Yoko Ono Imagine Peace: Featuring John and Yoko’s Year of Peace will be presented at the University Art Gallery in the Staller Center from September 6 through October 15. Originally organized by the Myers School of Art at The University of Akron, the exhibition was curated by Kevin Concannon and John Noga. Staller Center is [...]
The 16th annual Stony Brook Film Festival opens on Thursday, July 21, with the U.S. premiere of Sonny Boy from the Netherlands, directed by Maria Peters. On Closing Night, Saturday, July 30, Stony Brook screens the East Coast premiere of Almanya, a German film directed by Yasemin Samdereli. More than 15,000 patrons are expected during [...]
The museum‘s 2011 season will feature lectures, films, art workshops, and two very different exhibitions. Among the highlights is the annual Pollock-Krasner Lecture, held at Guild Hall‘s John Drew Theater on Sunday, July 17. The speaker will be Gail Levin, whose biography of Lee Krasner, published in March by William Morrow, reveals the complex and [...]
As commencement draws near, Stony Brook presents its annual exhibition of works by senior art majors. This year’s show is on view at the University Art Gallery in the Staller Center now through Saturday, May 21. The juried “Senior Show 2011” includes paintings, sculptures, ceramics, photographs, works on paper, and electronic media installations selected by [...]
A screening of Broadway’s The Importance of Being Earnest in High Definition will be shown at Staller Center on Thursday, June 2, at 8:00 pm. ”We are delighted to announce this one-time special showing of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, now playing in New York City. Patrons can see a high-definition screening as [...]
The Chinese Opera retells Little Red Riding Hood, the European fairy tale of a young girl’s journey to grandma’s house through scenes from eight classic Beijing operas. Accompanied by a seven-person traditional Chinese orchestra, Chinese Theatre Works‘ Little Red Riding Hood melds Western acting and narrative with breathtaking stage acrobatics and martial arts, music, dance, [...]
Christopher O’Riley, a classical pianist who has appeared with every major orchestra, veers off into another world in his concert “Out of My Hands,” coming to Staller Center on Saturday, April 2, at 8:00 pm. His latest performances stretch the piano beyond the classical repertoire and into the rich uncharted territory of contemporary and alt-rock. [...]
On Friday, March 25, at 8:00 pm, and on Sunday, March 27, at 2:00 pm, Stony Brook Opera and the Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra will present a double bill of two new one-act operas appropriate for the whole family: Peter Winkler‘s Fox Fables and Sheila Silver‘s The Wooden Sword. Both composers are faculty members at [...]
Staller Center welcomes three solo performers in a “jazz summit” with keyboard marvels Cedar Walton, Jacky Terrasson, and Hiromi on Saturday, March 26, at 8:00 pm in the Recital Hall. Each player will take a turn offering selections from personal storehouses of distinctive music. Walton, hard bop jazz pianist, was named the National Endowment for [...]
The Stony Brook Graduate Piano Department presents its tenth annual Piano Project in Staller Center’s Recital Hall on Wednesday, March 23, with performances at 12:00 pm, 4:00 pm, and 8:00 pm. There will be a discussion panel at 7:00 pm and a reception with light refreshments following the final concert. The Piano Project is a [...]
