briefs Nov. 21, 2008
Posted: Friday, November 21, 2008
briefs
SIOUX CENTER, Iowa -- America's changing farms and farmers will be the subject of a performance at Dordt College at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 22 in Dordt's Classroom Building lecture hall, C160. This performance is free and open to the public.
"Farmscape: Documenting the Changing Rural Environment" is a docu-drama created last fall by Professor Mary Swander at Iowa State University, using interviews her creative writing students conducted with real people involved in growing food.
Dordt's Theatre and English Departments are collaborating with Swander on the program.
The program features the stories of real people involved in real changes in the practice of agriculture. There's Zinfandel being made at a new winery and organic vegetables being sold at the local farmer's market. There's a bed and breakfast, a Hispanic cultural center, and restored wetlands and prairie. There's a hog confinement operation and an IBP slaughtering plant.
In the end, the audience and participants understand that farming during the pioneer days completely changed the ecosystem of the prairie, and 150 years later the landscape is dramatically changing again.
Christmas at the Orpheum will be at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 21 at the historic Orpheum Theatre. Dr. Richard Steinbach, professor of music at Briar Cliff University will perform Edward Grieg's famous Piano Concerto with the Sioux City Symphony Orchestra. The concert will also feature an incredible soprano Shannon Salyards, and over 150 combined voices singing seasonal favorites with full orchestra.
Tickets are available at the door: $10 for adults and $8 for seniors and students. All tickets are general seating -- no reserved seats. All are welcome to attend.
For more information call (712) 279-5417.
Six actors will portray over 50 characters when the Morningside College theatre department presents the A.R. Gurney play "The Dining Room" at 7:30 p.m. November 21-22, and at 2 p.m. Nov. 23 at Klinger-Neal Theatre, 3700 Peters Ave.
"The Dining Room" is both a drama and a comedy set in a single dining room where 18 different scenes from different households explore the dynamic relationships of family life as they go about their daily routines. The play is unique in that the characters change around the scenery rather than the traditional format where the scenery changes around the characters. The actors change roles, personalities, and ages while they portray a wide variety of characters. The play was first produced in New York in 1981.
General admission is $5 for adults and $1 for students.
BANCROFT, Neb. -- The Neihardt State Historic Site announces Sunday Afternoon at the Museum program with Norma Farrens, entitled "Interviews with Our Own: Local Veterans Stories." The program will be held at 2 p.m. Nov. 23 at John G. Neihardt State Historic site, 306 W. Elm St.
The program focuses on the individual stories of World War II and Korean Veterans from the greater Decatur, Neb., area.
The presentation is free and open to the public.
VERMILLION, S.D. -- When it comes to singing the praises of Welch's Purple Grape Juice, look no further than Stephen Yarbrough, D.M.A., an associate professor of music at The University of South Dakota. That's because Welch's is using one of Yarbrough's compositions for its TV commercial that features chef Alton Brown. His orchestral composition, "Angel's Dances," can be heard starring with the Concord grape and Brown, whose "Good Eats" program can be seen regularly on the Food Network.
Yarbrough was working in his office this summer when he got the phone call. On the other end of the line was a representative from the Via Group -- a national advertising, marketing and communications agency -- who wanted to know if the USD professor, who's also a composer in residence, would be willing to let the group use "Angel's Dances" for the ad, which began airing last week.
"The Powerful Polyphenol" commercial along with other videos featuring Brown and "Angel's Dances" can be viewed at {M7www.welchs.com.
SIOUX CENTER, Iowa -- America's changing farms and farmers will be the subject of a performance at Dordt College at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 22 in Dordt's Classroom Building lecture hall, C160. This performance is free and open to the public.
"Farmscape: Documenting the Changing Rural Environment" is a docu-drama created last fall by Professor Mary Swander at Iowa State University, using interviews her creative writing students conducted with real people involved in growing food.
Dordt's Theatre and English Departments are collaborating with Swander on the program.
The program features the stories of real people involved in real changes in the practice of agriculture. There's Zinfandel being made at a new winery and organic vegetables being sold at the local farmer's market. There's a bed and breakfast, a Hispanic cultural center, and restored wetlands and prairie. There's a hog confinement operation and an IBP slaughtering plant.
In the end, the audience and participants understand that farming during the pioneer days completely changed the ecosystem of the prairie, and 150 years later the landscape is dramatically changing again.
Christmas at the Orpheum will be at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 21 at the historic Orpheum Theatre. Dr. Richard Steinbach, professor of music at Briar Cliff University will perform Edward Grieg's famous Piano Concerto with the Sioux City Symphony Orchestra. The concert will also feature an incredible soprano Shannon Salyards, and over 150 combined voices singing seasonal favorites with full orchestra.
Tickets are available at the door: $10 for adults and $8 for seniors and students. All tickets are general seating -- no reserved seats. All are welcome to attend.
For more information call (712) 279-5417.
Six actors will portray over 50 characters when the Morningside College theatre department presents the A.R. Gurney play "The Dining Room" at 7:30 p.m. November 21-22, and at 2 p.m. Nov. 23 at Klinger-Neal Theatre, 3700 Peters Ave.
"The Dining Room" is both a drama and a comedy set in a single dining room where 18 different scenes from different households explore the dynamic relationships of family life as they go about their daily routines. The play is unique in that the characters change around the scenery rather than the traditional format where the scenery changes around the characters. The actors change roles, personalities, and ages while they portray a wide variety of characters. The play was first produced in New York in 1981.
General admission is $5 for adults and $1 for students.
BANCROFT, Neb. -- The Neihardt State Historic Site announces Sunday Afternoon at the Museum program with Norma Farrens, entitled "Interviews with Our Own: Local Veterans Stories." The program will be held at 2 p.m. Nov. 23 at John G. Neihardt State Historic site, 306 W. Elm St.
The program focuses on the individual stories of World War II and Korean Veterans from the greater Decatur, Neb., area.
The presentation is free and open to the public.
VERMILLION, S.D. -- When it comes to singing the praises of Welch's Purple Grape Juice, look no further than Stephen Yarbrough, D.M.A., an associate professor of music at The University of South Dakota. That's because Welch's is using one of Yarbrough's compositions for its TV commercial that features chef Alton Brown. His orchestral composition, "Angel's Dances," can be heard starring with the Concord grape and Brown, whose "Good Eats" program can be seen regularly on the Food Network.
Yarbrough was working in his office this summer when he got the phone call. On the other end of the line was a representative from the Via Group -- a national advertising, marketing and communications agency -- who wanted to know if the USD professor, who's also a composer in residence, would be willing to let the group use "Angel's Dances" for the ad, which began airing last week.
"The Powerful Polyphenol" commercial along with other videos featuring Brown and "Angel's Dances" can be viewed at {M7www.welchs.com.
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