Fairhaven Lecture Series

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Spring 2016

All the World's a Stage

2016 will be celebrated as “Shakespeare in Wisconsin” in commemoration of the 400th year since the Bard's death. Shakespeare's plays were the pinnacle of popular entertainment of his age and have inspired us to explore entertainment and performance in our world today. From the authors and musicians whose words and sounds transport us to different places and times, to performers who bring characters to life on stage and screen, to the ways entertainment adds value in our communities and reflects social issues in our society, this lecture series examines that world that is the stage in the twenty-first century.

February

8	Dance Through the Ages TINA HANSEN Director and Owner, The Dance Factory
15	“The Amazing Journey:” Fostering Creativity and Social Consciousness from Rock to Rachmaninoff KEN KOHBERGER Director, Young Auditorium
22	The Recording Studio: A Perpetual Performance BRIAN LUCAS Lecturer, Communication, Director of Radio 91.7 The Edge WSUW, UW-Whitewater Radio Station
29	Teaching Children to Act Out JIM MCCULLOUGH Education/Outreach Coordinator, Janesville Performing Arts Center and Drama Director, Whitewater High School

March

Disneyfying Disney History in Saving Mr. Banks

LINDA ROBINSON Associate Professor, Communication

Creative Industry Incubators: Unexpected Connections Between Art and Business

MEGAN MATTHEWS Lecturer, Arts Management

The Fabulous Lunts and the Creation of Ten Chimneys

RANDY BRYANT Executive Director of Ten Chimneys

April

4	Race, Rebellion and Rock & Roll: What Popular Music Teaches Us About Post-WWII American Culture and Society JAMES LEVY Assistant Professor, History
11	Wisconsin Goes to Hollywood MARY HUELSBECK Assistant Director, Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison
18	A Midsummer Night’s Dream on Film DONALD JELLERSON Assistant Professor, English
25	All the World’s a Stage But There’s Only One Carnegie Hall GLENN HAYES Professor, Music