ARTSANDIDEAS Fall 2012 Published by the UMass Lowell Center for Arts and Ideas

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Theater Arts: Wes Moore English Department Community Event Visit www.uml.edu/artsandideas for details on all events. LITERATURE &WRITING ‘Doctor Marigold’: A Performance ‘Dickens’ Women’: A Performance Dickens in Lowell by Gerald Dickens by Miriam Margolyes The celebration continues! Charles Dickens, O’Leary Library Auditorium, Room 222 Durgin Hall one of the world’s best-known and best- 61 Wilder St., UMass Lowell 35 Wilder St., loved writers, would have turned 200 years South Campus UMass Lowell old this year. To mark Dickens’ bicentenary Sept. 20, 7:30 p.m. South Campus and his memorable 1842 visit to Lowell, Admission: $5 students and Oct. 19, 7:30 p.m. UMass Lowell is hosting a series of fall seniors; $10 general admission In her Olivier Award–nomi - events and, together with Lowell National at the door nated one-woman show, Historical Park, a major exhibition This one-man acclaimed British actress exploring Dickens’ life, work and travels show is performed Miriam Margolyes brings to in America. For more information, visit Miriam Margolyes by Gerald Dickens, life two dozen of Charles www.uml.edu/dickens. Unless otherwise the great-great- Dickens’ most memorable characters, male noted, events are free and open to grandson of and female. Margolyes—a.k.a. Professor the public. Charles Dickens, Sprout from the Harry Potter films— and is based on an presents her powerful and often hilarious Dickens and Massachusetts: A Tale original public portrait of Dickens, his writing and the of Power and Transformation reading Charles Associate Professor Diana real-life women who found themselves Boott Gallery at Boott Cotton gave during his Archibald, English Department, immortalized in his books. A must-see and Gerald Dickens Mills Museum 1867-68 tour performance for families, Dickens enthusiasts 115 John St., Downtown Lowell of America. A and Margolyes fans! Daily through Oct. 20, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. dramatic sign interpreter will perform with Gerald, making this an ideal event for Closing Reception of Dickens and “A show and a story as fascinating as hearing-impaired audiences. (Gerald Massachusetts Exhibition Dickens’ own”—that’s how WGBH de - will also perform at Worcester’s famed Boott Gallery at Boott Cotton Mills scribes this exhibition exploring Dickens’ Mechanics Hall. For information two trips to Massachusetts. It features a Museum about Worcester events, go to 115 John St., Downtown Lowell rich collection of artifacts from museums http://valfa.com/dickens-returns/.) around the world, including the MFA’s Oct. 20, Time TBA iconic 1842 portrait of the young Dickens, painted by Boston artist Francis Alexander. Dickens in Lowell is sponsored by UMass Lowell in partnership with Lowell National Historical Park, the Tsongas Industrial History Center and the Charles Dickens Museum of London, with generous support from the Theodore Edson Parker Foundation and the UMass President’s Office. For more information, contact Assoc. Prof. Diana Archibald at 978-934-4182 or [email protected].

Jack Kerouac Literary Festival 2012 (selected events)

The Jack Kerouac Literary Festival is ‘Young Angel Midnight’: World Premiere of ‘Beat co-sponsored by the UMass Lowell Kerouac UMass Lowell Alumni Reception Generation’ by Jack Kerouac Center, the Center for Arts and Ideas, Lowell Allen House, 2 Solomont Way, Merrimack Repertory Theatre Celebrates Kerouac! Inc. and the Cultural UMass Lowell South Campus 50 E. Merrimack St., Downtown Lowell Organization of Lowell. For the full Oct. 9, 4:30–6 p.m. Oct. 10, 7:30 p.m.; Oct. 11, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; schedule, visit uml.edu/artsandideas or Oct. 12, 8 p.m.; Oct. 13, 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.; lowellcelebrateskerouac.org. Unless More than 20 UMass Lowell alumni are Oct. 14, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. otherwise noted, events are free and open represented in the new anthology “Young Tickets start at $40 to the public. Angel Midnight: An Emerging Generation in the Arts in Lowell,” with writing, visual art Kerouac’s only full-length play will premiere and music. Meet the contributors and have in a stage reading at the Merrimack your book signed in between readings, visual Repertory Theatre (MRT) in partnership displays and performances. with UMass Lowell. Written in 1957, when the now-legendary novel “On the Music and Prose: Tanya Donelly Road” was published, and set in 1953, this and Rick Moody is a play “about tension, about friendship, and about karma—what it is and how you Room TBA, UMass Lowell South Campus get it.” The Los Angeles Times wrote: Oct. 10, 3:30 p.m. “It bears traces of a deeper vision, defined Singer/Songwriter Tanya Donelly (“Throw - by beatitude and despair. …This is what ing Muses,” “The Breeders” and “Belly”) continues to give Kerouac resonance.” will discuss songwriting, influence and Tickets may be purchased at MRT.org or inspiration with the novelist, short-story by calling the MRT box office at writer and essayist Rick Moody (“Ice 978-654-4678. Storm” and “Garden State”). They will talk about their recent collaborations, which experiment with the line between (continued) Jack Kerouac © Walter Lehrman All Rights Reserved music and prose.

