Tuesday, October 3, 2017 @ 7:30 pm & Wednesday, October 4, 2017 @ 7:30 pm
Come aboard the Star of the Sea, en route from Ireland to America in 1847. Playing passengers whose lives and fates are more connected than they know, the cast of six, plus video projections, choreographed movement, and inventive sound effects, conjures up the world of Joseph O’Connor’s best-selling novel, in an extraordinary adaptation performed in Irish and English.
Ticket prices: $35, $25; Students $10
Hailed as “a pioneer in world music” by The New York Times and “a master percussionist” by Musician magazine, Adam Rudolph was Yusef Lateef’s closest collaborator. Widely acknowledged as one of the most talented percussionists in improvised music, Hamid Drake has worked with trumpeter Don Cherry, Pharoah Sanders, Fred Anderson, Mahmoud Gania, and William Parker.
Saturday, September 23, 2017 at 8:00 PM
All you need is love! To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Beatles’ seminal recording Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Fab Faux will perform the album in its entirety, along with other fan favorites. Known for their painstaking re-creations of the iconic band’s songs, Fab Faux treat the Beatles’ music with unwavering respect–and love.
Ticket Prices
$65, $55, $30; Students $30, $25, $20; VIP $80 (40 seats)
Sunday, September 10, 2017 at 8:00pm
Fine Arts Center Bezanson Recital Hall
Active at the vanguard of improvised music for more than 40 years, master bassist Mark Dresser has handpicked six musicians: Michael Dessen (trombone), Nicole Mitchell (flute), Joshua White (piano), Marty Ehrlich (reeds), David Morales Boroff (violin), and Jim Black (drums) to perform his evocative compositions.
Thursday, April 27, 2017 at 8:00p.m., Bezanson Recital Hall
Free Admission
“The drummer has named his latest band appropriately,” writes The Village Voice. “Ensembles can go anywhere if the intra-group chemistry is cooking…Fujiwara sounds like he’s got his mates on speed dial.” The group’s debut album was named one of the best debuts of 2010 by the New York City Jazz Record and given four stars in Downbeat Magazine. After All is Said (2014) continues to emphasize the bandleader’s nuanced arrangements while honoring the rich dynamics of these highly ac-claimed and virtuosic soloists.
Tuesday, April 25, 2017 7:30pm
General Admission: $70, $65, $30; Five College and 17 & Under: $30, $25, $20
Experience the power of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and see for yourself why this extraordinary company is hailed as America’s cultural ambassador to the world. From the pulse-racing thrill of contemporary favorites to the spirit-lifting joy of beloved classics, these extraordinary dancers bring African-American cultural expression and the American modern dance tradition to life. The company has performed for an estimated 23 million people around the globe as well as millions more through television broadcasts.
Saturday, April 8, 2017 8:00pm
General Admission: $35, $25; Five College, GCC and 17 & Under: $10
Trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard breaks the mold with his new quintet, The E-Collective. This project journeys to an exciting realm of grooved fusion teeming with funk, R&B, and blues colors. Joined by guitarist Charles Altura, Fabian Almazan on piano and synths, bassist Donald Ramsey, and Oscar Seaton on drums, Blanchard’s latest release Breathless is a master class in storytelling, written in response to social tensions and inspired by Eric Garner’s resounding words: “I Can’t Breathe.”
Tuesday, April 4, 2017 7:30pm
General Admission: $35, $25; Five College, GCC and 17 & Under: $10
Jason Vieaux is the winner of the 2015 Grammy for Best Instrumental Classical Solo for his acclaimed recording, PLAY. NPR lauds Vieaux as “perhaps the most precise and soulful classical guitarist of his generation.” A classical guitarist that goes beyond the classical, Vieaux has earned a reputation for putting his expressive gifts and virtuosity at the service of a remarkably wide range of music.
General Admission: $25; Five College and 17 & Under: $10; Five College Faculty & Staff: Please call the Box Office
Witness the unique tradition of Japanese Kuruma Ningyo (cart puppets) in this story of two wandering travelers along the great highway from Tokyo to Kyoto, whose paths intersect time and space. Created by American puppeteer Tom Lee and Japanese Master Puppeteer Koryu Nishikawa V, this work fuses traditional Kuruma Ningyo puppetry, video projection and live music to explore themes of life and death, and how traditions are passed on.
Thursday, March 23, 2017 7:30pm
General Admission: $45, $40, $20; Five College, GCC and 17 & Under: $20, $15, $10
7 Doigts invites you into their kitchen for this multi-sensory marvel. Cuisine and Confessions colorfully displays that life happens in the kitchen and that storytelling can happen through food. In this show, the audience’s most visceral senses are heightened by high-flying, eye-popping acrobatics, elaborate choreography, and pulsating music coupled with visuals of mixing batter, baking cookies, and sprinkling oregano. So sit back, “feed your eyes and mouth – and make sure you don’t try any of this at home,” cheers Time Out (Paris).
