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Calendar of Events, Jan., Feb., March, April 2009 Download a .pdf version of Susquehanna's 2008-09 Arts and Events Brochure. Unless otherwise noted, all events are free and open to the public. Note: Events with an asterisk (*) are part of the year-long university theme, “Memory.” For more information, please visit www.susqu.edu/theme.
Special Events Jan. 19. Susquehanna University's third annual Winter Convocation. More information to come. Note:
Gallery Exhibitions and Lectures Note: Gallery hours throughout the academic year are 12-4 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 1-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The gallery is closed during university recesses. For more information call 570-372-4059. Jan. 17- Feb. 27. Susquehanna University’s winter exhibition, Transforming Metal, Wood and Photography, will showcase the talents of Pennsylvania metal sculptors Jeff Apfelbaum and George Tenedios, wood sculptor J. Mark Irwin and photographic image sculptor Gordon Wenzel. Flowing organic forms of polished wood complement and contrast with abstract assemblages of found steel objects, finished in black or bright colors. Enhancing the three-dimensional pieces are images juxtaposing industrial decay with organic textures, part of a social commentary on human endeavor’s impact on the natural world. Opening reception at 7 p.m., Jan. 17 in the Lore Degenstein Gallery. April 4- May 16. Susquehanna University’s spring exhibition, will feature Frank Hyder: Poems from a Threatened Eden. Frank Hyder’s gallery-sized installations, where the walls are covered in assembled landscape images evoking South American rainforests, create a New Eden-like experience for the visitor while raising awareness of how this Eden is being threatened by the actions of the industrial world. Using mixed-media elements, Hyder’s installations create a magical environment of painting, sculpture, sound and light, transporting the viewer through a sensory experience. An opening lecture will be held at 7 p.m. on April 4 in the Lore Degenstein Gallery. A reception will follow. Lectures, Readings and Meetings Feb. 4 and 18. The Susquehanna University Institute for Lifelong Learning begins its second semester on Feb. 4 with Attorney Karen Hackman speaking on “The Book of Life.” She will discuss the legacy in stories, pictures, experiences and family history that we all have to pass down to our heirs. On Feb. 18, Selinsgrove native and Olympic athlete Keli Smith will speak to the IFLL. Ms. Smith was a member of the 2008 US Olympic and national field hockey teams and represented the US in Beijing Olympic Games. Institute programs begin at 11 a.m. in the Degenstein Theater of the Degenstein Campus Center, with lunch at noon. For lunch reservations or questions, call the Office of Conference and Event Management at 570-372-4354. March 4 and 18. On March 4 Susquehanna University’s Institute For Lifelong Learning will present Karen Morin of Bucknell University in a talk entitled Gender and Geography. Her talk will suggest that gender identities, roles and relationships are fundamental to many ways in which the world is organized. On March 18, the speaker will be assistant professor of History, Edward Slavishak of Susquehanna University. He will discuss the odd phenomenon of Centralia, Pennsylvania (site of the famous mine fire) as a tourist destination, placing it in the historical context of “disaster” tourism. Institute programs begin at 11 a.m. in the Degenstein Theater of the Degenstein Campus Center, with lunch at noon. For lunch reservations or questions, call the Office of Conference and Event Management at 570-372-4354. *March 17. The 32nd Annual Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow program gives world leaders and small liberal arts college communities the opportunity to interact and gain a better understanding of the world. The visit by Eleanor Clift, political commentator for Newsweek and The McLaughlin Group, connects to the 2008-09 theme, Memory insofar as it will offer our community the chance to recall and examine the 2008 presidential election. 7:30 p.m. in the Degenstein Campus Center Theatre. March 25-26. The Arlin M. Adams Center for Law and Society will hold a two-day Health Care Coverage Symposium to examine the state of the health care coverage in the United States and question whether the nation should adopt a system of universal health care. For more information, visit www.susqu.edu/lawandsociety/events.htm or call 570-372-4626. March 31. Susquehanna University’s Visiting Writers Series will present a reading by the best-selling author of many novels, Sue Miller. Her work includes The Good Mother, Family Pictures, The World Below, and the recently released The Senator’s Wife. Several of her novels as well as her collection of stories, Inventing the Abbots, have been made into major motion pictures. The reading begins at 7:30 pm in Isaacs Auditorium. For more information, visit www.susqu.edu/writers. *March 31. Susquehanna University’s Department of History and Holocaust/Genocide Studies will present, Photographic Sites of Holocaust Memory by David Crew of the University of Texas. This lecture is part of the year-long series History vs. Memory and will begin at 7.30 p.m. in the Degenstein Center Meeting Rooms 1-3. For more information, call 570-372-4191. April 1 and 15. On April 1 Dr. Vera Viditz-Ward will be the speaker at the Institute For Lifelong Learning. She has been photographing and documenting the lives of people in West Africa and the West African Diaspora, especially Sierra Leone, for over twenty-five years. Her work aims to go beyond the stereotypical view of Africans as “primitive” people. Her talk will trace these years of personal and photographic experiences and how they relate to our view of our selves and others. April 15, Candace Ridington will be the final speaker for the IFLL. Her presentation entitled, My Dear Little Gravity: A Visit With Livy Clemens will invite the audience to discover, through the eyes of his wife, what it was like to live with Mark Twain. All Institute programs begin at 11:00 a.m. in the Degenstein Theater of the Degenstein Campus Center. For lunch reservations or questions, call the Office of Conference and Events Management at 570-372-4354 April 20. Susquehanna University’s Visiting Writers Series will present a reading by Catherine Pierce, a 2000 graduate of Susquehanna’s creative writing program. Her first poetry collection, Famous Last Words, was selected by John Yau as the winner of the 2007 Saturnalia Books Poetry prize. Her earlier book, Animals of Habit, won the Wick Chapbook competition. The reading begins at 7:30 pm in Isaacs Auditorium. For more information, visit www.susqu.edu/writers. Performing Arts
