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The Music of Strangers

The Music of Strangers:
Yo-Yo Ma and the Silkroad Ensemble

Date: 
7:00 pm Monday, November 4, 2019
Location: 

HUB-Robeson Center’s Freeman Auditorium

The Music of Strangers, the latest film from the creators of the Oscar-winning documentary 20 Feet from Stardom and the critically-hailed Best of Enemies, follows an ever-changing lineup of performers drawn from the Silkroad Ensemble’s more than fifty instrumentalists, vocalists, composers, arrangers, visual artists, and storytellers. The artists gather in locations across the world to explore the ways art can both preserve traditions and shape cultural evolution.

Artistic Viewpoints | Kronos Quartet

Artistic Viewpoints

Date: 
6:30 pm Tuesday, February 18, 2020
Location: 

Eisenhower Auditorium

Artistic Viewpoints, an informal moderated discussion featuring Kronos Quartet violinist David Harrington and guest vocalist Mahsa Vahdat, will be offered one hour before the performance and is free for ticket holders. Artistic Viewpoints regularly fills to capacity, so seating is available on a first-arrival basis.

Artistic Viewpoints | National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine

Artistic Viewpoints

Date: 
6:30 pm Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Location: 

Eisenhower Auditorium

Artistic Viewpoints, an informal discussion featuring National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine Conductor Volodymyr Sirenko, is offered one hour before the performance and is free for ticket holders. George Trudeau, Center for the Performing Arts director, will moderate. Julia Bujskykh, a visiting Fulbright Scholar from Ukraine, will serve as translator. Artistic Viewpoints regularly fills to capacity, so seating is available on a first-arrival basis.

Artistic Viewpoints | Step Afrika!

Artistic Viewpoints

Date: 
6:30 pm Friday, January 31, 2020
Location: 

Eisenhower Auditorium

Artistic Viewpoints, an informal moderated discussion featuring C. Brian Williams, Step Afrika! founder and executive director, is offered one hour before the performance and is free for ticket holders. Artistic Viewpoints regularly fills to capacity, so seating is available on a first-arrival basis.

Artistic Viewpoints | Circa Humans

Artistic Viewpoints

Date: 
6:30 pm Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Location: 

Eisenhower Auditorium

Artistic Viewpoints, an informal moderated discussion featuring Circa Company Manager Julia Sanchez and several Circa performers, is offered one hour before the performance and is free for ticket holders. Artistic Viewpoints regularly fills to capacity, so seating is available on a first-arrival basis.

Artistic Viewpoints | Silkroad Ensemble

Artistic Viewpoints

Date: 
6:30 pm Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Location: 

Eisenhower Auditorium

Artistic Viewpoints, an informal moderated discussion featuring vocalist Nora Fischer and bassist Shawn Conley, is offered one hour before the performance and is free for ticket holders. Artistic Viewpoints regularly fills to capacity, so seating is available on a first-arrival basis.

Artistic Viewpoints | Harlem 100

Artistic Viewpoints

Date: 
6:30 pm Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Location: 

Eisenhower Auditorium

Artistic Viewpoints, an informal moderated discussion featuring a visiting artist or local expert, is offered in Eisenhower Auditorium one hour before the performance and is free for ticket holders. Artistic Viewpoints regularly fills to capacity, so seating is available on a first-arrival basis.

Artistic Viewpoints | Maceo Parker

Artistic Viewpoints

Date: 
6:30 pm Thursday, September 26, 2019
Location: 

Eisenhower Auditorium

Artistic Viewpoints, an informal discussion moderated by State College jazz musician Rick Hirsch and featuring a visiting artist or artists, is offered one hour before the performance and is free for ticket holders. Artistic Viewpoints regularly fills to capacity, so seating is available on a first-arrival basis.

The Book of Mormon 2019

Presenter: 
Center for the Performing Arts

THE BOOK OF MORMON

Date: 
7:30 pm Tuesday, October 8, 2019
7:30 pm Wednesday, October 9, 2019
7:30 pm Thursday, October 10, 2019
7:30 pm Friday, October 11, 2019
2:00 pm Saturday, October 12, 2019
7:30 pm Saturday, October 12, 2019
2:00 pm Sunday, October 13, 2019
Event Description: 

The New York Times calls it “the best musical of this century.” The Washington Post says, “It is the kind of evening that restores your faith in musicals.” And Entertainment Weekly says, “Grade A: the funniest musical of all time.” Jimmy Fallon of The Tonight Show

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