Tuesday, September 5
The Spencers: Theatre of Illusion
McCrary Theatre, 7:00 p.m.
Kevin and Cindy Spencer have entertained
audiences around the world with their popular touring
illusion shows. Their uniquely entertaining program combines
drama, comedy, and suspense with elaborate stage illusions,
dazzling special effects and magnificent set design.
Sponsored by Student Activities,
the President’s Office, and the Office of Cultural and
Special Programs.
Admission by ticket only: $12 or Elon ID.
Tickets on sale Tuesday, August 29.
Wednesday, September 6
“The Future of College Athletics,”
Joseph N Crowley Moderator, Myles Brand, Deborah A. Yow
& Frank Haith
McCrary Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the National
Collegiate Athletic Association, Elon University will host a
day-long symposium titled “The Past, Present and Future
of College Athletics.” At 7:30 p.m., a panel
presentation, “The Future of College Athletics,”
is moderated by Joseph N. Crowley, interim president,
University of Nevada at Reno and author of In the Arena:
The NCAA’s First Century. Panelists include NCAA
President Myles Brand and Elon alumni Deborah A. Yow
’74, University of Maryland director of athletics, and
Frank Haith ’88, University of Miami head
basketball coach.
Sponsored by the School of
Communications
Wednesday, September 6
Charles Cook, “Looking Ahead to the 2006
Elections”
Yeager Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m.
The editor of The Cook Political Report, Charles
Cook has been described as “perhaps the best
non-partisan tracker of congressional races” by David
Broder of The Washington Post. His lively and
authoritative analyses of presidential and congressional
elections has been featured on CBS,
NBC, and CNN.
Sponsored by The Institute of
Politics and Public Affairs and the Political Science
Department
Monday, September 11
Art Department Faculty Exhibition
Opening Reception
The Elon West Gallery and
Isabella Cannon Room, 5 - 7 p.m.
The inaugural exhibition in the new Elon West Gallery will
include recent work in a variety of media by members of the
Elon University Art Department. Elon West, the new home of
Elon’s Art Department, is located at 406 W. Haggard
Avenue. Exhibition continues through October 5.
Tuesday, September 12
Roland Fryer, Jr., “The Science of Affirmative
Action”
McCrary Theatre, 6:30 p.m.
Affirmative action policy regulates the allocation of scarce
positions in education, employment, and business contracting.
These policies have remained highly controversial, and the
discussion is often filled with personal rhetoric. Fryer will
present a statistical approach to dispel some of the
misconceptions in the current racial affirmative action
debate. Fryer is assistant professor of
economics at Harvard University, a junior fellow in the
Harvard Society of Fellows, and a faculty research fellow at
the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Sponsored by the Liberal Arts
Forum and the Love School of Business
Wednesday, September 13
Richmond Ballet “American Masterpieces of
Dance”
McCrary Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
Now in its 23rd performing season, Richmond Ballet is
considered one of the most innovative and impressive regional
ballet companies in the country. For its 2006-07 tour,
Artistic Director Stoner Winslett has planned a program of
works by prominent American choreographers
including From Far Away by Mauricio Wainrot,
After Eden by
John Butler, and Who Cares? by George
Balanchine.
Admission by ticket only:
$15 or Elon ID (RS). Tickets on sale Tuesday, August
29.
Elon University Lyceum
Series
Friday & Saturday, September 15
& 16
Collage
Yeager Recital Hall, 7 and 8:15 p.m. on
Friday,
6 and 7:15 p.m. on Saturday
The Department of Performing Arts will present an exciting
collage of entertainment, song and dance from the Broadway
stage. This is a wonderful presentation by our talented
students.
Admission by ticket only:
$10 or free for Elon
students with valid ID. Tickets for Friday shows
will be available in the Koury Concourse Friday,
September 15 at 3 p.m. Tickets for Saturday
shows will be available Saturday, September 16
at 8 a.m. Tickets will not be available in the box
office; please call (336) 278-7271 with
questions.
Friday, September 15
Department of Music presents Music Faculty
Gala
Whitley Auditorium, 8:30 p.m.
Sunday, September 17
Greensboro Symphony Orchestra
presents “Happy Birthday,
Dmitry!”
McCrary Theatre, 3 p.m.
Join the Symphony to celebrate Shostakovich’s 100th
birthday as they perform Festive Overture and
Symphony No. 1. Former Music Director and pianist
Stuart Malina returns to perform Gershwin’s ever
popular Rhapsody in Blue.
