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Emmy Award winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns will be the featured speaker of the College of Arts and Letters Signature Lecture Series at 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, December 2, 2009 in the Cobb Great Hall at MSU's Wharton Center. Burns will be appearing at MSU shortly after the release of his latest film, The National Parks: America's Best Idea, a six-episode series to be aired on PBS beginning September 27. Burns has made films for more than 30 years, and since his Academy Award nominated Brooklyn Bridge in 1981, went on to direct, research, write, film, edit, act in, and produce nearly 20 historical documentaries. Tickets for the Ken Burns Signature Lecture will be available through the Wharton Center box office beginning October 5. MSU faculty and currently enrolled MSU students will be able to pick up 2 free tickets for the event with their corresponding ID card.

This exhibition is an attempt to understand the work of Cuesta Benberry, one of America's important collector/scholars, through interacting with a selection of textiles, rare books, patterns, ephemera, and samples of her personal journals, correspondence, and extensive research files.

A time to laugh … a time to embrace … a time to dance. - José Limón

Dancing In Our Time, under the artistic direction of Sherrie Barr. Come and experience a mélange of styles and choreographic premieres. This concert exposes the audience to the gravity defying world of dance and features choreography by Provost Visiting Faculty Artist, Jin-Wen Yu.

Artistic Director: Sherrie Barr
Resident Choreographers: Sherrie Barr and Joni Starr
Guest Choreographers including Carolyn Pavlick, Heather Vaughan Southard and Jin-Wen Yu (Provost Visiting Faculty Program)

Artistic Director pre-show talk Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 1:15 PM
Talk Back on Thursday, February 25, 2010. (Following the performance)

Bohemia is Dead

Rent, the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical by Jonathan Larson, examines diverse denizens of Lower East Side Manhattan as they struggle to make the rent, find love, and cope with HIV. This iconic musical has become a modern day classic with its compelling score and tragically human characters.

Directed by Scott Burkell
Musical Director: To Be Announced
Choreographer: Joni Starr

Designer pre-show talk Sunday, April 25, 2010 @ 1:15 PM
Talk Back on Thursday, April 22, 2010. (Following the performance)