Upcoming Public Events & Activities
Colby-Sawyer College hosts a wide variety of educational and cultural events that are open to the public. For more information, please call (603) 526-3000. For information about alumni events, visit Alumni & Friends and for athletic events, visit Colby-Sawyer Athletics.
May 2013
Summer Art Exhibition Features Colby-Sawyer Faculty, Alumni and Guest Artist Annette Mitchell
Monday, May 13 – Friday, August 30 - Marian Graves Mugar Art Gallery, Sawyer Fine and Performing Arts Center
The Fine and Performing Arts Department hosts its annual faculty summer art exhibition featuring works in drawing, ceramics, graphic design, printmaking and sculpture. Guest artist Annette Mitchell, a Plymouth State University professor and printmaker, will exhibit her latest prints paying homage to the power and joy of the New England environment. Additional highlights include a collaborative suite of 96 small drawings created by Diane Stendahl '80 and Colby-Sawyer Professor of Fine and Performing Arts Loretta Barnett. An opening reception will be held Saturday, June 8 from 6-8 p.m. The gallery is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free.
Northern New England Repertory Presents 'Hedda Gabler' at Colby-Sawyer College
Thursday, May 30 – Saturday, June 8 – Sawyer Center Theatre
Northern New England Repertory Theatre Company presents Henrik Ibsen's “Hedda Gabler,” the story of an aristocratic, headstrong and passionate woman suffocated by the bourgeois existence of her loveless marriage and the social conventions of her time.
Performances are 8 p.m. on May 30, 31, and June 1, 6, 7, 8, and 2 p.m. on June 2. Directed by Trace Oakley, Katrina Ferguson ("Anna Christie") returns to the Sawyer Center stage as Hedda Gabler.
Tickets are $28 for adults, $10 for students, and $20 each for groups of 10 or more. Tickets are available online at www.NNERTC.org, and by phone at 603-526-4112 or toll free at 885-526-4432. For more information email info@NNERTC.org.
June 2013
Summer Music Associates Season Opens With Boston Civic Symphony
Saturday, June 29 – Sawyer Center Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
The Summer Music Associates present Max Hobart conducting the 75-piece Boston Civic Symphony comprised of exceptionally talented students and amateur musicians. The program will include the Beethoven Fidelio Overture, the Cesar Frank Symphony in D minor, and works by Kodaly and Prokofiev. Thirteen year-old cellist Zlatomir Fung will perform the David Popper (1843) Hungarian Rhapsody, a piece very much in the Romantic tradition.
Event tickets are $25 for adults and $5 for students. Discounted season ticket packages are also available. For more information or to purchase tickets, call 526-8234, email info@summermusicassociates.com, or visit www.summermusicassociates.com
August 2013
Vermont Jazz Ensemble Performs Big Band Standards
Saturday, August 17 – Sawyer Center Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
The Summer Music Associates present the Vermont Jazz Ensemble with great standards from the big band era. The 17-member instrumental music group features ensemble work, sectional and individual solos, and improvisation.
Event tickets are $25 for adults and $5 for students. Discounted season ticket packages are also available. For more information or to purchase tickets, call 526-8234, email info@summermusicassociates.com, or visit www.summermusicassociates.com
