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| DISCLAIMERS: Festival program and schedule are subject to change. Theater seating and space at all events is limited and advance reservations are recommended, and in some cases required. Reservations for each event can be made with the participating organization. |
| February
28 - April 21, 2002 |
Organization:
Good Company Players Type of Event: Theater production of "My Heart's in the Highlands" Location: Good Company Players 2nd Space Theatre, 928 E. Olive, Fresno, CA Dates (s): Opens Feb. 28 & plays through April 21 Times: every Thursday at 8:00 PM; Fridays & Saturdays at 8:30; Sundays at 2:00 PM Managing Director: Dan Pessano Telephone: Box Office Phone # 559-266-9494; Tickets go on sale January 3, 2002 Fax: 559-266-1342 Email: gcplayers@aol.com Description: "My Heart's in the Highlands" was one of William Saroyan's earliest plays (1939) and his first Broadway production. |
| March
1 - March 31, 2002 |
Organization:
Gallery 25 Type of Event: Exhibition of work based on Saroyan Location: 1526 Fulton St. Dates (s): March 1- March 31, 2002 Times: Friday 12-4 PM; Saturday and Sunday 12-5 PM Contact Jerrie Peters Telephone: 559-441-4221 EXT. 131 Fax: 559-227-6735 Email: rpeters486@aol.com Description: Each of 26 Gallery members will do one piece of art reflecting on William Saroyan's life and/or his work. |
| March 1, 29, and April 12, 2002 | Organization:
Valley Public Television Type of Event: Five Broadcasts of William Saroyan Plays Location: KVPT-TV; Channel 18 Dates: March 1, 29, and April 12 [check your guide for Dates and Times] Contact: Colin Dougherty Telephone: 559-266-1800; 800-801-6500 Fax: 559-650-1880 Email: Description: KVPT-TV will broadcast several Saroyan Plays, including the Academy Award winner, "The Human Comedy" starring Mickey Rooney; two broadcasts of "The Time of Your Life" with James Cagney and Kevin Kline, "The Parsley Garden" produced by Hank Saroyan; "Two By Saroyan" starring Walter Matthau and Orson Bean. Interviews with Mr. Rooney and members of the Saroyan Family will also be aired. |
| March 2, 2002 | Organization:
Stanford University Libraries Title: "Saroyan: Collections and Recollections" Type of Event: Symposium Location: Saroyan Theater, Fresno Convention Center, Lower Lobby at 700 "M" Street. Dates: Saturday, March 2, 2002 Times: 9:30 A.M. Contact: William McPheron Telephone: 415-563-4444 Fax: 415-921-7872 Email: WilliamSaroyan@aol.com Description: Moderator: Dr. Kevin Starr. California State Librarian; Panelists: Michael Keller, Stanford Librarian; William McPheron, Stanford Curator of the Saroyan Collection; John Kallenberg, Fresno County Librarian; Aram Kevorkian, Paris, France; Alice Kelikian, Professor, Brandeis University. |
| March 2, 2002 |
Organization: Holy Trinity Armenian Apostolic Church |
| March
2- March 3, 2002 |
Organization:
Fresno Philharmonic Orchestra Type of Event: Symphony Concert: "My Name Is Aram," a Tribute to William Saroyan. Guest Conductor: Grant Gershon; Guest Pianist: Alexander Korsantia. The Program: Khatchaturian's Symphony no. 2 [excerpt]; Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A minor; Haydn's Symphony no.104; Sibelius’ Finlandia Location: Saroyan Theater Dates (s): March 2 and 3, 2002 Times: March 2: 7:00 PM pre concert talk, 8:00 concert; March 3: 1:30 pre-concert talk, 2:30 concert Contact: Robert Lippert Telephone: 559-261-0611 x. 616 Fax: 559-261-0700 Email: rlippert@fresnophil.org Description: Following a pre-concert talk by Conductor Grant Gershon, the performance begins with an introduction about William Saroyan by Dr. Kevin Starr, California State Librarian, and Jonathan White’s dramatic reading of Saroyan's description of Khatchaturian’s Symphony no. 2 from his short story, "Aram Khatchaturian, A Story." Saroyan wrote elsewhere that, for serveral years, he began each morning listening to Grieg’s piano concerto, and our concert continues as the captivating young Russian pianist, Alexander Korsantia, brings this exuberant concerto to life. The program is balanced by Haydn’s "London” symphony, probably the greatest symphony he ever wrote, and concludes with Sibelius’ Finlandia, of which Saroyan wrote, “it seemed to say something to me that was less nationalistic than private—it was music in fact that seemed to be about me and my particular quarrel with the world.” |
| March
2- March 3, 2002 |
Organization:
