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Visual and Performing Arts Events for the 2007-2008 Academic Season
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Arts Calendar Archives:
1997-1998
1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007
Artist Series Archives: Historic Listings of Artist Series Performers Other Campus Events
Campus Map showing Hyman Fine Arts Center and McNair Science Building (Chapman Auditorium)

August 7 - September 27, 2007
Stitched!: Embroidery by Fiber Artist Susan Lenz.
Francis Marion University Art Gallery Series.
8:30 am - 5:00 pm Mon-Fri, Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery.

August 7 - September 27, 2007
Addicted to Pots: Selected Works from the Huggins' Collection.
Francis Marion University Art Gallery Series.
8:30 am - 5:00 pm Mon-Fri, Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery.

August 7 - October 25, 2007
Textiles from the Orient:
Chinese and Japanese Kimonos.
Francis Marion University Art Gallery Series.
8:30 am - 5:00 pm Mon-Fri, Smith University Center Gallery.

September 4, 2007
Concert: Allen Johnson, lute and guitar.
First Tuesday Arts Event: Chamber Music and Art Exhibits.
8:00 pm, Adele Kassab Recital Hall, Hyman Fine Arts Center.

September 11, 2007
Pedro Almodovar's Volver. Spain. 2006. 121 minutes.
Part noir comedy and ghost story. Perhaps Penelope Cruz’s best performance. Oscar nominee.
Cinema ‘07-‘08 Film Series.
3:30 & 8:00 pm, Lowrimore Auditorium, Cauthen Educational Media Center.

September 12, 2007
Molière Than Thou by Timothy Mooney.
Francis Marion University Artist and Lecture Series.
8:00 pm,
Chapman Auditorium, McNair Science Building.

September 18, 2007
Douglas Sirk's  Imitation of Life.  USA. 1959. 125 minutes.
Family Melodrama: Race and gender in Hollywood's Classical Cinema.

English Department Film Series.
3:30 & 8:00 pm, Lowrimore Auditorium, Cauthen Educational Media Center.

September 19, 2007
Concert: Hotlanta Dixieland Jazz Sextet.
Francis Marion University Artist Series.
8:00 pm, Adele Kassab Recital Hall, Hyman Fine Arts Center.

September 25, 2007
Jacques Audiard’s Read My Lips. France. 2002. 115 minutes.
French romantic thriller about a deaf secretary and an ex-con who plan an unusual crime.
Cinema ‘07-‘08 Film Series.
3:30 & 8:00 pm, Lowrimore Auditorium, Cauthen Educational Media Center.

October 2 - November 15, 2007
Paintings by Laura Spong.
Francis Marion University Art Gallery Series.
8:30 am - 5:00 pm Mon-Fri, Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery.

October 2 - November 15, 2007
Coastal Carolina Clay Guild Members Show.
Francis Marion University Art Gallery Series.
8:30 am - 5:00 pm Mon-Fri, Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery.

October 2, 2007
F. W. Murnau's Nosferatu. Germany. 1922. 81 minutes.
The first vampire film, "A Symphony of Horror."

English Department Film Series.
3:30 & 8:00 pm, Lowrimore Auditorium, Cauthen Educational Media Center.

October 2, 2007
Concert: Erick and Erin Figueras, baritone and soprano, with William Mills, piano.
First Tuesday Arts Event: Chamber Music and Art Exhibits.
8:00 pm, Adele Kassab Recital Hall, Hyman Fine Arts Center.

October 13, 2007
Pee Dee International Festival
: Family entertainment and activities, cultural displays, and foods from around the world!
Sponsored by FMU in conjunction with community businesses and civic organizations.

11:00 am - 5:00 pm, FMU Campus, call 843-661-1225 for information.

October 23, 2007
Hou Hsiao-hsien’s Three Times. Taiwan. 2006. 120 minutes.
Three love stories: one set in a 1966 pool hall, one in a 1911 brothel, one in the present.
Cinema ‘07-‘08 Film Series.
3:30 & 8:00 pm, Lowrimore Auditorium, Cauthen Educational Media Center.

October 25-27, 2007
Taming of the Shrew
by William Shakespeare.
The University Theatre.
8:00 pm Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Fine Arts Theatre, Hyman Fine Arts Center.
(Call Box Office 843-661-1365 between 1pm and 5pm Mon-Fri for Theatre seating availability.)

October 30 - November 19, 2007
Student Works by FMU Painting Classes.
Francis Marion University Art Gallery Series.
8:30 am - 5:00 pm Mon-Fri, Smith University Center Gallery.

October 30, 2007
Alfonso Cuarón's Children of Men. USA. 2006. 109 minutes.

