Arts & Entertainment Archive

Plan your night out with Arts & Entertainment at Humboldt State.

Week of: Oct 19, 2008
Ching-Ming Cheng’s Difficult Journey »

For her second solo recital as a faculty member of the HSU Music Department, pianist Ching-Ming Cheng plans to take the audience on a journey: “chronologically, technically and musically.”

Tin and the Art of Deadly Sin »

There’s nothing like a little sin to get the creative juices flowing. Humboldt State’s Art Department will host a collaborative exhibit titled “Sin in Tin,” that aims to raise funds for various department programs. The show will feature work from students, faculty and staff, and focuses on the seven deadly sins.

Week of: Oct 12, 2008
Students Play World’s Oldest Jazz Band »

While not itself all that old, the HSU Jazz Orchestra will highlight a composition by the man the Guinness Book of Records recognized as the founder of the oldest continuously existing jazz band on the planet—or at least it was until recently. It happens at Fulkerson Recital Hall on the HSU campus in Arcata on Saturday, Oct. 18, when the Jazz Orchestra plays their half of the program, preceded by the HSU Symphonic Band.

Week of: Oct 05, 2008
Passion and Redemption in Shakespeare’s ‘The Winter’s Tale’ »

A king, mad with jealousy, and a kingdom thrown into chaos. A beautiful queen, imprisoned and left for dead. A foundling child, left on the wild shore of a distant and now enemy country.

Week of: Sep 21, 2008
Fascinating Rhythms at Fulkerson Hall September 26 » In various combinations and as soloists, soprano Elisabeth Harrington with clarinetist Virginia Ryder and pianists Deborah Clasquin, Ching-Ming Cheng and John Chernoff perform jazz-inspired classics on Friday, September 26 in the Fulkerson Recital Hall, in the HSU Music Department Faculty Artists Series.
Life And Light » For Humboldt State photography Professor Tom Knight (’50, ’54), light was everything. Whether it was illuminating the crescent outline of a subject’s face or highlighting the opalescent luster of a common washbasin, Knight made finding the right light at the right moment his life’s passion.
Week of: Sep 14, 2008
Students Handpick Bullen Display » Arcata - The Reese Bullen Gallery at Humboldt State University will showcase a new rotation of its permanent collection in “Views from the Vault,” an exhibit of works handpicked by HSU students enrolled in the Museum & Gallery Practices class, commencing Thursday, Sept. 25. The public is invited to attend the opening reception that day from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Taj Mahal Brings Eclectic Sound To HSU » You could call Taj Mahal, birth name Henry Saint Clair Fredericks, a blues legend, but the guitar slinger’s sound goes far beyond simple 12-bar odes to failed love or tough times.
Week of: Sep 07, 2008
Baune and Clasquin Reunite Sept. 13 » Renewing a performing partnership that goes back more than a decade, violinist Terrie Baune and pianist Deborah Clasquin headline a program of works by Dmitri Shostakovich and other Eastern European composers of the Soviet era.
Playing with Fire: A Timely New Play Gets A Hearing at HSU » A monstrous forest fire that won’t end is threatening this small lumber town. People are arriving from all over to help fight it, and they are changing the town from within.
Week of: Aug 17, 2008
Return of the Soprano » As students begin fall classes, Soprano Kamala Stroup Rocher, HSU Class of ’91, returns to campus for a voice recital featuring the works of Debussy, Strauss, Mozart and Verdi.
Faculty and Staff Art at First Street » A faculty and staff exhibition showcasing the talent of the artists who teach and work in Humboldt State University’s Art Department will be featured at the First Street Gallery in Old Town, Eureka. The exhibit will run from Aug. 26 through Sept. 21, with an artists reception on Sept. 6.
Week of: May 25, 2008
Music By A King Highlights Community Chamber Concert At HSU » Music fit for a king might describe many classical pieces, especially those commissioned by monarchs and other high officials. But music actually composed by a king is rarely heard. On Friday June 6 at HSU, it will be, as performed by one of three chamber music groups of North Coast commoners to play that evening.
Week of: May 11, 2008
Asian Pianist Thrives in HSU’s Music Family » Arcata - From early childhood, pianist Ching-Ming Cheng assailed the keyboard with iron self-demand. She practiced so hard her mother had to stop her sometimes.
Week of: Apr 13, 2008
“Pure Abstractions” in Motion at HSU » More than fifty dancers perform thirteen original dances, several paired with original music by HSU faculty and students, in the annual HSU dance concert, PURE ABSTRACTIONS, this weekend only, Thursday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in the Van Duzer Theatre.
Week of: Apr 06, 2008
HSU Students Enshrine Arcata Photos » Arcata – Historical Arcata photographs restored by two Humboldt State University seniors are on display this month at the Meridian Fine Art Gallery, coinciding with the town’s 150th anniversary year.
Week of: Mar 30, 2008
Helen of Troy — The Comedy » She is known as the most beautiful woman in the world. A Classical Age celebrity with a face that still launches a thousand magazine covers, the Queen of ancient Sparta has been trapped for 17 years in what looks suspiciously like a 1950s Egyptian hotel room, armed with a fly-swatter, trying to get an old TV set to work long enough to tell her news of the war being fought for her honor. She’s a sulky Sleeping Beauty waiting for her Prince (actually her King and husband) to come and rescue her.
Annual Student Art Exhibition » Humboldt State University’s Reese Bullen Gallery presents the 2008 Annual Juried Student Exhibition.
Week of: Feb 24, 2008
Music Mavricks Gamelan X Play HSU » Bay Area world music ensemble Gamelan X brings its high energy world music to Humboldt State University on Saturday, March 8.
Week of: Feb 17, 2008
Joanne Rand in Composers Concert »

