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RECURRING EVENTS THROUGHOUT OCTOBER
ONGOING EXHIBITS
CAMPUS EVENTS
RAIN: A Tribute to the Beatles
Wednesday, October 28; 7:30pm; Rudder Auditorium, Texas A&M University;
Thursday, October 29; 7:30pm; Rudder Auditorium, Texas A&M University;
MSC OPAS presents: FROM ED SULLIVAN TO ABBEY ROAD! They look like them and they sound just like them! "The next best thing to seeing
The Beatles," raves the Denver Post. All the music and vocals are performed totally live! RAIN covers the Fab Four from the earliest beginnings through the
psychedelic late 60s and their long-haired hippie, hard-rocking rooftop days. RAIN is a multi-media, multi-dimensional experience...a fusion of historical
footage and hilarious television commercials from the 1960s lights up video screens and live cameras zoom in for close-ups. "A thrilling bit of time-warping
nostalgia...Boomer Heaven!" raves The Fort Worth Star-Telegram. "Uncanny! RAIN are a quartet of fine musicians in their own right...as The Beatles, they triumph!
"cheers the Boston Herald. "An adoring Valentine to The Beatles," declares the Washington Post. Sing along with your family and friends to such Beatlemaniac
favorites as "Let It Be," "Hey Jude," "My Guitar Gently Weeps," "Come Together" and "Can't Buy Me Love."
Tickets can be purchased through the MSC box office at (979) 845-1234 or online at
http://boxoffice.tamu.edu.. For additional information on OPAS programming visit
http://opas.tamu.edu.
Art 21 Film
Monday, October 5; 5:00pm-7:00pm; Room 105, Langford Building C, Texas A&M University;
Monday, October 12; 5:00pm-7:00pm; Room 105, Langford Building C, Texas A&M University;
The second and final films in a series of pre-broadcast screenings of 3 episodes about contemporary art, hosted by PBS. The first film
of the series was held on Monday, September 28.
For more information, please contact Carol Lafayette at lurleen@viz.tamu.edu
Far Away by Caryl Churchill
Thursday, October 1 - Saturday October 3; 8:00pm-10:00pm; Fallout Theatre - Room 140, Blocker, Texas A&M University;
Sunday, October 4; 2:00pm-4:00pm; Fallout Theatre - Room 140, Blocker, Texas A&M University;
The Department of Performance Studies is pleased to present a staged reading of Far Away directed by the Department faculty member Rebecca
Hewett. This fascinating play is set in a future torn apart by a major global conflict, in which the characters struggle to figure out whom (or what) to trust.
Ticket prices are $10 for general admission and $5 for students. Tickets can be purchased through the MSC box office at (979) 845-1234 or online at
http://boxoffice.tamu.edu.. For additional information, call the Department
of Performance Studies at(979)845-3355.
ONGOING EXHIBITS
The Creative Phtograph in Archaeology
August 27 - October 7; Wright Gallery, Langford Building A, Texas A&M University;
From the Traveling Photographers of the 19th Century to the Creative Photography of the 20th
- This exhibit includes 76 dramatic black and white framed prints featuring Greek antiquities that have been produced from
high resolution scans of the original negatives, spanning 150 years from the first photographic attempts of the early travelers
in the 19th century through the sophisticated work of the late 20th to early 21st century. Organized by the Benaki Museum, Athens,
in collaboration with Fairfield University in Connecticut, the exhibit is sponsored by the J. Wayne Stark Galleries at Texas
A&M University, the College of Architecture, the Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research, and the College Station
Society of the Archaeological Institute of America
Admission is free. For more information about this exhibition and others at the Stark Galleries,
please call (979) 845-6081 or visit http://stark.tamu.edu.
CAMPUS EVENTS
Art Step Social
Friday, October 30; 4:00pm-6:00pm; The Villiage Downtown;
Come to learn more about the Collegiate Art Step and tour the relocated Forsyth Center Galleries. Art Step
is a weekend dedicated to promoting arts and culture hosted in Downtown Bryan. It is an event for people of all ages to see local talent
in action and to enjoy the downtown boutiques and restaurants. Traditionally, Art Step has featured local visual and performing artists.
