What’s Happening at Wabash College in November-December
by Karen Handley
October 29, 2009
This monthly calendar is for the purpose of letting you know What's Happening on campus of Wabash College. Continuing Art Exhibit: Lamidi O. Fakeye: Africa’s Master Carver, Eric Dean Gallery, Fine Arts Center. The exhibit continues through December 11. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Free and open to the public) NOVEMBER 2/Monday 4:15 p.m., Humanities Colloquium, room 216, Center Hall. Wabash faculty in the humanities present their current research and creative projects to the Wabash community. (Free and open to the public) 8 p.m., Multicultural Festival: Salsa Dance Performance, Sparks Center. In Celebration of Multicultural Festival, the Salsa Dance Club from Purdue University will give a performance. (Free and open to the public) 5/Thursday 8 p.m., Owen Duston Visiting Minority Scholar Program and the Department of Political Science Talk by Rodney Hero, Lovell Lecture Room (101), Baxter Hall Professor Rodney Hero, department of political science at the University of Notre Dame and Owen Duston Visiting Minority Scholar will give a talk entitled, "Latino Identities and the American Policy: Theory and Findings." (Free and open to the public) 7/Saturday 9 am-1 p.m., Sugar Creek Quilters’ Holiday Bazaar, Ball Theater Lobby, Fine Arts Center. (Free and open to the public) 1 p.m., Football vs. Hiram, Hollett Little Giant Stadium (Tickets $5 adults, $3 students) 9/Monday Award-winning author Jonathan Lethem will give a reading with a book signing to follow. (Free and open to the public) 10/Tuesday 7:30 p.m., Newman Center Talk by Al Kresta, Lovell Lecture Room (101), Baxter Hall Al Kresta, a Catholic broadcaster, journalist, author, and missionary, will give a talk on "Four Clubs to Beat the Church (Inquisition, Pius XII & the Holocaust, Crusades, Galileo) and Four Killer Questions for the Clubbearer." (Free and open to the public) 11/Wednesday 11/Wednesday through 12/Thursday 8 p.m., Wabash College Theater presents Studio One-Acts, Experimental Theater, Fine Arts Center The Studio One-Acts provide opportunities for theater students to showcase their skills. These projects - written, directed, and performed by students - emphasize the importance of the collaborative creative process and demonstrate the Wabash College Theater Department’s belief that powerful and imaginative theater can thrive in productions of limited scale. (Free; but tickets are required; call 361-6411 for reservations) 12/Thursday The Wabash Conservative Union will host author and Anglican theologian Dr. Douglas Farrow. His lecture will focus on the political and social implications of the re-definition of marriage in the United States and Canada. (Free and open to the public) 16/Monday 8 p.m., Actor Tim Hardy presents a one-man show: Galileo, Korb Classroom, Fine Arts Center In honor of Galileo’s 400th anniversary, Tim Hardy, a member of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (Rada) in London, brings his one-man show about Galileo to Wabash. In addition to his stage work, Hardy has performed roles for television programs for BBC and ITV and narrated over 300 television documentaries including series for The History Channel and The Discovery Channel. 17/Tuesday 8 p.m., British Debate, Korb Classroom, Fine Arts Center The annual British debate will take place between British residents Dan Bradley and Andrew Tuffin and Wabash students, Steve Maynard ’11 and Donovan Bisbee ’10. They will debate the following resolution: "This house would punish parents for the crimes of their children." The debate is sponsored by the Parliamentary Union and the Rhetoric Department. (Free and open to the public) 18/Wednesday Saturday/21 Thanksgiving Recess at Wabash (November 21-29, Classes resume November 30) DECEMBER Sunday/6 7 p..m., Chamber Orchestra Concert, Salter Concert Hall, Fine Arts Center. (Free and open to the public; no ticket required) Wednesday, 9 8 p.m., 42nd Annual Christmas Festival of Music & Readings, Chapel (Free and open to the public; no ticket required. This monthly calendar is for the purpose of letting you know What’s Happening on the campus of Wabash College. In celebration of the arts at Wabash, admission to all events on this year’s Visiting Artists Series and Theater productions are FREE. However, you must reserve your FREE tickets at the Fine Arts Box Office before attending Visiting Artists Series and Theater productions. Tickets are available from the Fine Arts Box Office Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon and 1:30 to 4 p.m. The Box Office will open 90 minutes before curtain time for theater and VAS events. For phone reservations, call 765-361-6411. If you have any further questions, call Karen Handley at 765-361-6396 or e-mail me at handleyk@wabash.edu Wabash College is a private liberal arts college for men located in Crawfordsville, Indiana and was founded in 1832. Long known as one of the nation's finest liberal arts colleges, Wabash is home to the Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts and also is included in Loren Pope’s book, Colleges That Change Lives. Visit www.wabash.edu for more information. For a more complete description of each event go to the Wabash College Calendar Web site at: www.wabash.edu/calendar
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