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Weekly Update
April 17, 2009
1 French, Italian and Classics Department presents the French Film Festival, Youth and WWII, on April 17 and 18 2 Salah Hassan will give a multimedia presentation, “Rashid and Rosetta,” on April 18 at the Creole Gallery 3 East Lansing Film Society will show "Song Sung Blue" and "Fagbug" April 17, 18, 19 4 Fortunate Wilderness: The Wolf and Moose Study of Isle Royale documentary film will be shown April 18 5 Hunter Park GardenHouse “Green Guidance” from Matt Wrzesinski on April 18 6 Theatre Department presents The Who’s Tommy through April 19 7 MSU Museum exhibits, including new exhibit, Michigan Eats: Regional Culture through Food 8 Upcoming College of Music events, including pianist Russell Sherman recital at on April 23 9 Ten Pound Fiddle: upcoming concerts and dances 10 “Diversity Day 2009 A Celebration for All of Us” takes place April 18 at Eastern High School 11 Upcoming events at Impression 5 Museum 12 Earth Day Celebration on April 19 at the Fenner Nature Center 13 Kresge Art Museum exhibits and “Beyond Beauty” opening reception on April 19 14 Exhibition through April 24 in the LookOut! Gallery: "Mopti à la Mode: Portrait Photography by Tijani Sitou with a selection of photographs by Malick Sitou 15 Artist Edgar Heap of Birds events in April 16 "Discovering Creativity" event on April 20 17 The Distinguished Speakers in Cognitive Science Lecture Series presents Marvin Chun on "Functional Neuroimaging Reveals the Constructive Nature of Scene and Object Representation” on April 20 18 The Department of Philosophy presents John J. McDermott on “A Lost Horizon: The Perils and Possibilities of the Ordinary” on April 21 19 Center for Poetry “Poetry in the Spring” series presents Stephen Haven on April 21 20 Earth Day film, Burning the Future: Coal in America, on April 22 at the Foster Community Center 21 Visiting International Professional Program presents Omero S. Iung, MD on April 23 22 Global Studies in the Arts and Humanities Program presents Werner Sollors on “Multilingual Literature and the Globalization of American Studies” on April 23 at the MSU Union 23 The University Libraries Colloquia Series presents the film version of Shakespeare’s As You Like It on April 23 24 Chinese film series presents Chungking Express on April 23 25 The Center for Poetry Undergraduate Student Reading Series continues on April 23
26 Urbandale Forum on April 23 at the Foster Community Center 27 East Lansing Film Society will show Oscar Nominated Short Films 2009 April 22 and 24, 25, 26 28 Coalition of Indian Undergraduate Students presents Satrang 2009 on April 24 29 Acoustical performances at Stage 1210 in Old Town, Greg Klyma on April 25 30 The Lansing Symphony Orchestra presents Chamber Concert 4 on April 26 31 MSU students invited to meet Mike Flanagan, State Superintendent of Schools, at Starbucks on April 27 32 Art and Art History Guest Lecture Series presents Lecia Dole-Recio on April 27 33 Two one act plays, “Far Away” and “This is a Chair” will show on April 28- and May 1- 34 Department of Art & Art History Lecture: Louise Siddons on “Why Did She Do That? Using X-Radiation of a Painted Photograph to Illuminate Bertha Lum’s Working Process in ‘Lung Fu Sou, Chinese Curio Market’” on April 29 35 Metropolitan Opera live HD performance transmission of La Cenerentola on May 9 36 Michigan Notable Books Tour and Cooley Law School present Don Faber, author of The Toledo War: The First Michigan-Ohio Rivalry, on May 13
37 Creative Kids: Love Your Mom card making event at the Kresge Art Museum on May 2 38 COOL U -- One-Day University in the Arts & Humanities on May 15 39 MSU Museum announces 2009 Great Lakes Folk Festival Performers 40 German Outreach Programs at MSU presents monthly German culture events for children 41 Third Annual Asian Pacific American Studies Conference at the Kellogg Center April 17- 42 “Religion in Modernity: The “Secularization Thesis” Reconsidered” conference at the Kellogg Center, April 17- 43 2009 Michigan Giving & Volunteering Celebration on April 22 44 Latin American & Caribbean Studies Undergraduate Research Conference, April 22- 45 Registration open for Workshop for Teachers of Chinese on April 25 46 Creative Teens: Comic Art Workshop, April 25 at the Kresge Art Museum 47 Old Town Commercial Association will host “Chalk of the Town” on May 30th 48 Capital Area Community Services Head Start program Miles for Smiles 5K Walk on April 18 49 Race for the Cure on April 26 with the Allen Neighborhood Center 50 Imagining America Conference Call for Proposal deadline April 24 51 Lansing Master Plan Workshop coordinator training on April 30 52 East Lansing artist registry deadline is April 30 53 Center for Language Education and Research Summer Workshops early registration due May 8 54 Office of Campus Sustainability Call for Proposals 55 Upcoming external funding deadlines:
Resistance. His teacher immediately rejects him, ultimately changing Lucien’s role in the war.
