encore events
Inon Barnatan, Anthony McGill & Alisa Weilerstein — Fontana presents the pianist, clarinetist and cellist, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 27, Dalton Center Recital Hall, WMU, 382-7774. WMUsic Showcase Spectacular — WMU ensembles perform, 8 p.m. Jan. 27, Miller Auditorium, WMU, 387-2300. Classics Uncorked: Winter Evening — Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra members perform works of Smetana and Ireland, 8 p.m. Jan. 27, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, 314 S. Park St., 349-7759. Classics on Tap: Winter Evening — Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra members perform works of Smetana and Ireland, 8 p.m. Jan. 28, Bell's Eccentric Café, 355 E. Kalamazoo Ave., 349-7759. Pianist May Phang — Guest artist recital, 8 p.m. Jan. 28, Dalton Center Recital Hall, WMU, 382-4667. Tenor Reginald Pittman — Guest artist recital, 5 p.m. Jan. 30, Dalton Center Recital Hall, WMU, 382-4667. ÆPEX — 20th- and 21st-century music by rarely performed and underrepresented composers from around the world, 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 31, Dalton Center Recital Hall, WMU, 382-4667. DANCE Complexions Contemporary Ballet — Ballet company featured on So You Think You Can Dance performs Innervisions, set to music of Stevie Wonder, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 17, Miller Auditorium, WMU, 387-2300. VISUAL ARTS Kalamazoo Institute of Arts 314 S. Park St., 349-7775 KIA Exhibits
Poetry of Content: Five Contemporary Representational Artists — Works of representational imagery by five painters, through Feb. 19.
Wadada Leo Smith: Ankhrasmation, The Language Scores, 1967–2015 — The jazz musician and artist exhibits musical scores composed of color, line and shape, through March 5.
Out of the Fire: Masterworks of Ceramics — Exhibition featuring works by some of the finest ceramics artists in the U.S., Jan. 14– March 12. KIA Events ARTbreak — A weekly program about art, artists and exhibitions: Outsider: The Life and Art of Judith Scott, video, Jan. 3; Great Works Dance Project, talk by WMU Department of Dance Chair Megan Slayter, Jan. 10; Paul Soldner: Playing with Fire, video, Jan. 17; A Life in Photography, video, Jan. 24; A Closer Look at "Out of the Fire," talk by art school instructor Julie Devers, Jan. 31; all sessions begin at noon, KIA Auditorium. Sunday Public Tour — Walk through the exhibitions with a docent: Wadada Leo Smith, Jan. 8; Poetry of Content, Jan. 15; Out of the Fire: Masterworks of Ceramics, Jan. 29; all sessions begin at 2 p.m. Book Discussion: Eight Girls Taking Pictures — Discussion of the novel by Whitney Otto, 2 p.m. Jan. 18, KIA’s Meader
Luminescence: From Salvage to Seascape Fine Arts Library, 585-9291. — Sayaka Ganz’s sculptures created from repurposed objects, through March 19.
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