MUSIC
WMU School of Music Concerts
Throughout the month
Various venues
The Western Michigan University School of Music begins a new semester with several performances. Unless otherwise noted, the performances will be in the Dalton Center Recital Hall.
• Ari Cohen Mann, oboist, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 14, $18, seniors $14, faculty/staff/students $6.
• Mass Horn Choir, 6:30 p.m. Jan. 18, free.
• Concerto Competition Finals, 1 p.m. Jan. 25, free.
For more information, visit wmich.edu/music/events.
• Ragtime
• Sounds of the Middle East
Jan. 14 & Jan. 29
Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra
The KSO’s Artists in Residence, an 8-member subgroup of the larger symphony, will perform two shows this month.
The first, Ragtime, will celebrate the music of Scott Joplin at 7 p.m. Jan. 14 at Bell’s Eccentric Cafe. Tickets are $30.
On Jan. 29, the group will join the Bayati Ensemble, a local quintet that plays Middle Eastern music to perform Sounds of the Middle East at 7 p.m. in Dalton Theatre in the Light Fine Arts Building at Kalamazoo College. Tickets are $5–$25.
To purchase tickets or for more information, visit kalamazoosymphony.com.
The Odyssey
Jan. 15
Relic Early Music Ensemble
The chamber orchestra ensemble will take audiences on Odysseus’s dangerous trek through works by Handel, Monteverdi, Rameau and others.
The show will be held at 7:30 p.m. at Dalton Center Recital Hall. Tickets are $25–$30 and free for students and children and can be purchased online at relicensemble.org/events.
Community Cabaret
Jan. 22
Kalamazoo Choral Arts
Live musicians will accompany choir members to perform music in a range of genres from Motown to Mozart, rap to mariachi, and James Taylor to James Brown.
Show time is 7 p.m. at Bell’s Brewery, 355 E. Kalamazoo Ave. Tickets are $10 and available online at kalamazoochoralarts.org or at the door.
VISUAL ARTS
New Exhibitions
Opening Jan. 20
Richmond Center for Visual Arts
Two exhibitions of works by students of WMU’s Frostic School of Art and one by printmaker Sarah Smelser will open this month and run until Feb. 14.
The Albertine Monroe-Brown Gallery will host two student exhibitions: Home, a multimedia exhibition featuring works by students from a variety of perspectives that explore the concept of “home,” and the 1st Annual BFA Exhibition, highlighting works created by graduating seniors.
The Netzorg-Kerr Gallery will display Escape Artist, created by printmaker Sarah Smelser and inspired by the artist’s physical and psychic journeys.
Gallery hours are noon–6 p.m. Tuesday–Saturday. For more information, visit wmich.edu/art.
Continuing Exhibitions
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts:
• Washi Transformed: New Expressions in Japanese Paper, through Jan. 11.
• Kirk Newman Art School Faculty Review, through Jan. 25.
• Taekyeom Lee: Designed, Printed & Fired, through March 8.
Kalamazoo Book Arts Center:
Lynn Sures: Glancing at the Unseen through Jan. 14.
THEATER
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Jan. 10
All Ears Theatre
Local playwright Michael Fountain’s audio drama, Eleanor of Aquitaine: The Lioness in Spring, Summer and Fall about the medieval queen, will be performed at 6 p.m. at the Kalamazoo Nonprofit Advocacy Coalition, 315 W. Michigan Ave.
The production is free. For more information, visit allearstheatre.org.
The Cherry Orchard
Jan. 16–25
Kalamazoo Civic Theatre
In this modern-day translation of Anton Chekhov’s play, a family must sell their beloved cherry orchard to pay their debts.
Show times are 7:30 p.m. Jan. 16, 17, 23 and 24, and 2 p.m. Jan. 18 and 25 in the Civic’s Carver Studio, 419 S. Park St. Tickets are $17–$32 and available for purchase by calling 343-1313 or visiting kazoocivic.com.
Primary Trust
Jan. 22–Feb. 1
Farmers Alley Theatre
Chicago actor DeVaughn Asante Loman has the lead role in this Pulitzer Prize-winning play about new beginnings. Loman will play Kenneth, a 38-year-old bookstore worker, who is faced with change when his employer closes the store.
Show times are 7:30 p.m. Jan. 22, 23, 29, and 30, and 2 p.m. Jan. 24, 25, 31 and Feb. 1. Tickets are $22–$52 and available for purchase online at farmersalleytheatre.com.
The Coast Starlight
Jan. 30–Feb. 15
WMU Theatre
Finding connection with one another is at the heart of this production to be staged in Western Michigan University’s York Theatre. Fellow passengers on a long-distance train ride from Los Angeles to Seattle help a young man with a terrible secret in this play by Keith Bunin.
Show times are 7:30 p.m. Jan. 30–Feb. 1, Feb. 6–7 and 12–14 and 2 p.m. Feb. 8 and 15. Tickets are $7–$24 and available by calling 387-6222 or visiting wmich.edu/theatre.
