2008-2009 Season Events - School of Arts and Humanities

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All events are FREE to UTD students when they present UTD ID at the Box Office the night of the event.

Art	Centraltrak	Classical	Confucius	Faculty @ 5
Guitar	Jazz	Lectures	Rising Stars	Theatre / Dance

Art Exhibitions

Reception	Time	Exhibition	Dates	Venue	Ticket
Aug. 29 Friday	6:30 - 9 pm	Graduate Show: Jana Miller & Manuel Pecina	Aug. 19 - Sep. 13, 2008	Visual Arts Building	free
Sep. 19 Friday	6:30 - 9 pm	*Alchemy or Change*	Sep. 19 - Oct. 18, 2008	Visual Arts Building	free
Oct. 24 Friday	6:30 - 9 pm	*ON_game*	Oct. 24 - Nov. 29, 2008	Visual Arts Building	free
Nov. 4 Tuesday	2 - 4:00 pm	The Comer Collection: Social/Scene	Oct. 31 - Dec. 13, 2008	Cecil & Ida Green Center	free
Jan. 23 Friday	6:30 - 9 pm	StayBite	Jan. 23 - Feb. 22, 2009	Visual Arts Building	free
Mar. 22 Sunday	2 - 4:00 pm	Texas Visual Arts Association	Mar. 5 - 22, 2009	Visual Arts Building	free
Apr. 3 Friday	6:30 - 9 pm	Art of the Everyday	Mar. 27 - May 2, 2009	Visual Arts Building	free

Centraltrak
Centraltrak is located at 800 Exposition Ave., Dallas

Reception	Time	Exhibition	Dates	Venue	Ticket
Aug. 16 Saturday	6 - 9 pm	*Geomorph: Rethinking Landscape*	Aug. 16 - Sep. 15, 2008	Centraltrak	free
Sep. 20 Saturday	6 - 9 pm	Ludic Space: Faith Gay & Ruben Nieto	Sep. 27 - Nov. 17, 2008	Centraltrak	free
Nov. 29 Saturday	6 - 9 pm	*Vicious Pink*	Nov. 29, 2008 - Jan. 20, 2009	Centraltrak	free
Jan. 31 Saturday	6 - 9 pm	Florencia Levy: New Works	Jan. 31 - Mar. 18, 2009	Centraltrak	free
Mar. 28 Saturday	6 - 9 pm	Dark Energy/Dark Matter	Mar. 28 - May 19, 2009	Centraltrak	free

Classical

Date	Time	Event	Venue	Ticket
Aug. 23 Saturday	8:00 pm	Austin Dance India ICMC Concert	University Theatre	$25
Sep. 5 Friday	8:00 pm	Dallas Knights	Jonsson Performance Hall	$15
Sep. 27 Saturday	5:00 pm	Sounds of Class "Red, White and You!"	outdoors, behind McDermott Library	free
Oct. 3 Friday	8:00 pm	Clavier Trio "Mostly Russian"	Jonsson Performance Hall	$20
Dec. 5 Friday	8:00 pm	Musica Nova Ensemble	Jonsson Performance Hall	free
Feb. 14 Saturday	8:00 pm	Dallas Chamber Orchestra	Jonsson Performance Hall	$25
Mar. 6 Friday	8:00 pm	The Ying Quartet	Conference Center	varies
Apr. 26 Sunday	2:00 pm	Dallas Chamber Orchestra	Conference Center	free
May 1 Friday	8:00 pm	Musica Nova Ensemble	Jonsson Performance Hall	free

Confucius

Date	Time	Event	Venue	Ticket
Sep. 17 Wednesday	7:30 pm	Prof. Ban Wang "Passion & Love in Chinese Film"	Jonsson Performance Hall	free
Oct. 22 Wednesday	7:30 pm	Prof. J. Hillis Miller " An American in China"	Jonsson Performance Hall	free
Oct. 23 Thursday	4:00 pm	Prof. J. Hillis Miller "Future of Lit. & Lit. Theory"	Visual Arts Building room 1.105	free
Nov. 8 Saturday	TBA	Confucius Institute Anniversary	TBA	TBA
Mar. 25 Wednesday	7:30 pm	Prof. Roger Ames "Anticipating the Rise of China"	Jonsson Performance Hall	free
Apr. 6-8 Mon. - Wed.	TBA	Symposium on ChineseTranslation	Conference Center	TBA

Faculty @ 5

Date	Time	Event	Venue	Ticket
Sept. 10 Wednesday	5:00 p.m.	Kelly Durbin, jazz	Jonsson Performance Hall	free
Oct. 20 Monday	5:00 p.m.	Victor Soto, pianist	Jonsson Performance Hall	free
Nov. 19 Wednesday	5:00 p.m.	Kathryn Evans & Friends, classical	Jonsson Performance Hall	free
Jan.	5:00 p.m.	Dallas Pro Musica	Jonsson Performance Hall	free
Feb.	5:00 p.m.	Eddie Healy, guitarist	Jonsson Performance Hall	free
Apr.	5:00 p.m.	Elledanceworks	Jonsson Performance Hall	free

Guitar Series

Date	Time	Event	Venue	Ticket
Oct. 17 Friday	8:00 pm	LA Guitar Quartet	Conference Center	$25
Nov. 14 Friday	8:00 pm	Karoline Kumst	Jonsson Performance Hall	$20
Feb. 6 Friday	8:00 pm	Marcin Dylla	Jonsson Performance Hall	$20
Mar. 12 - 14 Thu. - Sat.	details below	8th Annual Texas Guitar Competition	varies	varies
Mar. 12 Thursday	7:00 pm	David Russell Master Class	Jonsson Performance Hall	Audit $10
Mar. 13 Friday	8:00 pm	Finals of the Competition	Conference Center	free
Mar. 14 Saturday	4:00 pm	Gonzalo Molano	Conference Center	free
Mar. 14 Saturday	8:00 pm	David Russell	Conference Center	$25

