2 Sunday
9 Sunday
16 Sunday
23 Sunday
12:30 p.m. Sunday Afternoon
Live at the Chazen with Pro Arte
Quartet.
2 p.m. A docent leads a 40-minute
tour, docent's choice.
Last day to view Close Reading:
Sewn Works by Katherine Kuehn.
2 p.m. A docent leads a
40-minute tour, docent’s choice.
2 p.m. Sunday Cinematheque:
Douglas, Ace in the Hole, USA,
1951, 35mm, 111 min., directed
by Billy Wilder, cast: Kirk Douglas,
Jan Sterling, Porter Hall. “I don't
pray. Kneeling bags my nylons.”
Wilder’s dialogue and direction
were never more cynical, and
rarely more powerful, than in this
bitter and thoroughly compelling
expose on newspaper journalism.
When an amateur spelunker is
trapped in a mine, an ambitious
journalist (Douglas) finds a way to
exploit the story for his own career
advancement.
2 p.m. A docent leads a 40-minute
tour, docent’s choice.
2 p.m. Sunday Cinematheque:
Douglas, The Last Sunset, USA,
1961, 35mm, 112 min., directed
by Robert Aldrich, cast: Kirk
Douglas, Rock Hudson, Dorothy
Malone. A lawman searches in
Mexico for the outlaw responsible
for the death of his brother-inlaw. The two men then begin
to form a bond when they help
a cattleman on a drive to Texas.
Douglas offers one of his edgiest
portrayals in this unusual Western.
“Strange on the range...throws in
everything from incest to Indians”
(Leonard Maltin).
2 p.m. A docent leads a 40-minute
tour, docent’s choice.
2 p.m. Sunday Cinematheque: De
Havilland, To Each His Own, USA,
1946, 35mm, 122 min., directed
by Mitchell Leisen, cast: Olivia
de Havilland, John Lund, Mary
Anderson. Olivia de Havilland won
the first of her two Best Actress
Oscars playing Jody Norris, whose
affair with a WWI pilot leads to her
becoming an unwed mother. When
circumstances prevent her from
raising the boy on her own, Jody
tries everything, including blackmail,
in order to keep the child in her life.
Lund debuts in a dual role as lover
and grown son.
6 Thursday
12:30 p.m. A docent leads a
40-minute tour in the permanent
collection.
8 Saturday
12 p.m. Special film screening:
Rwanda & Juliet, Canada, 2016, 88
min., directed by Ben Proudfoot. In
Rwanda, a production of Romeo and
Juliet features members of both the
Hutu and Tutsi tribes a mere two
decades after inter-tribal genocide.
This layered, nuanced documentary
shows why Shakespeare is as
relevant and important today as ever
before. Co-sponsored by the Arts
Institute.
13 Thursday
12:30 p.m. A docent leads a
40-minute tour in the permanent
collection.
6–8 p.m. Happy birthday to the
“new” building! Enjoy birthday cake
and live music as we celebrate five
years of the spectacular expansion.
Mead Witter Lobby.
14 Friday
Presenting Shakespeare: Posters
from Around the World opens to
the public.
15 Saturday
Noon–3 p.m. Art•Spin! The
birthday party continues: family
fun, hands-on projects, and
performances. Mead Witter Lobby.
2 p.m. Sunday Cinematheque:
De Havilland, My Cousin Rachel,
USA, 1952, 35mm, 98 min., directed
by Henry Koster, cast: Olivia de
Havilland, Richard Burton, Audrey
Dalton. When Ambrose, the
cousin of Philip Ashley, dies under
mysterious circumstances, Ashley
ventures to Italy to investigate.
He suspects that Rachel, the
deceased’s recent bride, murdered
Ambrose for his fortune. Ashley falls
in love with Rachel and soon agrees
to turn his inherited fortune over to
her. My Cousin Rachel belongs in
a class with Hitchcock’s Rebecca,
which was also adapted from a novel
by Daphne du Maurier.
20 Thursday
12:30 p.m. A docent leads a
40-minute tour in the permanent
collection.
5:30 p.m. Lecture by Markus
Brunetti: FACADES—A Grand Tour.
Chazen auditorium.
6:30 p.m. Reception and book
signing for FACADES: Photographs
by Markus Brunetti. Refreshments,
live music, cash bar.
27 Thursday
12:30 p.m. A docent leads a
40-minute tour in the permanent
collection.
Last Chance to See
Manabu Ikeda at Work
Don’t miss the final month of Ikeda’s
three-year residency. The 10 x 13-foot
pen-and-ink drawing started in 2013
is nearly complete. Observe the artist
at work during visiting hours.
October 2016
Tuesdays and Thursdays:
1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
Wednesdays and Fridays:
30 Sunday
2:30 to 3:30 p.m.
2 p.m. A docent leads a
40-minute tour, docent’s choice.
Saturdays: 2:30 to 3:30 p.m
2 p.m. Sunday Cinematheque:
De Havilland, Hush...Hush,
Sweet Charlotte, USA, 1964,
35mm, 133 min., directed by
Robert Aldrich, cast: Bette Davis,
Olivia de Havilland, Joseph Cotton.
Traumatized by dark family
secrets, former Southern belle
Charlotte now spends her days as
a recluse in her family’s decaying
mansion. When a scheming lost
cousin arrives, Charlotte slips
further into madness.
Check Chazen.wisc.edu for latest
schedule and guidelines.
We expect large audiences at
First Folio! The Book that Gave
Us Shakespeare. Schedule group
tours well in advance by calling the
education office at 608-263-4421,
or visit the Chazen website
(chazen.wisc.edu/visit/group-visits/)
for details.