Storyteller to perform epic for Valentine’s Day

On what many consider the most romantic day of the year, Lawrence storyteller Priscilla Howe will perform the compelling love story “Tristan and Iseult,” a medieval classic of good luck, bad choices, giants, dragons, fools, betrayal and romance.

First written down more than 800 years ago, this sophisticated tale is appropriate for adults and children 9 and up.

Howe has been a full-time storyteller since 1993, entertaining audiences of all ages across the country and in Europe. A 2002 Phoenix Award winner, she has performed in such venues as the Exchange Place at the National Storytelling Festival in Tennessee, juvenile detention centers, radio shows, festivals, elementary schools, coffeehouses, public libraries and homes.

She will perform “Tristan and Iseult” at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Lawrence Visitors Center, 402 N. Second St.

Prairie photographer to speak at KU

Kansas native and nationally known photographer Terry Evans will speak Monday as part of Kansas University’s Hallmark Symposium Series.

The 6 p.m. talk at the Spencer Museum of Art is free and open to the public.

Evans’ photography hangs in major museum collections, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Smithsonian National Museum of American Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Her work is an inquiry into the nature of the prairie — its use, abandonment and care. She photographs from both the ground and air. Evans has received a Guggenheim Fellowship and serves on the National Council for the Arts.

Now in its 20th year, the Hallmark Symposium is a course offered by the KU Department of Design, sponsored by an endowment from Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Flute doctoral student to perform recital

Kansas University doctoral student Keith Wright will play a flute recital in collaboration with School of Fine Arts faculty and graduate students at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Swarthout Recital Hall.

Admission is free.

The concert will feature the world premiere of “The Unity of Energy,” a collaboration project with faculty members Kip Haaheim and Janet Davidson-Hues. The composition is focused on the haiku of KU graduate psychology student and poet Christine McNeil-Matteson. It uses sound as the primordial state of energy that is universally felt and transformed through voice, images and flute playing.

Other numbers on the program include “Undine Sonata” by Reinecke, “Duo for Flute and Viola” by French composer Devienne, “Triligence” by Mike Mower, “The Distribution of Flowers” by Heitor Villa-Lobos.

Wright earned his bachelor and master of music degrees at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.

KU graduate student to display artwork

The work of about 20 Kansas University art and design graduate students will be on display in the Art & Design Gallery through Feb. 21.

Admission is free and open to the public.

The exhibition will showcase the work of students in their first, second or third year of graduate school. Areas of study include painting and drawing, sculpture, new genre, textiles, ceramics, printmaking and metals.

The gallery is on the third floor of the Art & Design Building on the northeast corner of 15th Street and Naismith Drive. Hours are 1 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Sunday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Wednesday, 8:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursday and 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Friday.

Oboe professor to play romantic program

A Kansas University oboe professor on Monday will perform a program rich in romance.

Margaret Marco’s 7:30 p.m. concert in Swarthout Recital Hall is free.

Marco will collaborate with pianist Ellen Bottorf, piano and voice faculty at Missouri Western State College. Marco’s husband, Jason Slote, also will join her on a piece by Alec Wilder for oboe and improvisation percussion. Other pieces in the program will include “Escales” by Ibert, “Fantaisie Concertante” by Lancen, “Three Romances” by Schumann, “Obsession” by Shinohara, “Rhapsody” by Debussy and “Sonata in G Minor” by Bach.

Marco is a member of the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra and freelances with the Kansas City Symphony, Kansas City Lyric Opera and other Kansas City ensembles.