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ARTS AND IDEAS UMass Lowell Center for Arts and Ideas LITERATURE &WRITING A Conversation With Stephen King Richard Bachman, is known for crafting tales Message From at UMass Lowell that terrify. But he is also the author of nonfic - 300 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, tion books like “On Writing,” his self-described the Dean Downtown Lowell “memoir of the craft,” and “Faithful,” a chronicle of the Boston Red Sox 2004 Dec. 7, 7:30 p.m. Welcome to the Fall 2012 issue of championship season co-written with Stewart Admission: $32 (general admission), Arts and Ideas—a publication of the O’Nan. Last year’s “11/22/63” was King’s $52 (reserved floor seating) Center for Arts and Ideas, which first work of historical fiction, set around the aims to enrich both campus and Stephen King’s nearly 35-year literary career assassination of President John F. Kennedy. community life. The Center for Arts includes the publishing of more than 50 full- King is the recipient of numerous honors, and Ideas represents what UMass length books that together have sold more including the National Book Foundation Lowell and the College of Fine Arts, than 350 million copies, as well as many short Medal for Distinguished Contribution to Humanities and Social Sciences are stories, essays, anthologies and novellas. King’s American Letters. early thrillers, like “Carrie” and “The Shining,” all about. We are the region’s epicen - put him on the map, not King’s appearance marks the ter of cultural production and dia - only as a writer of popular debut of the new UMass Lowell logue about important topics and horror novels, but also as Chancellor’s Speaker Series and ideas. The arts and the public ex - one whose work could be is co-sponsored by the English change of ideas have a transforma - successfully adapted for Department. tive effect on our community and films and television. More contribute to our shared understand - than 50 of his works have Tickets will be sold at the ing of timely and complex issues. been turned into movies and Tsongas Center box office, On July 23, I assumed the position miniseries, and many have www.tsongascenter.com and of dean of the College of Fine Arts, garnered critical success, via 866-722-8780. Admission is Humanities and Social Sciences. A including “The Shawshank free for UMass Lowell students sociologist by training, I have inter - Redemption” and “The with valid ID who obtain tickets ests in inequality and, in particular, Green Mile,” both film in advance at the Tsongas those related to health disparities. versions of which were Center box office. Having spent most of my academic nominated for multiple life as a faculty member and an ad - Academy Awards. ministrator at another university in King, who also published the Boston area (Northeastern), I am work under the pen name familiar with the experiences and Stephen King challenges of a rising institution like UMass Lowell. Since my arrival, I have been very impressed by the Jack Kerouac Literary Festival 2012 continued passion and determination I see in the members of our college community. I know the students, staff, faculty Poet Anne Waldman in Performance Kathleen Pierce and Nancy Aycock and members of the Lowell commu - Room TBA, UMass Lowell South Campus Metz: Writers on the Roa d— nity are eager to know what exciting Oct. 11, 3:30 p.m. Charles Dickens and Jack Kerouac performances, lectures and exhibits Anne Waldman is the author of more than Boott Mills Museum Event Center will be taking place this fall on our 40 books of poetry and co-founder of the Jack 115 John St., Downtown Lowell campus. I look forward to participat - Kerouac Writing School at Naropa University Oct. 13, 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. ing in many of the events scheduled and to the opportunity to contribute in Colorado, where she is a distinguished Nancy Metz, a Charles Dickens scholar and to their success. I hope you will join professor of poetics. She is one of the most professor of English at Virginia Tech, and us at many of them as well. important writers of her generation. An activist- journalist Kathleen Pierce, who has written artist, she has been a strong voice for feminist, about Kerouac’s American journeys. Luis M. Falcón, Ph.D. environmental and human rights causes. Dean, Fine Arts, Humanities and Creative Non-Fiction Reading and Social Sciences David Kaiser: ‘How the Hippies Book-signing: Judith Dickerman- Saved Physics’ Nelson and Joe Blair Room TBA, UMass Lowell North Campus Old Court Irish Restaurant and Pub Oct. 12, 2 p.m. 29 Central St., Downtown Lowell At MIT, David Kaiser Oct. 13, 5 p.m. is the Germeshausen UMass Lowell 1991 alumni Judith Dickerman- Professor of the Nelson (“Believe in Me: A Teen Mom’s Story”) History of Science, as and Joe Blair (“By the Iowa Sea”) will sign well as department and read from their memoirs published this head of the Program year. They are graduates of MFA programs in in Science, Technol - writing at Emerson College and the University ogy, and Society. He is of Iowa, respectively. Their 1991 classmate, the author of “How Finbarr Sheehan, is co-owner of the Old Court, the Hippies Saved where they’ll speak. Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum David Kaiser Revival.” Luis M. Falcón

