News for the Smith College Community //November 9, 2000
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Introducing the First Issue of Meridians If you haven't yet heard of Meridians, then you haven't heard about Smith's latest bit of history-making on behalf of women's minds and lives. Meridians is a new feminist journal by and about women of color, an interdisciplinary journal that offers a forum with a global view for Latinas, Asians, American Indians, Africans and American minorities. Developed in collaboration with Wesleyan University Press, Meridians will be published twice a year. The journal reflects Smith's commitment to offering women from under-represented minority groups a forum in which to establish their scholarly and creative voices. On Thursday, November 16, Meridians' inaugural issue will be unveiled and celebrated from 4 to 6 p.m. at a launch party in Neilson Browsing Room. The Smith community is invited to meet the people behind this issue and join in the Meridians celebration. From 5 to 5:30 p.m., there will be brief comments by President Ruth Simmons, the Smith-Wesleyan editorial group, and Kum-Kum Bhavnani, senior editor. "What makes this launch so exciting is that it is very unusual for an undergraduate institution to produce a journal of this scope," explains Bhavnani. "Smith is already on the map as a leader in the liberal arts and champion of women's education, but now it is establishing itself as a player in academic publishing." Bhavnani came to Smith in July for a two-year term. A professor of sociology and women's studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, she is also chair of the Women, Culture and Development Program, which she helped found. A member of the Feminist Review editorial collective as well as a founder and associate editor of Feminism and Psychology, Bhavnani has edited important collections on race and gender in their complex dimensions and intersections with politics, youth culture and feminism. While at Smith, she will teach two courses a year in the Women's Studies Program. As senior editor of Meridians, Bhavnani is assisted by the Smith-Wesleyan editorial group, which includes Ravina Aggarwal, assistant professor of anthropology; Ginetta Candelario, instructor of sociology and Latin American studies; Ann Ferguson, assistant professor of Afro-American studies; Velma Garcia, associate professor of government; Nancy Saporta Sternbach, associate professor of Spanish and Portuguese; and Susan Van Dyne, professor and chair of women's studies. A national editorial board of leading scholars, activists and artists, including Ghanaian novelist Ama Ata Aidoo, American-Indian activist Wilma Mankiller, and Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison, guides the journal. "Meridians is making its debut at a particularly timely moment," says Bhavnani. "Not only is the academy moving toward interdisciplinary scholarship, but also the impact of women of color has been established. Now their voices will further break boundaries, not only between disciplines but also between domestic and international issues." She describes the publication, which includes both scholarly and creative work, as a unique forum for tackling intellectual, theoretical and political issues. Bhavnani is also quick to praise the Smith-Wesleyan editorial group for preparing such a remarkable inaugural issue. The first issue of Meridians opens with a foreword by President Ruth Simmons, the visionary behind the journal. The inaugural issue also includes works by Sonia Alvarez on local and transnational feminist alliances in Latin America; Amrita Basu on the implications of transnational networks on local movements in India; Ginetta Candelario on Dominican beauty culture and identity production; Rachel Lee on teaching and theorizing women of color in the university; Marilyn Miller on Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony; Kum-Kum Bhavnani on Mississippi Masala; interviews with Ama Ata Aidoo, Edna Acosta-Belén, Amrita Basu, Maryse Condé, Nell Painter, Nawal El Saadawi; a memoir by Meena Alexander; poems by Cathy Song, Juliet S. Kono and others; and excerpts from the archives of Constance Baker Motley. Individual copies of the issue will be available at the launch party. Subscriptions also will be taken at a yearly rate of $20 for students, $30 for nonstudents. As for the future of Meridians, Bhavnani says that to date, she has received almost 250 submissions-all before the inaugural issue has even been distributed. "Women of color worldwide, whether they be scholars or artists, recognize the significance of Meridians," she explains. "In addition, they respect the talents and convictions of our advisory and editorial groups. And they know that Smith College is synonymous with excellence. For all these reasons, they want to be a part of this ground-breaking journal." Microscope Theft in Clark The pictured individual is a suspect
in the recent theft of thousands of dollars worth of microscopes
from the Clark Science Center. The theft is suspected to have
happened between Saturday, October 21, and Tuesday, October 24.