2 Salah Hassan will give a multimedia presentation, “Rashid and Rosetta,” on Saturday, April 18 from 2:00-3:30 p.m. at the Creole Gallery, 1218 Turner St., Lansing. Professor Hassan, Department of English, MSU, will examine the persistent hold of classical Egypt on the western imagination. The mystery of the Great Pyramid of Cheops, hieroglyphs, and the Sphinx continue to fascinate and Egyptology and Egyptomania still produce fantasies of exploration and adventure. Hassan, a 2008-09 Public Humanities Fellow, will discuss the history of the Rosetta Stone, the famous Egyptian archeological artifact that played a central role in cracking the code of the hieroglyphs and will provide an overview and examples from a collective internet art project inspired by the history of the Rosetta Stone. Co-sponsored by the College of Arts & Letters and Office of University Outreach and Engagement. Directions to the Creole Gallery can be found at: http://www.lansing.com/creolegallery/directions.html For further information, please call the Public Humanities Collaborative at 517/432- or go to: http://phc.msu.edu/uploads/hassan.pdf
3 The East Lansing Film Society will show two of the favorite EL film festival documentaries," "Song Sung Blue" and "Fagbug," on April 17, 18, 19 at Wells Hall, MSU.
- Song Sung Blue (directed by Greg Kohs, 87 minutes) tells the inspiring and tragic love story of Lightning and Thunder (Mike and Claire Sardina) a homegrown Milwaukee husband and wife singing duo who pay tribute to the music of Neil Diamond.
- Fagbug (directed by Erin Davies, 83 minutes): Due to a rainbow sticker on Erin's VW Beetle someone scrawled the words "fag" and "u r gay" across her car. Despite the initial shock and embarrassment, Erin faced down the hate crime by filming a documentary about her 58 day tour around the U.S. and Canada in her defaced beetle - known worldwide as the "fagbug." "Song Sung Blue" shows at 7:00 p.m. and "Fagbug" at 9:15 p.m., Wells Hall. For further information, please visit www.elff.com or call 517-336-
4 The documentary film, Fortunate Wilderness: The Wolf and Moose Study of Isle Royale, will be shown April 18 at 7:30 p.m. in 147 Communication Arts Building. Anchored in the northwest depths of Lake Superior, Isle Royale is one of America’s last remaining wild places. Fifty-six miles of inhospitable waters isolate the island from the Michigan mainland. Explore this wilderness island with wolf biologists Rolf Peterson and John Vucetich, as they attempt to make sense of the delicate balance between wolf, moose and climate. Scientists have been studying the interactions and interdependence of wolves and moose at Michigan's Isle Royale National Park for half a century. It is the longest continuous predator-prey study ever conducted. For further information, please go to: http://www.fortunatewilderness.com/screenings.html
5 The Hunter Park GardenHouse will feature “Green Guidance” from Matt Wrzesinski on April 18 from 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Matt, a horticultural specialist, will answer any gardening related questions and provide growing tips. Ask Matt about resources for starting your first garden. The GardenHouse, located in the 1400 block of E. Kalamazoo St, is open Monday through Friday, from 3:30 - 6:30 p.m., and on Saturday and Sunday, from 1:30 - 6:30 p.m. Call Maggie Kantola at 999-3922 for further information.