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Jan. 25.Guest Artist Recital: Jonathan Helton, saxophone. 8 p.m. Stretansky Concert Hall. *Feb. 3. Susquehanna University’s music department will present In Memory of Mendelssohn at 7 p.m. in Weber Chapel Auditorium. The 200th anniversary of Felix Mendelssohn’s birth is celebrated with a program of his music for soloists, chamber groups, choir and organ. For more information, call 570-372-4281. Feb. 7. S.U. Orchestra Sneak Preview Family Concert. 11 a.m. Stretansky Concert Hall. Feb 12-14, 8 p.m., and Feb. 15, 2:30 p.m. in the Degenstein Center Theater. The 11th Annual Student-Directed Once Act Festival allows the most proficient and dedicated Susquehanna University theatre students to direct, design, act in and manage challenging works from the canon of dramatic literature. Playwrights whose works have graced the stage in previous festivals at SU include Tennessee Williams, Christopher Durang, Terrence McNally, Susan Glaspell and Lady Gregory. Tickets: Adults $10, non-SU students $8. For tickets and more information, call the university box office at 570-372-ARTS (2787). Feb.15. Honors Band Concert. 3 p.m. Weber Chapel Auditorium. Feb. 17. The Susquehanna University Artist Series will present a concert by the American Spiritual Ensemble at 7:30 p.m. in the Degenstein Campus Center. Bringing together many of the finest classically trained singers in the United States; the mission of the American Spiritual Ensemble is to keep the American Negro spiritual alive. Founded in 1995, the group has thrilled audiences around the world with a dynamic repertoire that ranges from spirituals to classical to Broadway and dance. The ensemble is unique in that 90 percent of its members are accomplished soloists who have sung in theatres and opera houses around the world. Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for seniors and $5 for non-SU students. For tickets and more information, call the university box office at 570-372-ARTS (2787). Feb. 22. Faculty Recital: Jeffrey Fahnestock, tenor. 3 p.m. Stretansky Concert Hall. March 22. S.U. Chorale Concert, Judith White, director. 3 p.m. Stretansky Concert Hall. March 29. S.U. Choir and Chamber Singers Homecoming Concert, Rodney Caldwell, conductor. 3 p.m. Stretansky Concert Hall. March 30. S.U. Brass Ensemble Concert, Jeb Wallace, director. 8 p.m. Stretansky Concert Hall. *March 31. Susquehanna University’s music department will present In Memory of Haydn at 8 p.m. in Stretansky Concert Hall. A program of music by Franz Joseph Haydn commemorates the 200th anniversary of the great composer’s death. For more information, call 570-372-4281. April 4. S.U. Orchestra Concert, Jennifer Sacher Wiley, conductor. 8 p.m. Stretansky Concert Hall. April 8. S.U. Jazz Ensemble Concert, Joshua Davis, director. 8 p.m. Weber Chapel Auditorium. *April 14. Susquehanna University’s music department will present Memories from 100 Years of Faculty Recitals. Current SU music faculty members pay tribute to their predecessors by recreating campus performances from the past century. The program concludes with Professor Emeritus Galen Deibler performing a piece he first played at Susquehanna 50 years ago. The program begins at 8 p.m. in Stretansky Concert Hall. For more information, call 570-372-4281. April 16. S.U. Chamber Singers Concert, Rodney Caldwell, conductor. 8 p.m. Stretansky Concert Hall. April 19. S.U. Symphonic Band Concert, Eric Hinton, director. 4 p.m. Stretansky Concert Hall. April 21. S.U. Percussion Concert, Gregory Alico, director. 8 p.m. Stretansky Concert Hall. April 23-26. The Department of Theatre will present The Man Who Came to Dinner at 8 p.m. in Degenstein Center Theater. “Sheridan Whiteside, having dined at the home of the Stanleys, slips on their doorstep, breaking his hip. A tumultuous six weeks of confinement follow. The Stanley living room is monopolized by the irascible invalid; ex-convicts are invited to meals; and transatlantic calls bring a $784 phone bill. The arrival of strange gifts from his friends further destroys domestic tranquility. It would take a stoical housewife to harbor penguins in her library, an octopus in her cellar and 10,000 cockroaches in her kitchen.” Tickets: Adults, $10; non-SU students, $8. April 25. Opera Studio Performance. 8 p.m. Stretansky Concert Hall. For the most up-to-date sports schedules, click here. The public is welcome to join the University community in worship. At 9 p.m. Thursdays: InterVarsity Christian Fellowship is held in meeting rooms 3, 4 & 5 in Degenstein Campus Center. At 11 a.m. Sundays: The Service of the Word and Sacrament is held in Weber Chapel Auditorium. At 10 p.m. Tuesdays: Tuesday Night Prayer and Praise Service is in Horn Meditation Chapel. Hours Bookstore: (570-372-4232) Monday through Thursday, 8:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Saturday, noon - 4 p.m. (later by request and for special events). Box Office: (570-372-ARTS) Monday through Friday, noon to 5 p.m. Library: (570-372-4319) Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. - 1 a.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. - 1 a.m. Download a .pdf version of Susquehanna's 2008-09 Arts and Events Brochure. For more information about Susquehanna University events, call the Office of Communications (570-372-4119). Dates, times subject to change.
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