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THIS WEEK AT BOISE STATE Issue Date:                    May 20, 2009
 

Editor’s Note: Due to the end of the academic year, “This Week at Boise State” will take a hiatus, returning in August.

The following are upcoming events at Boise State University for the week of May 17-23. Please note that all events are subject to change. For updated information on all events, visit www.bsuevents.com. 

 

EVENTS OF SPECIAL NOTE:
Job Search Boot Camp. See May 28 for more details.
 

EXHIBITIONS:
Through July 23. Artwork by Charles Gill. Special Events Center Lobby. Gill’s artwork will appear courtesy of the Stewart Gallery. For more information about the Fine Arts Program at the SUB, visit http://finearts.boisestate.edu or call 426-5800.

May 29-June 25. 30th annual Idaho Watercolor Society Juried Membership Exhibition. Student Union Art Gallery. Reception is June 5 from 6-7:30 p.m. followed by an awards ceremony from 7:30-9 p.m. Free parking will be available in the Liberal Arts parking lot during the reception. This juried member’s exhibition presents the best water-media paintings of artists who live in the state of Idaho. The work exemplifies skill, creativity, imagination, a desire to communicate an original vision and works that simply come from the heart. This year’s juror is Pat Weaver. She will provide a lecture presentation regarding her work with an accompanying demonstration. Free. For more information, visit http://finearts.boisestate.edu.

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, May 26
Special Student Piano Recital. Morrison Center Recital Hall. 7:30 p.m. Free. For more information, call 426-3980.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, May 27-Friday, May 29
“Spelling Bee.” Morrison Center. 7:30 p.m. May 27, 28; 8 p.m. May 29. “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” won the Tony Award for new musical comedy. The musical features six young people in the throes of puberty, overseen by grown-ups who barely managed to escape childhood themselves, learn that winning isn’t everything and that losing doesn’t necessarily make you a loser. “Spelling Bee” has been hailed by the Wall Street Journal as “perfect in every possible way—that rarity of rarities, a super smart musical that is also a bona fide crowd pleaser.” $28-$48 by calling 426-1110, at all Select-a-Seat outlets, the Morrison Center box office or http://www.idahotickets.com.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday, May 28
Job Search Boot Camp. Jordan Ballroom A and B. 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. The Job Search Boot Camp is open to Boise State juniors, seniors and alumni and graduating seniors from other Idaho institutions, including Lewis-Clark State College, College of Idaho, Northwest Nazarene University, Idaho State University and the University of Idaho. The cost is $5 for those who graduated from Boise State in fall 2008 or who will graduate in spring and summer 2009 and $10 for all other Boise State alumni, cash or check only. Seniors from other schools can enroll for $15 and have the option to pay by credit card. Tickets can be purchased at the Career Center, located inside the Alumni Center at 1173 University Drive. Seating is limited. For a tentative schedule of events, visit http://career.boisestate.edu/ups.htm. For more information, contact the  Career Center at 426-1747.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday, May 29-Saturday, May 30
Trey Mclntyre Project Performance. Special Events Center. 2 p.m. May 29 and 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. May 30. The program is Boise’s send-off of the local dance troupe as they make their way to the Joyce Theater for their first New York season. Internationally renowned dancer Trey Mclntyre is the artistic director and choreographer. Tickets are $25-$45. Boise State student and staff discount tickets ($10 off) can be purchased with ID at the Student Union Information Desk. All other tickets can be purchased at Select-a-Seat outlets, online at http://www.idahotickets.com or by phone at 426-1494.

 

 

 

 

 

Upcoming Events: June 12-July 14

Friday, June 12-Saturday, June 13
Miss Idaho Pageant. Morrison Center. 7 p.m. $22 on June 12, $27 on June 13 by calling 426-1110, at all Select-a-Seat outlets, the Morrison Center box office or http://www.idahotickets.com.

Monday, June 15-Friday, June 26
Introduction to Biochemical Research, Workshop. Science/Nursing Building, Chemistry Department. 8:30 a.m.-noon. Registration deadline is June 1. Henry Charlier and Heidi Pluska will lead this workshop for high school students that will teach them to apply modern biochemical methods to solve a variety of problems encountered in the field of environmental and medical research. $350. For more information, call 426-2281, or visit the Concurrent Enrollment Web site at http://www.boisestate.edu/concurrentenrollment/ 

Tuesday, July 14
Kenny Chesney. Taco Bell Arena. 7:30 p.m. Tickets go on sale Friday, May 29, starting at $31.50. Tickets can be purchased at all Select-a-Seat outlets, online at http://www.idahotickets.com or by phone at 426-1494.

 

 

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Media Contacts: Kathleen Tuck, University Communications, kathleentuck@boisestate.edu.  (208) 426-3275; John Lewis, University Communications, nsintern@boisestate.edu. (208) 426-3196.

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