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A Year with Frog and Toad

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Center for the Performing Arts
Toad and Frog together carry a kite and its string in an illustration depicting "A Year With Frog and Toad."

A Year with Frog and Toad
Music by Robert Reale
Book and lyrics by Willie Reale
Based on the books by Arnold Lobel

Date: 
2:00 pm Sunday, March 19, 2017
Event Description: 

The musical A Year with Frog and Toad, based on characters and events in a series of popular children’s books by Arnold Lobel, earned three Tony Award nominations, including Best Musical, during its run on Broadway.

Artistic Viewpoints | WILDERNESS

Artistic Viewpoints

Date: 
6:30 pm Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Location: 

Eisenhower Auditorium

Artistic Viewpoints—an informal moderated discussion featuring WILDERNESS co-writer and producer Anne Hamburger and co-writer and director Seth Bockley—will be offered in Eisenhower 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.

WILDERNESS

Presenter: 
Center for the Performing Arts

En Garde Arts presents
WILDERNESS 

Date: 
7:30 pm Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Event Description: 

En Garde Arts, the company that brought BASETRACK Live to Eisenhower Auditorium in 2014, returns to Penn State with a documentary theatre production called WILDERNESS.

Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra

Presenter: 
Center for the Performing Arts
John Abberger, principal oboist with Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, performs with the ensemble.

Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
J. S. Bach: The Circle of Creation

Date: 
7:30 pm Thursday, March 2, 2017
Event Description: 

Hailed as “one of the world’s top Baroque orchestras” by a Gramophone critic, Tafelmusik returns with its latest multimedia work, J. S. Bach: The Circle of Creation.

Artistic Viewpoints | Brooklyn Babylon

Artistic Viewpoints

Date: 
6:30 pm Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Location: 

Eisenhower Auditorium

Artistic Viewpoints, an informal moderated discussion featuring Brooklyn Babylon directorial consultant Isaac Butler, is offered in Eisenhower 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.

Brooklyn Babylon

Presenter: 
Center for the Performing Arts
A musician from Darcy James Argue's Secret Society wears early twentieth-century period dress and plays a tuba in a performance of "Brooklyn Babylon."

Brooklyn Babylon
Darcy James Argue, composer
Danijel Zezelj, story, animation, and live painting
Featuring Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society
Jim Findlay, scenic and projection design
Paloma Young, costume design
Scott Bolman, lighting design
Isaac Butler, directorial consultant
Produced by Beth Morrison Projects
Brooklyn Babylon was commissioned by BAM for the 2011 Next Wave Festival.

Date: 
7:30 pm Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Event Description: 

Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society is one of the most admired ensembles in contemporary jazz. The band has toured in Europe, Brazil, and North America; been featured twice at the Newport Jazz Festival; and topped the Big Band category in the 2015 DownBeat Critics Poll.

Han Setzer Finckel

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Center for the Performing Arts
Philip Setzer performs a piece of classical music on his violin.

Wu Han, piano
Philip Setzer, violin
David Finckel, cello

Date: 
7:30 pm Thursday, February 23, 2017
Event Description: 

Pianist Wu Han, violinist Philip Setzer, and cellist David Finckel constitute a world-class trio.

Artistic Viewpoints | Balé Folclórico da Bahia

Artistic Viewpoints

Date: 
6:30 pm Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Location: 

Eisenhower Auditorium

Artistic Viewpoints, an informal moderated discussion featuring Balé Folclórico da Bahia General Director Walson Botelho, is offered in Eisenhower 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 | Circus Oz

Artistic Viewpoints

Date: 
6:30 pm Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Location: 

Eisenhower Auditorium

Artistic Viewpoints, an informal moderated discussion featuring Circus Oz Company Manager Mel Fyfe, is offered in Eisenhower 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.

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