Elon University - Cultural Calendar

March 2008

Monday, March 3
Terry Smith, “Contemporary Art & Contemporaneity”
Yeager Recital Hall, 6 p.m.

Smith, a professor of contemporary art history and theory at the University of Pittsburgh, will speak on his current research into the nature of contemporary art after decolonization. Looking at the themes of time, place, mediation, affect and effect, Smith will address the shift in avant-garde art practice and theorization from the 1980s to the present.

Art History Lecture Series

Monday, March 3
“The Ground Truth: The Human Costs of War”
film screening
LaRose Digital Theatre, Koury Business Center, 7:30 p.m.

Producer/director Patricia Foulkrod’s documentary focuses on men and women who heeded the call for military service in Iraq and experienced recruitment and training, combat, homecoming and the struggle to reintegrate with families and communities.

The Symposium on the Costs of War is co-sponsored by the Fund for Excellence in the Arts & Sciences, Non-Violence
Studies, Truitt Center for Religious and Spiritual Life and the School of Communications.

Tuesday, March 4
Carl Klaus, guest reading
Yeager Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Author of four works of nonfiction, including the recently published Letters to Kate: Life After Life, Carl Klaus is a master of the personal essay and its various forms. Professor emeritus at the University of Iowa, Klaus co-edits Sightline Books: The Iowa Series in Literary Nonfiction.

Sponsored by the English Department and the William Maness Fund

Tuesday, March 4
Phyllis Bennis, “Costs of War: U.S.”
McCrary Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

Phyllis Bennis is a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, specializing in Middle Eastern affairs, and a writer, analyst and activist. In 1999, she visited Iraq as part of a congressional delegation and subsequently spoke out on the effect of sanctions. Her many books include Before & After: U.S. Foreign Policy and the September 11 Crisis (co-authored with Noam Chomsky) and Challenging Empire.

Wednesday, March 5
Take Back the Night!
Whitley Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
Join in a rally and march to reclaim Elon’s campus as place free from sexual assault and abuse. Participants will break the silence and take stand to end sexual violence! Program will begin at Whitley Auditorium and march will finish at Young Commons/Moseley Center.

Sponsored by EFFECT: Elon Feminists For Effecting Change and Transformation

Wednesday, March 5
Darh Jamailm “Costs of War: Iraq”
LaRose Digital Theatre, Koury Business Center, 7:30 p.m.

In late 2003, weary of poor press coverage on the war, Dahr Jamail went to Iraq to investigate. He is now reporting for the InterPress Service, The Asia Times, Democracy Now! and BBC. His accounts have been published in The Nation, The Sunday Herald, the Guardian, Foreign Policy in Focus, the Independent and translated into nine different languages. He is the author of the recently released Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq.

Thursday, March 6
St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre presents Swan Lake
McCrary Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

This most revered classic ballet is a timeless love story set to one of Tchaikovsky’s enduring scores and features the choreography of Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov. Under the artistic direction of Yuri Petukhov, the company will present the full ballet performed in four acts.

Admission: $15 or Elon ID. Tickets available February 13.

Elon University Lyceum Series

Thursday, March 6
“Personal Journeys: A Community Conversation on the Costs of War,” panel discussion
LaRose Digital Theatre, Koury Business Center, 7:30 p.m.

The Elon community shares personal reflections on the Iraq war and its costs. Selected individuals will begin the conversation by briefly sharing their personal stories of coming to terms intellectually, psychologically, morally and philosophically with the costs of the war. The audience will then be invited to join in the conversation.

Friday, March 7
Metropolis Remix: Live, a performance and installation by artists Robb Fladry, Barry Jones, and Kell Black
Art/Performance/Video/Music/Party, Arts West Gallery, 6-7 p.m.

Metropolis Remix: Live is a performance version of Fritz Lang’s 1927 dystopian film, Metropolis, which has become one of the cornerstones in 20th and 21st century art. Robb Fladry, Barry Jones and Kell Black — all professors and instructors at Austin Peay State University — have rescored and resliced Lang’s masterpiece into a lively, insightful and entertaining 30 minutes with beautiful visuals and rocking beats.

