Grab your calendar—the Centerarts schedule is here. Fans of country music have Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell as well as Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt to look forward to. Reggae devotees can worship at the well-traveled feet of Jimmy Cliff, and fans of heavy makeup can check out Blue Man Group’s antics. From Wynton Marsalis to the Peking Acrobats, there are plenty of hot tickets. Read on for the full press release and schedule.
June 15, 2009
June 17, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For more information contact 826-3928
CENTERARTS ANNOUNCES LINE-UP FOR 2013-2014 SEASON
CenterArts announces a stellar line-up for its 2013-14 Season
of performing arts events! The HSU campus will host an exciting schedule of
international performers from the worlds of music, dance, and theater, beginning
this August through May, 2014. The annual season kicks off with an evening of alternative
rock that has a unique blend of ironic lyrics and deadpan brilliance (The
New Yorker) when CAKE takes
the stage on Thursday, August 22. STOMP returns to Humboldt State University on September 3 and 4 with an
explosive, provocative, and utterly unique performance that appeals to
audiences of all ages.
Other season highlights include reggae
music’s reigning godfather, Jimmy Cliff on
September 10; Grammy Award-winning rock legend Boz Scaggs performing on September 19 in support of his latest
release Memphis; comedy icon and television legend, Drew Carey comes to the Van Duzer Theatre on September 20; and
country music hall of famer Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell return on October 3.
In addition, Andrew Bird will pull from early jazz, country blues, and gypsy
music to create his unique version of indie-pop on November 18; the hugely
popular Zappa Plays Zappa returns on February 1; on March 4 and 5 the Blue Man Group, who are best known for their wildly popular
theatrical shows and concerts which combine music, comedy and multimedia
theatrics to produce a totally unique form of entertainment, will perform in
the Van Duzer Theatre.
For you folk music fans we invite
you to hear Lyle Lovett & John Hiatt perform separately and together, in an intimate songwriter-in-the-round
performance on November 20; then we welcome you to the weird and wonderful
world of string wizard David Lindley on January 18;on January
31 Tommy Emmanuel with Martin Taylor returns to amaze with his guitar work; Ani DiFranco returns on March 2; San Francisco
Scottish Fiddlers Featuring Alasdair Fraser perform on April 15; singer songwriter Greg Brown returns on April 25; on May 14th we feature a rare,
live duo performance of Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn.
CenterArts also offers an exciting
lineup for those who enjoy world music including the New York Gypsy All-Stars who bring A blast of raucous party music! (Chicago
Reader) to HSU on November 1; on February 6 the “samurai
percussionists” of Tao: The Art of Taiko! perform; on April 8 the awe-inspiring, 26-member Soweto Gospel Choir performs.
We’ve got the soul and blues
covered when commanding soul artistCharles Bradley and His Extraordinaires appearing on September 6; the Blind Boys of Alabama present their Christmas Show on December 15; True
Blues unites three renowned blues
musicians; Corey Harris, Alvin Youngblood Hart, and Guy Davis in a special concert on February 15.
The Centennial Speakers Series will highlight Big Ideas in celebration of HSU’s 100th
birthday. Speakers include Author of The Population BombPaul Ehrlich on October 1; Considered one of the most
influential contemporary philosophers alive today, Peter Singerwill give a lecture on October
25;On December 6 award-winning
journalist, syndicated columnist, and author of the bestseller The Shock
Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, Naomi
Klein will speak; Michael Eric Dyson’s February 18 speech will eloquently meld scholarly insight with the
phenomena of contemporary culture; United Farm Workers of America President Arturo
S. Rodriguez will appear on April 14; On
April 30th James Balog will
present Chasing Ice Live!
For the children in all of us CenterArts
presents the awe-inspiringPeking
Acrobats perform on January 23, and the
classic creation from the award-wining Imago Theatre, Frogz return on March 21.
There’s plenty to excite dance fans
in the new season including the visionary LINES Ballet on September 12; Grupo Corpo‘s wholly original style joins modern movement with
the complexity of Afro-Brazilian dance, and you can catch them on January 28,
If youÕre wondering what the future of contemporary ballet looks like, look no
further than the Trey McIntyre Project when they perform on March 25.
