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Gwendolyn Brooks Voet The National Endowment for the Humanities invites you to the 23rd Annual Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities “Tamily Pictures” Gwendolyn Brooks Voet May 4, 1994 7 o'clock in the evening Concert Hall The John £ Kennedy Center fo r the Performing Arts Washington, V.C. Request fo r 1994 Jefferson Lecture Tickets Wednesday, May 4, 1994 Name Last Tirst Initial Affiliation Street Address City State Zip Telephone Daytime 'Evening Number of tickets fo r lecture and reception:___one____two Admission by ticket only. Tickets are not transferable. Vlease reply by mail by Wednesday, A pril 20, 1994. Vlace Stamp Here National Endowment fo r the Humanities uoo Vennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D .C . 20506 CONCERT HALl STAND-BY TICKET GA 115 ADMITTANCE AFTER 7 P.M. DOES NOT GUARANTEE SEAT WUw /. / Wed May 4 1 994 7 : OG PM n a y h 99H 7:00 PM The National Endowment CONCERT HALL for the Humanities presents Gwendolyn Brooks Please note: Portions of the Kennedy Center parking garage are under repair. Auxiliary- parking is available at the Watergate Hotel, 2650 Virginia Avenue, NW, and Columbia Plaza Apartments, 2400 Virginia Avenue, NW. Shuttle buses run between the Kennedy Center and Columbia Plaza every 15-20 minutes. On week­ days, Rock Creek Parkway is one-way northbound 3:45 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The Foggy Bottom/GWU Metro Station is at 23rd and I Streets, NW., approximately four blocks from the Kennedy Center. Seating is by General Admission. Concert Hall doors will open at 6:30 p.m. (See map on reverse.) The Kennedy Center THE JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS I I i j f t ■ ; ; ... „ n T o a n vx :.. v ' ' T r nOk' . -r- ntr \ --R A u > * 1 T^. - • ' \\ M M OT . r I"?" 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Please always wear your seat belt. and finance charges. Prices may vary by dealer. C220 shown at MSRP of $30,465 includes metallic paint. ©1994 Mercedes-Benz of North America, Inc., Montvale, N.J., Member of the Daimler-Benz Group. MAY 1994 Contents Cover photograph by Carla Porch. 10 A Midwinter Night’s Dream Some of our best investments In the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of The Winter's Tale, draw standing ovations. which visits the Kennedy Center this month, Anthony Ward's fanciful designs play a starring role. Karen Flicker raises the curtain. We believe the cultural arts are vital to enhancing 14 Next Month at The Kennedy Center the quality of life. That’s why we take pride in supporting a variety Who, what, when, and where at the Kennedy Center—a look ahead. of artistic institutions around the world. Sponsoring concerts, 17 The Program dance performances, theater, opera and museum exhibitions 26 San Francisco Statement is one way we help make a difference. San Francisco Ballet's classical dancers go modern when they premiere Donald McKayle's Gumbo Ya Ya, a new work in the Kennedy Center's The difference is Merrill Lynch. Ballet Commissioning Project. Ja n ice R oss reports. 38 Agenda: The Arts Members of the Kennedy Center's Performing Arts Centers and Schools program met with Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell Merrill Lynch to discuss arts in education. A tradition of trust. 6 ©1993 Merrill Lynch 8c Co., Inc. Barrie M. Damson Chairman of the Board Carol Evans President and Publisher Neil O. Rice Senior V. P. Production Clifford S. Tinder V. P., Executive Editor Lauri Levitt Frledland Vice President Bruce J. MacKenzle Promotion Director Frank Fontana Controller Laura Jacobs Editor in Chief Alex Stark Art Director Cori Ellison Senior Editor, Music Robert Sandla Senior Editor Karen Frlcker Assistant Editor Maude Popkin Production Manager Grant Goldstein Managing Editor Pre-order Your Tricla Maher Associate Editor Post Performance Karen L. Westfall Production Editor Dining. Denise Favorule Eastern Advertising Director Bob Caulfield Midwest Advertising Director Tonight, enjoy dessert Dorothy T. Cameron National Accounts Director and coffee after the theater Lee Churchman Philadelphia Account Mgr. without moving your car. Jan Dwyer National Accounts Director The Hors d’Oeuvrerie offers Betsy Gugick Texas Advertising Manager late-night dining, cocktails, Tom MacFarland Detroit Advertising Mgr. Judith M. Pletcher Washington D C. Manager coffee and sumptuous desserts. Marilyn Nutter Advertising Coordinator Pre-order before the performance and we’ll be ready and waiting when the STAGEBILL is published monthly at Kennedy Center and the curtain goes down. National Theatre in Washington, D.C., Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in New* York, and in Chicago. Other Stagcbill editions are published in San Francisco, Dallas, Houston, St. Louis, and Philadelphia. The Kennedy Center Stagcbill is pub­ lished by B&B E nterprises, Inc. Program Office, K ennedy Cen­ ter for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C. 20566, (202) iiimnmmmmi 416-7940. Copyright 1994 B&B Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in U.S.A. Our exclusive casual wovens in bone, navy, black. Above, drawstring, $134. Below, swagger, $100 Hors d' Oeuvrerie at the Advertising Offices— Washington. D.C: The Kennedy Center, At Metro Center, Tysons Corner, Montgomery Mall, Landmark Center, Fair Oaks, Lakeforest, Columbia, Annapolis, Fredericksburg. Washington, D.C. 20566, (202) 416-7940. 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Among its eccentricities finding more ways to mend are a 16-year forward leap in time, a hairpin shift in tone between the first three acts a broken heart. and the fourth, blatant geographical inaccuracies, NYU Medical Center, Division Using the world’s tiniest key an onstage tempest, and of Cardiology. to unlock the world’s biggest Shakespeare's most in­ health problem. famous stage direction— For most of this century, diseases of The molecule. one worthy, as Harold the heart and blood vessels have been The future of cardiology lies in molec­ Bloom puts it, of Groucho Marx: "exit, responsible for most deaths and disability ular biology. Enter NYU’s Skirball Insti­ ■ tute of Biomolecular Medicine. Here, pursued by a bear." in the United States. But for every oddity the play offers NYU Medical Center has made every we’re working on various therapies for cardiovascular disease that would have something exquisite: the crystalline endeavor to reverse this trend. 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