At the galleries – “The Deathworks of May Elizabeth Kramer,” a mixed media installation by The Poyais Group, continues through Nov. 21 in the Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery in the Fine Arts Center. The exhibit, a collaboration with the New Music Festival, claims to be a recreation by the Poyais Group of outsider artist Kranmer’s (1867-1977) private lifework, a tent version of the town where she lived, with each tent representing someone who had died. Discovered by a team of anthropologists after her death but then lost in a fire, the installation was remade by the Poyais Group (Jesse Ball, Thordis Bjornsdottir, Olivia Robinson and Jesse Stiles) based on notes by one of the original anthropologists. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday–Saturday, 6-9 p.m. Thursdays, and 1-4 p.m. Sundays. Free
Oct. 27–Creative writing M.F.A. students will read from their work at 7:30 p.m. in Prout Chapel. Free
Oct. 27–The International Film Series continues with the 2012 German film “Oh Boy (A Coffee in Berlin),” directed by Jan Ole Gerster. A young man in the dreamy process of losing everything he has wanders through Berlin to the accompaniment of comedic mood music. His contemporary angst plays out on the black-and-white background of a city with a dark past. It’s never been so difficult to get a cup of coffee in a huge city. The screening will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Gish Film Theater in Hanna Hall. Free
Oct. 27 – A performance of “Evelyn in Purgatory,” an award-winning dark comedy by Topher Payne, will begin at 8 p.m. in the Eva Marie Saint Theater located in the Wolfe Center for the Arts. Tickets can be purchased form the BGSU Arts Box Office at 419-372-8171, or visit www.bgsu.edu/arts. Advance tickets are $15 and $5 for students and children. All tickets the day of the performance are $20. (See story at http://bgindependentmedia.org/bgsu-cast-delivers-heavenly-performance-of-evelyn-in-purgatory/)
Oct. 28–The exhibition “Criminal Justice?” opens in the Willard Wankelman Gallery at the Fine Arts Center with a 5:30 p.m. ARTalk by Carol Jacobsen in the gallery. A Stamps School of Art & Design faculty member at the University of Michigan, Jacobson is known for video and photography that addresses issues of women’s criminalization and censorship. Curated by BGSU Galleries Director Jacqueline Nathan, “Criminal Justice?” features activist artists Jacobson and Andrea Bowers, whose work investigates the attitudes and biases embedded in the U.S. justice system. A reception will follow the ARTalk. The exhibit runs through Nov. 20 in the Wankelman Gallery. Free
Oct. 28–A performance of “Evelyn in Purgatory,” by Topher Payne, will begin at 8 p.m.in the Eva Marie Saint Theater at the Wolfe Center for the Arts. Tickets can be purchased from the BGSU Arts Box Office at 419-372-8171, or visitwww.bgsu.edu/arts. Advance tickets are $15 and $5 for students and children. All tickets the day of the performance are $20.
Oct. 28–Guest artists baritone Jeremy Huw Williams and pianist Paula Fan will perform. Williams has appeared in more than 60 operatic roles and has given performances at major venues in North and South America, Australia, Hong Kong and many European countries. Fan has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician on five continents. She has recorded 20 albums and has broadcast for the BBC, National Public Radio, Radio Television China and internationally. Their recital will begin at 8 p.m. in Bryan Recital Hall of the Moore Musical Arts Center. Free
Oct. 29–The final performances of “Evelyn in Purgatory,” by Topher Payne, will be given at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. in the Eva Marie Saint Theater located in the Wolfe Center for the Arts. Tickets can be purchased from the BGSU Arts Box Office at 419-372-8171, or visit www.bgsu.edu/arts. Advance tickets are $15 and $5 for students and children. All tickets the day of the performance are $20.
