UPCOMING EVENTS AT VASSAR COLLEGE
January 21 - 25, 2010
- Modfest: Teen Visions, Words, and Sounds, 1/21
- Late Night at the Lehman Loeb, 1/21
- Art Center Exhibition Opening, Symposium, and Reception, 1/22
- Wordsmiths' Open Mic, 1/22
- Modfest Concert: Biava Quartet, 1/22
- Modfest Discussion: Sound Design for Theater, 1/23
- Modfest Alumni Film Screening, 1/23
- Modfest Concert: Jazz with Joe McPhee and Friends, 1/23
- Modfest Concert: Argento Ensemble, 1/24
- Potpourri, 1/25
- Modfest Foreign Film Screening, 1/25
Additional information is below and available at http://info.vassar.edu
UPCOMING ATHLETICS EVENT AT VASSAR COLLEGE
- Men's Volleyball, Kenyon Hall Gymnasium, 5:00pm. Vassar vs. Springfield College, 1/22
Additional information is available at http://www.vassarathletics.com
EVENTS IN THE LOCAL AREA - 19th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast, Mid-Hudson Civic Center, Poughkeepsie, 1/22
- Swing Dance, Special Workshop, & Performance, Poughkeepsie Tennis Club, 1/22
- The Marriage of Figaro, FDR High School, 1/23
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General Announcements: Additional information is below.
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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Friday, January 22
Art Center Exhibition Opening, Symposium, and Reception
Taylor Hall, Room 203
5:30pm
Vassar College faculty speak on works in the exhibition, At the Heart of Progress: Coal, Iron, and Steam since 1750, Industrial Imagery from the John P. Eckblad Collection, from their specialized viewpoints. Participants include James Challey (physics), Diane Harriford (sociology), Dan Peck (English and environmental studies), and Michael Hanagan (history). Following the symposium, guests can tour the exhibition and enjoy refreshments in the Art Center atrium. At the Heart of Progress is organized and circulated by the Ackland Art Museum of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with funding provided by the William Hayes Ackland Trust. The exhibition is generously supported at Vassar by the The Friends of the Frances Lehman Loeb Exhibition Fund and will be on view at the Art Center through March 21.
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http://fllac.vassar.edu/about/press/2009-2010/100122-fllac-heart-of-progress.html
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Wordsmiths' Open Mic
College Center, Faculty Commons
7:00pm
An evening of poetic revelry: Wordsmiths' first open-mic of the new year! Come perform or listen to your friends perform poetry, song, or any word-form.
http://campuscalendar.vassar.edu/mastercalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=Nghe9Mdf%2b6r6GW9rckV8UOEiCEXLI3qJx31q%2f4H0CX8%3d
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Modfest Concert: Biava Quartet
Skinner Hall of Music
8:00pm
The Biava Quartet, an exciting young ensemble, performs music of Ginastera, Schoenberg and the premiere of Richard Wilson’s "String Quartet No. 5."
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Saturday, January 23
Modfest Discussion: Sound Design for Theater
Thekla Hall, Room 400, Skinner Hall of Music
11:00am
Sound designer and alumnus Fitz Patton ’88 discusses the process of matching sound and music to dramatic purpose.
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Modfest Alumni Film Screening
Rosenwald Film Theater, Room 109, Vogelstein Center for Drama and Film
3:00pm
Three films by two Vassar alumni from the class of 2009: Till the Cows Come Home, directed by Ben Rutkowski; Baller Education and Dot, both directed by Eliot Weisberg. Presented with commentary by James Steerman, playwright and professor of drama and film at Vassar College.
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Modfest Concert: Jazz with Joe McPhee and Friends
Skinner Hall of Music
8:00pm
Noted saxophone and trumpet virtuoso Joe McPhee performs with Richard Teitelbaum, electronics and piano, and Thurman Barker, percussion.
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Sunday, January 24
Modfest Concert: Argento Ensemble
Skinner Hall of Music
3:00pm
The Argento Ensemble, a six-member chamber group, performs music of Milton Babbitt and of Vassar music faculty members Harold Meltzer and Jonathan Chenette. *Please note that the conversation with Milton Babbitt and Richard Wilson, originally scheduled to precede this concert at 2:00pm, has been canceled.
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Monday, January 25
Potpourri
College Center, North Atrium
10:00am - 5:00pm
Potpourri, a little bit of everything. (Goods for sale.)
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Modfest Foreign Film Screening
Foreign Language Resource Center, Chicago Hall
8:00pm
Toto the Hero, Jaco Van Dormael, director (1991). A Belgian film (co-producers from France and Germany), presented with commentary by Kathleen Hart, Chair of the Department of French and Francophone Studies.
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EVENTS IN THE LOCAL AREA
Friday, January 22
19th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast
Mid-Hudson Civic Center
Poughkeepsie
The Catharine Street Community Center celebrates its 19th annual Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast with guest speaker, Jacqueline Proctor, deputy commissioner and communications manager of the West Virginia Department of Culture & History. The event serves to recognize and salute those in the community who work toward King's goals and ideals. Mid-Hudson Civic Center, 14 Civic Center Plaza, Poughkeepsie, 7:15am. Tickets for the breakfast are $35.
http://www.catharinecenter.org/mlk.html
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Swing Dance, Special Workshop, & Performance
Poughkeepsie Tennis Club
Poughkeepsie
"Making a Smooth Connection with Your Partner," workshop with Michael Jagger (6:00 - 8:00pm, $15). Beginner's lesson (8:00 - 8:30pm, free with admission to the dance).
8:30-11:30 Dance with music by Eight to the Bar (8:30 - 11:30pm, admission $15/10 full-time students). Also features performance by Michael Jagger. Poughkeepsie Tennis Club, 135 S. Hamilton St, Poughkeepsie.
http://hudsonvalleydance.org/
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Saturday, January 23
The Marriage of Figaro
FDR High School
Hyde Park
Northern Dutchess Symphony Orchestra presents the "Opera Ritablia" version of "The Marriage of Figaro." The orchestra membership includes both professional musicians and talented youth musicians. FDR High School, 156 S. Cross Road, Hyde Park, 7:30pm. Tickets $15 / $10 for seniors and students.
http://ndsorchestra.org/
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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 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. Contact VHP for more information: haitiproject@vassar.edu.
http://projects.vassar.edu/haiti/
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http://blogs.vassar.edu/haitiproject/2010/01/15/vhps-relief-efforts/
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