More than 125 works of art by high school students from The Art Institute of Mill Street Loft will be highlighted in the sixth annual "Teen Visions '08" exhibition. The juried show will include paintings, drawings, photography, and sculpture from more than 50 art students who participated in the Art Institute's Summer Intensive and Fall 2007 courses.The students' work will be on display through Saturday, February 9. The exhibition is free and open to the public.
College Center, Palmer Gallery
Vogelstein Center for Drama and Film, 109
"Fruit Salad" is a new discussion group focusing on the diversity within the queer community and intersectionality of identities. This first meeting will examine the alphabet of identities under the "LGBTQ" umbrella. Refreshments provided! Sponsored by Campus Life/Blegen House.
Main Building, Jade Parlor
Penny Von Eschen. ?Jazz Ambassadors Play the Cold War,? which explores the U.S. State Department?s use of jazz musicians in the fight against Communism during the cold war.
Taylor Hall, 203
An Ecumenical Service including the imposition of ashes. All are welcome.
Chapel
Lydia Davis, Writer-in-Residence. An American virtuoso, Davis is an innovator of the short story form. She is the author of four collections of short fiction, including Varieties of Disturbance (2007), Break It Down, Samuel Johnson Is Indignant and a novel, The End of the Story. Davis is also the translator of numerous avant-garde French novels, memoirs, and volumes of literary criticism, including works by Maurice Blanchot, Michel Leiris, and most recently Swann's Way by Marcel Proust, which received the French-American Foundation Annual Translation Prize.
Sanders Hall, 212
The Vassar First Year presents Elements of Leadership, designed for first year students who want to learn more about leadership opportunities in the Vassar Student Association and student organizations, residential houses, and Athletics. Presenters from Campus Activities, the Vassar Student Association, Residential Life, Athletics, and Campus Life will discuss the benefits, responsibilities, expectations, and support resources for student leaders.
College Center, Villard Room
A lecture and discussion of Tibetan Buddhist practices as they can be of use in both daily life and in times of difficulty. Speakers are the Venerable Lama Kalsang Gyaltsen and Reverend Dr. Ani Kunga Chodron from Tsechen Kunchab Ling Temple in Walden, New York. Chai tea will be served at the start of the lecture. Chapel foyer. Sponsored by the Vassar Buddhist Sangha.
Chapel, FOYER
"Aelita: Queen of Mars (1924)" 104 min. English subtitles.Moscow of the '20s becomes entangled in a revolution on the Red Planet. This adaptation of Aleksei Tolstoi?s novella is renowned for its futuristic Martian settings. Introductory remarks by Dan Ungurianu and Nikolai Firtich.
Rockefeller Hall, 200
"The Fire Next Time: Words and Speeches in Black Intellectual History." In celebration of our ancestors and our intellectual predecessors. The night's event will showcase excerpts from writings and speeches by women and men who have cried, sweat, and died for the advancement of the Black Community within the United States and the diaspora. Sponsored by the Black Student Union.
Rockefeller Hall, 300
Main Building, Faculty Parlor