This week in the arts, hear The University Singers, Women鈥檚 Choir, and Men鈥檚 Glee Club on one stage; see award-winning playwright Jos茅 Rivera’s adaptation of the听classic Life is a Dream, dig dinos at the Burke; check out the latest installment of the School of Art Graduation Exhibitions; and听listen to a master drummer听performs with his students.
UW SINGS
Friday, May 26, 7:30PM|听Meany听Theater
The University Singers, Women鈥檚 Choir, and Men鈥檚 Glee Club present their popular year-end concert, directed by Geoffrey Boers.听
厂鲍贰脩翱
May 26鈥�28 & May 31鈥揓une 4| Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse
厂耻别帽辞听is Obie Award-winning playwright Jos茅 Rivera’s translation and adaptation of Calderon de la Barca’s classic听Life Is a Dream. Set in 1635, this metaphysical drama鈥攔enowned as one of the jewels of the Spanish Golden Age鈥攆ollows the life of Segismundo, heir to the Spanish throne, imprisoned at birth after astrologers predict his kingship would ruin the country. Raised in isolation, his only companions are the nobleman Clotaldo鈥攁nd God, though Calderon isn’t sure if God himself isn’t “the greatest dream of all.”听
INTERDISCIPLINARY VISUAL ARTS HONORS + JURIED SHOW
Through May 27听|听Jacob Lawrence Gallery
The graduation show for students receiving bachelor’s degrees with Honors from Interdisciplinary Visual Arts. There will also be a juried selection of work by additional graduating students from IVA.听
I DIG DINOS
Sunday, May 28 | Burke Museum
Bring your budding paleontologist to the Burke for monthly fossilized fun. Enjoy three prehistoric stations every month ranging from touching real fossils, making discoveries in the dino dig pit, solving dinosaur mysteries, dino dress-up, and more. Activities and themes change monthly so there鈥檚 always something new!听
ETHNOMUSICOLOGY VISITING ARTIST CONCERT: MANIMOU CAMARA AND STUDENTS
Tuesday, May 30听|听Meany Theater
Spring Quarter Visiting Artist Manimou Camara, master drummer and founder of Seattle-based percussion and dance company Dounia Djembe, performs with his students in this concert of music and dance of Guinea, West Africa.