Sacramento residents looking for something to do this fall will find it all at Sacramento State. The University’s arts departments have put together a full calendar of art and photo exhibits, theater productions, dance performances and musical concerts.

Fine Art

First up is “Traces: Contemporary Romanian Art,” a collection of more than 50 pieces from artists who have shaped their talents in the years following the 1989 fall of the dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. The exhibition will be in the Else Gallery of Kadema Hall, Sept. 2 through Oct. 3. Gallery hours are noon to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Co-curated by professor Elaine O’Brien, the show will include a reception from 6 to 8 p.m., Monday, Sept. 8; an artists’ panel at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 11 in Kadema 145; and a screening of California Dreaming, a 2007 film by Romanian director Cristian Nemescu, at 6 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 25, also in Kadema 145.

Two exhibitions begin the new school year at Sacramento State’s two Library galleries.

“The Storyteller’s Art” features a 40-year retrospective of Kit Hinrichs’ work. A graphic principal of the San Francisco office of Pentagram, Hinrichs’ work can be viewed in diverse places such as catalogs, college recruitment books, exhibits at the San Jose Museum of Art and development for the Boudin Sourdough Bakery museum and restaurant at Fisherman’s Wharf. His books include Long May She Wave, which illustrates his vast collection of Stars and Stripes memorabilia.

With more than 200 examples of Hinrichs’ work, “The Storyteller’s Art” runs Sept. 5 through Nov. 15 in the Library’s main gallery, open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. Hinrichs will also present a lecture in the University Union’s Hinde Auditorium from 4 to 6 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 7.

At the same time, the Library’s annex gallery will be showing “Children of the Wind,” Kent Lacin’s collection of color and black-and-white photographs documenting homeless teenagers in the Sacramento area. The display is part of a three-year project that attempts to capture the dignity and toughness of the young people and is presented in conjunction with the WIND Center.

A panel discussion on teen homelessness will be held in the gallery from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 11. An artist’s reception will be held at the gallery from 6 to 8:30 p.m., Sept. 13, and will include experts on teen homelessness. It will be followed by a benefit concert.

Still to come in the autumn months:

The Library galleries will continue their offerings with the annual “Heart Gallery” Oct. 14 through Nov. 21, featuring photos of young people seeking a permanent home through adoption. A reception will be held 6-8 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 8.

The Dauer Ceramics Collection will run Dec. 5 through Feb. 28. The show will include 75 works from the collection of Sharon and Paul Dauer. An opening reception is set for 5-8 p.m., Friday, Dec. 5.

Library galleries are open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. Call (916) 278-4189 for more information.

The Else Gallery will follow the Romanian art exhibit with a display of wood-fired ceramics, Oct. 6-31. About 60 pieces by 16 artists will be exhibited. Artists include Sacramento State students, former students and some staff and faculty from colleges in the Bay Area.

And both the Else and Witt galleries in Kadema Hall will host exhibitions by instructors, students and guest artists through Dec. 19.

For more information, visit http://www.al.csus.edu/art/ or call (916) 278-6166.

Music

The World Music Series kicks things off on Thursday, Sept. 18, with Chirgilchin, a throat singing group from Tuva, a small Russian province near Western Mongolia. Throat singing is a vocal form in which one singer produces two or more voices at the same time.

Upcoming performances in the series include North Indian classical music by Rajeev Taranath on Saturday, Oct. 11; “Melody of China,” a performance from the Bay Area’s Young Composers Concert Series on Sunday, Oct. 19; and South Indian classical music by violinists Mysore M. Nagaraj and Mysore M. Manjunath on Friday, Oct. 24. All World Music Series concerts are held at 8 p.m. in the Music Recital Hall of Capistrano Hall. Tickets are $8 for students and $15 general admission.

Guest flutist Kathryn Peisart will perform at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 30, in the Music Recital Hall. Music includes Katherine Hoover’s Kokopelli, Roussel’s Joueurs de Flute, and Burton’s Sonatine. Tickets are $8 general admission and $5 for students and seniors.

