Posts from — May 2010

SIUE Theater is presenting RUTHLESS! The Musical at Metcalf Theater.

• June 10 – 12 at 7:30 PM
• June 13 at 2:00 PM
• June 17 – 19 at 7:30 PM
• June 20 at 2:00 PM

Just what would you do to be a star? An all female musical to end all musicals that spoofs Broadway musicals! Judy Denmark is the mother of talented eight-year-old Tina, who declares, “I was born to entertain.” Sylvia St. Croix, an overbearing and sleazy agent, encourages Tina to audition for the school play, Pippi in Tahiti, The Musical, feeding her thirst for stardom. Third-grade teacher and frustrated actress, Miss Myrna Thorn, directsPippi. She casts an untalented, but “parentally” connected girl, Louise Lerman, for the lead, making Tina the frustrated understudy. After “begging nicely and saying please,” Tina “accidentally” hangs Louise from the catwalk with a jump rope so that she can play Pippi. This winner of the 1993 New York Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway Musical is sure to leave one laughing and shaking his or her head.
Summer Ticket Prices: Adults: $15, Non-Siue students, Seniors (65+), Faculty and Staff: $12. SIUE Students registered for summer classes are Free with valid I.D. For tickets contact the Box Office at 618-650-2774.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville will be the site of a National Sport Risk Management Training Workshop designed for NCAA Division I, II, and III institutions.

The National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security (NCS4) is proceeding with plans to host these workshops on June 8-9 with funding from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Under the guidelines of the federal grant, these workshops are offered free of charge to college or university stadium safety and security staff.

For questions about the event, please contact Nick Nabors, the Program Coordinator of the NCS4, who can be reached at 601-266-4694 or by e-mail at nick.nabors@usm.com

“During the Memorial Day weekend there will be a larger volume of traffic on the roadways,” said Illinois State Police Dist. 11 Commander Jerry Culp. “With this larger volume of traffic you can also expect to see more police officers. It would be great if we had total voluntary compliance and didn’t have to issue any citations. We just want the motoring public to make it to and from their celebration safely.”

Law enforcement personnel will be on the look-out for improper lane usage, following too closely and distracted driving violations.

Distracted driving violations include talking on cell phones and texting while driving.

Full Article from Belleville-News Democrat

SIU Board Of Trustees Approves SIUE Tuition Rates For AY10-11

The new plan also calls for a $19,674 annual tuition rate for the SIUE School of Pharmacy, a $24,910 annual tuition rate at the SIU School of Dental Medicine and $17,286 over 67 credit hours for the accelerated BSN program. Pharmacy students currently are paying $17,466 annually, while dental students currently are paying $23,284 annually. Accelerated BSN students are currently paying $16,783.50 tuition over 67 hours.

RELATED: SIUE Fee, Rental Rate Change Voted By SIU Board Of Trustees

This year marks the 26^th anniversary for Bonifest, which will take place on Friday, May 28^th and Saturday, May 29^th of Memorial Day weekend. Bonifest has always been a major community event and significant fundraiser for the St. Boniface Parish. It has become known as the traditional “kick-off” to summer in the area. Edwardsville, Illinois is home to St. Boniface Catholic Church and it is one of the fastest growing communities in the St. Louis Metro East area. St. Boniface is located at the intersection of Vandalia and Buchanan Streets in Edwardsville.

Bonifest 2010 will feature many of its previous activities such as the 11^th Annual 5k Run for Bonifest, great food, drink, games, bingo, and music. Also returning are amusement activities for all ages, a breakfast-pancake show, the 2^nd annual Bonifest Rib Cook-Off contest, a washer tournament and a live auction. Included again will be a drawing with a $15,000 grand prize and other cash prizes and we are introducing a 50/50 drawing with a chance to win up to $50,000!! We are also excited about our “Main Stage” venue that will highlight the crowd pleasing music of the bands “Phins” and “Paint the Earth”.

The city of Edwardsville is starting the process to restore Liberty Street.