6 The Theatre Department will present The Who’s Tommy, by Pete Townshend and Des McAnuff, directed by Rob Roznowski, through April 19 in the Concert Auditorium, Auditorium Building, MSU. Young Tommy witnesses a terrible murder which leaves him traumatized. When Tommy is discovered to have amazing talents at the pinball arcade he becomes an instant celebrity. The Who’s Tommy contains great classic rock songs, including “Pinball Wizard,” “I’m Free” and “Acid Queen.” Working with Telecommunications to update the pinball game for a Wii generation promises a Tommy unlike any you have ever seen. Tickets are available from the Wharton Center Box Office, 1.800.WHARTON, whartoncenter.com. For further information, please go to: http://www.theatre.msu.edu/Productions/Shows/Sp2009-Tommy// Performance Schedule: Friday, April 17, 8:00 p.m. Saturday, April 18, 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Sunday, April 19, 2:00 p.m. *Director pre-show talk Sunday April 19th @ 1:15 p.m. **Talk Back on Thursday April 16th. (Following the performance)
7 MSU Museum exhibits and special programming:
- A new special exhibition, "Michigan Eats: Regional Culture Through Food," will run through October 18 in the Heritage Gallery of the MSU Museum. The exhibition centers on distinctive Michigan specialties that tell the story of how "Michigan Eats." It examines early Michigan cookbooks and a variety of food-centered celebrations -- from fish fries to cherry and berry festivals. Drawing on the MSU Museum's extensive history and cultural collections, it helps illustrate foodways and regional riches -- like cabbage slicers for sauerkraut, sap buckets for maple syrup, apple picking sacks, Native American wild rice winnowing baskets, and early Kellogg's cereal packaging. For information on upcoming programs and activities, please go to: http://museum.msu.edu/Exhibitions/Upcoming/Michigan_Eats.html
- "Threads of Change: The Transformation of West African Textiles" in the Main Gallery through August 20, 2009. From the Kente cloth of Ghana and mud cloth of Mali, to the indigo Adire cloth of Nigeria and printed cottons of Guinea tradition and innovation are evident. New technologies and materials, exposure to new design sources, changes in religious and cultural traditions, the ingenuity of individual artists, and commercial global market forces have all influenced the design, color, meaning, and function of West African textiles. This new exhibition includes examples of cloths that illustrate some of these changes. Project partners include the African Studies Center, Center for Advanced Study of International Development, MSU Museum, Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives, and the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities. Additional programs include:
- Beaumont Brass and Honors Brass Quintet Concert on April 26 at 8:00 p.m. at the MSU Community Music School, 841-B Timberlane Street, East Lansing.
- Collegiate Choir and Chamber Choir on April 28 at 7:30 p.m. in the Martin Luther Chapel, 444 Abbott Rd., East Lansing.
- Wind Symphony and Concert Band on April 28 at 7:30 p.m. at the Fairchild Theatre, Auditorium Rd., MSU. Program includes: Weill - Three Penny Opera Music; Gillingham - Waking Angels; Rossini - Scherzo Band; Young - Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble; Arnold - Three Shanties; Moncayo – Huapango.
- Campus Bands on April 29 at 7:30 p.m. in the Auditorium, Auditorium Rd., MSU.
- Concert Orchestra on April 30 at 7:30 p.m. at the Fairchild Theatre, Auditorium Rd., MSU Program includes: Tchaikovsky - Mazurka from Swan Lake; Borodin - Symphony No. 2, Movement I; Grieg - Suite from the Incidental Music to Ibsen's play Peer Gynt; Wagner - Grand March from Tannhauser.
- Distinguished Faculty-Artist Series: Suren Bagratuni, cello, on April 30 at 8: p.m. in the Auditorium, Music Building, MSU. For further information on tickets, student recitals and other upcoming events, please go to: http://www.music.msu.edu/events/index.php?events
9 Upcoming Ten Pound Fiddle concerts and events:
- April 17 at 8:00 p.m.: Nobody's Darlin', an all female string band that plays old timey, bluegrass and gospel. Their influences include The Carter Family, Doc Watson, Johnny Cash, Ernest Tubb, Split Lip Rayfield, Dolly Parton, Jimmie Rogers, O Brother Where Art Thou?, The Meat Purveyors, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and The Bad Livers. Unitarian Universalist Church, 855 Grove Street, East Lansing.
- April 24 at 8:00 p.m.: Singing Night with Pat Madden – a community oriented event for those who like to sing. Lyric sheets will be provided. Unitarian Universalist Church, 855 Grove Street, East Lansing.
- May 1 at 8:00 p.m.: Steppin' In It and Rachael Davis. Davis is a contemporary songwriter but also sings traditional ballads, Cole Porter, and Joe Henry; her influences range from the jazz stylings of Ella Fitzgerald to the soulful pop vocals of Patty Griffin. Steppin' In It is a Lansing based quartet led by composer/guitarist Joshua Davis; they play traditional roots music and old-time country swing and blues with plaintive vocals and sweet harmonies. To confirm times and places and ticket information, please call 337-7744 or visit: www.tenpoundfiddle.org
10 “Diversity Day 2009 A Celebration for All of Us” will take place April 18 at Eastern High School from 12:00 – 4:00 p.m. in the Don Johnson Fieldhouse, Eastern High School, 220 N. Pennsylvania Avenue, Lansing. This family event celebrates Lansing’s diversity with food samples, music, dancing, exhibits, fun crafts, and displays. According to Lansing’s Refugee Development Center as many as 500 new arrivals from around the world resettle in Lansing, making the community among the top 10 cities in the nation for global refugee resettlement. Mid-Michigan regionally gains 13, international immigrants, representing 20 ethnicities each year. The Lansing School
District has students from 64 different countries around the world, and 45 languages are spoken by Lansing students and their families. For further information, please go to: http://www.DiverseLansing.org
11 Upcoming events at Impression 5 Museum
- “Adopt A River” on April 18. This clean up event kicks off at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 18. Supplies and maps can be picked up at Impression 5 Science Center on Friday, April 17 from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., or between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 18. Following a free picnic lunch for Adopt a River volunteers at 11: a.m., recreational activities and educational stations will be set up along the river banks. Take part in demonstrations, activities, and workshops all focused on the Grand River watershed area. This year, the Lansing Board of Water & Light will be distributing trees during Adopt A River.
