FALL 2016
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Arts and culture can engage, excite, and inspire — and can also shine a spotlight on important issues of the day. In this current election season, BabsonARTS is pleased to offer programs that focus on some of today’s most crucial issues. Films like The Big Short and 99 Homes explore the causes and the devastating effects of the financial system collapse of 2008. Criminal justice is the subject of a conversation with author Reginald Dwayne Betts as well as our Shakespeare and the Law session on Julius Caesar. There are events and exhibitions dealing with the environment, gender equality, and much more. We’re also bringing several guest performers to campus, including two Babson alums: singer-songwriter Jamie Kent ’09 and arts entrepreneur Sam Aquillano M’14. And you can see the work of our talented students in theater, music, and the visual arts. We hope you’ll take a few moments to look through our offerings for the fall, and join us!
All the best Steven Maler, Director Sandra Graham, Faculty Director Adam Sanders, Associate Director Danielle Krcmar, Associate Director, Visual Arts Richard W. Sorenson Center for the Arts cover: Gallim Dance
Support for BabsonARTS programs has been made possible through the generosity of Richard W. Sorenson M’68 P ’97 ’00 and Sandra L. Sorenson P ’97 ’00 Events marked with a $ have an admission charge. All other events are FREE
Breaking Prairie:
Sculpture and Installation by Andrea Thompson Artist Talk and Reception: Thursday, September 15, 5:00 P.M. Exhibit on view: September 15–October 20 Hollister Gallery How do we value the land? In the early 20th century, vast areas of prairie grasslands in the American Great Plains were converted to farmland, forever altering the landscape. The bushelsper-acre accounting of agriculture came at the cost of native plant species, which are superior at capturing carbon, preventing erosion, and supporting a thriving ecosystem. The hubris of westward expansion becomes evident when contrasted with scenes from the day-to-day reality of farming life. Sculptor and installation artist Andrea Thompson explores these themes in Breaking Prairie, a new artwork series that questions how we measure the worth of wild and cultivated landscapes.
Shakespeare & the Law: Julius Caesar Wednesday, September 28, 2016, 6:00 P.M Wimberly Theater, Boston Center for the Arts Julius Caesar exposes the propaganda that public officials use to shield their underlying motives, whether love, honor, or personal gain. The play offers a valuable perspective, especially in this election year, on how to evaluate political action. The Shakespeare & the Law series features a staged reading of excerpts from the play performed by local, state and national lawyers and judges, followed by a panel discussion that explores the legal and societal implications of the work. Presented by Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
About Commonwealth Shakespeare Company Commonwealth Shakespeare Company is dedicated to bringing the works of William Shakespeare to a wider public in vital and contemporary productions, and to exploring Shakespeare’s plays in innovative and creative ways. Best known for its annual free performances on Boston Common, CSC also presents several free play-reading events during the year: Theatre in the Rough, Shakespeare & the Law, and Shakespeare & Leadership. The company fulfills its educational mission with training programs for both preprofessional actors through its Apprentice Program and earlycareer actors through CSC2. Commonwealth Shakespeare Company is the Theater-in-Residence at Babson College.
Gallim Dance Company Thursday, September 22, 7:00 P.M. Carling-Sorenson Theater Gallim Dance, one of Brooklyn’s leading contemporary dance companies, uses radical physical language and impulsive narrative pace to juxtapose love, sex, and domesticity. Gallim was named “Best in 2015” by Dance Magazine. Dancers from the company will perform excerpts from their work, and will give audiences a behind-the-scenes look at the creative process and the challenges of running an arts organization. Sponsored by First Republic Bank
Larry Coen. Photo by Jessica Rinaldi, the Boston Globe.
