UPCOMING EVENTS AT VASSAR COLLEGE
December 17 - January 17, 2009
Additional information is below and available at http://info.vassar.edu
UPCOMING ATHLETICS EVENTS AT VASSAR COLLEGE
- Men's Basketball, Athletics and Fitness Center 102, 7:00pm. Vassar vs. Ramapo College, 1/8.
- Men's and Women's Fencing, Walker Field House Bay 5, 9:00am. Vassar vs. Army/Marist, 1/17
Additional information is available at http://www.vassarathletics.com
EXHIBITIONS ON CAMPUS
Additional information is below.EVENTS IN THE LOCAL AREA
- Mill Street Loft Alumni Exhibition, Twisted Soul, through 12/17
- Swing Dance, Poughkeepsie Tennis Club, 12/18
- Performance: "Every Christmas Story Ever Told (and then some)," Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center, 12/18 - 20
- Holiday Contra Dance, Regina Coeli Church, 12/19
- "The Emblem Show," G.A.S. Gallery, through 12/31
- Holiday Members Exhibition, Barrett Art Center, through 1/9
Additional information is below.
General Announcements: Additional information is below.
Thursday, December 17
H1N1 Flu Immunization Clinic
Villard Room
Through 4:00pm
Clinic presented by Health Service that is open to all Vassar College students, faculty and employees who wish to receive the H1N1 vaccine. No appointment necessary, Nasal spray vaccine also available. Free of charge.
http://healthservice.vassar.edu/announcements/2009-2010/091204-h1n1.html
See immunization clinic description for December 14.
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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. Find out why the Atrium Gallery walls are now orange as Late Night features an informal discussion by Harry Roseman about his installation "Harry Roseman: Hole in the Wall."
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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Saturday, December 19
Winter Farm Market
College Center, North Atrium
10:00am - 2:00pm
Winter Sun Farms presents foods a winter farm market their CSA share distribution. The market features fabulous local farmers and vendors selling their Hudson Valley winter goods. (Also on January 16, February 20, and March 20.)
http://campuscalendar.vassar.edu/mastercalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=Nghe9Mdf%2b6qtW4PBkgHm3TZI946utrmRkdSBeBwC53o%3d
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http://www.wintersunfarms.com/home.php
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Sunday, January 10
Concert: Kairos - A Consort of Singers
Chapel
4:00pm
Kairos presents the 15th anniversary celebration that culminates the final 2009 Bach Cantata Series performance of Bach's splendid "Magnificat" and Handel's early and rarely-performed work "Dixit Dominus," with chamber orchestra. Supported in part by a grant from the Dutchess County Arts Council, administrator of public funds through NYSCA's Decentralization Program. Tickets: $15 general admission; $12 seniors/students.
http://campuscalendar.vassar.edu/mastercalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=Nghe9Mdf%2b6ot6Vi%2bA0e6HBYJrYbF8hUB8z2QYSDgMj4%3d
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http://www.kairosconsort.org/index.htm
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Saturday, January 16
Winter Farm Market
College Center, North Atrium
10:00am - 2:00pm
See description from December 19.
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Exhibitions on Campus
"The River"
James W. Palmer III '90 Gallery
Through 12/17
An exhibition works by Linda Cross, in honor of the Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial. Showcase Cross’s relief sculptures, which she constructs entirely of paper and acrylic to appear like real rock and flotsam.
http://campuscalendar.vassar.edu/mastercalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=Nghe9Mdf%2b6oXV3%2bXS7H%2fpBRFHaL1EcoG%2bXNw7Q5a2vQ%3d
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http://info.vassar.edu/news/2009-2010/091105-palmer-river-cross.html
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"Albrecht Dürer: Impressions of the Renaissance"
The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center
Through 12/24
Features 41 works celebrating the world of Albrecht Dürer, one of the greatest artists of the Northern Renaissance. All except one of the prints will be drawn from the permanent collection of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, renowned for its Old Master print collection. Included in the exhibition are 19 prints by Dürer, which feature several beautifully inked, fresh impressions by the artist from the Art Center's Felix M. Warburg Collection of Old Master prints, given to the college in the early 1940s. Engravings by several of Dürer's contemporaries also are also on view.
http://fllac.vassar.edu/exhibitions/index.html
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http://fllac.vassar.edu/about/press/2009-2010/091224-fllac-durer.html
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"Poetry of the Hudson"
The Vassar College Libraries
Through 12/24
Poetry of the Hudson, an exhibition of verse inspired by the Hudson River, includes local Native American writings, Washington Irving's story "Rip Van Winkle," as well as works by contemporary writers who currently live in the Hudson Valley. A video exhibit is featured alongside the poetry showcases, and features Hudson River Valley-related images and audio of various Vassar College professors giving poetry readings.
http://specialcollections.vassar.edu/exhibits/poetry-hudson/index.html
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http://arts.vassar.edu/2009-2010/091015-reading-poetryofthehudson.html#exhibition
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"Travis Head: Artist's Books and Drawings"
The Vassar College Art Library
Through February 2
Exhibition by New Paltz-based artist Travis Head of the artist's work in small Moleskin books and drawings.
http://artlibrary.vassar.edu/
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http://www.travishead.com
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EVENTS IN THE LOCAL AREA
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
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http://localsearch.poughkeepsiejournal.com/sp?aff=1002&eventId=71805&skin=100
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Friday, December 18
Swing Dance
Poughkeepsie Tennis Club
Poughkeepsie
Join Hudson Valley Community Dances Swing Dance with the Saings of Swing, preceded by a swing dance workshop with Ramona Staffeld. Poughkeepsie Tennis Club, 135 South Hamilton Street, Poughkeepsie. Workshop at 6:00pm; lesson at 7:30pm; dance 8:30 - 11:30. Workshop and dance $15; students $10.
http://www.hudsonvalleydance.org
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Performance: "Every Christmas Story Ever Told (and then some)"
Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center
Poughkeepsie
"Every Christmas Story Ever Told (and then some)," by Michael Carleton, Jim FitzGerald, and John K. Alvarez. Directed by Christine Vittorini. A comedic twist on all the holiday classics, presented by Cunneen-Hackett in association with 4th Wall Productions. Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center, 9 Vassar Street, Poughkeepsie. Friday and Saturday at 8:00pm and Sundays at 3:00pm. Tickets: $15 (adults), $12 (students & seniors).
http://www.4thwallproductions.net/Events.html
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Saturday, December 19
Holiday Contra Dance
Regina Coeli School
Hyde Park
The Hudson Valley Community Dances presents the Holiday Contra Dance with caller Kathy Anderson and Riverbend. Regina Coeli School, Rte 9, Hyde Park. 3:00-5:30pm, afternoon dance $7; 5:30 - 8:00pm, potluck dinner (bring a dish to share); 8:00 - 11:30pm, evening dance $15.
http://www.hudsonvalleydance.org
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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/
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Through January 9
Holiday Members Exhibition
Barrett Art Center
Poughkeepsie
The annual holiday members exhibition. Barrett Art Center, 55 Noxon Street, Poughkeepsie. Thursdays and Fridays, 11:00am - 5:00pm; Saturdays 11:00am - 3:00pm.
http://www.barrettartcenter.org/
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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. Payroll deduction deadline for faculty & administrators is 12/21.
http://communityworks.vassar.edu/overview.html
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Modfest 2010
Mark your calendar for the eighth annual Modfest, a campus-wide celebration of the arts of the 20th and 21st centuries. January 21 - February 7.
http://info.vassar.edu/news/2009-2010/100121-eighth-annual-modfest.html
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