The suspect is described as a white male, between 30 and 40 years
old, between five feet 10 inches and six feet tall, with a slim
build, medium-length brown hair and dark eyes. He was dressed
in a dark blue nylon windbreaker. Anyone with information about
the robbery or who may have seen this person should contact Public
Safety at extension 2490; for emergencies, call 800. Few were surprised last month when the New York Yankees, winners of three straight World Series, emerged from the city's "subway series" as victors. George Steinbrenner's pin-striped team occupies the largest media market in the country while it boasts one of Major League Baseball's most robust payrolls. Among the unsurprised was baseball pundit Andrew Zimbalist, Robert A. Woods Professor of Economics, a Yankees fan and author of Baseball and Billions. Zimbalist contends that, given the Yankees' three-peat and the consistent playoff domination of well-funded teams like the New York Mets and the Atlanta Braves, it's evident that high-payroll teams are skewing the outcomes of competition and eroding fans' allegiance in the process. "Unless the playing field is made more level, no amount of enticement, whether new stadiums or luxury suites, will compel the allegiance of fans, who are undeniably growing frustrated," he says. Zimbalist and other national sports personalities, including commentator Bob Costas, author of the recent bestseller Fair Ball: A Fan's Case For Baseball, will gather at Smith on Friday, November 17, for a conference that will consider inequities of financial power and the future of Major League Baseball. The conference, titled "Baseball's Future: Competitive Balance and Labor Relations," will bring together eight leading figures in sports economics, journalism and management to discuss ways to restore competition and avoid labor strife in America's pastime. All events will take place in Wright Auditorium. The conference will begin at 1:30 p.m. with a keynote address by Costas, an eight-time Emmy Award-winning broadcaster who has covered the World Series, the Super Bowl, the NBA finals and the Olympics. Costas' address will be followed by a discussion session. The event will continue at 3:30 p.m. with a second keynote address by Stanford University's Roger Noll, an economist and sports consultant who, with Zimbalist, coauthored Sports, Jobs and Taxes: The Economic Impact of Sports Teams and Stadiums. Also participating in the conference will be John Genzale, editor of Sports Business Journal; Clark Griffith, former owner of the Minnesota Twins; Marvin Miller, founder and former director of the Major League Baseball Players' Association; sports consultant Allen Sanderson, an economist at the University of Chicago; and Randy Vataha, president of a sports consulting firm and a former football player for Stanford University and the New England Patriots. The conference, Zimbalist notes, precedes the opening of collective bargaining negotiations expected to get under way later this year. Baseball's current collective bargaining agreement expires after the 2001 season. Significant progress on issues such as salary restraint and revenue sharing will be key to avoiding a strike or lockout, Zimbalist predicts. In addition to Costas' book, participants' discussions will be informed by a series of recommendations issued this summer by a blue-ribbon panel of team owners and consultants intended to redress baseball's competitive balance problems. These recommendations include greater revenue sharing and internationalization and reconfiguration of the amateur draft. A 5 p.m. reception and booksigning for Costas' Fair Ball will conclude the conference in Wright common room. Subjects of Series on Race Are Ongoing The Afro-American studies lecture series "Race, Science, Fiction" had its unofficial start last spring, when the department cohosted writer Nalo Hopkinson's talk on race in the writing of fiction, says series coordinator Kevin Quashie, assistant professor of Afro-American studies. But the issues explored in the series are ongoing and likely will continue far into the future. The series examines two paradigms with extensive histories: the role Western science has played in creating and maintaining racism; and the possibility of alternative worlds-utopian or dystopian-that might challenge and disrupt beliefs in a false natural order. Technically, the series began in September, when Joseph Graves, a professor of evolutionary biology at Arizona State University West, visited campus to lecture on race as a