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Campus Events: March, 1998 |
Monday, March 2 through Saturday, March 7
As a part of Women's History Month, students at Wells College are sponsoring Breast Cancer Awareness Week March 2 through 7. Speakers and a benefit concert have been planned. All donations raised will benefit the Ithaca Breast Cancer Alliance and a Wells student currently undergoing treatment for breast cancer. All events will be located on the Wells Campus and are open to the public.
Anyone wishing to make a donation may send checks or money orders to:
March 4 - April 3
Ithaca residents Vicky Romanoff and Daphne Sola will display their work in the String Room Gallery in Main Building on the Wells College campus as part of a new show, "Three Ways With Paper." The show runs Wednesday, March 4 through Friday, April 3 with an opening reception in honor of the artists on Wednesday, March 4 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The event is free and the public is invited.
Romanoff's paper mosaics have been shown in galleries throughout
central New York and the east coast, including the Sola Gallery
and the New Alexandrian Gallery in Ithaca. She has received awards
from the Everson Museum in Syracuse, the Roberson Art Center in
Binghamton, and the Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester.
In addition to her artwork, Romanoff is the senior partner of
V. Romanoff and Associates, Restoration and Design Consultants.
She is also the chef and owner of Trattoria Tre Stelle in Ithaca,
New York, and has worked as a set designer for the Ithaca Opera
Association.
Daphne Sola is the owner of the Sola Gallery in Ithaca. Generally
considered a printmaker, her new work is entirely hand-made paper.
The artist starts with raw fiber and puts it through the processes
of boiling, rinsing, beating, and sheet-forming. She has used
cotton, linen, Japanese kozo, and even cornleaves and milkweed
in producing the images.
Sola's inspiration for the major part of this exhibit has been
13th-century Japanese poetry. She has a strong connection to Japan
because she was introduced to the paper-making process while on
a trip to Kyoto. She has lectured about the techniques of paper-making
numerous times in Peru and Denmark.
Also included in the show are the color etchings of Nicholas Kraczyna.
He received his B.F.A. from the Rhode Island School of Design
and his M.F.A. from the University of Southern Illinois. Currently,
he resides in what was once the home of Michelangelo's teacher,
Domenico Ghirlandaio in Florence, Italy.
Kraczyna is one of the founders of the "Il Bisonte" International School of Advanced Printmaking in Florence. He teaches all the techniques of color etching and is also the co-author of I Segni Incisi, the first Italian comprehensive textbook on the history and techniques of etching.
Gallery hours are Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.,
Saturday and Sunday 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., and Wednesday evenings
from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Friday, March 6 and Saturday, March 7
On Friday and Saturday, March 6 and 7, Wells College senior Elizabeth Simister will present Food Chain? an original production as part of her senior project. The performance begins at 8:00 p.m. in Room 321 of Macmillan Hall. The event is free and open to the public.
Food Chain? was created by Simister to demonstrate how human intervention in the food chain, even on a small scale, has ramifications for all of us. The program includes five different sections, each containing music, movement, scientific information, poetry, and folk tales. Through the movement and readings five familiar animals will come alive, showing both their good and bad traits.
The choreography for the animals is based on how they move, rather than the way many people believe they move. The reading selections span centuries of human misconceptions and treatment of animals.
The concept of this production came out of a previous Wells production. Simister wanted to show her love of nature and distress at how even her own actions can negatively impact the environment. "Nature always wins in the end," she said.
Performing in this event are Robin Manthei, Class of 1999; Jena Tesse Fox, Class of 2000; and Dena Borders, Class of 2001. Simister directs and choreographs.
Wednesday, March 11
Canadian comic Elvira Kurt will perform at Wells College on Wednesday, March 11, at 8:00 p.m. in the Sommer Student Center. The event is free and open to the public.
Kurt, voted Toronto's Best Comic for 1996 by NOW magazine, is a veteran of television and stand-up. She has appeared at the Improv, the Comedy Store, and the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles, as well as Caroline's Comedy Club in New York and the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal.
In addition to performing, Kurt has written for many comedy shows, including, This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Canada's number one comedy show, and served as the entertainment commentator for CTV's E! Now.
The Hollywood Reporter called Kurt, "...Acerbically hilarious, she puts the audience into hysterics." The Sydney Morning Herald said, "Kurt is more theatrical and highly energized as she lives out small dramatic moments to the applause of the crowd."
Thursday, March 26
Jennifer Egan, author of Emerald City and The Invisible
Circus will read from her work on Thursday, March 26 at 8:00
p.m. in Macmillan Hall's Art Exhibit Room on the Wells campus.
The event is free and open to the public.
In Emerald City, a collection of short stories, Egan's characters are longing for change, for redemption, and for travel. They are generation Xers, middle-aged baby boomers, and children who are sorting out their emotions. They are cast into situations that force them to regroup, take stock and look inward to find out what is really important.
Elle Magazine said Emerald City was "told with dazzling insight and emotional daring. This eleven-story collection delights as it exposes the danger inherent in our most formative, and formidable bonds."
Egan's stories have appeared in The New Yorker, GQ, Mademoiselle, and Ploughshares.
Sunday, March 29
On Sunday, March 29, Wells College will hold its second annual Women's Studies Conference, Women and the Performing Arts. The event runs from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and is open to the public.
The conference is an interdisciplinary, hands-on event for writers, musicians, dancers, actors, and performing artists. Registration begins at 10:00 a.m., followed by workshops and lunch. The afternoon program includes two performances by guest artists.
At 3:30 p.m. actress Karen Eterovich will perform her one woman
show Aphra Behn and Her Pen, celebrating the playwright's
life and work. In the production, Eterovich combines portions
of Behn's plays, poems, and novels with a selection of music from
Behn's time. "I wanted to give women back some of their rich
history," says Eterovich.
Aphra Behn began writing to support herself in 1670. Until her death in 1689, she was commercially successful. Her witty and vivacious comedies, such as The Rover, were highly successful. She was well read, fluent in French, Italian, and some Spanish. She is said to have given many young writers, including Thomas Otway, their start.
At 5:00 p.m. dancer/choreographer Jill Becker will perform Portraits
of Women II, offering unique dance portrayals of women leaders
and artists from many times and cultures. Becker is a founding
member of the American Dance Asylum and the recipient of the National
Endowment for the Arts Choreographer's Fellowship. She is currently
teaching in Ithaca.
Each performance will be followed by a talkback session with the performers where the audience will have the opportunity to ask questions.
The registration fee for the workshops, lunch and performances is $15 in advance, $20 at the door. For more information about the conference, contact Susan Forbes at 315/364-3232.
For more information on campus events call Wells College Public Relations at (315) 364-3209
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