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From
free events at The Menil Collection
and Children’s Museum of Houston
to SPA’s annual fall luncheon
and spring gala to an onstage cast party
with The Ten Tenors, Society for the
Performing Arts has a host of special
events planned in addition to presenting
the world’s best performances!
Read on for details and check back later
as more and more events are added…
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One
of the seminal artists of our time,
Laurie Anderson returns to Society
for the performing Arts with her newest
work Homeland at 8 pm on Friday, October
10, at the Wortham Theater Center.
On the evening prior to her performance,
Ms. Anderson will introduce her film
Hidden
Inside Mountains
(2005), which inspired Homeland,
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screening/conversation
at The Menil Collection, 1515 Sul Ross, at 7 pm
on Thursday, October 9.
Seating at this intimate, free
event will be limited, and tickets will be required.
Homeland
ticketholders may receive a pair of tickets for
the film by visiting the SPA Box Office at Jones
Hall starting at 9am on Friday, October 3. A limited
number of tickets will be available
to the general public starting
at noon on Saturday, October 4, at The Menil Collection
Bookstore, 1520 Sul Ross at Mandell. Tickets will
be given out on a first come, first serve basis
with a limit of two tickets per person at both
locations. Tickets for Homeland
may be purchased by calling 713.227.4SPA
or visiting spahouston.org.
Hidden
Inside Mountains is a film of short stories
about nature, artifice and dreams. Located in
a fictitious world of theatrical spaces, the stories
unfold through music, gesture, text passages and
the poetry of variously juxtaposed, evocative
visual images. Both joy and loss are expressed
in the film’s dreamlike texts, written by
Laurie Anderson and presented in both Japanese
and English. The film’s haunting music features
violins, bells, dog barks and melody as well as
many of Laurie Anderson’s signature electronic
sounds.
Commissioned by EXPO 2005 Aichi,
Japan, Hidden Inside
Mountains is a high definition video that
debuted in Japan at WORLD EXPO 2005 on the largest
high definition Astrovision screen in the world
and features an original score written and recorded
by Laurie Anderson with additional vocals by singer/performer
Antony (of Antony and the Johnson).
The screening of Hidden
Inside Mountains in Houston is made possible by
The Menil Collection, Aurora Picture Show and
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Tuesday,
October 14, 2008
11:00am - 1:00pm
SAVE THE DATE
for the SPA Annual Fall Luncheon on
Tuesday, October 14, 2008. You won’t
want to miss guest authors Ruthanna
Hopper (daughter of legendary actor
Dennis Hopper) and Amanda Goldberg
(daughter of famed film producer Leonard
Goldberg) as they serve up delicious
tales about growing up on the red
carpet through the eyes of “Lola,”
their precocious protagonist.
“Hollywood during the glitter,
glamour, and hype of Oscar week forms
the backdrop for the adventures of
Lola Santisi, the daughter of Hollywood
royalty, and her friends, Kate, a
Hollywood talent agent, and Cricket,
a struggling model and actress.”
MTV.com
Click
here to see a video of Ruthanna
Hopper and Amanda Goldberg.
For more information, call 713.632.8103
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Seating
is limited. Please call 713.551.7255
to reserve your seat.
7:30 pm, Wednesday,
November 19
Kaplan Theatre,
Jewish Community Center of Houston
5601 South Braeswood
SPA and the Jewish Community Center
of Houston invite the general public
to a free screening of Alberstein’s
documentaryToo
Early To Be Quiet, Too Late To Sing
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Yiddish
and Hebrew with English subtitles
on November 19. Following the film,
Alberstein will answer questions with
a reception to follow.
A flourishing
Yiddish culture of poetry, music,
drama, and literature came to an abrupt
end with the Holocaust. A small core
of survivors continued to create in
Yiddish after World War II, and now
only a few Yiddish poets remain, most
of them in Israel. Chava Alberstein
set out to interview them, to hear
their poems and stories. Along the
way she sings a superb collection
of Yiddish folk songs. Too
Early To Be Quiet, Too Late To Sing
is a personal film, in which Alberstein
gives expression to her endless love
of poetry and Yiddish.
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For more information, call 713.632.8103
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Mark
Your Calendars and
get ready to mix and mingle at a private reception
with The Ten Tenors on the Jones Hall Stage immediately
following their performance on Thursday, April
9, 2009. An
additional $100 will put you on the guest list!
Australia’s hottest tenor export will make
its Houston debut with an eclectic program drawing
from the classical tenor repertoire, Neapolitan
ballads and rock classics! Formed in 1995 while
studying at university for careers in opera, The
Ten Tenors leapt to international attention in
2002 as the surprise guest artists at the Eurovision
Grand Prix de la Chanson held in Kiel, Germany.
The Ten Tenors are performing to sold-out engagements
across the country, so make your reservations
now!
For more information, call 713.632.8103
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