The installation, based off of the performance, continues through April 15.

Friday, March 7
Joseph M. Bryan Distinguished Leadership Lecture Series
Jim Melvin
The Empire Room, 203 S. Elm Street, Greensboro, 12 p.m.

Melvin is president of the Joseph M. Bryan Foundation, which invests in projects that promote economic, cultural and recreational enrichment in the Greensboro community. He played a crucial role in fundraising efforts to support the Elon law school, and was the driving force behind the construction of Greensboro’s new baseball stadium, NewBridge Bank Park. Melvin served as Greensboro mayor from 1971 to 1981, the longest tenure in the city’s history.

Sunday, March 9
Thomas Murray, organ recital
Whitley Auditorium, 3 p.m.

Thomas Murray is university organist and professor of music at Yale University. He is widely known for his interpretations of Romantic repertoire and orchestral transcriptions. In 2003, he was named an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Organists in England, and in 2005, he was awarded the Gustave Stoeckel Award for excellence in teaching from the Yale University School of Music.

Tuesday, March 11
Jeff Chang, “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of
the Hip-Hop Culture”
Whitley Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.

Jeff Chang uses hip-hop to explore the cultural, social and political history of late 20th century America. Chang is one of America’s most incisive journalists whose work defines the myriad ways in which the hip-hop movement has transformed contemporary art and politics.

Sponsored by the Liberal Arts Forum

Wednesday, March 12
Dante James, “Slavery and the Making of America”
Whitley Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.

Dante James is an Emmy-winning filmmaker whose impressive résumé includes the documentaries Politics: The New Black Power and America’s War on Poverty. His Elon lecture will focus on the 2003 PBS documentary Slavery and the Making of America and his involvement as series producer and as writer/director for the first installment.

Sponsored by Elon’s EndSlaveryNow Coalition, organizing various campus organizations and individuals committed to furthering discussion and understanding, gathering resources, and supporting action to end global slavery.

Friday, March 14
Department of Music Gala
McCrary Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

Join us for a concert that features a variety of student chamber ensembles. Selections for brass quintet, flute ensemble, horn ensemble and others will be presented. The concert will also showcase student instrumental and vocal soloists and duets.

Monday, March 17
William Ruddiman, “Farmers First Began Altering Global Climate Thousands (not Hundreds) of Years Ago”
McCrary Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

The widely held hypothesis is that the beginning of human-related global climate change coincided with the industrial revolution and the use of coal- and gas-powered machines. But what if the story is much more complicated? Marine geologist and paleoclimatologist William Ruddiman proposed that atmospheric greenhouse gas levels were first affected by early agriculturists through deforestation and the tending of livestock. His ideas suggest a more basic and significant impact of human activities on global climate than has been previously believed.

Voices of Discovery Science Speaker Series

Wednesday, March 19
Elon University Wind Ensemble
“Fun Music and a Movie”
McCrary Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

The Elon University Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Tony Sawyer, performs music with a humorous touch, including P.D.Q. Bach’s Grand Serenade for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion. You will also enjoy a silent-era comedy film while the ensemble plays the score.

Monday, March 31
2007 Distinguished Scholar Presentation: Anthony Weston, “Green Dreaming: Environmental Visions After the Emergency,” an invitation and workshop
McKinnon Hall, 7 p.m.

Since the rise of environmentalism, we have learned to fear for ourselves and for the Earth maybe never so much as now. Yet environmentalism can — and must — also offer a new set of hopes and visions: ways to re-animate the culture, re-direct technology, re-imagine economies. “Green dreaming” may be just as necessary to the work of the moment as recycling and renewable energy.


