8 Thursday, February 19, 1998 Pianist Raymond Jackson will perform on Feb. 23, at PSH Raymond Jackson, renowned pia nist and promoter of African- American musical excellence, will honor Penn State Harrisburg with a performance on Mon., Feb. 23 at noon in the Gallery Lounge. Jackson is a professor at Howard University, Washington, D.C., where he has taught in the Depart ment of Music and served in admin istrative capacities since 1977. He graduated first in his class from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. Jackson contin ued his education at the Julliard School in New York City, earning multiple degrees, including Doctor of Musical Arts. Jackson has written several liter ary works that serve as important resources in the field of African- American music. A recently com pleted three-volume compilation, "Black Composers: Their Lives and "Waiting for Godot" at The Open Stage by Suzanne Rossi Yes, theatre does exist in the thriving metropolis of Harrisburg! One place you can find this branch of the arts is at the Open Stage of Harrisburg. Located on the street level of the Walnut Street Parking Garage, Open Stage is an intimate playhouse that produces several plays each year. Along with each performance, a new artist is fea tured in the Gallery at Open Stage. The motif for the artwork being displayed is connected to the theme of each production. Currently, Open Stage is present ing "Waiting For Godot." As you might remember from reading this Piano Music, An Annotated Anthol ogy," is now being prepared for publication. Throughout much of the Western world his pioneering efforts have introduced these rela tively unknown composers and works in recitals, lecture recitals and recordings. Jackson has performed with many orchestras in Washington, D.C., in cluding the National Symphony, the Washington Chamber Orchestra, and the Washington Symphony Or chestra. He has performed in nu merous recital halls including the Kennedy Center and the National Gallery of Art. Included in his most recent projects as an artist-teacher has been the formation of a "Scholar ship and Mentoring Program for Gifted, Pre-College African-Ameri can Pianists." play (or the Cliff Notes!) in high school, "Waiting For Godot" is not a traditional play. The story does not build to a climax and come to some resolution at the end. It is about two bums who wait endlessly for someone that never arrives. This tragicomedy allows the audi ence to experience the pain and laughter of waiting. "Waiting For Godot" will be per formed until February 22nd. The next production at Open Stage is Pavlovis Clown, which runs from March 26th until April I I th. The Open Stage of Harrisburg offers a special student rate for tickets. Call 232-6736 for information. ENTERTAINMENT "Something for Everyone," A list of *Feb. 20-21, 27-28 at 7:30 p.m. Appalachian Brewing Company - Harrisburg Murder They Wrote (A theatrical production) 232-4036 *Feb. 22, 5 p.m. Harrisburg Hilton Ballroom Friends of Jazz Concert Cindy Blackman quartet with Gary 540-1010 *Feb. 24, 7:30 p.m. Encore Books and Music, Mechanicsburg Keeping the World Alive A program celebrating African American history 761-2665 *Feb. 27 & Mar. 1 The Forum, Harrisburg Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra Rigoletto - Baritone Richard Zeller performs Verdi's masterpiece 232-2539 *Feb. 28 through Mar. 8 Farm Show Complex PA Home Builders Show 783-3071 *Feb. 28 through Apr. 3 Art Association of Harrisburg Art Show and Reception 236-1432 *Mar. 1, 2:30 p.m. The Carlisle Regional Performing Arts Center The Mikado - Gilbert and Sullivan 258-0666 *Mar. 6-22 Harrisburg Community Theatre Nunsense - musical comedy by Dan Goggin 232-5501 *Mar. 6-8 Hershey Theatre Linda Rugel Exhibit in the Gallery Award-winning batik artist Linda Rugel is showing her series of works created through the use of vintage American textiles, dyes, acrylics, and encaustics. Her ex ploration of spiritual themes en titled "Faces, Phases, Form tex tile explorations on the quest for authentic being" will be on exhibit in the Gallery Lounge Feb. 16 to Apr. 3. Rugel first discovered a love for batik, the ancient art of resist-dye ing, when she visited Delhi, India several decades ago. She has been working in the medium ever since. Rugel studied her art in Java and Bali, Indonesia. Her work has been widely exhibited, and commis sioned by Armstrong World Indus tries as well as private individuals. In 1996, Rugel decided to free up her artistic endeavors by turning to a form of art that is less complex in "CATS" 534-3415 *March 11-15 Hersheypark Arena Beauty and the Beast on Ice 534-3911 *Feb. 8 - Mar. 15 York College Gallery Exhibit Illusions of Light: The Glass Sculp ture of Christopher Ries Re-Fused: The Junk Art of Leonard Streckfus 846-7788 *Feb. 19 - Mar. 14 Theater of the Seventh Sister, Lancaster Raisin in the Sun 396-7764 *Feb. 25, 7 p.m. Gettysburg College, CUB Ballroom Simple Gifts performs One of the most intriguing musi cal groups to play the college cir cuit will be appearing live in the Gallery Lounge at noon on Wed., Mar. 4. Known as Simple Gifts in honor of Aaron Copeland's tune from his "Appalachian Spring" bal let, these three women present an exciting and varied sound that re flects their wide range and broad musical backgrounds. Drawing on an impressive vari ety of international folk styles, the group plays everything from Irish jugs to Klezmer melodies to Balkan dances to original compositions. Based in central Pennsylvania, the three members of Simple Gifts play an impressive array of instruments as well. Linda Littleton, on violin, re- technique than her traditional resist dye paintings. Using vintage textiles once found in every home—homespun linen towels, battenburg lace doilies, cro cheted antimacassars—l have com bined these materials with textured THE CAPITAL TIMES upcoming events Lecture: David Dußois, editor-in chief of The Black Panther, profes sor of African-American Studies and Journalism, University of Mas sachusetts, and son of Dr. W.E.B. Dußois, founder of the NAACP *Feb. 27, 8 p.m. Penn State York The Color of Dusk, music set to poems from the book, "The Women of Plums: Poems in the Voices of Slave Women," by Dolores Kendrick. *Feb. 28, 3 p.m. & 8 p.m. Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center, York Bluegrass '9B featuring Jim & Jess and the Virginia Boys, The Lone some River Band, and Tim and Mollie O'Brien 846-1111 corder, and hammered dulcimer, combines her classical training with a folksy fiddle style. Karen Hirshon, playing violin, mandolin, banjolin, guitar, and percussion, is largely self-taught and has a strong background in old-time and swing styles. Rachel Hall, equally tal ented on concertina and piano, has traveled throughout the British Isles and Scandinavia to collect some of the more unusual tunes the group plays. Simple Gifts has recently released their fourth album, "Other Places, Other Times," which features tra ditional music from Eastern Eu rope, Israel, Finland, the British Isles, and America. It also includes original compositions by Rachel and Linda. fabrics and mixed media effects to address the quest for authentic be ing," said Rugel. "The works are intended to be meditation devices, objects of contemplation that play with notions of time to help the viewer transcend it."
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