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Fall 2012 ART University Gallery McGauvran Student Union, 71 Wilder St. UMass Lowell South Campus Hours: Mon .– Thurs., 1 – 4 p.m., unless otherwise noted. All gallery events are free, open to the public and wheelchair accessible. For more information, contact the gallery coordinator at 978-934-3491 or visit www.uml.edu/dept/art/galleries.

‘Re-Visioning the Garden of Eden,’ Photographs by Chehalis Hegner Sept. 5–21 Reception: Sept. 6, 5–7 p.m. Art department visiting photography lecturer Chehalis Hegner presents an exhibition of photographs and other media. She earned an MFA in visual arts at the Art Institute of Boston in 2005.

“Terrible Beauty,” by Jennifer Nuss

‘Terrible Beauty,’ paintings by Jennifer Nuss Nov. 5–30 Reception: Nov. 15, 3–5 p.m.

Chehalis Hegner, Photographer Marvel at an exhibition of large-scale figurative paintings using water-based media on Japanese- style paper by New York-based artist Jennifer ‘Calculated Chaos,’ Nuss, who earned her MFA in painting at the Art of Blue Q Yale University in 1993. Curated by Art Assoc. Prof. K. E. Roehr Oct. 1–26 Reception: Oct. 3, 3–5 p.m. Calculated Chaos is an exhibit of packaging and products from the innovative company Blue Q. Come see two decades of product design madness!

Blue Q products

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ARTS AND IDEAS UMass Lowell Center for Arts and Ideas ART Dugan Gallery Dugan Hall, 883 Broadway St. UMass Lowell South Campus Hours: Mon .– Thurs., 11 – 4 p.m.; Fri. by appointment. All gallery events are free, open to the public and wheelchair accessible.

Selections From ‘Insolence’ the Spring 2012 Nov. 19–Dec. 6 BFA Exhibition Installations by Duy Hoang Sept. 5–13 ’13 and Eileen Ryan ’13 Admire student work in this show curated by Jason Allen ’13.

Work by Kelly Tierney ’12

Lowell’s Creative Economy Ad Campaign Duy Hoang and Eileen Ryan with one of Sept. 24–Oct. 12 their installations See Lowell’s Creative Economy Ad Campaign with design work done under the direction of Assoc. Prof. K. E. Roehr. Fall 2012 BFA Exhibition ‘Thoughts Made Visible’ Reception: Dec. 13, 5–7 p.m. Oct. 22–Nov. 9 A showcase of senior thesis projects produced in the Enjoy work from the Painting and Drawing Studio, curated art and design studios by the BFA graduates in both the by Asst. Prof. Stephen Mishol. Dugan and University galleries. Gallery access is limited after Dec. 13 through the Art Department office in McGauvran 126.

A Celebration of the Creativity of Women UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center 50 Warren Court, Downtown Lowell Nov. 29, 2 p.m. Part craft fair, part performance art and part fundraiser for UMass Lowell’s Center for Women & Work, this “Process Made Visible” event will feature unique art work and handcrafts created by UMass Lowell women and other talented regional artists. To participate as a vendor or for more information, visit www.uml.edu/centers/women-work or email [email protected].

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Fall 2012 MUSIC Mixed Chamber Ensembles Unless otherwise noted, all performances will take place David Martins, director in Durgin Concert Hall or Fisher Recital Hall, which are Durgin Concert Hall located in Durgin Hall at 35 Wilder St. on the UMass Nov. 26, 7:30 p.m. Lowell South Campus. All concerts are free, open to the Music by chamber ensembles including: The Brass Quartet, public and wheelchair accessible. Woodwind Quintet, Bassoon Trio, Classical Guitar and Flute Duo and Piano and String Trio.

