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Children's Book Week: Magic Carpet Theatre
by hillary dorwart
Thursday May 10, 2012: 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm -- Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room
Celebrate Children's Book Week with a theatrical performance featuring humor and audience participation with Michigan's Magic Carpet Theatre. They encourage children to use their imaginations to become better readers by combining literature and performance.
Magic Carpet Theatre brings top-quality literature to life and engages children in a live theatre experience that is interactive, creative, and educational. Their performance includes favorites like "Where the Wild Things Are," "The Fisherman and His Wife," and the "Sneetches." This event is for grades K - 5.
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Magic Carpet Theatre
by kidlit
Celebrate Children's Book Week by watching the Magic Carpet Theatre bring some classic children's stories to life. They will be performing at the Downtown Library, in the downstairs multi-purpose room on Thursday, May 10 at 7:00 p.m. Featured stories include Dr. Seuss's The Sneetches and Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are.
This is for children in grades K - 5 and their grown-ups.
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Mark Rothko & "Red" At The Performance Network Theatre
by hillary dorwart
Tuesday May 8, 2012: 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Love art? Enjoy the theater?
Performance Network Theatre and the AADL present an enlightening evening focusing on Mark Rothko, the famous abstract expressionist painter and the subject of the Tony Award-Winning play "Red" (now showing through May 27 at the Performance Network). UM History of Art Department PhD student Grant W. Mandarino leads the discussion on Rothko's life and work. Gain insight into the artist's life before attending one of the theater's performances.
The Performance Network Theatre is located at 120 East Huron St in Ann Arbor. There is no charge for this lecture, however there is limited seating - so please arrive early.
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Purple Rose Theatre Presents A Concert Reading Of Jeff Daniels' New Play "The Meaning of Almost Everything"
by hillary dorwart
Tuesday May 1, 2012: 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm -- Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room
Join Purple Rose Theatre Company for a concert reading of Jeff Daniels' new play, "The Meaning of Almost Everything," which is scheduled for its World Premiere at the Purple Rose Theatre for the 2012-2013 season. Artistic Director Guy Sanville will lead an audience feedback session after the reading. Purple Rose wants to know what YOU have to say about this new play.
Two men exist in nothingness. One wants to remain. The other is isn't so sure. Jeff Daniels' newest play explores the questions, the fear and the joy of being alive in a thought-provoking and theatrical way.
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National Library Week Event: Wild Swan Theater Presents 'Shipwrecked!'
by hillary dorwart
Monday April 9, 2012: 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm -- Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room
It is the 100th anniversary of one of the most incredible shipwrecks of all time - the sinking of the Titanic. With this in mind, AADL invites you to a special National Library Week presentation of Wild Swan Theater's new play - "Shipwrecked!"
Set in 1893, "Shipwrecked!" is about a Detroit family of three: mom, dad, and 12 year old son--who carry cargo on the Great Lakes for their livelihood. They set sail on Lake Huron through "Shipwreck Alley" with a load of Christmas trees from the Upper Peninsula only to be battered by one of the fierce November storms that have over the years imperiled thousands of ships on the Great Lakes.
This event is for grade 3 and up, as well as adults and teens.
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National Library Week Pre-Event! Wild Swan Navigates "Shipwreck Alley" In Their Newest, Original Play
by hillary dorwart
Thursday April 5, 2012: 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm -- Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room
Go behind the scenes as playwright Jeff Duncan, director Hilary Cohen, and Wild Swan actors discuss the making of Shipwrecked! - the newest play by Ann Arbor's award-winning Wild Swan Theater. Discover the process and the people behind this exciting play about Michigan's maritime heritage and greatest natural resource -the Great Lakes!
Shipwrecked! is the story of an 1893 Detroit family who set sail on Lake Huron through Shipwreck Alley with a load of Christmas trees from the Upper Peninsula only to be battered by one of the fierce November storms that have imperiled thousands of ships on the Great Lakes.
Wild Swan will also present a special showing of Shipwrecked! for youth (grades 3 and up), teens and adults, on Monday, April 9 at 7:00 pm at the Downtown Library.
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UMS Night School: Explore Pure Michigan Renegade - Session 6: The San Francisco Symphony
by hillary dorwart
Monday March 26, 2012: 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm -- Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room
Session 6 of the UMS Night School classes include include a discussion the sixth and final event in the series will feature discussion of the March performances of the San Francisco Symphony as well as a graduation celebration for this lecture series. The San Francisco Symphony performs a series of four concerts at Hill Auditorium from March 22 – 24.
Each session includes a presentation by a genre expert, an interactive exercise to draw you into the themes behind the performance, and a takeaway reading to enjoy on your own. Sessions are designed to engage you both with the UMS Pure Michigan Renegade series performances and with other audience members. These classes are hosted by Mark Clague, Associate Professor of Musicology and Director of Research at the U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance.
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Spring Theater Fever: Purple Rose & Performance Network
by annevm
Two exciting theater productions are opening this spring. At Purple Rose in Chelsea, check out White Buffalo a world premiere by Don Zolidis running March 29 - June 2. Directed by Guy Sanville, the play follows the spiritual outpourings and moral choices brought on by the Sioux-prophecy-fulfilling birth of a white buffalo on a farm. There is adult language and content in this story of forgiveness, hope, and belonging.
At Performance Network, check out The Michigan premiere of "Red" by John Logan which runs April 19 - May 27. The Tony-winning play is about the fiery abstract expressionist painter Mark Rothko and his struggle to bring forth what would ultimately be his life's greatest achievement. Bravo!
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UMS Night School: Explore Pure Michigan Renegade - Session 5:The Andersen Project/San Francisco Symphony
by hillary dorwart
Monday March 19, 2012: 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm -- Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room
Session 5 of the UMS Night School classes will include a 30 minute discussion of the March performance of The Andersen Project. The 60-minute introduction portion of this event will center on the upcoming concerts featuring the San Francisco Symphony – who will be performing a series of four concerts at Hill Auditorium from March 22 – 24.
Each session includes a presentation by a genre expert, an interactive exercise to draw you into the themes behind the performance, and a takeaway reading to enjoy on your own. Sessions are designed to engage you both with the UMS Pure Michigan Renegade series performances and with other audience members. These classes are hosted by Mark Clague, Associate Professor of Musicology and Director of Research at the U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance.
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UMS Night School: Explore Pure Michigan Renegade - Session 4: Hagen Quartet/ The Andersen Project
by hillary dorwart
Monday March 12, 2012: 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm -- Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room
Session 4 of the UMS Night School classes will a 30 minute discussion of the February concert of The Hagen Quartet. The 60-minute introduction portion of this event will center on the upcoming performance of The Andersen Project -- a tour-de-force about a Canadian writer from the rock-and-roll milieu who is unexpectedly commissioned to write a libretto for a children's opera.
Each session includes a presentation by a genre expert, an interactive exercise to draw you into the themes behind the performance, and a takeaway reading to enjoy on your own. Sessions are designed to engage you both with the UMS Pure Michigan Renegade series performances and with other audience members. These classes are hosted by Mark Clague, Associate Professor of Musicology and Director of Research at the U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance.