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UPCOMING EVENTS AT VASSAR COLLEGE
February 1 - 4, 2010
- Potpourri, 2/1
- Modfest Foreign Film Screening, 2/1
- Modfest at The Artful Dodger, 2/2
- Modfest Foreign Film Screening, 2/2
- Lecture by Allen Wells, 2/3
- Modfest Alumna Author Talk, 2/3
- Lecture by Ethan Bronner, 2/3
- Holla for Haiti, 2/4
- Artist Talk: Travis Head, 2/4
- Late Night at the Lehman Loeb, 2/4
Additional information is below and available at http://info.vassar.edu
UPCOMING ATHLETICS EVENTS AT VASSAR COLLEGE
- Women's Basketball, Athletics and Fitness Center 102, 6:00pm. Vassar vs. Eastern Connecticut State University, 2/2
- Men's Volleyball, Kenyon Hall Gymnasium, 7:00pm. Vassar vs. New York University, 2/2
- Men's Squash, Kenyon Hall Squash Courts, 7:00pm. Vassar vs. Bard College, 2/3
Additional information is available at http://www.vassarathletics.com
EVENTS IN THE LOCAL AREA
Additional information is below.
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENT
• Vassar Haiti Project's Emergency Relief Initiatives for Earthquake Victims
Additional information is below.
Monday, February 1
Potpourri
College Center, North Atrium
Through 5:00pm
Potpourri, a little bit of everything. (Goods for sale.)
http://campuscalendar.vassar.edu/mastercalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=Nghe9Mdf%2b6p08xLR6bkhoj2hkZugoXstckWoNnB99Qg%3d
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Modfest Foreign Film Screening
Foreign Language Resource Center, Chicago Hall
8:00pm
"Meghe Dhaka Tara" / "The Cloud-Capped Star," Ritwik Ghatak, director (1960). This Indian film about a refugee family is set in Calcutta in the late 1950s and deals with the effects of the India-Pakistan Partition. Presented with commentary by film professor Sophia Siddique Harvey.
http://arts.vassar.edu/2009-2010/100121-eighth-annual-modfest.html
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Tuesday, February 2
Modfest at The Artful Dodger: A Lunchtime Lecture Series
Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center Print Room
12:00pm
A relaxed and informal presentation by Jonathan Chenette, dean of the faculty, who shares his personal experience and interpretation of Sam Gilliam's "Untitled from the Yellow Square Series" (1973) from the Art Center’s permanent collection.
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http://fllac.vassar.edu/events/calendar/
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http://arts.vassar.edu/2009-2010/100121-eighth-annual-modfest.html
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Modfest Foreign Film Screening
Taylor Hall, Room 203
7:30pm
"Hangmen Also Die," directed by Fritz Lang, story by Bertholt Brecht and Lang, music by Hanns Eisler (1943). The creative team was part of a group of German exiles and émigrés who lived in southern California in the 1940s. With commentary by music professor Michael Pisani and German Studies professor Elliott Schreiber.
http://arts.vassar.edu/2009-2010/100121-eighth-annual-modfest.html
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Wednesday, February 3
Lecture by Allen Wells
Sanders Classroom, Spitzer Auditorium (Room 212)
5:00pm
Dr. Allen Wells, Roger Howell, Jr. Professor of History at Bowdoin College, delivers the Charles C. Griffin Memorial Lecture. He draws on his recent work on the Sosúa colony in the Dominican Republic, founded during the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo by Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany. Professor Wells is the author of "Tropical Zion: General Trujillo, FDR, and the Jews of Sosúa."
http://campuscalendar.vassar.edu/mastercalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=Nghe9Mdf%2b6pfUMug5Dhqik3ld2r098Itx8LtKJrD6JU%3d
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Modfest Alumna Author Talk
Skinner Hall, Thekla Hall (Room 400)
5:00pm
Dorothy Lamb Crawford ’54 discusses her recent book "A Windfall of Musicians: Hitler's Émigrés and Exiles" in Southern California. [Note February 2 screening of "Hangmen Also Die."] Jointly sponsored by the Departments of Music and German Studies.
