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March 24, 2005

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TERRY ALLEN’S ‘DUGOUT’ SLIDES INTO UH’S MITCHELL CENTER FOR THE ARTS

Terry Allen is an artistic jack-of-all-trades. Soon the dramatist, artist, singer and songwriter will add another title to his extensive resume – visiting artist at the University of Houston’s Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts.

Allen will work with students participating in the center’s collaborative arts curriculum and will bring his multi-media “DUGOUT” exhibit and performance to campus.

At 7 p.m. Friday, April 15, UH’s Blaffer Gallery will host a reception to kick off Allen’s “Stories from DUGOUT.” The multi-media exhibit will be on display in the gallery through June 11. The companion performance, “DUGOUT III: Warboy (and the backboard blues),” will begin at 8 p.m. Friday, April 29, in the Lyndall Finley Wortham Theatre. Both events are free and open to the public. Performance reservations can be made by calling (713) 743-2929.

“Stories from DUGOUT” collects drawings, sculptures and mixed media art from the first two installments in Allen’s “DUGOUT” series, which tells the story of a Texas minor league baseball player who woos a Midwest lounge singer. The tale is loosely based on Allen’s parents in Lubbock, Texas. “DUGOUT III” continues the tale with a performance starring Allen’s wife and fellow visiting artist, Jo Harvey Allen.

The Mitchell Center was funded by a $20 million grant from George and Cynthia Woods Mitchell and combines the energies of UH’s Blaffer Gallery, School of Theatre, School of Art, Creative Writing Program and Moores School of Music.

WHAT: “Stories from DUGOUT;” “DUGOUT III: Warboy (and the backboard blues)”
WHEN: “Stories from DUGOUT”: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday, April 16 – Saturday, June 11, Opening reception 7 p.m. Friday, April 15; “DUGOUT III”: 8 p.m. Friday, April 29 – Saturday, April 30
WHERE: “Stories from DUGOUT” to be displayed at the Blaffer Gallery
“DUGOUT III” will be performed at the Lyndall Finley Wortham Theatre
University of Houston - Entrance 16
Houston, TX 77204-5017
WHO: The University of Houston’s Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts

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