scientific category in the United States, rooted in 14th- and 15th-century European constructs. "Race, Science, Fiction" will continue on Wednesday, November 15, with a talk by Jewelle Gomez, an award-winning fiction writer, poet, playwright and activist, at 7:30 p.m. in Seelye 201. Her talk, titled "Ex-Changing Mythology: How the Past Shapes the Future," will analyze the function of myths in society, how people of color are included and excluded in those myths, and how she uses mythology in her writing. The goal of "Race, Science, Fiction" is to promote an ongoing discussion of what race means in modern culture, explains Quashie, while ultimately inspiring people to bring about positive social change. "The [Afro-American studies] department hopes that by the end of the series, [the speakers] will have introduced some more things to think about as we grapple with race today," says Quashie. Toward that effort, "Race, Science, Fiction" hosts a diverse lineup of lecturers from different disciplines in an attempt to address social issues of racism and inclusion from several perspectives. Each speaker in the series takes on a "different aspect of how race as a concept affects social culture," Quashie says. On Tuesday, February 27, 2001, Octavia Butler, renowned science fiction writer and winner of the MacArthur Fellowship, will lecture on considering the future through a racial perspective. In the spring, series planners hope to host a final panel of Smith colleagues to talk about race, science and fiction as they apply to various disciplines, and to address the issues raised, as well as other cri-tical social issues, in an examination that will undoubtedly be continued. Hospital to Be Remembered With Music At noon on Saturday, November 18, J. S. Bach's Magnificat will resound from hundreds of speakers placed throughout the main building of the former Northampton State Hospital when the facility is memorialized in a unique weekend tribute, "Northampton State Hospital: In Memoriam." "The intent," says event coordinator, artist Anna Schuleit, "is to make the building sing." Years in planning, the event is dedicated to the memory of the patients and employees who lived, worked and died in the Northampton State Hospital and other such institutions. Former patients and employees are expected to attend the public event. PBS will document and broadcast Schuleit's project for its Emmy-winning City Arts program some time next year. Schuleit calls the sound installation event Habeas Corpus, a reference to the ancient common law writ used to correct violations of personal liberty (for example, a person confined to a mental hospital could bring about her release by showing in a hearing that she has recovered her sanity). Habeas Corpus is one of several events scheduled within "The State Hospital: In Memoriam." Part of the memorial will be a day-long academic symposium, on Friday, November 17, in Sweeney Auditorium, Sage, titled "Beyond Asylum: Transforming Mental Health Care." Former Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis will offer the 9:30 a.m. keynote address, followed by the presentations, "The History of Mental Hospitals," "The Evolution of Community Mental Health," "Being in a Mental Hospital" and "The Northampton Experience." From 7 to 8:30 p.m. on November 17, there will be an opening reception for the Oral History Exhibition, featuring the work of historian J. Michael Moore along with paintings, drawings, and photographs by Schuleit at the Northampton Center for the Arts. On Saturday, prior to the musical installation, a panel discussion with for-mer residents of the Northampton State Hospital will take place from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., also in Sweeney Auditorium. Tom Riddell, dean of the first-year class, who for three years has taught a first-year seminar titled "The Evolution and Transformation of the Northampton State Hospital," has assisted in the planning of the memorial. His interdisciplinary course considers the history of psychiatric care, changing forms of treatment, mental health policy, as well as the specifics of the Northampton State Hospital. He notes that the physical campus of the hospital inevitably fascinates students. Founded in 1856, the hospital predates Smith College, and many of its original 19th-century buildings are listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Riddell describes the upcoming memorial as an artistic expression of an effort to bring some closure to the history of the hospital. "But in and of itself, it is not
