Stop. Look. Listen.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The word for the Ailey II performance Saturday at Millersville University was “exuberant.” The company of young dancers, directed by Sylvia Waters – an offshoot of, and training ground for, the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater – lit up Lyte Auditorium and its near-capacity audience with an electric, energetic performance.
On the program were three recent dances – “The External […]

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Guitarist and composer Rusty Banks is interested in connections and the friction that results from the meeting of disconnected things. “We now live in an age where things are less dogmatic and more pluralistic,” he said during a phone interview Wednesday. Banks will be performing Sunday at Grace Lutheran Church in Lancaster, playing music by […]

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