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Please join us for the 2009-2010 Celebrating Arts and Ideas series at Aurora University. This diverse collection of events represents the creative collaboration between community members, businesses and organizations, students, faculty and staff. The series offers something for everyone — art, film, theatre, music and lectures.
Each event is free and is presented on the Aurora University campus. Seating is limited and reservations are required. For more information, please call 630-844-4924 or e-mail artsandideas@aurora.edu. You can register for one or multiple events using this secure online form.
Find the 2009-2010 calendar below or download a printable PDF version.
You can find video clips from select events on the Arts and Ideas video gallery page.
2009-2010 Arts and Ideas Calendar
Ongoing
"Frida Kahlo: Through the Lens of Nickolas Muray" Art Exhibit
Work by Nickolas Muray
February 2-March 28, 2010
Schingoethe Center for Native American Cultures • Dunham Hall
Muray captures famous Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) in an exhibit of more than 40 color photographs. He began photographing Kahlo in color in the winter of 1939 and continued to do so until 1948 — photographing her more than anyone else.
March
"Tecumseh, Native America and the Other American Dream"
A presentation by documentary filmmaker Ric Burns
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 • 7:00 p.m.
Crimi Auditorium • Institute for Collaboration
Burns will discuss his 90-minute documentary film that is included in "We Shall Remain," a five-part PBS series about the history of Native America. His segment chronicles the life and times of Tecumseh, the great Shawnee warrior and politician.
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AU Film Series presents "The Third Man"
Monday, March 22, 2010 • 7:00 p.m.
Perry Theatre • Aurora Foundation Center
This 1949 thriller is the paranoid story of social, economic and moral corruption in a depressed, rotting and crumbling 20th Century Vienna following World War II. Film showing with an introduction and discussion led by Richard Westphal, Professor of English.
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April
"Intrigue and Novelty" Art Exhibit
April 1-June 30, 2010
Schingoethe Center for Native American Cultures • Dunham Hall
Contemporary Native American female artists interpret their world and their place in it through painting, drawing and photography.
Aurora University Senior Art Exhibit
April 7-September 7, 2010
Schingoethe Gallery • Dunham Hall
Aurora University seniors showcase their paintings, drawings and photographs as part of their educational experience.
AU Theatre Department presents "The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail" by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee
April 9-10, 14-17, 2010 • 7:30 p.m.
Perry Theatre • Aurora Foundation Center
Exercising his right to civil disobedience, Henry David Thoreau doesn't pay his taxes while living quietly at Walden Pond ... so he's thrown in jail. Over the course of a long night of introspection, the young Thoreau examines what he's learned, what he's done, who he's met ... whether he prefers "Henry David" or "David Henry" ... and realizes it's time to make his own journey into the world. Directed by Denise Blank, Assistant Professor of Theatre.
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University Chorale and Women's Ensemble Concert
Friday, April 30, 2010 • 7:30 p.m.
Crimi Auditorium • Institute for Collaboration
Join the University Chorale and Women's Ensemble as they present a special program of music.
Register for this event.
Thank you to our 2009-2010 sponsors. Click here for information on becoming an Arts and Ideas sponsor.
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A special thanks to Comcast and The Beacon News for media support.
Thanks to Hollywood Casino and CNA Foundation for their additional support.
