Pipe Dreams Studio Theatre
Nevermore The Imaginary Life and
Mysterious Death of
Edgar Allan Poe
By Jonathan Christenson
Friday, November 4, 7:30 pm
Saturday, November 5, 7:30 & 11:59 pm
Sunday, November 6, 2:00 pm
Pipe Dreams Studio Theatre
Tickets: $12
Haunting music and poetic storytelling combine to tell the fascinating life of iconic
American writer, Edgar Allen Poe. A literary rock star of his day. Poe struggles with
tragedy and addiction, poverty and loss, yet produces some of the world’s most
original, visionary and enduring literature before dying in unexplained
circumstances at the age of 40. At once gorgeous and grotesque, Nevermore
explores the events that shape Poe's character and career, blurring the line between
fact and fiction-- after all, as Poe himself writes, "All that we see or seem is but a
dream within a dream."
Blue Connection Presents...
After 5 Live!
Friday, November 4, 5:00-7:30 pm
Blue Connection Art Gallery
117 N. Water St.
Free and open to the Public
Blue Connection will host and welcome
Millikin’s very own BFA students, Natalie
Zelman (art pictured on the left) and Taryn Pepping (art pictured on the right).
Natalie Zelman is a Senior Studio Art major with concentrations in ceramics and
sculpture. She says, "my ceramic work is an exploration of the functional form and
the freedom that the blank canvas of a wide platter or bowl can provide." Taryn
Pepping is a Junior Art Therapy major with concentrations in painting and
ceramics, due to graduate in December 2017. She takes a lot of her inspiration from
her own energy, emotions, and decisions. Because of this, she exclaims: "I let each
new stroke change my end product, and often work until I've resolved the anxiety
caused by previous mistakes and decisions." Come to support these wonderful and
talented students. Like always, complimentary food and drinks will be provided!
Calendar of Events
November 1-4
 Shane Harris Exhibit,
Perkinson Art Gallery
Friday, November 4
 After 5 Live!, 5:00-7:30 pm at
Blue Connection Art Gallery,
117 N. Water St.
 Nevermore-The Imaginary
Life and Mysterious Death of
Edgar Allan Poe, 7:30 pm in
Pipe Dreams Studio Theatre
Saturday, November 5
 Nevermore-The Imaginary
Life and Mysterious Death of
Edgar Allan Poe,
7:30 & 11:59 pm in Pipe
Dreams Studio Theatre
Sunday, November 6
 Nevermore-The Imaginary
Life and Mysterious Death of
Edgar Allan Poe, 2:00 pm in
Pipe Dreams Studio Theatre
 Guest Instrumental Recital
Katarzyna Mycka, marimba &
Conrado Moya, marimba,
7:30 pm in Kaeuper Hall
November 5-19
 A.C.E. Annual High School
Art Show, Perkinson Art
Gallery
November 11 & 12
 Nice Work If You Can Get It,
7:30 pm in Kirkland Fine Arts
Center
Saturday, November 12
 Jazz at Lock, Stock & Barrel
with Billy Rogers and the Hip
Replacements, 5:30-7:30 pm
Sunday, November 13
 Nice Work If You Can Get It,
2:00 pm in Kirkland Fine
Arts Center
Tuesday, November 15
 Fall Jazz Band Concert,
7:30 pm at Westminster
Presbyterian Church,
1360 W. Main St.
Thursday, November 17
 Millikin Wind Ensemble,
7:30 pm in Kirkland Fine Arts
Center
Guest Instrumental Recital
Katarzyna Mycka, marimba &
Conrado Moya, marimba
Masterclass: Sunday, November 6, 1:00 & 2:30 pm
Concert: Sunday, November 6, 7:30 pm
Kaeuper Hall
Free and open to the public
Guest artists Katarzyna Mycka (Poland) and
Conrado Moya (Spain) will present a marimba duo
recital. Katarzyna Mycka has appeared with major
symphony orchestras and marimba festivals across
Europe, the United States and Asia; and released
seven solo marimba CD’s over the last two decades.
