Hult Center performances
can cure winter doldrums
The Hult Center is set to
warm up chilled residents
with an artsy hodgepodge of
music, drama and comedy
By Steven Neuman
Freelance Reporter
The Eugene summer can be an
oasis of outdoor activities and en
tertainment, but with an annual av
erage of 43 inches of rain falling
mostly between September and
April, local winter entertainment is
usually of the indoor variety. The
ater performances and concerts can
provide both a welcome distraction
from the daily grind of classes and a
bit more sophistication than a
weekend keg party, and the Eugene
area features one of the best venues
for such art.
The Hult Center is home to Eu
gene's opera, ballet and symphony,
and also attracts larger, national
acts. While the center is mostly as
sociated with the central down
town's highly visible Silva Concert
Hall, the Hult Center also includes
the Cuthbert Amphitheater, the
Soreng Theater and the Jacobs
Gallery. For those on a shoestring
college budget, the Eugene Sym
phony Orchestra offers free preview
performances on the day before a
concert at noon in Studio 1. Up
coming events include:
Sept. 24
The Hult Center presents "Drum
mers of West Africa."
Doudou N'Diaye Rose leads 35
Senegalese percussionists in tradi
tional dancing, singing and drum
ming. They weave together an aston
ishing number of rhythms, layering
them in complex patterns to create a
symphony of percussion. Wearing
colorful native regalia, the drum
mers create rhythms with explosive
bursts of energy.
The show starts Wednesday at 7
p.m. at the Cuthbert Amphitheater.
Tickets are $12 for adults and $8 for
anybody 17 and younger.
Sept. 25
Eugene Symphony Orchestra pres
ents "Symphonie Fantastique." Hear
the fantastic symphony by Berlioz
and a new work by Aaron Jay Kemis.
Giancarlo Guerrero conducts.
The show starts Thursday at 8 p.m.
at Silva Concert Hall. Tickets are $15
$38, and are on sale now.
Sept. 26
Double Tee Promotions, Inc. pres
ents “Widespread Panic, * one of the
hottest live acts in the nation. This
Widespread Panic concert includes
new hits and old favorites by mem
bers John Bell, George McConnell,
Todd Nance, Domingo Ortiz, Dave
Schools and John I lermann.
The show starts Friday at 7 p.m. at
the Cuthbert Amphitheater. Tickets
are $30.
Oct 2
SHO presents "SHOcase: Old Time
Radio Revisited.'' Bob and Meridith
London take you back to the days of
Jack Benny, The Shadow, The Lone
Ranger and the great dance bands of
the 1930s and 1940s.
The show starts Thursday at 12:15
p.m. in the Hult Center Lobby and
is free.
Oct. 3
JS Touring presents Jerry Seinfeld.
The show starts Friday at 7 p.m.
and 9:30 p.m. at Silva Concert Hall.
Tickets are $48.50-$78.50.
Oct. 4
Oregon Festival of American Music
presents jazz and modem experimen
tal composer John Zorn with Masada,
a Jewish jazz quartet.
The show starts Saturday at 7:30
p.m. at Silva Concert Hall. Tickets
are $25.
Oct. 4
Oregon Mozart Players presents
"All Concerto, All the Time," a brief
history of the concerto from the
Baroque to the Twentieth Century.
Yuri Rozum returns to Eugene to play
Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 33
in C minor.
The show starts Saturday at 8 p.m.
at the Soreng Theater. Tickets are $ 16
$28 and are on sale now.
Oct. 16
SHO presents "SHOcase: EZTimes,"
music from the 1950s and '60s.
The show starts Thursday at 12:15
p.m. in the Hult Center Lobby and
is free.
Oct. 18
Hult Center presents "The Rainbow
Dance Theatre."
Directed by choreographers Valerie
Bergman and Darryl Thomas, the
company fuses high-energy athletic
dance style, aerial choreography and
computer animation into a narrative
stage show.
The show starts Saturday at 8 p.m.
at Silva Concert Hall. Tickets go on
sale Sept. 26.
Oct. 23
Eugene Symphony Orchestra pres
ents "Shostakovich Violin Concerto
No. 1.* Giancarlo Guerrero conducts
Ilya Gringolts on the violin as well as
Beethoven's Symphony No. 2.
The show starts Thursday at 8 p.m.
at Silva Concert Hall. Tickets are $ 15
$38 and are on sale now.
Oct. 27
Willamette Repertory Theatre pres
ents "Ashland Salutes Willamette
Rep," a benefit perfonnance showcas
ing the leading actors from the Tony
award winning Oregon Shakespeare
Festival performing Shakespeare, spo
ken word and music.
The show starts Monday at 7:30
p.m. in the Soreng Theater. Tickets are
$ 100 and are on sale now.
Nov. 1-2
Eugene Ballet Company presents
"The Sleeping Beauty," directed by
Toni Pimble.
Shows start Saturday at 8 p.m. and
Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in the Silva Con
cert Hall. Tickets are $ 18-$42 and are
on sale now.
Nov. 4-6
ClearChannel presents the touring
Broadway production of the musical
"The Sound of Music."
Shows start Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at Silva
Concert Hall. Season tickets are on
sale now (individual tickets go on sale
Sept. 26).
Nov. 6
SHO presents "SHOcase: Joyel &
Company Dance," a performance of
choreographed dance set to poetry.
The show starts Thursday at 12:15
p.m. in the Hult Center Lobby and
is free.
Nov. 13
SHO presents "SHOcase: Gamelan
Sari Pandhawa Indonesian Percussion
Ensemble."
The show starts Thursday at 12:15
p.m. in the Hult Center Lobby and
is free.
Nov. 19-Dec. 7
Willamette Repertory Theatre pres
ents "Driving Miss Daisy." Previews
are set for Wednesday and Thursday,
Nov. 19-20 at 7:30 p.m. The show
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