sufficient," he says. "How people The future of the buildings was addressed at a November 3 press conference on the hospital grounds. The event gave new momentum to an 18-month-old master plan for transforming the grounds into a mixed residential-commercial urban village. On hand was Lieutenant Governor Jane Swift, who announced that the governor's office has declared the project a "pilot" in their plan to build affordable housing. Ground-breaking for the renovation project is planned for early next year. But on November 17-18, only Northampton State Hospital's past will be considered by those gathered for the event. And for 28 minutes on November 18, an abandoned building will resound with music by Bach. For more information and a complete schedule of events, consult www.1856.org. United Way Draws Winners The 2000 United Way Campaign held its first two lottery drawings on October 27 and November 3, awarding a total of 34 prizes to campus contributors. Jim Montgomery won a $25 gift certificate for Mulino's Trattoria; Ann Jones and Joachim Stieber each won a free lunch at the Smith College Club; Marilyn Ryan, a $50 gift certificate for Hampshire Frame and Art; Roxanne Pin and Deborah Haskins, reserved parking spaces; Donald Reutener, a landscape consultation with Tracey Putnam; Janice Mason, a $25 gift certificate for Grécourt Bookshop; Lou Barden and William Oram, $5 gift certificates for Davis Center; Carrie Hemenway, a CD, Songs of the Nightingale, recorded by Karen Smith Emerson; Judith Marksbury and Merrilyn Lewis, $25 gift certificates for Packard's; Elizabeth Trojanowski, a $25 gift certificate for Serv-U; Helen Russell, lunch for two at Green Street Café; Joseph O'Rourke, a one-month membership to Northampton Athletic Club; Melvin Steinberg and Taitetsu and Alice Unno, dinners for two at the Smith College Club; Christine Ryan, a children's book, Michelle Kwan: Skating Like the Wind, by Linda Shaughnessy; Margaret Anderson, two tickets to a José Feliciano concert at the Calvin Theater; Marguerite Harrison and Glenn Meakim, CDs, Symphony No. 9, recorded by the Smith College Orchestra and Glee Club; Robert Buchele and Yoon-Suk Chung, CDs, Mozart Requiem, recorded by Smith College choral groups; Christine Hormandin, a $50 gift certificate for Eastside Grill; Susan Steenburgh, a fruit basket from State Street Fruit Store; Mimi Lempart, a CD, Beethoven, recorded by Kenneth Fearn, piano; Pat Morrier, a $25 gift certificate for LaSalle Florists; Rose Lander, a CD, Schumann Lieder, recorded by Jane Bryden; Diane Cuneo, a CD, Might As Well Say Goodbye, produced and recorded by Eric Sean Weld; Lou Ann Krawczynski, a certificate for one month of free rock-wall climbing at Northampton Athletic Club; Susan Heideman, a $5 gift certificate for Jittery's; Gail Adametz, a children's book, Oksana Baiul: Rhapsody on Ice, by Linda Shaughnessy; and Myra Smith, a $20 gift certificate for gas from Steenburgh Realty in Williamsburg. The United Way campaign has raised $122,607 toward its campus-wide goal of $135,000. Two more drawings will be held during the campaign, which runs through Thursday, December 7. Only United Way contributors are eligible for prizes.
Field Hockey NEWMAC Tournament: Quarterfinals: Mount Holyoke 1, Smith 2; Semifinals: Springfield 4, Smith 0 Volleyball Soccer Cross Country Equestrian Swimming & Diving Doreen Weinberger, associate professor
of physics, teamed with some former Smith colleagues (including
two alumnae) to write a chapter for Women Succeeding in the Sciences:
Theories and Practices Across Disciplines, a book published this
year by Purdue University Press, edited by Jody Bart, director
of Women and Gender Studies at Sweet Briar College. Casey Clark,
former science outreach coordinator in the Clark Science Center;
Sarah Lazare '91, former coordinator of tutorial services in
the Jacobson Center; and Ileana Howard '99 contributed to the
chapter titled "A Peer Mentoring Program for Underrepresented
Students in the Sciences." It outlines Smith's five-year-old
program, formerly directed by Clark. Lazare was the program's
assistant director. Sources of further information, if any, are indicated in parentheses. Notices should be submitted by mail, by e-mail eweld@smith.edu) or by fax (extension 2171). Collegewide
Museum of Art Day Trip Fall Preview Faculty & Staff Annual Open Enrollment Students Thanksgiving Break Housing Study Skills Workshops Final Examinations Spring 2001 Registration Students' Aid Society Grants Interterm 2001 Course Gates Cambridge Scholarships Fine Arts Council "Reading Room" Now Open Thanksgiving Dinner E. J. Murphy Scholarships Counseling Workshops |
