Peck School of the Arts Announces Upcoming Events and Performances Beginning 2/23

The Peck School of the Arts is pleased to announce our upcoming events, performances and workshops:

Fri, Feb 25 - Sun, March 6 - Labworks: The Second Best Bed: Shakespeare's Women Revealed, 7:30pm Fri-Sat; 2pm Sun, Kenilworth Studio 508

Passionate, powerful, fancy-free and fierce. Students and teachers devise a performance exploring the "infinite variety" of Shakespeare's female characters, resulting in a spare and fluidly mounted exploration of sonnets, monologues and scenes. The piece will be shaped by a rigorous playing of language, character and in-your-face theatricality. Directed by James Tasse. Click here to listen to a piece about the production on 88Nine RadioMilwaukee.
$5

Thurs, Mar 3 - Milwaukee LGBT Film/Video Festival Monthly Screening, 7pm, UWM Union Theatre
The Festival is working to secure a 35mm print of a from-the-vault lesbian classic for its March 3rd screening. Keep checking arts.uwm.edu/lgbtfilm for updates.
$5

Fri, Mar 4 - Classical Guitar Concert: Raphaella Smits, 7:30pm, Recital Hall
A program featuring the landmarks of the guitar repertoire from the first woman to win the Francisco Tarrega International Guitar Competition. Including works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Kaspar Mertz and Fernando Sor.
$17 general/$12 seniors, faculty, staff and alumni/$10 students

Sun, Mar 6 - Fine Arts Quartet, 3pm, Helen Bader Concert Hall
The Fine Arts Quartet continues its 65th anniversary celebration with quartets by Hugo Wolf and Robert Schumann. The Quartet will be joined by guest cellist Robert Cohen of the Royal Academy of Music, London while Professor Wolfgang Laufer is on medical leave.
Free and open to the public. Seating is limited. Call the box office to reserve your seats.

MORE EVENTS AND PERFORMANCES

Wed, Feb 23 - Artists Now: Melanie Davenport - Animating Traditions: Indigenous Youth and Media Literacy, 7pm, Arts Center Lecture Hall
Davenport will share examples of stop-motion shorts created by indigenous youth at a school in central Mexico, where she and her collaborator organized animation and media literacy workshops from 2007-2009. She will situate this work in relation to the indigenous media movement and current trends in visual culture and social justice in Art Education.
Free

Thurs, Feb 24 - Watershed Milwaukee Thursday Night Speakers, UWM Union Art Gallery, 7-9pm
Offered in conjunction with "Watershed Milwaukee: Art, Activism and Community Engagement 2011." Presentations by Carmen Aguilar-Diaz (UWM Great Lakes Water Institute scientist), Lane Hall (artist, UWM English Dept), and Nancy Aten (sustainable landscape designer).
Free

Fri, Feb 25 - Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band, 7:30pm, Helen Bader Concert Hall
Anniversaries and Commemorations. The Wind Ensemble & Symphony Band welcome Peck School faculty Gregory Flint, horn, to a concert featuring works by Percy Grainger, Alan Hovhaness, and Karel Husa, as well as a centennial performance of Holst's "Second Suite for Military Band."
$12 general/$10 seniors, faculty, staff, alumni/$8 non-UWM students/free for UWM students with ID

Fri, Feb 25-Sun, Feb 27- Labworks: Second Best Bed: Shakespeare's Women Revealed (See Main Attractions)

Sun, Feb 27 - Youth Wind Ensembles Concert, 3pm, Helen Bader Concert Hall
Featuring Morgen Moraine, a student in the Hartland Arrowhead Band program (Jake Polancich-director), will perform "Hummel: Concerto for Trumpet (1st movement)" with
UWM Youth Wind Ensemble I. Morgen was one of two winners of the annual UWM Youth Wind Ensembles Concerto Competition.
$12 general/$10 seniors, faculty, staff and alumni/$8 non-UWM students/free for UWM students with I.D.

