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FEBRUARY 16 - 22, 2009 | Volume 10, Issue 21  |
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Tuesday, February 17 |
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The Department of Economics will host an Econometrics Workshop featuring Hanan G. Jacoby from the World Bank. Mr. Jacoby will discuss his paper on "Watta Satta: Bride Exchange and Women's Welfare in Rural Pakistan." The workshop will take place from 4:15 to 6:00 p.m. in Intercultural Center (ICC) 550. This event is not open to the public. For more information, please contact Marcia Suss at 202-687-6074.
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The Department of Chemistry will host a lecture on "New Anion Receptors and Membrane Transport Agents" featuring Professor Philip Gale from University of Southampton. The event will take place in Reiss Science Building 262 from 4:15 to 5:30 p.m.
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Wednesday, February 18 |
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The Program in Performing Arts and the Black Theatre Ensemble present The Bluest Eye, adapted by Lydia Diamond from the Toni Morrison novel. Directed by Obehi Utubor, SFS '09, the performance will take the audience through the story of eleven-year-old Pecola Breedlove, who wants nothing more than to be loved by her family and schoolmates. Instead, she faces constant ridicule and abuse, blames her dark skin for her tribulations, and prays for blue eyes. The performance will take place in the Walsh Black Box Theatre in Walsh Building (36th & N Street) at 8:00 p.m. Special student, faculty, staff, and senior ticket rates are available. Tickets can be purchased at the box office or by calling 202-687-ARTS(2787).
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The Department of Performing Arts presents Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl. Directed by Derek Goldman, Director of the Theater and Performance Studies Program, this emotionally powerful yet funny play retells the myth of Orpheus from the perspective of his beloved Eurydice. On the day she is to be married, a misstep sends Eurydice plummeting to the surreal depths of the Underworld, where she reunites with her father and struggles to retain memories of her lost love. Premiered in DC under his direction at Georgetown University in 2006, Professor Goldman revisits the play noted as "devastatingly lovely" by The New York Times. With contemporary characters and plot twists, Eurydice offers a timeless love story. Scenic designer Clint Ramos also returns to the production. Eurydice features nominated actress Helen Hayes and Theater and Performance Studies faculty member Susan Lynskey. The performance will take place at Roundhouse Theatre Bethesda (4545 East-West Highway) at 7:30 p.m. Special student and Georgetown University theatre supporter rates are available. Tickets can be purchased at the Roundhouse Theatre box office (student tickets in person) or by calling 240-644-1100. To receive the discount, mention or enter code DEREKG when ordering.
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Thursday, February 19 |
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The Program in Performing Arts and the Black Theatre Ensemble present The Bluest Eye, adapted by Lydia Diamond from the Toni Morrison novel. Directed by Obehi Utubor, SFS '09, the performance will take place in the Walsh Black Box Theatre in Walsh Building (36th & N Street) at 8:00 p.m. Special student, faculty, staff, and senior ticket rates are available. Tickets can be purchased at the box office or by calling 202-687-ARTS(2787).
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The Department of English's Lannan Literary Programs will host a poetry seminar featuring authors Rod Smith and Marjorie Welish. Mr. Smith is the author of Music or Honesty, Poèmes de l'araignée (France), In Memory of My Theories, The Good House, The Boy Poems, Protective Immediacy, and most recently, Deed. He edits Aerial magazine, publishes Edge Books, and manages Bridge Street Books in Washington, DC. Ms. Welish is the author of several books of poetry, including Word Group, Isle of the Signatories, and a limited edition collaboration with James Siena, Oaths? Questions? (Granary Books 2009). Her The Annotated 'Here' and Selected Poems was an Academy of American Poets Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize finalist and a Village Voice Best Book of the year. The seminar will take place in ICC 462 from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. A poetry reading will follow from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. in Copley Hall Formal Lounge. For more information, visit the Lannan Literary Programs website.
