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Arts and Ideas - January through May 2000
Wednesday, January 12
Inaugural Symposium: “Celebrating the Liberal Arts: Making
a Life and Making a Living.” The symposium begins at 12:30 p.m. with
a plenary address titled “The ‘Phoney’ War: Rote Learning vs.
Critical Thinking” by Dr. Roger Shattuck. Conant Performing Arts
Center. Free admission. For more information call (404) 364-8461.
Thursday, January 13
Special Event: of Dr. Larry D. Large, 15th President of
Oglethorpe University. Installation ceremony begins at 2:15 p.m. on
Thursday, January 13 at Dorough Fieldhouse. For more information
call (404) 364-8461.
Saturday, January 15
Concert: The Atlanta Chamber Players present “Diamonds &
Gypsies.” 8 p.m., Conant Performing Arts Center. Admission is $12
for adults, free for all students. For more information and
reservations, call (770) 242-2227.
Saturday, February 5 and Sunday, February 6
Saturday, February 12 and Sunday, February 13
Children’s Theatre: Oglethorpe University Playmakers
present “Marmalade Gumdrops” by Carol Lauck. Tickets are $3 for
adults and $2 for children under age 12. 2 p.m., Conant Performing
Arts Center. All proceeds benefit the Atlanta Children’s Shelter.
For more information, call the Playmakers Box Office at (404)
504-1074.
Sunday, February 13 through Sunday, May 21
Exhibition: “Four Artists, Four Objects, Ten Years”
featuring paintings by Janet Fish, Sondra Freckelton, Nancy Hagin
and Harriet Shorr. Oglethorpe University Museum. Public viewing
hours are Tuesday through Sunday from noon until 5 p.m. For more
information or to schedule a docent tour, call (404) 364-8555.
Thursday, February 17
Conference: “Leadership and Civil Society for the New
Millennium.” Sponsored by the University Program Committee, the Rich
Foundation Urban Leadership Program, and Berry College. The
conference begins at 9:30 a.m. in the Emerson Student Center. Free
admission. For more information, call (404) 364-8446.
Thursday, February 17
Lecture: “Zen Buddhism” by Abbot Keido Fukushima of
Tofukuji Monastery in Kyoto, Japan. 8 p.m., Skylight Gallery of
Oglethorpe University Museum. Free admission. Sponsored by the
University Program Committee. For more information, call (404)
364-8446.
Friday, February 18
Demonstration: “Japanese Calligraphy” by Abbot Keido
Fukushima of Tofukuji Monastery in Kyoto, Japan. 8 p.m., Skylight
Gallery of Oglethorpe University Museum. Free admission. Sponsored
by the University Program Committee. For more information, call
(404) 364-8446.
Saturday, February 19
Concert: The DeKalb Choral Guild, Mary Evelyn Root,
conductor. 8 p.m., Lupton Auditorium. For tickets and information
call (404) 264-6101.
Tuesday, February 22
Concert: The Count Basie Orchestra, Grover Mitchell,
director. 8 p.m., Conant Performing Arts Center. Admission is $20.
Sponsored by the University Program Committee and the Oglethorpe
Student Association’s Programming Board. For tickets call (404)
364-8463.
Wednesday, March 1
Lecture: "Deep Humanity: Evolution and the Violence
Problem" by Harvard University biologist and anthropologist Richard
Wrangham. Wrangham is co-author of Demonic Males: Apes and the
Origin of Human Violence. 8 p.m., Talmage Room of the Emerson
Student Center. Free admission. Sponsored by the University Program
Committee. For more information call (404) 364-8446.
Thursday, March 9
Concert: Coterie vocal chamber ensemble. 8 p.m., Talmage
Room of the Emerson Student Center. Admission is free. Sponsored by
the University Program Committee. For more information call (404)
364-8446.
Wednesday, March 15
Concert: Benjamin Carlisle, harpsichordist. 8 p.m., Lobby
of the Conant Performing Arts Center. Admission is free. Sponsored
by the University Program Committee. For more information call (404)
364-8446.
Wednesday, April 5 through Sunday, April 9
Theatre: Oglethorpe University Playmakers present "A
Madhouse in Goa" by Martin Sherman. April 5-8 at 8 p.m. April 9 at 2
p.m. All performances in the Conant Performing Arts Center.
Admission is $5. For more information call the Playmakers Box Office
at (404) 504-1074.
Friday, April 14
Concert: Oglethorpe University Singers and Chorale Spring
Concert featuring traditional music of Argentina and Colombia and
the music of Aaron Copland. Dr. W. Irwin Ray, conductor. 8 p.m.,
Conant Performing Arts Center. Admission is free. For more
information call (404) 364-8446.
Saturday, May 6
Special Event: Commencement. 9:30 a.m., Academic
Quadrangle. For more information call (404) 364-8446.
Saturday, May 13
Concert: DeKalb Choral Guild, Mary Evelyn Root, conductor.
8 p.m., Conant Performing Arts Center. For tickets and information
call (404) 264-6101.
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