ARTS AND EVENTS FALL 2014

JOIN US THIS FALLFall is a wonderful time of year to visit Rutgers University–Camden and become immersed in arts and culture on our friendly campus. The beginning of the school year brings new opportunities to see live theater, hear musical performances, view art in our gallery, and so much more.

The Rutgers–Camden Center for the Arts provides performances, exhibitions, education programs, and community projects that inspire a ful l appreciation and enjoyment of the arts for al l ages. Across campus, our academic departments host thought-provoking lectures and engaging book readings by award-winning novelists and poets.

I am proud to be part of the tradition of providing these invigorating opportunities for our campus community and to the Delaware Valley region. Many of our of ferings are free, and all are open to the public. Our campus invites you to join us this fal l .

Phoebe A. HaddonChancellorRutgers University–Camden

ARTS AND EVENTS FALL 2014

Anastasia Seifetdinova

Molly-Vivian HuangAlessandra Tiraterra

Copeland String Quartet

Nicholas Pappone Diane Goldsmith

Candance Chien

Aaron Irwin

Rutgers–Camden offers free musical performances throughout the fall.

MALLERY CONCERT SERIES

Take a midday break and listen to live music performed by visiting professional artists.

Concerts will begin at 12:15 p.m.

Located in the Mallery Music Room, Fine Arts Building, second floor

Directed by Dr. Joseph Schiavo, clinical associate professor of music and associate dean for Faculty of Arts and Sciences–Camden Undergraduate Programs and University College

PERFORMANCES

Wednesday, October 1Gabriel Schaff, violinLeslie Frost, piano

Wednesday, October 8Bradley Burgess, piano

Wednesday, October 15Rita Mitsel, oboeAnastasia Seifetdinova, piano

Wednesday, October 22Molly-Vivian Huang, piano

Wednesday, October 29Aaron Irwin Quartet

Wednesday, November 5Diane Goldsmith, pianoVivian Barton Dozor, cello

Wednesday, November 12Alessandra Tiraterra, piano

Wednesday, November 19Copeland String Quartet

Wednesday, December 3Joan and Israel Gerver Memorial Concert, featuring:Candace Chien, pianoNicholas Pappone, violinEric Huckins, horn

Parking will be available in Lot 14 (Third and Pearl Streets) between the hours of 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on concert days.

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The Rutgers–Camden MFA in Creative Writing program attracts some of the nation’s top writers.

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Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Office of Campus Involvement, the Camden Campus Center, and the Office of Sponsored Research.

Randall Horton is the recipient of the Gwendo-lyn Brooks Poetry Award, the Bea Gonzalez Poetry Award, and, most recently, a National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship in Literature. He is a Cave Canem Fellow, a member of the Affrilachian Poets, and a member of the Symphony: the House that Etheridge Built, a reading collective named for the poet Etheridge Knight. He is assistant professor of English at the University of New Haven. He is the author of a memoir Roxbury (Kattywompus Press) and Pitch Dark Anarchy (Triquarterly/Northwestern University Press), his latest poetry collection.

Reginald Dwayne Betts’ latest collection of poems is Bastards of the Reagan Era (forthcoming). His first collection of poems, Shahid Reads His Own Palm, won the Beatrice Hawley Award. Betts’ mem-oir, A Question of Freedom: A Memoir of Learning, Survival, and Coming of Age in Prison, was the recipi-ent of the 2010 NAACP Image Award for nonfiction. His writing has also led to a Soros Justice fellowship, a Radcliffe Fellowship, a Ruth Lily Fellowship, and a Pushcart Prize. In addition to his writing, he serves as the national spokesperson for the Campaign for Youth Justice and was appointed to the Coordinating Council of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delin-quency Prevention by President Barack Obama. He is currently a student at Yale Law School.

Join us for a free series of readings by prize-winning authors of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

Readings are held at 7 p.m.

Located in the Stedman Gallery except for the September 24 reading, which will be held in the Multi-Purpose Room, Campus Center See mfa.camden.rutgers.edu for more information.

