Walker Evans (American, 1903–1975), Alabama Tenant Farmer, 1936. Gelatin silver print, 23.6 x 18.7 cm (9 5/16 x 7 3/8 in.). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Jennifer and Joseph Duke Gift, 2000 (2000.329) © Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

University of Hawaii Presents

First Person: Seeing America

Saturday, March 3, 8 pm
$25 Adults*
$20 Students, Seniors (60+), Military
$18 UH Faculty/Staff/Students/High School Students
$10 Twelve Years Old & Under
RESERVED SEATING

See American history through the eyes of its writers and photographers. NPR's Neal Conan and actress Lily Knight read the words of Langston Hughes, Damon Runyan, John Muir, Frederick Douglass and others, accompanied by chamber music quintet Ensemble Galilei.

Photographs from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection are projected behind them to tell the story of the nation from the Civil War, Dust Bowl, the Great Depression, the immigrant experience on the gritty sidewalks of New York and the majesty of Yosemite.

Presented by UH-Outreach College and Leeward Community College Theatre

*Please note, advance sale prices only, all tickets $5 more at door

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Related Links
Artist Website

Videos
Performance Excerpts
"Making of" Video

 

First Person: Seeing America is funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Western States Arts Federation.
Additional funding from the Sidney Stern Memorial Trust.

This event is presented under the auspices of the Performing Arts Presenters of Hawaii whose statewide membership has been offering performances for over three decades.

General Questions
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