Sun, Feb 27 - Milwaukee Guitar Quartet, 3pm, Recital Hall
The Milwaukee Guitar Quartet consists of Peck School alum Jason Behr, Peck School Associate Dean and Professor of Music Education Scott Emmons, Stan Markus and David Weller. The program will includes works from Bach, Sousa, Grieg, Handel, Gershwin and many others.
Free

Sun, Feb 27 - UWM Flute Series presents Rebecca Johnson Recital, 6pm, Recital Hall
Solo flute recital by Eastern Illinois University flute professor, Rebecca Johnson. Johnson is the second flutist of the chamber orchestra Sinfonia da Camera and a frequent recitalist and master class technician throughout the Midwest.
Free

Tues, Mar 1 - Meet Assane Konte, 11am-12:45pm, Zelazo 171
Meet Dance guest artist Assane Konte, former dancer for Senegal's Ballet Africaine de Diebel Guee. One of America's most celebrated dance artists, Konte has set standards of excellence in African dance performance and instruction.
Free

Tues, Mar 1 - UWM Woodwind Chamber Music presents the TRADOC Band Woodwind Quintet Recital, 7:30pm, Recital Hall
The U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Band Woodwind Quintet is one of many small ensembles whose members are drawn from the musicians that make up The U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Band, touring the country to perform children's concerts, clinics for local school band programs, and more.
Free

Wed, Mar 2 - Artists Now: Alex McQuilken - Camera and Screen Relations, 7pm, Arts Center Lecture Hall
Brooklyn-based video artist McQuilken has spent the last 10 years making work that investigates her relationships with the camera and screen.With great sincerity and a morbid sense of humor, she digs deep into her own obsessions and fantasies, shedding light on the more widespread themes of disembodiment and narcissism in our hyper-mediated society.
Free

Thurs, Mar 3 - Milwaukee LGBT Film/Video Festival Monthly Screening (See Main Attractions)

Fri, Mar 4 - University Band and Studio Brass Ensembles, 7:30pm, Helen Bader Concert Hall
The UWM University Band will perform works by composers Malcolm Arnold, Eric Whitacre, Carl Teike and RoBert Sheldon and will be conducted by graduate students in the instrumental conducting program. The UWM Trombone Choir under the direction of Mark Hoelscher will also perform.
$12 general/$10 seniors, faculty, staff and alumni/$8 non-UWM students/free for UWM students with ID

Fri, Mar 4 - Classical Guitar Concert: Raphaella Smits (See Main Attractions)

Fri, Mar 4-Sun, Mar 6 - Labworks: Second Best Bed: Shakespeare's Women Revealed (See Main Attractions)

Sun, Mar 6 - Music From Almost Yesterday, with Stas Venglevski, 3pm, Recital Hall
Music From Almost Yesterday, directed by Yehuda Yannay, presents Stas Venglevski's "Accordion 21st Century" with a program of chamber music with Milwaukee premieres by composers from Russia, the US, Germany and Finland. The concert includes the world premiere of Yannay's "Bayanette for Two."
$12 general/$10 seniors, faculty, staff and alumni/$8 students

Sun, Mar 6, 3pm, Fine Arts Quartet (See Main Attractions)

Workshops and Master Classes
Fri, Feb 25 & Mar 4- Friday Night Life Drawing, 7-10pm, Art Building 463
Draw the nude male or female figure from a variety of poses. Poses range from 1 minute to 25 minutes long. Non-instructional. Bring your own supplies. Drawing horses are available.
$7 per session or $30/5 sessions; $50/10 sessions;$80/20 sessions

Sun, Feb 27 - UWM Flute Series presents Rebecca Johnson Master Class, 7pm, Recital Hall
Master class by Eastern Illinois University flute professor, Rebecca Johnson. See "More Events and Performances" for information about her 6pm recital.
Free

Tues, Mar 1 - UWM Woodwind Chamber Music presents the TRADOC Band Woodwind Quintet Master Class, 4pm, Recital Hall
Chamber Music Master Class by The U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Band Woodwind Quintet. See "More Events and Performances" for information about their 7:30pm recital.
Free