- Recycle Super Saturday on May 2. Make reusing and recycling scientific and fun by creating your own paper, making “trash it” art, and being a garbage can investigator.
- Scientific Sunday on May 3. The question is “What can be recycled?” Investigate the answer to this question by completing a garbage can investigation.
12 An Earth Day Celebration will be held Noon-4:00 p.m. on April 19 at the Fenner Nature Center, 2020 E. Mt. Hope Avenue (southeast corner of Mt. Hope and Aurelius). Planned events include: garlic mustard workshop (12:30 p.m.) and pulling, guided birding and nature walks throughout the day, visits with live Michigan reptiles and amphibians, and two showings of the PBS video On a Wing and a Prayer (1:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.). All events are free. For more information call 517-483-4224 OR go to: fofnc.org.
13 Kresge Art Museum new and continuing exhibits
- Department of Art and Art History Undergraduate Exhibition 2009, through April
- This annual collaboration between the Department of Art & Art History and Kresge Art Museum features works of art by undergraduate students in ceramics, drawing, graphic design, painting, photography, sculpture, and printmaking courses. The Student Book Store is the exhibition and awards sponsor.
- Beyond Beauty: A Contemporary Approach to Aesthetics, in the Perspectives Gallery, April 18 to April 30. Department of Art & Art History students in assistant professor Candace Keller’s art history course, Rethinking Aesthetics in Art and Everyday Life, explore differing perspectives of aesthetics. Moving beyond the traditional concentration on beauty, the show uses works of art to consider diverse as well as controversial ideas. With assistance from KAM staff, the students assembled and curated the exhibition using examples from the collection. OPENING RECEPTION: Sunday, April 19, 2009, 4:00-6:00 p.m. UPCOMING EXHIBITS:
- Michigan Masters Invitational, May 2 to July 31. An expansive exhibition featuring 30 well-known Michigan artists. Curator April Kingsley surveyed the wealth of artistic expression across the state to assemble this ambitious summer show. Art on view in the museum as well as sculptures on MSU’s campus are part of the show.
- Visualizing Architecture: Real and Imagined Spaces
- Lev Raphael who is considered one of America's earliest "Second Generation" writers, publishing fiction that explores the impact of the Holocaust on the children of survivors from the late 1970s onward.
- d'Ann de Simone, Professor of Painting in the Art and Art History Department at MSU, whose work reflects on the sources of her creativity including bodies of water and beaches in Rhode Island and the Great Lakes region.
- Diane Wakoski, MSU Distinguished Professor of English, who has published more than forty collections of poetry and is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships. “Discovering Creativity” will take place from 3:00-4:50 p.m. on April 20 in 101 Biochemistry Building. Sponsored by the Center for Integrative Studies in the Arts and Humanities; free and open to the public.
17 The Distinguished Speakers in Cognitive Science Lecture Series presents Marvin Chun, Yale University, on "Functional Neuroimaging Reveals the Constructive Nature of Scene and Object Representation” this April 20 in Room 116 of the Natural Science building, MSU. The lecture will begin at 5:30 pm and is free and open to the general public. Professor Chun will discuss how people learn to anticipate predictable events, and how they may simulate future outcomes to make decisions. The ability to anticipate future events relies heavily on traditional associative learning and memory mechanisms. Chun will also show how brain-imaging data can be used to predict how well subjects may perform an upcoming task.
18 The Department of Philosophy presents the Martin Benjamin Distinguished Guest Lecture Series featuring John J. McDermott on April 21. McDermott, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Texas A&M University, will address the topic, A Lost Horizon: The Perils and Possibilities of the Ordinary, from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. at 228 Erickson Hall (a.k.a. the Education Building on Farm Lane at the Red Cedar River). McDermott, who has taught for more than fifty years concentrates pedagogically, on the philosophy of culture, literature, and medicine and classical American philosophy. In addition to authoring many books and essays, McDermott was the General Editor of the Critical Edition of The Correspondence of William James, published by the University of Virginia Press in 12 volumes, 1992-2004.
