The Rita Tallent Picken Regional Center for Arts and Humanities
Black Excellence Fashion Show
6 pm-9 pm
The Rita, Black Box Theatre
A celebration of regional Black designers—Racine, Milwaukee, and Chicago—and a demonstration of Stepping by local pros.
THEATRE: reasons to be pretty
By Neil Labute
Directed by Travis Siepl*
A ParksideSTUDIO production
A love story about the impossibility of love, reasons to be pretty introduces us to Greg, who really, truly adores his girlfriend, Steph. Unfortunately, he also thinks she has a few physical imperfections, and when he casually mentions them, all hell breaks loose.
THEATRE: reasons to be pretty
By Neil Labute
Directed by Travis Siepl*
A ParksideSTUDIO production
A love story about the impossibility of love, reasons to be pretty introduces us to Greg, who really, truly adores his girlfriend, Steph. Unfortunately, he also thinks she has a few physical imperfections, and when he casually mentions them, all hell breaks loose.
THEATRE: reasons to be pretty
By Neil Labute
Directed by Travis Siepl*
A ParksideSTUDIO production
A love story about the impossibility of love, reasons to be pretty introduces us to Greg, who really, truly adores his girlfriend, Steph. Unfortunately, he also thinks she has a few physical imperfections, and when he casually mentions them, all hell breaks loose.
THEATRE: Spring Awakening
Book and Lyrics by Steven Sater
Music by Duncan Sheik
Directed by Rachael Swartz
The winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, told by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater through what Entertainment Weekly called, "the most gorgeous Broadway score this decade," Spring Awakening explores the journey from adolescence to adulthood with a poignancy and passion that is illuminating and unforgettable. The landmark musical is an electrifying fusion of morality, sexuality and rock and roll that is exhilarating audiences across the nation like no other musical in years.
THEATRE: Spring Awakening
Book and Lyrics by Steven Sater
Music by Duncan Sheik
Directed by Rachael Swartz
The winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, told by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater through what Entertainment Weekly called, "the most gorgeous Broadway score this decade," Spring Awakening explores the journey from adolescence to adulthood with a poignancy and passion that is illuminating and unforgettable. The landmark musical is an electrifying fusion of morality, sexuality and rock and roll that is exhilarating audiences across the nation like no other musical in years.
MUSIC: Dixie Doodlers
12 pm
The Rita, Bedford Concert Hall
The Noon Concert Series is a highly popular series of free performances presented Friday at the noon hour during the Fall and Spring semesters, featuring an interesting and diverse range of performances, including solo and chamber recitals, large group concerts, and lecture/recitals.
Tickets are not required for this free event. Seating is first-come, first-serve. Free parking is available in Lots B & C.
MUSIC: Anna Webber's Shimmer Wince
12 pm
The Rita, Bedford Concert Hall
The Noon Concert Series is a highly popular series of free performances presented Friday at the noon hour during the Fall and Spring semesters, featuring an interesting and diverse range of performances, including solo and chamber recitals, large group concerts, and lecture/recitals.
Tickets are not required for this free event. Seating is first-come, first-serve. Free parking is available in Lots B & C.
MUSIC: Bluegrass Reunion Band
12 pm
The Rita, Bedford Concert Hall
The Noon Concert Series is a highly popular series of free performances presented Friday at the noon hour during the Fall and Spring semesters, featuring an interesting and diverse range of performances, including solo and chamber recitals, large group concerts, and lecture/recitals.
Tickets are not required for this free event. Seating is first-come, first-serve. Free parking is available in Lots B & C.
MUSIC: Andrew Varella
12 pm
The Rita, Bedford Concert Hall
The Noon Concert Series is a highly popular series of free performances presented Friday at the noon hour during the Fall and Spring semesters, featuring an interesting and diverse range of performances, including solo and chamber recitals, large group concerts, and lecture/recitals.
Tickets are not required for this free event. Seating is first-come, first-serve. Free parking is available in Lots B & C.
MUSIC: Symphony and Community Orchestra
3 pm
The Rita, Bedford Concert Hall
Alvaro Garcia, Conductor; featuring Nina Fronjian – Howard Brown Visiting Artist in Residence
More information coming soon...
Tickets Livestream
MUSIC: Student Recitals
12 pm
The Rita, Bedford Concert Hall
Tickets are not required for this free event. Seating is first-come, first-serve. Free parking is available in Lots B & C.