She also organizes an International Marimba
Academy every two years. Conrado Moya is an up
and coming young marimba virtuoso, active as a soloist with orchestras and
festivals in Europe, and marimba teacher for the Katarzyna Mycka International
Marimba Academy.
Perkinson Art Gallery
A.C.E. High School Art
Exhibit
November 5-19
Perkinson Art Gallery in
Kirkland Fine Arts Center
Gallery Hours: Monday—Friday,
12:00-5:00 pm,
or by appointment
Free and open to the public
The Millikin University Art
Department along with the Millikin
University Center For Entrepreneurship are pleased to host the annual A.C.E. High
School Art Exhibit. This juried exhibition is a showcase for the creative efforts of
Central Illinois high school art students and their teachers. The exhibit will be
judged by MU Art Alum Hugh Sullivan (’06).
A Closing Reception and Awards Ceremony will be held on Saturday, November 19
from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm in the Perkinson Gallery in Millikin’s Kirkland Fine Arts
Center. The reception is open to the public and to the press. Music and
hors d’oeuvres will contribute to an atmosphere where student artists, teachers, and
families can network and talk with Millikin Art Faculty and our guest judge, Hugh
Sullivan. The awards ceremony will begin at 4:30 pm. Prior to the reception, the
high school students will have the opportunity to participate in an afternoon of
workshops known as ACE (Arts, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship). During ACE
students will learn about the collegiate portfolio review process, have a hands-on
studio experience, and hear from recent alumni about their current artistic
endeavors and careers.
Calendar of Events
Continued
Saturday, November 19
 Reception/Awards
Presentation for High School
Art Show, 4:00 pm in
Perkinson Art Gallery
 Jazz at Lock, Stock & Barrel
with Decatur Big Band,
5:30-7:30 pm
November 21-January 20
 Recent Paintings by David
Linneweh, Perkinson Art
Gallery
Saturday, November 26
 Jazz at Lock, Stock & Barrel
with Kevin Hart & the Vibe
Tribe, 5:30-7:30 pm
December 1-31
 Millikin Senior BFA Thesis
Exhibitions, Kirkland Fine
Arts Center, Lower Gallery
Friday, December 2
 Arts Technology Expo,
3:30-6:30 pm in the lower
level of Richard’s Treat
University Center
 After 5 Live!, 5:00-7:30 pm at
Blue Connection Art Gallery
117 N. Water St.
December 3 & 4
 Vespers, 2:00 & 7:30 pm in
Kirkland Fine Arts Center
December 8 & 9
 Solstice: A Concert of Dance,
7:30 pm in Albert Taylor
Theatre
Saturday, December 10
 Solstice: A Concert of Dance,
2:00 pm in Albert Taylor
Theatre
 Jazz at Lock, Stock & Barrel
with Decatur Big Band,
5:30-7:30 pm
 Holiday Jazz, 7:30 pm in
Kirkland Fine Arts Center
Sunday, December 11
 Chamber Orchestra Advent
Services, 8:00 & 10:30 am at
Central Christian Church,
650 W. William St.
Saturday, December 17
 Jazz at Lock, Stock & Barrel
with Four Other Brothers,
5:30-7:30 pm
Join us as we highlight Central Illinois high school art!
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Art Department Student News
Senior Art Major, Kathryn Scarim recently had the very high honor of a
multimedia print entitled, “Chosen One”, accepted into Emerge Gallery and Art
Space in Brooklyn, New York. The exhibition is entitled “Petit: A Group
Exhibition of Smaller Art.” The exhibition includes artwork sized under
16” x 20” of various mediums including oil, acrylic, collage, mixed media, fiber
art, sculpture, photography and more. Artists throughout the United states and
internationally, including Russia, France, Italy and Switzerland will be
represented. The Exhibition will open November 4th and run through
November 28th. Artwork will be available on-line for viewing and purchasing
at www.emergegalleryny.com.
School of Music Preparatory Department
The Millikin Children's Choirs will be performing at Culver’s
North, 2994 N. Water St., Tuesday, November 8th beginning at
4:30 pm. This will be a fundraiser night to raise money
for the Millikin Children’s Choir Program, where 10% of all sales
will go towards the program.