19 The Center for Poetry events presents Poetry in the Spring event on April 21: Stephen Haven, 7:30 p.m., RCAH Theatre, 020 Snyder-Phillips Hall. Stephen Haven is the author of two books of poems, Dust and Bread and The Long Silence of the Mohawk Carpet Smokestacks, and of the memoir, The River Lock: One Boy’s Life along the Mohawk. Haven spent two years as a Fulbright lecturer in American literature at universities in Beijing and has received four Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Awards in Poetry. He is professor of English and director of the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Ashland University, where he also serves as director of the Ashland Poetry Press. This event is free and open to the public
20 An Earth Day film, Burning the Future: Coal in America (David Novack, 89 minutes), will be shown on April 22 from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. at the Foster Community
Center. This documentary examines the explosive conflict between the coal industry and residents of West Virginia. Confronted by emerging "clean coal" energy policies, local activists witness the devastation caused by coal's extraction. Free Admission. Refreshments provided. Presented by Lansing Can Do Better. For more information, please call 487-6467. Foster Community Center is located at 200 N. Foster Street (off Michigan Ave).
21 Visiting International Professional Program presents guest lecturer, Omero S. Iung, MD, on April 23 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the International Center, Spartan Room C. Dr. Iung, a retired surgeon from Sparrow Hospital, is currently an officer of the Ingham County Medical Society. Originally from Brazil, he speaks both Spanish and Portuguese, and continues to perform surgeries for patients in Brazil who could not afford it otherwise.
22 The Global Studies in the Arts and Humanities Program presents Werner Sollors on “Multilingual Literature and the Globalization of American Studies” on April 23 at the MSU Union, Gold Room, from 4:30-6:00 p.m. Sollors is the Cabot Professor of English and African and African American Studies at Harvard University. His research interests include race, ethnicity, migration, multilinguism, and transnationalism. His work has been published widely and his most recent book is entitled, Ethnic Modernism (2008). Online versions of two of his lectures can be found at : “Of Plymouth Rock and Jamestown and Ellis Island"; or, Ethnic Literature and Some Redefinitions of "America” at: http://www.nyupress.org/americansall/ “Goodby Germany” at: http://german.berkeley.edu/transit/2005/50902.html
23 The University Libraries Colloquia Series presents the film version of Shakespeare’s As you Like It (2007, 127 minutes, directed by Kenneth Branagh) on Thursday, April 23 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. in the MSU Main Library, N. Conference Room (W449). Presented by Stephen Deng, Department of English, and cosponsored by the Department of English Early Modern Studies Group. With a setting inspired by 19th- century Japan, this adaptation of Shakespeare’s lightest and most delightful comedy is a celebration of the enduring power of love in all its many disguises. In this romantic adventure the courtship of Rosalind and Orlando is played out against a backdrop of political rivalry, banishment and exile. Free and open to the public. For further information, please contact Emily Alford at: [email protected] OR 355-2345.
24 The Chinese film series will present Chungking Express (with English subtitles, 97 min) on April 23. Dr. Hsiu-Chuang Deppman, Oberlin College, will introduce the third round of the Chinese film series in B 102 Wells Hall; her talk begins at 5:00 p.m. For further information, please go to: http://events.msu.edu/main.php?calendar=asianstudies&view=event&eventid= 56506
25 The Center for Poetry Undergraduate Student Reading Series at Michigan State continues on April 23 at 7:30 in the LookOut Gallery-Snyder-Phillips. Co-sponsored by the Center for Poetry and the Department of English. Free and open to the public.
- Chamber Concert 4 on April 26 at 3:00 p.m. in the Dart Auditorium. Timothy Muffitt, Conductor and Richard Sherman, Artistic Director. Program includes Daugherty
- Dead Elvis and Stravinsky - L'Histoire du Soldat.
- MasterWorks 6: Viennese Passage on May 2 at 8:00 p.m. at the Wharton Center. Timothy Muffitt, Conductor. Program includes Schubert - Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished) and Mahler - Symphony No. 5. Tickets available from Lansing Symphony Orchestra, 517/487-5001 or www.LansingSymphony.org For more information on this season’s events, visit: http://www.lansingsymphony.org/SeasonProfile/tabid/54/Default.aspx
31 MSU students are invited to “Meet Mike over Mocha” on Monday April 27 from 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. at the East Lansing Starbucks, 401 E. Grand River Ave. MSU undergraduate and graduate students will have the chance to meet informally with State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Michael Flanagan, to ask questions, explore career options, and discuss the future of public education in Michigan.
32 Art and Art History Guest Lecture Series presents Lecia Dole-Recio on Monday, April 27 at 7:00 p.m. in 105 S. Kedzie. A hybrid of painting, drawing, and collage, Dole- Recio’s work employs a language of handmade geometric abstraction. These experiments of material, surface, and color have been widely exhibited including recent shows at MOCA and the Whitney. Free and open to the public. For more information visit www.art.msu.edu OR contact Michelle Word at [email protected] / 518.432.
