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September  

Augusta Savage Gallery
Hopes, Dreams, Sorrows
Artist Frank Diaz Escalet
Monday, September 18 - Friday, October 13 
Augusta Savage Gallery
Exhibition of bold, vibrant paintings by Puerto Rican born artist. Colorful depictions of precious moments.
Opening Reception  Hopes, Dreams, Sorrows  Monday, September 18  from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm  

University Gallery
Beat Streuli
Cities 2001-2005
Wednesday, September 20 - Sunday, November 5 
University Gallery
Opening Reception    Wednesday, September 20  from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm  
Michael Fried  On the Art of Beat Streuli  Thursday, October 12  6:00 pm  

Central Gallery
The Raw and the Cooked, Part 2
curated by David Gibson
Thursday, September 21 - Saturday, October 21 

Companion exhibit to the Raw and the Cooked, Part 1 on view at Hampden Gallery.

Hampden Gallery
Matt Bahen:Fatal Surveillance Series
Thursday, September 21 - Sunday, October 22 
Hampden Gallery
"Matt Bahen:Fatal Surveillance Series" is the first installment of two "God and Country" themed exhibitions at Hampden Gallery featuring the artworks of Matt Bahen and Scott Sawtell, both Canadian painters dealing with complementary subject matter.
God and Country reception for the artists    Friday, November 3  from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm  

Solos And Duos
Cecil Taylor
Tuesday, September 26 8:00 pm
Bowker Auditorium
Along with John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman, pianist Cecil Taylor is generally acknowledged to be one of the great musical innovators of the 1960s.
This is an Angel Ticket event

Center Series
Mombasa Party / Royal Drummers of Burundi
Friday, September 29 8:00 pm
Concert Hall
Mombasa Party is a get-together of some of East Africa's most well-known Taarab artists.
This is an Angel Ticket event

Asian Arts & Culture Program
Number 3 to Go: A Moon Festival Celebration
Bus Tour to NYC Chinatown and Three Asian Museums
Saturday, September 30 from 7:45 am to 8:30 pm
New York City Bus Tour
Take this fabulous opportunity to tour Chinatown and visit three unique Asian Museums located in the heart of New York City.

October  

Augusta Savage Gallery
Hopes, Dreams, Sorrows
Artist Frank Diaz Escalet
Monday, September 18 - Friday, October 13 
Augusta Savage Gallery
Exhibition of bold, vibrant paintings by Puerto Rican born artist. Colorful depictions of precious moments.
Opening Reception  Hopes, Dreams, Sorrows  Monday, September 18  from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm  

Central Gallery
The Raw and the Cooked, Part 2
curated by David Gibson
Thursday, September 21 - Saturday, October 21 

Companion exhibit to the Raw and the Cooked, Part 1 on view at Hampden Gallery.

University Gallery
Beat Streuli
Cities 2001-2005
Wednesday, September 20 - Sunday, November 5 
University Gallery
Opening Reception    Wednesday, September 20  from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm  
Michael Fried  On the Art of Beat Streuli  Thursday, October 12  6:00 pm  

Hampden Gallery
Matt Bahen:Fatal Surveillance Series
Thursday, September 21 - Sunday, October 22 
Hampden Gallery
"Matt Bahen:Fatal Surveillance Series" is the first installment of two "God and Country" themed exhibitions at Hampden Gallery featuring the artworks of Matt Bahen and Scott Sawtell, both Canadian painters dealing with complementary subject matter.
God and Country reception for the artists    Friday, November 3  from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm  

Center Series
A Midsummer Night's Dream
SITI Company
Tuesday, October 3 - Wednesday, October 4 7:30 pm
Bowker Auditorium
"...a place of migration and poverty, a stark yet beautiful place full of yearning and dreams."
This is an Angel Ticket event
Post-performance talk-back  A Midsummer Night's Dream  Wednesday, October 4    

Performances Plus!
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Tuesday, October 3 10:00 am
Bowker Auditorium
Internationally renowned director Anne Bogart and eight actors of the SITI Company bring their visual imagination and kinetic physicality to this immortal tale of mismatched lovers, mischief making fairies and lovable buffoons.

Augusta Savage Gallery
Steve Tracy
Wednesday, October 4 7:00 pm
Augusta Savage Gallery
UMASS Afro-American Studies professor and harmonica player shares his passion for Blues. Performing with members of local Blues favorites, The King Bees.

