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A spotlight on events for the coming week
OCircus
Fri. and Sun., April 27 and 29, 7 p.m., Philips Gymnasium
In Oberlin, you don’t have to wait for the circus to come to town: it’s already here. This is the third year it has resurfaced, each year bigger and more talented than ever. One hundred students juggle, stilt, dance and perform amazing stunts of acrobatics. The circus features original, live music. Most of the acts have been rehearsed in ExCos, so, if nothing else, go to shop for next year’s classes. But compared to the mediocre performance of the Eclectic Circus earlier this year, we expect OCircus to be a hit with the Oberlin audience.
Gil Shaham
Fri., April 27, 8 p.m. Finney Chapel
Just last week, The New York Times called Israeli violinist Gil Shaham “everything a virtuoso…should be.” No wonder the Con is abuzz about his visit to Oberlin this week. If last night’s master class was simply a preview of the inner workings of a mastermind, then Finney’s audience tonight better prepare itself to be blown away by the all-Brahms program. Joining Shaham on the stage will be his wife, violinist Adele Anthony, violists Masao Kawasaki and Dov Scheindlin, cellists Jian Wang and Alisa Weilerstein and pianist Akira Eguchi. Keep your ears peeled for the Sextet in B-flat Major, Op. 18, with the cello’s Mozartean themes opening the first movement and a minor-key Hungarian gypsy tune in the second movement, all capped off with a rustic, rollicking and boisterous feel in the last two movements.
Beltaine Festival
Sat., April 28, 11 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Tappan Square
The circus isn’t the only annual event taking over town this weekend. Invading Tappan Square is the Beltaine Festival, a May Day celebration hosted by the Oberlin Pagan Awareness Network. Up for a nice round of human chess? Or how about bellydancing? Fencing and a Maypole dance will also haunt the scene. Also exciting will be the live performance of student band SPACE PENGIN! at noon. As if these events weren’t enough, the festival fills the square with vendors and children’s crafts and games. The Beltaine holiday is an ancient folkloric Gaelic holiday, usually celebrated around May 1. Beltaine marks the midway date between the vernal equinox and the summer solstice. In traditional Irish belief, Beltaine marks the beginning of the summer season. People would hold bonfires to ensure a good harvest later that year.
Fri. and Sun., April 27 and 29, 7 p.m., Philips Gymnasium
In Oberlin, you don’t have to wait for the circus to come to town: it’s already here. This is the third year it has resurfaced, each year bigger and more talented than ever. One hundred students juggle, stilt, dance and perform amazing stunts of acrobatics. The circus features original, live music. Most of the acts have been rehearsed in ExCos, so, if nothing else, go to shop for next year’s classes. But compared to the mediocre performance of the Eclectic Circus earlier this year, we expect OCircus to be a hit with the Oberlin audience.
Gil Shaham
Fri., April 27, 8 p.m. Finney Chapel
Just last week, The New York Times called Israeli violinist Gil Shaham “everything a virtuoso…should be.” No wonder the Con is abuzz about his visit to Oberlin this week. If last night’s master class was simply a preview of the inner workings of a mastermind, then Finney’s audience tonight better prepare itself to be blown away by the all-Brahms program. Joining Shaham on the stage will be his wife, violinist Adele Anthony, violists Masao Kawasaki and Dov Scheindlin, cellists Jian Wang and Alisa Weilerstein and pianist Akira Eguchi. Keep your ears peeled for the Sextet in B-flat Major, Op. 18, with the cello’s Mozartean themes opening the first movement and a minor-key Hungarian gypsy tune in the second movement, all capped off with a rustic, rollicking and boisterous feel in the last two movements.
Beltaine Festival
Sat., April 28, 11 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Tappan Square
The circus isn’t the only annual event taking over town this weekend. Invading Tappan Square is the Beltaine Festival, a May Day celebration hosted by the Oberlin Pagan Awareness Network. Up for a nice round of human chess? Or how about bellydancing? Fencing and a Maypole dance will also haunt the scene. Also exciting will be the live performance of student band SPACE PENGIN! at noon. As if these events weren’t enough, the festival fills the square with vendors and children’s crafts and games. The Beltaine holiday is an ancient folkloric Gaelic holiday, usually celebrated around May 1. Beltaine marks the midway date between the vernal equinox and the summer solstice. In traditional Irish belief, Beltaine marks the beginning of the summer season. People would hold bonfires to ensure a good harvest later that year.
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