| The Lively Arts: Going Live! |
April No. 2 * 2015 |
Bucks Off This Thursday Only, Memphis
Celebrate one musical by saving on another ...
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The Lively Arts at IUP Presents "Memphis" the Musical
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In celebration of IUP's opening of
Into the Woods, we are offering everyone
$2.00 off per ticket (limit of 4) on another musical, Memphis. This touring Broadway production will be presented Monday, May 4, at 8:00 p.m. in Fisher Auditorium as part of the Ovations! series.
For 12 hours only, from noon to midnight on Thursday, April 16, go to our ticketing site and click on Memphis the Musical (our final event listed for the season). Enter MEMPHIS as the discount code when checking out.
But hurry. The $2 discount for Memphis the Musical will only be available 12 to 12 this Thursday. This discount is available for online orders only and saves you the order handling fee on up to four tickets.
And while you are at it, why not purchase your tickets for Into the Woods being presented this Thursday through Saturday, April 16-18 at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday, April 19, at 2:00 p.m., Fisher Auditorium?
Tickets
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Into the Woods Opening
Musical April 16-19, Fisher
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 Theater-by-the-Grove and Music Theater will open the fantasy-filled musical Into the Woods at 8:00 p.m. on April 16. Performances will continue April 17 and 18 at 8:00 p.m., with a Sunday matinee at 2:00 p.m. on April 19. Performances will be held in Fisher Auditorium.
The award-winning Sondheim musical
Into the Woods was most recently released as a major motion picture. When asked about the film, IUP theater faculty member and the production's director Rob Gretta explained, "I enjoyed the movie, and one can definitely appreciate it as a film. For me, live and immediate storytelling will always win. Personally, I think, the audience will have a significantly enriching experience."
The production may not be suitable for younger audiences.
The Details and Tickets
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No Snow Expected!
Pittsburgh Symphony Set for Monday, April 20
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 This time, we feel confident that snow will not delay the April 20 concert that was set when we were forced to cancel the February 21 concert due to weather. The April 20 concert, starting at 8:00 p.m. in Fisher Auditorium on Monday will be under the baton of Maestro Manfred Honeck and includes selections from the Swan Lake Suite plus the ever-popular Pathetique Symphony, both by Tchaikovsky, and a special treatment of the Rusalka Fantasy by Dvorak.
If you still have tickets from February 21 and will be joining us, those tickets remain good for April 20. The deadline for requesting a refund has passed as of April 1.
Details and Tickets
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High School Art on Exhibit
Invitational Brings Over 50 Works to Museum
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|  Over 50 works from 12 different high schools from across the state are on exhibit at the University Museum. The exhibit opened Saturday, March 28 and runs through May 16 in the University Museum, located on the first floor of John Sutton Hall. The Details Museum Goes Downtown Artists Hand Gallery Exhibit  Since July 2013, over 50 new art works have been acquired by the University Museum through purchase and donation. Now until May 2, many of these new works will be on display at the Artists Hand Gallery as the University Museum Goes Downtown.
The recent acquisitions support the Museum's mission to bring the arts and material history of the region together to encourage exploration, dialogue, and enjoyment through works from regional artists. These artists include Orval Kipp, Jean Slenker, Net O. Wert, Chuck Olson, Robert Cronauer, Lila Hetzel, James Innes, and Robert Hamilton ranging from oil and acrylic paintings to mixed media on paper, silkscreen, and silver jewelry. The Details |
Win A Subscription to 2015-2016
Take One of Both Surveys
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We are asking your advice as well as inviting you to make some guesses on what we are planning for the 2015-2016 Ovations! series season. And, if you check these out, you have a chance to win a free subscription. Winners to both contests will be announced by late evening on May 21, the day we plan to unveil the season. Both surveys close on May 10.
You Decide
Firs t, we are planning on presenting a major classical ballet. With a few touring companies in mind, we would like to get your opinion on our two choices or titles. And, if you provide your name and contact information, you will be entered into a random drawing to receive one free subscription to the Ovations! season next year, a value of over $400.
Which Ballet? Survey
Season Headliners
 Second, invite you to make some guesses on what we are planning for next season. We have to wait until all contracts and fiscal matters are in order before we announce, but have listed some headlines on this survey that will provide hints. Fair warning , though: It's not easy. People with the most correct answers will be entered into a random drawing to receive one free subscription to the Ovations! season next year.
Lively Arts Headline Contest
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Parking and Access
Some Construction Continues, Parking Still Free
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 The new Crimson Caf?, right between the library and Cogswell Hall and adjacent to the Performing Arts Center, is now open and repaving on 11th street is complete. In fact, why not stop in the Caf? before or after the performance for some coffee, dessert, or a full meal?
Access to Fisher Auditorium from the Parking Garage is now much easier. Instead of walking along 11th Street as you had to do during the construction, just walk between the Crimson Caf? and the library, and you will have a direct route to the front entrance of Fisher Auditorium. That is also the best wheelchair accessible route.
Drop Off Crossing/Ovations! Events in Fisher Auditorium: As we started last spring, persons in wheelchairs or needing alternate access to Fisher Auditorium can stop along Oakland Avenue on the Oak Grove side near Copies Plus. An IUP police officer and an usher will be stationed there for any Ovations! event in Fisher Auditorium to assist with traffic and questions. They will be on hand from starting 1 hour before the Ovations! series Fisher event performances and 30 minutes following the show. After persons are dropped off, the driver can then park in one of the various lots in the immediate area.
Another more direct area for drop off and one that we will be utilizing more in the future is right at the Crimson Cafe?on 11th Street. Access for wheelchairs is approximately the same distance as the Oakland Avenue drop off and much less of an incline. We suggest trying it out.
Always Free Parking: And the Parking Garage is always available and free anytime after 5 p.m. on weekdays and anytime on weekends. All spaces throughout the garage at these times are available except for spaces marked for "24 hours." Ample spaces are also available on each level in the Parking Garage for those persons with a valid handicapped license or placard.
We never charge for our parking.
If you need special assistance, please call the Lively Arts at 724-357-2787 (ARTS).
All the information is also available on our Google Venues Map:
Google Venues Map for Lively Arts |
Learn Something New!
Community Music School Starts 2nd Year
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|  Now in its second year, the IUP Community Music School offers private lessons on all instruments with various levels of instructors, ensemble opportunities for children and adults, and piano and guitar classes. This is a program open to the community, all ages and all levels of experience.
Want to sing? Want to play? The Indiana Community Choir, Indiana Symphonic Winds, or Crimson Children's Choir might just be the place for you.
With tuition and registration kept remarkably low due to assistance from the College of Fine Arts and sponsorships from IUP Dining and Indiana Rotary, check out all the possibilities to learn something new, fine tune your talents, or just have some fun.
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Lively Arts Calendar
Everything -- more, more, and still more.
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If you have any questions about events or dates, please call us at 724-357-2787 (ARTS) or email
lively-arts@iup.edu.
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Going Live! Get Back to Reality As we celebrate 25 years of the Lively Arts what better way to acknowledge that than "to go live at 25!" See a show with your neighbors, make a new friend with the person next to you, talk about it afterwards at a local lounge or restaurant, sit a spell in front of a painting or sculpture, and share the emotion only a live performance can provide. You deserve it. Get back to reality and experience it live. Come to the Lively Arts! |
 The Lively Arts Hank Knerr, Director Indiana University of Pennsylvania 202 Performing Arts Center Indiana, Pennsylvania 15705 724-357-2787 (ARTS) 724-357-7899 (fax) |
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