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  • September 16th, 2011 WESTERN CAROLINIAN Page B-6 ACR TS oAUN DEN FER TAD EE IeY e 2 WCUs A Christmas Carol wins second national award . From Staff Reports A Western Carolina Uni- versity re-creation of the 1938 Campbells Playhouse radio classic A Christmas Carol was recently named the winner of a 2011 Gabriel Award from the Catholic Academy. for Communica- tion Arts Professionals. Gabriel Awards, which are designed to honor works of excellence that uplift and nourish the human spirit, . honored 47 achievements in radio, film and television. In addition to WCU, 2011 recipients included such organizations as WNYC _ Radio in New York for the arts show Gamun-Pyul, DreamWorks Animation for How to Train Your Drag- on, and Walden Media for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. The .award marks the second national honor for Western Carolinas produc- tion of The Campbells Playhouse: A Christmas Carol 1938, which also won an award of excellence for long form production in the audio competition at the national Broadcast Educa- tion Association Festival of Media Arts. Campbells Playhouse: A Christmas Carol 1938 was presented to a sold-out -audience on Dec. 9. The WCU arts From Staff Reports A checkpoint on the Pak- istan-India border and Pe- ruvian workers traveling by boat to an island of birds are just two of the scenes from . the upcoming opening of the Arts and Cultural Events Performance Series at West- ern Carolina University. The ACE series opens at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, in the theater of the A.K. Hinds University Center with Doxita, a film festi- val that began in 2008 and showcases documentaries | under 40 minutes in length. This year, Doxita consists of four films, each centered on a common theme of inside/ outside. The films are Guafiape Sur (Janos Richter, Italy), about Peruvian workers who harvest soil from an island of birds; Wagah (Supriyo Sen, Germany), about na- _ tional identity expressed daily by thousands of spec- tators at a flag ceremony on the border between India and Pakistan; My Name is Syd- ney (Melanie Levy, USA), about the complex inner life ofa severely autistic teenage girl; and Arsy Versy (Miro Remo, Slovakia), a quirky portrait of a man who fol- lows his own spirit. The program represents a variety of documentary styles domestic and for- eign, short and longer for- mat, serious and funny and is designed to profile the content and artistic vision that nonfiction short films provide but that people dont often get a chance to see. This is the second year that Western Carolina has pre- sented Doxita. Last year we packed the house, said Lori Davis, assistant director of programs at University Cen- Come on in to any of our locations or check us out online at www.burgerking.com - Education show re-created a produc- tion that starred the legend- ary Orson Welles. The WCU show used Welles personal script and starred Arthur Anderson, who reprised his role of the Ghost of Christmas Past that he performed in the original version more than 70 years ago. Age 88 when he ap- peared at WCU, Anderson was 16 when he performed with Welles in the 1938 broadcast. Don Connelly, head of the universitys communication department who produced the show, partnered on the academic-based _ entertain- ment event with director Steve Carlisle, a stage and screen veteran who is asso- ciate dean of WCUs Honors College; and musical direc- tor Bruce Frazier, the Carol Grotnes Belk Distinguished Professor of Electronic and Commercial Music. The team previously collaborated on the 2008 live radio show production of Welles The War of the Worlds and 2009s nation- ally acclaimed Veterans Day tribute On the Home Front, Nov. 44, which won two top honors in the Broadcast Festival of Media Arts. In addition to being seen by a live audience, Campbells Playhouse: A Christmas Carol 1938 Associations PHOTO St bicieouie) was beoutcnst by WWNC- AM of Asheville as part of its. Christmas Eve program- ming. This year, the team will . produce Dracula as a live broadcast radio show in the John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center on Christmas. Carol. - Tuesday, Jan. 24. The show, written by Connelly with original music: by Frazier, will be directed by Carlisle. The research director will be Brian Gastle, who served as research director for Gastle will coordinate involvement of English students as they