Theater Vision Season 25

During school year 2009-2010, Theater Vision celebrates its 25th season of presenting the best of educational theater productions performed by professional touring companies. Season 25 features 22 performances of 11 show titles, many of which are enhanced by Theater Vision Day presentations. From The Very Hungry Caterpillar to Shakespeare's Much Ado Aboout Nothing, this eclectic, entertaining season features age appropriate choices, including brand new productions and returning favorites, for young learners in pre-school through high school. Educational materials are provided to complement all events.

For more information:
Phone: 419-824-3986
Email: mbukowski@lourdes.edu

Theater Vision Season 25

During school year 2009-2010, Theater Vision celebrates its 25th season of presenting the best of educational theater productions performed by professional touring companies. Season 25 features 22 performances of 11 show titles, many of which are enhanced by Theater Vision Day presentations. From The Very Hungry Caterpillar to Shakespeare's Much Ado Aboout Nothing, this eclectic, entertaining season features age appropriate choices, including brand new productions and returning favorites, for young learners in pre-school through high school. Educational materials are provided to complement all events.

For more information:
Phone: 419-824-3986
Email: mbukowski@lourdes.edu

The performance of The Very Hungry Caterpillar has been rescheduled for Wednesday, 

March 24, 2010 at 12:15 p.m. 

Please contact Mary Bukowski to reschedule the performance 

 419-824-3986 or email

Email: mbukowski@lourdes.edu

 

Reasons to Support the Arts

  •  Dan Willingham, a cognitive scientist at the University of Virginia and author of "Why Don't Students Like School:  A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What it Means for the Classroom," recently published an article in the November 23, 2009 Washington Post entitled "Willingham:  Six Practical Reasons Why Arts Education is Not a Mere Luxury". The "reasons" were presented at the Learning, Arts, and the Brain conference on May 9, 2009 by Jerry Kagen, a leading researcher in developmental psychology.

    The six reasons are listed here:
  • The arts offer students another chance to feel successful, and to feel that they belong at school.
  • The arts offer that sense of agency, of creation.
  • The arts offer a unique means of communication, using representations in the mind other than words, which are at the core of most school subjects.
  • Participation in the arts allows children to see the importance of creating beauty, of creating an object that others may enjoy.
  • The arts offer an opportunity for children to work together, for the benefit of others.
  • The arts provide a chance for children to express feelings that they otherwise might be unable to express. Such expression reduces illness and increases feelings of well-being.

The article and a full explanation  of the six reasons is available

Strega Nona Much Ado About Nothing Nobody's Perfect
Strega Nona Much Ado About Nothing Nobody's Perfect
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 Tuesday, March 09, 2010 Tuesday, April 13, 2010

 

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