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| Events from 15 November 2009 till 22 November 2009 (week number : 47)
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| Sunday 15 November 2009 |
The Elephant Man 2:00pm - 6:00pm Category : Arts Location : McCoy Theatre Theatre performance ... Read more Multi-Faith Celebration 3:00pm - 6:00pm Category : Multicultural/International Location : McCallum Ballroom/ Crain Recep Rhodes will host its annual Multi-Faith Prayers for Peace, a celebration of prayer, music, dance, sacred text, food and other expressions of peace and justice of different cultures. Free and open to the public, the event will begin at 3 p.m. in the BCLC Ballroom. It will feature student religious and multicultural groups, along with leaders from different faith communities in Memphis, who will lead the prayers and celebrations. Diversity Memphis is a cosponsor of this year’s Prayers for Peace which was founded in 2001. Meetings have been held at the Masjid Al-Mu-Minun Mosque, the India Cultural Center and Temple in Eads, Temple I ...
MasterSingers Chorale and the Memphis Symphony Orchestra 3:30pm - 6:00pm Category : Arts Location : Sanctuary The Rhodes MasterSingers Chorale and the Memphis Symphony Orchestra will perform at Evergreen Presbyterian Church at 3:30 p.m. The church is located at 613 University St. across from the Rhodes campus. Dr. William Skoog is conductor. Titled "A Concert for Peace," the performance includes Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Dona Nobis Pacem" and Leonard Bernstein's "Chichester Psalms." Soloists include Lawrence Albert, Carole Blankenship, James Harr, Deidre Stephens, and special guest, Mikah Meyer. The Rhodes MasterSingers Chorale is a semi-professional choral ensemble made up of music professionals, faculty, staff, students and alumni ...
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| Monday 16 November 2009 |
Career Power Half Hour 4:30pm - 5:00pm Category : Career/Postgraduate Location : Burrow 103 A brief seminar on various career-related topics ... Read more Faculty Concert Series: Iren Zombor, cello 7:30pm - 9:00pm Category : Arts Location : Tuthill with Tom Bryant, piano; Andy You, violin and Scott Best, bass ... Read more |
| Tuesday 17 November 2009 |
Buckman Scholar & Faculty Presentations on Russia, Estonia, and Germany 3:00pm - 4:45pm Category : Lectures/Conferences/Symposia Location : Buckman 108 Faculty-Student Panel beginning at 3:30 in Buckman 108 Prof. Alexandra Kostina, Dept. of Modern Languages and Literatures: Russia, Rhodes and the Memphis City Schools Stephanie Brenzel, Buckman Scholar-Tübingen University, Germany: The State of Spirituality in Tübingen, Germany Colin Johnson, Buckman Scholar - University of Tartu, Estonia: Estonia: The Younger Side of Eastern Europe ... Read more Lillian and Morrie Moss Endowment for the Visual Arts Presents Randall Griffin 7:00pm - 8:00pm Category : Lectures/Conferences/Symposia Location : Blount/Buckman Lobby The Lillian and Morrie Moss Endowment for the Visual Arts presents Professor Randall Griffin from Southern Methodist University. He will talk about Andrew Wyeth's painting "Christina's World." The 1948 painting presents the illusion of a self-contained world, a place suspended in time and divorced from contemporary life. The image stubbornly resists attempts to situate it within a larger historical or artistic context. In his talk, Griffin will argue that Wyeth's painting reflects its era's heightened awareness of the vulnerability of the body. Christina's half-paralyzed figure should be viewed against the backdrop ...
GlobeMed General Meeting 8:00pm - 10:00pm Category : Student Clubs/Activities/Greek Life Location : Orgill Come learn about global health and how you can help! ... Read more Tuesday Fellowship 8:00pm - 9:30pm Category : Religion/Spiritualality Location : Chi Omega house Christian Fellowship, a student-speaker and Worship on Tuesdays! All members of the Rhodes Community are welcome. ... Read more Chess Club Meeting 8:45pm - 10:15pm Category : Student Clubs/Activities/Greek Life Location : Buckman 216 We will be meeting to play chess and to have fun!! ... Read more |
| Wednesday 18 November 2009 |
IS/LAS Buckman Scholar Panel 4:00pm - 5:45pm Category : Lectures/Conferences/Symposia Location : Buckman 110 Faculty-Student Panel Prof. Eric Henager, Dept. of Modern Languages and Literatures Writing and Authority: Artists, Intellectuals and Dictators Face-to-Face Maddie Callis, Buckman Scholar CIEE: Buenos Aires, Argentina A Full Academic Year in Argentina Lyndsay Solimine, Buckman Scholar IES: Santiago, Chile Catholicism and Women’s Health in Chile ... Read more Qubad Talbani Presents "Iraq: As U.S. Forces Stand Down, Who Is Standing Up?" 7:00pm - 9:00pm Category : Lectures/Conferences/Symposia Location : Blount/Buckman Lobby The Department of International Studies will present a lecture by Qubad Talabani, Representative of the Kurdistan Regional Government to the United States. He will discuss "Iraq: As U.S. Forces Stand Down, Who Is Standing Up?" Talabani works closely with the United States Government, the media and research institutions providing critical analysis and up-to-date information about the situation in Iraq. He was one of the negotiators of Iraq's first post-Saddam constitution. His family has been involved in Kurdish politics for decades. His father, Jalal Talabani, is the President of the Republic of Iraq and Se ...