Science fiction: A vision of the future without children.
English Department Film Series.
3:30 & 8:00 pm, Lowrimore Auditorium, Cauthen Educational Media Center.
  (Evening showing outdoors on Fine Arts Center Plaza, weather permitting!)


October 30, 2007
Concert: University Wind Symphony. Dr. Terry Roberts, director.
Department of Fine Arts.
8:00 pm, Chapman Auditorium, McNair Science Building.

October 31, 2007
Concert: Affabre Concinui: The Polish Chamber Singers.
Francis Marion University Artist Series.
8:00 pm, Adele Kassab Recital Hall, Hyman Fine Arts Center.

November 6, 2007
Concert: Mindy Burgin, cello, with Elsie Pollock, piano.
First Tuesday Arts Event: Chamber Music and Art Exhibits.
8:00 pm, Adele Kassab Recital Hall, Hyman Fine Arts Center.

November 15, 2007
Concert: Marina D'souza, piano.
Department of Fine Arts.
8:00 pm, Adele Kassab Recital Hall, Hyman Fine Arts Center.

November 20 - December 15, 2007
Senior Shows by Graduating FMU Visual Arts Majors.
Francis Marion University Art Gallery Series.
8:30 am - 5:00 pm Mon-Fri, Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery.

November 20, 2007
Concert: University String Ensemble. Dr. Terry Roberts, director.
Department of Fine Arts.
8:00 pm, Adele Kassab Recital Hall, Hyman Fine Arts Center.

November 27 - December 15, 2007
Student Works by FMU Photography Classes.
Francis Marion University Art Gallery Series.
8:30 am - 5:00 pm Mon-Fri, Smith University Center Gallery.

November 27, 2007
Concert: FMU Jazz Express. Craig Alberty, director.
Department of Fine Arts.
8:00 pm, Chapman Auditorium, McNair Science Building.

November 29, 2007
Concert: Cut Time Show Choir. Sue Orr, director.
Department of Fine Arts.
8:00 pm, Adele Kassab Recital Hall, Hyman Fine Arts Center.

December 2, 2007
Christmas Concert: University Concert Choir. Sue Orr, director.
Department of Fine Arts.
4:00 pm, St. Luke Lutheran Church, 1201 Cherokee Road.

December 3-15, 2007
Student Works by FMU Ceramics Classes.
Francis Marion University Art Gallery Series.
8:30 am - 5:00 pm Mon-Fri, Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery.

January 2 - February 14, 2008
Mana Hewitt: Metal.
Francis Marion University Art Gallery Series.
8:30 am - 5:00 pm Mon-Fri, Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery.

January 2 - February 14, 2008 
Lawrence Jordan: A Life In Clay (1947-2007).
Francis Marion University Art Gallery Series.
8:30 am - 5:00 pm Mon-Fri, Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery.

January 8 - March 6, 2008
Visions of the World: Photographs by N. B. Baroody.
Francis Marion University Art Gallery Series.
8:30 am - 5:00 pm Mon-Fri, Smith University Center Gallery.

January 11, 2008
Concert: The Woods Family and Fleur de lis Strings Benefit Concert.
Department of Fine Arts Guest Recital.
8:00 pm, Adele Kassab Recital Hall, Hyman Fine Arts Center.

January 17, 2008
Concert: Duo Pianists Eugene and Judith Barban.
Department of Fine Arts Guest Recital.
8:00 pm, Adele Kassab Recital Hall, Hyman Fine Arts Center.

January 22, 2008
Ingmar Bergman’s Saraband. Sweden. 2003. 107 minutes.
The master director's final statement on film, starring his favorite actress Liv Ulmann as a woman who decides to visit her ex-husband after a 30 year separation.
Cinema ‘07-‘08 Film Series.
3:30 & 8:00 pm, Lowrimore Auditorium, Cauthen Educational Media Center.

January 29, 2008
Charles Reisner's Steamboat Bill, Jr.  USA. 1928. 71 minutes.
Comedy/Slapstick: Acting like Mickey Mouse without the tail.

English Department Film Series.
3:30 & 8:00 pm, Lowrimore Auditorium, Cauthen Educational Media Center.

February 5, 2008
Gallery Gala: Reception celebrating shows by Lawrence Jordan, Mana Hewitt and N. B. Baroody.
Francis Marion University Art Gallery Series.
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm, Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery.

February 5, 2008
Concert: Charles Fugo, piano.
First Tuesday Arts Event: Chamber Music and Art Exhibits.
8:00 pm, Adele Kassab Recital Hall, Hyman Fine Arts Center.