IMPROVAGANZA! Friday, September 23, 9:00 P.M. Roger’s Pub Join SAG (Students Against Gravity) for an uplifting evening of improvisational theater. SAG, a group of students coached by improv comedian and professional actor Larry Coen, presents a fast-paced hour of hilarious and thought-provoking skits. Audience participation is definitely welcome! Presented by TEST (The Empty Space Theater)
The Big Short Directed by Adam McKay (2015) Monday, September 26, 6:00 P.M. Carling-Sorenson Theater Christian Bale, Steve Carrell, and Brad Pitt star in this award-winning comedy-drama, which recounts the true story of the real estate bubble and financial collapse of the mid-2000s. Professionals from various segments of the financial industry recognized and predicted the impending catastrophe, but were largely ignored by firms and regulators until it was too late. This film screening will be followed by a conversation with Erik Sirri, formerly Director of Trading and Markets at the SEC and currently Professor of Finance at Babson. Presented by the Cutler Center. Support provided by the Malcolm K. Stearns ’81 Memorial Film Society Fund
99 Homes Directed by Ramin Bahrani (2014) Wednesday, September 28, 7:00 P.M. Carling-Sorenson Theater In sunny Florida, unemployed single father Dennis Nash lives a life that is far from sunny. After being evicted from his home, he reluctantly makes a deal with the devil by signing on to work for the ruthless real-estate broker who had evicted him. In a suspenseful and highstakes climax, this gripping movie pits a desire for the good life against ethical convictions and individual achievement against communal morality, compelling its characters—as well as its audience— to confront the complexities of doing business in 21st century America. Presented by the Global Film Series
Jamie Kent in Residence Arts & Business Conversation: Friday, September 30, 12:30 P.M. Sorenson Theater Upper Lobby Concert: Friday, September 30, 7:30 P.M. CD release party to follow Carling-Sorenson Theater $ Nashville-based singer-songwriter and Babson alum Jamie Kent ’09 returns to campus for a concert, CD release party, and conversation about the business of music. With a sound that incorporates country, folk and rock, Jamie and his band have toured with Huey Lewis & The News, The Doobie Brothers, America, and Foreigner. He is supported by The Collective, a grassroots group of fans who help advise and fund his career in exchange for access to exclusive music, merchandise, and votes in the major decisions he makes.
Anandana Kapur:
Women and Mobility Thursday, October 13, 7:00 P.M. Carling-Sorenson Theater Award-winning filmmaker Anandana Kapur presents an illustrated talk on class and women’s experiences in Delhi, India. This film screening and discussion reimagine a city space generated by the intersection of labor, gender, and mobile phone culture. Given the urgency of rape and women’s safety in Delhi society, how can women create an alternative narrative to the patriarchal control that arises from sensationalizing these issues? Presented by the Arts and Humanities and History and Society Divisions
Arts & Business Conversation: Sam Aquillano Friday, October 14, 12:30 P.M. Sorenson Theater Upper Lobby Sam Aquillano M’14 is Founder and Executive Director of Design Museum Foundation, a national network of local design museums operating in Boston, Portland, and San Francisco. Because design touches people in all parts of their lives, the museum seeks to educate the world about design by turning entire cities into locally focused, nomadic design museums. Before receiving his MBA from Babson, Sam earned a BFA in Industrial Design from Rochester Institute of Technology and went on to design consumer electronics at Bose Corporation. In 2013, Sam and his team were named one of BostInno’s “50 on Fire.”
