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Arts and Ideas - September through December
2000
Wednesday, September 13
Asian Philosophy Lecture Series: “Walking the Way with Confucius:
Tianwen, Emerging Patterns of Human Heavens” presented by Kennesaw
State University professor David Jones. 7:30 p.m., Skylight Gallery
of Oglethorpe University Museum of Art. Free admission. Sponsored by
the Oglethorpe University Philosophy Department and the University
Program Committee. For more information call (404) 364-8375.
Thursday, September 14
Concert: Sukay – Music of the Andes. 8 p.m., Conant Performing
Arts Center. With deep sounding pipes, haunting flutes and
fast-paced rhythms played on a guitar-like instrument made from the
shell of an armadillo, Sukay creates an ethereal, pulsating sound
that fills listeners with the energy and strength of the Andes
Mountains. Visit www.sirius.com/~sukay for more information about
Sukay. Sponsored by the University Program Committee and the Student
Programming Board. Admission is $10. For more information call (404)
364-8447.
Tuesday, October 10
Lecture: “Making a Life, Making a Living: Work that Makes a
Difference” presented by Mark Albion, professor of marketing at
Harvard University. Albion is author of Making a Life, Making a
Living, about choosing careers that positively effect society while
matching personal values and goals. 7:30 p.m., Lupton Auditorium.
Free Admission. For more information call (404) 364-8533.
Wednesday, October 11
Asian Philosophy Lecture Series: Nagarjuna on Ultimate and
Conventional Reality: Two Sides of the Same Coin” presented by Geshe
Lobsang of the Drepung Loseling Institute. 7 p.m., Skylight Gallery
of Oglethorpe University Museum of Art. Free admission.
Thursday, October 12
*Lecture: “What Hath Athens to do with Jerusalem? Early Christian
Literature and Classical Antiquity” presented by Patrick Gray ’92,
adjunct professor of history. 7 p.m., Lupton Auditorium. Free
admission.
Sunday, October 15 through Sunday, December 17
Exhibition: “The Dream of the Red Chamber” featuring paintings in
the traditional Chinese manner by An Ho, who is the last student of
the last student of the last court painter of the last emperor of
China. Oglethorpe University Museum of Art. Public viewing hours are
Tuesday through Sunday from noon until 5 p.m. For more information
call (404) 364-8555.
Thursday, October 19
*Lecture: “The Iliad, Mythic History and Historical Memory” by
Visiting Professor of History Timothy Doyle. 7 p.m., Lupton
Auditorium. Free admission.
Wednesday, October 25
Asian Philosophy Lecture Series: “Shankaracharya: His Advaita
Vedanta and the Maya Doctrine” presented by Swami Yogeshananda of
the Vedanta Center of Atlanta. 7 p.m., Skylight Gallery of
Oglethorpe University Museum of Art. Free admission.
Thursday, October 26
*Lecture: “Livy and the Cult of Roman Imperial History” presented
by Associate Professor of English Douglas McFarland. 7 p.m., Lupton
Auditorium. Free admission.
Saturday, November 4
Concert: The DeKalb Choral Guild, Mary Evelyn Root, conductor. 8
p.m., Lupton Auditorium. For tickets and information call (404)
264-6101.
Monday, November 6
*Lecture: “The Shaping of Memory in the Nibelungenlied” presented
by W. Bradford Smith, associate professor of history. Free
admission. 7 p.m., Lupton Auditorium.
Thursday, November 9
Asian Philosophy Lecture Series: “Dogen and Buddha-nature”
presented by Brian Schroeder of Skidmore College in Saratoga
Springs, N.Y. 7 p.m., Skylight Gallery of Oglethorpe University
Museum of Art. Free admission.
Friday, November 10
Concert: Oglethorpe University Singers and University Chorale
Fall Concert. 8 p.m., Conant Performing Arts Center. Admission is
free. For more information visit www.orgs.oglethorpe.edu/singers.
Monday, November 13
Concert: The Berlin Chamber Orchestra, Katrin Scholz, artistic
director and violinist. 8 p.m., Conant Performing Arts Center.
Admission is $20, $10 for students. Sponsored by the University
Program Committee. For more information call (404) 364-8447. Visit
www.koberlin.de for information about The Berlin Chamber Orchestra.
Friday, December 1
Special Event: Annual Boar’s Head Ceremony and Holiday Concert by
the Oglethorpe University Singers and University Chorale with guest
soloists and ensembles. 7:30 p.m., Conant Performing Arts Center.
Admission is free. Co-sponsored by the University Program Committee.
Monday, December 4
*Lecture: “Machiavelli’s Florentine Histories” presented by
Harvard University’s Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield. 4
p.m., Lupton Auditorium. Admission is free.
Saturday, December 9
Concert: The DeKalb Choral Guild’s Holiday Concert, Mary Evelyn
Root, conductor. 8 p.m., Lupton Auditorium. Call (404) 264-6101 for
tickets and more information.
* Sponsored by the Oglethorpe University Core Committee and the
University Program Committee
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