The 2013-2014 season offers plenty
of comedy including the spectacularly original comedian/musician/performance
artist Reggie Watts who spins out
riotous, stream of consciousness monologues laced with improvised songs he
creates on-the-spot, using only his voice and a looping machine on October 17; experience
the Humboldt County debut of The Onion: Live! presented by Second
City on December 3; you can join Colin
Mochrie & Brad Sherwood of the hit
television show Whose Line is it Anyway? on February 22 for a
hilarious evening of improvisational comedy based entirely on audience
feedback.
Jazz has been called America’s greatest cultural achievement,
and the CenterArts 2013-14 Season has a great schedule. On December 8
Portland’s “little orchestra” Pink Martini returns with what bandleader Thomas Lauderdale calls another “rollicking around-the-world
musical adventure”; Hailed as the “the greatest large jazz ensemble working
today” (Chicago Tribune), Wynton Marsalis & the Lincoln
Center Jazz Orchestra return on March 6;
Jazz violinist Regina Carter “creates music that is wonderfully listenable, probingly intelligent and
breathtakingly daring, taking the listener into the future of jazz” (TIME
Magazine), and you can hear for yourself on April 29.
For those interested in classical
music, CenterArts is offering some of the most talented people in the concert
world, including an October 8 appearance Gold Medalist of The Van Cliburn
International Piano Competition; One of
the most imaginative, versatile and constantly interesting pianists today, Vladimir
Feltsman will perform on November 15; on February
8 the Venice Baroque Orchestra who have been described as “… one of Europe’s most dynamic period-instrument
ensemblesÓ (San Francisco Chronicle) performs.
Subscribers to CenterArts” season
can receive priority seating and discounts of up to 30% over regular ticket
prices. There are specially priced tickets available for HSU students, as well
as children. For more information on becoming a CenterArts season subscriber,
or to receive a free brochure with a complete listing of the 2013-2014 Season,
call CenterArts at 707-826-3928. Information is also available online by
visiting the CenterArts website at: http://humboldt.edu/centerarts or find us on Facebook.
CenterArts 2013/14
Season
8/22/2013 CAKE
9/3/2013 STOMP
9/4/2013 STOMP
9/6/2013 Charles
Bradley & His Extraordinaires
9/10/2013 Jimmy
Cliff
9/12/2013 LINES
Ballet
9/19/2013 Boz
Scaggs
9/20/2013 Drew
Carey
10/1/2013 Paul
Ehrlich
10/3/2013 Emmylou
Harris & Rodney Crowell
10/8/2013 Van
Cliburn Gold Medalist
10/17/2013 Reggie
Watts
10/25/2013 Peter
Singer
11/1/2013 New
York Gypsy All-Stars
11/15/2013 Vladimir
Feltsman: Piano
11/18/2013 Andrew
Bird
11/20/2013 Lyle
Lovett & John Hiatt
12/3/2013 The
Onion: Live!
12/6/2013 Naomi
Klein
12/8/2013 Pink
Martini
12/15/2013 Blind
Boys Of Alabama
1/18/2014 David
Lindley
1/23/2014 Peking
Acrobats
1/28/2014 Grupo
Corpo: Brazilian Dance
1/31/2014 Tommy
Emmanuel with Martin Taylor
2/1/2014 Zappa
Plays Zappa
2/6/2014 Tao:
The Art of Taiko!
2/8/2014 Venice
Baroque Orchestra
2/15/2014 True
Blues: Corey Harris, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Guy Davis
2/18/2014 Michael
Eric Dyson
2/22/2014 Colin
Mochrie & Brad Sherwood from Whose Line is it Anyway?
3/2/2014 Ani
DiFranco
3/4/2014 Blue
Man Group
3/5/2014 Blue
Man Group
3/6/2013 Wynton
Marsalis & the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
3/21/2014 Imago
Theatre: Frogz
3/25/2014 Trey
McIntyre Project
4/8/2014 Soweto
Gospel Choir
4/14/2014 Arturo
S. Rodriguez
4/15/2014 San
Francisco Scottish Fiddlers featuring Alasdair Fraser
4/25/2014 Greg
Brown
4/29/2014 Regina
Carter
4/30/2014 James
Balog: Chasing Ice Live!
5/14/2014 Bela
Fleck & Abigail Washburn
This article appears in Humboldt, The Book.
