Morrison Artists Series: American Chamber Players

Nov. 16 @3pm

Always Free, Always Edgy — Described by The New York Times as “warm, seductively luxurious,” the American Chamber Players put their virtuosity and confidence on full display, playing off each other with spirit and precision. “They have established standards of chamber music performance equal to any in the world,” according to the Washington Post. Led by NPR commentator and violist Miles Hoffman, the group combines mixed strings, flute and piano in works by Mozart, Schoenfield, Bridge, Ginastera and Fauré. McKenna Theatre, Creative Arts Building.

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Concert

World Cultures Dance and Music Celebration

Nov. 15 @8pm

One Show, Five Continents — Uniting global communities onstage, this annual celebration showcases traditions from the Philippines, Latin America, Spain, Hungary, Iran, Caribbean and distinctive slices of the U.S. Performers include: Clog America, Kumaco, The Palabuniyan Kulintang Ensemble, Paco Gomes, John Calloway and more. McKenna Theatre, Creative Arts Building.

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Theatre

Chess

Nov. 14 – 22

Featuring Music by the Bs of ABBA — Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, formerly of ABBA, set the table in this musical with their brilliant pop, including the 1980s smash “One Night in Bangkok.” Tim Rice’s lyrics and Richard Nelson’s book play the characters like pawns, from “Opening Ceremony” to “Endgame.” Tony-nominated faculty member Barbara Damashek directs the Cold War tinged love triangle that divides two players in a world chess championship. Little Theatre, Creative Arts Building.

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More Concerts

Piano Week
Nov. 12 – 14 @7:30pm, Knuth Hall, Creative Arts Building

Fall Into Jazz
Nov. 17 – 21 @7:30pm, Knuth Hall, Creative Arts Building

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‘Asian/American/Modern’ at the de Young

A new de Young Museum exhibition presented in collaboration with SF State and Stanford is the first comprehensive survey of Asian American modernism. “Asian/American/Modern Art: Shifting Currents, 1900–1970,” on view through Jan. 18, 2009, is co-curated by Art Professor Mark Johnson. Nearly 100 works by more than 70 artists of Japanese, Chinese, Filipino and Korean ancestry are included, spanning 70 years. Admission is free on College Night, Nov. 14, with valid SF State ID.

Alum’s art attacks culminate in retrospective

Robbie Conal’s politically charged posters plastered across the construction site walls, traffic light switching boxes, freeway underpasses and bus shelters of America are now the subject of a retrospective exhibition in Santa Monica. Howard Zinn has praised Conal’s work as “outrageous, unsparing and constitutes a welcome offering to the struggles of Americans against war and injustice.”

Lecturer’s documentary featured on ‘Today’ show

A blind man whose ingenious use of technology has enabled him to sail, shop and ride a bicycle intrigued Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts Lecturer and alumna Alison Victor and NBC’s “Today” show. Victor also operated an NBC camera during the Oct. 6 taping.

Alum’s candid Sarah Palin interviews attract press

Filmmaker Elan Frank, an alumnus of Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts, recently made the rounds on national television, discussing Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. Earlier this year Frank spent three days with the Alaska governor for a documentary about extraordinary women around the world.

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Alumni set their own stages

This year, recent alumni have revived a longtime SF State tradition of launching their own theatre companies. At least four new groups have produced shows in San Francisco, bursting with a creative and entrepreneurial spirit. Embodying the University’s do-it-yourself ethic, these young alumni are taking risks in efforts to bring new plays to audiences. They follow in the footsteps of past alumni such as Mark Jackson, Ed Decker and Patrick O’Sullivan, whose distinctive groups have attracted worldwide audiences and widespread critical acclaim.

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BECA Citywide Cablecasts on EATV Cable Channel 27

Fridays, 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. Through Dec. 12.

Bring the Creative Arts into your living room — Set your DVR for San Francisco’s Cable 27. BECA students produce “State of Events,” College Sports Reports” and “Under San Francisco,” a discussion about the city arts scene.

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