The Music Department’s prestigious Piano Series features Faina Lushtak at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 4 in the Music Recital Hall. She will perform a concert of favorite encores including Bach, Rachmaninov and Prokofiev. Tickets are $10 for students and seniors and $12 general admission.

The annual Festival of New American Music returns Nov. 6-16. This year’s edition of FeNAM features performances by the Cygnus Ensemble, sound and video artist Betsey Biggs, the Seattle Chamber Players, and “Bang-on-a-Bass” by Robert Black. All performances are free.

Sacramento State’s student ensembles also have a full schedule. Tickets for the following are $5 for students and seniors and $8 general admission, except where noted.

The Symphonic Wind Ensemble will perform at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 1 followed by the Concert Band at 7:30 p.m., Monday, Oct. 20. The Symphony Orchestra takes the stage at 8 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 21.

Jazz Ensembles I and II swing into action at 8 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 30. Their vocal counterparts, C-Sus and Vox 2, will perform at 7 p.m., Friday, Dec. 12.

All of the student performances will be held in the Music Recital Hall.

The locale shifts to Sacred Heart Church at 39th and J streets for Sacramento State’s choral groups: the Chamber Choir, the Concert Choir and University Chorus. Their first concert will be at 8 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 15. The following month the groups hold their hugely popular “Procession of Carols” concert at 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, and 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 7. Tickets are $5 for students and seniors and $10 general admission.

December also brings the return of the Opera Theatre, performing various scenes at 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13 and 3 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 14, in the Music Recital Hall.

And the University’s Baroque ensemble, Camerata Capistrano, will perform at 7 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 14, in Capistrano Hall Room 151.

Tickets for all music events are available at the Sacramento State Ticket office, (916) 278-4323 or http://www.tickets.com/.

These are just highlights of a fall musical season that also includes faculty and student recitals throughout autumn. More details are available at www.csus.edu/music/ or by calling (916) 278-5155.

Theatre and Dance

Large puppets and masks will be used to tell the story of Shen Te, the lead character in Bertolt Brecht’s The Good Woman of Setzuan, the autumn kickoff from the Department of Theatre and Dance. Directed by Richard Bay, this musical parable tells how three gods choose Shen Te, a prostitute, as the one good person they could find on Earth. When her continued compassion for her friends and neighbors leads to her downfall, it is Shen Te’s hard-hearted cousin who helps save her.

The Good Woman of Setzuan will be staged in the University Theatre in Shasta Hall Oct. 16-19 and 22-26.

The attention shifts to dance for New Directions, Sacramento/Black Art of Dance’s fall performance Oct. 23-26 and Oct. 29-Nov. 2. The concert will reaffirm the group’s kinship with the global dance community, presenting new works by resident and guest choreographers. Themes include rites of passage, collaborative communication and spiritual renewal and growth.

Directed by Theatre and Dance Department chair Linda S. Goodrich, the concert is in Solano Hall 1010 and includes work by choreographers Nathan Jones, Nzinga Woods, and Erin Landry, among others.

Small town America in the 1950s is the focus of the department’s next production, William Inge’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Picnic, the pioneering drama noted for its frank depiction of sexual impropriety and cynical take on the “love conquers all” theory. Directed by Michelle Felten, Picnic will be produced in Playwright’s Theatre in Shasta Hall, Nov. 13-16 and 19-23.

The fall semester concludes with Dance Sites: Faculty Dance Concert. Directed by Lorelei Bayne, Dance Sites refuses to be put into a box, Bayne says, and will feature eclectic pieces choreographed by Nolan T’Sani, Lisa Ross, Melissa Wynn, Ed Brazo, Linda S. Goodrich and others. Dancers will work their magic on the University Theatre stage in Shasta Hall Dec. 4-7 and 11-14.

Tickets are available at the Sacramento State Ticket office, (916) 278-4323 or http://www.tickets.com/. Visit www.csus.edu/dram or call (916) 278-6368 for more information on performance dates and ticket costs.

For media assistance regarding any of the University’s art departments or performances, call Sacramento State’s Public Affairs Office at (916) 278-6156.

