Monday Memo

Sustainable Skidmore, Spring 2011
13th Academic Festival scheduled for May 4
The annual celebration of academic excellence will feature over 300 student presenters this year.
Ying Quartet to wrap up Moore Chamber residency with concert
The May 3 performance will also feature student musicians.
Drastic Measures saluted for generosity
ASPIRe, N.Y. says thanks to student group for a year of support.
Regis Brodie exhibition scheduled at Schick Art Gallery
The show will include ceramics and paintings by the artist.
Faculty-staff achievements
Skidmore hosts spring meeting of the Hudson River Undergraduate Mathematics Conference.
Thoroughbred sports update
Men's tennis wins Liberty League title, baseball clinches playoff berth.
Daily Events
Monday 5/2
Choreography I Class Showing
Location: Dance Center Skidmore Dancers perform original work choreographed by the Choreo I class. |
Tuesday 5/3
Baseball vs. New Paltz
Location: Castle Diamond |
Pi Sigma Alpha Induction and Awards Ceremony
Location: Scribner Library - Pohndorff Room Honor Society Induction and Departmental Awards Ceremony, by invitation only. |
Honors Convocation (Open to faculty/staff only)
Location: Murray-Aikins Dining Hall - Upstairs Banquet Room |
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Ying Quartet
Location: Arthur Zankel Music Center The dynamic Ying Quarter returns to perform with Skidmore students and faculty in an exhilarating season finale.Tickets are available at www.skidmore.showclix.com |
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Wednesday 5/4
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Academic Festival (Open to campus community only.)
Location: Various Campus Locations |
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Saturday 5/7
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Voices of Hope and Remembrance: Honoring the Legacy of Terezin
Location: Arthur Zankel Music Center Battenkill Chorale Janet McGhee, Artistic Director, presentsVoices of Hope and Remembrance: Honoring the Legacy of Terezin, featuring music written and performed at Terezin concentration camp plus "The Flowers of Terezin" by Thomas Oboe Lee "I Never Saw Another Butterfly," poetry by children imprisoned at Terezin sung by The Bennington Children's Chorus Jewish music by Schubert, Bernstein, Weill, Whitacre, Bloch, Janowski, Lewandowski Musica, Dei Donum Optimi world premiere by Alfred V. Fedak Saturday, May 7, 8pm Sunday, May 8, 4pm 3pm pre-concert talk: music at Terezin Power Point show by Joshua R. Jacobson, filmed interview with Terezin survivor Edgar Krasa, and composer Thomas Oboe Lee
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Sunday 5/8
Baseball vs. RPI (Doubleheader)
Location: Castle Diamond |
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Voices of Hope and Remembrance: Honoring the Legacy of Terezin
Location: Arthur Zankel Music Center Battenkill Chorale Janet McGhee, Artistic Director, presentsVoices of Hope and Remembrance: Honoring the Legacy of Terezin featuring music written and performed at Terezin concentration camp plus "The Flowers of Terezin" by Thomas Oboe Lee "I Never Saw Another Butterfly," poetry by children imprisoned at Terezin sung by The Bennington Children's Chorus Jewish music by Schubert, Bernstein, Weill, Whitacre, Bloch, Janowski, Lewandowski Musica, Dei Donum Optimi world premiere by Alfred V. Fedak
3pm pre-concert talk: music at Terezin Power Point show by Joshua R. Jacobson, filmed interview with Terezin survivor Edgar Krasa, and composer Thomas Oboe Lee
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Ongoing Events
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| [2/5 - 7/31] "Environment and Object in Recent African Art"
Location:
Tang Teaching Museum
- Malloy Wing Curated by Lisa Aronson, associate professor of Art History at Skidmore, and John Weber, Dayton Director of the Tang.
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| [3/26 - 7/31] Tang Museum Exhibit: "Alumni Invitational 3"
Location:
Tang Teaching Museum
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