Montalvo Arts Center | Calendar

EXHIBITIONS

BEGINNING THU, JANUARY 24
Moments From 20th Century Iraqi Art

EVENTS

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 2, 2008 10 A.M. ( School & Teacher event)
Altered Books: A Professional Development Workshop for Teachers

Priority Registration for Teachers of Middle and High School Students & Past Attendees of the Arts in Your Classroom Teacher ConferenceLimit 20 Educators: Register now to reserve your space!Expanding the “Arts in Your Classroom” experience, arts educators Julie Ulmer and Julie Van Dewark integrate the visual arts with language arts in this three-hour hands-on lesson demonstration introducing educators to the art of altered books.Explore ...
Tagged : book, learn, school and teacher
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 2, 2008 2 P.M.
Pre-Code Film: The Sign of the Cross

Nominated for an Academy Award for best cinematography, The Sign of the Cross (1932) is an epic pre-Code spectacle produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille. The film, starring Claudette Colbert, Frederic March and Charles Laughton as Nero, depicts Rome ablaze with poliltical intrigue, jealousy and the fires set by the depraved Emperor Nero. Introductory remarks by Bay Area journalist, Angie Coiro. For mature audiences.
Tagged : film, programs
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 3, 2008 1 P.M.
JazzReach presents: Hangin' with the Giants

A fun, highly engaging multi-media program, Hangin' with the Giants promotes the inclusiveness and accessibility of jazz music through audience participation. Staged as a fictitious television talk show, the program features live music by the Metta Quintet, narration, and interactive animated likenesses of jazz greats Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk as show guests. Presented by JazzReach Performing ...
Tagged : concerts, jazz, learn
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 3, 2008 3 P.M.
JazzReach presents: Hangin' with the Giants

A fun, highly engaging multi-media program, Hangin' with the Giants promotes the inclusiveness and accessibility of jazz music through audience participation. Staged as a fictitious television talk show, the program features live music by the Metta Quintet, narration, and interactive animated likenesses of jazz greats Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk as show guests. Presented by JazzReach Performing ...
Tagged : concerts, jazz, learn
MONDAY FEBRUARY 4, 2008 9:30 A.M. ( School & Teacher event)
JazzReach presents: Get Hip!

Recommended for grades: 3-6Curriculum Connections: History-Social Science; Visual and Performing Arts-Music; English-Language Arts Get Hip! is an entertaining, highly engaging multi-media program which promotes the inclusiveness and accessibility of jazz music. In addition to fostering a greater appreciation for jazz, Get Hip! also aims to use the ensemble as a vehicle to promote the values of community interaction, cooperation, teamwork and self-expression. This high-energy production ...
Tagged : concerts, jazz, learn
MONDAY FEBRUARY 4, 2008 11:30 A.M. ( School & Teacher event)
JazzReach presents: Get Hip! -- SOLD OUT

Recommended for grades: 3-6Curriculum Connections: History-Social Science; Visual and Performing Arts-Music; English-Language ArtsGet Hip! is an entertaining, highly engaging multi-media program which promotes the inclusiveness and accessibility of jazz music. In addition to fostering a greater appreciation for jazz, Get Hip! also aims to use the ensemble as a vehicle to promote the values of community interaction, cooperation, teamwork and self-expression. This high-energy production performed ...
Tagged : concerts, jazz, learn
MONDAY FEBRUARY 4, 2008 7:30 P.M.
Journalist Dahr Jamail and Mark Gonnerman (interviewer)

Weary of the media’s failure to accurately report on the Iraq war, Dahr Jamail went to Iraq as a civilian in 2003 to report on the war. He delivers the inside-story on un-embedded news journalism in Iraq. Jamail writes for media outlets including Inter Press Service and The Asia Times, and reports for radio broadcasts including Democracy Now! and the BBC. His reports have ...
Tagged : iraqreframe, programs
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 6, 2008 7:30 P.M.
Ishmael Beah in Conversation with Journalist Angie Coiro

Author of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, Beah shares his devastating experience as a child soldier in Sierra Leone and his subsequent release from the army to a UNICEF rehabilitation center. Later educated in the United States, Beah’s story is ultimately one of redemption and hope. Book signing follows. Presented in partnership with the Student Union of San Jose State ...
Tagged : conversation, programs
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 7, 2008 7:30 P.M.
Cypress String Quartet: Featuring Dan Coleman Quartet #2

In this third concert "From the Artists Studio," the Cypress String Quartet continues its exploration into the intricate process of creativity and inspiration with a compelling look at dynamic young composer Dan Coleman and his String Quartet #2. Coleman is in attendance at this event and members enjoy an informal reception after the concert.Additional Information:cypressquartet.comdancoleman.comDan Coleman Quartet Notes
Tagged : classical, concerts, programs
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 8, 2008 7:30 P.M.
Distributed Memory with Anthony Discenza and Michael Zbyszynski / Brent Green and Tim Rutilli

