June/July 2008

Films ° Performances ° Lectures
and other events in June and July 2008

Through June 8

The Taking of Miss Janie, written by Ed Bullins and directed by Vincent Ernest Siders, presents a Black overview of the 1960s and is a timely reminder of that decade’s idealism and its consequences. Call for times. Providence Black Repertory Company, 276 Westminister Street, Providence, RI. (401) 621-6123, www.Blackrep.org

July 3–September 7

The Publick Theatre presents Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull in repertory with Noel Coward’s Hay Fever. Call for times. The Publick Theatre, Christian Herter Park, Brighton, MA. (617) 782-5425, www.publicktheatre.com

July 11–August 2

Tennessee Williams’s one-act play Suddenly Last Summer confronts a mother’s illusions, a son’s homosexuality, and a tragic death. Call for times. TheatreWorks New Milford, 5 Brookside Avenue, New Milford, CT. (860) 350-6863, www.theatreworks.us

July 17–August 3

Going to St. Ives, featuring Academy Award nominee Lindsay Crouse and Elliot Norton Award winner Jacqui Parker, focuses on post-colonial violence and racial tension in Africa. In a dialogue between just two characters, Going to St. Ives confronts issues of race, violence, evil, and heroism. Call for times. Gloucester Stage, 267 East Main Street, Gloucester, MA. (978) 281-4433, www.gloucesterstage.org

Music

June 1

The Chameleon Arts Ensemble presents a program of innovative chamber music in which a lilting melody combines drums, clarinet, and bassoon. 2 p.m. Forest Hills Cemetery, 95 Forest Hills Avenue, Jamaica Plain, MA. (617) 524-3354, www.foresthillstrust.org

July 9–September 10

The Boston Landmarks Orchestra presents its summer Landmarks Festival at the Shell on Wednesday evenings at the Boston Hatch Shell. Opening night presents Copland and the New World featuring “Fanfare for the Common Man” and “Lincoln Portrait,” as well as Dvorak’s “New World Symphony.” Charles Ansbacher conducts. 7 p.m. Boston Hatch Shell, The Esplanade, Boston, MA. (617) 520-2200, www.LandmarksOrchestra.org

July 12–28

The Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival presents adventurous contemporary music with free public performances in the museum galleries. American composer Terry Riley is special guest artist for the festival. Daily – noon & 4 p.m. Call for schedule. MASS MoCA, 1040 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA. (413) 662-2111, www.massmoca.org

Gallery Talks

June 7

Exhibition curator Barbara Thompson, Curator of African, Oceanic, and Native American Collections, leads a special introductory tour of the current exhibition Black Womanhood: Images, Icons, and Ideologies of the African Body. 2 p.m. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover,NH. (603) 646-2808, www.hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu

June 13

Participate in a docent led in-depth tour of the current exhibition Long Life Cool White: Photographs by Moyra Davey. 12:15 p.m. Harvard University, Fogg Art Museum, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA. (617) 495-9400, www.artmuseums.harvard.edu

June 14

Artist and curator Odili Donald Odita leads a tour of the current exhibition Paper Trail II: Passing Through Clouds. Known for his abstract paintings and murals, Odita was invited to curate, for this exhibition, works on paper from the museum’s permanent collection alongside his own work, including a site-specific painting created directly on the gallery wall. 2 p.m. The Rose Art Museum of Brandeis University, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA. (781) 736-3434, www.brandeis.edu/rose

June 25

Join director Harry Philbrick for a behind-the-scenes architecture tour of the recently redesigned Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum focusing on the buildings’ history, architectural influences, and design decisions. 11 am. Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, 258 Main Street, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-4519, www.aldrichart.org

July 17

Museum director Lisa Corrin gives a gallery talk on the current exhibitions Julie Mehretu: City Sitings and William Kentridge Prints. 2 p.m. Williams College Museum of Art, 15 Lawrence Hall Drive, Williamstown, MA (413) 597-3178, www.wcma.org

