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Campus Events: February, 1998 |
Sunday, February 8
Folk sensation Dar Williams, who spent last summer touring with
Lilith Fair,
will appear at Wells College for one show on Sunday,
February 8 at 8:00 p.m. in the Alice Barler Auditorium.
Over the last few years, Williams has established a place for herself on the contemporary music scene. From coffeehouses to clubs and concert halls, she has opened for such notables as Joan Baez and Sarah McLachlan.
Williams has toured relentlessly while selling over 150,000 copies of her first two albums, The Honesty Room and Mortal City, and has established herself as one of the most unique and accessible singer-songwriters of her generation. Her articulate, witty, and provocative songs have become her trademark; and her recently released third album, End of Summer, is bringing her even more into the foreground.
Williams says these changes have occurred organically. "I write my songs like people make junk sculptures: little piece by little piece, a bit here, a chunk there. I've spent the last three years on the road listening to the radio, and I've heard a lot of pop and modern-rock music. So as I was writing the songs for this record, those were a lot of the sounds I heard in my head."
The New York Times said Dar Williams "has the craft and heart to make the folky basics ring true again...Her songs reach beyond modest ambitions; they glow with compassion and strength." The Los Angeles Times said, "Dar Williams has the soul of a poet and the heart of a kid with a voice part Natalie Merchant and part Sarah McLachlan.
Ticket prices are $5 for students and $10 for the public. They are available by calling 315/364-3330.
Saturday, February 21
Athol Fugard's
critically acclaimed My Children! My Africa!
will be performed at Wells College on Saturday, February 21 at
8:00 p.m. in Macmillan Hall's Phipps Auditorium.
The play is set in 1984, when unrest began to spread throughout South Africa as blacks went on strike from their jobs and boycotted schools governed by the Bantu Education System.
The play opens with a debate between a white middle class girl and a black high school boy from the Cookhouse ghetto. The debate, organized by Mr. M., a sensitive, thoughtful teacher, has - as an underlying metaphor - the clash between violent action and intellectual thought.
The passion and reasoning that permeate the minds and hearts of Isobel, the young white girl, Thami, the black youth, and Mr. M., take the audience on a journey from ignorance to knowledge, but not without pain and tragic results.
The play was inspired by an incident that took place during that same time period. A black teacher was an informer to the police and was later taken by a black mob and burned to death.
For the playwright, Fugard, this incident represented the "potential tragedy" of his country - fear that the polarization of blacks and whites in South Africa would become so constant and inflexible that no hope for a free and united South Africa would remain.
Tickets are $2 for students and $6 for the general public. They are available by calling 315/364-3456.
Tuesday, February 24
Comedian Michael Cheselka will perform on Tuesday, February 24 at 8:00 p.m. in the Sommer Center at Wells College. The event is free and open to the public.
When he was a member of Sam Kinison's Outlaws of Comedy, Cheselka performed all over the country. Since branching out on his own in 1991, he has continued to tour, developing a style and statement all his own. His solo effort has been a hit: he has been featured as Best South Florida Comic by NBC's West Palm Beach affiliate; selected to compete on Star Search; and appeared on ABC, HBO, and Comedy Central.
Comedy, Cheselka believes, is an essential way issues can be examined and confronted apart from the evening news and the morning paper. "That's how come people cheer when you slam something topical, because they've felt powerless and ignored until you expressed the way you were feeling," he says.
Before settling on a career in comedy, Cheselka was a high school teacher who mixed lessons with laughs. That same presentation has carried over to the stage. He says he does not lecture an audience but does pre-suppose a certain level of intelligence and knowledge of current events.
February 4 through February 27
The annual Wells College student art show will be on display in the String Room Gallery Wednesday, February 4 through Friday, February 27. An opening reception will be held on Wednesday, February 4 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Admission is free and the public is welcome.
The works were created by students enrolled in studio art classes during the fall 1997 semester, and include painting, life drawing, pottery, and ceramics.
Gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.; and Wednesday evenings from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
For more information on campus events call Wells College Public Relations at (315) 364-3209
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