We the People: The Market Basket Effect Monday, October 17, 7:00 P.M. Carling-Sorenson Theater This documentary traces the events that led 25,000 employees and two million customers of the Market Basket grocery chain across New England to stand behind embattled CEO Arthur T. Demoulas. Ultimately he was able to wrest control of the multibillion dollar grocery empire from an activist board of directors led by his cousin, Arthur S. Demoulas.The film screening will be introduced by Babson professor Peter Cohan, whose interviews are featured in the film. Presented in partnership with the Management Division
Reginald Dwayne Betts The Circumference of a Prison: Youth, Race, and the Failures of the American Justice System Wednesday, October 19, 7:00 P.M. Carling-Sorenson Theater Betts knows the hazards of juvenile incarceration firsthand. Arrested at age sixteen, Betts served eight years in an adult prison, coming of age behind bars. Poet, memoirist, and attorney, Betts will speak about the years he spent in prison and about the current state of the criminal justice system—including sentencing juveniles as adults, solitary confinement, maximum security prisons, and the collateral consequences of a criminal record—while presenting promising ideas for reform. Presented by the Arts and Humanities Division, Office for Diversity and Inclusion, and the Undergraduate School
The Clan Directed by Pablo Trapero (2015) Wednesday, October 26, 7:00 P.M. Carling-Sorenson Theater
Waterline Reading Series Showcase Wednesday, October 19, 5:00 P.M. Glavin Chapel Waterline showcases short readings by Babson College faculty fiction writers, poets, and essayists in a fast-paced hour of literary works. Presented by the Arts and Humanities Division
In what the New York Times has referred to as a “wrenching, exciting…study in the evil of banality,” this critically acclaimed film explores the terrifying pathology of an outwardly normal family who “happens to keep hostages tied up in the basement” during the Argentine military dictatorship in the 1980s—a regime that violently “disappeared” its opponents. Based on real-life events, the film examines this period from the perspective of the perpetrators and collaborators, compelling viewers to consider the complex psychology of authoritarian power and the moral justifications we allow. Presented by the Global Film Series
In Control:
Cross Stitch and Mixed Media by Katrina Majkut Artist Talk and Reception: Thursday, October 27, 5:00 P.M. Exhibit on view: October 27–December 21 Hollister Gallery The cross-stitched works in the series In Control reject the stereotypical domestic functionality of samplers. Historically, embroidery prepared women for marriage. Samplers represented domestic skill levels and specific cultural and religious values to potential husbands who sought a woman with the right skills to establish a household: make clothes, darn socks. Cross-stitch was used to advertise and represent womanhood, wifedom, and motherhood—but bodily functions, autonomy and diverse lifestyles were not part of this textile practice. The “domestic craft” of In Control attempts to directly challenge this by attempting to stitch all products related to women’s health and needs with a fully comprehensive, bipartisan, and medically honest approach.
Dead Man’s Cell Phone
Theatre in the Rough: K2
Written by Sarah Ruhl Directed by Professor Beth Wynstra Friday–Saturday, October 28–29, 7:30 P.M. Sunday, October 30, 2:00 P.M. Friday–Saturday, November 4–5, 7:30 P.M. Sorenson Black Box Theater $
Written by Patrick Meyers Directed by Steve Maler Saturday, October 29, 7:00 PM Carling-Sorenson Theater $
A café. A lonely woman. A dead man. A cell phone. These are the ingredients of Sarah Ruhl’s Dead Man’s Cell Phone, a compelling and darkly humorous play that explores how we memorialize the dead, how that remembering changes us, and how technology both brings us together and keeps us apart. Presented by TEST (The Empty Space Theater), by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.
Stranded on an icy ledge near the top of the world’s second highest mountain, two climbers confront a disaster that tests their notions of friendship, loyalty, and mortality. Theatre-in-the-Rough is a script-in-hand reading series presented without common theatrical elements like sets or costumes. These pared-down readings uniquely engage the audience by immersing them in the immediacy of the text and the actors’ performances, allowing one’s own imagination to take creative flight.
The Dirty Life: Kristin Kimball Tuesday, November 1, 7:00 P.M. Carling-Sorenson Theater When writer Kristin Kimball interviewed a young farmer in Pennsylvania on a magazine assignment, she had no idea she would abandon her cosmopolitan lifestyle to follow him to the shores of Lake Champlain and help start Essex Farm. Her charming memoir, The Dirty Life: A Story of Farming, Food and Love (2010), tells the story of a beginning against all odds, of a personal makeover and a happy ending. Today Essex Farm is an internationally recognized success as a small farm community that produces excellent food, and as a school for talented young farmers seeking to start their own ventures. Presented by Arts and Humanities Division, History and Society Division, Mathematics and Science Division, CWEL, and Lewis Institute
Ceramics Studio Showcase Thursday, December 1, 6:00 P.M. Ceramics Studio, Sorenson Visual Arts Center
Babson Music Collective Tuesday, November 29, 7:00 P.M. Glavin Chapel The Babson Music Collective brings together talented student musicians under the direction of Clayton DeWalt. Join the Collective for their semesterending concert.