For our February event, we would like to extend this tradition by showcasing the talented students and faculty of Texas A&M University and
Blinn College on that following Saturday, February the 6th. Come to the Village Downtown this Friday to learn more about the Collegiate
Art Step and see how your organization can be a part of it. I hope you can attend or send a representative from your group. We will be
also be sneak previewing the new Forsyth Center Galleries. We urge you to consider the Forsyth Center Galleries as a venue for events,
lectures, performances and other activities you may be planning.
Please R.S.V.P. for this event by October 29 to kelsey@art979.com.The Villiage Downtown is
located at 210 W. 26th St, Bryan, TX 77801.
Michael Partington Classical Guitarist
Thursday, October 29; 7:30pm-9:00pm; St. Thomas Episcopal Church;
Faculty recital.
Admission is free and open to the public. St Thomas Episcopal Church is located at 906 George Bush Drive, College Station, TX.
For additional information, call the Department of Performance Studies at(979)845-3355.
Wire Sculpture Workshop
Thursday, October 15; 6:30pm; Room 603, Evans Library Annex, Texas A&M University;
The University Art Galleries Department at Texas A&M University is hosting a wire sculpture workshop on
Thursday, October 15th at 6:30 PM in room 603 of Evans Library - Annex. This free workshop is for beginning artists and those who
wish to develop their creative side by experimenting with a new medium. A&M students and other adults are welcome to participate.
Materials will be provided by the Art Galleries.
Class size is limited. To register contact Beverly Wagner at beverly@uart.tamu.edu
or call 979.845.8501.
Nathan Mayfield Trumpet Recital
Tuesday, October 13; 7:30pm-9:00pm; St. Thomas Episcopal Church;
Faculty recital.
Admission is free and open to the public. St Thomas Episcopal Church is located at 906 George Bush Drive, College Station, TX.
For additional information, call the Department of Performance Studies at(979)845-3355.
Pouring Tea: A Reading by E. Patrick Johnson
Monday, October 12; 7:00pm-9:00pm; Rudder Forum, Texas A&M University;
E. Patrick Johnson, professor and chair of the department of performance studies and professor of
African-American studies at Northwestern University, will present "Pouring Tea: Black Gay Men of the South Tell Their Tales."
The oral histories are from black gay men who were born, raised, and continue to live in the South and range in age from 19 to 93.
This performance covers the following topics: coming of age in the South, religion, sex, transgenderism, love stories, and coming out.
Admission is free and open to the public. For additional information, call the Department of Performance Studies at(979)845-3355.
The Society of Dilettanti and the Chorographical Imagination
Friday, October 2; 6:30pm-8:30pm; Geren Auditorium, Langford Building B, Texas A&M University;
Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research Distinguished Lecturer Series
Dr. Claire Lyons will delve into the complex history of expedition publications sponsored by the Society of Dilettanti,
a London-based club founded in 1734 to cultivate the taste for classical antiquities. Dr. Lyons, the Curator of Antiquities
in the J.P. Getty Museum of Malibu, CA, will explore the evolution from "poetical geography" of the Grand Tour to the historical
topography conducted by architects, artists, and archaeologists in the 18th and 19th centuries, and its lasting impact on the
field of classical archaeology. The lecture is also co-sponsored by the J. Wayne Stark Galleries, the Departments of Architecture
and Visualization, and the College Station Society of the Archaeological Institute of America.
For more information, contact Kevin Glowacki at kglowacki@tamu.edu or
call the Stark Galleries at (979) 845-8501.
Forsyth Fridays - First Fridays in Historic Downtown Bryan
Friday, October 2; 5:00pm-9:00pm; MSC Forsyth Center Galleries - see location info below;
A social event for museum friends to gather and relax in an artistic environment. Visitors can enjoy live music, art demonstrations, and tour the Galleries in downtown Bryan.
The MSC Forsyth Center Galleries are located in the Wimberly Building in historic Downtown Bryan, TX at 110 North Main, between Wm. J Bryan Parkway
and E. 26th St. For additional information, contact the Forsyth Center Galleries at (979) 845-9251 or visit http://forsyth.tamu.edu.
To add an event, please contact us at academy-arts@tamu.edu or (979) 847-ARTS[2787].