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The Department of Spanish and Portuguese will host a lecture on "El Universal Político," featuring Javier Gomá, Director at Fundación Juan March & Winner. The event is co-sponsored by the Embassy of Spain and the Cátedra Príncipe de Asturias at Georgetown University. The lecture, followed by a reception, will take place from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. in McGhee Library (ICC 301). |
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The Department of Chemistry will host a lecture on "Stopping the Clock; Capturing a Dynamically Chiral Potassium Enolate" featuring Professor Paul Carlier from Virginia Tech University. The event will take place in Reiss Science Building 262 from 4:15 to 5:50 p.m. |
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The Department of Physics will host a lecture on "Kalman meets neuron: the intersection of control theory and neuroscience" featuring Professor Steven Schiff from Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Schiff is a Brush Chair Professor of Engineering and Director of the Penn State Center for Neural Engineering. The event will take place in Reiss Science Building 502 at 3:15 p.m. |
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The Department of Performing Arts presents Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl. Directed by Derek Goldman, Director of the Theater and Performance Studies Program, this emotionally powerful yet funny play retells the myth of Orpheus from the perspective of his beloved Eurydice. Eurydice features nominated actress Helen Hayes and Theater and Performance Studies faculty member Susan Lynskey, along with the return of scenic designer Clint Ramos. The performance will take place at Roundhouse Theatre Bethesda (4545 East-West Highway) at 8:00 p.m. Special student and Georgetown University theatre supporter rates are available. Tickets can be purchased at the Roundhouse Theatre box office (student tickets in person) or by calling 240-644-1100. To receive the discount, mention or enter code DEREKG when ordering. |
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Friday, February 20 |
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The Department of Performing Arts presents Friday Music: Italian Pianist Beatrice Botti, as part of a free concert series featuring artists of regional, national, and international acclaim. This week, Beatrice Botti, Professor of Piano at the Sassari Conservatory in Italy, performs a selection of work by Giovanni Carmassi, Gino Contilli and G.F. Malipiero. The concert will take place at 1:15 p.m. in McNeir Auditorium. For more information about Friday Music, please visit the Department of Performing Arts website. |
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The Program in Performing Arts and the Black Theatre Ensemble present The Bluest Eye, adapted by Lydia Diamond from the Toni Morrison novel. Directed by Obehi Utubor, SFS '09, the performance will take place in the Walsh Black Box Theatre in Walsh Building (36th & N Street) at 8:00 p.m. Special student, faculty, staff, and senior ticket rates are available. Tickets can be purchased at the box office or by calling 202-687-ARTS(2787). |
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Georgetown University's Americas Initiatives will host a talk on "Boricua Insurgencies: Puerto Rico, Imperial Science, and the 'American 1898,'" featuring Professor Lázaro Lima from Bryn Mawr College. A reception with food and drinks will follow. The event will take place in New North 311 at 4 p.m.
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The Georgetown University Players presents Improvfest. The night will feature the Georgetown Players Improv Group along with improv troupes from surrounding universities. Improv is completely unscripted and relies on audience suggestion and the quick wit and active minds of the performers. A mix of short and long form improv games will take place throughout the night. The event will take place at Bulldog Alley, Leavey Center at 9:00 p.m. Special student, faculty, staff, and senior ticket rates are available. Tickets can be purchased at the box office or by calling 202-687-ARTS(2787).
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The Department of Philosophy will host a lecture on "Meaningfulness," featuring Professor Susan Wolf from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. The event will take place in New North 204 at 3:15 p.m.
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The Department of Performing Arts presents Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl. Directed by Derek Goldman, Director of the Theater and Performance Studies Program, this emotionally powerful yet funny play retells the myth of Orpheus from the perspective of his beloved Eurydice. Eurydice features nominated actress Helen Hayes and Theater and Performance Studies faculty member Susan Lynskey, along with the return of scenic designer Clint Ramos. The performance will take place at Roundhouse Theatre Bethesda (4545 East-West Highway) at 8:00 p.m. Special student and Georgetown University theatre supporter rates are available. Tickets can be purchased at the Roundhouse Theatre box office (student tickets in person) or by calling 240-644-1100. To receive the discount, mention or enter code DEREKG when ordering.