Oct. 29-Nov. 22–Criminal Justice?” an exhibit by activist artists Carol Jacobsen and Andrea Bowers, investigates the attitudes and biases embedded in the U.S. criminal justice system. Jacobsen is an award-winning social documentary artist whose works in video and photography address issues of women’s criminalization and censorship. Bowers’ video “#sweetjane” and drawings explore the 2012 Steubenville, Ohio, rape case and the citizens whose activism resulted in two rape convictions. The drawings reproduce the text messages sent among the teenage witnesses to the assault on an underage young woman. “Criminal Justice?” is on view in the Willard Wankelman Gallery at the Fine Arts Center. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday throughSaturday, 6-9 p.m. Thursdays and 1-4 p.m. Sundays. Free
Nov. 1–Tuesdays at the Gish continue with “Shaun of the Dead” (2004), directed by Edgar Wright. Stay in the Halloween mood with this British comedy-horror film, fondly known as “rom zom com” because it combines zombies and romantic comedy. Living like zombies themselves, Shaun (Simon Pegg) and his slacker roommate Ed (Nick Frost) generally spend their time at a local pub. While they’re the last to catch on, when they figure out that zombies have invaded the town, they set out to rescue Shaun’s parents, his ex-girlfriend and her friends. The screening will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Gish Film Theater located in Hanna Hall. Free
Nov. 2–The Faculty Artist Series features the BGSU woodwind faculty in an 8 p.m.performance in Bryan Recital Hall at the Moore Musical Arts Center. Free
Nov. 3–The International Film Series continues with the 2015 film “Le Dernier Loup (Wolf Totem),” directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud. Life is tenuous for humans and animals in the wonderfully filmed Mongolian steppe. The story presents a stark view of the region 50 years ago, during China’s Cultural Revolution, focusing on Beijing student who goes to live among nomadic herdsmen in 1967. The modern world imperils the ecosystem from the south, while wolves, who hold spiritual meaning for the indigenous people, threaten from the North. The screening begins at 7:30 p.m.Free
Nov. 3-5–The 16th annual Winter Wheat Festival of Writing celebrates writers and readers alike. Created in 2001 and produced by the Mid-American Review on the BGSU campus, the event will host writing workshops, question-and-answer sessions with authors, a book fair of literary journals and presses and an open mic opportunity. Most events will be located in the Bowen-Thompson Student Union. Winter Wheat is open to the public. A donation is suggested, but events are free for all participants.
Nov. 4 –Bowling Green Opera Theater presents Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Gondoliers.” This classic opera marks the 12th comic opera collaboration of Gilbert and Sullivan. The performance will begin at 8 p.m. in Kobacker Hall of the Moore Musical Arts Center. Tickets can be purchased from the BGSU Arts Box Office at 419-372-8171 or visit www.bgsu.edu/arts. Advance tickets are $15 and $5 for students and children. All tickets the day of the performance are $20.
Nov. 4 –An Elsewhere production of “Two Rooms” will begin at 8 p.m. in the Eva Marie Saint Theatre at the Wolfe Center for the Arts. Free
Nov. 5–An Elsewhere production of “Two Rooms,” at 8 p.m. in the Eva Marie Saint Theatre at the Wolfe Center for the Arts. Tickets?
Nov. 6– Bowling Green Opera Theater presents Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Gondoliers.” This classic opera marks the 12th comic opera collaboration of Gilbert and Sullivan. The performance will begin at 3 p.m. in Kobacker Hall of the Moore Musical Arts Center. Tickets can be purchased from the BGSU Arts Box Office at 419-372-8171 or visit www.bgsu.edu/arts. Advance tickets are $15 and $5 for students and children. All tickets the day of the performance are $20.
Nov. 6 –“Two Rooms,” the next Elsewhere production at BGSU, begins at 8 p.m. in the Eva Marie Saint Theatre at the Wolfe Center for the Arts. Free
Nov. 7–Music at the Forefront will showcase the contemporary music of Loadbang. The New York City- based new-music chamber group produces a new kind of music for mixed ensemble of trumpet, trombone, bass clarinet and baritone voice. They have premiered more than 200 works, written by members of the ensemble, emerging artists and today’s leading composers. The performance will begin at 8 p.m.in the Cla-Zel Theater, 123 N. Main St., Bowling Green. Free
Nov. 8–Tuesdays at the Gish concludes with “Coffy”(1973), directed by Jack Hill. Don’t miss this chance to see the fabulous Pam Greer in one of the films that made her a legend. It’s true that Coffy is “the baddest one-chick hit squad that ever hit town,” but as in any great cult movie, the character’s life — a nurse who becomes a vigilante at night to deal justice to the drug dealers who made her younger sister a victim — sheds light on social realities that mainstream movies avoid. The screening begins at7:30 p.m. Free
Nov. 9–The Faculty Artist Series spotlights guitarist Ariel Kasler. Kasler has performed at venues and events as diverse as the Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto, the Detroit Jazz Festival, the Grand Theater in London, Ontario, the Clore Center for Music and Dance in Israel, New Music from Bowling Green, the NASA regional conference in Urbana-Champaign, the Victorian College of Arts in Australia and Rutman’s Violins in Boston. The recital will begin at 8 p.m. in Bryan Recital Hall of the Moore Musical Arts Center. Free