33 The two one act plays, “Far Away” and “This is a Chair” by the English feminist playwright Caryl Churchill will be directed and presented by Ann Folino White at the RCAH Auditorium in Snyder-Phillips Hall on April 28-30 and May 1-3. Together these plays offer a fantastic and terrifying vision of the potential consequences of alienation from the global events which shape our daily lives. In This is a Chair, audiences witness seven short scenes from ordinary life that seemingly have nothing to do with the geo-political titles that introduce them. In Far Away, Joan is saddened that her hats are burned along with political prisoners’ bodies, though she understands that demand drives the millinery industry. Performances scheduled for: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 7:30 pm Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 7:30 pm Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 7:30 pm Friday, May 1, 2009 - 8:00 pm Saturday, May 2, 2009 - 8:00 pm Sunday, May 3, 2009 - 2:00 pm
- Professor White will conduct a Director pre-show talk at 1:15 pm before the Sunday May 3rd performance. ** An Audience Talk Back/Discussion will take place on Thursday April 30th following the performance with a panel of faculty members: Sandra Logan, John Beck and Dick Peterson. For further information, please go to:
http://theatre.msu.edu/Productions/Shows/Sp2009-FarAway//
34 The Department of Art & Art History lecture series presents Louise Siddons, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art, on “Why Did She Do That? Using X-Radiation of a Painted Photograph to Illuminate Bertha Lum’s Working Process in ‘Lung Fu Sou, Chinese Curio Market’” on April 29 in 108 Kresge Art Center at 7:00 p.m.
35 The Metropolitan Opera’s series of live, high-definition performance transmissions to movie theaters around the world continues with La Cenerentola on Saturday, May 9 at 12:30 p.m. (3 hours, 30 minutes, Rating: NR). Rossini’s La Cenerentola features Elīna Garanča in this bel canto Cinderella story. Lawrence Brownlee is her Prince Charming, Don Ramiro. Veteran baritone Alessangro Corbelli demonstrates his impeccable comic timing to match the gravitas of Met favorite John Relyea. Maurizio Benini conducts. For further information on tickets, please go to: http://www.gqti.com/ncm-met08.aspx For further information on The Met’s high-definition performance transmissions and the season’s schedule, please go to: http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/broadcast/hd_events_next.aspx
36 The Michigan Notable Books Tour and Cooley Law School present Don Faber, author of The Toledo War: The First Michigan-Ohio Rivalry, on May 13 at 5:00 p.m. in the Brennan Law Library, Lansing Campus, 330 S. Washington Sq., Lansing. The conflict started with a long-simmering dispute over a narrow wedge of land called the Toledo Strip. Early maps were imprecise, adding to the uncertainty of the true boundary. When Ohio claimed to the mouth of the Maumee River, land that according to the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 fell in the territory of Michigan, the "Toledo War" began.
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37 A “Creative Kids: Love Your Mom” card making event will take place at the Kresge Art Museum on May 2 from 1:00-4:00 p.m. All ages can make one-of-a-kind cards for mom’s special day. For further information, please go to: http://www.artmuseum.msu.edu/
38 COOL U: One-Day University in the Arts & Humanities. The College of Arts and Letters will offer a day-long series of lectures, behind-the-scenes tours and demonstrations on Friday, May 15, at the MSU Union. Designed for adults who want to renew or continue their love of learning. In an informal and comfortable setting, top professors from the College of Arts and Letters will teach something new in four Cool U lectures and discussions. Options also include behind-the-scenes glimpses, guided tours and meeting an East Lansing Art Festival artist. Pre-registration fee by May 11 is $15 per person and includes a buffet lunch. All attendees must be registered, but may attend one, some, or all events. On-site registration fee is $20. Cool U is offered in conjunction with
The event will be held at the State Capitol. Registrations must be received by April 20,
- For further information, please go to: http://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Summary.aspx?e=b5d8805e-0e13-4c19-b1d0- a54dc155f34a
44 The 6th Annual Latin American & Caribbean Studies Undergraduate Research Conference will take place on April 22-24. Keynote speaker, Ambassador Alexandre Addor-Neto, Secretary for Multidimensional Security, Organization of American States, will discuss “Security, Development, Democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean – Old and New Challenges” on Wednesday, April 22 at 3:00 p.m., Third floor, International Center. For further information, please go to: http://www.isp.msu.edu/CLACS/2009conference.html
45 Workshop for Teachers of Chinese Saturday, April 25 from 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. in the International Center Room 115, MSU Campus. This one-day workshop for teachers of Chinese will provide information about best practices, teaching about culture, assessment, materials, and more. Teachers of Chinese as a foreign language from K- schools, heritage schools and programs, and institutions of higher education are welcome to attend. Dr. Majorie Chan, Ohio State University, a well-known scholar in the field of teaching Chinese as a heritage/foreign language, and Dr. Xiaoshi Li, 2008-09 Public Humanities Fellow at MSU, are the keynote speakers. The workshop is free, though participant registration is required by April 22. Breaks and lunch will also be provided. For further information and registration, please go to: http://www.asianstudies.msu.edu/outreach/Chinese_workshop/index.htm OR, contact Kitty Douglass at 517-353-1680 OR [email protected]
46 A Creative Teens: Comic Art Workshop for ages 13-18 will be held April 25 at the Kresge Art Museum from 1:00-3:00 p.m. Comic book artist Ryan Claytor will lead participants in creating their own visual narratives. Cost is $10 per person, pre-register by calling the museum at 353-9834.
