Philosophy seminar planned for April 1 at AIPCT, Murphysboro
The American Institute of Philosophical and Cultural Thought in Murphysboro will play host Monday, April 1 to a seminar by Roberta Dreon, "Looking at Human Sensibility by Pragmatist Means: In Search of a Rounded Portrait." The event will be free and open to the public.
Dreon is associate professor of aesthetics at the Department of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage of Venice University. Previously, she was an open-ended researcher in the same disciplinary field.
Attendees are welcome to bring snacks and drinks as they please; light refreshments and drinks also will be provided. The seminar will last about an hour and a half, including discussion. There will be a reception afterwards.
The AIPCT is located at 411 N. 9th St. in Murphysboro.
Top Indian musician performing at The Varsity
The Varsity Center will be the setting for a rare opportunity to hear a vocal and instrumental Hindustani classical music concert.
Dattatreya Velanka, an accomplished artist, performer and teacher, will perform Saturday, April 6. He will be accompanied on the tabla by another artist, Shri Yogeesh Bhat. Both artists are from India.
The show is co-sponsored by Reema's Authentic Indian Food. The Carbondale restaurant will provide snacks before the concert, as well as hot tea.
This concert will take place Saturday, April 6. Doors open at 6 p.m.; the concert begins at 7 p.m.
Tickets are $15 for the general public and $10 for students.
Epiphany Lutheran to begin 'Jazz Vespers'
Epiphany Lutheran Church in Carbondale will inaugurate "Jazz Vespers" beginning at 5 p.m. Sunday, April 14.
The one-hour service will be held on the second Sunday of each month using the Evangelical Lutheran Worship Evening Prayer liturgy, interspersed with inspirational jazz performed by members and guests of the New Arts Jazztet. Pastor Paul Waterman will lead this reflective service with scriptural readings, a psalm, a short homily and prayer. A jazz prelude will precede the service, and a jazz postlude will follow. All are welcome, including families and children.
'The Great Outdoors' to be screened tonight on the Strip
Friday Flicks at The Varsity continue tonight, March 29 with a screening of "The Great Outdoors."
The 1988 American comedy was written and produced by John Hughes. It stars Dan Aykroyd, John Candy and Annette Benning in her feature film debut. Nostalgic about the good old days in the honeymoon cabin, the patriarch Chet and the Ripley family set off to the idyllic woods of Wisconsin for the summer vacation. However, their plans for a peaceful family bonding in the heart of the untamed nature will be thwarted, when the high-rolling brother-in-law Roman and the snotty Craig family decide to crash the party. Eventually, as the two families try to have a good time together, a seemingly endless series of misfortunes and mini-disasters with thirsty leeches, cunning racoons and a mythical wild bear, threaten to ruin the vacation.
The series continues April 5 with "Shakespeare in Love." All showings begin at 7 p.m. Tickets are $7 or $5 for students.
Stage Company prepares to open next show April 5
The next production from the Stage Company, "Five Women Wearing the Same Dress," will run April 5 to 14 at The Varsity Center in downtown Carbondale.
Written by Alan Ball and directed by Rita Medina, the play takes place during an ostentatious wedding reception at a Knoxville, Tenn. estate. There, five reluctant, identically clad bridesmaids hide out in an upstairs bedroom, each with her own reason to avoid the proceedings below. As the afternoon wears on, these five very different women joyously discover a common bond.
The cast includes Hasanah Brown, Kathleen McDaniel, Jodie Salazar, Elise Wheaton, Tricia Beth Burns and Seth Stearns. The assistant director is Colin Whitworth.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday shows will begin at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults and $8 for students. Tickets are only $7 Thursday, April 14. For more, visit stagecompany.org.
Original show playing at the Kleinau Theatre
This weekend sees the production of the original solo show "Within/Without: Writing from the Closet" by Ph.D. student Colin Whitworth.
The show utilizes a mixture of performative methods to offer different views of how we understand the closets of our world - specifically in terms of identity, gender and sexuality.
The show opened Thursday, March 28 and runs through Saturday, March 30 in the Marion Kleinau Theatre, located on the second floor of the Communications building on SIUC's campus. Admission is $5 for students with a student ID and $7 for general admission (cash only). Doors open at 7:30 p.m.; the show begins at 8 p.m.