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Saturday, February 21 |
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The Georgetown Chimes will host the thirty-sixth annual Cherry Tree Massacre, a campus tradition that showcases entertainment from a cappella groups around Georgetown and across the Eastern seaboard. This event will take place in Gaston Hall from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. For tickets or more information, please visit the Chimes' website. |
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The Program in Performing Arts and the Black Theatre Ensemble present The Bluest Eye, adapted by Lydia Diamond from the Toni Morrison novel. Directed by Obehi Utubor, SFS '09, two performances will take place in the Walsh Black Box Theatre in Walsh Building (36th & N Street) at 2:00 and 8:00 p.m. Special student, faculty, staff, and senior ticket rates are available. Tickets can be purchased at the box office or by calling 202-687-ARTS(2787).
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The Georgetown University Players presents Improvfest. The night will feature the Georgetown Players Improv Group along with improv troupes from surrounding universities. Improv is completely unscripted and relies on audience suggestion and the quick wit and active minds of the performers. A mix of short and long form improv games will take place throughout the night. The event will take place at Bulldog Alley, Leavey Center at 9:00 p.m. Special student, faculty, staff, and senior ticket rates are available. Tickets can be purchased at the box office or by calling 202-687-ARTS(2787).
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The Department of Performing Arts presents Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl. Directed by Derek Goldman, Director of the Theater and Performance Studies Program, this emotionally powerful yet funny play retells the myth of Orpheus from the perspective of his beloved Eurydice. Eurydice features nominated actress Helen Hayes and Theater and Performance Studies faculty member Susan Lynskey, along with the return of scenic designer Clint Ramos. The performance will take place at Roundhouse Theatre Bethesda (4545 East-West Highway) both at 3:00 and 8:00 p.m. Special student and Georgetown University theatre supporter rates are available. Tickets can be purchased at the Roundhouse Theatre box office (student tickets in person) or by calling 240-644-1100. To receive the discount, mention or enter code DEREKG when ordering.
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The Department of Art and Art History will exhibit drawings from students enrolled in the Fall 2008 courses Drawing I-A Visual Language, and Drawing II-The Figure. Please note that the works will be distributed between two locations. Some will be on display in the Napolitano Exhibit Site of the Gelardin New Media Center in Lauinger Library and the remainder will be on display in the College Dean's Gallery in ICC 303, accessible through the lobby of the Dean's office. The galleries are free and open to the campus community during the operation hours of their host locations. |
| January 7 - February 20, 2009 | |
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The Department of Art and Art History presents Repetition and Difference, a practise-based action research project designed by the MAKE Research Cluster to explore the way in which practitioners construct methodologies for approaching the making of objects. Using the act of making as a means of thinking through an object, participants responded to four pre-determined drawings depicting forms generated by Terry Perk and Gary Clough. The results of this process form the exhibition and catalogue for this show, which has traveled from the University of Kent in the UK in the fall of 2008 to Georgetown University in January 2009. The MAKE Research Cluster was formed at the University for the Creative Arts, UK, in 2007 to study the role played by analogue and digital models in the development and presentation of ideas in different creative fields. The works will be on display in Gallery 101 (1221 36th Street, NW), which is accessible through the lobby of the Walsh Building. The gallery is free and open to the public from 12:00 noon to 6:00 p.m., Tuesday through Thursday, and 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m., Friday and Saturday. The gallery will close on January 20. For more information, please call Evan Reed at 202-687-6467. |
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The Department of Art and Art History presents Ignatius Seminar, An Artist's Perspective: The Creative Process. Three dimensional relief sculptures and bound photographic journals from the course will be on display. The course consisted of three parts. The first part was an introduction to the basics of two-dimensional graphic organization. Two black and white paintings were made after discussing some of the conventions used by artists and designers. These were followed by photographic assignments that observe the concepts introduced in class. The second part of the course explored three-dimensional design in the form of a box sculpture. Each of these boxes is an assemblage of two and three-dimensional elements. Their diverse subjects are individual personal expressions. The project format was inspired by the work of the American artist Joseph Cornell (1903-1972). The third part of the course is photographic journal, where each student recorded and commented on her or his creative journey. Each journal contains a personal biography, a photo of the author and a discussion and illumination of some of the works represented. The display will be on view in the Richard and Lucille Spagnuolo Gallery in Walsh 102. |
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