Black History Month at The Rita
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THEATRE: The Altruists
This hilarious comedy revolves around a dedicated, if disorganized and demented, group of young radicals. These are the kids who protest. They protest arts funding and arms funding. They protest school cutbacks and AIDS cutbacks and welfare cutbacks. They march for gay rights and children’s rights and Women Against Drunk Drivers. But their morality is put to the test one day when Sydney, a shallow, anorexic soap-opera actress, fires a gun into the hulking body of her sleeping boyfriend. The Altruists is presented as part of our ParksideSTUDIO series and features the work of student-directors and student-designers.
THEATRE: The Altruists
This hilarious comedy revolves around a dedicated, if disorganized and demented, group of young radicals. These are the kids who protest. They protest arts funding and arms funding. They protest school cutbacks and AIDS cutbacks and welfare cutbacks. They march for gay rights and children’s rights and Women Against Drunk Drivers. But their morality is put to the test one day when Sydney, a shallow, anorexic soap-opera actress, fires a gun into the hulking body of her sleeping boyfriend. The Altruists is presented as part of our ParksideSTUDIO series and features the work of student-directors and student-designers.
THEATRE: Peter and the Starcatcher
Tony-winning Peter and the Starcatcher upends the century-old story of how a miserable orphan comes to be The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up (a.k.a. Peter Pan). A wildly theatrical adaptation of Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson’s best-selling novels, the play was conceived for the stage by directors Roger Rees and Alex Timbers, and written by Rick Elice with music by Wayne Barker. From marauding pirates and jungle tyrants to unwilling comrades and unlikely heroes, Peter and the Starcatcher playfully explores the depths of greed and despair... and the bonds of friendship, duty, and love.
THEATRE: Peter and the Starcatcher
Tony-winning Peter and the Starcatcher upends the century-old story of how a miserable orphan comes to be The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up (a.k.a. Peter Pan). A wildly theatrical adaptation of Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson’s best-selling novels, the play was conceived for the stage by directors Roger Rees and Alex Timbers, and written by Rick Elice with music by Wayne Barker. From marauding pirates and jungle tyrants to unwilling comrades and unlikely heroes, Peter and the Starcatcher playfully explores the depths of greed and despair... and the bonds of friendship, duty, and love.
THEATRE: Peter and the Starcatcher
Tony-winning Peter and the Starcatcher upends the century-old story of how a miserable orphan comes to be The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up (a.k.a. Peter Pan). A wildly theatrical adaptation of Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson’s best-selling novels, the play was conceived for the stage by directors Roger Rees and Alex Timbers, and written by Rick Elice with music by Wayne Barker. From marauding pirates and jungle tyrants to unwilling comrades and unlikely heroes, Peter and the Starcatcher playfully explores the depths of greed and despair... and the bonds of friendship, duty, and love.
THEATRE: Peter and the Starcatcher
Tony-winning Peter and the Starcatcher upends the century-old story of how a miserable orphan comes to be The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up (a.k.a. Peter Pan). A wildly theatrical adaptation of Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson’s best-selling novels, the play was conceived for the stage by directors Roger Rees and Alex Timbers, and written by Rick Elice with music by Wayne Barker. From marauding pirates and jungle tyrants to unwilling comrades and unlikely heroes, Peter and the Starcatcher playfully explores the depths of greed and despair... and the bonds of friendship, duty, and love.
MUSIC: UW-Parkside Student Recital (Free Noon Concert)
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. All performances are held in Bedford Concert Hall. Free parking is available in Lots B & C. Noon concerts are not ticketed. Seating is first-come, first-serve.
MUSIC: UW-Parkside Small Ensembles (Free Noon Concert)
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. All performances are held in Bedford Concert Hall. Free parking is available in Lots B & C. Noon concerts are not ticketed. Seating is first-come, first-serve.
MUSIC: Parkside Range & Parkside Mix
Concerts are performed in the Bedford Concert Hall
MUSIC: Parkside Choirs-Choral Treasures
Concerts are performed in the Bedford Concert Hall
MUSIC: UW-Parkside Orchestra (Free Noon Concert)
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. All performances are held in Bedford Concert Hall. Free parking is available in Lots B & C. Noon concerts are not ticketed. Seating is first-come, first-serve.
MUSIC: Jazz Ensemble
Concerts are performed in the Bedford Concert Hall
GALLERIES: Horeseplay: A Buck Wilde Sideshow (Closing)
Foundation Gallery
The Horseplay: A Buck Wilde Sideshow closing...
GALLERIES: Material Matters | Artist Talk with Maureen Fritchen
2 pm
Bedford Concert Hall, The Rita
GALLERIES: Material Matters: A Visual Exploration of Social and Environmental Transformation (Reception)
We are pleased to announce, Material Matters, an exhibition featuring Maureen Fritchen and Glenn Williams. Mingle, eat and drink while viewing their works!
GALLERIES: Material Matters | Artist Talk with Glenn Williams
Learn more about Glenn Williams and his exhibition in person!
GALLERIES: Material Matters: A Visual Exploration of Social and Environmental Transformation (Closing)
This exhibition features the distinct yet harmonious works of Maureen Fritchen and Glenn Williams, two artists who delve into the impact of consumerism, waste, and social shifts on our world.
Foreign Film Series: Aftersun
Parents and children can develop a sixth sense about each other, or, at very least, they can attune some of their five basic senses to each other’s wavelengths without even trying, and those sensitivities sometimes linger. Aftersun communicates its understanding of this connection right away. When Calum, a young father on vacation with his eleven-year-old daughter Sophie, pauses before leaving her alone for a moment, even though he is out of her sight, she can hear his hesitation. She assures him it is fine to leave her. Calum’s uncertainty makes sense. Gradually, the movie reveals the basics of their relationship. Sophie’s parents are divorced, seemingly amicably, at least by this point. Sophie lives with her mother in Scotland. Calum lives in London and does not see her as often as either of them might like. Now they are on end-of-summer holiday in Turkey, at a resort hotel, though Calum cannot afford the all- inclusive passes that would get them unlimited food, drink, or whatever else. Eventually, flashes of Sophie as an adult make it clear that she is remembering this trip with the help of some home videos we see her taking at the time and rewatching later. The movie is mostly from Sophie’s point of view, but sometimes Wells follows Calum away from his daughter’s eyes. Are we seeing the truth of those moments, or Sophie’s attempt to reconstruct them years later? In its gentle, modest way, Aftersun might well break your heart.
Foreign Film Series: Flee
Premiering at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival on January 28, 2021 where it won the Grand Jury Prize in the World Cinema Documentary section, Flee tells the story of Amin Nawabi as he grapples with a painful secret he has kept hidden for twenty years, one that threatens to derail the life he has built for himself and his soon to be husband. Recounted mostly through animation to director Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Amin tells for the first time the story of his extraordinary journey as a child refugee from Afghanistan.
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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.