Monday Memo
Thoroughbred Athletics
Beth Hallenbeck's field hockey players keep on winning! They're heading to Final Four competition next weekend in Virginia.
Campus to celebrate International Education Week
A full roster of events will share the excitement of studying abroad.
Award-winning faculty author to give reading
The new year will be a promising one for writer-in-residence Greg Hrbek: he has a new book coming out and a residency in Japan planned.
Social work scholar to survey older Saratogians
Crystal Dea Moore is gathering data in advance of her upcoming STINT fellowship in Sweden.
Saratoga Reads announces book of choice
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa has been selected for the program's seventh year.
CTW: Hillary Feerick Hillenbrand '93
Her goal is to help young readers learn the importance of good nutrition.
Student recognized for multicultural leadership
Teshika Hatch '11, of Seattle, Wash., was cited by the Leadership Council on Inclusion.
Faculty-Staff Achievements
Linda Simon helps inaugurate UAlbany's James Festival, Joanne Vella exhibits art in Italy.
Daily Events
Tuesday 11/16
Are There Really Homeless People in Saratoga?
Location: Case Center - Intercultural center A National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week Event with John Pelzer - Executive director Shelters of Saratoga, Andy Gilpin - Director of program Services CAPTAIN Youth and Family Services, Dawn Howk - Homeless Liaison Ballston Spa School District, Diane Davis - Interim Homeless Education Liaison Saratoga Springs School District |
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Yoga-type Movement and Meditation
Location: Wilson Memorial Chapel A mixture of chanting, silent meditation and pilates and yoga-type movements focused on cultivating positive attributes of the soul. Every Tuesday afternoon through 11/30/2010 (no program on 11/23/2010.) All are welcome. Come whenever your schedule permits. Wear loose comfortable clothing and bring a yoga mat or blanket |
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Cattle Ranching and Conservation: Adversaries or Co-Dependent Bedfellows?
Location: Palamountain Hall - Davis Auditorium Video Conference: A look at the changing role of cattle ranching in the quest for sustaining biodiverse ecosystems in Latin America. |
Wednesday 11/17
Swap Night (Open to students only)
Location: Rounds Hall - 1st Floor - Office of Residential Life Come with your roommates and meet others interested in swapping out of their triple room. Refreshments will provided! |
Intersections: Gender
Location: Palamountain Hall - Emerson Auditorium This is the second panel in the Intersections series, which will draw upon the insights of Skidmore faculty, staff and students throughout the academic year. The series is designed to interrogate and illuminate our understandings of religion, gender, race, sexuality, nation and class. Dr. Cornel West, noted Princeton scholar and public intellectual, will provide the capstone lecture for the series on April 7, 2011. |
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Fiction Reading by Greg Hrbek
Location: Palamountain Hall - Davis Auditorium A digitally remastered reading form a forthcoming collection of short stories. |
Thursday 11/18
QR Review Session (Open to students only)
Location: Harder Hall - 203 |
Friday 11/19
QR Exam (Open to students only)
Location: Harder Hall - 201 |
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Women's Basketball vs. SUNY Oneonta (Skidmore Invitational)
Location: Williamson Sports and Recreation Center |
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Carlo Goldoni's "The Servant of Two Masters"
Location: Janet Kinghorn Bernhard Theater - Mainstage Translated and Adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher and Paolo Emilio LandiHatcher and Landi's reworking of "The Servant Of Two Masters" is a cross between traditional Italian commedia dell'arte and postmodern vaudeville. Goldoni's classic pits the madcap servant, Truffaldino, against masters, mistresses, lovers, lawyers and multiple plates of meatballs. This will certainly be a fast-moving comedy, complete with acrobatics, juggling, audience participation, and a liberal dose of adlibs. November 19-21 & December 2-5 All performances at 8pm except Sunday matinees only which are at 2pm.
