February-March Highlights

	Satin Operator (2007)

Renaissance Society
Trisha Donnelly opening and reception
Sunday, Feb. 24-Sunday, April 6

Trisha Donnelly’s work does not defy reason; it doesn’t need it. Accountable to nothing or no one, her work is refreshingly free to roam, whether it is driven by slight whim, vague urge or calculated thought. Likewise, it can assume any form—installation, video, sound, photographs, drawing, language or performance. Donnelly’s work attenuates thought toward the precipitation of meaning as it resides ever so subtly around us. There will be an opening reception Sunday, Feb. 24 from 4-7 p.m., which will include a discussion with the artist from 5-6 p.m.
5811 S. Ellis Ave.

Doc Films
Rediscovering American Cinema symposium and film screening
7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 25

Three distinguished friends of Doc Films will lead a discussion of current issues in film culture, in particular, American cinema and the preservation of American film heritage. The panel will include Tom Gunning, a noted early-cinema scholar and chair of the Committee on Cinema & Media Studies at the University; Dave Kehr, a 1975 Chicago graduate who is now a noted critic and contributing editor for Film Comment; and Mike Mashon, head of the Moving Image section of the Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. The discussion will conclude with a screening of a restored 35mm print of “The Golden Bed,” Cecile B. DeMille’s 1925 film, in which Lillian Rich plays a Southern belle whose frivolous romances leave her with nothing but a golden bed by film’s end. Daniel Sefik will provide accompaniment on piano. Free. For more information, visit docfilms.uchicago.edu.
Max Palevsky Cinema, Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 E. 59th St.

	Alban Berg Quartet

University of Chicago Presents
Alban Berg Quartet Farewell Tour
7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 29

For more than 30 years, the Alban Berg Quartet has reigned as one of the legends of the classical world. Their mastery of the German-Viennese canon has earned them their own concert series in six European musical capitals, including Vienna. The Farewell Tour performance will be an opportunity to hear what critics have called “one of the great ensembles of our time.” It will include Haydn’s “The Seven Last Words of Christ,” Berg’s “Lyric Suite” and Schubert’s “Quartet in G major.” Tickets are $32 general, $5 students and are available by calling (773) 702-8068.
Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St.

Court Theatre
Carousel
Thursday, March 6-Sunday, April 13

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s adaptation of Ferenc Molnar’s “Liliom” reinvented musical theater with its lush score, depth and complexity of emotion, and seamless integration of song, story and dance. Carousel transports you to a small fishing village on the coast of Maine in the 1890s. It is a challenging place, where the locals’ hard work leaves little time to nurture anything—particularly love. No one knows this better than ne’r-do-well carnival barker Billy Bigelow. When he meets mill worker Julie Jordan, fate sends them both on a journey that spans heaven and earth as they explore the limits of love, human frailty and redemption. This beloved musical will soar to new heights under the skilled direction of Artistic Director Charles Newell and Music Director Doug Peck (Raisin, Man of La Mancha, James Joyce’s The Dead, Guys and Dolls.) Tickets are $32 general, $28 senior, $24 student, $20 faculty/staff and $10 Chicago student. For more information or for tickets, call (773) 753-4472.
5535 S. Ellis Ave.