If you go
› Sept. 16Rosanne Cash, 7:30 p.m.› Nov. 1Parsons Dance, 7:30 p.m.› Jan. 24Julian Sands and the poetry of Harold Pinter, 7:30 p.m.› Feb. 6Eighth Blackbird, 7:30 p.m.April 11› Squonk Opera, 4, 6:30 and 8 p.m.› Where: Most shows are at the UTC Fine Arts Center, corner Vine and Palmetto streets, but Squonk Opera will perform at Engel Stadium.› Admission: $40 reserved seating Rosanne Cash; $10 general admission Squonk; all other shows are $29, $24 seniors, $16 students› Information: 425-4269 or utc.edu/fine-arts-center
When the Patten Performances series kicks off with Rosanne Cash on Sept. 16, it also will carry a new name and a slightly new direction. It will now be called the UTC Patten Performances: An inSight Series.
The university, which produces the series, has combined the Music and Theater departments in an effort to unify operations and bring things under one umbrella, according to Pattern presenter Bob Boyer. It plans to have any number of events such as concerts, plays, musicals, lectures and outreach programs, all of which will fall under inSight.
This year’s Patten Performances series, for example, will have five primary events that each include two secondary events such as lectures or workshops, one on-campus and other somewhere else in the community.
Prior to the Cash performance, for instance, UTC is looking to partner with Southern Lit Alliance and SoundCorps to present a “Songwriter as Poet” event and another featuring some of the poetry experts on campus.