Hello all,
Just a note to let you know that we have 2 tickets remaining for the Handel
and Haydn Society concert tomorrow, featuring Bach's Brandenburg concertos.
The seats are next to each other. If you would like to go, please visit the
Dudley House office tomorrow (open at 9am), or call the office (617-495-2255
) first thing in the morning to reserve your tickets. I've copied the blurb
regarding the event below.
Hope to see you there!
Ivanna
*Friday, January 21, **8pm**, Handel and Haydn Society at Jordan Hall*
Join us for an outing to the Handel and Haydn Society’s concert featuring
Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos, regarded by many as the finest compositions of
the baroque era. In addition to Concertos 3and 4, a special highlight of
the program is Telemann’s Viola Concerto with soloist David Miller. Tickets
are $28, available to Dudley House members and their guests now at the
Dudley office. We will meet on the Dudley steps at 7pm to take the bus over
to Jordan Hall. Contact Ivanna Yi (iyi(a)fas.harvard.edu).
Dear Dudley Arts members,
I wanted to remind you of the semester's upcoming film events, which kick off
tonight at 7pm with a screening of Iron Man, followed by Iron Man 2 (@ 9:15pm)
in Dudley House's Graduate Student Lounge. Next week, we will be showing the
Swedish original of Stieg Larsson's hit The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo at 7pm
on TUESDAY, JANUARY 18th (not Thursday, January 20th, as was previously
advertised) in the GSL.
I hope to see you there,
Charlie Marcrum
Dudley House Arts Fellow
Saturday, Jan. 15th @ 7pm & 9:15pm
Dudley Double Feature: Iron Man/Iron Man 2, Graduate Student Lounge
Iron Man: After escaping from kidnappers using makeshift power armor, an
ultra-rich inventor and weapons maker (Robert Downey Jr.) turns his creation
into a force for good by using it to fight crime. But his skills are stretched
to the limit when he must face the evil Iron Monger. Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff
Bridges and Terrence Howard also star in director Jon Favreau's tongue-in-cheek
superhero tale based on the popular Marvel comic. Contact Charlie (marcrum@fas)
for more information.
Iron Man 2: Wealthy inventor Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) resists calls by the
American government to hand over his technology. Meanwhile, Ivan Vanko (Mickey
Rourke) has constructed his own miniaturized arc reactor, causing all kinds of
problems for the superhero. Sam Rockwell, Gwyneth Paltrow, Scarlett Johansson,
Don Cheadle and Samuel L. Jackson co-star in director Jon Favreau's sequel
based on Marvel comic book characters. Contact Charlie (marcrum@fas) for more
information.
TUESDAY, January 18th, 7pm
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo screening, Graduate Student Lounge
Journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) and rebellious computer hacker
Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) team up to investigate the unsolved
disappearance of wealthy Henrik Vanger's (Sven-Bertil Taube) teen niece (Ewa
Fröling), only to uncover dark secrets about Vanger's powerful family. Niels
Arden Oplev directs this Swedish thriller based on the first novel from Stieg
Larsson's best-selling trilogy. Contact Charlie (marcrum@fas) for more
information.
Hello Dudley art enthusiasts!
We hope you are enjoying J-term! The Dudley arts fellows would like to
invite you to join us for the exciting events and classes we have planned
for January. A full list of our offerings is included below; you can also
visit our website for information about classes and upcoming events at:
http://www.dudley
.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k73092&tabgroupid=icb.tabgroup111152
If you have suggestions for general arts programming, and for questions
regarding the Dudley art class, contact Ivanna Yi at: iyi(a)fas.harvard.edu .
To get in touch with ideas and questions regarding theater and related
outings, contact Cynthia Browne at: dudleyhouse.drama(a)gmail.com
For recommendations and questions about our film screenings series, contact
Charles Marcrum at marcrum(a)fas.harvard.edu
Hope to see you at some of our events!
Dudley arts fellows
*
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*Dudley Arts Events for January 2011*
*Tango Lessons*
*Thursdays evenings 8-10 pm at Northwest Labs. * Dudley House is excited to
be offering a series of tango lessons this winter semester led by fellow
member Tom Wisniewski starting in February. Lessons will last one hour,
followed by an optional, open practica. All levels of experience will be
welcome, no partner necessary. Come shake off those winter chills with your
adornos, arrastres, boleos, caminitas, and giro. The cost is $40 for an
eight-week series, signs-ups beginning January, 24th. Please bring payment
to 3rd floor Dudley House to reserve your spot. Space limited. For more
information, please email cbrowne82 (at) gmail.com
*Swing Dance Lessons,** **Advanced Beginner*
Dudley House is excited to be continuing its popular swing dance lessons in
the spring. Lessons will be held Wednesdays evenings from 7:30-9:00 at
Holden Chapel. The cost is $20 for a series of six lessons. Please bring the
payment to 3rd Floor Dudley House between January 24rd and January 31st to
reserve your spot. For more information, please email Jean Anne Currivan at
currivan (at) physics.harvard.edu
*Dance Workshop Sign-ups*
Sign-ups begin this week for a dance workshop in movement and contact
improvisation led by Harvard dance instructor Jessica Berson. Elementary
exercises and techniques will introduce participants to a range of different
movement styles and idioms and explore the expressive possibilities of the
body. No previous dance experience necessary, open to Dudley members and
their guests. The cost is $10. Space limited. To reserve your spot, please
bring payment to 3rd floor Dudley House. For further information, please
email Cynthia Browne at cbrowne82 (at) gmail.com <cbrowne82(a)gmail.com>.
