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Please note the Isabella Cannon Room Gallery hours: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., Monday and Thursday | February Wednesday – Saturday,
February 1-4 Heidi Holland is an expert on female artists virtually unknown in their lifetimes, though their work is as good as that of the male painters who dominated their ages. Wendy Wasserstein has written a thoughtful and funny drama about the Baby Boom generation and the price its women have paid as they have searched for fulfillment. Wasserstein takes us from Heidi’s high school and college days to her experiences with women’s lib focus groups, the rise of AIDS, the gay movement, and ultimately Heidi’s realization of what is important to her. Reservations highly recommended: $12 or Elon ID. Reservations will be taken beginning January 11 by calling (336) 278-5650.*
Monday, February 6
Tuesday, February 7 One of America’s foremost non-fiction filmmakers, Albert Maysles is recognized as a pioneer of “direct cinema,” the distinctly American version of French “cinema verité.” The multiple award-winning cinematographer will talk about fifty years of making documentary films. Sponsored by the School of Communications and the Liberal Arts Forum
Thursday, February 9 Houlik, professor of saxophone at the School of Music, Duquesne University, has been instrumental in the development and presentation of classical music for the tenor saxophone. Sponsored by the Department of Music
Thursday – Sunday, February
9-12 This Tony Award-winning musical is a Brechtian comedy about a band of oppressed citizens who join together to fight corporate greed and corruption during an extreme water crisis. Admission by ticket only: $12 or Elon ID*
Wednesday, February 15 A program of flute, violin, and piano chamber music composed by Schumann, Foote, Hummel, and Martinu.
Wednesday, February 15
Thursday, February 16 With a distinct instrumentation of brass and percussion, the Pittsburgh-based River City Brass Band offers an upbeat revival of an American tradition that was widespread at the turn of the 20th century. Featuring 28 musicians, this ensemble produces the full richness of a symphony orchestra, the intimacy of a chamber ensemble, the toe-tapping brilliance of a military band and the swinging sound of a Big Band. Admission by ticket only: $12 or Elon ID* Elon University Lyceum Series
Sunday, February 19 A series of individual soliloquies based on interviews with women of different ages, nationalities, ethnicities and circumstances. Originally written and performed by award winning playwright Eve Ensler, The Vagina Monologues will be performed by Elon students to celebrate the joy (and occasional despair) of being a woman. Sponsored by the Women’s/Gender Studies Program Tickets are $5 and will be sold in Moseley Center the week of the performances as well as at the door. Proceeds to benefit CrossRoads Sexual Assault Response & Resource Center.
Monday, February 20 In 2003, what appeared to be a new species of human was discovered on the Indonesian island of Flores. Dr. Peter Brown, professor of paleoanthropology at the University of New England in New South Wales, Australia, was the lead scientist of the joint Australian-Indonesian team that made this amazing discovery. Sponsored by the Voices of
Discovery Speaker Series
Tuesday, February 21 Dr. John G. Sullivan, retiring Distinguished University Professor and Maude Sharpe Powell Professor of Philosophy, will deliver this year’s Reynolds Lecture. His presentation looks to the future by reanimating themes concerning humane and liberating learning. Taking as his touchstone John Henry Newman’s classic The Idea of a University, he will explore medieval, modern and future visions for university life.
Wednesday, February 22 How does the portrayal of sex in popular films differ from the experiences of real people? Leigh-Anne Royster, coordinator of Personal Health Programs and Community Well-Being at Elon, will use film clips to facilitate a conversation about the psychological and spiritual implications of distorted views of sex. Sponsored by the Truitt Center for Religious and Spiritual Life
Thursday, February 23 The culmination of Elon’s two-day Jazz Festival, directed by Jon Metzger, features performances by the All-Festival Big Band (a high school ensemble selected from more than 400 visiting participants) and this year’s clinicians, Richard Roeder, guitar, and Glenn Cashman, tenor saxophone, together with Elon’s Jazz Ensemble.
Thursday, February 23 Founded in 1996, young artists from the United States and South Africa-based Soweto Dance Theatre join together to create this powerful collaborative project. Step Afrika! performs a high energy brand of precision stepping – a exciting new dance genre. Their repertoire also includes tap, clogging, hip-hop and South African dancing including Zulu and gumboot. Sponsored by the Student Union Board and Multicultural Affairs
Monday, February 27 Ben Bradlee may be the most influential newspaper editor of our time and his illustrious career exemplifies journalistic excellence and achievement. He challenged the federal government over the right to publish the Pentagon papers. As Vice President and Executive Editor of the Washington Post from 1968 to 1991, he became famous for overseeing the publication of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein’s stories about the Watergate scandal. Under his leadership, the paper won 18 Pulitzer Prizes and by the start of the 1990s, the Post had been transformed into one of the most influential and respected news publications in the world. In his Isabella Cannon lecture, Bradlee will address leadership as it relates to politics and current events, as well as the challenges and opportunities facing our nation’s leaders in the news. Admission by ticket only: $12 or Elon ID*
Monday, February 27 An installation of wall-mounted ceramic works by nationally-known artist Priscilla Hollingsworth, professor of ceramics at Augusta State University in Augusta, Georgia. Exhibition continues through March 30. Sponsored by Susan Patton
Monday, February 27 Rebecca Faery is director of First Year Writing in the Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is the author of Cartographies of Desire: Captivity, Race, and Sex in the Shaping of an American Nation and co-editor of an anthology of nonfiction, In Depth. She is currently at work on a collection of personal essays on the Vietnam war. Sponsored by the Department of English
Tuesday, February 28 The Department of Music presents former Elon faculty member Carey Harwood in recital. Harwood, presently a candidate for the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Colorado, will perform a program of varied guitar literature. Sponsored by the Department of Music
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