Augusta Savage Gallery
Pablo Yglesias
Thursday, October 5 7:00 pm
Augusta Savage Gallery
Slide presentation and talk to celebrate "Cocinando! Fifty Years of Latin Album Cover Art" by local author Pablo Yglesias. His book draws together the most beautiful, sexy, colorful, innovative, and creative Latin record covers from all the various genres of Latin music.

Asian Arts & Culture Program
Musafir - Gypsy Music and Dance from India
Circle Events for Children
Friday, October 6 from 10:00 am to 11:00 am
Bowker Auditorium
Hailing from the northwest India desert land in Rajasthan, Musafir is a troupe of gypsies, troubadours, fire-eaters and fakirs. The tabla, double flutes, the dholak and sarangi are just some of their featured instruments.

Augusta Savage Gallery
Ravish Momin
Friday, October 6 7:00 pm
Augusta Savage Gallery
New York-based drummer leading his ensemble, Trio Tarana, rooted in the musical language of improvisation and experimentation.

Asian Arts & Culture Program
Musafir
Gypsy Music & Dance from India
Friday, October 6 8:00 pm
Bowker Auditorium
Gathering together some of the richest and most diverse artistic traditions of India, Musafir weaves together intricate rhythms, devotional Gypsy dances, dazzling fakir and fire-eater's feats.
This is an Angel Ticket event

Performances Plus!
Aesop's Fables
Jim West Productions
Monday, October 16 10:00 am
Bowker Auditorium
Aesop's delightful fables of wit and wisdom come to life through the large and colorful puppets of nationally acclaimed puppeteer and storyteller, Jim West.
10am SOLD OUT
Noon performance now available.

Center Series
Sean Jones
Thursday, October 19 7:30 pm
Bowker Auditorium
One of the brightest shining stars among New York's jazz elite
This is an Angel Ticket event

Hampden Gallery
God and Country
featuring Canadian painters: Scott Sawtell and Matt Bahen
Sunday, October 22 - Friday, November 3 
Hampden Gallery
The second installment of the "God and Country" exhbition series in which the Canadian artists: Scott Sawtell and Matt Bahen will exhibit their paintings together, allowing visitors the opportunity to see the works of these important young painters using immensely powerful themes playing off of each other in the same venue.
God and Country reception for the artists    Friday, November 3  from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm  

Augusta Savage Gallery
On Being...and Finding Voice
Artist Charlotte Hill O'Neal
Tuesday, October 24 - Tuesday, November 21 
Augusta Savage Gallery
Exhibition of inspired mixed media works by artist, community activist and former Black Panther.
Opening Reception  On Being...and Finding Voice  Tuesday, October 24  from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm  

Solos And Duos
Joe Morris & Daniel Levin Duo
Thursday, October 26 8:00 pm
Bezanson Recital Hall
". . . the most exciting and original jazz plucker to emerge in the last decade."

Center Series
Luma Theater
Friday, October 27 8:00 pm
Concert Hall
LUMA uses the dark as a canvas and light as the brush to paint a story of how light occurs to humanity.
This is an Angel Ticket event
Post-performance talk-back  Luma Theater  Friday, October 27    

Performances Plus!
Luma Theater
Friday, October 27 10:00 am
Concert Hall
LUMA uses the dark as a canvas and light as the brush to paint a story of how light occurs to humanity.

November  

Augusta Savage Gallery
On Being...and Finding Voice
Artist Charlotte Hill O'Neal
Tuesday, October 24 - Tuesday, November 21 
Augusta Savage Gallery
Exhibition of inspired mixed media works by artist, community activist and former Black Panther.
Opening Reception  On Being...and Finding Voice  Tuesday, October 24  from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm  

University Gallery
Beat Streuli
Cities 2001-2005
Wednesday, September 20 - Sunday, November 5 
University Gallery
Opening Reception    Wednesday, September 20  from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm  
Michael Fried  On the Art of Beat Streuli  Thursday, October 12  6:00 pm  

Hampden Gallery
God and Country
featuring Canadian painters: Scott Sawtell and Matt Bahen
Sunday, October 22 - Friday, November 3 
Hampden Gallery
The second installment of the "God and Country" exhbition series in which the Canadian artists: Scott Sawtell and Matt Bahen will exhibit their paintings together, allowing visitors the opportunity to see the works of these important young painters using immensely powerful themes playing off of each other in the same venue.
God and Country reception for the artists    Friday, November 3  from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm  

