Sunday, April 28, 2013, 3:30 pm
The winners of the 67th annual Coleman Chamber Ensemble Competition, held on Saturday, April 27 and open to the public free of charge, present a formal concert to be followed by an awards ceremony.
A reception for all will follow the presentations.
Location: Caltech's Ramo Auditorium
Tickets: $20.00; youth high school age and under: $10.00
Monday, January 7, 2013
Far From a Cold Case: Solving the Riddles of Ice on Planet Earth
Saturday, April 27, 2013, 2:00 pm
Even an M&M can survive the palm of your hand, but not ice. Yet despite its ephemeral appearance, ice is one of the most powerful actors to shape our world. Where can we see the tracks of glaciers? What is an "ice age," and are we in one now? And where does ice fit into a changing climate? We'll explore these questions with stunning footage and insights from the BBC documentary Earth: The Power of the Planet - Ice.
This high-definition movie will serve as the springboard for a lively discussion about the science behind the beauty and wonder of nature.
Ajay Limaye, a graduate student in the Division of Geological and Planetary Science at Caltech, will introduce the film and guide the post-screening discussion.
Recommended for ages 8 and up.
Location: Caltech's Beckman Auditorium
Tickets: $5.00, unreserved seating
Even an M&M can survive the palm of your hand, but not ice. Yet despite its ephemeral appearance, ice is one of the most powerful actors to shape our world. Where can we see the tracks of glaciers? What is an "ice age," and are we in one now? And where does ice fit into a changing climate? We'll explore these questions with stunning footage and insights from the BBC documentary Earth: The Power of the Planet - Ice.
This high-definition movie will serve as the springboard for a lively discussion about the science behind the beauty and wonder of nature.
Ajay Limaye, a graduate student in the Division of Geological and Planetary Science at Caltech, will introduce the film and guide the post-screening discussion.
Recommended for ages 8 and up.
Location: Caltech's Beckman Auditorium
Tickets: $5.00, unreserved seating
Mars Science Laboratory: The Search for Habitable Environments
Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 8:00 pm
The Mars Science Laboratory Mission was designed to explore the habitability of Mars. This includes both modern environments, as well as ancient environments represented by the Gale crater landing site. The Curiosity rover has a designed lifetime of approximately two Earth years and drive capability of at least 20 km. Gale Crater's regional context and strong evidence for a progression through multiple potentially habitable environments, represented by a stratigraphic record of extraordinary extent, insure preservation of a rich record of the environmental history of early Mars. Initial results will be discussed.
John P. Grotzinger is the Fletcher Jones Professor of Geology at Caltech.
Event is free, no tickets or reservations required.
Location: Caltech's Beckman Auditorium
The Mars Science Laboratory Mission was designed to explore the habitability of Mars. This includes both modern environments, as well as ancient environments represented by the Gale crater landing site. The Curiosity rover has a designed lifetime of approximately two Earth years and drive capability of at least 20 km. Gale Crater's regional context and strong evidence for a progression through multiple potentially habitable environments, represented by a stratigraphic record of extraordinary extent, insure preservation of a rich record of the environmental history of early Mars. Initial results will be discussed.
John P. Grotzinger is the Fletcher Jones Professor of Geology at Caltech.
Event is free, no tickets or reservations required.
Location: Caltech's Beckman Auditorium
Ballroom Dancing for Tough Guys
Saturday, April 20, 2013, 8:00 pm
Ballroom Dancing for Tough Guys, starring Lou Brock and Heather Gehring, is the incredible one-of-a-kind romantic, comedic dance show created from ballroom dance. Every minute of this glamorous, steamy, funny side of partner dancing brings its own take on love and romance.
Heather and Lou make audiences swoon one minute, laugh out loud the next and bring a tear to the eye as they float across the dreamlike canvas of the ballroom dance floor. From the grace and elegance of their signature style of the Fox Trot-inspired piece Day & Night to the sexy and stylized Somewhere Down the Crazy River these two dancers are the height of perfection.
Their comedic timing is impeccable in the incredibly wild and utterly unexpected performance of Fire, with two hugely overconfident dweebs, along with the funniest take on the perfect partner you'll ever be lucky enough to laugh at, in Only You.
Location: Caltech's Beckman Auditorium
Tickets: $26.00, $21.00 and $16.00; $10.00 youth; senior rush tickets may be purchased 30 minutes before the performance for $15.00 (subject to availability)
Ballroom Dancing for Tough Guys, starring Lou Brock and Heather Gehring, is the incredible one-of-a-kind romantic, comedic dance show created from ballroom dance. Every minute of this glamorous, steamy, funny side of partner dancing brings its own take on love and romance.
