., and California to perform cabaret. As
part of the “Cabaret Nouveau Series,” she wrote and
performed in the cabarets “Candy for the Holidays,” “Candy
and Friends,” and “CANDYLAND, a Kid’s Cabaret.” Tickets are
$10.
A pre-show
champagne and dessert reception will be held at 6 p.m.,
prior to the Feb. 11 cabaret. To register, call the Office
of Continuing Education at (715) 389-6540 or email
msfce@uwc.edu.
The
Performing Arts Series in collaboration with the Marshfield
Cultural Fair association presents “Ballet
Folklorico Mexico” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24, as the
opening event for the Marshfield Cultural Fair, which is
Feb. 25 at the campus. Ballet Folklorico Mexico is a
folk-dance troupe that entertains and teaches dynamic
dances, complete with breath-taking costumes and original
music. The event is sponsored by the Laird Endowment Fund
for the Arts and St. Joseph’s Hospital Ministry Health Care.
Tickets are $5.
“Janice Martin in Concert Presents
Paganini Mania” will be at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 18.
The 18th-century virtuoso violinist Nicolo
Paganini was one of the first musical sensations to have
both a phenomenal mastery of physical skills and a
mesmerizing connection with his audiences. In “Paganini
Mania,” Janice Martin, concert violinist, steps beyond
stereotypes and conventions. The colorful and rich tones of
her acoustic and electric violins, together with her dynamic
ensemble, evoke the mysterious beauty which is common to the
greatest composers and performers of all times and styles.
The event is sponsored by the Laird Endowment Fund for the
Arts. Tickets are $18.
Campus Community
Players
“Bury the Dead” will be
performed at 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Dec. 8-10, in the
Black Box Theatre. The event is sponsored by the Laird
Endowment Fund for the Arts. This production, by Irwin Shaw,
raises interesting questions. What
would happen if a group of dead soldiers refused to be
buried? This masterpiece of expressionist drama begs us not
to continue our actions. In this season of peace, it is time
pray for the casualties of war and work towards an end to
the madness. Tickets are $10 in advance; $12 at the
door.
Beth
Henley’s “Crimes of the Heart” will be performed
Friday and Saturday, April 21-22 and 28-29. It is sponsored
by the Laird Endowment Fund for the Arts. This Pulitzer
Prize-winning comedy is a tale of the dysfunctional Magrath
family. Anyone who has a sister should recognize the
special closeness (and conflicts) of the Magrath sisters.
This irreverent, warm-hearted play centers around a reunion
of sorts in their hometown of Hazelhurst, Miss. Events in
motion trigger a hilarious mix of conflicts, crises and
revelation. Tickets are $10 in advance; $12 at the door.
UW-Marshfield/Wood
County Music Department
“The Holiday Concert” will be at
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 29. Join the UW-Marshfield/Wood
County Concert Choir, Symphonic Band and Vocal Jazz Ensemble
as they perform holiday classics old and new. The vocal
groups are under the direction of Kathy Pearson; the band is
under the direction of Dr. David De Lyser,
UW-Marshfield/Wood County music professor. Tickets are $5.
“The Spring Concert” will be at
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 2. The event features music and songs
from the university’s Concert Choir and Vocal Jazz
Ensemble. The groups are directed by Kathy Pearson.
Tickets are $5.
The Sousa Concert V, an annual
tradition at UW-Marshfield/Wood County, will be held at 7:30
p.m. Tuesday, May 9. Robert Johanek conducts this concert –
a rousing finale for the Arts at the UW season. All seats
are reserved, and this event sells out early. Cost is $5.
The
UW-Marshfield/Wood County Symphony
“The Journey of Sir Douglas Fir,”
a symphonic story that is “big enough for an orchestra;
small enough for a child,” will be performed at 1 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 11, under the direction of Timothy McCollum. A
350-year-old Douglas fir is longing for a change in its
life. After a severe storm brings it down, a host of animal
friends help transport the tree to Toronto to be made into a
book. Instead, it becomes the tallest wooden flagpole.
Based on an actual event, the story shows that adapting to
change may be both scary and exciting. Tickets are $10; $16
and under $6.
The Annual Mother’s Day Concert,
held at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 12, will feature guest artist
Anthony Ross, principal cello of the Minnesota Orchestra.
Ross has been the featured soloist in works by Beethoven,
Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Saint Sains, Lalo, Bloch and David Ott.
Most recently, he was featured in performances of the Elgar
Concerto. A graduate of Indiana University, where he studied
with Fritz Magg, Ross also earned a degree at the State
University of New York. Tickets are $10.
All events will be held in the Helen
Connor Laird Theatre in the Helen Connor Laird Fine Arts
Building unless otherwise noted. Tickets to all events are
available at the Campus Box Office. To purchase tickets:
By mail: Campus Box Office, UW-Marshfield/Wood
County
2000 W. 5th St., Marshfield, WI 54449.
By
phone: Call 715-389-6534 any time. Messages will be answered
during box office hours. Tickets must be paid for when they
are reserved. VISA, MasterCard and Discover cards are
accepted.
In person: The Box Office window is open 11 a.m.-1 p.m. and
4-6 p.m. Monday through Friday and one hour before
performances.
Tickets ordered 24 hours prior to a
performance may be paid for at the door. Any tickets not
picked up 30 minutes prior to the performance will be
released for sale. Tickets are not refundable.
