ARTS CALENDAR

SPRING 2012 JANUARY 25– FEBRUARY 3

Table of Contents

DANCE 3

FILM 4

LITERARY 5

MUSIC 4

THEATER 6

VISUAL ARTS 7

INFO 8

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DANCE BABSON COLLEGE

February 5, 2012

Ballet Master Classes. 2pm-3:30pm. RSVP.

Taught by Emily Umland, founder and director of Charles River Ballet. Ballet Master Classes available for Babson, Olin, and Wellesley College students! The classes will feature a full workout of barre and center exercises geared toward those with prior ballet experience. Don't miss this wonderful opportunity to work with Emily Hrones Umland - a professional dancer for 7 years with Boston Ballet and Nevada Ballet Theatre. She now directs

the Charles River Ballet Academy in Needham, which she founded after she retired from the stage in 2001.

For more information, contact mkeith1@babson.edu

February 11, 2012

Ballet Master Classes. 2pm-3:30pm. RSVP.

Taught by Emily Umland, founder and director of Charles River Ballet. Ballet Master Classes available for Babson, Olin, and Wellesley College students! The classes will feature a full workout of barre and center exercises geared

toward those with prior ballet experience. Don't miss this wonderful opportunity to work with Emily

Hrones Umland - a professional dancer for 7 years with Boston Ballet and Nevada Ballet Theatre. She now directs the Charles River Ballet Academy in Needham, which she founded after she retired from the stage in 2001.

For more information, contact mkeith1@babson.edu

MUSIC WELLESLEY COLLEGE

November 30th. 12:30PM.

Triple Helix Piano Trio: Lecture-Recital. Jewett Auditorium. RSVP.

December 1st. 7PM.

Chamber Music Society Concert. Pendleton West 220. RSVP.

FILM BABSON COLLEGE

February 1st.

Screening of Marlon Riggs’ Black Is, Black Ain’t

This award-winning documentary highlights the black identity and experiences from the perspective of Angela Davis, a well-known activist, author and retired professor, Essex Hemphill, Bell Hooks, Bill T. Jones, B Smith, Michele Wallace, and Cornel West.

This film also features great insight and analysis from leaders in culture, race relations, and media.

LITERARY BABSON COLLEGE

February 3rd. 8pm

An Evening of Spoken Word and Jazz. RSVP.

Performance by Striver's Row and Berklee College Musicians Soul4YoSystem. Free to Babson students, tickets for students from off-campus, sold at the door.

Spring 2012 Contemporary Global Book Club: India. RSVP.

Selections: The Beautiful and the Damned: a Portrait of the New India by Siddartha Deb (2011)

Synopsis: This non-fiction book has created quite a firestorm in India through telling the contemporary lives of five Indians ranging from very rich to very poor. A lawsuit resulted in an altered version in India. The US version is complete.

Bio: Siddhartha Deb (born 1970) is an Indian author who was born in Meghalaya and grew up in Shillong in northeastern India. He was educated in India and at Columbia University, USA. His first novel, the Point of Return, is semi autobiographical in nature and is set in a fictional hill-station that closely resembles Shillong in India's Northeast. His second novel, Surface, also set in Northeast India, is about a disillusioned Sikh journalist. His first non-fiction book, The Beautiful and the Damned: Life in the New India was published in June 2011 by Viking Penguin. He has also contributed to the Boston Globe, the Guardian, the Nation, the New Statesman, Harper's, the London Review of Books, and the Times Literary Supplement.

THEATER BABSON COLLEGE

January 21st. 7pm.

Hypnotist Kevin Hurley presented by Campus Activities Board. Carling-Sorenson Theater.

Olin College

January 31st. 7pm.

The Yellow Dress @Olin College. RSVP.