School of Theatre and Dance
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Music & Lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin
Book by Joe DiPietro
November 11 & 12 , 7:30 pm
November 13, 2:00 pm
Kirkland Fine Arts Center
Tickets: $14—$20
On the eve of his fourth marriage, millionaire playboy, Jimmy Winter encounters a lady bootlegger named
Billie Bendix who sets his world on its ear. Originally starring TONY Award winners, Matthew Broderick and
Kelly O’Hara, this uproarious new musical features a lavish score of Gershwin favorites including: “Someone
to Watch Over Me,” “‘S Wonderful,” “Fascinatin’ Rhythm,” and “Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off.”
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School of Theatre and Dance Student News
On Saturday, November 12, five School of Theatre & Dance students will attend the Midwestern Undergraduate
Conference in the Humanities at Central College in Pella, Iowa. The five students--Rachel Head, Mary
McCormack, Daniel Mendoza, Grace Piper, and Blythe Schwaller, are all earning their BA degrees
in Theatre from Millikin. Each student will present a staged reading of a ten-minute play originally written in
the Spring 2016 semester as part of the TH 325: Playwriting class. The plays range in style and tone, from
abstract to realistic, comic to deadly serious. Since the end of the spring semester these students have
continued to revise their plays, responding to feedback from classmates and their instructor, Dr. Tom Robson,
Assistant Professor of Theatre & Dance.
Millikin's School of Theatre & Dance has a long reputation for producing tremendously talented performers,
yet without plays those performers will have no place to demonstrate their skills. By sending five students to
this conference, the School reaffirms its commitment to the development of new works and new voices for
the stage. Whether it be through the nationally recognized New Musicals program or the growing emphasis
on student writers, the School of Theatre & Dance proudly celebrates playwriting. The School of Theatre &
Dance and the College of Fine Arts extend our heartiest congratulations to these five outstanding students
and celebrate this shining example of Performance Learning in action.
School of Music Concerts
Fall Jazz Band Concert
Featuring Millikin Jazz Band I and II
with Special guest guitarist Mark Tonelli
Tuesday, November 15, 7:30 pm
Westminster Presbyterian Church
1360 W. Main St
Free and open to the public
Millikin Wind Ensemble Presents
“Patriotic Salute to the Veterans”
Thursday, November 17, 7:30 pm
Kirkland Fine Arts Center
Free and open to the public
Decatur Mayor, Julie Moore-Wolfe, will serve as narrator.
Millikin faculty member Ann Borders, soprano, will be featured
on America the Dream Goes On by John Williams and God
Bless America by Irving Berlin. The program includes popular
music and marches by Henry Fillmore and John Philip Sousa,
plus an Armed Forces Salute. Music by contemporary
American composers Samuel Hazo, Robert W. Smith and
David Gillingham will pay tribute to the service of veterans in
more recent wars. A Reception will follow the concert in
Perkinson Art Gallery.
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Art Department
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Perkinson Art Gallery
Recent Paintings by
David Linneweh
November 21-January 20
Perkinson Art Gallery in Kirkland Fine Arts Center
Gallery Hours: Monday—Friday, 12:00-5:00 pm,
or by appointment
Free and open to the public
A solo exhibition of recent paintings by David
Linneweh, of Wheaton, Illinois. Linneweh's
Pembroke Ln is one of the explorations of paintings
of specific places/spaces from his Temporal Series.
The exhibition runs from November 21 through
January 20, 2017. There will be an artist's lecture
on Thursday December 1 at 4 pm, with a reception
to immediately follow.
School of Music
The Garni Trio is once again being sponsored by the Symphony Orchestra
Guild of Decatur to visit schools in the Decatur area. They will be at
Eisenhower High School and Enterprise Grade School on Monday
November 21st. Members of the group are Laurie Glencross, flute; Tina
Nicholson, oboe; Claire Taylor, bassoon.