‘WIRED.TO.THE.EDGE’ Small Jazz Ensemble Durgin Concert Hall Walt Platt, director Nov. 17, 7:30 p.m. Durgin Concert Hall Drawing from such diverse influences as Milton Babbit, Steve Nov. 27, 7:30 p.m. Reich and So Percussion, Wired.to.the.Edge is an experimental The Small Jazz ensembles will perform current and classic music ensemble that combines traditional acoustic instruments, compositions and arrangements from the bands of Randy and electronic instruments, computer programming, found audio Michael Brecker, Art Blakey and Horace Silver along with and video clips to create original musical soundscapes. world music from the artists Salif Keita and The Mendes Bros. and other original compositions. University Wind Ensemble Jazz Lab Ensemble David Martins, director Walt Platt, director Durgin Concert Hall Fisher Recital Hall Nov. 19, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 29, 7:30 p.m. The program will include The Jazz Lab ensembles will perform a wide variety of music, “By Dawn’s Early Light” including the compositions and arrangements of Ray Charles, by Jay Dawson, “The Freddie Hubbard, Santana and Pat Metheny. Gum-Suckers March” by Percy Grainger, Percussion Ensemble Concert “Russian Christmas Durgin Concert Hall Music” by Alfred Reed, Dec. 4, 7:30 p.m. “New England Triptych” UMass Lowell’s Percussion Ensemble performs. by William Schuman and new works: “Waking Angels” by David R. Gillingham and “Raga” by Arnold Rosner.

David Martins

UMass Lowell Studio Orchestra Walt Platt, director Durgin Concert Hall Nov. 20, 7:30 p.m. The Studio Orchestra performs the music of the most influential arrangers and composers for large ensemble including Gil Evans, Thad Jones, Don Sebesky and Duke Ellington.

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ARTS AND IDEAS UMass Lowell Center for Arts and Ideas MUSIC

MICCA Marching Band Festival Cawley Stadium, Lowell Oct. 28, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.; UMass Lowell Marching Band performance, 2:30 p.m. Admission: $10 The powerful and entertaining UMass Lowell Marching Band will be featured at the Massachusetts Instrumental and Choral Conductors Association Marching Band Championship Festival. This is a daylong festival of some of the finest bands across the state. Come enjoy the day of music, motion and pageantry.

Tsongas Center at Debra-Nicole Huber, director of instrumental music outreach and associate director of university bands UMass Lowell UMass Lowell Orchestra (selected events) Durgin Concert Hall Tickets are available at TsongasCenter.com, by Dec. 6, 7:30 p.m. calling 866-722-8780 or at the Tsongas Center Box Office, 300 Martin Luther King Jr. Way in Lowell. UMass Lowell’s 90-piece ensemble performs traditional and See the full schedule at TsongasCenter.com. modern wind band literature and orchestral transcriptions. Lupe Fiasco Handel’s ‘Messiah’ With Theophilus The University Orchestra, Chamber Singers and University Choir led by Mark Latham London Durgin Concert Hall Sept. 22, 8 p.m. Dec. 7, 7:30 p.m. Student tickets are The finale of this masterpiece is the famous “Hallelujah” $27 in advance, chorus. $32 day of show; general public tickets Opera Workshop are $37 and $42 Janice Giampa & Elaine Smith Purcell, directors respectively. Durgin Concert Hall Dec. 7 & 10, 7:30 p.m. The UMass Lowell Opera workshop will present fully Alan Jackson staged opera arias, scenes and one-acts from the standard Oct. 19, 7:30 p.m. operatic repertoire and the American musical theater. Tickets: $69; $59; $49 Contemporary Electronic Ensemble Lowell Bank Pavilion: $75 includes a Michael Testa, director country BBQ buffet Durgin Concert Hall Dec. 9, 7:30 p.m.; Tech Talk, 7 p.m. The Contemporary Electronic Ensemble explores the electronic production and manipulation of music in a live ensemble setting. Students incorporate synthesis, signal processing, sampling and various control surfaces (instru - ments) into a unique musical framework. Original student works and arrangements will be performed dealing with aerialism, chance music and the avant-garde.