Heather and Lou make audiences swoon one minute, laugh out loud the next and bring a tear to the eye as they float across the dreamlike canvas of the ballroom dance floor. From the grace and elegance of their signature style of the Fox Trot-inspired piece Day & Night to the sexy and stylized Somewhere Down the Crazy River these two dancers are the height of perfection.
Their comedic timing is impeccable in the incredibly wild and utterly unexpected performance of Fire, with two hugely overconfident dweebs, along with the funniest take on the perfect partner you'll ever be lucky enough to laugh at, in Only You.
Location: Caltech's Beckman Auditorium
Tickets: $26.00, $21.00 and $16.00; $10.00 youth; senior rush tickets may be purchased 30 minutes before the performance for $15.00 (subject to availability)
Kavafian-Schub-Shifrin Trio
Sunday, April 7, 2013, 3:30 pm
Ani Kavafian, Andre-Michel Schub and David Shifrin, each an acclaimed soloist and member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, have been friends for 25 years. Tally their appearances, and they have appeared with virtually every major orchestra in the world and in recital at major concert halls and festivals from Carnegie Hall to Wolf Trap to Ravinia. When they eprform together, they have an undeniable chemistry, a special kind of musical magic - not only for audiences, but for themselves. "The spontaneity, the excitement and the fun we have playing together is beyond what we ever anticipated," they reveal
Program:
Milhaud - Suite for Violin, Clarinet and Piano, Op. 157b
Saint-Saens - Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in D minor, Op. 75
Poulenc - Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, FP 184
Stravinsky - Suite from L'Histoire du Soldat
Location: Caltech's Beckman Auditorium
Tickets: $45.00, $38.00, $31.00 and $24.00; youth high school age and under: $15.00
Ani Kavafian, Andre-Michel Schub and David Shifrin, each an acclaimed soloist and member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, have been friends for 25 years. Tally their appearances, and they have appeared with virtually every major orchestra in the world and in recital at major concert halls and festivals from Carnegie Hall to Wolf Trap to Ravinia. When they eprform together, they have an undeniable chemistry, a special kind of musical magic - not only for audiences, but for themselves. "The spontaneity, the excitement and the fun we have playing together is beyond what we ever anticipated," they reveal
Program:
Milhaud - Suite for Violin, Clarinet and Piano, Op. 157b
Saint-Saens - Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in D minor, Op. 75
Poulenc - Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, FP 184
Stravinsky - Suite from L'Histoire du Soldat
Location: Caltech's Beckman Auditorium
Tickets: $45.00, $38.00, $31.00 and $24.00; youth high school age and under: $15.00
Quantum Entanglement and Quantum Computing
Wednesday, April 3, 2013, 8:00 pm
The quantum laws governing atoms and other tiny objects seem to defy common sense, and information encoded in quantum systems has weird properties that baffle our feeble human minds. Preskill will explain why he loves quantum entanglement, the elusive feature making quantum information fundamentally different from information in the macroscopic world. By exploiting quantum entanglement, quantum computers should be able to solve otherwise intractable problems, with far-reaching applications to cryptology, materials science and medicine. Preskill is less weird than a quantum computer, and easier to understand.
John Preskill is the Richard P. Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech.
Event is Free, no tickets or reservations required.
Location: Caltech's Beckman Auditorium.
The quantum laws governing atoms and other tiny objects seem to defy common sense, and information encoded in quantum systems has weird properties that baffle our feeble human minds. Preskill will explain why he loves quantum entanglement, the elusive feature making quantum information fundamentally different from information in the macroscopic world. By exploiting quantum entanglement, quantum computers should be able to solve otherwise intractable problems, with far-reaching applications to cryptology, materials science and medicine. Preskill is less weird than a quantum computer, and easier to understand.
John Preskill is the Richard P. Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech.
Event is Free, no tickets or reservations required.
Location: Caltech's Beckman Auditorium.
Friday, January 4, 2013
The Taming of the Shrew
Friday, March 15, 2013, 8:00 pm
Set in the idyllic town of Padus, The Taming of the Shrew tells the story of the timeless battle of the sexes. Bianca Minola, the beautiful daughter of a lord, is eligible for marriage, but cannot be courted until her elder sister, Katherina, finds a husband. Katherina's quick temper and acerbic wit, however, frighten off every potential suitor. Feeling that they are running out of options, two suitors hire a newcomer named Petruchio to seduce and "tame" Katherina. After their exchanges of wisecracks and double entendres, Petruchio succeeds in dragging Katherina to the altar then away to his country home. Once there, the taming process begins, with both sides unwilling to yield.
From its earliest productions at the Globe to Michael Bogdanov's 1978 production at the RSC to Gil Junger's modern retelling, 10 Things I Hate About You, The Taming of the Shrew has adapted with each generation. The story, with its domestic power plays and controversial depiction of marriage, has been the subject of multiple operas and the backdrop of Cole Porter's Tony Award-winning musical Kiss Me Kate.