February 12, 2008
Robert Wiene's The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Germany. 1921. 67 minutes.
Horror: A vision of the future without children.

English Department Film Series.
3:30 & 8:00 pm, Lowrimore Auditorium, Cauthen Educational Media Center.

February 13, 2008
Concert: Toshiko Kohno, flute, with Lambert Orkis, piano.
National Symphony Orchestra and Francis Marion University.
7:30 pm, Adele Kassab Recital Hall, Hyman Fine Arts Center.

February 14, 2008
Concert: Marina Lomazov - Joseph Rackers Piano Duo.
Burns Memorial Recital Series and Francis Marion University Artist Series.
8:00 pm, Adele Kassab Recital Hall, Hyman Fine Arts Center.

February 15, 2008
The Vagina Monologues
by Eve Ensler.
Morgan Stanley/Chip Stanley and Department of Fine Arts.
8:00 pm, Fine Arts Theatre, Hyman Fine Arts Center.
($10 minimum donation to Pee Dee Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assult, call 843-661-1549 for tickets.)

February 19 - April 5, 2008
Colleen Appleton Critcher: Abstracts; Angela Ketcham; Recent Works.
Francis Marion University Art Gallery Series.
8:30 am - 5:00 pm Mon-Fri, Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery.

February 19 - April 5, 2008
Robert F. Lyon: Art and Craft (Artist Lecture & Woodturning Demonstration at Art's Alive Festival on April 5, Time and Place TBA).
Francis Marion University Art Gallery Series.
8:30 am - 5:00 pm Mon-Fri, Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery.
Artist Lecture and Wood Turning Demonstration in Hyman Fine Arts Center 117 at 1:30 pm on April 5.
 
February 19, 2008
Andre Techine’s  Strayed. France. 2004. 95 minutes.
A teenage boy rescues a woman fleeing from the Nazis in 1940 Paris; sexual tension ensues.
Cinema ‘07-‘08 Film Series.
3:30 & 8:00 pm, Lowrimore Auditorium, Cauthen Educational Media Center.

February 19, 2008
Concert: University Wind Symphony. Dr. Terry Roberts, director.
Department of Fine Arts.
8:00 pm, Chapman Auditorium, McNair Science Building.

March 4, 2008
Lecture Recital: "Contrasts" -- Dr. Benjamin Woods, pianist.
First Tuesday Arts Event: Chamber Music and Art Exhibits.
8:00 pm, Adele Kassab Recital Hall, Hyman Fine Arts Center.

March 12, 2008
Concert: United States Air Force Rhythm in Blue Jazz Ensemble.
Morning News and Franics Marion University.
7:00 pm,
Chapman Auditorium, McNair Science Building.

March 18 - April 5, 2008
Works by FMU Drawing Students.
Francis Marion University Art Gallery Series.
8:30 am - 5:00 pm Mon-Fri, Smith University Center Gallery.

March 18, 2008
Bahman Ghobadi’s Turtles Can Fly. Iran/Iraq. 2004. 95 minutes.
Remarkable Kurdish child actors in a stunning tale set on the eve of the US invasion of Iraq.
Cinema ‘07-‘08 Film Series.
3:30 & 8:00 pm, Lowrimore Auditorium, Cauthen Educational Media Center.

March 25, 2008
John Ford's The Searchers.  USA. 1956. 119 minutes.
Western: John Wayne and the Ambiguity of his Goodness.

English Department Film Series.
3:30 & 8:00 pm, Lowrimore Auditorium, Cauthen Educational Media Center.
  (Evening showing outdoors on Fine Arts Center Plaza, weather permitting!)


March 27, 2008
Concert: Petar Jankovic, guitar.
Francis Marion University Artist Series.
8:00 pm, Adele Kassab Recital Hall, Hyman Fine Arts Center.

April 1, 2008
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s The Lives of Others. Germany. 2006. 137 minutes.
The moral quandary of an East German interrogator just before the fall of the Berlin Wall in the 1980’s. Won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film of 2006.
Cinema ‘07-‘08 Film Series.
3:30 & 8:00 pm, Lowrimore Auditorium, Cauthen Educational Media Center.

April 4, 2008
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, performed by The National Players.
Francis Marion University Artist Series and Department of English.
8:00 pm, Chapman Auditorium, McNair Science Building.

April 5, 2008
Art's Alive! Festival -  A festival of visual and performing arts for the entire family.
Sponsored by FMU in conjunction with community businesses and civic organizations.
10:00 am - 5:00 pm, FMU Campus, call 843-661-1225 for information.

April 8 - May 3, 2008
Senior Shows by Graduating FMU Visual Arts Majors.
Francis Marion University Art Gallery Series.
8:30 am - 5:00 pm Mon-Fri, Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery.