On Tuesday, the city council voted to approve a design engineering agreement with Crawford, Murphy and Tilly for the Liberty Street improvements in the amount of $30,200.

Alderman and Public Services Chair Rich Walker said the improvements along the roadway will include resurfacing and replacing the curbs.

Full article available on The Intelligencer

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Alumni Association and Macy’s will play host to a networking breakfast from 7:30-8:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 25, on the 12^th floor of the Railway Exchange Building, 611 Olive St., St. Louis.

The free networking breakfast, one of a series the association has hosted in the region, will include a presentation from accomplished SIUE graduate Philesa White, vice president of Human Resources for MERS/Goodwill Industries. White earned a bachelor’s in psychology from the SIUE School of Education in 2001.

“This will be the perfect opportunity to network with fellow alumni and enjoy a free breakfast of pastries, fruit and coffee before heading to work,” said Steve Jankowski, director of SIUE Alumni Affairs. “There are more than 2,000 SIUE alumni working in downtown St. Louis,” he pointed out, “and potential business opportunities could arise with other alumni at this event, so we recommend attendees bring business cards.”

To register, visit the website: www.siue.edu/alumni, or call Katie Bennett, (618) 650-2762.

The Madison County Child Advocacy Center (CAC) is hosting a Champions 4 Children Walk on May 15th. The walk is part of a statewide effort to raise funds for Child Advocacy Centers. The CAC walk will begin at 9 am at the East Alton/Wood River High School track located at 777 N. Wood River Ave in Wood River, Illinois. The community is invited to walk the 10K (6.2 miles) and participate in Family Fun Day from 11am to 3 pm to follow. The Family Fun Day will be held at the CAC, 101 E. Edwardsville Road, in Wood River, Illinois, adjacent to the track. This will allow the public to tour the Center as well as participate in health and wellness activities, music, and receive information on child abuse prevention.

Xfest performances begin at 7:30 p.m. on May 12 with “Whammy! The Seven Secrets to a Sane Self.” It will be performed by Theatre 310b, an ensemble of SIUE Department of Theater and Dance faculty, alumni and students that creates original dance and theater performance.

The New York City based performance company Red Metal Mailbox will take the Metcalf Theater stage at 7:30 p.m. on May 13.  An SIUE news release offered this insight into the performance.  “When you try to define something important – capture it, pin it down – it simply shifts out of view. You can only see it properly if you don’t look at it straight on. You have to squint a little. Look at it sideways. You see it in a flash of understanding and then it’s gone, and you spend the rest of your life trying to remember what it was.” Hailed by the New York Times as “fabulously strange, delicious, engaging and nuanced,” Red Metal Mailbox’s newest work premiered at The Chocolate Factory Theater in New York City in the spring 2009.”  Artistic director Sarah Maxfield is a graduate of the SIUE department of theatre and dance.

The festival’s performances continue at 7:30 p.m. on May 14 with “The Medicine Showdown” by The Flying Carpet Theatre Co., a New York-based company.

“The Flying Carpet Theatre (FCT) creates work that fuses vaudeville style entertainment – mime, circus, conjuring, puppetry, dance and clowning. With a special eye toward nurturing new bold voices, the FCT has introduced several important artists to New York,” the new release further states.

Xfest comes to a close with the Arts & Issues 25th Anniversary season conclusion featuring UMO Ensemble’s “Zen Tales” at 7:30 p.m. on May 15.  During the past 23 years, UMO Ensemble has become known as one of the most innovative, compelling and critically acclaimed performance companies based in the Pacific Northwest. The ensemble has performed throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. As its mission, the UMO Ensemble is dedicated to “providing awe, challenge and inspiration” to theater audiences. The group will not disappoint as they take the Arts & Issue’s stage in SIUE’s Katherine Dunham Hall with their irreverent approach to Zen: share the experience of the red nose monk clowns tackling ancient Buddhist, Zen and Sufi stories through mask, puppetry, live music and laughter. “Zen Tales” will take place in the theater at SIUE’s Katherine Dunham Hall.

Excerpt from Experimental theater festival set for SIUE on The Intelligencer

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