Admission by ticket only: $20 orchestra or
balcony; $5 students or Elon ID (RS). Tickets on sale
Tuesday, August 29.
Tuesday, September 19
Elon University Fall Convocation with
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor,
retired
Koury Center, 10 a.m.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day
O'Connor, who retired in February 2006 after a
distinguished 24-year career on the nation's highest
court, will deliver the address at Fall Convocation. Later in
the day, she will dedicate the Elon University School of Law,
located in downtown Greensboro.
Admission by ticket only: $15 or Elon ID.
Tickets for students, faculty and staff on sale Tuesday,
August 29. Tickets for the public on sale Tuesday, September
12, subject to availability.
Wednesday, September 20
John Neff, “A Higher Ambition: The Healing Art
of
Henri Matisse and Anselm Kiefer”
Yeager Recital Hall, 6 p.m.
John Hallmark Neff, former executive director of the
Reynolda House Museum of American Art, has directed and
curated for such major national museums as the Terra Museum
of American Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art in
Chicago. He comes to Elon to discuss artists whose work is
intended to heal, particularly Henri Matisse and Anselm
Kiefer.
Art History Speaker
Series
Thursday, September 21
Cristián Samper, “Biodiversity On The
Edge:
How Real is the 2010 Target?”
McCrary Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
Dr. Cristián Samper is the director of the National Museum
of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution in
Washington, D.C. As a tropical biologist, Dr. Samper‘s
primary interests concern the state of biological diversity
on our planet. As the new director, he hopes to promote
greater awareness of the importance of maintaining the
Earth’s biodiversity through scientific investigations,
education and linking both of these with public policy. The
United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity proposes to
slow the loss of biodiversity by the year 2010 and Dr. Samper
will address this in his talk.
Voices of Discovery Science
Speaker Series
Friday, September 22
An American Songbook: Bill Grimes, bass, Willis
Delony, piano, and Troy Davis, percussion
McCrary Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
Elon welcomes Bill Grimes, E. & D. White Professor of
Jazz Studies and Director of Graduate Studies at the
Louisiana State University School of Music, and artists
Willis Delony and Troy Davis for an evening of classic and
contemporary jazz by American composers George Gershwin,
Harold Arlen, and Hoagy Carmichael among others. Elon
University Music Department Choral Director Stephen Futrell
will accompany the trio on select works.
Elon University Lyceum
Series
Monday, September 25
Wayne Winkler, “The Melungeons of
Appalachia”
Yeager Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Wayne Winkler, author of the book Walking Toward the
Sunset, is director of public radio station WETS in
Johnson City, Tennessee, and is of Melungeon descent. He will
speak of “Melungia” and the scholarship and
issues associated with the Melungeon community.
Sponsored by the English, History
and Sociology/Anthropology Departments and the General
Studies Program
Tuesday, September 26
Elon Common Reading Lecture
Tracy Kidder, author, Mountains Beyond Mountains:
The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure
The World
Koury Center, 7:30 p.m.
Tracy Kidder became acquainted with Dr. Paul Farmer in 1994
while working on a story about American soldiers in Haiti.
For the following six years, Kidder traveled extensively to
research the remarkable story of this brilliant young
physician. Mountains Beyond Mountains, an account of
the fundamental spirit and monumental scale of Farmer’s
work in Haiti and around the globe was selected as the
2006-07 Elon Common Reading. Kidder has won the Pulitzer
Prize, the National Book Award, and the Robert F. Kennedy
Award.
Sponsored by the Liberal Arts
Forum and the General Studies Program
Thursday, September 28
Take Back the Night
Whitley Auditorium, 8 p.m.
The Take Back the Night Rally brings awareness and
empowerment to individuals, inspiring action that will bring
an end to sexual violence. The evening will include a rally
at Whitley, a march through campus, an open microphone for
survivors to speak out, music and a candlelight vigil.
Sponsored by The Office of
Personal Health Programs and Community Well-Being, Greek Life
and Resident Student Association
Friday, September 29
Robert Ehrlich, “Crazy Ideas in
Science”
Whitley Auditorium, 9 p.m.
Professor of Physics at George Mason University, Dr. Ehrlich
considers how crazy ideas can sometimes lead to great
scientific advances, and even cause us to re-examine the
nature of science itself. Ehrlich is the author of several
popular science books, including Eight Preposterous
Propositions (2003) and Nine Crazy Ideas in Science:
A Few Might Even Be True (2001).
Sponsored by the Department of
Physics