Todd Wronski Type: Theatrical Performance: "In My Case, An Exception Should be Made: An Audience with William Saroyan" Location: Fresno Art Museum, Bonner Auditorium Dates: March 2 and 3, 2002 Times: Friday at 7:00 PM; Saturday at 3:00 PM Contact: Todd Wronski Telephone: (717) 245-1611 Fax: (717) 245-1145 Email: wronski@dickinson.edu Description: Todd Wronski will give a one-man performance based on the life and writings of William Saroyan. Wronski has compiled his performance from hundreds of selections drawn from Saroyan's prolific output of public and private writings. The piece recently had its world premiere at Randolph Studio in Edinburgh, Scotland as part of that city's annual international arts festival. Todd Wronski is an actor director and playwright whose professional acting credits include roles with the Guthrie Theater, the Dallas Theater Center, Pennsylvania Centre Stage and, in New York at the Cider Mill Playhouse and the Jean Cocteau Repertory. |
| March
2 - March 31, 2002 |
Organization:
Spectrum Gallery Type of Event: William Saroyan's Personal Photos Exhibit Location: 1306 N. Wishon, Fresno, CA 93728 Dates (s): March 2 - 31, 2002 Times: call 559-266-0691 for Times Contact Michael Karibian Telephone: 559-432-4433 Fax: 559-432-3010 Email: karabianm@aol.com Description: The exhibit will consist of William Saroyan's personal and family photos on loan from the Saroyan Archives of the Stanford University Libraries. |
| March
2- April 28, 2002 |
Organization: Fresno Art Museum Type of Event: Exhibit: Saroyan on Paper. Location: 2233 North First Street, Fresno, CA93703 Date: March 2 through April 28, 2002 Times: Normal Business Contact: Ms. Jacquelin Pilar, Associate Curator Telephone: 559-441-4221 Fax: 559-441-4227 Email: thefresnoartmuseum@yahoo.com Description: "The Armenian-American writer was also an accomplished visual artist who neither sold or exhibited his watercolors and drawings during his lifetime. In his works on paper, Saroyan provides a quintessential pure embodiment of his artistic procedure. Influenced by Chinese brush painting, the calligraphic works of Mark Tobey, and the expressionist daring of Jackson Pollack, Saroyan's abstractions combine his powerful sense of form with a willingness to let the moment unfold in its own meaning, much as in his best writing. Each of his watercolors and drawings give us a portrait of the artist in motion while continually discovering and rediscovering that state of equipose, balance, and certainty that gives his work its life." Anita Shapolsky, Anita Shapolsky Gallery New York City. (Click here for Saroyan artwork) |
| March
- April 2002 |
Organization:
Valley Public Radio Type of Event: 6-8 half hour radio broadcasts Location: FM 89.3 in Fresno and FM 89.1 in Bakersfield Dates (s): March/April 2002 Times: 7:00 PM on Wednesday Evenings Contact Mariam Stepanian or Jim Meyers Telephone: 559-275-0764 Fax: 559-275-2202 Email: mariam@kvpr.org Description: FM 89 will produce and broadcast approximately 6 half hour broadcasts on the life of William Saroyan. There will be readings from individuals/family from around the world who knew, worked or played with Saroyan. These broadcasts will include interviews and music associated with Mr. Saroyan. |
| March
5 - April 30, 2002 |
Organization: Fresno County Public Library |
| March
14 - March 16, 2002 |
Organization:
Fresno Pacific University Type: Reader's Theatre (Performance Study) Location: Fresno Art Museum's Bonner Auditorium Dates: March 14, 2002 - March 16, 2002 Times: 8:00 PM Contact: Melissa Valgeirrson Telephone: (559) 453-2296 Fax: (559) 453-2007 Email: mvalgeir@fresno.edu Description: From a performative perspective, this theatrical event will explore material surrounding the identity, ethos, and creative body of work of William Saroyan as artist. The cast will consist of voices from the Fresno Pacific Universtiy Community. |
| March 21, 2002 |
Organization: Armenian-American Citizens' League |
| March 27, 2002 |
Organization: Fresno Metropolitan Museum Type: Free Noontime Lectures Series Brown Bag Lunch. Location: Lyles Theater, 3rd Floor, 1515 Van Ness Avenue, Fresno Dates: March 27, 2002 Times: Noon Contact: Jon Carroll Telephone: 559-441-1444 Fax: Email: Description: Mr. Rutherford "Bud" Gaston will relate "Personal Remembrances of William Saroyan" followed by a question & answer period. |
| March 31, 2002 |
Organization: The William Saroyan Society |
| April
1 - April 30, 2002 |
Organization:
Henry Madden Library, California State