New World Theater
The Fifth Commandment
by Elia Arce
Thursday, November 2 8:00 pm
Bowker Auditorium
Elia Arce's timely and compelling performance and multimedia installation about U.S. soldiers in Iraq explores the complex themes of patriotism, violence, protest and sacrifice. This is a residency designed to engage the local community, students and veterans through integrated workshop activities.
This is an Angel Ticket event

Center Series
Niyaz
In collaboration with the Asian Arts & Culture Program
Friday, November 3 8:00 pm
Bowker Auditorium
Niyaz is an acoustic electronic project that brings together five musicians to form an exciting new fusion of traditional Persian music and modern electronics.
This is an Angel Ticket event

Central Gallery
Tim Folland: Tools For Destroying Paintings Series Two
Saturday, November 3 - Monday, December 3 

Filmed at Jack the Pelican Presents Williamsburg, NY, the exhibition will be an ongoing film presentation of the performance art of Tim Folland.

Hampden Gallery
Scott Sawtell: The Definitive American Presidential Portrait Series
The final installment of the "God and Country" exhibition series
Saturday, November 4 - Sunday, December 3 
Hampden Gallery
The last in a series of three exhibitions by the Canadian artists: Scott Sawtell and Matt Bahen. This exhbition concentrates on Sawtell's American Presidential themed paintings.
God and Country reception for the artist    Friday, November 3  from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm  

Center Series
English Concert
Wednesday, November 8 7:30 pm
Concert Hall
"..distinctive mixture of informality with serious musical aims breathes new life into well known masterpieces and little known repertoire. "
Pre-performance talk with Andrew Manze  English Concert  Wednesday, November 8  6:30 pm  

Asian Arts & Culture Program
Goo Say Ten
To the Sky, to the White
Thursday, November 9 8:00 pm
Bowker Auditorium
Founder, Morita Itto, also professor of psychology at Sapporo Gakuin University, has developed a dance method for psychosomatic exploration and integration.

Center Series
Paquito D'Rivera & The Assad Duo
Thursday, November 9 7:30 pm
Concert Hall
Paquito D'Rivera is widely considered the number one Latin American saxophonist of our time.
This is an Angel Ticket event
Pre-performance lecture by Paquito D'Rivera  The Impact of Latin Elements in Jazz and American Music  Thursday, November 9  from 6:00 pm to 6:45 pm  

Center Series
Momix
Thursday, November 16 7:30 pm
Concert Hall
Artistic Director Moses Pendleton's latest production, Lunar Sea, conjures another world where the laws of gravity and limitations of form no longer exist.
This is an Angel Ticket event

Performances Plus!
Momix: Lunar Sea
Thursday, November 16 10:00 am
Concert Hall
Lunar Sea, conjures another world where the laws of gravity and limitations of form no longer exist.

Solos And Duos
Joe McPhee
Wednesday, November 29 8:00 pm
Bezanson Recital Hall
Joe McPhee is a brilliant improvising musician who plays saxophones, trumpets, valve trombone, clarinet and piano.
This is an Angel Ticket event

December  

Hampden Gallery
Scott Sawtell: The Definitive American Presidential Portrait Series
The final installment of the "God and Country" exhibition series
Saturday, November 4 - Sunday, December 3 
Hampden Gallery
The last in a series of three exhibitions by the Canadian artists: Scott Sawtell and Matt Bahen. This exhbition concentrates on Sawtell's American Presidential themed paintings.
God and Country reception for the artist    Friday, November 3  from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm  

Central Gallery
Tim Folland: Tools For Destroying Paintings Series Two
Saturday, November 3 - Monday, December 3 

Filmed at Jack the Pelican Presents Williamsburg, NY, the exhibition will be an ongoing film presentation of the performance art of Tim Folland.

Performances Plus!
My Heart in a Suitcase
Tuesday, December 5 10:00 am
Concert Hall
My Heart in a Suitcase is ArtsPower's compelling dramatic adaptation of Anne Lehmann Fox's courageous autobiographical account of her experiences as a 12-year old on the Kindertransport out of Germany.

New World Theater
Project 2050 - Deconstructing Dualities
Declassifying Minds, Understanding Versatility
Thursday, December 7 - Friday, December 8 8:00 pm
Bowker Auditorium
As demographics and politics shift, youth find themselves caught between worlds: between childhood and adulthood, between racial and cultural identities, between gender and sexuality, between economic class realities, between geographic borders. This year's Project 2050 explores duality, difference and divisions, the in-between spaces, the double consciousness, the borderlands, and the subliminal zones.Through poetry, Hip Hop and theater, Project 2050 breaks down barriers to embrace multiplicity and celebrate versatility!

