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SUMMARY:Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
DESCRIPTION:Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is the colorful and comical re-telling of the Old Testament’s Joseph and his eleven jealous brothers who sell him into slavery. Joseph’s ability to interpret dreams sparks a meteoric rise from captivity to a seat at the Pharoah’s right hand. It’s a story of hope\, resilience\, and forgiveness told entirely through song: a toe-tapping array of 70s rock\, country-western\, French ballad\, Calypso and more. This family-friendly musical will have you on your feet dancing along with the cast by the show’s mega-mix ending! JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of The Really Useful Group. www.concordtheatricals.com
URL:https://www.rockford.edu/calendar-item/joseph-and-the-amazing-technicolor-dreamcoat/2025-10-05/
LOCATION:Maddox Theatre – Clark Arts Center\, 5050 E. State St. \, Rockford\, IL\, 61108\, United States
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SUMMARY:Forum Marquee Event: ENOUGH! Plays to End Gun Violence
DESCRIPTION:ENOUGH! invites YOU to attend staged readings of this year’s plays in your community.  \nOn October 6\, 2025\, six of the plays submitted through our nationwide call in Spring 2025 will be presented in an evening of readings staged simultaneously by theaters\, schools\, and community groups across the country. Nearly 3\,000 artists in more than 150 communities have participated across three previous Nationwide Readings. Many have used ENOUGH! to forge meaningful community partnerships and create space for the youth of their area to be seen and heard. \nOur teens are looking for answers on how to avoid becoming another statistic and saying\, “Enough is enough.” \nWill you join them? For more information Nationwide Reading | ENOUGH! Plays to End Gun Violence
URL:https://www.rockford.edu/calendar-item/enough-plays-to-end-gun-violence/
LOCATION:Cheek Theatre – Clark Arts Center\, 5050 E. State St. \, Rockford\, IL\, 61108\, United States
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SUMMARY:Forum Marquee Event: Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar: “Democracy and the Arts”
DESCRIPTION:What is the role of the arts in activating and sustaining democratic life? How have artists sustained the rights of free expression? Why are some forms of artistic expression censored? How have the arts contributed to social movements? Should the arts have a politically useful role? Or stay strategically “un-useful”? In different eras and regions of the world\, artists have responded to these questions quite differently. This lecture explores a range of socially engaged art practices\, considering how some seek to make community\, how some seek to expose inequity\, and how some open new ideas of what democracy might mean. \nShannon Jackson is the Cyrus and Michelle Hadidi Professor of the Arts & Humanities at UC Berkeley and the Chair of the History of Art department. Her research\, teaching\, and convening focus on the role of visual\, literary\, performance\, and media art forms in social movements and in public life\, with a recent focus on ecological aesthetics. For more information use this link to the PBK website; https://www.pbk.org/visitingscholars/2025-2026/shannon-jackson \n 
URL:https://www.rockford.edu/calendar-item/phi-beta-kappa-visiting-scholar-democracy-and-the-arts/
LOCATION:Fisher Memorial Chapel\, Rockford University\, 5050 E. State St. \, Rockford\, IL\, 61108\, United States
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SUMMARY:Fotos y Recuerdos
DESCRIPTION:Salvador Dominguez\nOn Display: September 2nd – October 17th\nReception: Friday\, October 10th\, 6:00-8:00PM\nArtist Talk: Friday\, October 10th\, 7:00PM \nSalvador Dominguez was born in 1985 in Zacatecas\, Mexico\, and grew up in Pomona\, California. He now lives and works in Chicago\, Illinois\, where he studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. Like many first-generation immigrants\, language is an important part of Dominguez’s narrative. Not just in terms of communication but also in its relevance within a broader contemporary American culture. Employing pattern\, vibrant shifting colors and abstracted pictographic imagery\, Dominguez’s works occupy a unique space between painting\, textile-making and functional design. \nDominguez’s 2024 solo presentation with De Boer Gallery at the New Art Dealers Association\n(NADA) Contemporary Art Fair in Miami was recognized by ARTnews in their top 6 selections\nfrom the fair\, writing “In his works that take on art history from the Renaissance to Pop art\,\nDominguez imbues his own sense of cultural history to provide a sharp commentary on growing\nup in the United States as the child of immigrants.” \nRecent solo and group exhibitions include De Boer Gallery (Los Angeles\, CA)\, Andrew Rafacz (Chicago\, IL)\, Western Exhibitions (Chicago\, IL)\, DePaul Art Museum (Chicago\, IL)\, Lubeznik Center for the Arts (Michigan City\, IN)\, Ralph Arnold Gallery at Loyola University (Chicago\, IL)\, Walker Art Gallery (Garnett\, KS)\, National Museum of Mexican Art (Chicago\, IL)\, Carroll University (Waukesha\, WI)\, One After 909 (Chicago\, IL)\, Thomas Masters Gallery (Chicago\, IL)\, and the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art (Chicago\, IL).
URL:https://www.rockford.edu/calendar-item/fotos-y-recuerdos/
LOCATION:Rockford University Art Gallery – Clark Arts Center\, 5050 E. State St. \, Rockford\, IL\, 61108\, United States
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