Entries Tagged as 'Millersville University'

Pots & plates, mugs & jugs

November 18th, 2008 · No Comments

It’s time for the annual fall pottery sale at Millersville University, in the ceramics studio in the basement of Breidenstine Hall, Nov. 20-22. Hours are 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday and Friday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday. For more information call 872-3298, or contact associate professor of art Debbie Sigel at 872-3301.
The sales are held twice […]

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Tags: art · Millersville University

MU: Dancing at the edge

October 16th, 2008 · No Comments

One of the most interesting projects of this season is going to be on stage at Millersville University Friday night. The American Repertory Ballet will perform “Worlds End. And Worlds Begin,” a world premier dance choreographed by ARB director Graham Lustig, with music by MU professor and composer Rusty Banks and video images by Scott […]

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Fall preview part 5: Millersville University

September 19th, 2008 · No Comments

Picking up the fall previews again …
 There are plenty of notable cultural events happening at Millersville University this fall. The Reduced Shakespeare Company will present “The Complete History of America (abridged)” in a “Special Election Year Edition” Sept. 28. mZuri will present the one-woman show “The Fannie Lou Hamer Story: The Right to Vote” Oct. […]

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Tags: Millersville University · movies · music · Uncategorized

‘Praying with Lior’

September 10th, 2008 · No Comments

There’s an interesting documentary film at Millersville University tonight: “Praying with Lior,” 7:30 p.m. at Lyte Auditorium in Alumni Hall. Lior Liebling, who has Down syndrome, has spent his life “praying with utter abandon.” As Lior nears the day of his bar mitzvah ceremony, family members discuss what Lior — “a burden, a best friend, an inspiration, an embarrassment” — means […]

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Chamber conversations

June 25th, 2008 · No Comments

One of the pleasures of chamber music, what sets it apart, is its air of conversation among equals. Two recent concerts, at Millersville and the Pennsylvania Academy of Music, brought some memorable conversations to the area.  
The Miami String Quartet – Benny Kim and Cathy Meng Robinson, violins; Yu Jin, viola and Keith Robinson, cello – gave the String Quartet […]

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Tags: Pennsylvania Academy of Music · Downtown Lancaster · Millersville University · music · Uncategorized

Next Generation correction!

June 13th, 2008 · No Comments

The telephone number to call to get tickets for the Next Generation Festival at Millersville University is 872-3811. I listed the wrong phone number yesterday. (Now I’m going to go back and fix the original entry!)

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Tags: festivals · chamber ensembles · Millersville University · music · Uncategorized

Next Generation Festival

June 12th, 2008 · No Comments

Continuing a long tradition of summer performances, the Next Generation Festival returns to Millersville University next week. Pianist and festival Artistic Director Awadagin Pratt, violinists Ben Breen and Tai Murray, violist Susan Gulkis Assadi and cellist Thomas Kraines will perform Friday, June 20 at 7:30 p.m. in Lyte Auditorium. The concert is free but tickets are […]

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The classes of ‘08 hang it up

April 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment

As graduation nears for area colleges, they’re also giving over gallery space to students. In some cases the exhibits don’t run for very long, so hurry!
The Pennsylvania College of Art & Design, 204 N. Prince St., will display a selected work from each graduating senior in its main gallery until May 23. In addition, the entire school will […]

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Tags: PCA&D · Elizabethtown College · art · Franklin & Marshall · Millersville University · Uncategorized

Review: guitar in an expanded sound world

April 14th, 2008 · No Comments

There’s nothing much modern about the interior of St. James Episcopal Church in Lancaster, but guitarist, composer and experimental musician (and Millersville University Professor) Rusty Banks filled the interior with the newest of new music Sunday afternoon in a program of mostly 21st century works.
The first two works on the program were for solo guitar: Banks’s Jim […]

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Screening: opera, indie-rock and a hidden classic

March 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Sure, you could go see Not-so-Easy Money or Kiss Me, I’m a Rom-Com, but why not try something different?
The Metropolitan Opera’s production of Benjamin Britten’s “Peter Grimes,” a story of a fisherman who may or may not be guilty of terrible crimes and the villagers that rush to judgment, will be broadcast live at Penn Cinema […]

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Tags: film · Harrisburg · Millersville University · music · Uncategorized