FALL 2008
LECTURES & PRESENTATIONS
Thursday, September 11, 7:30 pm, Fox Hall
Global Values versus Cultural Relativism
Dr. Kwame Anthony Appiah, Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Philosophy and the University Center for Human Values, Princeton University.
Part of the Col. Christian L. and Edna M. March International Relations Lecture Series, themed "21st Century Challenges to National Identity and Security" for 2008-09.
Thursday, September 25, 7:30 pm, Wireman Chapel
Jesus and Judaism
Dr. Amy Jill Levine, E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of New Testament Studies, Vanderbilt Divinity School.
Part of the Fall 2008 Center for Spiritual Life Burchenal Lecture Series.
Thursday, October 2, 7:30 pm, Fox Hall
A Response to Kwame Appiah's Cosmopolitan Ethics from Across the Disciplines
Prof. William Felice (Political Science), Prof. Nathan Andersen (Philosophy), Prof. Emerita Victoria Baker (Anthropology), Prof. Anne Cox (Physics), Josh Matthews-Morgan '09 (International Relations/Global Affairs), Deborah Sadler '09 (Anthropology), Lee Taylor '09 (Women's and Gender Studies/American Studies).
Part of the Col. Christian L. and Edna M. March International Relations Lecture Series, themed "21st Century Challenges to National Identity and Security" for 2008-09.
Tuesday, October 7, 7:30 pm, Wireman Chapel
Space for Grace
The Rev. Dr. James Forbes, President of Healing of the Nations Foundations and Senior Minister Emeritus of The Riverside Church.
Part of the Fall 2008 Center for Spiritual Life Burchenal Lecture Series.
Wednesday, October 8, 7 pm, Fox Hall
War Child: A Story of Survival
Emmanuel Jal, Sudanese hip-hop artist and former child solider.
Sponsored by the Eckerd College Organization of Students, Palmetto Productions, Afro-American Society, and Office of Multicultural Affairs.
Tuesday, October 14, 7:30 pm, Fox Hall
Does Wal-Mart Have a Soul?
Charles Fishman, investigative journalist and author of The Wal-Mart Effect.
Sponsored by the Eckerd College Organization of Students.
Wednesday, October 22, 7:30 pm, Miller Auditorium
U.S. Foreign Policy and al-Qaeda
Amb. Jamsheed Marker, Diplomat-in-Residence at Eckerd College and former
Ambassador of Pakistan to the United Nations and ten different countries, including the U.S. Amb. Marker is the 2008-09 Peter Rudy Wallace Public Service Lecturer.
Part of the Col. Christian L. and Edna M. March International Relations Lecture Series, themed "21st Century Challenges to National Identity and Security" for 2008-09.
Wednesday, November 12, 7:30 pm, Fox Hall
An Evening with Poet Laureate Billy Collins
Billy Collins, United States Poet Laureate from 2001 to 2003.
A 50th Anniversary Celebratory Event sponsored by the St. Petersburg Times Fund, Inc.
Thursday, November 13, 7:30 pm, Fox Hall
The Future of Life
Dr. Edward O. Wilson, Pellegrino University Research Professor Emeritus, Harvard University.
A 50th Anniversary Celebratory Event.
FALL 2008 ART, THEATRE & MUSIC
ART
September 7 to 19
Work Outside: Art by Eckerd Staff and Faculty
Elliott Gallery – Hours: Mon-Fri, 10:30 am to 4:30 pm
Opening Reception: Sun, Sept. 7, 3-5 pm
Gallery Talk: Wed, Sept. 17, 3 pm
September 7 to October 17
Kent Bicentennial Portfolio: Spirit of Independence
On loan from the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg
The Armacost Library
Public viewing hours: Mon-Fri, 10 am to 5 pm; Sat-Sun, 12 pm to 5 pm
September 21 to October 10
Good Folks and Fine Figures: An expression of our connection
Elliott Gallery – Hours: Mon-Fri, 10:30 am to 4:30 pm
Opening Reception: Sunday, Sept. 21, 3-5 pm
Gallery Talk: Wednesday, Oct. 8, 3 pm
November 3 to December 12
50th Anniversary Visual Arts Alumni Exhibition
Elliott Gallery, Armacost Library and Lewis House at Eckerd College
Gallery Talk: Friday, Nov. 14, 3 pm, Armacost Library
Elliott Gallery – Hours: Mon-Fri, 10:30 am to 4:30 pm
Library's public viewing hours – Mon-Fri, 10 am to 5 pm; Sat-Sun, 12 pm to 5 pm
THEATRE
November 6-16
Thursday – Saturday, 8 pm; Sunday, 2 pm
Reckless
(50th Anniversary Celebratory Event: Friday, Nov. 14 at 7 pm)
Bininger Theatre
Pay at the door; reservations are not required. $10, public; $5, Eckerd community; $1, Eckerd students w/ID.
MUSIC
Sunday, November 16, Wireman Chapel
50th Anniversary Eckerd College Musical Celebration: An Afternoon of Mozart
Two performances: 2 pm and 4:30 pm
Prof. Marion Smith leads the Eckerd Concert Choir and professional opera singers and alumni, Antonia Brown'78, Anna Tonna'88, Chris Pedro Trakas'78, Gregory Roman, and Lothar Bergeest in selections from Mozart’s Così fan tutte and Requiem in D minor. Free, general seating. Tickets will be required.
Sunday, December 7, 5:30 pm
Christmas is Forever Cantata
First United Methodist Church (212 Third Street North, St. Petersburg)
Prof. Marion Smith leads the Eckerd College Concert Choir, Eckerd Ringers, FUMC Chancel Choir, Fellowship Ringers, and New German Symphony Orchestra in a musical celebration of Christmas.
Free, general seating. No tickets required.
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