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EVENT NEWS / January 30, 2008

This Week at Boise State

The following are upcoming events at Boise State University for the week of Feb. 3-9. Please note that all events are subject to change. For updated information on all events, visit http://www.bsuevents.com. 

EVENTS OF SPECIAL NOTE:
The American Piano Duo. Morrison Center Recital Hall. 4 p.m. For details see Feb. 3.

EXHIBITIONS:
Through Feb. 9. Migrations: New Direction in Native American Art/Erik Waterkotte: New York. Visual Arts Center Gallery 2. Closing reception from 6-8 p.m. Feb. 8. Free. Call 426-3994.

Concerto Aria Competition. Morrison Center. 7 p.m. For more details see Feb. 6

Feb. 9-March 15. “The Quiet Art: A Drawing Retrospective by John Taye,” Gallery 1 in the Liberal Arts Building. For more details see Feb. 9.

Sunday, Feb. 3
Silent Comedies. Special Events Center. 1:30 p.m. Classic short films by Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Laurel and Hardy will delight and amuse old and young alike. Films will be shown in 35 mm prints on a big screen, with live piano accompaniment by composer and pianist Johann Vargas. A benefit for Treasure Valley Community Television. $11 for adults, 11 cents for children under 12. Presented by the Dead Eight film and video Club. Call 426-3086 or 343-1100.

Community Jazz Symposium. Esther Simplot Performing Arts Academy Lobby. Presented by the Boise Jazz Society. During the symposium, the musicians of the Hoenig Pilc Project will explain their music. Free. For more information, call Michael Samball at 426-3498.

Hoenig Pilc Project concert. Esther Simplot Performing Arts Academy Lobby. 7:30-10 p.m. $35 by contacting professor Michael Samball at 426-3498 or msamball@boisestate.edu. 

The American Piano Duo. Morrison Center Recital Hall. 4 p.m. The American Piano Duo, featuring Del Parkinson and Jeff Shumway, will perform a program titled “By Special Arrangement,” featuring works originally written for another medium and arranged for two pianos. Works include Gershwin’s “Cuban Overture,” Debussy’s “Noctrunes,” Rachmaninoff’s “Three Songs,” and selection form Holst’s “The Planets.” $5 general, $3 seniors, free for students of all ages and Boise State faculty and staff. For more information, call 426-3980.

Monday, Feb. 4
Vic Henley. Special Events center. 7 p.m. Vic Henley’s southern charm will win over Boise State audiences and have them thoroughly entertained and laughing. Henley has worked with Jeff Foxworthy and other comic stars. For more information, e-mail spbspecialevents@boisestate.edu. 

Modern Music and Jazz Workshop. Room TBA, Morrison Center. 10:40-11:30 a.m. A discussion of the state of music in the world today with Boise State music history, theory, composition and jazz improvisation students. Free. For more information, call Michael Samball at 426-3498.

Special Concert Class: Hoenig Pilc Project. Morrison Center Recital Hall. 2:40-3:30 p.m. The musicians will give a live performance for Boise State music majors and the public. Free. For more information, call Michael Samball at 426-3498.

Hoenig Pilc Project in Ensemble Workshops. Morrison Center Room C125. 3:30-4 p.m. The workshop includes Boise State Vocal Jazz Ensemble, and at 4-4:45 p.m. in Room B125 the Boise State Big Band Ensemble. For more information, call Michael Samball at 426-3498.

Tuesday, Feb. 5
Rock Star 101. Student Union. 7 p.m. Free. Presented by the Students Programs Board. For more information, call 426-1728.

Wednesday, Feb. 6
Concerto Aria Competition. Morrison Center. 7 p.m. Free. For more information, call 426-3980.

Feb. 6-16 “Unwrappers” by Brooke Burton. Student Union Gallery. Featuring work by recent MFA graduate Burton, incorporating digital techniques that address consumer culture. Opening reception, 6-8 p.m. Feb. 8. Free parking in Parking Structure #2 during the reception. For more information, call 426-4636.

Thursday. Feb. 7
Nina Callister LDSSA Lecture. LDS Institute building, 1929 University Drive. 12:15 p.m. Callister is the mother of 12 children, and is wife to a former U.S. District judge. Currently she is serving as secretary of the Boise LDS temple. Boise State’s Latter-day Saint Student Association will host a spring lecture series featuring 15 different guest speakers. Each lecture ranges from 35 to 40 minutes with refreshments served afterward. Free. For more information, contact the LDS Institute of Religion at 344-8549.

Jeff Dunham. Morrison Center. 7 p.m. Dunham’s show, “Jeff Dunham: Arguing with Myself,” is one of Comedy Central’s highest-rated standup specials. Tickets $38.50 by calling 426-1110, at Select-a-Seat, Morrison Center Box Office or http://www.idahotickets.com.

Feb. 7-8 High school band clinic with Bruce Moss. Special Events Center and Student Union. Free.

