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University of Hawai'i |
(808) 956-8856 Telephone |
For Immediate Release: |
December 1, 2000 |
Contact: Jim Manke - University Relations, 956-6106
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| Events at UH Campuses for the Week of Dec.3-9 |
The UH Manoa Earle Ernst Lab Theatre will perform "Machinal," a production that uses expressionist techniques to depict the plight of an Everywoman struggling to be an individual during the Industrial Revolution. The play, written in 1929 by Sophie Treadwell, is based on the sensational murder trial of Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray. Dec. 3. Earle Ernst Lab Theatre, UH Manoa. Call 956-7655 for more information, or visit www.hawaii.edu/theatre.
UH Manoa students of ethnic music and dance classes present their end-of-semester performance, the "Pau Hana Concert." 3 p.m. Dec. 3. Orvis Auditorium and Music Department Courtyard, UH Manoa. Free. For more information, call 956-8742. Visit www.hawaii.edu/uhmmusic
The UH Symphony Orchestra will perform music by Gershwin and Bernstein, including songs and dances from West Side Story. The performance also features soprano Mary Chesnut, tenor Guy Merola and pianist Wendy Yamashita. 8 p.m. Dec. 4. Blaisdell Concert Hall. Tickets: $8 general/$3 students, seniors and UH staff. For more information on the UH Symphony Orchestra, visit www.hawaii.edu/uhso
The public is invited to UH Hilo's financial aid scholarship information sessions to learn more about its 2001-2002 academic year financial aid applications and procedures. 1 p.m. Dec. 5, 6 and 3 p.m. Dec. 7. Campus Center 301 lanai area, UH Hilo. For more information, call (808) 974-7323 or (808) 974-7324.
The UH East-West Center International Cultural Studies program presents its last colloquium of the fall semester, "Locating Bodies in the Map: Colonial and Postcolonial Cartographies in Northern Pakistan." The lecture will be given by Kathryn Besio of the UH Manoa Department of Geography. Noon-1:20 p.m.
Dec. 6. Burns Hall 2118, UH Manoa. For more information, call 944-7585 or e-mail culture@hawaii.edu. Visit www2.hawaii.edu/~culture/.
Dec. 7: Last day of instruction for fall semester.
Sweet Honey in the Rock, a Grammy Award-wining African American female a cappella ensemble, will perform songs that embody the spirit of freedom. 7:30 p.m. Dec. 7. Leeward Community College Theatre. Tickets: $25/$20. Call 455-0385 or visit www.lcc.hawaii.edu for more information.
UH Manoa East-West Center hosts a Christmas Craft Fair. Noon Dec. 7 and 8. John Burns Hall Courtyard, UH Manoa. For more information, call 944-7197 or 944-7111.
Gallery 'Iolani at Windward Community College presents "Connections," an invitational exhibit celebrating the continuity and connections of art in the fiber medium. Artists include past and present master's and bachelor's graduates of the Fiber Program at UH Manoa's Art Department. Now-Dec. 9. Gallery hours: 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. For more information, call 235-7346.
Hawai'i Ballet Theatre kicks off its holiday performance of the classic "The Nutcracker Ballet." Dec. 9, 10, 16, 17 and 19. Leeward CC Theatre. Call 455-0385 or visit www.lcc.hawaii.edu for more information.
The UH Manoa Art Gallery presents its annual graduate student exhibition of multimedia works. "Beyond Soap" includes paintings, ceramics, glass, sculpture and electronic media created by graduate students in the UH Manoa Art Department. Now-Dec. 15. UH Manoa Art Gallery. Admission is free. For more information, call 956-6888.
The East-West Center Gallery features an exhibition of work by contemporary Native Hawaiian artists from Hawai'i and throughout the world. "Mai Na Kupuna Mai, Ho'i I Ka Pu 'olo," or "That which comes from the ancestors is returned as gifts," is running now-Dec. 22. East-West Center Gallery, John A. Burns Hall, UH Manoa. For information, call 944-7341.
"Korean Masks from the Ryun Namkoong Collection" features more than 100 traditional Korean masks used in dance-dramas, shaman rituals and carnivals. Now-Dec. 29. Exhibition viewing times: 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Sundays, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesdays, noon-3 p.m. Fridays. John Young Museum of Art, Krauss Hall 002, UH Manoa. Free. For information, call Outreach College at 956-8866 or visit www.outreach.hawaii.edu/JYMuseum.
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