Wednesday, September 24Elizabeth McCrackenTeddy Wayne

Wednesday, October 15Brenda ShaughnessySteve Scafidi

Wednesday, November 12Gina Apostol Justin Torres

Wednesday, December 3Contemporary Authors and the PrisonsLinda PerezReginald Dwayne BettsRandall Horton

Elizabeth McCracken is the author of five books: Here’s Your Hat What’s Your Hurry, the novels The Giant’s House and Niagara Falls All Over Again, the memoir An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination, and the forthcoming Thunderstruck & Other Stories. She has received grants and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Liguria Study Center, the American Academy in Berlin, the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.

Teddy Wayne is the author of the novels The Love Song of Jonny Valentine and Kapitoil, for which he was the winner of a Whiting Writers’ Award. He is also a recipient of an NEA Creative Writing Fellowship, a PEN/Bingham Prize, a New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award, and a Dayton Literary Peace Prize finalist. A columnist for the New York Times, his work regularly appears in the New Yorker, GQ, and McSweeney’s. He has taught at Columbia University, Washington University in St. Louis, and the Yale Writers’ Conference.

Brenda Shaughnessy is the author of three collections of poetry, most recently Our Androm-eda—one of the New York Times’ 100 Notable Books of 2013. Her other books are Human Dark with Sugar, winner of the James Laughlin Award, and Interior with Sudden Joy. Her poems have appeared in Best American Poetry, Harper’s, McSweeney’s, the Nation, the New Yorker, the Paris Review, and elsewhere. She is a 2013 Guggenheim Foundation Fellow and assistant professor of English in the MFA program at Rutgers University–Newark.

Steve Scafidi is the author of the poetry collec-tions For Love of Common Words (2006) and Sparks from a Nine-Pound Hammer (2001), which won the fifth annual Levis Reading Prize. His third collection, The Cabinetmaker’s Window, is forthcoming in 2014. He is a cabinetmaker and lives in West Virginia.

Gina Apostol’s third novel, Gun Dealers’ Daughter, won the PEN/Open Book Award and was shortlisted for the Saroyan International Prize. She is a two-time winner of the Philippine National Book Award for her first two novels, Bibliolepsy and The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata. She has received fellowships from Civitella Ranieri, Phillips Exeter Academy’s George Bennett Fellowship, and Hawthornden Castle. Her stories and essays have appeared in Massachusetts Review, Gettysburg Review, Charlie Chan is Dead, Volume 2, the New York Times, the LA Review of Books, Foreign Policy, and other venues. She is working on a fourth novel, William McKinley’s World, set in 1901 in Balangiga and Taclo-ban during the Filipino-American war.

Justin Torres has published short fiction in the New Yorker, Harper’s, Granta, Tin House, the Washington Post, and other publications, as well as nonfiction pieces in publications like the Guardian and the Advocate. A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, he was a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stan-ford University, a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard, and is currently a fellow at the New York Public Library’s Cullman Center. His debut novel, We the Animals, was a national bestseller and has been translated into 15 languages.

Linda Perez’s writings appear or will appear in Black Renaissance Noir, Valley Voices, and the New Sound: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Arts & Literature. She most recently has read at Breakout: Voices from Inside, the 2013 PEN Prison Writing Program fundraiser.

About the Rutgers–Camden Center for the Arts

RUTGERS–CAMDEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS SPEAKER SERIES

Tuesday, September 30 at 12:15 p.m.ERNEST HEMINGWAY AND THE ART OF COMPOSITIONBlack Box Theater, Fine Arts Building

Dr. Tyler Hoffman, a professor and chair of the English department at Rutgers University–Camden, will explore two key stylistic devices that structure Hemingway’s writing: repetition and omission. He also will reveal what Hemingway learned from Gertrude Stein in Paris about literary method, what future minimalist writers learned from him, and what all of this has to do with icebergs.

Wednesday, October 22 at 5:30 p.m.HEMINGWAY’S BIG FISH – PAPA AND THE PHILADELPHIA “SCIENTIFICOS” IN CUBA An illustrated lecture by Robert McCracken PeckStedman Gallery, Fine Arts Building

Ernest Hemingway is well known as a writer, a sportsman, and an adventurer. Less well known is his interest in marine biology. Robert McCracken Peck, senior fellow of the Academy of Natural Sci-ences (now part of Drexel University), will discuss Hemingway’s unusual venture into scientific re-search and how it affected his writing. Peck recently traveled to Cuba with a team of marine biologists to commemorate the 80th anniversary of his work with the Academy.

