UPCOMING EVENTS AT VASSAR COLLEGE
November 23 - 30, 2009
Additional information is below and available at http://info.vassar.edu
UPCOMING ATHLETICS EVENTS AT VASSAR COLLEGE
- Women's Basketball, Athletics and Fitness Center Gymnasium 102, 7:00pm. Vassar vs. Drew University, 11/24.
Additional information is available at http://www.vassarathletics.com
EVENTS IN THE LOCAL AREA
- Waterman Bird Club Field Trip, Vassar Campus, 11/25
- Swing Dance, Poughkeepsie Tennis Club, 11/27
- Monastery Craft Fair, Our Lady of Resurrection Monastery, 11/28-29, 12/5-6
- Sinterklaas Celebration: The Arrival, Rhinecliff Dock, 11/28
- Opening reception: Junior Art Institute Exhibit, Mill Street Loft, through 12/10
- Mill Street Loft Alumni Exhibition, Twisted Soul, through 12/17
- "The Emblem Show," G.A.S. Gallery, through 12/31
Additional information is below.
General Announcements: Additional information is below.
Monday, November 23
Think Food? Vassar's 7th Annual Hunger Awareness Fast
Main Building, Rose Parlor
10:00am - 6:00pm
Think Food? A free, daylong series of public programs designed to raise political and spiritual awareness of our relationship to food and food-related issues, held in conjunction with the Hunger Action Network of New York State (HANNYS) annual Thanksgiving Action Against Hunger. Both fasters and non-fasters are welcome to drop by for any part of the program.
http://campuscalendar.vassar.edu/mastercalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=Nghe9Mdf%2b6raE53bZMt33PC2bsG1gBoSTq%2b7Af2PBsE%3d
AND
http://info.vassar.edu/news/2009-2010/091123-gotfood.html
(click here to return to events list)
Lecture by Siba Grovogui
Sanders Classroom, Spitzer Auditorium, Room 212
5:00pm
Siba Grovogui is a distinguished professor of International Relations and Political Theory from Johns Hopkins University. He has done substantial and critical work on race and self-determination in Africa, rethinking international law and morality, and different concepts of human rights and human existence.
http://campuscalendar.vassar.edu/mastercalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=Nghe9Mdf%2b6oUxfu0%2bacMi%2faj3F%2fpMXu0ONPMCuWC90s%3d
(click here to return to events list)
The Female Orgasm
Rockefeller Hall, Room 300
5:00pm
A workshop on the female orgasm presented by popular sex educators Marshall Miller and Dorian Solot. Dorian and Marshall cover it all with lots of humor, plenty of honesty, and an underlying message of sexual health and women's empowerment.
http://campuscalendar.vassar.edu/mastercalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=Nghe9Mdf%2b6oHHYWGcQAZ08LMxUs7GTK8qJ8eneGpxGk%3d
(click here to return to events list)
Lecture by Guido Beltramini
Taylor Hall, Room 102
5:30pm
“Is Palladio Boring?” Guido Beltramini, executive director of the Centro Internazionale dei Studi Andrea Palladio in Vicenza, Italy, examines the work of the 16th century Italian architect Andrea Palladio, during Vassar College Art Department’s Claflin Lecture.
http://info.vassar.edu/news/2009-2010/091123-beltramini.html
(click here to return to events list)
Monday, November 30
Lecture by Tobias Armborst
Taylor Hall, Room 203
5:30pm
"3.5 Recent Projects." Lecture by architect and urbanist Tobias Armborst, assistant professor of art and urban studies at Vassar. Presented by the Department of Art and the Urban Studies Program.
http://campuscalendar.vassar.edu/mastercalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=Nghe9Mdf%2b6oEqNPgT%2fX%2fRQIzPiyTTNVRPvO3F%2fgtoOE%3d
(click here to return to events list)
EVENTS IN THE LOCAL AREA
Wednesday, November 25
Waterman Bird Club Field Trip
Vassar Campus
Join the Waterman Bird Club for a field trip to the Vassar campus. Meet at the Greenhouse Buildings, 9:00am. Free.
