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Calendar of Events at Colorado
College: February 2006
For more information
on a specific event, news media may call Jane Turnis, (719) 389-6138. The
public should call the college’s Events and Entertainment Line, (719) 389-6606,
or (719) 389-6607 for directions. The News & Events webpage,
www.ColoradoCollege.edu/news_events/, features updates and links to event
news releases. To receive a free email version of this monthly calendar, go to
www.ColoradoCollege.edu/news_events/calendar/newsletter.asp?act=join .
Wednesday, February 1, 2006
Lecture: Demetria Martinez: "Rebirth Day: A Writer's Journey" — Martinez,
an award-winning author and activist who will read from her new book of essays,
"Confessions of a Berlitz Tape Chicana," presents a Woman's Educational Society
and Aficionados Luncheon and Lecture. Martinez will discuss her essay "Birth
Day," which looks at her journey with bipolar disorder and examines issues of
manic depression and creativity, diagnosis and health care access, and the need
for communities to embrace the mentally ill. Her new book will be available for
sale and signing after the luncheon. Call (719) 389-6649 for reservations by
Monday, Jan. 30. Sponsored by the Woman's Educational Society and the
Hulbert Center for
Southwestern Studies.
Noon, Gaylord Hall, main floor of Worner Campus Center, 902 N. Cascade Ave.,
$12
Thursday, February 2,
2006
Reading:
Visiting Writers Series: Demetria Martinez — Novelist, poet and activitist
Demetria Martinez, whose most recent book is "Confessions of a Berlitz Tape
Chicana," reads from her works. Her other books include "The Devil's Workshop"
and "Mother Tongue." Sponsored by the Visiting Writers Series, made possible by
CC alumnus John Ebey.
7 p.m., McHugh Commons, above the Herb 'n' Farm Café in the Western Ridge
Housing Complex, 1090 N. Cascade Ave., free
Thursday, February 2,
2006
Lecture: "Science Under Attack, from the White House to the Classroom" —
Lawrence M. Krauss, theoretical physicist and author, presents a lecture,
"Science Under Attack, from the White House to the Classroom: Public Policy,
Science Education, and the Emperor's New Clothes." Krauss is a professor of
physics, professor of astronomy, and director of the Center for Education and
Research in Cosmology and Astrophysics at Case Western Reserve University. He
authored seven popular books including the international bestseller "The Physics
of Star Trek" and the award-winning "Atom." Krauss is also a regular essayist
for newspapers such as the New York Times, and appears regularly on television.
He is the only physicist to have been awarded the highest awards of the American
Physical Society, the American Association of Physics Teachers, and the American
Institute of Physics. He has led the effort by scientists to defend the teaching
of science in public schools. His essay in the New York Times on "Evolution and
Intelligent Design" in May 2005 helped spur recent controversy. Krauss argues
that scientists and those interested in science need to become vocal evangelists
for science on many fronts. Sponsored by the Harold D. and Rhoda N. Roberts
Lecture Fund in Natural Sciences.
7:30 p.m., Packard Hall, SW corner of Cascade Ave. and Cache La Poudre St.,
free
Thursday, February 2,
2006
Lecture: "Making Great Decisions in Business & Life" — Dr. David R.
Henderson, associate professor of economics at the Naval Postgraduate School in
Monterey, Calif., and a Research Fellow with the Hoover Institute at Stanford,
will discuss his new book, "Making Great Decisions in Business and in Life,"
which he co-authored with Charles L. Hooper. From 1982-84
Henderson was the
senior economist for energy and health policy with President Ronald Reagan's
Council of Economic Advisors. He also has published articles in Red Herring,
The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Barron's, Fortune, Public Interest,
National Review, and Reason. Said critic Dan Seligman, "The authors come down
hard, and properly, on people who confuse their economic interests with their
moral and ethical positions." Sponsored by the economics and business
department, and supported by the Schlessman Fund.