Sacramento residents looking for something to do this fall will find it all at Sacramento State. The University’s arts departments have put together a full calendar of art and photo exhibits, theater productions, dance performances and musical concerts.

Fine Art

First up is “Traces: Contemporary Romanian Art,” a collection of more than 50 pieces from artists who have shaped their talents in the years following the 1989 fall of the dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. The exhibition will be in the Else Gallery of Kadema Hall, Sept. 2 through Oct. 3. Gallery hours are noon to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Co-curated by professor Elaine O’Brien, the show will include a reception from 6 to 8 p.m., Monday, Sept. 8; an artists’ panel at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 11 in Kadema 145; and a screening of California Dreaming, a 2007 film by Romanian director Cristian Nemescu, at 6 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 25, also in Kadema 145.

Two exhibitions begin the new school year at Sacramento State’s two Library galleries.

“The Storyteller’s Art” features a 40-year retrospective of Kit Hinrichs’ work. A graphic principal of the San Francisco office of Pentagram, Hinrichs’ work can be viewed in diverse places such as catalogs, college recruitment books, exhibits at the San Jose Museum of Art and development for the Boudin Sourdough Bakery museum and restaurant at Fisherman’s Wharf. His books include Long May She Wave, which illustrates his vast collection of Stars and Stripes memorabilia.

With more than 200 examples of Hinrichs’ work, “The Storyteller’s Art” runs Sept. 5 through Nov. 15 in the Library’s main gallery, open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. Hinrichs will also present a lecture in the University Union’s Hinde Auditorium from 4 to 6 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 7.

At the same time, the Library’s annex gallery will be showing “Children of the Wind,” Kent Lacin’s collection of color and black-and-white photographs documenting homeless teenagers in the Sacramento area. The display is part of a three-year project that attempts to capture the dignity and toughness of the young people and is presented in conjunction with the WIND Center.

A panel discussion on teen homelessness will be held in the gallery from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 11. An artist’s reception will be held at the gallery from 6 to 8:30 p.m., Sept. 13, and will include experts on teen homelessness. It will be followed by a benefit concert.

Still to come in the autumn months:

The Library galleries will continue their offerings with the annual “Heart Gallery” Oct. 14 through Nov. 21, featuring photos of young people seeking a permanent home through adoption. A reception will be held 5-8 p.m., Friday, Sept. 5.

The Dauer Ceramics Collection will run Dec. 5 through Feb. 28. The show will include 75 works from the collection of Sharon and Paul Dauer. An opening reception is set for 5-8 p.m., Friday, Dec. 5.

Library galleries are open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. Call (916) 278-4189 for more information.

The Else Gallery will follow the Romanian art exhibit with a display of wood-fired ceramics, Oct. 6-31. About 60 pieces by 16 artists will be exhibited. Artists include Sacramento State students, former students and some staff and faculty from colleges in the Bay Area.

And both the Else and Witt galleries in Kadema Hall will host exhibitions by instructors, students and guest artists through Dec. 19.

For more information, visit http://www.al.csus.edu/art/ or call (916) 278-6166.

Music

The World Music Series kicks things off on Thursday, Sept. 18, with Chirgilchin, a throat singing group from Tuva, a small Russian province near Western Mongolia. Throat singing is a vocal form in which one singer produces two or more voices at the same time.

Upcoming performances in the series include North Indian classical music by Rajeev Taranath on Saturday, Oct. 11; “Melody of China,” a performance from the Bay Area’s Young Composers Concert Series on Sunday, Oct. 19; and South Indian classical music by violinists Mysore M. Nagaraj and Mysore M. Manjunath on Friday, Oct. 24. All World Music Series concerts are held at 8 p.m. in the Music Recital Hall of Capistrano Hall. Tickets are $8 for students and $15 general admission.

Guest flutist Kathryn Peisart will perform at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 30, in the Music Recital Hall. Music includes Katherine Hoover’s Kokopelli, Roussel’s Joueurs de Flute, and Burton’s Sonatine. Tickets are $8 general admission and $5 for students and seniors.