July 27 Curator Britta Konau gives a gallery talk on the current exhibition Wegman: William Wegman: Paintings and Drawings. A renowned photographer, Wegman exhibits paintings that incorporate individual postcards into larger pictorial scenes. 2 p.m. Center for Maine Contemporary Art, 162 Russell Avenue, Rockport, ME. (207) 236-2875, www.cmcanow.org

Dance

July 11–13; 16–20

The Island Moving Company of Newport presents its eighth season of Flight of Steps, the company’s summer dance series. New works by guest choreographers and works from the repertory are performed. 6:30 p.m. Fort Adams State Park, Newport, RI. (401) 847-4470, www.islandmovingco.org

Dance, July 18 & 19: Keigwin + Company, 2008 Bates Dance Festival, Lewiston, ME.

July 18 & 19

Highlighting the 2008 Bates Dance Festival is the dance troupe
Keigwin + Company presenting two Maine premieres, Elements
and Love Songs. 8 p.m. Bates College, Schaeffer Theatre,
305 College Street, Lewiston, ME. (207) 785-6255, www.bates.edu

Film

Film, June 6, 13, 20, & 27: Equinox Flower. Directed by Yasujiro Ozu. 1958. New York Films/Photofest. Copyright New Yorker films. The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA.

June 6, 13, 20, & 27

Seasons of Ozu: Late Films of a Japanese Master is a series
of four films by Yasujiro Ozu concerning domestic life in Japan
during the postwar years of cultural change. The series is in
celebration of the opening of the Stone Hill Center, designed
by Japanese architect Tadao Ando. 4 p.m. Sterling and
Francine Clark Art Institute, 225 South Street,Williamstown,MA.
(413) 458-2303, www.clarkart.edu

June 15

Music and the Arts in Liverpool is a film series exploring
The Beatles and the Liverpool music scene and is shown in
conjunction with the current exhibition Joseph Wright of Derby
in Liverpool. Eight films are shown in the series throughout the
month of June. Call for schedule. 2 p.m. Yale Center for British Art,
Lecture Hall, 1080 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT. (203) 432-2800,
www.yale.edu/ycba

June 18–22

The Provincetown International Film Festival screens more than fifty original, independent films and presents Quentin Tarantino as the 2008 Filmmaker On The Edge. For more information call (508) 487-FILM. www.ptownfilmfest.org

June 26

The Gay Marriage Thing is a compelling documentary about the politics, the piety, and the people engaged in the same-sex marriage debate. The film is screened in connection with the current exhibition Wedded Bliss, The Marriage of Art and Ceremony. 6:30 p.m. Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square, Salem, MA. (978) 745-9500, www.pem.org

Lectures

June 7

Celebrating the exhibition Contemporary Collaborations: Artist and Master Printer guest curator Bruce Brown, artist Charlie Hewitt, andmaster printer Jim Cambronne speak about the close collaboration needed between artist and master printer in making works of art. 2 p.m. Portland MuseumofArt, Seven Congress Square, Portland, ME. (201) 775-6148, www.portlandmuseum.org

Lecture, June 22: George Inness; Summer, Montclair (New Jersey Landscape); oil on canvas; 30 1/4 x 45"; 1891. Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Frank Martucci. The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA.

June 22

Curators Marc Simpson and Cody Hartley discuss the current
exhibition Like Breath on Glass: Whistler, Inness, and the
Art of Painting Softly. 3 p.m. Sterling and Francine Clark Art
Institute, 225 South Street, Williamstown, MA. (413) 458- 2303,
www.clarkart.edu

June 24

Artist Dean Snyder gives a lecture on his work in the current
exhibition Dean Snyder: Almost Blue, an exhibition of large
sculptures representing a fusion of organic sources and
material experimentation. 7 p.m. The Frances Young Tang
Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College,
815 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY. (518) 580-8080,
http://tang.skidmore.edu/

July 7

Painter Mark Wethli, the LeRoy Greason Professor of Art at Bowdoin College, presents a lecture on his latest work which continues his investigation into the interplay of color, light, and geometry with a new-found interest in fabric design and organic forms. 6 p.m. Maine College of Art, 522 Congress Street, Portland, ME. (207) 775-3052, www.meca.edu