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Fall 2012 LECTURES, TALKS &MORE

This is a partial list of lectures and talks An Evening With Wes Moore available at press time. For details on these and Lowell Memorial Auditorium LUNCHTIME LECTURES other programs, visit the continually updated 50 E. Merrimack St., Downtown Lowell UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center calendar at www.uml.edu/artsandideas. Oct. 24, 7 p.m. 50 Warren Court, Downtown Lowell Hosted by Greater Lowell Technical Monthly, 11:45 a.m. High School RSVP to [email protected] Human Rights Conversation Decorated scholar, athlete and combat veteran or call 978-934-2957 With George A. Lopez Wes Moore became an award-winning author The Peace and Conflict Studies Program and with his work “The Other Wes Moore”—which ‘Small, Gritty, and Green’ Criminal Justice Department compares his life to that of a man with the same Location and time TBA name, whose life took a dramatically different With Catherine Tumber Prof. George Lopez’s path. The author is committed to being a posi - Sept. 24 research interests focus tive influence and helping kids find the support Catherine Tumber, on the problems of state they need to enact change. Pointing out that a author of “Small, violence, especially high school student Gritty, and Green: economic sanctions, drops out every nine The Promise of gross violations of seconds, Moore says America’s Smaller human rights and ethics that public servants Industrial Cities in a and the use of force. He —the teachers, Low–Carbon World,” mentors and volun - has served as interim George Lopez will discuss how executive director of teers who work with America’s once– The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, and our youth—are as vibrant small–to– chaired its board of directors until June 2003. imperative to our midsize cities—like Catherine Tumber Prof. Lopez served as a Senior Jennings Ran - national standing Syracuse, Worcester, Akron, Flint and dolph Fellow at the United States Institute of and survival as are Rockford—ncreasingly resemble urban Peace in Washington, D.C. in 2009-10. Later, our armed forces. wastelands. These cities would seem to be he served on the United Nations Panel of For tickets, visit part of America’s past, not its future. And Experts for Monitoring and implementing www.gltech.org or yet, Tumber, a journalist and historian, call 978-454-5411. U.N. Sanctions on North Korea. Wes Moore argues in this provocative book that America’s gritty Rust Belt cities could play Bread and Roses Centennial a central role in a greener, low-carbon, 2012 Senate Debate relocalized future. U.S. Sen. Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren Celebration With Author Ardis Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell Cameron ‘Picking the President’: 300 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Center for Women & Work A Panel Discussion Downtown Lowell O’Leary 222, UMass Lowell South Campus Oct. 22 Oct. 1, 7 p.m. Oct. 25, 6 p.m. Republican Sen. Scott Brown and Democratic Free and open to the public. Panelists, including former Governor and Presidential candidate Michael Dukakis; contender Elizabeth Warren step up to a debate In the 100th anniversary year of the Bread & at UMass Lowell. David Gregory of NBC’s Paul Jorgensen, Fellow, Edmond J. Safra Roses strike of Lawrence, Mass., Ardis Center for Ethics, ; “Meet the Press” will moderate the one-hour Cameron, author of “Radicals of the Worst debate, which will be held at the Tsongas Center Rep. Dan Winslow (R-Norfolk); and Sort: Laboring Women in Lawrence, Massachu - political reporter for the Boston Herald at UMass Lowell. This is a campaign that ex - setts, 1860-1912,” will discuss the role women tends beyond Massachusetts; the entire nation is Hillary Chabot will discuss the presidential played in the strike. Her presentation will be election. Political Science professor Francis watching the race for this Congressional seat. integrated with student projects, a photo exhibit For tickets, email [email protected]. Talty, director of the UMass Lowell Center and musical entertainment for a celebration in for Public Opinion, will moderate. honor of this historic event. The event is spon - sored by UMass Lowell’s Center for Women & ‘The Global Scramble for Work; Work, Labor and Society Program; Honors Program; Labor Extension Program Resources’ With Michael Klare and the Gender Studies Program. Nov. 19 Michael Klare, who is based at Hampshire College, is a professor in the Five College Program in Peace and World Security Studies. Klare is a defense correspondent for The Nation magazine, and author of “Resource Wars and Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America’s Growing Petroleum Dependency.” U.S. Sen. Scott Brown Elizabeth Warren The Lunchtime Lectures are co-sponsored by the Moses Greeley Parker Lectures and UMass Lowell Center for Arts and Ideas, with support from Prof. The Manning Speaker Series Bill Mass of the UMass Lowell Center for Industrial UMass Lowell Manning School of Business Competitiveness and Middlesex Community Speakers, Dates and Times TBA College. Free and open to the public, the program Eva Tanguay, Lawrence mill worker begins at 11:45 a.m. with a light buffet lunch. For details, visit Reservations are required (seating is limited to www.uml.edu/artsandideas. 100 people). To reserve a seat, contact [email protected].

