Arts Alive! 2008-09 Series Packages
Welcome to the 2008-2009 Season – great entertainment close to home, and a great value too! This year’s series package includes ten nights of great entertainment.
In celebration of UW-Parkside’s 40th Anniversary in 2008, we’re giving continuing season package subscribers an opportunity to save up to 40% on the already reasonable cost of your season ticket by referring new season ticket holders. Follow the package series links to learn more about the Referral Incentive program.
Tickets available to 'First Call' subscribers and new season ticket buyers through June 30, 2008. Online series sales go on sale July 1, 2008.
Be a part of Arts Alive! For information on corporate sponsorships, underwriting opportunities and sponsorship levels, please contact Dwight Vaught at vaught@uwp.edu or 262-595-2277.
• To order tickets by mail: please print, complete and mail the Theatre Arts season order form.
Individual show tickets:
Individual theatre show tickets can be purchased by scrolling down this page and selecting the event.
Follow the link for more information and to view the 2008-2009 Theatre Arts season schedule.
Foreign Film Series 27th Season
The UW-Parkside Foreign Film Series will resume normal operations in its newly renovated theater!
Our 2008-2009 program moves back to the format to which our patrons have grown accustom: 14 internationally acclaimed films, including last year’s Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Language film, The Counterfeiters; 7 show time options, including the Wednesday 9:00 pm student showing; 3 guest passes; full-length reviews; and as always, a great price!
We are excited to begin our 27th consecutive season in our newly renovated UW-Parkside Union Theater! The renovation includes: $100,000 in state-of-the-art digital projection and sound equipment; acoustic wall treatments; Dolby surround sound; ALS – Assisted Listening System; a new concession area; and new seats configured in three sections.
Imagine early 1920s Paris – a small, intimate theatre plays host to new and avant-garde cinema, specifically, the silent surrealist films of the day. The entire town seems to be present: the bourgeoisie, the big thinkers of the time, the aristocracy, and the escapists. They’ve all gathered to experience this cutting-edge art and later, will reconvene at the local cafes to discuss and debate the merits of the film, the actors, and the director.
Fast-forward 80 years. Continuing this early French tradition, a similar scene plays out as The Hot Club of San Francisco presents Silent Surrealism, an evening of silent surrealist films with live gypsy jazz. The program includes several short silent films by Charlie Bowers such as Now You Tell One and It’s a Bird, as well as films by James Sibley Watson and Harold Shaw. The Hot Club accompanies these films with the distinctive music made famous by Stephane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt, and the Hot Club de France. Silent Surrealism is a brilliant multi-media trip back to a time when the artistic and literary style emerged as a means of expressing the imagination…when writers and filmmakers were more interested in the implications of words and images and providing the audience with the opportunity to vicariously experience the unknown or unimaginable.
The Hot Club of San Francisco is an ensemble of accomplished and versatile musicians celebrating the music of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli’s pioneering Hot Club de France. The ensemble borrows the all-string instrumentation of violin, bass and guitars from the original Hot Club, but breathes new life into the music with innovative arrangements of classic tunes and original compositions from the group’s superb lead guitarist Paul Mehling.
Film Titles: Now You Tell One~It’s a Bird~ The Fall of the House of Usher~ The Land Beyond Sunset.
In cooperation with the San Francisco Silent Film Festival
Guitar Clinic: Friday, September 19 featuring members of the Hot Club of San Francisco, Time and Location TBA. Call 262.595.2277 for more information
Pre-Performance Discussion: Saturday, September 20 6:30 – 7:15 p.m. UW-Parkside Communication Arts Theatre. Discussion will provide historical background on the films and the music, and give an opportunity for Q&A with the musicians. Discussion is free and open to the public. (Performance following at 7:30 requires an admission ticket which may be available in the lobby following the Pre-Performance Discussion provided seats are available.)
This presentation is supported by the Performing Arts Fund, a program of Arts Midwest funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes a great nation deserves great art, with additional contributions from the Wisconsin Arts Board, General Mills Foundation, and Land O’Lakes Foundation.
