Saturday, March 6, 2010

4:00 PM "notorious gourmet and sybarite"... Westside Publications
Lecture: "Sex, Food and Videotape"
Literature: Author Albert Sonnenfeld has focused on culinary history and food journalism. As Editor of the series 'Arts of the Table' at Columbia University Press, Sonnenfeld has published: Food: A Culinary History; The Culture of the Fork; and Food is Culture.
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Cultural Arts Center

7:30 PM
Concert:
The Russian National Orchestra with Renée Fleming, soprano,
Patrick Summers, conducting
One of the most beloved and celebrated musical ambassadors of our time, Grammy Award winning Soprano Renée Fleming will perform an evening of opera arias after her much talked about appearance in “We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial Concert” and her celebrated performances in Beijing during the 2008 Olympic Games.
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Program:
Overture to Norma – Bellini
D’amor al dolce impero from Armida – Rossini
Casta Diva from Norma – Bellini
Overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila – Glinka
Letter Scene from Eugene Onegin–(Pochudilis mne budto golosa from Oprichnik)–Tchaikovsky
Stöndchen, Opus 12, No. 2 – Strauss
Freundliche Vision, Opus 48, No. 1 – Strauss
Winterweihe, Opus 48, No. 4 – Strauss
Zueignung, Opus 10, No. 1 – Strauss
Act III Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut - Puccini
Donde lieta usci al tuo grido d’amore from La Bohème – Puccini
Musette svaria sulla bocca viva Mimi Pinso, la biondinetta from La Bohème – Puccini
Troppo tardi! Tutto tramonta, tutto dilegua from Fedora – Giodano
Un Di (ero piccina) from Iris – Mascagni
The Sound of Music from The Sound of Music – Richard Rogers
You’ll never walk alone from Carousel – Oscar Hammerstein II

Sunday, March 7, 2010

4:00 PM
Lecture: "Appetite for Life: Writing the Story of Julia Child"
Literature: Author Noël Riley Fitch is an award-winning biographer and historian. Her acclaimed book Appetite for Life is the authorized Biography of Julia Child. She is a full-time writer and frequent lecturer.
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7:00 PM
Literature: David Brooks's column on the Op-Ed page of The New York Times started in September 2003. He has been a senior editor at The Weekly Standard, a contributing editor at Newsweek and the Atlantic Monthly, and he is currently a commentator on "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer".
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Monday, March 8, 2010

7:00 PM
Lecture: “The Art and Craft of Biography: Living with Johnson, Kennedy, Roosevelt and Lincoln”
Literature: Acclaimed historian and Distinguished Writer in Residence Doris Kearns Goodwin won the Pulitzer Prize in history for No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II. She is a renowned Presidential historian and political news analyst, appearing frequently on NBC and MSNBC.
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

7:00 PM
Concert & Film: Alexander Nevsky with The Russian National Orchestra,
Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano, Seraphic Fire, Constantine Kitsopoulos, conducting
Alexander Nevsky, the historic 1938 film masterpiece by Sergei Eisenstein with music by Sergei Prokofiev, will be seen and heard in all its glory in a concert performance with The Russian National Orchestra, accompanied by the majestic voices of Pulitzer Prize Nominated chamber choir, Seraphic Fire and Grammy Award winner mezzo-soprano, Kelley O'Connor.
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Program:
La Belle Dame Sans Merci (World Premier) - Getty
Alexander Nevsky - Prokofiev

Thursday, March 11, 2010

7:00 PM
Jazz: Eldar Djangirov Quartet
In a special one-night-only event, Eldar will join forces with his acclaimed Trio for an evening of Jazz pyrotechnics.

Eldar Djangirov, piano
Felipe Lamoglia, saxophone
Armando Gola, bass
Ludwig Afonso, drums
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Friday, March 12, 2010

7:00 PM
Concert: The Russian National Orchestra with Conrad Tao pianist and
special performance by Eldar jazz pianist, Constantine Kitsopoulos, conducting
Internationally celebrated piano prodigies Eldar Djangirov and Conrad Tao are featured soloists in a night of celebrated piano music beginning with Rachmaninov’s virtuosic Piano Concerto No. 3 (featured in the Academy Award winning film “Shine”) followed by Eldar’s original works and standard jazz compositions Rachmaninov.

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Program:
The Festive Overture in A Major – Shostakovich
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor – Rachmaninov
Overture to May Night – Rimsky-Korsakov
Iris- Djangirov
Sophisticated Ladies – Duke Ellington
Tahiti Trot – Shostakovich
Slava! A Political Overture for Orchestra – Leonard Bernstein

Saturday, March 13, 2010

4:00 PM
Interview: Presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin will interview Richard Goodwin on his experiences as a former advisor and speechwriter to Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, and Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
Literature: Distinguished Writers in Residence - famed Presidential historian, Doris Kearns Goodwin and her husband Richard Goodwin, former advisor and speechwriter to Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, and Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
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Cultural Arts Center

7:00 PM
Concert:
The Russian National Orchestra with the Stars of the American Ballet Theatre
Irina Dvorovenko & Maxim Beloserkovsky, conducted by Constantine Kitsopoulos
The principal stars of The American Ballet Theater recognized the world over for their regal style and hypnotic performances, Irina Dvorovenko and Maxim Beloserkovsky, will take the stage to live music performed by The Russian National Orchestra for a magical closing night of dance.

White pas de deux from Swan Lake – Tchaikovsky - Irina and Maxim
Pictures at an Exhibition – Mussorgsky
Splendid Isolation 3 – Mahler - Irina and Maxim
The Polovetsian Dances from Prince Igor – Borodin
Carmen – Bizet - Irina and Maxim
1812 Overture in E Flat Major, Op.49 - Tchaikovsky
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Friday, March 5, 2010

7:00 PM
Community Event: Future Stars Competition
Festival of the Arts BOCA kicks-off with the Future Stars Performing Arts Competition. Recognized as one of South Florida’s premier performing arts vocal & dance competitions, its primary aim is to foster the exceptional young talent that is present in the local community. Presented by the Rotary Club of Boca Raton.
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Cultural Arts Center

Saturday, March 6, 2010

1:30 PM
Film: Anastasia

Monday, March 8, 2010

4:00 PM
Film: From Russia with Love

Friday, March 12, 2010

4:00 PM
Film: Dr. Zhivago