ONE TRUE SENTENCE INSTALLATION SITESParticipants of all ages are invited to write their “one true sentence,” contributing to ever-growing instal-lations in both the Stedman Gallery lobby and Cam-den County Library’s Nilsa I. Cruz-Perez Downtown Branch. Hemingway once said, “All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.” To learn more or to create your own installation, contact Miranda Powell at 856-225-6202.

The Rutgers–Camden Center for the Arts (RCCA) provides performances, exhibi-tions, education programs, and commu-nity projects that inspire a full apprecia-tion and enjoyment of the arts, create meaningful opportunities to participate in the arts, advance the central role of the arts in pre-K through 12 education, and increase awareness of the arts as essential to cultural, economic, and community vitality. RCCA is a Major Pre-senting Organization/Major Arts Organi-zation of New Jersey designated by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State.

Learn more about RCCA: rcca.camden.rutgers.edu.

About The Big ReadThe Big Read is an initiative of the National Endow-ment for the Arts (NEA), designed to restore reading to the center of American culture. The NEA presents the Big Read in partnership with Arts Midwest. More information about The Big Read: neabigread.org.

The Rutgers–Camden Center for the Arts was once again named a grantee of The Big Read thanks to a $13,500 NEA grant. The center is one of only three organizations from New Jersey to be selected for the upcoming year, and one of only 77 organizations nationwide.

The Big Read: Exploring Hemingway!This fall, the Rutgers–Camden Center for the Arts will participate in The Big Read for the fifth time, celebrating A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway. This two-month celebration features a lecture series, performances, art installation sites, storytelling workshops, and more. Every patron will receive a free copy of A Farewell to Arms.

For more information on The Big Read or to have your own A Farewell to Arms book group, call Noreen Scott Garrity at 856-225-6306.

Thursday, September 18 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.FAMILY-FRIENDLY KICK-OFF CELEBRATIONCamden County Library’s Nilsa I. Cruz-Perez Downtown Branch

“Exploring Hemingway!” will be held in conjunction with Camden Third Thursday events. The celebra-tion will include interactive stories of adventure for all ages, arts and crafts projects for the whole family, library card sign-ups, and much more!

Saturday, October 25 at 11 a.m. STORYTELLING ADVENTURESCamden County Library’s Nilsa I. Cruz-Perez Downtown Branch

Everyone’s favorite storyteller, Kyle Jakubowski, will weave his delightful word magic and captivate chil-dren of all ages through interactive storytelling. The session includes several adventure stories adapted from Hemingway’s celebrated short story collection. Space is limited. Please call ahead to ensure your

Contact Miranda Powell at 856-225-6202.

Friday, November 7 from 5:30 to 7 p.m.HEMINGWAY HAPPY HOURCooper River Distillers 34 North Fourth Street, Camden

The distillery will be open for tours, tastings, and Latin music in honor of “Papa” for this special over-21 event. Themed cocktails available for purchase. (Valid ID required.)

Sounds of CamdenOctober 6 to December 18

Stedman Gallery, Fine Arts BuildingMonday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.Thursday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

“Sounds of Camden” explores the city through its music, poetry, and voices from past to present. As a sequel to the 2012 exhibition, “Visions of Camden,” which presented a visual history of Camden, this fall’s exhibition will present examples of Victrolas and phonographs developed in Camden, visual memorabilia and artifacts, and offer recordings from RCA Victor’s vast playlist. “Sounds of Camden” also presents live performances and recordings that carry historic and contemporary sounds of Camden: resident Walt Whitman, music recorded in Camden, and contemporary compositions, poetry, and recorded oral history.

In the spirit of “Sounds of Camden,” the Department of Fine Arts presents “Hand Me Down the Silver Trumpet,” a musical review of RCA Victor recordings from the 1920s and 1930s by African-American artists. Symphony in C will perform Brahm’s “Hungarian Dances #5 & #6,” recorded by the Philadelphia Philharmonic Orchestra in RCA Studios, for its November 1 concert. See the following pages for more information.

The Rutgers–Camden Center for the Arts exhibition series and programs is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts; the Rutgers–Camden Office of the Dean of Arts and Sciences; The Big Read, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest; and other generous contributors.

Experience live theater at a great price this fall.