*Acrylics Art Class*
The six-week Dudley arts class on acrylics will continue to meet on
Saturdays, 2-4:30pm, in the Dudley House Private Dining Room, through March
5th. The class is now full, but please contact Ivanna Yi (
iyi(a)fas.harvard.edu) to be placed on the waiting list for the next session,
“Drawing in the Sackler Galleries,” at the same time on Saturdays from March
26-April 23. $30 plus the cost of materials.
*Saturday, January 15, **2pm**, The Foster Prize show at the **ICA** *
If you missed the tour of the Institute for Contemporary Art in December,
join us for a trip to view the Foster Prize award show featuring Boston
artists. From large-scale photographs of the Peruvian Amazon to experimental
film to installations inspired by 17th-century frescoes, the artists
selected for the 2010 Foster Prize offer a wide-ranging view of the art
being created in the Boston area today. Free with Harvard ID; open to all.
We will meet on the Dudley steps at 2pm to head over. Contact Ivanna Yi (
iyi(a)fas.harvard.edu).
*Saturday, Jan. 15th @ 7pm & 9:15pm**, Dudley Double Feature: Iron Man/Iron
Man 2, Graduate Student Lounge*
Iron Man: After escaping from kidnappers using makeshift power armor, an
ultra-rich inventor and weapons maker (Robert Downey Jr.) turns his creation
into a force for good by using it to fight crime. But his skills are
stretched to the limit when he must face the evil Iron Monger. Gwyneth
Paltrow, Jeff Bridges and Terrence Howard also star in director Jon
Favreau's tongue-in-cheek superhero tale based on the popular Marvel comic.
Contact Charlie (marcrum@fas) for more information.
Iron Man 2: Wealthy inventor Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) resists calls by
the American government to hand over his technology. Meanwhile, Ivan Vanko
(Mickey Rourke) has constructed his own miniaturized arc reactor, causing
all kinds of problems for the superhero. Sam Rockwell, Gwyneth Paltrow,
Scarlett Johansson, Don Cheadle and Samuel L. Jackson co-star in director
Jon Favreau's sequel based on Marvel comic book characters. Contact Charlie
(marcrum@fas) for more information.
* *
*Thursday, January 20, **7pm**, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo screening,
Graduate Student Lounge*
Journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) and rebellious computer hacker
Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) team up to investigate the unsolved
disappearance of wealthy Henrik Vanger's (Sven-Bertil Taube) teen niece (Ewa
Fröling), only to uncover dark secrets about Vanger's powerful family. Niels
Arden Oplev directs this Swedish thriller based on the first novel from
Stieg Larsson's best-selling trilogy. Contact Charlie (marcrum@fas) for more
information.
* *
*Friday, January 21, **8pm**, Handel and Haydn Society at Jordan Hall*
Join us for an outing to the Handel and Haydn Society’s concert featuring
Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos, regarded by many as the finest compositions of
the baroque era. In addition to Concertos 3 and 4, a special highlight of
the program is Telemann’s Viola Concerto with soloist David Miller. Tickets
are $28, available to Dudley House members and their guests in December at
the Dudley office. We will meet on the Dudley steps at 7pm to take the bus
over to Jordan Hall. Contact Ivanna Yi (iyi(a)fas.harvard.edu).
* *
*Thursday, January 27, **8pm**, the Diotoma String Quartet at Paine Hall*
Join us for an outing to see the Diotoma String Quartet, which was founded
by graduates of the Paris and Lyon Conservatoires, and was awarded first
prize at the FNAPEC Competition, Paris in 1999, and the Contemporary Music
Prize at the London String Quartet Competition in 2000. For more
information, visit http://hgnm.org/2010/05/04/diotima-quartet/. Email
cbrowne82 {at} gmail.com for logistical questions. We will meet in the
lobby of Paine Hall at 7:45 pm.
*Friday, **January 28,** **3pm**, Millet exhibition at the **MFA*
Join us for a private tour of the MFA’s new American wing! Led by GSAS
student Katie Pfhol, a PhD candidate in History of Art and Architecture,
we'll explore the Millet exhibition, the Modern European galleries, and the
MFA's new American wing, focusing on changing depictions of and responses to
the natural world. We will leave Dudley House at 3pm; RSVP required to
Ivanna Yi (iyi(a)fas.harvard.edu).
*Friday, Jan. 28th @ 10pm, Karaoke Outing*
Karaoke extravaganza at the Cambridge Queen's Head Pub! Come try your hand
at one (or more) of 100,000 songs right in our own backyard or grab a snack
and watch your friends! No cover charge. Contact Charlie (marcrum@fas) for
more information.