http://campuscalendar.vassar.edu/mastercalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=Nghe9Mdf%2b6pkGpgRFJ%2bUiAtqtOWod89B4NEzoCEYkzc%3d
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Lecture by Ethan Bronner
Taylor Hall 102-Auditorium
5:30pm
Ethan Bronner, the Jerusalem bureau chief of the "New York Times," will discuss “Covering the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in 2010: A Report from the Ground.” Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
http://campuscalendar.vassar.edu/mastercalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=Nghe9Mdf%2b6oYzbWN9SebcCT0FM9S%2fPm07PDDY4aNb2I%3d
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http://info.vassar.edu/news/2009-2010/100203-jewishstudies-ethan-bronner.html
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Thursday, Februrary 4
Holla for Haiti
Ely Hall, AULA
4:00pm to midnight
Come together for a night of music and entertainment to benefit earthquake relief in Haiti. Donations accepted at the door. For information, contact Emma Carmichael at emcarmichael@vassar.edu.
http://campuscalendar.vassar.edu/mastercalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=Nghe9Mdf%2b6rKd%2fucGw9YGZB6RP%2ff%2bHOdmghhlZ9W4d4%3d
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Artist Talk: Travis Head
The Art Library
5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Artist Travis Head discusses his work, on view at the Art Library.
http://campuscalendar.vassar.edu/mastercalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=Nghe9Mdf%2b6r%2bU1kHoQNjK%2bRjIuki9QwY%2b0FbHGC1uA0%3d
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Late Night at the Lehman Loeb
Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center
Until 9:00pm
Modfest presents Art and Music for Late Night at the Lehman Loeb with a performance by composer and violist Adrienne Elisha of “Circle Voices,” a work inspired by "Harry Roseman: Hole in the Wall." Late Night at the Lehman Loeb is made possible by the generous support of the Jane W. Nuhn Charitable Trust.
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http://fllac.vassar.edu/about/press/2009-2010/100129-fllac-harry-roseman-hole-in-the-wall.html
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EVENTS IN THE LOCAL AREA
Tuesday, February 2
Concert: An Evening with Yes
Mid-Hudson Civic Center
Poughkeepise
The legendary rockers and Grammy Award-winners YES perform with guitarist Steve Howe, bassist Chris Squire and drummer Alan White, as well as Oliver Wakeman (son of Rick Wakeman) on keyboards and lead singer Benoit David. Mid-Hudson Civic Center, 14 Civic Center Plaza, Poughkeepsie, doors open at 6:30pm. Tickets ($37-$44 for reserved seating) on sale at the Civic Center box office & ticketmaster.com.
http://www.midhudsonciviccenter.com/
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Wednesday, February 3
Lunch N Listen Concert Series
First Evangelical Lutheran Church
Poughkeepsie
Recital by Louis Hwang and Royce Hwang, both advanced piano students of Gwen Stevens. First Evangelical Lutheran Church, corner of Mill and Catharine Streets, Poughkeepsie, 12:00pm.
www.firstevangelicallutheranpok.org
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Science in Your Life Lecture Series
Our Lady of Lourdes High School
Poughkeepsie
The Vassar Brothers Institute presents the lecture "Protecting Our WWII Maritime Heritage," by David Alberg, sanctuary superintendent for the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Newport News, VA. Our Lady of Lourdes High School, 131 Boardman Rd Poughkeepsie, 7:30pm.
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Thursday, February 4
"A Prairie Home Companion" (Live in HD)
Bardavon
Poughkeepsie
Live transmission of Garrison Keillor's “A Prairie Home Companion.” The show features special guests as well as regular show performers such as actors Sue Scott and Tim Russell, sound-effects wizards Tom Keith and Fred Newman, and the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band. Bardavon 1869 Opera House, 35 Market St, Poughkeepsie, 8:00pm. Tickets: $22 adults, $15/child 12 & under.
http://www.bardavon.org/event_info.php?id=322&venue=bardavon
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GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENT
The Vassar Haiti Project's Emergency Relief Initiatives for Earthquake Victims
The Vassar Haiti Project's emergency relief initiatives for earthquake victims includes the collection of emergency relief supplies (medical supplies, clothing, hygiene items) with boxes placed in dorms and other campus buildings; tabling by the VHP in the College Center through the end of the month; and monetary donations to help defray shipping costs and to go to immediate needs of VHP's artists and gallery owners who live in and around Port-au-Prince. For more information, contact VHP at haitiproject@vassar.edu.
http://projects.vassar.edu/haiti/
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http://blogs.vassar.edu/haitiproject/2010/
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