Apr 22 Wednesday
Based on the beloved Newbery Medal- and National Book Award-winning novel—and the hit 2003 film starring Shia LaBeouf, Sigourney Weaver, and Jon Voight—this theatrical adaptation is a thrilling ride for audiences of all ages. When teenager Stanley Yelnats is hit by a pair of falling sneakers, his unlucky family curse strikes again. Wrongly convicted of stealing the sneakers and sent to the mysterious Camp Green Lake, Stanley joins a ragtag group of boys digging endless holes under the blistering sun—all in the name of building character. But as the layers of dirt pile up, so do the secrets buried beneath them. Part mystery, part adventure, and packed with heart, Holes is a wildly imaginative tale about friendship, fate, and the courage it takes to rewrite your story. Holes is “a fast-paced and inventive family show that works on every level” (The Stage).
1999 Newbery Medal1998 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature1999 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction
Screening of Robert Mugge's 1980 film Sun Ra: A Joyful Noise, a 60-minute portrait of visionary artist Sun Ra and his avant- garde jazz Arkestra filmed in Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, D.C. in 1978 and 1980.
Apr 23 Thursday
ExhibitionTransformations: Lain Singh Bangdel, Art, NepalFebruary 4 – May 16 (closed March 15-22) Monday – Saturday 11 am – 4 pmAsian Arts Gallery, Center for the Arts, Towson University1 Fine Arts Drive, Towson, MD 21204
Explore the remarkable artistic journey and cultural legacy of Lain Singh Bangdel (1919–2002), widely regarded as the “Father of Modern Art” in Nepal. This collection of paintings—spanning the 1940s to the 1980s— reflects and reframes the cultural, political, and emotional realities of Bangdel’s time and traces his evolving vision as he navigated multiple worlds: colonial and postcolonial South Asia, cosmopolitan Europe, and an emerging modern Nepal.
On View February 4 - May 16 (closed March 15 - 22)
Gallery Hours: Monday - Saturday, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Ruin is a Philadelphia-based printmaker, shadow puppeteer, and paper-cut artist. His work oscillates between the poles of apocalyptic anxieties and utopian yearnings, with an emphasis on empathy, transcendence and obsessive detail. He frequently works collaboratively with musicians, theater performers, other artists and activist campaigns. In addition to performing widely, he is a founding member of the international Justseeds Artists' Cooperative, and co-author of the book Paths Toward Utopia: Graphic Explorations of Everyday Anarchism. His most recent project is the Ominous Cloud Ensemble, an ever-evolving, collectively-improvising large ensemble for projections and music.
THE CRUCIBLE
BY ARTHUR MILLERDIRECTED BY JULIE HERBER
APRIL 3 – 26
Preview April 2ASL Interpreted Performance April 10
A group of teenage girls creates mass hysteria as they accuse fellow villagers of witchcraft in the rigid Puritan society of Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. The accused face the choice of maintaining their ideals or conforming in order to survive in this play about the dangers of unchecked fear, the fragility of justice, and the consequences of history.
Towson University composition students present a concert of original works in this collaborative concert performed by fellow students in the Department of Music.
Apr 24 Friday