Distributed Memory: Live Music and Projected ImagesOriginally presented at The Getty Center, this series features commissioned pieces supported, in part, by Montalvo Arts Center, with existing short films, media projections, and musical compositions that explore the creation of art through the recomposition of found and new materials. News Cycle #2 is a live collaborative digital artwork consisting of reprocessed and interwoven excerpts from three 24-hour ...
Tagged : media art, programs
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 9, 2008 11 A.M.
Villa & Grounds Tour

Tagged : history, programs, tour
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 10, 2008 2 P.M.
Greenberg Lecture Series: Dmitri Shostakovich: Let the Controversy Begin

Our first encounter begins with a reappraisal of Shostakovich’s life and work in light of the information that has become public since the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union. By the time he was 23, Shostakovich had lived through severe famine, Civil War, the relatively liberal days of Lenin, and the tightening restrictions after Stalin’s rise in 1926. We explore Shostakovich’s education ...
Tagged : classical, programs
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 13, 2008 7:30 P.M.
The Bad Plus

This critically acclaimed jazz trio’s intrepid explorations and penchant for humor defy conventional notions of what jazz should sound like: “we’ll try anything, as long as it makes good music,” says bassist Reid Anderson. The Bad Plus’ newest release, Prog, is “a gourmet 10-course meal of the sublime,” (Billboard) offering breathtaking original compositions and covering songs by Tears for Fears, Burt Bacharach, Rush ...
Tagged : concerts, jazz, programs
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 14, 2008 NOON
Member Book Club: Thieves of Baghdad By Matthew Bogdanos

Member Book Club discusses Thieves of Baghad by Matthew Bogdanos. For information on joining the Book Club, please visit the Membership page here.
Tagged : book club, iraqreframe, programs
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 17, 2008 2 P.M.
Bo Caldwell

The debut novel of Cupertino author Bo Caldwell that tells the story of betrayal and reconciliation spanning several years across two continents has been selected for Silicon Valley Reads 2008. The Washington Post Book World has called The Distant Land of My Father “... a novel for ... everyone who has ever felt himself in exile from any beloved place or time that can never return."
Tagged : conversation, programs
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 24, 2008 2 P.M.
Pre-Code Film: Queen Christina

This pre-Code biopic tells the story of the independent and controversial Kristina Wasa, Queen of Sweden, who abdicated her kingdom in order to return her slain lover to Spain. Queen Christina (1933) stars real life lovers Greta Garbo and popular silent screen actor, John Gilbert. Introductory remarks by Bay Area journalist Angie Coiro. For mature audiences.
Tagged : film, programs
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 24, 2008 7:30 P.M.
Distributed Memory with Pat O'Neill and Carl Stone/Janie Geiser and Tom Recchion

Filmmaker Pat O'Neill and experimental composer Carl Stone premiere their Rotary Wobble (20 min.), a composition of landscape and urban imagery from around the world recorded over a 15-year span. Stone performs and digitally mixes the soundtrack, which is aligned precisely to the timing of O'Neill's film. O'Neill also screens Horizontal Boundaries (2005, 22 min.), a series of experiments with 35mm ...
Tagged : media art, programs
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 27, 2008 9:30 A.M. ( School & Teacher event)
The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere -- SOLD OUT

Recommended for grades: 3-6Curriculum Connections: History-Social Science; English-Language Arts; Visual and Performing Arts-Music A simple artisan named Paul Revere etches out a humble living as a Boston silversmith. But when his friends, John Hancock and Samuel Adams, pressure Revere to join the Sons of Liberty, he hesitates supporting the American cause, fearing lost business and the safety of his family. Revere must make a choice ...
Tagged : learn, school and teacher, theatre
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 27, 2008 11:30 A.M. ( School & Teacher event)
The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere -- SOLD OUT

Recommended for grades: 3-6Curriculum Connections: History-Social Science; English-Language Arts; Visual and Performing Arts-Music A simple artisan named Paul Revere etches out a humble living as a Boston silversmith. But when his friends, John Hancock and Samuel Adams, pressure Revere to join the Sons of Liberty, he hesitates supporting the American cause, fearing lost business and the safety of his family. Revere must make a choice ...
Tagged : learn, school and teacer, theatre
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 27, 2008 7:30 P.M.
Mariane Pearl in Conversation with Journalist Angie Coiro - NEW VENUE!

Determined not to be broken by her husband’s brutal murder by a militant Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan, award-winning international journalist, Mariane Pearl wrote A Mighty Heart: The Brave Life and Death of My Husband Daniel Pearl to introduce the world to the man as he was when alive. Pearl discusses her book with Bay Area reporter Angie Coiro, followed by a book signing ...
Tagged : conversations, iraqreframe, programs
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 29, 2008 1:15 P.M. ( School & Teacher event)
Master Class: Culinary Fellow Jessie Benthien

Tagged : learn, residency, school and teacher