January  

Asian Arts & Culture Program
Alankara: Arts in India Tour
The Arts and Culture of India Tour for Students and Community
Wednesday, January 3 - Wednesday, January 17 

This is a fully escorted tour of India with Ranjanaa Devi, Director of the University of Massachusetts Asian Arts and Culture Program, for students and community members.

February  

Central Gallery
John Clarke: Bloom!
Thursday, February 1 - Wednesday, February 28 

An exhibition of flower prints on paper. New England based artist John Clarke wakes up winter with an exhibition of large scale works printed directly from the source material.

Center Series
Cirque Eloize
Tuesday, February 6 - Wednesday, February 7 7:30 pm
Concert Hall
This renowned Canadian art circus comes back to Fine Arts Center with their latest production entitled "Rain."
This is an Angel Ticket event

Performances Plus!
Cirque Eloize: Rain
Wednesday, February 7 10:30 am
Concert Hall
Unexpected things can come from the sky: messages, signs, promises. On our stage, not only rain will fall. Surprises will pour down as well.

Hampden Gallery
Kiriko Shirobayashi
Lines, America/2747 miles
Sunday, February 12 - Wednesday, March 15 
Hampden Gallery
NY based artist Kiriko Shirabayashi first showed at Hampden in New England/New York/New Talent. She returns to UMASS with a solo exhibition of new works.

Center Series
DBR & THE MISSION
Thursday, February 15 7:30 pm
Bowker Auditorium
He is a classical-urban ambassador for the next generation, and for a widening audience.
This is an Angel Ticket event

Performances Plus!
DBR performs A Civil Rights Reader
Thursday, February 15 10:00 am
Bowker Auditorium
Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) is a composer, performer, violinist, and bandleader who seamlessly blends funk, rock, hip-hop and classical music.

Asian Arts & Culture Program
Taikoza
Japanese Taiko Drums & Dance
Friday, February 16 7:30 pm
FAC Concert Hall
Traditional Japanese folk dances, the sound of bamboo flutes and the 13 string Koto combine with the Taiko drummers in an electrifying performance.
This is an Angel Ticket event

Asian Arts & Culture Program
Taikoza - Japanese Taiko Drums and Dance
Circle Events for Children
Friday, February 16 from 10:00 am to 11:00 am
Concert Hall
Six foot drums weighing up to three hundred pounds provide a thundering musical backdrop to traditional Japanese folk dances, the sound of bamboo flutes and the 13 string Koto in an electrifying performance.

Magic Triangle
Michael Gregory Trio
Thursday, February 22 8:00 pm
Bezanson Recital Hall
Michael Gregory has successfully straddled the pop and improvised music worlds since the beginning of his career in the 1970s. A long-time resident of the Pioneer Valley, Gregory will perform a concert of improvised music that will be a revelation.
This is an Angel Ticket event

Center Series
Natalie MacMaster
Wednesday, February 28 7:30 pm
Concert Hall
Natalie MacMaster has turned the music of Cape Breton, an island off the east coast of Canada near Nova Scotia, into an international phenomenon.

March  

Hampden Gallery
Kiriko Shirobayashi
Lines, America/2747 miles
Sunday, February 12 - Wednesday, March 15 
Hampden Gallery
NY based artist Kiriko Shirabayashi first showed at Hampden in New England/New York/New Talent. She returns to UMASS with a solo exhibition of new works.

Central Gallery
Denise Descoteau
If You Walk in the Woods
Thursday, March 1 - Wednesday, March 28 

Dynamic mixed media abstractions on paper exploring the obvious and the subtle in the woodland setting. The work exhibited was produced during 2005 - 2006 and uses energetic intersecting lines, color and organic shapes to establish visual dialogues with the natural environment.

Center Series
Joffrey Ballet
Monday, March 5 7:30 pm
Concert Hall
For pure breathtaking beauty of the otherworldly sort, Joffrey is unmistakable.
This is an Angel Ticket event

Center Series
Shakespeare's The Tempest
Théâtre du Nouveau Monde and 4D Art
Monday, March 12 7:30 pm
Concert Hall
It's a spectacle that combines reality and virtual reality through the combination of live actors and high-tech media (holographic projections.)
This is an Angel Ticket event
Post-performance talk-back  The Tempest  Monday, March 12    

Performances Plus!
The Tempest/La Tempête
By William Shakespeare - Produced by 4D art
Tuesday, March 13 10:00 am
Concert Hall
Blowing a virtual wind on The Tempest, mulit-media creators 4D Art have succeeded in honoring a classic through 21st century sensibilities.