Jazz Series

Date	Time	Event	Venue	Ticket
Sep. 20 Saturday	8:00 pm	Turtle Island Quartet	University Theatre	$25
Sep. 26 Friday	8:00 pm	One O'Clock Lab Band	Conference Center	$20
Jan. 30 Friday	8:00 pm	A Tribute to the Texas Tenors Woody Herman Orchestra	Conference Center	$25
Jan. 31 Saturday	8:00 pm	A Tribute to the Texas Tenors David "Fathead" Newman	Conference Center	$25
Apr. 3 Friday	8:00 pm	Kelly Durbin & James Gilyard	Jonsson Performance Hall	$20

Lecture

Date	Time	Speaker	Subject	Venue	Ticket
Sep. 17 Wednesday	7:30 pm	Prof. Ban Wang	"What Love Has Got to Do with Politics: Passion and Love in Chinese Film"	Jonsson Performance Hall	free
Sep. 23 Tuesday	7:30 pm	Phil Pardi	poetry reading	McDermott Suite, McDermott library	free
Oct. 7 Tuesday	7:30 pm	Dr. Richard Brettell	"Mrs. Bertha Palmer: A Collector Dealer in Gilded Age America"	Davidson Auditorium, SOM	free
Oct. 14 Tuesday	7:30 pm	Dr. Richard Brettell	"Frederick Clay Bartlett: Post-Impressionism and Modern Art in the 1920's"	Davidson Auditorium, SOM	free
Oct. 22 Wednesday	7:30 pm	Prof. J. Hillis Miller	"An American in China: Reflections on Literary and Cultural Studies in the People’s Republic of China"	Jonsson Performance Hall	free
Oct. 23 Thursday	4:00 pm	Prof. J. Hillis Miller	"The Future of Literature and Literary Theory"	Visual Arts Building room 1.105	free
Nov. 12 Wednesday	7:30 pm	Lorraine Davis	"The Famous, the Infamous, the Anonymous: A History of Portraiture in Photography."	Visual Arts Building room 1.105	free
Feb. 15 Sunday	4:00 pm	Dr. Wendy Lower	"Babi Yar and the Holocaust: New Sources, New Perspectives"	Conference Center	free
Feb. 16 Monday	9:00 am	Dr. Wendy Lower	"Holocaust Perpetrators in Ukraine, Not So Ordinary Men and Women"	Conference Center	free
Feb. 26 Thursday	7:30 pm	Nick Flynn	poetry reading	McDermott Suite, McDermott library	free
Mar. 25 Wednesday	7:30 pm	Prof. Roger Ames	"Anticipating the Rise of China"	Jonsson Performance Hall	free

Rising Stars
*Donations will be taken for the Bryce Jordan Scholarship Fund for the Arts during these events.

Date	Time	Event	Venue	Ticket
Oct. 31 & Nov. 1 Fri. & Sat.	Fri.- 8pm Sat.- 2 & 8 pm	*Best of Broadway: Mob Scenes*	University Theatre	*free/ donation
Dec. 5 Friday	8:00 pm	Musica Nova Ensemble	Jonsson Performance Hall	free
Dec. 5-6 & 11-13 Thu. - Sat.	varies	Fall Arts Festival	varies	free
Dec. 13 Saturday	8:00 pm	32nd Annual Holiday Sing	University Theatre	*free/ donation
Mar. 27-28 Fri & Sat.	Fri.- 8 pm Sat.- 2 & 8 pm	When in '64: A Tribute to the Beatles	University Theatre	*free/ donation
May 1 Friday	8:00 pm	Musica Nova Ensemble	Jonsson Performance Hall	free
May 1-2 & 7-9 Thu. - Sat.	various	Spring Arts Festival	varies	free
May 9 Saturday	8:00 pm	UT Dallas Choral Concert	University Theatre	*free/ donation

Theatre
*Donations will be taken for the Bryce Jordan Scholarship Fund for the Arts during these events.

Date	Time	Event	Venue	Ticket
Nov. 13-15 & 20-22 Thu. - Sat.	8:00 pm	*The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari*	University Theatre	$15, *Thursday - free/donation
Feb. 20-21 Fri. & Sat.	8:00 pm	"Oh Yeah"... New Works Festival	University Theatre	*free/ donation
Apr. 16-18 & 23-25 Thu. - Sat.	8:00 pm	Lysistrata	University Theatre	$15, *Thursday - free/donation

Dance
*Donations will be taken for the Bryce Jordan Scholarship Fund for the Arts during these events.

Date	Time	Event	Venue	Ticket
Oct. 17 & 18 Fri. & Sat.	Fri.- 8 pm Sat.- 2 & 8 pm	*Mixed Bill*	University Theatre	*free/ donation
Feb. 7 Saturday	8:00 pm	Lily Cai Chinese Dance Company, performance	Eisemann Center	varies
Feb. 13 Friday	8:00 pm	Lily Cai Chinese Dance Co., lecture/demonstration	University Theatre	*free/ donation
Mar. 6 & 7 Fri. & Sat.	Fri.- 8 pm Sat.- 2 & 8 pm	*BExchanged II*	University Theatre	*free/ donation