SPECIAL PARKING INFORMATION Ticket Information Speaker Resources Directions February March April May June July Staff Calendar Home	March 2008 Monday, March 3 Terry Smith, “Contemporary Art & Contemporaneity” Yeager Recital Hall, 6 p.m. Smith, a professor of contemporary art history and theory at the University of Pittsburgh, will speak on his current research into the nature of contemporary art after decolonization. Looking at the themes of time, place, mediation, affect and effect, Smith will address the shift in avant-garde art practice and theorization from the 1980s to the present. Art History Lecture Series Monday, March 3 “The Ground Truth: The Human Costs of War” film screening LaRose Digital Theatre, Koury Business Center, 7:30 p.m. Producer/director Patricia Foulkrod’s documentary focuses on men and women who heeded the call for military service in Iraq and experienced recruitment and training, combat, homecoming and the struggle to reintegrate with families and communities. The Symposium on the Costs of War is co-sponsored by the Fund for Excellence in the Arts & Sciences, Non-Violence Studies, Truitt Center for Religious and Spiritual Life and the School of Communications. Tuesday, March 4 Carl Klaus, guest reading Yeager Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m. Author of four works of nonfiction, including the recently published Letters to Kate: Life After Life, Carl Klaus is a master of the personal essay and its various forms. Professor emeritus at the University of Iowa, Klaus co-edits Sightline Books: The Iowa Series in Literary Nonfiction. Sponsored by the English Department and the William Maness Fund Tuesday, March 4 Phyllis Bennis, “Costs of War: U.S.” McCrary Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Phyllis Bennis is a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, specializing in Middle Eastern affairs, and a writer, analyst and activist. In 1999, she visited Iraq as part of a congressional delegation and subsequently spoke out on the effect of sanctions. Her many books include Before & After: U.S. Foreign Policy and the September 11 Crisis (co-authored with Noam Chomsky) and Challenging Empire. The Symposium on the Costs of War is co-sponsored by the Fund for Excellence in the Arts & Sciences, Non-Violence Studies, Truitt Center for Religious and Spiritual Life and the School of Communications. Wednesday, March 5 Take Back the Night! Whitley Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. Join in a rally and march to reclaim Elon’s campus as place free from sexual assault and abuse. Participants will break the silence and take stand to end sexual violence! Program will begin at Whitley Auditorium and march will finish at Young Commons/Moseley Center. Sponsored by EFFECT: Elon Feminists For Effecting Change and Transformation Wednesday, March 5 Darh Jamailm “Costs of War: Iraq” LaRose Digital Theatre, Koury Business Center, 7:30 p.m. In late 2003, weary of poor press coverage on the war, Dahr Jamail went to Iraq to investigate. He is now reporting for the InterPress Service, The Asia Times, Democracy Now! and BBC. His accounts have been published in The Nation, The Sunday Herald, the Guardian, Foreign Policy in Focus, the Independent and translated into nine different languages. He is the author of the recently released Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq. The Symposium on the Costs of War is co-sponsored by the Fund for Excellence in the Arts & Sciences, Non-Violence Studies, Truitt Center for Religious and Spiritual Life and the School of Communications. Thursday, March 6 St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre presents Swan Lake McCrary Theatre, 7:30 p.m. This most revered classic ballet is a timeless love story set to one of Tchaikovsky’s enduring scores and features the choreography of Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov. Under the artistic direction of Yuri Petukhov, the company will present the full ballet performed in four acts. *Admission: $15 or Elon ID. Tickets available February 13.* Elon University Lyceum Series Thursday, March 6 “Personal Journeys: A Community Conversation on the Costs of War,” panel discussion LaRose Digital Theatre, Koury Business Center, 7:30 p.m. The Elon community shares personal reflections on the Iraq war and its costs. Selected individuals will begin the conversation by briefly sharing their personal stories of coming to terms intellectually, psychologically, morally and philosophically with the costs of the war. The audience will then be invited to join in the conversation. The Symposium on the Costs of War is co-sponsored by the Fund for Excellence in the Arts & Sciences, Non-Violence Studies, Truitt Center for Religious and Spiritual Life and the School of Communications. Friday, March 7 Metropolis Remix: Live, a performance and installation