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ARTS AND IDEAS UMass Lowell Center for Arts and Ideas LECTURES, T ALKS &MORE

Greeley Scholar for Peace Studies Each year the UMass Lowell Peace and Conflict Studies MOSES GREELEY PARKER LECTURES Institute and the Greeley Scholar for Peace Studies Committee For a complete listing, visit www.parkerlectures.com. select an outstanding individual to be the Greeley Scholar for Peace Studies. The 2012 Scholar is John Prendergast, an internationally recognized human rights activist and best- ‘Irish Genealogy 101’ With Thomas Toohey selling author who has worked for peace in Africa for more Pollard Memorial Library than 25 years. Prendergast is the co-founder of the Enough 401 Merrimack St., Downtown Lowell Project, an initiative to end genocide and crimes against Sept. 20, 7 p.m. humanity, affiliated with the Center for American Progress. Tom Toohey will offer an animated explanation of how to find your Most recently, Prendergast ancestral Irish home in six steps. Toohey is author of the two-volume has been seen by nearly book “Images of Other Lives,” in which he chronicles the tales told by a million viewers in the his parents, who were great storytellers. video Kony 2012, pro - ‘Chasing Glenn Beck…’ With Michael Charney duced by the organiza - tion Invisible Children. Pollard Memorial Library 401 Merrimack St., Downtown Lowell Invisible Children capi - Sept. 27, 7 p.m. talized on the power of Michael Charney, a publisher and author from Bedford, N.H., recently social media to spark published a book of narrative non-fiction that chronicles an attempt to social action to help uncover why political conversation suffers polarization and, in particu - end the use of child lar, why the messages of the loudest voices–regardless of content— soldiers in Joseph Kony’s are amplified endlessly through Twitter and other social media. rebel war. John Prendergast, Greeley Peace Scholar ‘How The Great Gatsby Demeans This past April, Prendergast visited UMass Lowell, Working People’ With Ernest Hebert participating in several events including the annual Day Without Violence. He spoke about his work, how he Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center 246 Market St., Downtown Lowell achieved success in his life and how to affect real change Nov. 4, 2 p.m. from the local level all the way to the global. He will be Ernest Hebert’s most recent novel, returning this fall to speak in classes on campus and visit “Never Back Down,” tells the story of with students. His time here will culminate in a capstone the life and loves of Jack Landry, a New event including University administration in a landmark England Franco-American working man. partnership between UMass Lowell and Prendergast. Hebert wrote his book as an answer to Watch for details on www.uml.edu. “The Great Gatsby” and “Deliverance,” novels that he claims gain their exalted place in American literature at the expense of the unsung heroes—working men and Eddie Daniels: South African Human working women. Ernest Herbert Rights Activist ‘Remembering Peter Stamas: A Celebration of UMass Lowell Peace and Conflict Studies Institute Community and Service’ South Campus, Broadway and Wilder Sts., Room TBA Whistler House Museum of Art Oct. 16, time TBA 243 Worthen St., Downtown Lowell Daniels, who fought against Nov. 15, 7 p.m. apartheid, was imprisoned An evening remembering Lowell educator and community leader for 15 years on Robben Peter Stamas, co–sponsored by the Hellenic Heritage and Culture Island, where he became Society and Lowell Heritage Partnership. close friends with Nelson Mandela. He is the author ‘Roll on Columbia: A Woody Guthrie Film & of “There & Back: Robben Island, 1964–1979.” Mandela Music Tribute’ said, “We recall his loyalty Art Gallery at the Jeanne D’Arc Credit Union 1 Tremont Place, Downtown Lowell and courage; his sense of Nelson Mandela and Eddie Daniels humor, and justice as well as Nov. 28, 7 p.m. total commitment to the struggle of the prisoners for the Experience Woody Guthrie’s popular folk classics “Roll on Columbia” eradication of injustice and betterment of their conditions.” and “Grand Coulee Dam.” Learn the full, compelling story in the This talk is sponsored by the UMass Lowell Peace and Conflict documentary, followed by a live performance by guitarist Larry Studies Institute in partnership with the UMass President’s Office Tremblay and other local artists. Co-sponsored by Jeanne D’Arc and Senior Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs and Credit Union and the Lowell Film Collaborative. International Relations Marcie Williams.