Location: Caltech's Beckman Auditorium
332 S. Michigan Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91125
Tickets: $26.00, $21.00 and $16.00; $10.00 youth; senior rush tickets may be purchased 30 minutes before the performance for $15.00 (subject to availability).
Set in the idyllic town of Padus, The Taming of the Shrew tells the story of the timeless battle of the sexes. Bianca Minola, the beautiful daughter of a lord, is eligible for marriage, but cannot be courted until her elder sister, Katherina, finds a husband. Katherina's quick temper and acerbic wit, however, frighten off every potential suitor. Feeling that they are running out of options, two suitors hire a newcomer named Petruchio to seduce and "tame" Katherina. After their exchanges of wisecracks and double entendres, Petruchio succeeds in dragging Katherina to the altar then away to his country home. Once there, the taming process begins, with both sides unwilling to yield.
From its earliest productions at the Globe to Michael Bogdanov's 1978 production at the RSC to Gil Junger's modern retelling, 10 Things I Hate About You, The Taming of the Shrew has adapted with each generation. The story, with its domestic power plays and controversial depiction of marriage, has been the subject of multiple operas and the backdrop of Cole Porter's Tony Award-winning musical Kiss Me Kate.
Location: Caltech's Beckman Auditorium
332 S. Michigan Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91125
Tickets: $26.00, $21.00 and $16.00; $10.00 youth; senior rush tickets may be purchased 30 minutes before the performance for $15.00 (subject to availability).
MatheMagic! starring Bradley Fields
Friday, March 1, 2013, 7:00 pm
Internationally acclaimed magician and educator Bradley Fields captivates students with his famous magic illusions, and turns themon to the history, the power and the beauty of the language of Math.
The show promotes math skills and problem-solving through visuals, history, language and world-class entertainment.
Kids travel back to ancient times to meet Imhotep the Magician (whose secret is really math), Zeno (whose paradoxes inspired Newton) and, of course, Pythagoras and his famous theorem. By integrating math concepts with vocabulary, geography, history and everyday problem solving, audiences of different interests, abilities and learning styles are able to relate to math in new ways.
Location: Caltech's Beckman Auditorium
332 S. Michigan Ave.,
Pasadena, CA 91125
Tickets: $15.00; $10.00 youth (unreserved seating).
Internationally acclaimed magician and educator Bradley Fields captivates students with his famous magic illusions, and turns themon to the history, the power and the beauty of the language of Math.
The show promotes math skills and problem-solving through visuals, history, language and world-class entertainment.
Kids travel back to ancient times to meet Imhotep the Magician (whose secret is really math), Zeno (whose paradoxes inspired Newton) and, of course, Pythagoras and his famous theorem. By integrating math concepts with vocabulary, geography, history and everyday problem solving, audiences of different interests, abilities and learning styles are able to relate to math in new ways.
Location: Caltech's Beckman Auditorium
332 S. Michigan Ave.,
Pasadena, CA 91125
Tickets: $15.00; $10.00 youth (unreserved seating).
Endellion String Quartet
Sunday, March 3, 2013, 3:30 pm
The evangelist St. Endellion lived as a hermit in 5th and 6th century Cornwall. Members of the Endellion String Quartet are evangelists, as well . . . but by no stretch of the imagination can they be called reclusive. The renowned ensemble has brought what Leonard Bernstein called "the joy of music" not only to Cambridge University, where it has been Quartet-in-Residence since 1992, but throughout the world on six continents. Audiences, says the Daily Telegraph, are "set ablaze."
Program:
Britten - Three Divertimenti
Bartok - Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 17
Beethoven - Quartet in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1 "Rasumovsky"
Location: Caltech's Beckman Auditorium
332 S. Michigan Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91125
Tickets: $45.00, $38.00, $31.00 and $24.00; youth high school age and under: $15.00.
The evangelist St. Endellion lived as a hermit in 5th and 6th century Cornwall. Members of the Endellion String Quartet are evangelists, as well . . . but by no stretch of the imagination can they be called reclusive. The renowned ensemble has brought what Leonard Bernstein called "the joy of music" not only to Cambridge University, where it has been Quartet-in-Residence since 1992, but throughout the world on six continents. Audiences, says the Daily Telegraph, are "set ablaze."
Program:
Britten - Three Divertimenti
Bartok - Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 17
Beethoven - Quartet in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1 "Rasumovsky"
Location: Caltech's Beckman Auditorium
332 S. Michigan Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91125
Tickets: $45.00, $38.00, $31.00 and $24.00; youth high school age and under: $15.00.
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