 | Red Priest, the outrageous British Baroque ensemble, will perform Venetian Carnival Nov. 14 in the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall.
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New at the Fine Arts CenterTheatre
URI Theatre presents Into the Woods by James Lapine with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, winner of the 2002 Tony Award for best revival of a musical. A bewitching crew of classic fairy tale characters romp through a “happily ever after” kingdom in this witty, sentimental musical that appeals to children and adults alike. In the Will Theatre on Nov. 13-15 and 19-21 at 7:30 p.m., Nov. 16 at 5 p.m., and Nov. 22 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 for the general public and $12 for students and senior citizens. For more information call 401-874-5843.
The Great Performances series continues on Nov. 14 at 8 p.m. with British theatrical ensemble Red Priest performing Venetian Carnival. Red Priest is described by Gramophone Magazine as “the UK’s most dynamic, theatrical and outrageously different Baroque ensemble.” Red Priest returns to URI with its redefined art of period performance, combining the fruits of extensive research with swashbuckling virtuosity, heart-on-sleeve emotion and compelling stagecraft. Tickets for this performance in the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall are $15 for the general public, $12 for URI faculty, staff, and senior citizens, and $5 for students. For additional information call 401-874-2627.
Music
Highlights from the schedule of concerts sponsored by the URI Music Department:
Nov. 2, 7 p.m. - University Artist Series: Joe Parillo, solo jazz piano.
Nov. 8, 8 p.m. - University Artist Series: Pictures in Sound, with baritone Rene de la Garza and pianist Manabu Takasawa. A multimedia presentation of visually inspired music featuring Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition and songs based on famous paintings and painters.
Dec. 6, 7:30 p.m. - A holiday concert with the URI Symphony Orchestra and the University Chorus.
Dec. 7, 3 p.m. - URI Wind Ensemble and URI Concert Band.
All of these performances are held in the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall. For further information or for a complete list of peformances call the URI Music Department at 401-874-2431.
In the Galleries
The Corridor Gallery features Circadian, new work by URI Associate Professor of Art Sheri Wills, who teaches filmmaking and digital media. She continues her work with delicate Polaroid transfers, combining large scale Polaroids on watercolor paper and creating even larger Iris prints. On exhibit Nov. 6 through Dec. 11, with a brown bag gallery talk by the artist at noon on Nov. 10.
Opening Dec. 16 in the Corridor Gallery is Solstice, works on paper by Ruth Ann Howden and Joyce Sakala. Timed to coincide with the period of winter solstice, this exhibition combines the work of two Rhode Island artists manifesting individual aesthetic sensibilities yet guided by the same sources. For this project, the joint theme of the shortest day/longest night spawns both complex printmaking by Howden and collages by Sakala. Through Jan. 18, with a brown bag gallery talk by the artists at noon on Jan. 14.
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