Babson’s Ceramics Studio invites the community to engage with the students, faculty, and staff who use the studio, and view their work. This is an opportunity for the studio users to showcase their work and reflect on their personal development from the past semester.
STUDENT PERFORMANCES Talented and creative, Babson students have many opportunities to participate in the arts! These are just a few of the student-led groups on campus: AMAN: South Asian Student Association BDE: Babson Dance Ensemble Babson Players and F.W. Olin Players BAPSA: Babson Asia Pacific Student Association Rocket Pitches
For more information on how to get involved with these activities and for a schedule of performances, visit www.babsonarts.org.
WORKSHOPS BabsonARTS workshops are designed to build skills that are essential to success in any career field. Workshops are open to Babson students, faculty, and staff only. Visit www.babsonarts.org for more information on these and other workshops.
Voice and Speech with Paul D’Agostino Part one: Tuesday, October 4 and Wednesday, October 5 (attend either or both), 7:00 P.M. Part two: Wednesday, October 12, 7:00 P.M. Sorenson Black Box Theater
Figure Drawing Thursday, September 22, 5:00 P.M. Trim Hall, Room 215 Drawing from a live model is a great way to increase your observational skills and build creativity. No previous experience is necessary; art supplies will be provided.
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company’s resident voice teacher Paul D’Agostino leads a workshop series on voice and speech. Paul will lead activities that develop a mindful connection between what we say with our voices and what we say with our bodies. This is an essential skill-building class for actors, but truly transformative for people new to the work.
meditation into our own inner room where we can confront our worries and fears, and then let them go. Following the meditation we’ll create a mandala of peace using violent and disturbing images collected from print media. The mandala structure takes its design from the silhouettes of both a revolver and the Gardner Museum’s Wheel Window.
Ceramics Studio Inner Chamber: Mandala Collage Workshop Wednesday, November 2, 5:00 P.M. Glavin Chapel Visiting Artist Kate Gilbert will lead students through a guided
September 11–December 3 Ceramics Studio, Sorenson Visual Arts Center $ Studio use is for anyone interested in having access to the Ceramics Studio for the Fall semester. The $85 semester fee includes independent use, Introduction to Clay, and Foundations of Wheel Throwing.
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The Babson community is also welcome to attend arts and cultural offerings at Wellesley College. For a listing of exhibitions and events, or to be added to their mailing list for upcoming programs, go to wellesley.edu/events/artevents. Note that all dates, programs, artists, and venues are subject to change. Please go to www.babsonarts.org for the most current information on these and other arts events.
FALL 2016 AT A GLANCE Breaking Prairie: Sculpture and Installation by Andrea Thompson
Anandana Kapur: Women and Mobility
In Control: Cross Stitch and Mixed Media by Katrina Majkut
September 15–October 20
October 13
October 27–December 21
Gallim Dance Company
Arts & Business Conversation: Sam Aquillano
The Clan
October 14
Dead Man’s Cell Phone
September 22
Improvaganza! September 23
The Big Short September 26
99 Homes September 28
Shakespeare and the Law: Julius Caesar September 28
Jamie Kent in Residence September 30
We the People: The Market Basket Effect October 17
Reginald Dwayne Betts: The Circumference of a Prison October 19
Waterline Reading Series Showcase October 19
October 26
October 28–November 5
Theatre in the Rough: K2 October 29
The Dirty Life: Kristin Kimball November 1
Babson Music Collective November 29
Ceramics Studio Showcase December 1
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