explore the historic novel and work to ensure the script and show authentically re- flects the novel and remains true to the period. Whats interesting about Dracula is the original novel is a mystery, said Connelly. Our radio show is very, very close to the original novel, and it is not just the story of a vampire jumping, out from behind a tree and biting someone on the neck. Tickets will go on sale Noy, 1. and culture series opens 2011-12 season with Doxita er. You'll probably never find these. films anywhere but here. The Arts and Cultural Events Performance Series (formerly the Lectures, Con- certs and Exhibition Series) is presented annually at WCU and is designed to ap- peal to and be accessible to everyone, Davis said. The point of the arts is to open minds. Its never too late to learn to love them. Other upcoming .ACE events are as follows: Shanghai Opera Orches- ~ tra, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27, Bardo Arts Center. The Shanghai Opera Orchestra is a premier Chinese orches- tral ensemble making _ its first United States tour. The program features Chinese traditional and contempo- rary music performed on traditional instruments. This event is sponsored by ACE, WCUs College of Fine and Performing Arts and its School of Music, and Folk- moot. Ticket prices are $10 ($5 for students). The Second City. pres- ents Laugh Out Loud, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29, at the Bardo Arts Cen- ter. Americas famed 'com- edy troupe, The Second City, brings in the comedy worlds next generation for an evening of sketch com- edy and trademark improvi- sation. Ticket prices are $10 ($5 for students). Jeff Biggers, 9 a.m. Fri- day, Oct. 21, in the Univer- sity Center Grandroom. Au- thor of Reckoning at Eagle Creek, The United States of Appalachia and In the Sierra Madre, Biggers has worked as a writer, educa- tor and radio correspondent across the United States, Eu- rope, India and Mexico. His award-winning stories have PHOTO SUBMITTED: appeared on National Public Radio and Public Radio In- ternational and in the Wash- ington Post, The Nation, The Atlantic and Salon. Biggers is the recipient of many lit- erary honors, including an American Book Award. This event is free as part of the 2011 Rooted in the Moun- tains Symposium. For more information about Rooted in the Mountains, visit rooted- inthemtns.wcu.edu. The Miles Davis Ex- . perience: 1949-1959, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Novy. 15, at the Bardo Arts Center. This performance recaptures the sound and historical and cultural context of a criti- cal period of American his- tory through the lens of jazz: music and its most iconic innovator, Miles Davis. The show includes live mu- sic performed in the man- ner it was first presented, with. photos and film clips brought together by a beat poet-style narrator. Tickets go on sale Oct. 11 and cost $10 ($5 for students). The Poetry Revival, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan.: 25, in the Bardo Arts Center. An uplifting spoken word experience, the Poetry Re- vival. features writer/poet Derrick Brown; Anis Moj- gani, a two-time individual National Poetry Slam cham- pion; and Buddy Wakefield, a two-time individual World | Poetry Slam champion. Tickets go on sale Nov. 14 and cost $5. Flamenco Vivo prsents La Pasion Flamenca, 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13, in the Bardo: Arts Center. Carlota Santana, called the Keeper of Flamenco by Dance Magazine, and Flamenco Vivo provide passion and drama in this eclectic pro- gram of Spanish dance and music featuring solos, duets and company dances. Expe- rience a journey back to the cultural crossroads of Anda- lusia, the southern region of Spain and the birthplace of flamenco. Tickets go on sale Jan. 9 and cost $10 ($5 for students), Nick Flynn, 7:30 p.m. Thursday,. March 22, in the recital hall of the Coulter Building. Flynn is the author of two memoirs and the re- cipient of the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir. This event is free as part of the. 2012 Literary Festival at WCU. For more information, visit www.litfestival.org. For tickets or informa- tion on shows appearing at the Bardo Performing Arts Center, contact the box of- fice at 828-227-2479 or visit bardoartscenter.wcu.edu. For more information about, ACE, or to propose ideas for . future ACE events, contact Davis at 828-227-3622.
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