by artists Robb Fladry, Barry Jones, and Kell Black Art/Performance/Video/Music/Party, Arts West Gallery, 6-7 p.m. Metropolis Remix: Live is a performance version of Fritz Lang’s 1927 dystopian film, Metropolis, which has become one of the cornerstones in 20th and 21st century art. Robb Fladry, Barry Jones and Kell Black — all professors and instructors at Austin Peay State University — have rescored and resliced Lang’s masterpiece into a lively, insightful and entertaining 30 minutes with beautiful visuals and rocking beats. The installation, based off of the performance, continues through April 15. Friday, March 7 Joseph M. Bryan Distinguished Leadership Lecture Series Jim Melvin The Empire Room, 203 S. Elm Street, Greensboro, 12 p.m. Melvin is president of the Joseph M. Bryan Foundation, which invests in projects that promote economic, cultural and recreational enrichment in the Greensboro community. He played a crucial role in fundraising efforts to support the Elon law school, and was the driving force behind the construction of Greensboro’s new baseball stadium, NewBridge Bank Park. Melvin served as Greensboro mayor from 1971 to 1981, the longest tenure in the city’s history. Sunday, March 9 Thomas Murray, organ recital Whitley Auditorium, 3 p.m. Thomas Murray is university organist and professor of music at Yale University. He is widely known for his interpretations of Romantic repertoire and orchestral transcriptions. In 2003, he was named an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Organists in England, and in 2005, he was awarded the Gustave Stoeckel Award for excellence in teaching from the Yale University School of Music. Tuesday, March 11 Jeff Chang, “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Culture” Whitley Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. Jeff Chang uses hip-hop to explore the cultural, social and political history of late 20th century America. Chang is one of America’s most incisive journalists whose work defines the myriad ways in which the hip-hop movement has transformed contemporary art and politics. Sponsored by the Liberal Arts Forum Wednesday, March 12 Dante James, “Slavery and the Making of America” Whitley Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. Dante James is an Emmy-winning filmmaker whose impressive résumé includes the documentaries Politics: The New Black Power and America’s War on Poverty. His Elon lecture will focus on the 2003 PBS documentary Slavery and the Making of America and his involvement as series producer and as writer/director for the first installment. Sponsored by Elon’s EndSlaveryNow Coalition, organizing various campus organizations and individuals committed to furthering discussion and understanding, gathering resources, and supporting action to end global slavery. Friday, March 14 Department of Music Gala McCrary Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Join us for a concert that features a variety of student chamber ensembles. Selections for brass quintet, flute ensemble, horn ensemble and others will be presented. The concert will also showcase student instrumental and vocal soloists and duets. Monday, March 17 William Ruddiman, “Farmers First Began Altering Global Climate Thousands (not Hundreds) of Years Ago” McCrary Theatre, 7:30 p.m. The widely held hypothesis is that the beginning of human-related global climate change coincided with the industrial revolution and the use of coal- and gas-powered machines. But what if the story is much more complicated? Marine geologist and paleoclimatologist William Ruddiman proposed that atmospheric greenhouse gas levels were first affected by early agriculturists through deforestation and the tending of livestock. His ideas suggest a more basic and significant impact of human activities on global climate than has been previously believed. Voices of Discovery Science Speaker Series Wednesday, March 19 Elon University Wind Ensemble “Fun Music and a Movie” McCrary Theatre, 7:30 p.m. The Elon University Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Tony Sawyer, performs music with a humorous touch, including P.D.Q. Bach’s Grand Serenade for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion. You will also enjoy a silent-era comedy film while the ensemble plays the score. Monday, March 31 2007 Distinguished Scholar Presentation: Anthony Weston, “Green Dreaming: Environmental Visions After the Emergency,” an invitation and workshop McKinnon Hall, 7 p.m. Since the rise of environmentalism, we have learned to fear for ourselves and for the Earth maybe never so much as now. Yet environmentalism can — and must — also offer a new set of hopes and visions: ways to re-animate the culture, re-direct technology, re-imagine economies. “Green dreaming” may be just as necessary to the work of the moment as recycling and renewable energy.