Center Series
Trio Mediaeval
Thursday, March 29 7:30 pm
Bowker Auditorium
These three vibrant sopranos specialize in a diverse repertoire that juxtaposes early medieval music from England and France with new works composed for the ensemble, along with traditional Norwegian ballads and songs.
This is an Angel Ticket event

Magic Triangle
Michele Rosewoman and New Yor-Uba
Thursday, March 29 8:00 pm
Bezanson Recital Hall
Pianist and composer Michele Rosewoman's music salutes the Orishas (deities) in a contemporary jazz setting using original compositions and modern arrangements of traditional Yoruban (Nigerian) and Arara (Dahomey) chants. The 10-member ensemble integrates brass, saxophones and a rhythm section, with master Cuban folkloric musicians.

Asian Arts & Culture Program
Music and Dance from Indonesia-Gamelan Sekar Jaya Ensemble
Circle Events for Children
Friday, March 30 from 10:00 am to 11:00 am
Bowker Auditorium
A special program of Indonesian music and dance for K-12 students. Students will have the opportunity to participate in an interactive rhythm session and chanting of Kecak, (monkey sounds).

Asian Arts & Culture Program
Kali Yuga
by Gamelan Sekar Jaya
Friday, March 30 8:00 pm
Bowker Auditorium
Kali Yuga is a dance drama commissioned and performed by Gamelan Sekar Jaya, an ensemble specializing in the music and dance of Bali, Indonesia.
This is an Angel Ticket event

Center Series
Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
Saturday, March 31 8:00 pm
Concert Hall
For over three decades the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra has been committed to engaging audiences in jazz and related American music experiences.
This is an Angel Ticket event

April  

Hampden Gallery
Terry Jenoure
Monday, April 2 - Friday, April 27 
Hampden Gallery
An installation of handsewn mixed-media scuilpture with original soundscape and text. The artist investigates that place somewhere between mind and spirit - thought and prayer - earth and heaven.

Central Gallery
Collage College
Monday, April 2 - Friday, April 27 

A group exhibition of collage works and related workshops.

Asian Arts & Culture Program
Tales from the Beijing Opera
Circle Events for Schools
Thursday, April 5 10:00 am
Bowker Auditorium
A selection of comic and dramatic scenes from some of China's most popular opera performed in Chinese and English by Chinese and American artists to promote cultural exchange and artistic exploration. With a mixture of song, music, dance, mime, stage fighting and acrobatics, this colorful show is fun and educational for children.
10am SOLD OUT
Noon performance now available.

Center Series
Stephen Petronio Dance Company
Thursday, April 12 7:30 pm
Concert Hall
New music, visual art and fashion collide in Petronio's dances producing powerfully modern landscapes for the senses.
This is an Angel Ticket event

Center Series
Australian Chamber Orchestra
with cellist Pieter Wispelwey
Saturday, April 21 8:00 pm
Concert Hall
The ACO's unique artistic style encompasses not only the masterworks of the classical repertoire, but innovative cross-artform projects and a vigorous commissioning program.
This is an Angel Ticket event

Magic Triangle
Roscoe Mitchell Quartet
Thursday, April 26 8:00 pm
Bezanson Recital Hall
One of the top saxophonists to come out of Chicago in the mid-60's, Roscoe Mitchell is a strong and consistently adventurous improviser. He has recorded 87 albums and has written over 250 compositions ranging from classical to contemporary, from free jazz to ornate chamber music. An icon of avant-garde jaxx, Mitchell is a founding member of both the Art Ensemble Chicago, one of the most radical and influential jazz ensembles of the past 30 years, and the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, the most successful musician-run collective in the country.
This is an Angel Ticket event

May  

Performances Plus!
Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka
Tuesday, May 1 10:00 am
Concert Hall
a scrumptious musical theater treat for the entire family.

Central Gallery
BFA Thesis Exhibitions
Tuesday, May 1 - Tuesday, May 15 

Week long solo exhibitions by graduating BFA candidates from the UMASS Department of Art.

Hampden Gallery
MFA Thesis exhibitions
Tuesday, May 1 - Tuesday, May 15 

Week long solo-exhibitions by graduating MFA candidates from the UMASS Department of Art.

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