Wednesdays through April 27 - University Community Orchestra Spring Session, 7-9:30pm, Zelazo 280
The University Community Orchestra meets every Wednesday, culminating in a concert on Sunday, May 1 at 2pm. No auditions necessary. Community members should sign up through the UWM School of Continuing Education by calling 414-227-3200, or online at sce-registration.uwm.edu.
Fee is $109.
Save the Date

March 9-13 - Mainstage Series: The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
March 11-April 2 - Spring MA/MFA Exhibition I
March 12 - Guitar Concert: Florian Larousee
March 15-18 - Labworks Series: Finding Penelope
March 17-18 - Opera Scenes
March 31 - Guitar Concert: Gohar Vardanyan
March 31 - Stephen Most Film Residency:"River of Renewal" Screening

Ongoing

Through Fri, Feb 25 - Watershed Milwaukee: Art, Activism, and Community Engagement 2011, UWM Union Art Gallery FREE!

Through Sun, March 13 - Jeanne Dunning, Matthew Girson, and Ernesto Oroza Exhibitions, Inova/Kenilworth FREE!
In the Community

Thurs, Feb 24 - Out of Respect: A Story of Five, 6pm, Lubar Auditorium, Milwaukee Art Museum
By Tess Gallun. Reel Life Films and J-Doc, a documentary film-making class at UWM, produced a feature-length documentary about Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender homeless young adults in the Milwaukee area. The resulting film captures the social resistance and family-neglect that several homeless young adults face, as well as their strength to overcome constant adversity. Sponsored in part by the Milwaukee LGBT Film/Video Festival.
Visit the film's web site for more info.

Through Thurs, Feb 24 - Yevgeniya Kaganovich: Inhabit/Infest, Sharon Lynne Wilson Center Ploch Art Gallery
Art & Design faculty member Kaganovich has created a site-specific artwork for installation in the Ploch Art Gallery. The primary medium of this installation will be sheets of latex that will drape from the ceilings, extend over the walls, and transform the space.
Free

Through Sun, Feb 27 - Vaudeville, Danceworks
Resident choreographer Kelly Anderson puts a contemporary twist on variety entertainment in an evening length work that celebrates the diversity and entertainment of historic vaudeville. Featuring work by guest choreographer Ed Burgess, Chair of the Department of Dance at the Peck School of the Arts. Visit Danceworks online for more info.

Through Sun, March 13 - Speaking in Tongues, The Milwaukee Repertory Theater
Choreography by Ed Burgess, Chair of the Department of Dance at the UWM Peck School of the Arts. As a detective in the midst of his own crisis investigates the disappearance of a prominent psychiatrist, the seemingly random confessions of apparent strangers are woven into a powerful web of infidelity, love, isolation and intrigue. From the writer of "Strictly Ballroom." (Contains adult language.)
Contact the Milwaukee Repertory Theater for tickets.

Through Sun, March 13 - Mauritius, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Broadway Theatre Center's Studio Theatre
A contemporary thriller full of twists, turns and plenty of suspense. Theatre student Sara Zientek is making her Milwaukee Chamber Theatre debut in the role of Jackie, and Theatre student Colin Gawronski is serving as the Stage Management Intern. Peck School Theatre alumni involved in the production include James Fletcher as fight choreographer; Dan Schuchart as scenic charge artist; Kat Danielsen as deck chief, Kevin Connolly as studio electrician and Katie Beth Whittaker as light board operator. Visit Milwaukee Chamber Theatre for more info.

Through Sun, May 15 - Formed, Villa Terrace Art Museum
An exhibition of works from Peck School Art & Design professor Karen Gunderman and alumna Linda Vitamvas. The works from these two Milwaukee ceramicists draw from the history of Western scientific anatomical and botanical exploration. Visit Villa Terrace online for more info.

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Contact Information
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