Professors Randy Reyman (trumpet) and Perry Rask (saxophone) will join
them at Eisenhower. In an interactive recital model, the professors will both
perform and answer questions/ hold discussions about making music and
listening to music.
CFA Patrons Society
The Millikin University College of Fine Arts Patrons Society was
created to benefit the over 600 Millikin student-artists participating in nearly
20 degree programs. The Patrons Society provides budget support and helps
create special projects which might otherwise go unfunded. The society’s
mission is to bring together the university and individuals who believe in the
promotion and support of the fine and performing arts and the student-artist
at Millikin University. If you would like more information about the Patrons
Society, you can visit the web at: www.millikin.edu/patrons-society, or you
may also contact us by phone at the College of Fine Arts 217-362-6499.
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Arts Technology Expo
Are you interested in graphic design, photography, audio production, videography, theatrical lighting and live
production, web design, marketing or entrepreneurship? Then stop by the Arts Technology Expo on Friday,
December 2 in the lower level of Richards Treat University Center to see a showcase of students' work in these
areas and learn about the new Arts Technology major. While you are there be sure to connect with our
professional partner, Eric Hector, Creative Director and Owner of Heroic Age Studios, and interact with the
green screen display. Also, vote for your favorite student work and while enjoying a refreshment or two
participate in our napkin sketch contest by tweeting your creative sketches to #MUArtsTech. The event runs
from 3:30 p.m. - 6:30 pm with special Arts Management student presentations from 4:30-5:30 and awards
given at 6:00 pm.
After 5 Live!
Blue Connection Presents
After 5 Live: Blue Christmas!
Friday, December 2, 5:00-7:30 pm
Blue Connection Art Gallery
117 N. Water St.
Free and open to the public
Countdown to the most festive and cheerful
holiday season begins at our December show.
This will be a fabulous place to find unique
presents and sweet decorations. It will be the
showcase for the Holiday season. The gallery will be transformed and filled with a lot of your "favorite things"
that you may even have to buy something for yourself! Join us as we kick off the
"most wonderful time of the year!"
Kirkland Fine Arts Center
Vespers
Saturday, December 3, 2:00 & 7:30 pm
Sunday, December 4, 2:00 & 7:30 pm
Kirkland Fine Arts Center
Vespers is one of Millikin’s most popular events,
signaling the beginning of the holiday season with a
sumptuous evening of carols, choirs and candlelight.
Over 300 musicians join together for this joyous
musical feast. Songs from past centuries combined
with familiar carols and arrangements create an
evening of seasonal warmth for the whole family.
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Millikin Children’s Choir
The Dolce Choir (grades K-2)
and Cantabile Choir (grades 3-5)
will be performing on Tuesday,
December 6 at 5:00 pm in
Kaeuper Hall. The Cantabile
Choir will perform again with the
Concert Youth Chorale
(grades 6-12) on Saturday,
December 10 at 4:00 pm in
Kaeuper Hall.
Admission to all concerts is free.
School of Theatre and Dance
Solstice: A Concert of Dance
Thursday, December 8, 7:30 pm
Friday, December 9, 7:30 pm
Saturday, December 10, 2:00 pm
Albert Taylor Theatre
Tickets: $10
Join us as we unveil a collection of original works in a live-action art opening. A bare stage is the blank canvas
with which the choreographer works. Dancers are her paints. Her imagination is her brush. The possibilities
are endless and the results, breath-taking.
Kirkland Fine Arts Center
Holiday Jazz
Saturday, December 10, 7:30 pm
Kirkland Fine Arts Center
Tickets: $15-$25
The Millikin University Faculty Jazz Sextet returns once
again to get you in the holiday spirit with their jazzy
swing on holiday classics. Upbeat and soothing favorites
are sure to make everyone in the family tap their toes
and sing along. Celebrate the sounds of the season
during our Eighth Annual Holiday concert with Millikin University’s own School of Music faculty: Dave
Burdick, Brian Justison, Chris Nolte, Perry Rask, and Steve Widenhofer. The sextet will be joined on stage by
guest vocalist and Millikin alumni Angel Spiccia Slykas.
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