47 The Old Town Commercial Association will host “Chalk of the Town” on May 30th in conjunction with Be A Tourist In Your Own Town. Area artists of all ages and experience levels will bring the streets to life, armed with nothing but chalk and their imagination. Artists of all mediums are welcome, but only chalk will be used during the event. Register to take part in Chalk Of The Town at www.iloveoldtown.org, or pick up a form at the OTCA office. Registration is free, and the winner will be featured in the OTCA newsletter, the on-line publication Capital Gains, as well as a showing in an Old Town gallery
48 The Capital Area Community Services Head Start program Miles for Smiles 5K Walk will take place on April 18 at Hawk Island Park in Lansing. The walk kicks off at 10:00 a.m. and raises money for Head Start families who need assistance paying for dental treatment. Since its start in 2007, Miles for Smiles has allowed 111 people to receive dental treatment. Patrons and organizations may walk the 5K, form a team of walkers, or sponsor someone to walk. Volunteers can help at the event, donate dental
items such as toothbrushes, toothpaste, dental floss, bottled water, or send in a monetary donation. Head Start is most in need of floss and toothpaste. Registration forms, contribution forms, and further information can be accessed at the CACS Web site, www.cacsheadstart.org or by contacting Brenda Martinez at (517) 482-1504 or [email protected].
49 The Allen Neighborhood Center will join thousands of local women and men by participating in the 2009 Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure! Since 1982 the Komen Foundation had been working to eradicate breast cancer as a life-threatening disease by advancing research, education, screening, and treatment. The Race for the Cure raises awareness and money awarded to local organizations (like the ANC) to further the foundations mission. On Sunday, April 26th at 2:00 p.m., the Eastside team will be leisurely walking for the Cure. All skill levels are encouraged to attend. To join in or sponsor a walker, please contact Lindsey at 367.2468, extension 2010
50 Imagining America invites faculty, students, and community partners to participate in their tenth annual national conference, October 1–3, 2009, in New Orleans, hosted by Tulane and Xavier Universities. The theme for this year’s conference, Culture, Crisis, and Recovery, invokes the current economic crisis, the city of New Orleans’ ongoing experiences after Hurricane Katrina, and the role that engaged scholarship and practice through the arts, humanities, and design has in recovery efforts of all kinds across the U.S. Call for proposals for the 2009 conference: Deadline is Friday, April 24, 2009. Proposals should be related to the conference theme and expand the understanding of public scholarship. Imagining America is particularly interested in proposals that speak to the themes of public scholarship in economic crisis, culture and partnership in post- Katrina New Orleans, and responding to crisis in one's own backyards. Further, considerations of reciprocity—what it means in practice, the role it plays in sustaining efforts, and how it is awarded and evaluated—are encouraged. For more details on session formats and the process for submitting a proposal, contact Kevin Bott at [email protected] For further information on Imagining America, please go to: www.imaginingamerica.org
51 Broad based community involvement and consensus building is integral to effective planning, so as a part of the Lansing Master Plan process, a “Workshop in a Box” coordinator training will be held on April 30. A Workshop in a Box is an informal gathering, brought together by a Coordinator, to discuss areas of interest such as traffic design, access to neighborhood services, housing density, schools, etc. Training for those interested in becoming a Workshop in the Box Coordinator will take place on Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. at Gardner Middle School, 333 Dahlia Drive (off of Jolly Rd.
