Family Saturday: ‘Face to Face’ at the Tang on April 29

SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College Family

Saturday series continues April 29 at 2 p.m. with Family Saturday: Face to Face.

SCHENECTADY —

The Schenectady premiere of “Jagged Little Pill” will be opening at on Tuesday, May 2.

The musical is inspired by the seminal rock album of the same name by seven-time Grammy Award winner Alanis Morissette.

Ignited by Morissette’s groundbreaking lyrics and music – from beloved hits such as “You Oughta Know,” “Head Over Feet,” “Hand In My Pocket,” and “Ironic”, to brand new songs written for the show – Jagged Little Pill features explosive choreography by Tony Award nominee and frequent Beyoncé collaborator Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, and the raw power of an onstage band under the Musical Supervision,

Orchestrations & Arrangements of Grammy, Tony and Pulitzer Prize winner Tom Kitt.

Jagged Little Pill officially opened on Broadway Dec. 5, 2019 at the Broadhurst Theatre after beginning previews Nov. 3. Prior to Broadway, JAGGED LITTLE

PILL completed a record-breaking, sold-out run at American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Tickets to the Tony and Grammy award-winning production are available through the Box Office at Proctors, in person or via phone at 518-346-6204

Monday–Saturday 10 a.m.-6 p.m. or online at proctors.org. Groups of 10 or more can get their tickets by calling 518-382-3884, ext. 139.

After learning about the exhibition Face to Face from the student curators in Associate Professor and Chair of Art History Saleema Waraich’s course “(De)Colonizing the Museum: Addressing Systemic Racism and Promoting Social Justice,” participants will create their own mixedmedia portraits in response to Martine Gutierrez’s Demons, Chin ‘Demon of Lust,’ p93 from Indigenous Woman.

Family Saturdays, which are suitable for children 5 and older accompanied by an adult, aim to foster multigenerational creative cooperation through looking at artwork, discussing it, and engaging in a hands-on art-making activity. The programs run from 2 to 3:30 pm and are free and open to the public. No registration required; supplies provided on a first-come, first-served basis.

The spring season’s Family Saturdays conclude on May 13. Summer dates include June 24, July 29, August 12, and August

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26, with details to be announced later. For more information, visit the Tang website at https://tang.

skidmore.edu or contact the Tang Visitors Services Desk at 518-580-8080.