Calendar of Events - April 2009

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2008 - 2009 Season

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March

APRIL 2009

May

The Brooklyn College Theater Department Presents

Shirley Lauro's
A Piece of My Heart

Directed Lindsey Clinton
A Thesis Production

A Piece of My Heart is a drama which centers on the impact the Vietnam War has on six courageous women -- a career Army woman, an American Red Cross volunteer, a Navy Nurse, two Army nurses, and an entertainer -- and the men that surround their lives. Told in flashback, the play moves through a twenty year period from the time they are sent to Vietnam until they reunite for a ceremony at The Wall in DC. An inspiring true story of these six women struggling to make sense of the war that irrevocably changed them and the nation that shunned them. A Piece of My Heart is truly a visionary work with the music and soul of a tumultuous period in our history; there is no mistaking its relevance and importance today.

"...Shirley Lauro's new play A Piece of My Heart, is a catharsis as well as a coup de theatre...There have been a number of plays dealing with Vietnam...but none with the direct, emotional impact of Ms. Lauro's work...(she) has turned first hand impressions into a disturbing drama that evokes empathy for survivors as victims." --The New York Times

Thursday thru Saturday, Apr 2, 3, 4, 5, 2009 - 7:30pm Evenings
Saturday and Sunday, Apr 4 & 5, 2009 - 2pm Matinees
New Workshop Theatre

Tickets $5

Brooklyn College Theater Department Official Website
Shirley Lauro's Official Website

Brooklyn Center Cinema
the BC Admissions Department and the
BC Department of Human Resources
in Association with
Warner Brothers and Legendary Pictures Present

Christopher Nolans's
The Dark Knight

Starring Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, Arron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Morgan Freeman

Here on the Giant Screen and in breathtaking 6 Channel Total Surround MegaSound is the only way to experience the impact of director Christopher Nolan's critically acclaimed outing in the Batman franchise, THE DARK KNIGHT. With remarkable performances by a stellar cast including the late Heath Ledger's Academy Award winning role as the Joker (posthumously awarded), this Batman is rich with subtleties and emotional textures of the classic heroic tragedy not found in other more banal "superhero" efforts. One quickly forgets that Batman started off as a comic book given the powerful human drama imbued in this film.

Much to Nolan's credit, he is careful to insure that while the film unleashes elaborate and quite extraordinary special effects for which it has garnered high praise, they do not overwhelm or overshadow the powerful performances and they human storyline -- something that is always a risk in a film of this genre. Rt. 152m

A Panavision Film Presented in
Ultra High Definition with Bausch & Lomb CinemaScope 55 Lenses.
A Dolby Digital Release Presented in
6 Channel Total Surround MegaSound.

Friday Apr 3, 2009 - 2:30pm Matinee - 5:30pm Evening
Whitman Theatre

Admission is FREE (with ticket)

Free Tickets are available for Staff, Faculty and Students with a valid BC ID at:
The Brooklyn Center Box Office, SUBO and the Film Department.

Prospective Students without a BC ID may pick up FREE VIP Tickets at the BC Admissions Department Office on campus.

(Tickets will be available beginning March 15th)


From the Target FamilyFun Series Brooklyn Center Presents Hot Peas 'N Butter Even if your kids don’t like peas, there’s no way they can resist Hot Peas ‘N Butter! This New York based children’s musical group, best known for their appearances on the cable network Noggin, combines an interactive, invigorating approach to performance with contemporary multicultural music. Musicians Danny Lapidus and Francisco Cotto incorporate elements of jazz, R&B, folk, rock, and Afro-Caribbean into their inspirational family concerts that excite children and adults alike. For children grades pre-K to 3. Sunday, April 5, 2009 - 2pm Matinee Whitman Theatre Tickets: $6 Multibuy: $6 Watch the sample clip

The Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music Presents Faculty Recital Series Adam Kent, piano Spanish keyboard classics -- works by Soler, Halffter, Falla, Albeniz and Granados. Sunday, April 5, 2009 - 3pm Matinee Levenson Recital Hall Tickets: $5 Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music Official Website

The Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music Presents

Afternoon Chamber Music I

Tuesday, April 7, 2009 - 1pm Matinee
Levenson Recital Hall

Admission is FREE

From the Theatre Series
Brooklyn Center Presents

To Kill a Mockingbird

A Montana Repertory Theatre Production

Montana Repertory Theatre presents this faithful stage adaptation of Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. The story of Atticus Finch, an attorney and widower who defends a young black man falsely accused of violating a white woman in 1950s rural Alabama is told through the eyes of Scout, his tomboyish daughter. A poignant tale of justice, acceptance, and forgiveness that proves to be as resonant today as when it first burst upon the American literary landscape fifty years ago.

Sunday, April 19, 2009 - 3pm Matinee
Whitman Theatre

Tickets: Orch - $30, Mezz - $20
Multibuy: Orch - $26, Mezz - $18

To Kill a Mockingbird

The Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music Presents Conservatory Guitar Ensemble Lars Frandson, Director Multiple guitars playing lots of guitar music. Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 5pm Evening Levenson Recital Hall Admission is FREE Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music Official Website

The Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music Presents Music For Strings II Conservatory of Music students present chamber works for, you guest it, strings. Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - 5pm Evening Levenson Recital Hall Admission is FREE Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music Official Website

The Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music Presents War and Reconciliation Featuring the Conservatory Chamber Choir Matthew Ferrell, Conductor Works by Hayden, Dawson, Bestor, Syler, Lauridsen, more Thursday, April 23, 2009 - 5pm Evening Levenson Recital Hall Admission is FREE Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music Official Website

The Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music Presents Art In Motion Artis Smith, Director and Choreographer New Original Work—Artis Smith, choreographer; Brian Willson and Morris Lang, percussion. • Tap Dance—Germaine Salsberg & Les Femmes • Dance Suite—Conservatory of Music student Matt Frey, composer • We Three Jazz Trio • Traditional Chinese Dance—Xiaokai and Company • Afro-Caribbean Dance: Something Positive—Michael Manswell and Cynthia Salandy • Argentine Tango: Feraltango Thursday, April 23, 2009 - 7pm Evening Whitman Theatre Tickets: $5 Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music Official Website

The Brooklyn College Preparatory Center Presents Prep Center Faculty Recital Michael Laderman, flute; Elily White, piano; Jenny Pham, violin The Brooklyn College Preparatory Center for the Performing Arts was founded in 1978 as the pre-college component of The Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music, the Brooklyn College Department of Theater and the then-existing Brooklyn College Department of Dance. Today the Prep Center is lauded for its highly praised, child-appropriate classes in music, theater, and dance. Our programs are for children beginning at age three and a half and for also adults. We offer hands on, skills-based education, nurturing and enabling our students to fully develop their talents. Our caring, professional faculty are experienced teachers dedicated to letting each student explore their chosen field, while teaching them the technical skills that help to hone the individual's performance ability. The Faculty Recitals give students and the general public the chance to see these dedicated, talented teachers outside the classroom environment, playing works which are their personal favorites. This winter recital will feature works by Bartok and Wienawski. Saturday, April 25, 2009 - 12:45pm Matinee Levenson Recital Hall Admission is FREE For more information about the Preparatory Center at Brooklyn College, call 718- 951-4111 Preparatory Center's Official Website

The Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music and The Students of Thomas Cultice Presents Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell Dido and Aeneas is an opera in three acts by the English Baroque composer Henry Purcell and libretto by Tatum Nate. The first known performance was in the spring of 1689. Based on the fourth book of Virgil's Aeneid, the story is of the legendary Queen Dido of Carthage and the Trojan Aeneas, her hero-lover. After Aeneas and his crew fall on rampaging seas and are shipwrecked in Carthage, he and the queen are fated to cross paths and become passionate lovers. But Fate has other plans and rips them apart and the tragedy unfolds. In despair, Dido realizes she cannot live without him and the only course left is to await death. Dido and Aeneas is a monumental operatic work of the Baroque era, and it is Purcell's (and perhaps England's) foremost operatic works. It may be considered Purcell's only true opera. Saturday, April 25, 2009 - 7pm Evening The Gershwin Theatre Admission is FREE Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music Official Website.

