| Friday, Feb. 22, 2008 - 8 p.m. Eaton Chapel, Beloit College Beloit, Wisconsin |
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Photo by: James L. Stanfield |
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Exploration. Discovery. Mankind's hunger to know more, see more, and search out the most terrifying and audacious adventures. Beloit College will celebrate all these things when it welcomes this outstanding multi-media show for a one-time-only campus presentation.
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Photo by: Taylor S. Kennedy |
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Journalist Neal Conan will narrate excerpts from the journals of great explorers — among them Jacques Cousteau, George Mallory, and Charles Darwin — and the works of such noted authors as Jim Harrison. The readings will be illustrated with spectacular visual imagery, including art, maps, and photographs from the collections of National Geographic. Musical accompaniment will be provided by Ensemble Galilei, a quintet that performs Irish, Scottish, early, and original music.
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Photo by: Anthony Nagelmann |
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Conan is host of Talk of the Nation, the news-talk call-in show from National Public Radio News. He has served as NPR bureau chief in both New York and London and received professional accolades over a career that spans 30 years. During his tenure at NPR’s All Things Considered, the program won numerous awards.
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Photo by: Burgess Blevins |
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Ensemble Galilei has recorded eight CDs, toured internationally, and appeared on NPR's Performance Today, All Things Considered, Talk of the Nation, and The Diane Rehm Show. The group also collaborated with Conan on their groundbreaking work, A Universe of Dreams. The Washington Post has praised the ensemble for its "…virtuoso technique, an instinctive feeling for the idiom, and the courage to improvise.”
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Tickets: General admission - $15 | Senior citizens - $10 |
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Students - $5 |