McDaniel College Presents Cultural Events For October

McDaniel College is offering a diverse calendar of theatre, art exhibits and music events throughout October. Unless otherwise noted, all events are free and open to the public. For more information, call 410-857-2599.

THEATRE
Information: Call 410-857-2448 or visit http://www.mcdaniel.edu/3594.htm.

A Doll's House
7:30 p.m. Oct. 6 - 9 in WMC Alumni Hall
Tickets: $7 for adults; $5 for seniors, students, and the McDaniel College community

Under the direction of Elizabeth van den Berg, associate professor and chair of McDaniel's Theatre Arts department, Henrik Ibsen's classic drama is brought to life on stage with a cast of exceptional student actors. In this Frank McGuinness adaptation, Nora Helmer, wife to Torvald and mother of three children, appears to enjoy living the life of a pampered child. But as her economic dependence becomes brutally clear, Nora's acceptance of the status quo undergoes a profound change.

"The play's characters are fairly ordinary, middle-class people, and the play begins with fairly mundane events in their lives - Nora's return home from shopping, discussions of Torvald's work, visits from old friends," van den Berg said. "But McGuinness crafts remarkable tension through symbolism, foreshadowing events, and the seemingly villainous character of Krogstad turns out to be the good guy, while Torvald ends up being responsible for Nora's decision to abandon her family - a shocking end."

McGuinness' adaptation received its London premiere in October 1996 and opened on Broadway in 1997, where the production won four Tony Awards.

ART EXHIBIT
For gallery hours, call 410-857-2595 or visit http://www.mcdaniel.edu/5531.htm

Immemorial Spaces: Paintings and Drawings by Chloe Watson '07
Through Oct. 22
Artist's reception: 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Oct. 8

Chloe Watson, a 2007 McDaniel College graduate who earned a B.A. and departmental honors in Studio Art, received her MFA and certificate in the College Teaching of Art from the Maryland Institute College of Art's Interdisciplinary Program in May 2010. Her art explores the psychology of space, light, and color and, as she says, allows her "to reconstruct seemingly motionless memories of my past and reinterpret them as mysterious, charged settings wherein only objects reside."

A Baltimore resident, Watson has exhibited regionally and shares a studio in the Area 405 Building. To view her work, visit http://chloeswatson.com/home.html.

McDaniel College Biennial Faculty Art Show
Oct. 26 - Nov. 12
Opening Reception: 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Oct. 26

Members of the McDaniel College Art and Art History Department will display this multimedia exhibit that includes paintings, drawings, photography, sculpture and jewelry.
Works are by Sue Bloom, Michael Losch, Steven Pearson, Susan Scott, Ken Hankins, Kateryna (Katya) Mychajlyshyn, Walter P. Calahan, Emily Grey and Linda van Hart.

MUSIC
Information: Call 410-857-2599 or visit http://www.mcdaniel.edu/3490.htm

Monday Night Music presents Jon Seligman and the Interpreters
7 p.m. Oct. 4 in McDaniel Lounge

Performing music of the Near East will be Jon Seligman, adjunct Music lecturer at McDaniel and percussionist, Todd Marcus on bass clarinet and clarinet and Harry Appelman on piano. Selections will include: Tunza Hunza (Jon Seligman), Screed II (Seligman), Niyah (Seligman), Wahsouli (Todd Marcus), Korce (Harry Appelman), Kahramana (Farid al-Atrash), Darij (traditional Egyptian), and Iptidan Ilahi (traditional Turkish).

Healing Sounds of Ancient Turkey: A Night of Turkish Sufi Mystic Music, Poetry and Images
7 p.m. Oct. 10 in McDaniel Lounge

Latif Bolat, Turkish singer, composer and scholar of Turkish music and folklore, will perform Turkish folk music and devotional Sufi songs that are called Ilahi and Nefes, from the Anatolian peninsula. The program includes traditional Turkish folk songs as well as ballads composed by Bolat. Devotional poetry will be recited from 13th century Sufi poets, Yunus Emre and Rumi, and images of Turkish people and scenery will be projected on a screen. Bolat, a native of the Turkish Mediterranean town of Mersin, has degrees in folklore and music from Gazi University in Ankara, Turkey, as well as in Turkish History and Middle East Religion and Politics from Ankara University and an MBA from San Francisco State University. Recent engagements include: educational concerts and lectures at Carnegie Hall in New York City, soundtrack music for George Lucas Studio's "Young Indiana Jones," and a PBS documentary titled "Mohammed: Legacy of a Prophet."

Celebrating Robert Schumann & Frederic Chopin
7:30 p.m Oct. 11th in McDaniel Lounge

This faculty piano recital by David Kreider, senior lecturer in Music at McDaniel, will include the following selections: Kinderscenen and Fantaisie in C Major by Schumann and selected Etudes, Nocturne in F# Major and Scherzo in B minor, by Chopin.

Student Piano Recital
7:30 p.m. Oct. 29 in Levine RecitAl Hall

Senior music lecturer David Kreider's students will perform various selections.

7th Annual Madrigal Feast
6 p.m. Oct. 30 in Decker Center Forum
Tickets: $30 per person, available only in advance
For information, call 410-857-2599

For this year's evening of food and entertainment, the theme is All Hallows Eve. Under the direction of Music professor Margaret Boudreaux, 15 students will perform a program filled with love and humor through songs, poetry and dances. Audience participation is encouraged. This year's Madrigal Singers are Matthew Albertson, Whitney Arkin, Rich Esposito, Paul Griffin, Leslie Higgins, Lydia Hubble, Kathleen Levendusky, Samantha Lopez, Victoria Potucek, Beau Reeves, Lauren Schwartzbart, Mara Seibert, Jeneice Shaw, Katalin Szoboszlay, Nicholas Trott, and David Van Tassell. Their repertoire includes: Pastime With Good Company (Henry VIII), As Fair as Morn (John Wilbye), My Bonnie Lass She Smileth (Thomas Morley), Now, oh now, I needs Must Part (John Dowland), and The Silver Swan (Orlando Gibbons).