http://watermanbirdclub.org/
(click here to return to local events list)
Friday, November 27
Swing Dance
Poughkeepsie Tennis Club
Poughkeepsie
Swing dance with Huguenot Slim and the Shuffle Kings. Paulo Lanna and Lauren Bova lead a workshop at 6:00pm followed byh a lesson at 7:30pm. The dance is from 8:30 - 11:30pm. Poughkeepsie Tennis Club, 135 South Hamilton Street, Poughkeepsie. Workshop and dance each $15 or $10 for students with identification.
http://www.hudsonvalleydance.org
(click here to return to local events list)
Saturday, November 28
Monastery Craft Fair
Our Lady of the Resurrection Monastery
Lagrangeville
Annual seasonal craft fair that offers a choice of local crafts and Brother Victor's herbal vinegars. Our Lady of the Resurrection Monastery, 246 Barmore Road, Lagrangeville, 10:00am - 5:00pm. November 28-29, December 5-6. Free.
http://ourladyoftheresurrectionmonastery.webs.com/
(click here to return to local events list)
Sinterklaas Celebration: The Arrival
Rhinecliff Dock
Rhinecliff
The Dutch-themed holiday celebration begins with the arrival of Sinterklaas by boat at the Rhinecliff Dock. A procession through Rhinecliff follows, ending with a reception at The Rhinecliff Hotel that features music, dance, and more. Rhinecliff Dock, Hutton Street, Rhinecliff, 4:00pm. Free (cash bar at reception).
http://www.sinterklaasrhinebeck.com/
(click here to return to local events list)
Through December 10
Junior Art Institute Exhibit
Mill Street Loft
Poughkeepsie
Selected drawings and paintings by students ages 11-14 from the summer 2009 Mill Street Loft Junior Art Institute. Mill Street Loft, 45 Pershing Avenue, Poughkeepsie, 9:00am - 5:00pm. Free.
http://www.dutchesstourism.com/search_detail.asp?ID=9797
(click here to return to local events list)
Through December 17
Mill Street Loft Alumni Exhibit
Twisted Soul Gallery and Restaurant
Poughkeepsie
On view are works by alumnae/i of the Mill Street Loft program, including Leigh Bromer, Alexandra Jaffer, Chelsea Lewyta, and Michael Petruzzo. Twisted Soul Gallery and Restaurant, 47 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie. Mon-Thurs: 11am-8pm; Fri. and Sat. open until 10pm.
http://www.millstreetloft.org
AND
http://localsearch.poughkeepsiejournal.com/sp?aff=1002&eventId=71805&skin=100
(click here to return to local events list)
Through December 31
Exhibition: "The Emblem Show"
G.A.S. Gallery
Poughkeepsie
"The Emblem Show" presents 36" circular emblems, created by 50 Dutchess and Ulster County artists, that each represent the artist’s respective hamlet, village, town, or city. These ceremonial town emblems were carried in the Walkway Over the Hudson opening day ceremonies on Oct 3, 2009. A selection of the emblems are for sale and a sampling of the Walkway’s 1250 flags is also be on display. G.A.S. Visual Art & Performance Space, 196 Main St. Poughkeepsie, Fridays - Sundays from 12:00 - 6:00pm. Free.
http://galleryandstudio.org/
(click here to return to local events list)
General Announcements
Community Works Campaign
Support Community Works, the philanthropic campaign whose mission is to provide financial assistance to local not-for-profit organizations. Funded by donations from employees and students of Vassar College, Community Works has funded 40 different institutions in the Hudson Valley since its inception in 2001. Recipients are selected each year by a committee of staff, administrators, faculty, and students. This year the ten recipients are: Battered Women's Services, Celebrating Community (John Flowers), Children's Media Project, Circles of Planned Parenthood, Dutchess County Arts Council, Dutchess Outreach, The Living Room, Queen's Galley, Real Skills Network, Inc., and Rural and Migrant Ministry. Once again, any donation above $25 automatically enters you into a raffle to win the campus parking spot of your choice for the 2010 calendar year.
http://communityworks.vassar.edu/overview.html
(click here to return to general announcements list)
The new and improved Vassar Events, introduced by the Office of College Relations, contains highlighted events from the campus calendar and is sent to the campus community as well as the general public twice a week. Remember that this is only a selection of the events on campus, for more information visit the Vassar Info site [http://info.vassar.edu] and the Campus Calendar [http://campuscalendar.vassar.edu/mastercalendar]. If you wish to opt-out of the Vassar Events e-list, simply unsubscribe. |
|
|
Connecting to Facebook