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Saturday 11/20
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Men's and Women's swimming & diving vs. Utica
Location: Williamson Sports and Recreation Center |
Beatles Symposium
Location: Arthur Zankel Music Center Skidmore music professor Gordon Thompson moderates a panel of noted Beatles experts including Allan Kozinn (New York Times), Tim Riley (Tell Me Why), Jonathan Gould (Can't Buy Me Love), and Andy Babiuk (Beatles Gear), as they offer their reflections on the Beatles. |
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Women's Basketball vs. SUNY Cortland (Skidmore Invitational)
Location: Williamson Sports and Recreation Center |
Brass Ensemble Concert
Location: Arthur Zankel Music Center - ELM (Room 117) Patrice Malatestinic, coach
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Carlo Goldoni's "The Servant of Two Masters"
Location: Janet Kinghorn Bernhard Theater - Mainstage Translated and Adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher and Paolo Emilio LandiHatcher and Landi's reworking of "The Servant Of Two Masters" is a cross between traditional Italian commedia dell'arte and postmodern vaudeville. Goldoni's classic pits the madcap servant, Truffaldino, against masters, mistresses, lovers, lawyers and multiple plates of meatballs. This will certainly be a fast-moving comedy, complete with acrobatics, juggling, audience participation, and a liberal dose of adlibs. November 19-21 & December 2-5 All performances at 8pm except Sunday matinees only which are at 2pm. |
Sunday 11/21
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Carlo Goldoni's "The Servant of Two Masters"
Location: Janet Kinghorn Bernhard Theater - Mainstage Translated and Adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher and Paolo Emilio LandiHatcher and Landi's reworking of "The Servant Of Two Masters" is a cross between traditional Italian commedia dell'arte and postmodern vaudeville. Goldoni's classic pits the madcap servant, Truffaldino, against masters, mistresses, lovers, lawyers and multiple plates of meatballs. This will certainly be a fast-moving comedy, complete with acrobatics, juggling, audience participation, and a liberal dose of adlibs. November 19-21 & December 2-5 All performances at 8pm except Sunday matinees only which are at 2pm. |
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2010 Beatlemore Skidmania I
Location: Arthur Zankel Music Center THIS CONCERT IS NOW SOLD OUT TO THE PUBLIC. TICKETS ONLY AVAILABLE TO SKIDMORE STUDENTS AT THIS TIME.Students may purchase up to two tickets each from 11/9-11/12 from 10a-2p in the Dining Hall. Tickets are $3. Cash only. Beatlemore Skidmania, 10th Anniversary Skidmore students and faculty present the tenth annual Beatlemore Skidmania on Sunday, 11/21 at 3 PM in Ladd Hall. In this anniversary year, we recognize John Lennon and Ringo Starr's seventieth birthdays, the fifty years since the Beatles headed to Hamburg, and the forty years since their dissolution, as well as remembering Lennon's assassination thirty years ago. This year's concert will benefit Skidmore Cares, an outreach program that supports Saratoga's food pantries. Tickets are $5 for the Saratoga community and $3 for students.
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2010 Beatlemore Skidmania II
Location: Arthur Zankel Music Center THIS CONCERT IS NOW SOLD OUT TO THE PUBLIC. TICKETS ONLY AVAILABLE TO SKIDMORE STUDENTS AT THIS TIME.Students may purchase up to two tickets each from 11/9-11/12 from 10a-2p in the Dining Hall. Tickets are $3. Cash only. Beatlemore Skidmania, 10th Anniversary Skidmore students and faculty present the tenth annual Beatlemore Skidmania on Sunday, 11/21 at 7 PM in Ladd Hall. In this anniversary year, we recognize John Lennon and Ringo Starr's seventieth birthdays, the fifty years since the Beatles headed to Hamburg, and the forty years since their dissolution, as well as remembering Lennon's assassination thirty years ago. This year's concert will benefit Skidmore Cares, an outreach program that supports Saratoga's food pantries. Tickets are $5 for the Saratoga community and $3 for students. |
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Roman Catholic Mass
Location: Wilson Memorial Chapel Roman Catholic Mass. |
Ongoing Events
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[7/17 - 4/17] Opener 20: Paula Hayes: Understory
Time: 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM Location:
Tang Teaching Museum
- Payne Room |
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[7/17 - 1/2] Opener 21: Suzanne Bocanegra: I Write the Songs
Time: 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM Location:
Tang Teaching Museum
- Malloy Wing |
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| [9/7 - 1/2] Eye Rhymes
Time: 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM Location:
Tang Teaching Museum
- Winter Gallery |
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| [9/18 - 2/27] The Jewel Thief
Time: 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM Location:
Tang Teaching Museum
- Wachenheim Gallery |
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[10/8 - 12/5] Selected Art Faculty Exhibition
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Location: Saisselin Art Center - Schick Art Gallery Selected Art Faculty Exhibition by John Galt, Patrick Kelley, Sang-Wook Lee, Doretta Miller and Iona Park |
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[10/8 - 12/3] weekly Torah discussion
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Location: Case Center - Intercultural Center Discussion of the weekly Torah portion of the Jewish liturgical calendar, linking the words of the text to the concerns of our lives, and drawing upon traditional and contemporary Jewish viewpoints and commentaries. Open to all members of the Skidmore community. |
| [10/9 - 2/27] Elevator Music 17: Peter Edwards
Time: 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM Location:
Tang Teaching Museum
- Elevator |