“Bee Movie.” Special Events Center. 7 p.m. “Bee movie” gives a peak into a bee’s life rarely seen by humans. Jerry Seinfeld is one of the voices that you will recognize. Free. For more information, call 426-4636.

Friday, Feb. 8
“Migrations: New Directions in Native American Art.” Gallery 2 in the Hemingway Center. 6:30 p.m. Boise State Professor of photography Larry McNeil will talk about the exhibition. The “Migrations” project was organized by the Tamarind Institute and partially funded by grants from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. The exhibition will run through Feb. 9 at the Visual Arts Center. For more information about the exhibitions or the reception, call Kirsten Furlong at 426-3994.

“Disaster Tableau: Recent Prints by Erik Waterkotte” Gallery 2 in the Hemingway Center. 6-8 p.m. Waterkotte will be at the reception on Feb. 8 to talk about his series “Disaster Tableau.” The series explores “disaster as a landscape in flux” in images that relate to time, landscape and space. Waterkotte is the assistant professor of printmaking at Minnesota State University in Mankato, Minn. In his artist’s statement he wrote, “Fluctuating spaces have been a primary interest in my work. The prints in ‘Disaster Tableau’ represent a recent exploration into the image of disaster as a landscape in flux. The mark of devastation is compelling; broken architectures, voids of space and atmosphere distort a once recognizable landscape.” For more information about the exhibitions or the reception, call Kirsten Furlong at 426-3994.

Poet Dan Beachy-Quick. Event will be located in the Interactive Learning Center, Room 118. 7:30 p.m. Beachy-Quick is the author of three books of poetry: “Mulberry,” a finalist for the 2006 ForeWord Magazine Poetry Book of the Year; “Spell,” published by Boise State’s Ahsahta Press; and “North True South Bright” named one of the best books by emerging writers in Fence Magazine. Beachy-Quick attended Hamilton College, the University of Denver and the Iowa Writer’s Workshop. He is currently teaching in the MFA writing program at Colorado State University and is a recipient of a Lannan Foundation Residency. Part of the MFA reading series. Free. For more information, call 426-2669.

Faculty Artist Series, Linda Kline Lamar, viola. Morrison Center Recital Hall. 7:30 p.m. Featuring 20th century viola works by Max Reger, Alan Hovhaness, Maurice Gardner and Joan Tower. $5 general, $3 seniors, free to students of all ages and Boise State faculty and staff. For more information, call 426-3980.

Saturday, Feb. 9
“The Quiet Art: A Drawing Retrospective by John Taye,” will open Feb. 9 in Gallery 1 in the Liberal Arts Building. Taye’s exhibition will run through March 15. Taye is retiring from Boise State after teaching in the Department of Art for many years. For more information about the exhibitions or the reception, call Kirsten Furlong at 426-3994.

All Star High School Honor Band Workshop and Concert. Morrison Center Main Hall. 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. The concert will be at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 general, $3 seniors, free to students of all ages and Boise State faculty and staff. For more information, call 426-3980.

Upcoming Events: Feb. 12-23

Tuesday, Feb. 12
MySpace/Facebook Lecture. Special Events Center. 7 p.m. This special lectures details the growing technology involved with MySpace, and how the educational system is lagging behind society. The lectures address how students can better prepare their MySpace pages for onlooking businesses. For more information, e-mail spblectures@boisestate.edu.

Thursday, Feb. 14
Beowolf the movie. Special Events Center. 7:00 p.m. This epic tale of love and betrayal is a high risk adventure. The film is rated PG-13. For more information, call 426-4636.

James McCauley LDSSA Lecture. LDS Institute building, 1929 University Drive. 12:15 p.m. McCauley is the founder and owner of Container Packaging Supply Company. Boise State’s Latter-day Saint Student Association will host a spring lecture series featuring 15 different guest speakers. Each lecture ranges from 35 to 40 minutes with refreshments served afterward. Free. For more information, contact the LDS Institute of Religion at 344-8549.

Friday, Feb. 15
Family night at the Steelheads. Qwest Arena. 7:10 p.m. The student Programs Board will buy tickets for adults and children to attend the Steelheads game. For more information, e-mail spbfamily@boisestate.edu. 

Tuesday, Feb. 19
Rock Star 101. Student Union Building. 7 p.m. Lighting up the stage is Composer. Free. Presented by Student Programs Board. For more information, call 426-1728.

Monday, Feb. 21
August Rush. Special Events Center. 7 p.m. A boy orphaned by his parents uses his musical talent to reunite with his family. For more information, call 426-4636.


Saturday, Feb. 23
Winter Windup. Jordan Ballroom. 8:45-11:30 p.m. Featuring a professional break dance team from New York and a live DJ. Free. Presented by Student Programs Board. For more information, e-mail http://www.spbannualevents.boisestate.edu. 


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Last reviewed on Thursday, January 31, 2008