Baruch Performing Arts Center
by Eric Krebs

At last we have a home for the performing arts at Baruch, which will soon be filled with music, dance, theatre and other related events!

After many years of dreaming and planning, the Baruch Performing Arts Center is a reality. The Rose Nagelberg Theatre is an innovative modern black-box theatre space with state of the art lighting and sound equipment and flexible seating configurations. The Engelman Recital Hall is a beautiful classic recital hall, with fabulous acoustics and where the Steinway Concert Grand piano makes its home.

The mission of the BPAC is simple: to serve the Baruch community by integrating the performing arts into all aspects of the life of the college, including the interests of the students, faculty, staff and Alumni of the Baruch Community. In addition we will reach out to the arts community and assist in the creation and nurturing of new projects and classic works.

If you are an undergraduate or graduate student; a faculty member in the math department; an Alum from 1974 or a patron of the arts…whoever you are, we will share with you in the upcoming year a rare glimpse of Joseph Conrad’s one-acts with the National Asian-American Theatre Company; colorful Brazilian dance with Ologunde; Lyceum—an exciting concert series presenting innovative thematic programs performed on period and modern instruments; the art of flamenco dance with Andrea Del Conte Danza Espana; new play readings throughout the season; a South Asian Festival; the Silberman Concert Series; The Great Works Readings and hip-hop, jazz, and spoken word performance.

If you think the arts are not for you, think again. What do we remember of Greek Culture, its business or its great plays and sculptures? Or of 18^th century Europe, it’s business practices or its great composers? Exploring and participating in the arts, in music, dance and theatre, in the visual arts of painting, photography, video and film is what all the work is for.

“It is difficult to get the news from poems, yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there.” (William Carlos Williams) Think about it. Celebrate life in the arts at the Baruch Performing Arts Center.

To receive a calendar listing of all upcoming 2003-2004 events at BPAC email performingartscenter@baruch.cuny.edu or call 646-312-4084.#

Eric Krebs is the Director of Baruch Performing Arts Center.

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