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Fall 2012 THEATER &FILM

All performances will take place at the Merrimack Repertory Theater Comley –Lane Theatre at 870 Broadway St. 50 E. Merrimack St., Downtown Lowell on the UMass Lowell South Campus. UMass Lowell is a sponsor Improv Workshop of the MRT season, which Theatre Arts Program allows current students Sept. 15, 1–4 p.m. with ID to buy tickets for $10. Faculty and staff are The Theatre Arts Program presents a workshop eligible to buy discounted on mastering the art, skill and motivation behind subscriptions at preview improvisational theater. All UMass Lowell students, prices. alumni and faculty welcome. No prior acting experience necessary. For details, contact Shelley Barish at 978-934-4182. ‘Homestead Crossing’ by William Donnelly Audition Workshop Sept. 6–30 Theatre Arts Program Noel and Anne are long-married and settled into Oct. 20, 12–4 p.m. their suburban home; Claudia and Tobin are young lovers at the beginning of their relationship. A rain - The Theatre Arts Program storm and an unreliable car cause the lives of these presents a workshop on the two couples to mysteriously intertwine and take art of auditioning. Learn surprising turns in this delicious new comedy. tricks of the trade, cold reading and what to expect from a production audi - ‘Beat Generation’ by Jack Kerouac tion. No prior experience Oct. 10–14 necessary. All UMass (See details on page 2 ) Lowell students, alumni and faculty welcome. ‘Memory House’ by Kathleen Tolan For details, contact Shelley Oct. 25–Nov. 18 Barish at 978-934-4182. On New Year’s Eve, a woman bakes a pie while her adopted daughter works to finish her college Off-Broadway Players Present: entrance essay. As both mother and daughter strive ‘Reefer Madness’ to achieve their goals, family secrets are revealed in Nov. 15, 16, & 17, 7 p.m.; Nov. 18, 2 p.m. this touching drama about the complexity of living Admission: $5 for students and seniors and in the world today. $10 for adults “Reefer Madness” is an outrageous tongue-in-cheek ‘Half ’n Half ’n Half’ by adaptation of the classic 1936 anti-marijuana propa - John Kolvenbach ganda film. This hit musical comedy is presented by Nov. 29–Dec. 23 the Off-Broadway Players, the UMass Lowell student When a long-suffering acting couple ponders theater group. Advance tickets are available at the divorce, the audience gets a front-row seat to one Student Information Center, McGauvran Hall, family’s theatrics. With an adult daughter helping South Campus, round out the cast, this comedy takes a farcical 978-934-5001; look at love and marriage. tickets also available at the ‘Shakespeare’s Will’ by Vern Thiessen Comley-Lane box office one Jan. 10–Feb. 3 hour prior Seana McKenna, leading actress of the Stratford to each Shakespeare Festival, creates a compelling portrait performance. of Shakespeare’s widow, Anne Hathaway. With humor and passion, she tells her story of romance, struggle and ultimate abandonment by history’s greatest playwright, who famously willed her his “second best bed.”

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ARTS AND IDEAS UMass Lowell Center for Arts and Ideas FALL FESTIVAL ATHLETICS & ALUMNI EVENTS

Fall Festival Oct. 11–13 UMass Lowell Campus The UMass Lowell Fall Festival features a homecoming, family day and reunions. For more information, visit www.uml.edu/fallfestival or contact the Alumni Office at 978-934-3140 or [email protected].

UMass Lowell Oct. 11 Oct. 12 Oct. 13 River Hawks Advisory Board Meetings Scholarship Luncheon Jennifer’s 5K Run Emerging Technologies and (an invitation-only event Alumni Softball & Innovation bringing together students Baseball Games Check out the men’s who have received endowed Center Ribbon Cutting/ Family Day and women’s fall sports Luncheon scholarship funds with the donors who have established Campus Tours Health and Social Sciences schedules and catch the scholarships) Golden Alumni Luncheon Building Tour River Hawk spirit at Dodge Ball Tournament Men’s Varsity Soccer Game Celebration of Philanthropy www.goriverhawks.com. Dinner (an invitation-only Break the Record Student Soccer Alumni Reception event recognizing individuals Rally Parent Pre-game Party who support the University Double River Hawk & Dean Bergeron Reception with gifts of $1,000 or more) Alumni Rally UMass Lowell River Hawks Home Opener: vs. Bentley University UMass Lowell River Hawks Falcons Hockey Game vs. University of Student Leader and Greek Life Reunions

