For Immediate Release
– Tuesday, October 9, 2007
SUNY Geneseo Calendar of Events
for Oct. 18 - 24
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER
18:
MILNE LIBRARY: The Corporate and Business Partners of SUNY Geneseo are sponsoring the Heavens
Above exhibit, a series of
transparencies and interactive media from deep space captured by the Hubble
Space Telescope while orbiting the earth over the past 16 years. The exhibit will be on display from
August 27 to December 17. For more
information http://heavensabove.geneseo.edu/.
PLAY: VegSOUP presents "A Day in the Death of Joe Egg" by Peter Nichols.
Directed by Jamal Abdunnasir. The play centers on a British couple who are
struggling to raise their only child, a severely handicapped girl with whom
they cannot communicate. She is incontinent and unable to communicate. Taking
care of her has occupied nearly every moment of her parent's lives since her
birth, and this has taken a heavy toll on their marriage. Sheila, her mother,
still clings to impossible dreams of Josephine's recovery, while Bri has begun
to entertain chilling fantasies of killing Josephine. The play begins at 8 p.m.
in Robert Sinclair Theatre in Brodie Hall and runs through Saturday, Oct. 20.
There will be a matinee at 2 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 20. General admission is
$5. Tickets may be purchased at
bbo.geneseo.edu or by calling (585) 245-5833, the week of the performance.
SCIENTIFIC COLLOQUIUM: In conjunction with the Heavens Above
exhibit, Milne Library will host a scientific colloquium entitled
"Restarting the Exploration of the Universe: The National Academy's Beyond
Einstein Report and the Future of Space Astronomy" at 7 p.m. in 104 Milne. Dr. Joel R. Primack, one of the authors
of the report and a renowned physicist and cosmologist, will be speaking
on the science, politics and challenges of space science as outlined in
NASA's Beyond Einstein program.
Members of the local scientific community have been invited to
participate in this free event, and the public is also welcome to attend.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19:
PLAY: (See Thursday, October. 18).
CONCERT: The School of the Arts presents a Kaleidoscope Concert, a Family Day
kick-off event featuring virtually all of Geneseo's Performing Artists and
Ensembles. 8 p.m. in Wadsworth Auditorium. The concert is free and open to the public.
LECTURE:
In conjunction with the Heavens Above exhibit, Milne Library is pleased
to present a multimedia lecture by Dr. Joel R. Primack and his wife Nancy Ellen
Abrams, authors of the 2006 book "The View From the Center of the
Universe." The book explores how recent advances in astronomy, physics and
cosmology can help frame a new way of understanding the universe and our place
in it. For a decade, Primack and
Abrams have been co-teaching a course called "Cosmology and Culture"
at the University of California at Santa Cruz, which led to the development of
the book. The program, which is
free and open to the public, will begin at 7 p.m. in 202 Newton, followed
by a reception in Milne Library.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER
20:
PERFORMANCE: In the spirit of Family Day, the Limelight and Accents will present The
Clayton Miller Band, an American blues band made up of three brothers who have
made national headlines with their amazing talent and earned second place on
the first season of America's Got Talent. 8 p.m. in Wadsworth
Auditorium. Tickets are $5 for students, $7 for 12 and under, $12 for
faculty/staff/alumni, and $15 for the general public. To purchase tickets, call the Student Association Ticket
Office at (585) 245-5873 or (800) 525-2070. The SUNY Geneseo Limelight &
Accents Series is funded by mandatory Student Association fees and coordinated
by the college's Activities Commission.
PLAY: (See
Thursday, October 18).
RECITAL: The Friends of Music presents the Student Honors Recital. 3 p.m. in
Wadsworth Auditorium. The event is
free and open to the public.
SPORTS: Men's soccer vs. Buffalo State. 1 p.m., Saratoga Field. Free and open to
the public.
SPORTS: Women's field hockey vs. Ohio Wesleyan. 11 a.m.,
Upper Merritt. Free and open to the public.
SPORTS: Men's and women's swimming vs. Buffalo State. 1 p.m.,
Merritt Athletic Center. Free and open to the public.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21:
MONDAY, OCTOBER 22:
LEDERER GALLERY: School of the Arts and the Bertha V.B. Lederer Gallery in Brodie Hall, present
Roland Freeman's "Mule Train: A Journey of Hope Remembered". The gallery is
open noon-4 p.m. Sundays–Wednesdays and 5-8 p.m.
Thursdays-Saturdays. The exhibit
runs through Saturday, November 17. For more information
http://www.geneseo.edu/news/nrap.php?pg=MuleTrainExhibit.html.
LOCKHART GALLERY: School of the Arts and the Lockhart Gallery, located
in the McClellan House, 26 Main St., Geneseo presents Roland Freeman's "Some
Things of Value: African American Expressive Culture". Freeman's opening lecture
will begin at 3 p.m., Monday, Oct. 22 in Alice Austin theatre, Brodie Hall.
Opening reception, following Freeman's lecture, is from 4:30-6 p.m., Monday,
Oct. 22 in the Lockhart Gallery. The exhibit runs through Saturday, November
17. The gallery is open noon-4 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays and noon-8 p.m.
Thursdays. For more information
http://www.geneseo.edu/news/nrap.php?pg=MuleTrainExhibit.html.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER
23:
LOCKHART GALLERY: (See
Monday, October 22).
LEDERER GALLERY: (See Monday, October 22).
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER
24:
LOCKHART GALLERY: (See
Monday, October 22).
LEDERER GALLERY: (See Monday, October 22).
WADSWORTH LECTURE: Unscramble the letters in "America" and a simple
sentence—"I am race"—reveals one of the most complex issues facing
society today. So says Julian Bond, chairman of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), who will deliver the Wadsworth
Lecture at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 24 at Wadsworth Auditorium. His address,
"Civil Rights: In the Day, Today and Tomorrow," is free and open to the public.
A question-and-answer session with Bond will follow his presentation. For more
information see http://www.geneseo.edu/news/nrap.php?pg=WadsworthNR.html
SPORTS: Men's soccer vs. St. John Fisher. 3 p.m., Saratoga
Field. Free and open to the public.
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