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Arts and Ideas - August through December 1999
Wednesday, August 25
Musical Performance: “Southern Discomfort” political
satire group. 8 p.m., Conant Performing Arts Center. Sponsored by
the OSA Programming Board. For ticket information call (404)
364-8446.
Thursday, September 9
Concert: Enrique Graf, internationally acclaimed pianist,
presents works of Beethoven, Chopin, Copland, and Mendelssohn. Graf
is, according to The Washington Post, “one of the brilliant pianists
of our time.” 8 p.m., Conant Performing Arts Center. Free admission.
Sponsored by the University Programming Committee. Call (404)
364-8446 for more information.
Thursday, September 16
Symposium: “ECO-TALK: Environmental Strategies for the
21st Century.” Begins at 10 a.m. with career fair in Emerson Student
Center. Speakers begin at noon in the Conant Performing Arts Center.
Keynote address by Ted Turner at 7 p.m. This event, sponsored by the
Benwood Foundation, the Turner Foundation and Oglethorpe University,
is free and open to the public. For more information call (404)
364-8446 or visit http://www.oglethorpe.edu/ecotalk.
Wednesday, October 6 through Sunday, October 10
Musical Theatre: “The Drunkard” with music by Barry
Manilow presented by The Playmakers, Oglethorpe University Theatre.
October 6, 7, 8 and 9 at 8 p.m. October 10 at 2 p.m. All
performances in the Conant Performing Arts Center. Admission $8. For
more information call the Playmakers Box Office at (404) 504-1074.
Friday, October 15 through Sunday, November 7
Theatre: Georgia Shakespeare Festival presents “Romeo and
Juliet.” Conant Performing Arts Center. For ticket information call
the Festival Box Office at (404) 264-0020.
Friday, October 22
Performance: Oglethorpe University’s “Night of the Arts”
featuring music, poetry, dramatic readings and other student,
faculty and staff talents. 8 p.m., Great Hall of Phoebe Hearst Hall
on campus. Sponsored by The Tower and the University Program
Committee. Free admission. For more information call (404) 364-8446.
Saturday, November 6
Concert: The DeKalb Choral Guild under the direction of
conductor Mary Evelyn Root and accompanied by Leanne Herrmann. 8
p.m., Lupton Auditorium. For ticket information call (404) 264-6101.
Friday, November 12
Concert: Oglethorpe University Singers and University
Chorale Fall Concert under the direction of Dr. W. Irwin Ray. 8
p.m., Conant Performing Arts Center. Free admission. For more
information call (404) 364-8446.
Friday, December 3
Concert: Annual Boar’s Head Ceremony and Holiday Concert
presented by the Oglethorpe University Singers and University
Chorale with guest soloists and ensembles under the direction of
conductor Dr. W. Irwin Ray. 7:30 p.m., Conant Performing Arts
Center. Free admission. For more information call (404) 364-8446.
Saturday, December 4 through Thursday, December 23
Theatre: Georgia Shakespeare Festival presents “Shrew: The
Holiday Musical” with music and lyrics by John R. Briggs and Dennis
West. Conant Performing Arts Center. For ticket information call the
Festival Box Office at (404) 264-0020.
Saturday, December 11
Concert: The DeKalb Choral Guild under the direction of
conductor Mary Evelyn Root and accompanied by Leanne Herrmann. 8
p.m., Lupton Auditorium. For ticket information call (404) 264-6101.
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