7:30 p.m., Gaylord Hall, main floor of
Worner Campus Center, free
Sunday, February 5, 2006
Concert: Quattro Mani Concert — Quattro Mani, the piano duet of Susan
Grace and Alice Rybak, present a preview concert of their upcoming Carnegie Hall
performance, which is scheduled for Feb. 22. This concert is part of
Cornerstone Arts Week events, and will include world premieres of works by Jed
Distler, Paul Lansky, John Novacek, George Crumb and William Bland, and a
performance of Stephen Jaffe's "Cut-Time Shout." Sponsored by the music
department.
3 p.m., Packard
Hall, 5 W. Cache La Poudre St., free
Wednesday, February 8, 2006
Lecture: Breakfast Talk on "I'd Rather You Think I'm Stupid Than Immoral"
— Emily Chan, assistant professor of psychology, will offer this
thought-provoking breakfast talk. As a social psychologist, Chan is interested
in how people form impressions of others. Her research shows that generally
people are more sensitive to information about others’ social-moral
characteristics (characteristics that guide what is or is not acceptable in
interpersonal relationships, e.g., honesty, loyalty) than competence
characteristics (characteristics relevant to task accomplishment and personal
attainment, e.g., competence, intelligence, being knowledgeable) when we form
impressions. Chan shares the significance of findings from her research
including some of the preliminary findings from a current project she is
conducting with honors research student Kate Schwartz ’06. RSVP to Jill Kluge at
389-6603 by Friday, February 3. Sponsored by the Colorado COllege Business &
Community Alliance.
7:30 a.m., Bemis Hall,
920 N. Cascade Ave. (west of Cutler
Hall), $15
Thursday, February 9,
2006
Lecture: Louis Menand: "What is the Legacy of Modernism?" — Pulitzer
Prize-winning author Louis Menand is this year's Cornerstone Arts Week keynote
speaker. His book, "The Metaphysical Club," won the Pulitzer Prize for history;
the Francis Parkman Prize from the Society of American Historians; the Heartland
Prize for Nonfiction from the Chicago Tribune; and was named one of the nine
best books of 2001 by the editors of the New York Times Book Review. He also is
the author of "American Studies" and "Discovering Modernism: T. S. Eliot and
His Context." Menand is the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of English and
American Literature and Language at Harvard University. He was associate editor
of The New Republic from 1986-1987 and contributing editor of The New York
Review of Books from 1994–2001. He has been a contributor to The New Yorker
since 1991; since 2001, he has been a staff writer there, and has been a
National Magazine Award Finalist four times. Sponsored by the drama and dance,
art, history, sociology, music and comparative literature departments, and the
NEH Professorship.
7:30 p.m., Armstrong Theatre,
14 E. Cache La Poudre St., free
Friday, February 10, 2006
Theater: Buntport Experiment: "A Rumination on Twain's 'Mysterious
Stranger' " — Award-winning comic theater troupe Buntport Theater of Denver,
comprised of CC alumni, will create this production from scratch with a dozen CC
drama students. In the Buntport Experiment, the students will live and breathe
Buntport's inventive and eclectic creative approach in a 24/7 theater laboratory
for 3 1/2 weeks, then present the results in this show. Part of the Cornerstone
Arts Initiative. Sponsored by the drama/dance department.
8 p.m., Armstrong Hall Room 32, $5, $2 with a CC ID; available at
Worner Campus Center
Information Desk, 902 N. Cascade Ave.
Saturday, February 11, 2006
Theater: Buntport Experiment: "A Rumination on Twain's 'Mysterious
Stranger' " — Award-winning comic theater troupe Buntport Theater of Denver,
comprised of CC alumni, will create this production from scratch with a dozen CC
drama students. In the Buntport Experiment, the students will live and breathe
Buntport's inventive and eclectic creative approach in a 24/7 theater laboratory
for 3 1/2 weeks, then present the results in this show. Part of the Cornerstone
Arts Initiative. Sponsored by the drama/dance department.
8 p.m., Armstrong
Hall Room 32, $5, $2 with a CC ID; available at Worner Campus Center
Information Desk, 902 N. Cascade Ave.