Feel the energy and excitement of a live orchestra. The nationally recognized Symphony in C is one of three professional training orchestras in the United States. Performing at the Rutgers–Camden Center for the Arts, Symphony in C is under the leadership of music director Rossen Milanov.

Saturday, November 1 at 8 p.m.SIBELIUS VIOLIN CONCERTOWalter K. Gordon Theater, Fine Arts Building

Conductor: Rossen MilanovBella Hristova, violin

Brahms: “Hungarian Dances #5 and #6” Sibelius: “Violin Concerto in D Minor, Opus 47” Beethoven: “Symphony #2 in D Major, Opus 36”

Bulgarian violinist Bella Hristova makes her debut performance with Symphony in C in Sibelius’ “Violin Concerto in D Minor”—a piece which demands extreme virtuosity and physical stamina. The brilliant young musicians of Symphony in C explore Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 2 in D Major,” one of his most energetic, cheerful, and outgoing works.

Saturday, December 6 at 8 p.m.HOLIDAY POPSWalter K. Gordon Theater, Fine Arts Building

Conductor: Rossen MilanovNew Jersey Master Chorale

Vivaldi: “Gloria, RV 589” Vivaldi: “Winter” from “The Four Seasons, RV. 297” R. Shaw: “The Many Moods of Christmas, Suite No. 2” Tchaikovsky: “Waltz of the Flowers” from “The Nutcracker” “Winter Wonderland,” arranged by Gary Fry “Holy Night of Angels,” arranged by Gary Fry

Vivaldi’s exuberant “Gloria” celebrates the season in Baroque style. The New Jersey Master Chorale and soloists, under the direction of Wayne Richmond, join the Symphony in C for this celebration of holiday music.

TICKETS: Prices vary. Student pricing available.

Purchase individual and group tickets online at symphonyinc.org, call 856-240-1503, or stop by at the Symphony in C box office: 576 Haddon Avenue, Collingswood, NJ 08108.

Symphony in C has been designated a Major Arts Institution by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.

SYMPHONY IN C

The Department of Fine Arts presents two productions that high school students and adults are sure to enjoy.

“Hand Me Down the Silver Trumpet”A Red-Hot New MusicalDirected by Dr. Kenneth Elliott, associate professor of theater

October 16–19Walter K. Gordon Theater, Fine Arts Building

“Hand Me Down the Silver Trumpet” is dedicated to the history of black recording artists and the “race records” made at Victor Records in Camden, New Jersey. Featuring performances of classic blues, jazz, and gospel music. Performed by Rutgers–Camden alumna Dionne Fields and a truly swinging band.

Friday, October 17 at 7:30 p.m.Saturday, October 18 at 7:30 p.m.Sunday, October 19 at 2 p.m.

HIGH SCHOOL MATINEEThursday, October 16 at 10 a.m.

“Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead” By Tom StoppardDirected by Prof. Paul Bernstein, associate professor of theater

November 19–23Black Box Studio, Fine Arts Building

Experience Hamlet from the unlikely point of view of two minor charac-ters, Prince Hamlet’s old college friends, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, as they attempt to understand their roles in an Elsinore turned upside-down. What becomes certain is the impossibility of certainty itself.

Thursday, November 20 at 7:30 p.m.Friday, November 21 at 7:30 p.m.Saturday, November 22 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.Sunday, November 23 at 2 p.m.

HIGH SCHOOL MATINEESWednesday, November 19 at 10 a.m.Friday, November 21 at 10 a.m.

TICKETS: Seating is strictly limited to 100 persons per performance. We strongly encourage early arrival to the theater. You can pre-purchase tickets at the Impact Booth in the Campus Center or call 856-225-6211.

To purchase tickets for high school matinee performances, contact Maria Buckley: maria.buckley@rutgers.edu or 856-225-6176.

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ALUMNI EVENTSLECTURES

UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE OPEN HOUSE AND INFORMATION SESSIONS

Alumni Night at the OperaWednesday, October 1 at 4:15 p.m.

