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2008 Price Key: General Public/Rutgers alumni and employees and Seniors /Students Adobe Acrobat required to read many of the links. Fridays, February 1 and 8, 8:00 p.m. Sundays, February 3 and 10, 2:00 p.m. Opera at Rutgers Les Contes d'Hoffmann By Jacques Offenbach Libretto by Jules Barbier Pamela Gilmore, producer Adrian Bryttan, conductor In an inn in Nuremburg, students are waiting for their idol, the famous and dissolute poet Hoffmann. He arrives and entertains them with the stories of his three great loves: Olympia, Giulietta, and Antonia—each of whom was stolen by his archenemy. Will Hoffmann’s most recent love interest be the next victim in the villain's ruse against Hoffmann’s love life? Performed in French, the opera will feature English supertitles. Nicholas Music Center $25/$20/$15 Opening Night Dinner Package Information and Order Form Friday, February 1- Saturday, February 16 Wednesdays through Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and Sundays at 2:00 p.m. Rutgers Theater Company Romeo and Juliet By William Shakespeare Directed by Joe Discher Only the ultimate sacrifice can preserve love in a world plagued by the spirit of vengeance. Shakespeare’s great classic tragedy ushered in a view of love as current today as it was in Elizabethan England. New Theater $25/$20/$15 Monday, February 4-Friday, February 15 Monday-Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Reception: Thursday, February 7, 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Mason Gross Galleries at Civic Square FREE Wednesday, February 13-Saturday, February 16, 8:00 p.m. Saturday, February 16 and Sunday, February 17, 2:00 p.m. Preview performance: Tuesday, February 12, 8:00 p.m. The Jameson Project Two Rooms By Lee Blessing Directed by Nathan Jeffery A lone woman battles the US political machine in a struggle to secure the release of her husband from the hands of terrorists. Jameson Theater $15/$15/$10 $5 for preview performance Wednesday, February 13, 6:30 p.m. Visiting Artist Series Kalup Lintzy Kalup Linzy is among a new generation of artists working in narrative video and performance. His soap-operatic shorts, with recurring characters (many of whom are played by Linzy in drag), twisted plotlines, and a dose of subversive humor touch on family and black stereotypes. Civic Square Building Room 117 FREE Wednesday, February 20, 1:00 p.m. Mason Gross Presents Kofi Agawu Iconicity in African Musical Thought and Expression Noted scholar and professor of Princeton University, Agawu's areas of interest are 18th and 19th century European compositions, the music of West Africa, and their musical relationships. Schare Recital Hall FREE Wednesday, February 20, 6:30 p.m. Visiting Artist Series Beverly Semmes Beverly Semmes’s is concerned with the politics and psychology of identity. Her sculptures of large-scale dresses exaggerate and explore the power of clothing and its ability to influence. Civic Square Building Room 117 FREE Monday, February 25-Friday, March 7 Monday-Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Reception: Thursday, February 28, 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Mason Gross Galleries at Civic Square FREE Tuesday, February 26, 8:00 p.m. Rutgers Jazz Ensemble Ralph Bowen, director Featuring jazz stars of today and tomorrow. Nicholas Music Center FREE Wednesday, February 27, 6:30 p.m. Visiting Artist Series Janine Antoni Operating in the space between performance art and sculpture, Janine Antoni’s work refers to the body and transforms everyday activities such as eating, bathing, and sleeping into ways of making art. She has famously chiseled cubes of lard and chocolate with her teeth and washed away the faces of soap busts made in her own likeness. By participating in compulsive practices associated with femininity, she engages and criticizes in a “bulimic” and obsessive society. Civic Square Building Room 117 FREE Friday, February 29, 8:00 p.m. Rutgers Symphony Band Darryl Bott, conductor A band comprised of music majors and talented non-majors. Nicholas Music Center FREE Price Key: General Public/Rutgers alumni and employees and Seniors /Students Adobe Acrobat required to read many of the links. |
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