UPCOMING EVENTS AT VASSAR COLLEGE
January 18 - 21, 2010
Additional information is below and available at http://info.vassar.edu
UPCOMING ATHLETICS EVENT AT VASSAR COLLEGE
- Men's Volleyball, Kenyon Hall Gymnasium, 7:00pm. Vassar vs. Newbury College, 1/20
Additional information is available at http://www.vassarathletics.com
EVENTS IN THE LOCAL AREA Additional information is below.
General Announcements: Additional information is below.
Wednesday, January 20
"Tabling" by the Vassar Haiti Project
College Center, North Atrium
The Vassar Haiti Project (VHP) offers a selection of handicrafts for sale to benefit earthquake relief initiatives through the end of January. For additional information about VHP, see below.
http://projects.vassar.edu/haiti/
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http://info.vassar.edu/news/2009-2010/100114-haitian-earthquakerelief.html
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Thursday, January 21
Modfest: Teen Visions, Words, and Sounds
Palmer Gallery
5:00pm
Opening of the annual exhibition that features more than 130 paintings, drawings, sculptures, and photographs by over 60 students of the Art Institute of Mill Street Loft. An artist reception is followed by a performance in the North Atrium by Stringendo and the Capella Festiva Treble Choir. There are also poetry readings by high school students who are alumnae of Mill Street Loft's PASWORD and Project AWARE empowerment programs. This is the first of 30 Modfest 2010 events. The exhibition, Teen Visions '10, is on view through Wednesday, February 3.
http://campuscalendar.vassar.edu/mastercalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=Nghe9Mdf%2b6rPSZksTIfGkA1I3keDt4cfMOpeNe7XFkA%3d
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http://arts.vassar.edu/2009-2010/100121-palmer-teen-visions.html
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http://arts.vassar.edu/2009-2010/100121-eighth-annual-modfest.html
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Late Night at the Lehman Loeb
5:00 - 9:00pm
Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center
Not your typical happy hour . . . Come spend yours with Pablo, Vincent, Georgia, and Jackson! Please join us for special tours, films, entertainment provided by student groups and local performers, and refreshments.
http://fllac.vassar.edu/events/calendar/
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http://info.vassar.edu/news/2009-2010/100129-fllac-harry-roseman-hole-in-the-wall.html
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EVENTS IN THE LOCAL AREA
Monday, January 18
The 15th Annual Mid-Hudson Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. March for Social and Economic Justice
Poughkeepsie
Marchers gather at 9:00am for songs and speeches inside Smith Metropolitan A.M.E. Zion Church (124 Smith St.). They then leave the church to walk to the County Office Building (22 Market St). The march ends and discussion follows around noon at the Holy Light Pentecostal Church (33 South Clover St.).
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Event Honoring Dr. King
First Congregational United Church of Christ
Poughkeepsie
Program features the The Barefoot Dancers, The Poughkeepsie High School Concert Choir, and Amania (Hispanic, 7th Day Adventist Mariachi Choir). The speakers include three youth members, Poughkeepsie Mayor Tkazyik, and Assemblyman Frank Skartados. Offering benefits Literacy Connections. First Congregational United Church of Christ, 269 Mill Street, noon.
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Thursday, January 20
Tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.
Arlington Middle School
Poughkeepsie
An evening of music, dance, art and drama, that features students and staff from throughout the Arlington district who celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.'s vision for racial equality and justice. Special guests are the Dutchess Antislavery Singers. The program includes Arlington High School's Jazz Machine, the District Select Chorus, the Arlington High School Step Team, and performances by students from Overlook Primary and LaGrange Middle Schools. Free. Snow date, 1/21. Arlington Middle School, 601 Dutchess Turnpike, Poughkeepsie. 7 p.m. Information, 845-486-4460 ext. 171.
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General Announcements
The Vassar Haiti Project's Emergency Relief Initiatives for Earthquake Victims
The Vassar Haiti Project's emergency relief initiatives for earthquake victims include the collection of emergency relief supplies (medical supplies, clothing, hygiene items) with boxes in placed dorms and other campus buildings; tabling by the VHP in the College Center beginning 1/20; 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. Contact VHP for more information: haitiproject@vassar.edu.
http://projects.vassar.edu/haiti/
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http://info.vassar.edu/news/2009-2010/100114-haitian-earthquakerelief.html
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