Joanne Rand is well known as a singer-songwriter and recording artist, especially in California and the Pacific Northwest.  What is less well known is that she is currently pursuing a degree in the Music Department at Humboldt State University.

Week of: Feb 10, 2008
Theater For Kids Of Any Age »

It’s just before dawn, and the fireflies are darting and glowing in the dark. Ominous sounds frighten them away, and as the sun rises, two armies of ants confront each other.

Parallax at Reese Bullen Gallery » Artist Mark Allen Soderstrom poses the question:
How does one weigh a soul?
Week of: Feb 03, 2008
Pinback, MC Chris play KBR » Associated Students Presents has a reputation for putting on great concerts at Humboldt State. Remember Lyrics Born at the ’06 Fall Harvest Fest? Or Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore thrilling live show in the Depot last October? That’s right, in the Depot. Any organization that can get the leader of one of alternative rock’s towering giants to play in a university food court is all right by us.
Week of: Jan 27, 2008
Tony-winning musical at HSU » Arcata — After two runs in movie theaters and more than 2,000 performances on Broadway, Center Arts is bringing the hit musical Hairspray to HSU, affording north coast theater lovers the chance to see this unique comedy.
Hand Tools on Tap at HSU Gallery » Eureka – An exhibit of “Hand Tools of Unknown Use and Other Works” by the Art Department chair at CSU-Stanislaus, Professor Gordon Senior, will be showcased at Humboldt State University’s First Street Gallery in Old Town, February 2 through March 9.
Week of: Jan 06, 2008
Chamber Groups Play Rare Classics »

Arcata - Redwood Coast musicians comprising a trio of chamber groups will perform rare works by Mozart, Beethoven and Bach and classic ragtime numbers on Sunday, January 20, at 8:00 p.m. in Humboldt State University’s Fulkerson Recital Hall.

Week of: Nov 04, 2007
Solmitz Archive Exhibit »

The Solmitz Archive Exhibit in the HSU Library Lobby, November 6-26, shows the effect of Nazi regime on one Jewish family from Hamburg, Germany, whose descendants are now dispersed all over the globe.

Reese Bullen Gallery Hosts Kay Kang Art Exhibit » Humboldt State University’s Reese Bullen Gallery presents works by San Francisco artist Kay Kang. A community reception is set for Thursday, Nov. 8, from 5 to 7 p.m. The exhibit then runs from November 8 through December 8.
Jazz Legend Wows Humboldt State » He’s won ten Grammys, an Oscar and scores of international awards; he was the first jazz musician to field a platinum jazz album and last Friday night, legendary keyboardist, Herbie Hancock, played to a packed crowd at Humboldt State’s Van Duzer theater.

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