Mon., October 27 through Fri., November 14. The idea of a community is ever-changing, meaning different things to different people. Picturing Community is an exhibition of photography by Vassar students and employees. The juried exhibition, presented by the Vassar Community Works campaign, will feature photographs taken in Poughkeepsie and the surrounding Hudson Valley. Funded by donations from employees and students of Vassar College, Community Works is a philanthropic campaign whose mission is to provide financial assistance to local not-for-profit organizations. Recipients are selected each year by a committee of staff, administrators, faculty, and students. James W. Palmer III '90 Gallery. College Center.
College Center, Palmer Gallery
Please join us tomorrow night at the Art Center from 5-9 pm at "Late Night at the Lehman Loeb" with entertainment provided by The Walker Family, including Vassar's very own Professor of Geology, Jeff Walker. There will be refreshments served in the Atrium and galleries will be open to view the permanent collection along with our current exhibition "Excerpt: Selections from the Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn Collection." Please visit the Art Center's website for more information at http://fllac.vassar.edu/
FLLAC, Gallery
College Center, 237
Anne McClintock. "Paranoid Empire: Specters of Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib." Anne McClintock is the Simone de Beauvoir Professor of English and Women's Studies at Wisconsin-Madison. She is the author of Simone de Beauvoir, Olive Schreiner and Imperial Leather: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in the Colonial Contest. Her books Screwing the System: Essays on Sexuality and Power and Skin Hunger: A Chronicle of Sex, Money, and Desire are forthcoming. She is currently working on a new book: Paranoid Empire: Specters of Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib.
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Taylor Hall, 203
"Technology in the Field: Vassar College and Tablet PCs" is a video documentary filmed and edited by two Vassar students highlighting the use of technology in teaching outdoor, field-based classes. Geomorphology, Field Archaeology, and Ecology classes are featured. The documentary is 11 minutes, there will be refreshments.
Rockefeller Hall, 200
Boubacar Boris Diop Lecture. Born 1946, Diop is a journalist, novelist, short story writer, essayist, and dramatist. His novels include: Le Temps de Tamengo (1981), Les Tambours de la memoire (1990), Murambi (2000), part of the Duty of Memory Project, and Doomi Golo (2003). He is also the author of Negrophobie, an essay written in collaboration with Odile Tobner and Francois-Xavier Verschave, and L'Afriqueau-dela du miroir (2007).
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Taylor Hall, 102
Inspired by Judy Chicago's "The Dinner Party," the Feminist Alliance celebrates women's history with student artwork and food.
Ely Hall, Aula
College Center, Faculty Commons
"Dr. Strangelove." Anti-War Film Series hosted by the Vassar Green Party to illuminate why we should stop war and American imperialism during this crucial election time!
Rockefeller Hall, 200
"First Lady Suite." Contact the boxoffice located inside the Powerhouse theater for more information. Phone: 845-437-5584. Email: boxoffice@vassar.edu. Walkins: Monday-Friday, 1pm-5pm. Reservations for all performances are required. All reservations are complimentary and seating is limited. November 6, 7, 8. Martel Theater.
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College Center, Retreat