The
public is invited to attend events by Karren
Alenier, William Banfield and Nancy Rhodes. The following is a list
of programs they are involved with. This is an opportunity to become
familiar with the creators of this opera. Some of these events may require
advance reservations and ticket purchase. These events may or may not
pertain to Gertrude Stein Invents A Jump Early On.
Date-Time/Location Description
Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at 7-9 pm
JoAnne Growney and Sarah Glaz present poets from Strange Attractors: Poems of Love and Mathematics including Karren Alenier, Judith Baumel, Marion Deutsche Cohen, Jennifer Crow, Kathryn DeZur, Emily Grosholz, JoAnne Growney, Bob Grumman, Israel Lewis, Kaz Maslanka, Wilmer Mills, Wendy Mnookin, Kyoko Mori, Deanna Nikaido, Becky Dennison Sakellariou, Elizabeth Anne Socolow, John Vieira, and Ellen Wehle reading from their original work.
Joint Mathematics Meeting
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel
Washington Room 1, Lower Level
2660 Woodley Road, NW
Washington, DC 20008
For
more information:
directions call
Marriott
at 202 328-2000
or visit http://joannegrowney.com/
Sunday, January 18, 2009 at 4-6 pm
Robert Giron and Gival Press present poets from Poetic Voices Without Borders 2 including Karren Alenier and others TBA reading from their original work.
Busboys and Poets
2021 14th St. NW at V St.
Washington, DC 20009
For
more information:
directions call
Busboys
at (202) 387-7638
or visit http://www.givalpress.com/
Friday, February 20, 2009 from 2-5 pm and 6:30-9 pm
The Graduate Center of City University New York (CUNY) presents a celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Broadway premiere of Gertrude Stein's and Virgil Thomson's Four Saints in Three Acts.
The afternoon events will include a screening of Steven Watson's documentary Prepare for Saints with and introduction by Watson followed by talks and discussion with Karren Alenier, Encompass New Opera Theatre Artistic Director Nancy Rhodes, Steven Watson, composer Scott Wheeler, and American art historian Wanda Corn. The evening features a 30-minute live excerpt from Four Saints in Three Acts, directed by Nancy Rhodes with the Encompass New Opera Theatre, using a new edition of the score by Charles Fussell and the late Wiley Hitchcok. A moderated discussion with Charles Fussell, Nancy Rhodes, and others will follow the performance.
These free events open to the public include an exhibition of Stein memorabilia from the collection of Hans Gallas.
Elebash Recital Hall
The CUNY Graduate Center
365 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10016
(212) 817-1860
http://web.gc.cuny.edu/mestc/programs/
For
more information:
call
Encompass New Opera Theatre
at (718) 398-4675
encompassopera.org
or visit alenier.blogspot.com
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