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Issue date: 10/17/06 Section: Arts & Entertainment
TUESDAY, OCT. 17
Lecture: Dr. Mark Smith-Soto, "What does it mean to be a Latino Poet?" 4 p.m. Focus on Hispanic Heritage presentation as part of the ongoing Faculty Lecture Series. Multicultural Resource Center, Elliott University Center, Stirling Street. Free. (336) 334-5090. http://maf.dept.uncg.edu
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 18
Theatre: "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf" by Ntozake Shange. 7 p.m. This award-winning "choreo-poem" celebrates the passion of black women through story, dance, and music, creating vibrant snapshots of seven women as they overcome oppression. Taylor Theatre, Tate Street. Tickets: $12 Adults, $10 Seniors/Students, $7 UNCG Students. UNCG Box Office: (336) 334-4849. www.uncg.edu/the
Music: Andrew Harley. 7:30 p.m. Faculty chamber music recital. Recital Hall, Music Building, W. Market and McIver streets. Tickets: $10 Adults, $6 Seniors, $4 Students, $3 UNCG Students. UNCG Box Office: (336) 334-4849. www.uncg.edu/mus
THURSDAY, OCT. 19
Dance: North Carolina Dance Festival 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. Dance performances by Triad artists Heidi Echols Godfrey, Robin Gee, Sidelong Dance Company, Wesley Williams Urban Dance Theatre and Sean Sullivan. Dance Theatre, Walker Avenue. Tickets: $12 Adults, $9 Seniors/Students, $6 UNCG Students. UNCG Box Office: (336) 334-4849. www.ncdancefestival.org
Theatre: "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf." 7 p.m. See Oct. 18.
Music: Chad Eby. 7:30 p.m. Faculty jazz saxophone recital. Organ Hall, Music Building, W. Market and McIver streets. Tickets: $10 Adults, $6 Seniors, $4 Students, $3 UNCG Students. UNCG Box Office: (336) 334-4849. www.uncg.edu/mus
Reading: Edward Hirsch Poetry Reading 8 p.m. Poetry reading by Edward Hirsch, distinguished author of six books of poems, fellowship recipient from the Guggenheim and MacArthur foundations and The National Endowment for the Arts, and recipient of the Ingram Merrill Foundation Award, the Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome and a Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Writers'Award. Reception and book signing to follow. UNCG Faculty Center, College Avenue. Free. (336) 334-5459. www.uncg.edu/eng/mfa
FRIDAY, OCT. 20
Music: Bonnie Rideout with the City of Washington Pipe Band 7 p.m. Rideout's Scottish fiddling, featuring traditional Scottish dance tunes, Highland bagpipe music and ancient Gaelic melodies, joins with world champion City of Washington Pipe Band, whose masterful pipers and drummers perform in full regalia. Carolina Theatre. 310 S. Greene St. Tickets: $18-$26 Adults, $6-$9 UNCG students. UNCG Box Office: (336) 334-4849. http://ucls.uncg.edu
Theatre: "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf." 8 p.m. See Oct. 18
Dance: North Carolina Dance Festival 8 p.m. Dance performances by touring North Carolina artists The John Gamble Dance Theater (Greensboro), Justin Tornow (Charlotte), Carol Finley (Raleigh) and Rodger Belman (Greenville). Dance Theatre, Walker Avenue. Tickets: $12 Adults, $9 Seniors/Students, $6 UNCG Students. UNCG Box Office: (336) 334-4849. www.ncdancefestival.org
SATURDAY, OCT. 21
Theatre: "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf." 8 p.m. See Oct. 18.
Dance: North Carolina Dance Festival 8 p.m. Dance performances by touring North Carolina artists Duane Cyrus (Greensboro), E.E. Balco (Charlotte), Amy Pierce (Wilmington) and the Van Dyke Dance Group (Greensboro). Dance Theatre, Walker Avenue. Tickets: $12 Adults, $9 Seniors/Students, $6 UNCG Students. UNCG Box Office: (336) 334-4849. www.ncdancefestival.org
SUNDAY, OCT. 22
Theatre: "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf." 2 p.m. See Oct. 18.
Lecture: Dr. Mark Smith-Soto, "What does it mean to be a Latino Poet?" 4 p.m. Focus on Hispanic Heritage presentation as part of the ongoing Faculty Lecture Series. Multicultural Resource Center, Elliott University Center, Stirling Street. Free. (336) 334-5090. http://maf.dept.uncg.edu
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 18
Theatre: "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf" by Ntozake Shange. 7 p.m. This award-winning "choreo-poem" celebrates the passion of black women through story, dance, and music, creating vibrant snapshots of seven women as they overcome oppression. Taylor Theatre, Tate Street. Tickets: $12 Adults, $10 Seniors/Students, $7 UNCG Students. UNCG Box Office: (336) 334-4849. www.uncg.edu/the
Music: Andrew Harley. 7:30 p.m. Faculty chamber music recital. Recital Hall, Music Building, W. Market and McIver streets. Tickets: $10 Adults, $6 Seniors, $4 Students, $3 UNCG Students. UNCG Box Office: (336) 334-4849. www.uncg.edu/mus
THURSDAY, OCT. 19
Dance: North Carolina Dance Festival 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. Dance performances by Triad artists Heidi Echols Godfrey, Robin Gee, Sidelong Dance Company, Wesley Williams Urban Dance Theatre and Sean Sullivan. Dance Theatre, Walker Avenue. Tickets: $12 Adults, $9 Seniors/Students, $6 UNCG Students. UNCG Box Office: (336) 334-4849. www.ncdancefestival.org
Theatre: "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf." 7 p.m. See Oct. 18.
Music: Chad Eby. 7:30 p.m. Faculty jazz saxophone recital. Organ Hall, Music Building, W. Market and McIver streets. Tickets: $10 Adults, $6 Seniors, $4 Students, $3 UNCG Students. UNCG Box Office: (336) 334-4849. www.uncg.edu/mus
Reading: Edward Hirsch Poetry Reading 8 p.m. Poetry reading by Edward Hirsch, distinguished author of six books of poems, fellowship recipient from the Guggenheim and MacArthur foundations and The National Endowment for the Arts, and recipient of the Ingram Merrill Foundation Award, the Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome and a Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Writers'Award. Reception and book signing to follow. UNCG Faculty Center, College Avenue. Free. (336) 334-5459. www.uncg.edu/eng/mfa
FRIDAY, OCT. 20
Music: Bonnie Rideout with the City of Washington Pipe Band 7 p.m. Rideout's Scottish fiddling, featuring traditional Scottish dance tunes, Highland bagpipe music and ancient Gaelic melodies, joins with world champion City of Washington Pipe Band, whose masterful pipers and drummers perform in full regalia. Carolina Theatre. 310 S. Greene St. Tickets: $18-$26 Adults, $6-$9 UNCG students. UNCG Box Office: (336) 334-4849. http://ucls.uncg.edu
Theatre: "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf." 8 p.m. See Oct. 18
Dance: North Carolina Dance Festival 8 p.m. Dance performances by touring North Carolina artists The John Gamble Dance Theater (Greensboro), Justin Tornow (Charlotte), Carol Finley (Raleigh) and Rodger Belman (Greenville). Dance Theatre, Walker Avenue. Tickets: $12 Adults, $9 Seniors/Students, $6 UNCG Students. UNCG Box Office: (336) 334-4849. www.ncdancefestival.org
SATURDAY, OCT. 21
Theatre: "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf." 8 p.m. See Oct. 18.
Dance: North Carolina Dance Festival 8 p.m. Dance performances by touring North Carolina artists Duane Cyrus (Greensboro), E.E. Balco (Charlotte), Amy Pierce (Wilmington) and the Van Dyke Dance Group (Greensboro). Dance Theatre, Walker Avenue. Tickets: $12 Adults, $9 Seniors/Students, $6 UNCG Students. UNCG Box Office: (336) 334-4849. www.ncdancefestival.org
SUNDAY, OCT. 22
Theatre: "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf." 2 p.m. See Oct. 18.
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