Brooklyn Center Presents A Special Event! Marvin Hamlisch Best known for his smash Broadway hit A Chorus Line and for such film scores as “The Way We Were” and “The Sting,” this Tony, Grammy, and Academy Award-winning composer/performer returns to Brooklyn Center for an elegant evening of unforgettable music. Saturday, April 25, 2009 - 8pm Evening Whitman Theatre Tickets: Orch - $40, Mezz - $25 Multibuy: Orch - $35, Mezz - $22

From the Arts in the Afternoon Series Brooklyn Center Presents Julia Migenes DIVA ON THE VERGE Soprano Julia Migenes’ credits include her Broadway debut as Zero Mostel’s daughter in the original Fiddler on the Roof, Maria in the 1964 Broadway revival of West Side Story, and her Grammy Award-winning portrayal of the title role in the film Carmen opposite Plácido Domingo, and has a discography of over 20 albums. In her one-woman show, Diva on the Verge, she combines stunning (and often hilarious) interpretations of some of the world’s best-known arias with uproarious anecdotes about the rigid world of opera. Sunday, April 26, 2009 - 2pm Matinee Whitman Theatre Tickets: $25 Multibuy: $22 Watch the sample clip

The Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music Presents conTEMPO Ursula Oppens, Director Conservatory students perform modern contemporary works. The Programme: Kolb - Umbrian Colors Welcher - Apollo's Lyre (Invocation and Hymn) from Phaedras Mabarak - Ay Luna, Ven Varela - A Song for You Stravinsky - Shakespeare Songs Ciordia - Memorias Sonadas Hoover - Dance from Canyon Echoes Brouwer - Dos Cancione Vazquez - Silencio de Hierro, Silenco de Oro, Confines Mundi, from Tempestad, Amanece Piazzolla - Muerte del Angel Monday, April 27, 2009 - 7pm Evening Levenson Recital Hall Tickets - $5 Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music Official Website.

The Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music Presents Brooklyn College Percussion Ensemble Frank Cassara, Director Conservatory of Music students beating those drums. Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 1pm Matinee Performing Arts Amphitheatre (located between the Gershwin Hall and Whitman Hall wings of the Performing Arts Complex) Rain date location: The Whitman Theatre. Admission is FREE Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music Official Website.

From Brooklyn Center's Community Showcase GLARE, Office of Affirmative Action, Compliance and Diversity at Brooklyn College, CUNY Diversity Fund Grant, Speak Out, The School of Education, Women's Studies Program, The BC LGBTA, and the Community Heathcare Network Present Jeffrey Solomon's Tara's Crossing Houses of the Moon Theatre Company Starring Aundre Chin, Ian Eaton, Nysheva Starr, Jeffrey Solomon and Emily Weiner. Tara's Crossing is the remarkable odyssey of a transgendered asylum seeker who flees Guyana, only to wind up in the isolation of the US Immigration detention where she struggles to win her freedom. What makes the play that much more compelling is that it is inspired by a true events. "Remarkable, moving and captivating." -- www.NYTheatre.com The production is funded in part by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 6pm Evening Gerswhin Theatre Admission FREE for Students with valid Brooklyn College ID General Admission: $10

The Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music Presents Conservatory Brass Ensemble Douglas Hedwig, Director Conservatory of Music students trumpeting those trumpets. Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 5pm Evening Levenson Recital Hall Tickets: $5 Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music Official Website.

The Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music Presents The French Influence Douglas Hedwig, Director Conservatory of Music Faculty plying their craft in memorable performances. Here Douglas Hedwig, cornet, trumpet and flugelhorn and Carl Bolleia, piano demonstrating the French influence, featuring: Cornet Solos of the Paris Conservatory (1900-1920) -- works by Hue, Mouquet, Busser and Cools (très cool indeed!). Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 1pm Matinee Levenson Recital Hall Tickets: $5 Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music Official Website.

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