The Yellow Dress, a one woman show about dating violence, is being presented by Deana’s Educational

Theater at Olin on Tuesday evening, January 31st (iCal attached). A number of Olin students have been an active part of the planning process, and we are excited to bring this play to Olin. The performance is free and is open to all members of the Olin, Babson, Wellesley, and Needham communities. Refreshments will be provided. The Yellow Dress is a powerful one woman play that stimulates a thought-provoking discussion about relationships. The Program consists of a 30 minute performance and a 30 minute interactive discussion. The play will help students recognize the different types of dating violence, how to identify the early warning signs, and where to seek help if they or a friend are involved in a violent relationship. RSVP: http://www.facebook.com/events/285765498148409/

VISUAL ARTS BABSON COLLEGE

Figure Drawing Workshop. Trim 215. RSVP.

Learn how to draw the figure by working from a live model. No prior experience is required. All materials will be provided but participants need to pay a non-refundable fee of $5 for each session in order to pay the model and other costs. RSVP: www.babson.edu/sorenson >Course Listings under the Visual Arts tab

INFO Have an event tip or an open call? Email lowolabi1@babson.edu with details. View the Arts Calendar online

at the Sorenson Center on facebook and forward this info to any interested people.

the arts at babson. the arts at wellesley. the arts at olin.

[art clubs] BFAA –Babson Fine Arts Association Contact cbao1@babson.edu Pottery Club Contact molly.gutcher@students.olin.edu Studio Art facilities at Babson Babson Ceramics studio – Open to experienced potters/sculptors $80/$200 fee for 8 weeks Babson Wet Photography Lab – Open to experienced photographers with a Babson OneCard with the permission of the manager. $80/$200 fee for semester. Drawing/Painting Studio – Available to use with the permission of staff. Contact dakiba@babson.edu or dkrcamar@babson.edu

[music clubs] Ask Michèle Oshima moshima@babson.edu how you can take private music lessons at Wellesley. Babson College Radio Contact epadial1@babson.edu Babson Entertainment Initiative Contact epadial1@babson.edu Babson Musicians Union Contact nloukellis11@babson.edu Babson/Olin Jazz Ensemble Contact jbroganjazz@gmail.com Brandeis-Wellesley Orchestra Anyone wishing to audition for the Brandeis-Wellesley Orchestra should contact Neal Hampton, the director, at hampton@brandeis.edu.

Shared Voices, Multifaith Chorus (open to students, staff, and faculty)

Contact pshain@babson.edu

Rocket Pitches Contact ilee3@babson.edu Conductorless Orchestra Contact Diana.dabby@olin.edu Powerchords Contact Jessica.rucker@students.olin.edu Wellesley College: Choir, Chamber Singers, Collegium Musicum, Chamber Music Society, Wellesley BlueJazz, and Yanvalou. Performing Arts Facilities at Babson Carling-Sorenson Theater – State of the art 441 seat proscenium theater.

Park Manor Central Band Room – Open to all musicians with a OneCard Equipped with bass, guitar amps, drum set, electric piano, and instrument lockers. Sorenson Piano Practice Rooms – Open to the Babson community - first come first serve. Contact Sorenson@babson.edu Roger’s Pub – Available for student shows and equipped with a small stage, lights, and sound reinforcement. Contact pbaptiste@babson.edu

[dance clubs] AMAN Contact tbutani@babson.edu Babson Dance Ensemble (BDE) Contact ewang2@babson.edu BAPSA Contact ilee3@babson.edu Butterfingers Contact Zachary.brass@students.olin.edu Olin Firethrowers Contact Kevin.simon@students.olin.edu Performing Arts Facilities at Babson Sorenson Dance Studio – Studio with wood floor, two mirrored walls, and dance bar Contact Sorenson@babson.edu

[theater clubs] Babson Players Contact agreenslet1@babson.edu Vagina Monologues Contact agreenslet1@babson.edu FWOP Contact harold.jaffe@students.olin.edu The Empty Space Theater Contact bwynstra@babson.edu

[film clubs] FILM. Tuesdays. 9pm. Olin Auditorium. contact Eli.Sheldon@students.olin.edu CINE. Contact irahvar1@babson.edu

[literary clubs] Babson Literary Magazine Contact litmag@babson.edu Poetry Slam Team Contact bthrash1@babson.edu