Variety of music to keep you entertained

Winters are long, university semesters seem short. Officially, they’re both 13 weeks long. But unlike Lethbridge snowstorms, the academic semester’s end — after 14 weeks, counting reading week — is highly predictable. And with it, a flurry of concerts and special events.

The drama department’s final show of the season, “A Barne in Bedlam: Two Approaches to Medieval Plays,” opens a five-night run on Tuesday. Two events for the price of one, it includes a newly translated version of the “Second Shepherd’s Play” from the Wakefield Mystery plays of 15th century England. It’s described as a satirical interpretation of the New Testament’s various nativity accounts.

And then the students will recreate an even older story, “The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve.” It’s not something they’d teach in Sunday School! Directed by faculty members

and respectively, performances are set for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday in the David Spinks Theatre. Tickets are available online at

or by phone at 403-329-2616.

••• On March 24, the

will present their seasonender, under the direction of

It’s set for 7:30 p.m. in Southminster United Church; tickets as above.

The university’s jazz ensemble will follow on March 28 in University Theatre, and then the percussion ensemble’s Global Drums on April 6 and 7.

The

Gabrielle Houle Leeuwen, ulethbridge.ca/tickets Singers Janet Youngdahl. U of L Collaborative Ensemble

— guitarists, pianists and more — is scheduled for April 10 in Recital Hall, and finally the wraps its season April 12.

Of course, there’s always more, on or off campus. On Thursday, anthropology professor

will conclude the season’s PUBlic Professor series on a positive note: “Locating Happiness: Beyond Individualism.” Her nocharge presentation is set for 7 p.m. at the Lethbridge Lodge, with seats available on a firstcome basis.

U of L Wind Orchestra Catherine Kingfisher

••• Downtown, music continues through the year. On Monday, the and the will join the

Ventus Women’s Choir LCI Singers Lethbridge Symphony Orchestra

for “Beethoven and Sanctuary,” pairing the master's “Pastorale Symphony” with the more recent “Adiemus: Songs of Sanctuary,” a wordless choral work that features sounds from around the world. That’s at 7:30 p.m. in Southminster United, with tickets from

or possibly at the door. Next, on April 20, the with guest on bass, will offer works by Dvorak, Schubert and Shostakovich as its season finale, at La Cite des Prairies.

String Quartet, Catherine McLaughlin

•• • And here’s some fun at the library: March 25 has been declared Saxophone Sunday in the Theatre Gallery, with director

and students from the university’s saxophone studio offering an afternoon of music, starting at 3 p.m.

Then on April 8, a “Voices in Spring” concert in the Theatre

Chee Meng Low Mia van University Musaeus

Gallery, 3 p.m., will feature works by Mozart, Faure, Puccini, Andre Previn . . . and more. Pianist will accompany university sopranos and no

Gregory Knight

Krysia Ferguson Alexandra Morgan;

charge.

••• More music: This month’s lineup at The Owl includes a Jazz Jam on Wednesday, featuring and And next Saturday, 3 p.m., there’s a “Metric Jazztet” concert by a 10-piece ensemble. Later that day,

Josh Davies HBO3. Kimberley MacGregor, Curtis Glas Makiisma

and will perform as part of the Arrows North Songwriters Round.

••• And here are more choices for next Saturday: the Lethbridge Community Band’s “Silver” ensemble will offer “Folk Music and Fantasy,” starting at 7 p.m. in College Drive Community Church.

Back downtown at Southminster next Saturday, the Lethbridge and District Music and Speech Arts Festival will conclude its two-week event with “Stars of the Festival,” with some of highest-marked students invited to reprise their featured works. That’s set for 2:30 p.m.

••• On Thursday, the Queen Scarlet Cinema group will screen its second film of the season, “Solaris.” It’s an out-of-this-world story where a psychologist is sent to a space station circling the planet “Solaris” to investigate the death of a doctor, as well as the mental health of cosmonauts on the station. Then he discovers that water on Solaris can store memories. . .

The screening will be held at Casa, with tickets and further details at the desk.

••• And as previously outlined, the Lethbridge International Film Festival runs Monday through Saturday at the downtown library’s Theatre Gallery, covering a broad range of global issues. Features are scheduled for 7 p.m. each weekday evening — no charge — plus a 2 p.m. matinee next Saturday. •••

Here’s a salute to Lethbridge College and Diamond Schmitt Architects for topping a competition in the Prairie Wood Design Awards program. The design for the college’s $77million Trades, Technology and Innovation facility — opened last fall — includes 22 heavy wooden pillars, rafters and customdesigned doors.

“In addition to its environmental properties, the wood also adds a design element,” explains

the

Francis Rankin,

project manager. “It is in there to give it a softer and more inviting feel for the students. And I think it has done that.” ••• And our reminders: Today at 3 p.m., there’s a “Music Theatre Showcase” at Southminster United, presented by the Lethbridge and District Music and Speech Festival; tickets at the door.

On Sunday, your imagination can take wing at the Galt Museum, 2 p.m., when

from the Lethbridge Soaring Club will outline the history of gliding across southern

Minors Geoff

Alberta.

And next Friday, the Geomatic Attic presents

Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands. Tin and the

The following day, it’s featuring check Blueprint Records for tickets.

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