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Wednesday, April 30, 2008

12:00 pmArtful Dodger

Please join us for the April Artful Dodger series in the Main Galleries of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center with a discussion by Dan Peck, Professor of English, entitled, "Kindred Spirits: Asher B. Durand and American Landscape Painting."

No location listed

3:30 pmSpring Convocation

The convocation address, "Sitting on a Bench," will be given by Ron Sharp, dean of the faculty.

Chapel

3:30 pmLaCross Intramurals

Field, Joss Field

4:00 pmBaseball Game (Make-up)

Baseball game at home with SUNY New Paltz (make-up game)

Prentiss Field

4:00 pmPost Convocation reception

Class of 2009 Champagne Toast. Convocation is over -- we're seniors now!

Main Building, Rose Parlor

6:00 pmCarifest Week Movie Night

In celebration of Carifest Week, come view the double screening of the movies "Ghosts of Cite Soleil" & "One Love". Sponsored by the Caribbean Students' Alliance.

Rockefeller Hall, 200

7:00 pmFirst Year Freshmen 15

A gathering for and by first year students, featuring fifteen three-minute reflections on the achievements and challenges of the freshmen year. Celebrate your experiences through song, dance, performance art, video, and other works of art. Sponsored by the Freshmen Class Council and the Vassar First Year.

Students' Building, Second Floor

8:00 pmFrench Thriller Film Series

"The Beat That My Heart Skipped" (De battre mon coeur s'est arrete, 2005). Tom seems destined to follow in his father's footsteps as a Parisian property shark working in a sleazy and sometimes brutal world. However, a chance encounter with his late mother's music agent leads him to believe that he can become, like his mother, a concert pianist. In French, with English subtitles. Pre-film conversation with refreshments 7:00pm in the French Lounge. Screening in the Chicago Hall FLRC (Foreign Language Resource Center Screening Room). 8:00pm.

Chicago Hall, VIDEO

8:00 pmRussian Sci-Fi Cinema Fest

"Heart of a Dog" (1988) 130 min. English subtitles. Professor Preobrazhensky's experimental technique of "practical rejuvenation" produces a Soviet Frankenstein in this superb adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov's novella from the mid-1920s.Introductory remarks by Nikolai Firtich.

Rockefeller Hall, 200

10:00 pmCollege Democrats Mug Night

The College Democrats are hosting a mug night for 80's night!

College Center, Matthew's Pub

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