Sunday, February 12, 2006
Theater: Buntport Experiment: "A Rumination on Twain's 'Mysterious
Stranger' " — Award-winning comic theater troupe Buntport Theater of Denver,
comprised of CC alumni, will create this production from scratch with a dozen CC
drama students. In the Buntport Experiment, the students will live and breathe
Buntport's inventive and eclectic creative approach in a 24/7 theater laboratory
for 3 1/2 weeks, then present the results in this show. Part of the Cornerstone
Arts Initiative. Sponsored by the drama/dance department.
8 p.m., Armstrong
Hall Room 32, $5, $2 with a CC ID; available at Worner Campus Center
Information Desk, 902 N. Cascade Ave.
Tuesday, February 14,
2006
Class: Clarinet Master Class — Clarinetist Ani Berberian, international
soloist and chamber musician, offers this class. Berberian performs with the
renowned United States Air Force Academy Band and the Rampart Winds Woodwind
Quintet, a premiere, nationally touring chamber group. Sponsored by the CC music
department.
4 p.m., Packard Hall,
5 W. Cache La Poudre St., free
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Exhibit: Material Witness at Colorado College (through April 15) — This
exhibit, running Feb. 21-April 15, highlights the Fiber Arts Program at Colorado
State University, and includes weaving, tapestry, and mixed-media fiber works.
The exhibit will feature undergraduate- and graduate-level work from one of the
top fiber-art programs in the nation. Coburn Gallery will close for spring break
March 16-27. Gallery hours are Tuesdays-Saturdays, 12:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
Sponsored by the Arts & Crafts Program and the Stillman Fund for Exhibits.
12:30 p.m., Coburn Gallery, main floor of Worner Campus Center 902 N. Cascade
Ave. , free
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Reception: Material Witness Gallery Talk and Reception — Gallery talk
with many of the artists featured in the exhibit Material Witness at Colorado
College. The exhibit, running Feb. 21-April 15, highlights the Fiber Arts
Program at Colorado State University, and includes weaving, tapestry, and
mixed-media fiber works. The exhibit will feature undergraduate- and
graduate-level work from one of the top fiber-art programs in the nation. The
talk will be followed by a reception until 7:30 p.m. Coburn Gallery will close
for spring break March 16-27. Gallery hours are Tuesdays-Saturdays, 12:30
p.m.-7:30 p.m. Sponsored by the Arts & Crafts Program and the Stillman Fund for
Exhibits.
4:30 p.m., Coburn Gallery, main floor of Worner Campus Center 902 N. Cascade
Ave. , free
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Reading:
*CANCELED* Visiting Writers Series: Jay Parini — Poet, novelist, essayist,
editor, teacher and biographer Parini is the author of "One Matchless Time: A
Life of William Falukner" and the best-selling "Robert Frost: A Life." Sponsored
by the Visiting Writers Series, made possible by the support of alumnus John
Ebey.
7 p.m., McHugh Commons, above the Herb 'n' Farm Café in the Western Ridge
Housing Complex, 1090 N. Cascade Ave., free
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Lecture: Nobel Laureate Clive Granger — Granger, who was awarded the
Nobel Prize in economics in 2003, introduced and helped develop concepts
including cointeraction, causality testing and the combination of forecasts.
Sponsored by the W.P. Carey Nobel Laureate in Economics Series.
7:30 p.m., Gates Common Room, third floor of Palmer Hall, 1025 N. Cascade
Ave. (east of Tutt Library), free
Friday, February 24, 2006
Performance: Sondheim's "Company" and Curtain-Raiser Musical Revue —
Voice students of Ann Brink and Victoria Hansen present a staged and costumed
performance of Stephen Sondheim's "Company" along with a Curtain-Raiser Musical
Revue. Sponsored by the music department.
7:30 p.m., Packard Hall,
5 W. Cache La Poudre St., free
Saturday, February 25, 2006
Performance: Sondheim's "Company" and Curtain-Raiser Musical Revue —
Voice students of Ann Brink and Victoria Hansen present a staged and costumed
performance of Stephen Sondheim's "Company" along with a Curtain-Raiser Musical
Revue. Sponsored by the music department.
3 p.m., Packard Hall,
5 W. Cache La Poudre St., free
For help finding locations of these events see the campus map at
www.ColoradoCollege.edu/welcome/campus_map or call (719) 389-6607.
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