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Events
Exhibit: “Nixon in China, Scenes from History and Stage”
Feb. 19-Mar 18, 2012: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
JSMA Opening reception 3pm, February 19, 2012
Archival photographs and video footage of China taken by journalists and diplomats in the Nixon entourage (Nixon Library and Museum), with posters and set designs of Nixon in China opera productions. JSMA Papé Hall (Sponsors: JSMA, Arts and Administration, Oregon Humanities Center Endowment for Public Outreach in the Arts, Sciences and Humanities, Confucius Institute, Eugene Opera)
Lecture: “The Red Detachment of Women as a Model for Cultural Revolution Art”
February 29, 2012 EMU Mills International Center 4:00 pm
Richard Kraus (UO Political Science) Introduction and screening of revolutionary ballet, followed by questions and discussion (Sponsor: Confucius Institute, Oregon Humanities Center, East Asian Languages and Literatures)
Performance: “SHO-case: Nixon in China”
March 1, 2012 Hult Center Lobby 11.15 am
Mark Beudert, General Director of Eugene Opera, and Andrew Bisantz, Music Director of Eugene Opera, present the designers and cast of Nixon in China in an introduction to the design concept of the production and performance of excerpts of the work. (Sponsor: Eugene Opera, Hult Center for the Performing Arts)
Lecture: “Jiang Qing on Stage”
March 1, 2012 Knight Library Browsing Room Noon
Roxane Witke, author of Comrade Chiang Ch'ing, with participation by Laura Wayte, Eugene Opera soprano who performs the role of Madame Mao (Jiang Qing). (Sponsors: Oregon Humanities Center, School of Music, Eugene Opera, Oregon Humanities Center, EALL).
Panel: “Nixon in China Now and in the Future”
March 6, 2012 Knight Library Browsing Room Noon
Sam Helfrich (stage director), Peter Beudert (set), and Jonna Hayden (costumes), designers of the new Eugene Opera production, and members of the cast, discuss the history of the opera and present their new interpretation.
(Sponsors: Eugene Opera, Confucius Institute.)
Lecture: “Hidden Histories: The Libretto for Nixon in China”
March 7, 2012 Knight Library Browsing Room 4 pm
Theodore Foss, Associate Director, Center for East Asian Studies, University of Chicago The unusually literate, epic, and lyrical libretto weaves together actual speeches from the Nixon-Kissinger trip, biblical verse, Mao’s poetry and news clippings, a work of art in itself. (Sponsors: Confucius Institute, Oregon Humanities Center, EALL).
Presentation: “Nixon in China Then and Now,” A Conversation with Theater Director Peter Sellars
March 8, 2012 Beall Hall, School of Music 4.30 pm
Avant-guard theater director Peter Sellars originally conceived of the opera and brought together composer John Adams and poet-librettist Alice Goodman for its creation. This year Sellars directed the opera at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. 4:30pm. (Sponsors: Confucius Institute, Honors College, Theater Arts).
"Ping Pong Diplomacy" Tournament
March 10, 2012, 220 Gerlinger Hall, 3:00 pm
A Chinese invitation to the US Ping Pong team in 1971 provided the first public hint of improved U.S.-China relations. Time magazine dubbed it, "The Ping heard around the world." The University of Oregon student-run Competition Not Conflict Club announces a tournament to remember this history! For event registration information contact Jess Zutz.
Keynote: “Reflections on the Nixon-Kissinger Visit”
March 11, 2012 Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art 4.00 pm
Ambassador Nicholas Platt, diplomat and participant in the Nixon/Kissinger entourage, will reflect on his China experiences with the Nixon/Kissinger visit and after, read from his memoir China Boys, and show home movies from 1970s Beijing. (Sponsor: Confucius Institute, Office of Academic Affairs, Center for Asian and Pacific Studies, EALL, Asian Studies, JSMA)
Panel : “The Shanghai Communiqué and 40 Years of US-China Relations”
March 12, 2012 Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art 4.00 pm
Robert Keatley (veteran journalist in Nixon-Kissinger entourage, Wall Street Journal), Dingli Shen (Dean, Institute of International Affairs, Fudan University), William Kirby, (TM Chang Professor of Chinese Studies, Harvard), Amb. Nicholas Platt (Nixon-Kissinger diplomatic entourage), (Sponsors: Office of Academic Affairs, JSMA, School of Journalism, CAPS, Asian Studies)
Panel: “40 years of US-China Business Relations”
March 15, 2012 Hult Center for the Performing Arts 9.00 am-12:30 pm
Robert Kapp, former President US-China Business Council, Denis Simon, Vice-Provost for China Initiatives and Strategy at Arizona State University, and Keith Davey, former Vice-President of Ford China, join panelists from Business Oregon, King Estate Winery, and Forrest Paints to discuss history and current opportunities. (Sponsors: CAPS, Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce, Confucius Institute, Lundquist College of Business, and Eugene Opera.)
Dinner: The Gam Bei Dinner - SOLD OUT
March 15, 2012 The Inn at the 5th 6.00 pm
Chef Stephanie Pearl Kimmel (owner of Marché and James Beard Award 2006 NW nominee) re-imagines the ceremonial banquet served Nixon and Mao in the Great Hall of the People with an elegant five-course dinner featuring local ingredients. Eugene Opera’s artistic team tells the story behind their new production. (Sponsors: Eugene Opera, Inn at the 5th, Marché, LaVelle Winery.) Make reservations at 541-485-3985 or e-mail Tony Meyer. $100 per person.
EVENT IS CURRENTLY SOLD OUT
Opera: Nixon in China
March 16, 2012 Hult Center for the Performing Arts 7.30 pm
(Sponsors: Eugene Opera, Niles and Jewel Hult Endowment - Arts Foundation of Western Oregon Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation.)
Dinner: The Gam Bei Dinner - SOLD OUT
March 17, 2012 The Inn at the 5th 6.00 pm
Chef Stephanie Pearl Kimmel (owner of Marché and James Beard Award 2006 NW nominee) re-imagines the ceremonial banquet served Nixon and Mao in the Great Hall of the People with an elegant five-course dinner featuring local ingredients. Eugene Opera’s artistic team tells the story behind their new production. (Sponsors: Eugene Opera, Inn at the 5th, Marché, LaVelle Winery.) Make reservations at 541-485-3985 or e-mail Tony Meyer. $100 per person.
EVENT IS CURRENTLY SOLD OUT
Opera: Nixon in China
March 18, 2012 Hult Center for the Performing Arts 2.30 pm
(Sponsors: Eugene Opera, Niles and Jewel Hult Endowment - Arts Foundation of Western Oregon Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation.)
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