SPRING 2009
LECTURES & PRESENTATIONS
Tuesday, February 10, 7:30 pm, Fox Hall
The Lost Gospel of Mary: the Mother of Jesus in Ancient Texts
Frederica Mathewes-Green, Author, columnist and commentator on religion and popular culture
Part of the Center for Spiritual Life Burchenal Lecture Series, co-sponsored by the Colloquy Program of the Center for Spiritual Life.
Thursday, February 12, 7:30 pm, Fox Hall
Text and Context: Sex in the Song of Songs
Dr. Carole Fontaine, Taylor Professor of Biblical Theology and History at Andover Newton Theological School
Part of the Center for Spiritual Life Burchenal Lecture Series.
Tuesday, February 24, 7:30 pm, Fox Hall
21st Century Challenges to National Security
Philip Bobbitt, Herbert Wechsler Professor of Jurisprudence at Columbia Law School and author of Terror and Consent
Part of the Col. Christian L. and Edna M. March International Relations Lecture Series, themed 21st Century Challenges to National Security for Spring 2009.
Wednesday, February 25, 4 pm, Fox Hall
On John Muir's Trail: Nature in an Age of Liberal Principles
Donald Worster, Joyce and Elizabeth Hall Professor of U.S. History at the University of Kansas
Sponsored in part by the Colloquy Program of the Center for Spiritual Life.
Tuesday, March 3, 7:30 pm, Fox Hall
Stopping Genocide and Mass Atrocities in the 21st Century
John Prendergast, African international affairs expert, co-chair of ENOUGH and author of "Not On Our Watch"
Part of the Col. Christian L. and Edna M. March International Relations Lecture Series, themed 21st Century Challenges to National Security for Spring 2009.
Thursday, March 26, 7 pm, Fox Hall
Censorship: A Multi-media Presentation
Tim Riley, NPR critic and rock author
Sponsored by the Eckerd College Organization of Students.
Monday, March 30, 7:30 pm, Fox Hall
Protecting Sacred Lands and Species: Collaborative Conversation with a Spiritual Basis in the Middle East
Gary Paul Nabhan, Research Social Scientist, University of Arizona, and author of Where Our Food Comes From – Retracing Nikolay Vavilov's Quest to End Famine,
Sponsored in part by the Colloquy Program of the Center for Spiritual Life.
Tuesday, April 14, 6 pm, Galbraith Auditorium
Are Two Legs Better than Four? Comparative Biomechanics and the Evolution of Human Walking and Running
David Raichlen, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Arizona.
Sponsored by the Sigma Xi chapter at Eckerd College.
SPRING 2009 THE ARTS
ART EXHIBIT
February 7 to May 1, The Armacost Library
Public Viewing Hours: Mon-Fri , 10 am to 5 pm; Sat-Sun, 12 pm to 5 pm
Native American Images: Paintings from the Tom and Mary James/Raymond James Financial Art Collection
Eckerd College is pleased to host this exhibition of art on loan for the first time from the Tom and Mary James/Raymond James Financial Art Collection. Featuring artists who are Native American and artists who depict Native American images: Tony Abeyta, Roy Andersen, Joe Beeler, Shonto Begay, Earl Biss, Dan Bodelson, Don Crowley, Thomas P. Darro, Darren Vigil Gray, Bruce Greene, Mike Larsen, Z. S. Liang, David Mann, Guy Manning, Buck McCain, Dan Namingha, Stan Natchez, Paul Pletka, Tom Saubert, Gary Schildt, Frank Schively, Ray Swanson, Robert Taylor, Poteet Victory, Veloy Vigil, and David Yorke.
DANCE
Monday, February 9, 7 pm, Bininger Theatre
An Evening with Umdabu South African Dance Company
Umdabu Dance Company, a dance troupe celebrating the Zulu people.
Sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs.
FILM
Friday, March 6, 7 pm, Miller Auditorium
Who Does She Think She Is?
Directed by Pamela Tanner Boll and Nancy Kennedy, in English, 82 min., 2008. Coordinated by Eckerd alumna Grace-Anne Alfiero '05. Sponsored by the International Cinema Series, Visual Arts and the Women's Resource Center.
THEATRE
April 1 to 9
Wednesdays – Saturdays, 8 pm; Sunday, 2 pm
Rain. Some Fish. No Elephants.
Presented by EC Theatre. A play by Y York, directed by Prof. Cindy Totten. $10, public; $5, Eckerd community; $1, Eckerd students w/ID. Pay at the door. Reservations are not required.
MUSIC
Sunday, April 26, 3 pm, Wireman Chapel
Annual Spring Concert
Eckerd College Concert Choir, led by Professor of Music and Director Marion Smith. Featuring Requiem selections by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and John Rutters and English madrigals.
PREVIOUS EVENTS
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. |
