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The Nickle Arts Museum

Location: 434, Collegiate Boulevard N.W.
Open: Monday - Friday, 9 am - 5 pm; Saturdays 9:30 am - 3 pm. Sundays & holidays closed.
Admission: $5 for adults; $2 for seniors; free for U of C faculty & staff, post-secondary students & children under 12. Tuesday is free for all.
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Until Jan. 17, 2009
Barbara Milne: OVERLAND
Barbara Milne: OVERLAND is the thirteenth exhibition in the Nickle’s Series program of exhibitions dedicated to those artists committed to working in Calgary and region who are approaching their mid-career. Says writer Jennifer Salahub of OVERLAND: “Many suggest that Canadian identity is rooted in the land and thus one might argue that landscape painting is an integral part of our cultural memory – the thread that connects us – and holds us together even when we agree to disagree. Certainly Barbara Milne is a landscape painter who – through the manipulation and layering of paint – provides us with unexpected insights into our own histories and identities even as we attempt to come to terms with the mysteries that define her landscapes. For despite the descriptive nature of these paintings – and these are without a doubt landscapes, bounded literally and figuratively by the horizon – they demand interpretation on a variety of levels. In these paintings the sense of place, while familiar, remains undefined – the mood, although evocative, speaks of elapsed time and forgotten moments. Milne’s paintings stimulate memories, bringing back experiences which otherwise would have remained dormant or forgotten.” 
Artist’s Talk: Thursday 23 October, 12:00 noon
Opening Reception: Friday 24 October, 4:30 pm

Until Jan. 24, 2009
Department of Art Faculty and Staff Exhibition

DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC

Renowned artists from around the world have been chosen to perform in the Celebrity Series to complement the academic programs and the interests of the audience. This season: Lyric Baritone (Brad Hougham, baritone, with Kathleen van Mourik, piano) Oct. 17 & 18; Heather, Fanny, Clara and Friends (Heather Schmidt, piano) on Nov. 14 & 15; Twilight (Janaki String Trio) on Dec. 5 & 6; Tradition and Innovation (Yu Hongmei, erhu, Rod Thomas Squance, percussion) on Jan. 16 & 17; High Way for One (Stefan Hussong, accordion) on Feb. 6 & 7; Violin Virtuoso (Corey Cerovsek, violin, with the Calgary Young Orchestra) on March 6 & 7; Beethoven (with the U of C String Quartet) on April 3 & 4; and a Chopin Portrait with Charles Foreman, piano, on Nov. 8 and March 28.

There is also the Monday Night Jazz Series: the Gerry Herbert Quartet on Jan. 26; Sillan and Young Project on Feb. 23 (SOLD OUT); Structures Ensemble on March 23; and the Allistair Elliott Quintet on April 27(SOLD OUT). 

PROGRAM OF DANCE

The 2008-2009 season:

The BA Dance degree program offers a vibrant environment in which to study dance for those interested in careers in the dance profession and related fields. Our students engage in technique, creation, and theory from a research perspective. This dynamic context encourages the pursuit of excellence and new knowledge in dance studies and related fields. Faculty members offer professional research expertise in performance, creation, dance science, somatics, socio-cultural theory, history and critical theory.

April 8 & 9, 2009
Mainstage Dance hits the stage in the New Year featuring locally and nationally acclaimed choreographers working with students (March 19-21, 2009); while Dance @ Noon,as a celebration of the culmination of the academic year, features new voices and new works.

April 8 & 9, 2009
Dance @ Night is a presentation of new choreographic work, this year featuring faculty member Melanie Kloetzel and kloetzel&co., in a collaboration with American clarinetist John Masserini.

April 23 & 24, 2009
The third annual MFA Concert ends our season by showcasing the work of graduate student choreographers in the Urban Dance Project.

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DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA

The 2008-2009 season:

Boy-Meets-Girl Musical pokes fun at “boy-meets-girl” musicals
Hello…Hello continues Department of Drama Season

The Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Drama continues the 2008/2009 season with a beautifully tragic comedy set in a drop of poison. Hello…Hello is a musical satire running at the Reeve Theatre from November 25 to December 6, 2008.

Written by Karen Hines (creator of Pochsy, director of Mump and Smoot), Hello…Hello takes place in dark, urban labyrinths where economics is the new religion and art has finally melded with commerce. Here, the latest fashion craze is a tiny glass ball filled with poison that hangs from the neck of every accountant, CEO, and telemarketer. Lost amidst towering glass, stylish cafés, and monumental billboards, a girl meets a boy and falls in love. But the sky is falling too...

This production is in partial fulfillment of Masters of Fine Arts (Directing) candidate Jamie Dunsdon’s thesis. “I chose to direct Hello…Hello because I'm scared for our future and this play allows me to talk about that in absolutely the funniest and morbidly dark way possible,“ explains Dunsdon. “Why did I choose it for my MFA?  I really wanted to show the student body that contemporary, Canadian theatre is alive, deeply political, intelligent, hilarious, and worth fighting for.”

“A deliciously dark slice of urban whimsy ... who else [but Hines] could take the horrible image of birds crashing into mirrored skyscrapers and plummeting to their deaths and imbue it with such melancholy charm?” ~ Books in Canada

Hello…Hello by Karen Hines

November 25 – December 6, 2008, 7:30 pm (Except December 1 & 2)

2 for 1 Sunday Matinee, November 30, 2pm

Reeve Theatre (210 University Court NW)

$15 (adults) / $10 (seniors/students) through Campus Ticket Centre at 220-7202 or at the door.

 

In February 2008, MFA candidate director Patrick Finn and designers Ian Martens and Douglas McCullough will invite you to descend with them into madness and join in the journey of Hamlet by William Shakespeare. The production of Hamlet will also feature a Gala Opening and a one-day Hamlet Symposium featuring a special public lecture by Shakespeare Scholar Jim Black.

The season will be topped off by the 5th Anniversary of Taking Flight: A Festival of Student Work celebrating Calgary’s future performers, designers and technicians as they ‘take flight’.

For complete information about the University of Calgary Department of Drama 2008/2009 Season or to subscribe, please call (403) 210-7576 or visit www.finearts.ucalgary.ca

DEPARTMENT OF ART

The Little Gallery

6th floor, Art Parkade Building
Open: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m
Free Admission
Information: 220-5251