“The Barber of Seville” Academy of Music 240 South Broad Street, Philadelphia Dinner: La Viola Ovest252 South 16th Street, Philadelphia

Meet alumni and friends at the Rutgers University–Camden campus and ride the campus shuttle to din-ner at La Viola Ovest, a family-owned and operated Italian restaurant in Philadelphia. During dinner, Dr. Julianne Baird, professor of music at Rutgers– Camden and renowned soprano, will present a spe-cial overview of the opera. After dinner, enjoy Opera Philadelphia’s production of “The Barber of Seville” at the beautiful Academy of Music. Whether you are an opera newcomer or a veteran, you will not want to miss this special evening.

For ticket information, visit ralumni.com/opera or contact 856-225-6028 or alumni@camden.rutgers.edu.

2014 HomecomingSaturday, October 25 from noon to 4 p.m.

Rutgers University–Camden Community Park, Linden Street between Delaware Avenue and Friends Street

Reconnect with Rutgers University–Camden and share your Scarlet pride with fellow alumni at Homecoming 2014! Homecoming activities are perfect opportunities to catch up with your classmates, cheer on alumni athletes, and enjoy family-friendly fun. Come home to YOUR Rutgers University–Camden.

Watch men’s soccer: Rutgers University–Camden (currently ranked #2 in the nation for Division III) plays Rutgers University–Newark. Check out the Fun Zone with games, activities, and a pumpkin patch for kids. There will also be alumni group displays, entertainment, and so much more.For more information and registration, see ralumni.com/camdenhomecoming or contact 856-225-6028 or alumni@camden.rutgers.edu.

About the Rutgers University Alumni AssociationThe Rutgers University Alumni Association (RUAA) advances the best interests and well-being of Rutgers University by engaging all alumni in the life of the institution through communication, programming, services, and volunteer opportunities. Membership to RUAA is free and granted to all Rutgers graduates. See all Rutgers alumni events and benefits at ralumni.com.

MBA INFORMATION SESSIONHeld at the Cherry Hill Public LibraryWednesday, October 8 Thursday, December 45:30 to 7 p.m.

FALL UNDERGRADUATE OPEN HOUSESaturday, October 11 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

DISCOVER RUTGERS–CAMDEN DAYFriday, November 7Friday, December 59 a.m. to 2 p.m.

EXPLORING METROPOLITAN AND URBAN ISSUESA film viewing and discussion series.

Noon to 2 p.m.Armitage Hall Faculty Lounge

Co-sponsored by the Center for Urban Research and Education and the Digital Studies Center

Friday, September 26AMERICAN WINTER (2013)Presenter: Joe Willard, vice president of policy, People’s Emergency Center

Friday, October 31THE GARDEN (2008)Presenter: TBA from Camden Children’s Garden

Friday, November 21PARK AVENUE: MONEY, POWER, AND THE AMERICAN DREAM (2012)Presenter: Dr. Paul Jargowsky

Friday, December 19DO THE RIGHT THING (1989)Presenter: Ed Guerrero, associate professor of cinema studies at New York University and author of BFI’s Do the Right Thing

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONWHAT FERGUSON CAN TEACH US ABOUT RACE, POLITICS, AND JOURNALISM IN THE NETWORKHosted by the Digital Studies Center

Tuesday, September 30 at 6 p.m.Penn 401, Paul Robeson Library

ModeratorProf. Richard Aregood, visiting professor of English

Panelists• Dr. Wayne Glasker,

associate professor of history

• Dr. Katrina Hazzard-Donald, professor of sociology

• Dr. Lauren Silver, assistant professor of childhood studies

• Dr. Paul Jargowsky, professor of public policy and administration and director, Center for Urban Research and Education

• Marcus Biddle CCAS ’15, urban studies major, journalism minor

See digitalstudies.camden.rutgers.edu for more information.

Learn firsthand about the exciting opportunities that Rutgers–Cam den offers, including:

• Prestigious academics • Research and experiential learning • Commitment to civic engagement • Global experiences • Vibrant campus and student life • And so much more!

For more information and a full schedule, see camden.rutgers.edu/open-house.

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SEE YOU THIS FALLDIRECTIONS AND PARKINGRutgers University–Camden is located just across the Delaware River from Center City Philadelphia and a short walk from the Camden Waterfront. You can visit us by taking the PATCO High Speedline or the NJ Transit RiverLINE to campus. We’re also convenient to all major highways.

Directions and map are available at camden.rutgers.edu/visit-campus.

For visitor parking information, see parking.camden.rutgers.edu.

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