SMU Events: April 2 - 8, 2006

April 2 – May 28

•  Exhibition: “Juan van der Hamen y León and the Court of Madrid,” SMU’s Meadows Museum, 5900 Bishop Blvd. Daytime ticket prices: $8 per person for ages 12 and up; free on Thursday nights after 5 p.m.; always free for members, SMU faculty/staff/students and children under 12. For more information, please call (214) 768-2516.

April 2 – June 4

• Exhibition: “Maya Textile Art: Collection of the Centro de Textiles del Mundo Maya,” SMU’s Meadows Museum, 5900 Bishop Blvd. Daytime ticket prices: $8 per person for ages 12 and up; free on Thursday nights after 5 p.m.; always free for members, SMU faculty/staff/students and children under 12. For more information, please call (214) 768-2516.

April 3 – April 29

• Exhibition: "Six Centuries of Master Bookbinding,” Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.- 9 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m.- 5 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.- 5 p.m.; SMU’s Elizabeth Perkins Prothro Galleries, located in Bridwell Library, 6005 Bishop Blvd. Free and open to the public. For more information, please call (214) 768-3483.

April 4

Concert: Meadows Percussion Ensemble, 8 p.m., SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts, Caruth Auditorium, 6101 Bishop Blvd. Free and open to the public. For more information, please call (214) 768-1951.

April 5-9

Concert: “Spring Dance Concert,” Meadows Dance Ensemble, 8:00 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday; 2:00 p.m. Sunday; SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts, Bob Hope Theatre, 6101 Bishop Blvd. Tickets: $6-$12. For more information, please call (214) 768-2787.

April 6

• Comini Lecture Series in Art History: “Santa Magdalena de Cao Viejo: Art, Archaeology and History of an Early Peruvian Colonial Church and Town,” Dr. Jeffrey Quilter, deputy director for curatorial affairs at Harvard University’s Peabody Museum of Archaeology, 5:30 p.m., SMU’s Meadows Museum, 5900 Bishop Blvd. Free and open to the public; tickets required at the door can be obtained from the Meadows box office. For more information, please call (214) 768-2787.

April 7

• Concert: Meadows Concert Choir and SMU Choral Union, 8 p.m., SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts, Caruth Auditorium, 6101 Bishop Blvd. Free and open to the public. For more information, please call (214) 768-2787.

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