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February 20, 8 p.m.: Rutgers Jazz Ensemble with guest artists Edward Simon and Ensemble Venezuela
Nicholas Music Center, 85 George St., New Brunswick
FREE; no tickets or advance reservations
This joint concert will explore the guest artist's Venezuelan roots, showcasing both his original compositions and jazz arrangements of well-loved Venezuelan masters. Among other pieces, Ensemble Venezuela will perform Simon’s “Venezuelan Suite,” a 40-minute composition commissioned by Chamber Music America. The Rutgers Jazz Ensemble, directed by Ralph Bowen, will perform two compositions by Simon, (pictured at left) as well as original compositions and arrangements by its student members. This free event is co-sponsored by Chamber Music America and the Center for Latino Arts and Culture at Rutgers, with additional support provided by the New Jersey Jazz Society.
February. 21, 12:30 p.m.: Master class with Edward Simon
Nicholas Music Center, 85 George St., New Brunswick
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Simon will discuss the compositional process in writing the "Venezuelan Suite" and how to incorporate aspects of traditional folk music into a jazz setting.
Call 732-932-7511 for information or click here.
New Jersey Film Festival Spring 2007
The 2007 New Jersey Spring Film Festival continues through April 15. Don’t miss “Marie Antoinette” featured on February 9, 10 and 11 at 7 p.m. in Scott Hall. Kirsten Dunst stars as Marie Antoinette, the teenager who was given in marriage to France’s Louis XVI and holed up inside the elegant walls of Versailles.
Director Sofia Coppola gives this doomed queen’s life an exuberant twist. Also, view the winning films and videos of the International U.S. Super 8 Film + Digital Video Festival, taking place Friday through Sunday, February 16 through 18. The festival, now in its 19th year, will feature finalist works by independent film/videomakers from the United States and around the world. Prize winners will be announced on the last night of the festival.
For a complete schedule and more information, click here or call 732-932-8482.
Susan B. Anthony's birthday tea
The Institute for Women's Leadership invites the Rutgers community to a celebration of Susan B. Anthony's birthday with an afternoon tea and a lecture entitled "The Anthony Dollar, Or How to Forget about Susan B." by Ann D. Gordon, editor of the Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony.
The event will be held Thursday, February 15, at the Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building, first floor conference room, Douglass Campus. The tea will begin at 4 p.m. followed by the lecture at 5 p.m. RSVP by February 12 to kratz@rci.rutgers.edu or call 732-932-1463, ext. 675.
Toulouse-Lautrec and the French Imprint
Voorhees Special Exhibition Gallery through February 18
The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum is presenting a major exhibition of 130 French, Belgian, and Spanish posters, the largest exhibition to date dealing with French posters and their influence from the early 19th-century Romantic period to Art Nouveau.
The exhibition, which runs through February 18, features 15 works by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, including his large 1891 poster for the Moulin Rouge, as well as the chief work of the other leading poster artists working in Paris. Toulouse-Lautrec and the French Imprint is derived primarily from the Zimmerli Art Museum\'s extensive holdings of posters, one of the largest in the United States. In addition, 46 rare works are on loan from the private Parisian collection of the descendants of Edmond Sagot, considered the most influential poster dealer of the period.
For more information and museum hours, click here.
The Feminist Art Project presents a series of discussion panels on Feminist Art Saturday, February 17, in conjunction with the College Art Association 2007 national conference. Free and open to the public, the sessions will be held from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Feminist Art Project Space, Hilton New York, 1335 Avenue of the Americas, New York City. For additional information, click here or contact Nicole Plett at 732-932-9407, ext. 27, email nplett@rci.rutgers.edu.