The Music Department’s prestigious Piano Series features Faina Lushtak at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 4 in the Music Recital Hall. She will perform a concert of favorite encores including Bach, Rachmaninov and Prokofiev. Tickets are $10 for students and seniors and $12 general admission.

The annual Festival of New American Music returns Nov. 6-16. This year’s edition of FeNAM features performances by the Cygnus Ensemble, sound and video artist Betsey Biggs, the Seattle Chamber Players, and “Bang-on-a-Bass” by Robert Black. All performances are free.

Sacramento State’s student ensembles also have a full schedule. Tickets for the following are $5 for students and seniors and $8 general admission, except where noted.

The Symphonic Wind Ensemble will perform at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 1 followed by the Concert Band at 7:30 p.m., Monday, Oct. 20. The Symphony Orchestra takes the stage at 8 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 21.

Jazz Ensembles I and II swing into action at 8 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 30. Their vocal counterparts, C-Sus and Vox 2, will perform at 7 p.m., Friday, Dec. 12.

All of the student performances will be held in the Music Recital Hall.

The locale shifts to Sacred Heart Church at 39th and J streets for Sacramento State’s choral groups: the Chamber Choir, the Concert Choir and University Chorus. Their first concert will be at 8 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 15. The following month the groups hold their hugely popular “Procession of Carols” concert at 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, and 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 7. Tickets are $5 for students and seniors and $10 general admission.

December also brings the return of the Opera Theatre, performing various scenes at 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13 and 3 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 14, in the Music Recital Hall.

And the University’s Baroque ensemble, Camerata Capistrano, will perform at 7 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 14, in Capistrano Hall Room 151.

Tickets for all music events are available at the Sacramento State Ticket office, (916) 278-4323 or http://www.tickets.com/.

These are just highlights of a fall musical season that also includes faculty and student recitals throughout autumn. More details are available at www.csus.edu/music/ or by calling (916) 278-5155.

Theatre and Dance

Large puppets and masks will be used to tell the story of Shen Te, the lead character in Bertolt Brecht’s The Good Woman of Setzuan, the autumn kickoff from the Department of Theatre and Dance. Directed by Richard Bay, this musical parable tells how three gods choose Shen Te, a prostitute, as the one good person they could find on Earth. When her continued compassion for her friends and neighbors leads to her downfall, it is Shen Te’s hard-hearted cousin who helps save her.

The Good Woman of Setzuan will be staged in the University Theatre in Shasta Hall Oct. 16-19 and 22-26.

The attention shifts to dance for New Directions, Sacramento/Black Art of Dance’s fall performance Oct. 23-26 and Oct. 29-Nov. 2. The concert will reaffirm the group’s kinship with the global dance community, presenting new works by resident and guest choreographers. Themes include rites of passage, collaborative communication and spiritual renewal and growth.

Directed by Theatre and Dance Department chair Linda S. Goodrich, the concert is in Solano Hall 1010 and includes work by choreographers Nathan Jones, Nzinga Woods, and Erin Landry, among others.

Small town America in the 1950s is the focus of the department’s next production, William Inge’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Picnic, the pioneering drama noted for its frank depiction of sexual impropriety and cynical take on the “love conquers all” theory. Directed by Michelle Felten, Picnic will be produced in Playwright’s Theatre in Shasta Hall, Nov. 13-16 and 19-23.

The fall semester concludes with Dance Sites: Faculty Dance Concert. Directed by Lorelei Bayne, Dance Sites refuses to be put into a box, Bayne says, and will feature eclectic pieces choreographed by Nolan T’Sani, Lisa Ross, Melissa Wynn, Ed Brazo, Linda S. Goodrich and others. Dancers will work their magic on the University Theatre stage in Shasta Hall Dec. 4-7 and 11-14.

Tickets are available at the Sacramento State Ticket office, (916) 278-4323 or http://www.tickets.com/. Visit www.csus.edu/dram or call (916) 278-6368 for more information on performance dates and ticket costs.

For media assistance regarding any of the University’s art departments or performances, call Sacramento State’s Public Affairs Office at (916) 278-6156.