Rhodes Student Government 7:00pm - 8:30pm Category : Student Clubs/Activities/Greek Life Location : Buckman 108 RSG meets every other week to discuss campus issues and how they should be addressed. This event is open to students. ... Read more Rhodes Christian Fellowship 8:15pm - 9:30pm Category : Religion/Spiritualality Location : Rhea Lounge Rhodes Christian Fellowship ... Read more |
| Thursday 19 November 2009 |
Lunchtime Lecture featuring Professor Han Li 12:00pm - 1:30pm Category : Lectures/Conferences/Symposia Location : Alburty Prof. Han Li, Dept. of Modern Languages and Literatures presents: Material Culture and Chinese Gardens in Late Imperial China ... Read more Money Management Seminar 5:00pm - 6:00pm Category : Career/Postgraduate Location : Orgill Monster "Making it Count" Money Management Seminar for Students ... Read more ASIA's Sushi Night 5:30pm - 8:00pm Category : Student Clubs/Activities/Greek Life Location : Conservatory ASIA will sponsor a free sushi night for those who are interested in learning to make sushi and eat it! ... Read more Anime Club Meeting 7:00pm - 10:00pm Category : Multicultural/International Location : FJ-A The Rhodes Anime Club comes together mainly to watch and discuss various anime series. We also incorporate other aspects of Japanese culture into our meetings and plan fun activities for our own club and the campus at large. Non-members always welcome! ... Read more Art of Henna: Presentation and Hands on Workshop with Nida Mujahid 7:00pm - 8:00pm Category : Multicultural/International Location : Orgill Nida Mujahid, a Henna artist living in Memphis, will host an "Art of Henna" workshop at 7 p.m. in the Orgill Room of Clough Hall. Sponsored by Rhodes’ Center for Outreach in the Development of the Arts (CODA), the event is free and open to the public. Mujahid will give a brief talk on the history of henna and a live demonstration of how to apply the paint as a design. Visitors then will be given a chance to apply their own designs with puff paint, a type of paint applied to fabric and crafts. Henna is an integral part of Pakistani culture, and the artist hopes to introduce this traditional art to Rhodes students, facul ...
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| Friday 20 November 2009 |
Rhodes College Orchestra: "Overtures and Concertos" 7:30pm - 9:00pm Category : Arts Location : McCallum Ballroom/ Crain Recep Featuring Joseph Montelione, conductor; Alex Tong, violin; and Brigid Hannon, soprano The Rhodes College Orchestra will present two exciting overtures-- Rossini's "Italian in Algiers Overture" and Mendelssohn's "Fingal’s Cave Overture"--as a prelude to the two winners of the 2009 Gladys Cauthen Solo Competition--Alex Tong and Brigid Hannon Tong is the orchestra's concertmaster who will perform Bruch's lively "Violin Concerto." Hannon is a music major who will serenade the audience with "Una voce poco fa" from Rossini's "Barber of Seville." ...Read more |
| Saturday 21 November 2009 |
Spring Allocations 8:00am - 10:00pm Category : Student Clubs/Activities/Greek Life Location : Ohlendorf 225 ... Read more Cheerleading Mock Tryouts 11:00am - 12:00pm Category : Athletics Location : Multisports Court 3 Closed Mock Tryouts for the spring semester. ... Read more The Big Diehl: Cirque du Holidaze 8:00pm - 11:00pm Category : Student Clubs/Activities/Greek Life Location : Off Campus Cirque du Holidaze at the Orpheum Cost: $5 Sign ups: Monday, November 16 to Friday, November 20 at the Burrow 4th floor information desk (1pm to 5pm). Please have correct change or a check made out to Rhodes College with you when you sign up. You may sign up for yourself and one other Rhodes Student. ... Read more |