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Arcadia Gallery Gets $200,000 Pew Grant for 2013 Exhibition

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Arcadia University is among the 2010 recipients of $1.1 million in grants from The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through the Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative (PEI), a record annual total grant award for the program. Arcadia’s grant of $200,000 is for a project with a working title of Tacita Dean: JG. The funds will support the [...]

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Douglas Gets National Fellowship at Kennedy Center

Friday, March 26, 2010

The Arcadia University Theater program is proud to have three senior students—Katie Scheidt, Robin Stamey, and Jamal Douglas—participating in the National Festival at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., April 12-18. In recognition of his outstanding work in Home, Douglas ’10 is one of three acting students around the country offered a National Selection Team Fellowship [...]

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Art Blog Ponders Whether Age Matters in Ai Weiwei Show

Friday, March 26, 2010

The Art Blog’s Libby Rosof reviewed Ai Weiwei: Dropping the Urn (Ceramic Works, 5000 BCE – 2010 CE), with a discussion of whether the 5,000 BC vases that he drops, pulverizes or paints with Coke logos are actually originals or handmade copies, and whether that question is important to the value of the work. A dozen [...]

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SAFETYSUIT to Rock Stiteler Auditorium

Friday, March 26, 2010

By Sarah R. Schwartz ‘10 The alternative rock sensation SAFETYSUIT comes to Arcadia’s own Stiteler Auditorium on Saturday, March 27, at 10 p.m., thanks to the Student Programming Board (SPB). Right now the band is on the road and making its way to Glenside, Pa. Bassist Jeremy Henshaw took a few minutes from the touring grind to [...]

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Arcadia University Theater Presents ‘The Physicists’

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Arcadia University Theater presents The Physicists starting April 15 at the MainStage Theater at Spruance Fine Arts Center. The Physicists, by Friedrich Durrenmatt, tackles scientific ethics and puzzles over people’s ability to handle the ever-increasing responsibilities that come hand-in-hand with technological advances. This satiric drama of murder combined with humor and 180-degree plot twists, directed by [...]

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Free Film Screening of ‘The End of Poverty?’ March 10

Friday, February 26, 2010

The End of Poverty?, a daring, thought-provoking and very timely documentary by award-winning filmmaker Philippe Diaz, will be presented at Arcadia University on Wednesday, March 10, at 12:15 p.m. in Stiteler Auditorium. The film is free and open to the public. Filmed in the slums of Africa to the barrios of Latin America, The End of [...]

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Bucks County’s 2008 Poet Laureate, Paula Raimondo, March 5

Friday, February 26, 2010

Arcadia University’s Paula Raimondo ’06 M.Ed., the 2008 Bucks County Poet Laureate, will return to Arcadia University as part of the Writers Return to Campus Series on Friday, March 5, at 7 p.m. in Grey Towers Castle. The event is free an open to the public. Arcadia University is located at 450 S. Easton Road, Glenside, [...]

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Absolutearts Blog Notes Opening of Ai Weiwei Exhibit

Friday, February 26, 2010

The absolutearts blog promotes the Arcadia University Art Gallery exhibit Ai Weiwei: Dropping the Urn (Ceramic Works, 5000 BCE – 2010 CE). The opening event is Wednesday, March 3, at 6:30 p.m. in the Arcadia MainStage theater, with Dr. Charles Merewether, art historian, curator and writer, presenting “Under the Hammer,” an in-depth survey of Ai Weiwei’s [...]

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Colloquium: ‘Planting Justice,’ Feb. 25

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Arcadia University’s Colloquium series presents “Planting Justice: What a Human Rights Trip Teaches About Being Human, Being Jewish and Being American,” on Thursday, Feb. 25, at 7:30 p.m. in Grey Towers Castle. Members from the Mishkan Shalom Synagogue in Philadelphia will present the free colloquia, which is open to the public. For more information, visit [...]

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Arcadia University Theater Presents ‘The Misanthrope,’ through Feb. 21

Friday, February 12, 2010

Arcadia University Theater presents The Misanthrope, Feb. 12 to 21 at the MainStage Theater at Spruance Fine Arts Center. The Misanthrope, Moliere’s skewering 17th-century comedy, gets a 21st-century “makeover” in a new translation by Peter DeLaurier. Celemine is the consummate flirt. Alceste hates anything false in human behavior. They’re in love. That’s bad enough, but [...]

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Student Biennial 2010 Mixes ‘Naughtiness, Astonishment and Surprise’

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

By Sarah Schwartz ’10 (Photos) Arcadia University’s Student Biennial 2010, an exhibition of artwork by 34 Arcadia University students, kicked off Thursday, Jan. 28, with a reception and gallery talk with this year’s Exhibition Juror, Sue Spaid. “Arcadia art students seem fascinated by naughtiness, astonishment and surprise,” she says. “Spectators can sample the plethora of experiments happening [...]

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Colloquium: ‘Slamming Open the Door’ Poet, Feb. 16

Friday, January 29, 2010

Arcadia University’s Colloquium Series presents poet Kathleen Sheeder Bonanno, on Tuesday, Feb. 16, at 7:30 p.m. in Grey Towers Castle Mirror Room. Bonanno will read from a collection of her poems Slamming Open the Door. This lecture is free and open to the public. Bonanno is a contributing editor of The American Poetry Review and has [...]

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PBS Film: A New Orleans Village Fights Back, Feb. 9

Friday, January 29, 2010

Arcadia University’s Community Cinema film series, a monthly film screening showcasing the Emmy Award-winning PBS series Independent Lens www.independentlens.org, hosts a free film screening of A Village Called Versailles on Tuesday, Feb. 9, at 7:15 p.m., in The Chat Performance area, located in the Dining Complex. The event is free and open to the public. A [...]

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Arcadia University Theater Presents The Misanthrope, Feb. 11-21

Friday, January 29, 2010

Arcadia University’s Theater presents The Misanthrope starting Feb. 11 at the MainStage Theater at Spruance Arts Center on the campus of Arcadia University. Arcadia is located at 450 S. Easton Road, Glenside, Pa. For more information visit www.arcadia.edu/arts. The Misanthrope, Moliere’s skewering 17th century comedy, gets a 21st century “makeover” in a new translation by Peter DeLaurier! [...]

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The Princess Rescuers Receives Kennedy Center Honors

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

The Arcadia University Theater production of The Princess Rescuers, a children’s play written by student Paige Hoke ‘10, has garnered numerous awards from the Kennedy Center American College [...]

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Moore Meets with Ai Weiwei at Art Basel

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Gregg Moore, Associate Professor of Art and Design, met with internationally renowned artist Ai Weiwei on Dec. 3 at Art Basel in Miami Beach. Ai spoke at Art Basel Conversations with Philip Tinari. [...]

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Arcadia University Theater: Home, Through Nov. 1

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Arcadia University Theater opens its 2009-10 season with Home a Tony Award nominated play by Samm-Art Williams and directed by Mark Wade, Assistant Professor and Director of Theater Arts at Arcadia, on Thursday, Oct. 22, at 8 p.m. on Arcadia’s MainStage. Home, by playwright Samm-Art Williams, is the story of Cephus Miles, a young farmer in [...]

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Author of LOVE Park Jim Zervanos Comes to Arcadia Nov. 6

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Arcadia’s Visiting Writers Series presents Jim Zervanos, novelist and short story author, on Friday, Nov. 6, at 7 p.m. in the Rose Room of Grey Towers Castle. Zervanos will read from his recent novel LOVE Park, which has received rave reviews for his portrayal of a colorful Greek family living in Philadelphia, the City of [...]

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