The Madison Catholic Herald -- March 11, 2004 Edition -- Arts

MADISON -- On Saturday, March 13, at 6:30 p.m. the Stark Duo presents "When Irish Eyes are Smiling," songs of Ireland, at the West Madison Senior Center, 602 Sawyer Terr.

The performance is free and open to the public. A fish dinner is served at 5:30 p.m. Cost is a donation for anyone 60 years and older.

For more information or for dinner reservations, call the Senior Center at 608-238-0196.

Sunday Afternoon Live

MADISON -- Sunday Afternoon Live from the Elvehjem welcomes The Centraline Trio, on Sunday, March 14, at 12:30 p.m. in Brittingham Gallery III at the Elvehjem Museum of Art.

Soprano Alissa Deeter, baritone Robert Peavler, and pianist Mindy Eschedor will perform a concert entitled "The Shining Place: Songs of American Poets."

There will be a reception after the performance; a free docent-led tour of the Elvehjem Museum begins at 2 p.m.

Sunday Afternoon Live from the Elvehjem is a free weekly chamber music series presented by the Elvehjem Museum of Art and Wisconsin Public Radio, with the cooperation of the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music.

The series, hosted by music commentator Lori Skelton, is broadcast live on Wisconsin Public Radio stations, including WERN, 88.7, Madison.

The Winter's Tale at Marian College

FOND DU LAC -- Marian College Theatre will present William Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale at Marian College's Hornung Student Center Thursday, April 1, through Saturday, April 3, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, April 4, at 1:30 p.m.

Director David Schimpf, director of the Marian College Theatre program, describes the play, one of Shakespeare's later efforts, as "Othello meets Cinderella."

This play is best suited to those in middle school and older and runs about two and a half hours. General admission is $5, $2 for non-Marian students with ID and senior citizens, and free to all with a Marian ID. Contact Schimpf for more information, 920-923-8734 or dschimpf@mariancollege.edu

Old World Wisconsin offers workshops

EAGLE -- Old World Wisconsin will present various workshops on how immigrants lived and worked over 100 years ago.

During these workshops the museum's staff will provide the instruction. The crafts they teach are authentic, just as they were practiced in the old days.

Participants will learn to make bread the same way immigrants did over one hundred years ago. They will mix, knead, and bake researched 19th century recipes using the bake oven in the summer kitchen of the site's 1875 Schottler farmstead.

At the end of the six-hour Beginning Blacksmithing workshop, participants will be able to fashion their own set of blacksmithing tongs.

Other workshops such as English Paper Piecing and Historic Hay Rake Construction offer guests a chance to learn and practice time-honored skills that their ancestors used to create the necessities for their homes.

To find out more about the times and fees for the workshops call 262-594-6305 or log on at www.oldworldwisconsin.org

TV Programs of Note

Following are some theatrical movies and television programs of note. This information is being provided to assist people in making viewing choices.

Monday-Sunday, 7 a.m., 11:10 a.m., 6 p.m., 11 p.m., EWTN (cable) -- Daily Mass. No 6 p.m. showing on Sunday.

Sunday, March 14, 7 a.m., WISC (CBS) -- Mass. Celebrated by Msgr. Thomas Campion, sponsored by Apostolate to the Handicapped.

Sunday, March 14, 9:30 a.m., WHA (PBS) -- How To Live a Long Sweet Life, With Dr. Zorba Paster. Public radio host, family doctor, and University of Wisconsin Medical School professor Dr. Zorba Paster presents his perspective on longevity. In his first full-length television special, Paster discusses his Five Spheres - physical, mental, social, spiritual, and material - as a model for living longer.

Sunday, March 14, 10 a.m., EWTN (cable) -- Lenten Reflections. Repeats 1 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. March 17.

Sunday, March 14, 10:45 a.m., EWTN (cable) -- Rome's Hidden Churches: A Lenten Pilgrimage. The practice of the bishop, his clergy, and people processing to different "stational churches" for Mass during Lent dates from fourth century Jerusalem. Episodes air at 10:45 a.m. Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday throughout Lent.

Sunday, March 14, 5 p.m., WHA (PBS) -- Andre Rieu, Live in Dublin. Andre Rieu and the Johann Strauss Orchestra make their premier appearance in Ireland and present an evening of entertainment that brings the Irish audience to its feet.

Sunday, March 14, 8:30 p.m., WYOU (cable) -- Christopher Close-Up: "Life is Not a Solo Flight." Part two of an interview with Ronan Tynan of the Irish Tenors. Ronan shares the experience of singing at his father's funeral, what it's like dealing with his mother's Alzheimer's disease, and how he sees God's presence in all the people he meets.

Sunday, March 14, 9 p.m., Hallmark Channel (cable) -- Patrick. In docudrama style, this program portrays a saint who came back to the land where he had been enslaved, intent on spreading the Christian message of love and forgiveness. The program quickly corrects some fairly common misconceptions: that Patrick was Irish and that he drove the snakes out of Ireland (where they don't exist). Instead, he was born in Britain as the pampered, far-from-faith-filled son of a Roman nobleman. In his teens his plush lifestyle and family were torn from him when slave traders kidnapped him and sold him into slavery to an Irish chieftain. Serving as a shepherd on a lonesome hillside, the distraught youth gradually turned to prayer and after six years made a daring escape and returned home. But memories of the Irish haunted him and Patrick felt God wanted him to preach the Good News in pagan Ireland. Ordained to the priesthood, he sailed back to Ireland in 432 A.D. and in essence converted the entire populace.

Monday, March 15, 7 p.m., WHA (PBS) -- The Irish Tenors: Live from Belfast. Tenors Ronan Tynan, Anthony Kearns, and Finbar Wright perform both as a trio and in solos accompanied by the 67-piece Warsaw Sinfonia, under the musical direction of Frank McNamara. Repeats 9 p.m. March 17.

Tuesday, March 16, 5:30 p.m., EWTN (cable) -- St. Peter: Icon for Lent. Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee gives a six-part meditation upon the Gospel readings for each Sunday of Lent and Holy Week as well, centering on St. Peter as a model for Christian discipleship and delineating ways of deepening our relationship with Our Lord. Repeats 1:30 p.m. March 20.

Friday, March 19, 7 p.m., Disney (cable) -- Going to the Mat. Story of a blind high school student (Andrew Lawrence) who moves with his family from New York to Utah where he joins the wrestling team in an effort to bond with his peers and ends up leading the team to championships.

Saturday, March 20, 7 p.m., WKOW (ABC) -- Tarzan (1999). Animated tale about an orphaned human baby raised by a jungle gorilla who as an adult encounters his first humans, including a duplicitous hunter intent on capturing his beloved ape family, and spunky Jane who tempts Tarzan to return to civilization. Based on Edgar Rice Burroughs' characters dating back to 1912, the animation by directors Kevin Lima and Chris Buck is accomplished and the characters appealing, but several fast-paced action scenes of predatory violence are too intense for younger children. Intensely menacing hunting scenes. The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification of the theatrical version was A-II - adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America rating was G - general audiences.

USCCB Movie Reviews

Media/Arts Briefs

Songs of Ireland

Sunday Afternoon Live

The Winter's Tale at Marian College

Old World Wisconsin offers workshops

TV Programs of Note