Events

LEXINGTON, Ky.—The 36-member Transylvania University Choir will perform at Transylvania at the conclusion of their winter tour. The performance, which is free and open to the public, is Friday, January 12, at 7:30 p.m. in Carrick Theater.   The choir will perform in six cities in six days on their winter tour, including Louisville; Pensacola, Florida; Tuscaloosa, Alabama; Griffin, Georgia; Atlanta, Georgia; and Chattanooga, Tennessee.   Selections for the performance will include Bright Morning Star, a Kentucky Appalachian folksong, Deep River, a traditional spiritual, as well as classic pieces Ave Maria and Gloria tibi, Domine.   Under the direction of Gary Anderson, Transylvania professor of music and director of choral ensembles, the choir toured Austria, Hungary and the Transylvania region of Romania this past May as part of Transylvania’s innovative May term. They gave concerts in Vienna and Krems, Austria, Budapest and Szentendre, Hungary and Sibiu, Romania, in the Transylvania region. In 2003, the choir toured Russia, Finland and Sweden. Continental tours are scheduled during the years when the choir does not travel abroad.   For more information, contact Gary Anderson at (859) 281-3546 or the public relations office at (859) 233-8120.

LEXINGTON, Ky.—Five married couples with dual art careers contribute their work to this exhibition, “To Have & To Hold,” which opens January 12 and runs through February 23. The exhibit draws its name from traditional wedding vows. Artist couples include Transylvania art professor Kurt Gohde and Kate Sprengenether, Steve Armstrong and Diane Kahlo, Gary and Elizabeth Mesa-Gaido, Peter Bodnar III and Lida Gordon, and Brian and Sara Turner. The idea for the show came from the observations and curiosity of Morlan Gallery director Andrea Fisher. “I was interested in the day-to-day lives of married artists,” she said. “How do these couples navigate the division of labor in their home lives and their professional lives? Who does the laundry, who writes the grants and who remembers to pay the bills? And how do these couples deal with the jealously and competitive feelings that would most certainly arise in their professional lives?” A gallery “artzine” with artist interviews conducted by Transylvania art history professor Nancy Wolsk will look at how these artists navigate their professional and domestic responsibilities. The publication will include photographs of the artists and original temporary tattoos designed by each couple as a Valentine’s Day gift from the gallery. The Morlan Gallery is open weekdays, noon to 5 p.m., and by special appointment. The gallery will be closed Monday, January 15 in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. The gallery is a stop on the Lexington Gallery Hop

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LEXINGTON, Ky.—Come join Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim, the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet-to-Come and of course old Scrooge himself in a solo performance* of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Transylvania’s drama program director, Tim Soulis, will present this holiday classic Thursday, December 7, at 7:30 p.m. in the Lucille Little Theater. The one-hour production is open to the public and donations taken at the door will benefit the Bluegrass Rape Crisis Center. For more information, contact the public relations office at 233-8120 or Tim Soulis at 233-8163.   * The production is a solo performance, not a reading.