University, Fresno Type of Event: lecture; book exhibit Location: Henry Madden Library - solarium Dates (s): Friday, April 19; Reception at 6:00 PM followed by a lecture at 6:30 PM. A Book Exhibit will be on display from April 1 to April 30, 2002. Times: reception 6:00; lecture 6:30 Contact Christy Hicks Telephone: 559-278-2786 Fax: 559-278-6952 Email: christyv@csufresno.edu Description: The lecture will be by Dr. Isabel Kaprielian on the Armenian immigrant experience. |
| April 2, 9, 23, 30, 2002 | Organization: Fresno County Free Library Type: Reading and Discussion Group Location: Fig Garden Regional Library Dates: April 2, 9, 23, 30, 2002 Times: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Contact: Lydia Kuhn Telephone: (559) 488-3856 Fax: (559) 488-1971 Email: lkuhn@fresno.ca.gov Description: Barlow Der Mugrdechian, CSUF Armenian Studies Program, will lead a discussion of four William Saroyan Books: Armenian Trilogy, Fresno Stories, The Human Comedy, and My Name is Aram. Registration is required. Number of participants is limited. |
| April
5 - April 7, 2002 |
Organization:
WIN-WIN Type of Event: 12th Annual Williiam Saroyan Writer's Conference Location: Picadilly Inn Airport, 5115 E. McKinley, Fresno, CA Dates (s): April 5, 6, & 7, 2002 Times: Friday 4/5 from 12:00 - 9:00 PM; Saturday 4/6 from 8:00 AM to 9:30 PM; and Sunday 4/7 from 8:00 AM to 12:00 noon Contact Andrea Vetter Telephone: 559-224-2516 Fax: 559-224-2516 Email: andiedrac@hotmail.com Description: Nationally acclaimed writer's conference presented in association with Publisher's Weekly for published and unpublished writers. Registration fee is $195 for 3 days. |
| April
8 - April 30, 2002 |
Organization:
Fresno Arts Council Type: Art Exhibit Location: City Hall Dates: April 8, 2002 - April 30, 2002 Times: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM, Monday thru Friday Contact: Nancy Marquez Telephone: (559) 237-9734 Fax: (559) 237-9814 Email: Description: Saroyan and Saroyan: "An exhibit of artwork by William Saroyan and his daughter-in law, artist Gailyn Saroyan." |
| April 16, 2002 |
Organization: University Lecture Series |
| April
17- April 18, 2002 |
Organization: California State University, Fresno, Department of Theater
Arts Type: Staged reading of the new play written by Aram Saroyan entitled "The Evening Hour" Location: Bonner Auditorium, Fresno Art Museum Dates: Wednesday, April 17 and Thursday, April 18 Times: 7:30 PM Contact: Ed Emanuel Telephone: 278-2465 Fax: 278-2465 Email: edward_emanuel@csufresno.edu |
| April 19, 21 2002 |
Organization Fresno County Public Library |
| April 26, 2002 |
Organization: Pilgrim Armenian Congregational Church |
| April 27, 2002 | Organization: The San Joaquin River Parkway and Conservation Trust Type: Saroyan Open House at Riverview Ranch Location: Riverview Ranch, located on Old Friant Road Dates: Saturday, April 27, 2002 Times: 12:00 noon bike ride; 1:00 reception Contact: Steve Spratt Telephone: 248-8480 Fax: 248-8474 Email: sspratt@riverparkway.org Description: Bike Ride: 12:00 Noon (Price $5.00). Reception:1:00 PM (Price $5.00). Enjoy exhibits, entertainment and readings interpreting the life and work of William Saroyan. In his famous book The Human Comedy, Saroyan refers to a fig tree at Riverview Ranch, where a fig tree still stands by the old ranch house. Savor refreshments and learn about the restoration of Riverview Ranch as it becomes the Coke Hallowell Center for River Studies, interpreting the natural and cultural history of the San Joaquin River. An optional 5-mile bike ride will begin at noon at Raptor Point, along the Lewis S. Eaton Trail in Woodward Park and will end at Riverview Ranch. The bike ride will feature guided interpretation of Saroyan's writings. Tickets for the bike ride are $5. Tickets for the reception are also $5. Please make your reservations by calling (559) 248-8480. |
| May
4 - May 5, 2002 |
Organization:
Central California Children's
Choir Type of Event: Spring Concert Location: St. Therese Catholic Church Dates (s): May 4 and May 5, 2002 Times: May 4 at 7:00 PM; May 5 at 3:00 PM Contact Catherine Manfredo Telephone: 559-221-7992 Fax: 559-221-7992 Email: manfredo@childrenschoir.org Description: Details are still being determined, but all four choirs will perform both separately and together. Admission is free, Donations Accepted. |
| Date Last Modified 09/29/2007 |
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