- between Washington Avenue and Cedar Street) in Lansing. All the materials needed to conduct a Workshop in a Box, as well as technical assistance will be available. For further information, please call the City of Lansing Planning Office at 483-4060 or visit the website at http://www.lansingmi.gov/pnd/planning/design_lansing.jsp
Civic Ventures and the MetLife Foundation have teamed up to offer the Encore Opportunity Awards. They will honor nonprofit and public sector organizations that hire individuals over age 50 in encore careers that combine continued income with work that has personal meaning and social impact. Winners receive $2,500 and wide promotion of their best practices. Nominations may be submitted through June 1. Letters of intent are requested by May 1. For further information, please go to: http://www.civicventures.org/encoreopportunity/
Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) 2009 awards. Nominations due May 15, 2009. The Award for Distinguished Achievement and Leadership in Nonprofit and Voluntary Action Research is given annually to an individual who has made significant contributions to the field through research and leadership. Nominees need not be members of ARNOVA. Self-nominations will not be considered. (Cash prize: $1,000.) The Award for Outstanding Book in Nonprofit and Voluntary Action Research is given for a single book, monograph, or edited book published in the three calendar years preceding the award. Books that contribute to the advancement of theory, research, or practice are eligible. Nominations from publishers are welcome. (Cash prize: $1,000.) The Virginia Hodgkinson Book Award/Research Prize is given to the best book on philanthropy and the nonprofit sector that informs policy and practice. Books must have been published within the three calendar years preceding the award. Entries must be published by a university press or commercial publishing house. Submissions from scholars working in any discipline are welcome; submissions are encouraged from young scholars, practitioners working in collaboration with other researchers, and scholars working on multi-disciplinary approaches. The Gabriel G. Rudney Memorial Award for an Outstanding Dissertation in Nonprofit and Voluntary Action Research is given annually for a Ph.D. dissertation completed and/or defended in the three calendar years preceding the award (2006, 2007, and 2008). Dissertations that contribute to the advancement of theory, conceptualization, research, or practice in an area closely related to nonprofit organizations or voluntary action are eligible. The author's advisor normally submits nominations. (Cash prize: $1,000.) Awards will be presented at the 38th ARNOVA Annual Conference, November 19-21, 2009, in Cleveland, Ohio. For further information, please go to: http://www.arnova.org/
Target Local Store Grants: Applications accepted between March 1 and May 31 The Target Local Store Grants support nonprofit organizations in the communities where the company's stores are located. Arts grants support programs that bring the arts to schools or make it affordable for families to participate in cultural experiences. Family Violence Prevention grants support programs that strengthen families and communities by keeping them safe, such as parenting classes, family counseling, and domestic abuse shelters. Early Childhood Reading grants support programs that foster a love of reading and encourage children, from birth through age nine, to read together with their families. Grants generally range between $1,000 and $3,000. Applications will be accepted
between March 1 and May 31, 2009. For further information, please go to:http://sites.target.com/site/en/company/page.jsp?contentId=WCMP04-
Barron Prize for Young Leaders. Deadline: April 30 The Gloria Barron Prize recognizes the outstanding achievements of young people who have a significant, positive impact on their communities and the wider world. Ten winners from throughout the U.S. will receive a $2,500 award. Approximately half will go to those helping their community and its people; the other half will go to those protecting the health and sustainability of the environment. Nominations must be submitted by unrelated adults who have extensive knowledge of the nominees and their work, including teachers, librarians, and civic or religious leaders. Completed nomination packets must be received by April 30, 2009. For further information, please go to: http://www.barronprize.org/index.html
Mellor Prize. Funding for Scholarly Publication for the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Deadline: April 30, 2009 The National Museum of Women in the Arts has announced the inaugural Suzanne and James Mellor Prize, an award of $50,000 to fund original research and authorship of a scholarly volume on a woman artist or subject related to the mission of the museum. This year’s Award Committee will consider book proposals on monographs concerning artists active before 1850. All applications must be received by April 30, 2009 in order to merit consideration. Questions may be directed to Mr. Stieber, Director of the Library and Research Center at 202-266-2807. For full details on the application process, please go to: http://nmwa.org/news/news.asp?newsid=
ING Unsung Heroes Grants. Deadline: April 30, 2009 The ING Unsung Heroes program helps K-12 educators and their schools fund innovative classroom projects. Each year, the program selects a hundred educators to receive grants of $2,000 to help fund their innovative class projects. Three of these educators will be chosen to receive the top awards of an additional $5,000, $10,000, and $25,000. All K- education professionals are eligible. Individuals must be employed by an accredited K- public or private school located in the US and be full-time educators, teachers, principals, paraprofessionals, or classified staff with effective projects that improve student learning. For further information, please visit the ING Web site at: http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15015815/unsungheroes
Getty Images Grants for Editorial Photography. Deadlines are: May 15 Getty Images annually offers Grants for Editorial Photography to provide photojournalists with the time, freedom, and support necessary to produce documentary features that raise the bar of visual excellence. Professional award: Applicants must be currently engaged as a professional journalist and apply as an individual. This grant will fund new work from both established and up-and-coming photojournalists. Student award: Applicants must be under the age of 30 and currently enrolled in photojournalism courses at an accredited college or university. For more information please visit http://imagery.gettyimages.com/getty_images_grants/overview.aspx
