For more information about any event, call 717-477-1202. A complete calendar of events is available on-line at http://www.ship.edu/news/index.html.
Art
All exhibits are in the Kauffman Gallery that is located in the Huber Art Center. Call 477-1530 for gallery hours, information and other scheduled events.
Scholastic Art Awards, Jan. 16–19. See the best of area high school artists, sponsored by the Patriot News.
Warli Tribal Artist Jivya Mashe, Jan. 23–Feb. 25. The first American exhibition of “Birth of the Painted World: Jivya Mashe and the Warli Tradition of India” is right here in the Kauffman Gallery. In addition to Mashe’s paintings, the exhibit will include photographs of the Warli tribal way of life and art created as a result of a project by SU students involving K-12 students throughout Pennsylvania.
Lectures and Special Events
Black Heritage, Brandon Neal, Feb. 7, Old Main Chapel, 7:30 pm, 477-1690. Brandon Neal is the national director of the Youth, College, and Young Adult Division for the NAACP. He was featured in Ebony as a “Top Thirty Leader in America under Thirty.”
Gifted Minority Scholarship Event, Toni Morrison, Feb. 23, dinner, Heiges Field House, 6 pm, $40; program, Luhrs Performing Arts Center, 8 pm, $15, information 477-1738, tickets 477-SHOW (7469). Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winner Toni Morrison is the latest in a distinguished line-up of guests for this annual fund-raising event. Her opera, Margaret, with music by Richard Danielpour, premiered in 2005. She was recognized with the National Humanities Medal in 2000.
Darrell Hammond, March 24, Luhrs Performing Arts Center, 8 pm, $35-$20, 477-SHOW (7469). Best known for his impressions on Saturday Night Live, actor/comedian Darrell Hammond brings his stand-up comedy and impressions to our campus.
Women’s History Month, Rory Kennedy, March 29, Memorial Auditorium, 7:30 pm, 477-1790. Documentary filmmaker Rory Kennedy explores stories that are often overlooked in our society. She is a social activist and human rights advocate.
Film
International Studies Film Series, Life and Debt, Feb. 1, Grove Hall Forum, 6:30 pm, 477-1907. Jamaica, land of sea, sand, and sun, is a prime example of the complex effects of economic globalization. This is an unapologetic look at the “new world order” through the eyes of Jamaicans. Reggae soundtrack.
International Studies Film Series, The Corporation, Feb. 15, Grove Hall Forum, 6:30 pm, 477-1907. Taking the corporation’s legal status as a person to its logical conclusion, the film puts the corporation on the psychiatrist’s couch. A 2004 Sundance Film Festival Award winner.
International Studies Film Series, Unknown Pleasures, March 1, Grove Hall Forum, 6:30 pm, 477-1907. A harrowing account of young, disillusioned Chinese people who live far from the prosperity and optimism of China’s official advance into the 21st century.
International Studies Film Series, Africa, I Will Fleece You, March 22, Grove Hall Forum, 6:30 pm, 477-1907. Using Cameroon as a basis, this film is a devastating overview of Africa’s struggle with colonialism and globalization.
Performing Arts
Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Jan. 19, Luhrs Performing Arts Center, 8 pm, $70-$25, 477-SHOW (7469). The grand opening concert event in the new H. Ric Luhrs Performing Arts Center is a show stopper with Wynton Marsalis, one of the most accomplished jazz artists and composers of his generation.
Chapel Series, Narciso Solero, piano, Jan. 22, Old Main Chapel, 3 pm, 477-1638. Renowned pianist, Narciso Solero is joined by tenor Jon Cart, a professor in the SU music department. The duo recorded Richard Wagner’s Wesendonk Lieder last summer.
Ailey® II, Jan. 24, Luhrs Performing Arts Center, 8 pm, $25-$20, 477-SHOW (7469). Under the direction of Sylvia Waters, Ailey’s critically acclaimed junior company brings exciting dance to the stage.
River City Brass, Feb. 4, Luhrs Performing Arts Center, 8 pm, $30-$15, 477-SHOW (7469). Light-hearted fun and stunning virtuosity are hallmarks of this chamber ensemble.
Second Stage Theatre Ensemble, The Pavilion, Feb. 21, 23, 25, Memorial Auditorium, 8 pm and 2 pm (25th only), $10, $5, $3, 477-1269. Pine City, Minnesota, and the 20th high school reunion of the class of 1986, through this small play, turns the drama of ordinary lives into the patchwork pattern of the universe.
Second Stage Theatre Ensemble, How I Learned to Drive, Feb. 22, 24, 25, Memorial Auditorium, 8 pm, $10, $5, $3, 477-1269. This comedy/drama is a surprising tale of survival as seen through the troubling relationship between a young girl and an older man.
Aquila Theatre Company, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, March 2, Luhrs Performing Arts Center, 8 pm, $20-$15, 477-SHOW (7469). Based on the Robert Louis Stevenson novel, the production maintains respect for the original text while drawing on compelling stagecraft with original music and choreography.
Intercollegiate Band Festival Concert, March 19, Luhrs Performing Arts Center, 2 pm, 477-1638. The top collegiate musicians from Pennsylvania’s colleges and universities gather to perform under the direction of a special guest conductor.
Woodwinds Ensemble, March 26, Old Main Chapel, 3 pm, 477-1638. The SU Woodwind Ensemble presents its spring concert.
Concert Choir Post-Tour Concert, April 3, Luhrs Performing Arts Center, 8 pm, 477-1638. Fresh from their spring tour, the SU Concert Choir and the Madrigal Singers perform selections from classical choral repertoire as well as spirituals and folksongs.
Planetarium
The Dibert Planetarium is located in the Franklin Science Center. For information, call 477-1491 or e-mail papajack@planetcable.net.
Will the Real Nebula Please Stand Up?, Feb. 7, 7:30 pm, $1. Hope for clear skies. We’d love to combine the comfort of our projected skies with a telescopic look at the great Orion Nebula. See why winter skies are really the best.
Easter 2006, April 4, 7:30 pm, $1. The Western world celebrates Easter on April 16 this year. Come watch next year’s moon tell us when to celebrate in 2007.