Livestream
GALLERIES: Medusa and Midas Reception
4 pm-6 pm
The Rita, Foundation Gallery
New Work by Melissa Scherrer Paré and Mike Paré
Through a range of mediums including silk painting, paper pulp sculpture and drawing, Melissa Scherrer Paré and Mike Paré invite viewers to engage with a variety of pictorial and sculptural questions. The works in Midas and Medusa explore the energy that ensues from two forces coexisting.
GALLERIES: Medusa and Midas: New Work by Melissa Scherrer Paré and Mike Paré (Closes)
Medusa and Midas
New Work by Melissa Scherrer Paré and Mike Paré
Through a range of mediums including silk painting, paper pulp sculpture and drawing, Melissa Scherrer Paré and Mike Paré invite viewers to engage with a variety of pictoral and sculptural questions. The works in Midas and Medusa explore the energy that ensues from two forces coexisting.
THEATRE: Stand and Deliver: Director's Cut
Pre-performance Reception & Discussion
FrI, Apr 14 | 5 PM | RAM’s Wustum Museum
2519 Northwestern Ave Racine, WI
Stand and Deliver Performance
6:30 PM | Racine Theatre Guild
Package Price $35
Contact 262-595-2457
GALLERIES: 28th Parkside National Print Exhibition (Closes)
2023 marks the 28th presentation of the Parkside National Print Exhibition over thirty years since the first show opened at UW-Parkside. For three decades, the PNPE has shown some of the finest examples of original prints from artists nationwide. It is one of the longest-running competitive print exhibitions in the Midwest; founded at UW-Parkside in 1987 by printmaking professor Doug DeVinny.
Juror: Barry Carlsen, printmaker and co-founder of Vox Populi Print Collective
FOREIGN FILM: Parallel Mothers
Mar 30-Apr 2, 2023
Almodóvar’s Parallel Mothers, which opened the 78th Venice Film Festival, tells the story of two women, both single mothers, who give birth to baby daughters at virtually the same moment. The two mothers meet for the first time when they are paired together in a room in a Madrid maternity ward. Janis (Penelope Cruz) is a confident woman near forty who is full of joy and optimism for the future; Ana (Milena Smit) is a scared teenager fearful of everything that lies ahead for herself and her newborn. Neither mother-to-be has a father by her side. Parallel Mothers is a film of cascading twists and turns, thickening complication, and high family drama, a moving tribute to the shifting, ever-bending bonds of motherhood.
FOREIGN FILM: The Truffle Hunters
Apr 13-16, 2023
The Truffle Hunters takes viewers deep in the forests of Northern Italy where elderly men and their indispensable dogs participate in the tradition of sniffing out the elusive white Alba truffle. Beloved by gourmet chefs, the truffle’s rarity drives prices sky-high, even as the subjects of the film maintain the old ways of hunting, free of technology, relying on their own memories and a cranky sense of secrecy. Like many who spend hours alone in the woods, their character tends to be eccentric, but to step away from the anxieties of 2020 and spend time in their irascible company is a tonic for the soul, a tranquil visit to a vanishing way of life attuned to nature. Directors Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw paint a loving portrait of the entire ecosystem of truffle hunting, focusing on the hunters but also showing the dealers, auctioneers, and chefs who vie for the choicest truffles.
SPECIAL EVENTS
THEATRE: Stand and Deliver: Director's Cut
Pre-performance Reception & Discussion
FrI, Apr 14 | 5 PM | RAM’s Wustum Museum
2519 Northwestern Ave Racine, WI
Stand and Deliver Performance
6:30 PM | Racine Theatre Guild
Package Price $35
Contact 262-595-2457
UW-PARKSIDE SEEKS AN ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE (AIR)
in Printmaking for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Box Office
262-595-2564
boxoffice@uwp.edu
The Rita, Ground Floor
900 Wood Rd.
Kenosha, WI 53144
Parking: Lot B, C
About The Rita
Since 1968, the University of Wisconsin-Parkside has continued to build a reputation as an outstanding liberal arts institution with particularly strong fine arts programs. With The Rita Tallent Picken Regional Center for Arts & Humanities, our state-of-the-art instructional facilities and stunning performance venues match our award-winning academic programs and provide even greater community access. Read more.