April 8 - May 3, 2008
Student Works by FMU 3D Design Classes.
Francis Marion University Art Gallery Series.
8:30 am - 5:00 pm Mon-Fri, Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery.

April 8 - May 3, 2008
Student Works by FMU Photography Classes.
Francis Marion University Art Gallery Series.
8:30 am - 5:00 pm Mon-Fri, Smith University Center Gallery.

April 8, 2008
Tony Bu's Three Seasons. USA/Vietnam. 1999. 104 minutes.
The first American film made in Vietnam since the war: returning home.

English Department Film Series.
3:30 & 8:00 pm, Lowrimore Auditorium, Cauthen Educational Media Center.

April 8, 2008
Concert: The Woods Duo Plus.
First Tuesday Arts Event: Chamber Music and Art Exhibits.
8:00 pm, Adele Kassab Recital Hall, Hyman Fine Arts Center.

April 10, 2008
Concert: FMU Jazz Express featuring John Gronert on drums. Craig Alberty, director.
Department of Fine Arts.
8:00 pm, Chapman Auditorium, McNair Science Building.

April 10-12, 2008
Dearly Beloved
by Jesse Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten.
The University Theatre.
7:30 pm Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Fine Arts Theatre, Hyman Fine Arts Center.
(Call Box Office 843-661-1365 between 1pm and 5pm Mon-Fri for Theatre seating availability.)

April 13, 2008
Concert: University Concert Choir. Sue Orr, director.
Department of Fine Arts.
3:00 pm, Adele Kassab Recital Hall, Hyman Fine Arts Center.

April 15, 2008
Concert: University Wind Symphony
featuring Dr. Joanna Hersey, tuba soloist. Dr. Terry Roberts, director.
Department of Fine Arts.
8:00 pm, Chapman Auditorium, McNair Science Building.

April 17, 2008
Concert: Cut Time Show Choir. Sue Orr, director.
Department of Fine Arts.
8:00 pm, Adele Kassab Recital Hall, Hyman Fine Arts Center.

April 20, 2008
Concert: University String Ensemble. Dr. Terry Roberts, director.
Department of Fine Arts.
7:30 pm, Adele Kassab Recital Hall, Hyman Fine Arts Center.

May 10 - July 22, 2008
Florence Visual Arts Guild: New Work.
Francis Marion University Art Gallery Series.
8:30 am - 5:00 pm Mon-Fri, Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery.


COMPREHENSIVE DISCLAIMER: Although every attempt is made within the constraints of time and information available to assure accuracy of material included in the Fine Arts  website, errors and omissions are inevitable. Please take this into consideration and take pity on a poor gofer -- let me know when you run across any such errors, and please note the URL for the offending page. Thank you!

OTHER PRESENTING ORGANIZATIONS:

~Columbia Museum of Art

~Florence Chamber of Commerce Community Calendar

~Florence County Library: Film festival, etc.

~Florence Museum of Art, Science and History

~Florence Little Theatre: 8 pm curtain for evening shows; 3 pm for matinees. Dark Mondays. For seating availability and reservation information call 843.662.3731.

~Florence Regional Arts Alliance: for additional information please call 843.665.2787

~Florence Symphony Orchestra:  for additional info and tickets call (843) 661-2541. During the 2003-2004 season the Florence Symphony Orchestra "broke in" their new musical director Dr. Terry Roberts (who also teaches at Francis Marion University and has begun developing our string ensemble).
    2007-2008 Season:
      October 15, 2007 - "From Russia to Germany"
      December 3, 2007 - "Messiah" - featuring
Coker College Choir and University of North Carolina-Pembroke Concert Choir

      February 25, 2008 - "The Nature of Europe"
      April 28, 2008 - "Back in America"

~Lake City Concert Series: for info and tickets call Betty Frances Stone (843) 374-2482 or Betty Carter (843) 235-2908.

~South Carolina Dance Theatre: 29th season, for info and tickets call (843) 665-0606.
    November 9-11, 2007 - "Nutcracker 2007"
    March 14016, 2008 - "Rhapsody & Rhythm 2008"

~Trustus Theatre: a professional theatre company in the heart of the Congaree Vista district in Columbia, SC.
For additional info and tickets call (803) 254-9732.


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COMPREHENSIVE DISCLAIMER: Although every attempt is made within the constraints of time and information available to assure accuracy of material included in the Fine Arts  website, errors and omissions are inevitable. Please take this into consideration and take pity on a poor gofer -- let me know when you run across any such errors, and please note the URL for the offending page. Thank you!

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