UMass Lowell 3rd Annual Plastics Engineering Golf Tournament Connecticut National Golf Club 136 Chase Rd., Putnam, Conn. Sept. 21 Open to alumni, faculty, friends and industry partners Registration cost: $500, foursome; $150, individual golfer The tournament will run for approximately eight hours; box lunch is at 12:30 p.m. Center for Arts and Ideas For more information, please contact the Advisory Committee Alumni Office at 978-934-3140 or email [email protected]. James Coates, Art UMass Lowell alumni golf tourney Patty Coffey, Community and Cultural Affairs Brenda Evans, Assoc. Dean, Student & Community Engagement Michele Gagnon, University and Dugan Galleries Arts and Ideas is published by the Center for Editors: Dimitrios Booras and Christopher Wilkinson, Jehanne-Marie Gavarini, Art (Co-Director) Arts and Ideas and the Office of Public Affairs Center for Arts and Ideas David Jones, Multicultural Affairs Durgin Hall To receive a copy of Arts and Ideas by mail or to Sarah Rine, Director of Student Activities & Leadership 35 Wilder Street, Room 116 submit information for the Spring 2013 issue, Charlotte Mandell, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Lowell, MA 01854 email [email protected]. The deadline for the Education 978-934-3107 Spring 2013 issue is Oct. 20. Paul Marion, Community and Cultural Affairs (Co-Director) Chancellor: Marty Meehan Julie Nash, Assoc. Dean, College of Fine Arts, UMass Lowell Center for Arts and Ideas Humanities & Social Sciences College of Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Kay G. Roberts, Music To support “Arts and Ideas,” please make Nancy Selleck, English Dean: Luis M. Falcón a gift online at www.uml.edu/givenow Rick Sherburne, Special Events Co-Directors: and designate “Arts and Ideas.” John Shirley, Music Jehanne-Marie Gavarini, Prof. of Art Mike Soriano, Tsongas Center Paul Marion, Executive Director, Community and James Veatch, Art Cultural Affairs

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Cambodian Culture & UMass Lowell Traditional Music Ensemble Formed As the result of a collaboration among the Music and Cultural Studies departments and the Lowell Cambodian community, UMass Lowell students last spring were able to study Cambodian wedding music with Cambodian master musician Sovann Khon. The idea for the course was developed last fall, when ethnomusicologist Alan Williams of the music faculty contacted George Chigas, cultural studies lecturer in Cambodian language and culture, about identifying a local master musician to teach the course. Chigas immediately thought of Sovann Khon, a well-known Cambodian master musician who leads a popular 25 Years of Angkor Dance Troupe traditional wedding ensemble based in Lowell. Khon offered to lend instruments for the first year. Since the 1820s, Lowell has attracted people from all over the world to live here. Lowell today has the second- The course was filled within days of being offered. largest Cambodian community in the United States. The class met weekly with Khon and Williams, along The Angkor Dance Troupe develops and teaches with other musicians in Khon’s ensemble, to study Cambodian dance, promotes an understanding and various instruments that comprise a traditional Cambo - appreciation of Cambodian culture and provides youth dian wedding ensemble. Students were introduced to development opportunities through positive social and Cambodian traditional folk music, learning pieces taught educational outlets. without notation of any type, just as Cambodian master musicians have taught students in Cambodia for centuries. The Troupe was formed in 1986 by Tim Chan Thou, The ensemble mastered a small repertoire of traditional Angkor’s program director, along with a few dancers Cambodian music with instruments that were completely who learned traditional Cambodian dance in refugee unfamiliar to them at the start of the semester. Weeks of camps along the Thailand-Cambodian border. Over its rehearsal culminated in a performance at a Cambodian 25 years, the Troupe has created and contributed to the New Year celebration last Cambodian dance repertoire, including the addition of April at the Cambodian American breakdance to the traditional Swva Pol temple in Lowell, where (Monkey Dance) as well as serving as the major feature they were enthusiastically of the award-winning documentary, “The Monkey Dance.” received by the audience. UMass Lowell has contributed greatly to the success Williams and Khon of the Troupe. Faculty and staff have supported the will offer the course every development and visibility of the Troupe, including semester, and the ensem - George Chigas of cultural studies, former board member ble is now part of the and Troupe director, and former board members Nina required curriculum for Coppens, former dean of Fine Arts, Humanities and the master’s in music Social Sciences, and Paul Marion of community and education, community cultural affairs. The University has been the choice for music degree program. higher education for dozens of former and current Music Department Chair Angkor Dance Troupe students, staff and supporters. John Shirley and Cultural To celebrate its first 25 years, the Troupe will unveil Studies Chair Liana a new work that will contribute to the evolution of Cheney have endorsed the idea. When Chigas travels to the Cambodian classical performing Cambodia in January 2013, he will look into acquiring a arts. The world premiere of “The set of traditional instruments for the Music Department’s Apsara Dancing Stones” is set for permanent collection. It is also hoped that this initiative Saturday, Oct. 27 at the Lowell will lead to a faculty and student exchange between Memorial Auditorium. For ticket UMass Lowell and Pannasastra University of Cambodia and event information, visit (PUC) with whom UMass Lowell has an existing www.angkordance.org or email Memorandum of Understanding. [email protected]. Scan for Website

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