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Sources of further information, if any, are shown in parentheses at the end of event descriptions. An asterisk following a listing indicates that the event is open to the public. Admission charges, if any, are listed when known. Items for this section must be submitted on Event Service Request Forms. Monday, November 13 Lectures/Symposia Presentation Students who received grants from the Five College Coastal and Marine Sciences Program will present the results of their work at the annual Student Research Symposium. Refreshments served. 7 p.m., McConnell foyer* Performing Arts/Films Meetings/Workshops Other Events/Activities Language lunch tables French, Italian. 12:15 p.m., Duckett Special Dining Room A Yoga class Noncredit, for students. All levels. 4:45-6 p.m., Davis Ballroom Tuesday, November 14 Lectures/Symposia Literature at Lunch Gillian Kendall, associate professor of English, and her Restoration Drama class will present comic scenes from The Man of Mode and The Way of the World. Bring lunch; drinks provided by the English department. 12:15 p.m., Seelye 207 Poetry reading Jorie Graham, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, will read her sensuous and demanding poetry. Booksigning follows. 7:30 p.m., Wright auditorium* Performing Arts/Films Film Scary Movie. Sponsored by Rec Council. 9 p.m., Wright auditorium Meetings/Workshops Meeting SGA Senate open forum. All students welcome. 7:15 p.m., Seelye 201 Workshop L'Atelier, a theatre workshop conducted in French by Florent Masse. 7:30 p.m., Mendenhall CPA, T-209 CDO informational meeting NYC Consortium on Careers. Learn about the annual program, held in New York this year, January 710, 2001, during which students can visit Smith alumnae and their colleagues at various workplaces, while staying with alumnae in the city. 4:15 p.m., CDO Information session
Oxford Seminar, a residential program offering courses in literature,
history, politics and law at Trinity College, Oxford University.
Alums from last summer's seminar will describe their experiences
and program administrators will describe next summer's seminar.
For information, contact oxford@ Religious Life Episcopal-Lutheran Fellowship meets for worship, lunch, friendship and fun. Students, faculty, staff and friends are welcome. Noon, St. John's Episcopal Church Meeting Newman Association.
Other Events/Activities CDO open hours for library research and browsing. Peer advisers available. 1-4 p.m., CDO Language lunch tables Chinese, 12:15 p.m., Duckett Special Dining Room A Language lunch tables German. 12:15 p.m., Duckett Special Dining Room B Yoga class Noncredit, for students. All levels. 4-5:15 p.m., Davis Ballroom Wednesday, November 15 Lectures/Symposia Lecture "Ex-Changing Mythology: How the Past Shapes the Future." Jewelle Gomez, an award-winning fiction writer/poet/playwright/activist, will explore how mythologies function in our society and exclude and include people of color. Second lecture in the series "Race, Science, Fiction." (See story, page 4.) Reception and booksigning follow. 7:30 p.m., Seelye 201* Performing Arts/Films Play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Paul Zimet, director. The passionate love story gets an intimate setting in the studio theatre. Tickets (ext. 3222): $7, general; $4, students/seniors. 8 p.m., Hallie Flanagan Studio, Mendenhall CPA* Meetings/Workshops Meeting MassPIRG. 7 p.m., Seelye110 Panel discussion "Stay or Go," for sophomores unsure of whether to spend their junior year elsewhere. Participants will be students who have participated in exchange, study-abroad and independent-study programs. 7 p.m., Neilson Browsing Room Meeting Association of Low-Income Students (ALIS). All welcome. 7:30 p.m., Talbot Fussers Religious Life Buddhist service and discussion. 7:15 p.m., Bodman Lounge, chapel Discussion with Baha'i Club about topics relating to the Baha'i faith and life. 8 p.m., Wright 211 ECC Bible study Topic: What It Is to Be Human. Bring questions, frustrations and curiosities. 10 p.m., Bodman Lounge, chapel Other Events/Activities Classics lunch Noon, Duckett Special Dining Room C Yoga class Noncredit, for students. All levels. 4:45-6 p.m., Davis Ballroom Gaming night with the Smith Science Fiction and Fantasy Society, a time for gamers to gather and play rpgs, eegs, and anything else they're interested in. Probable games include D&D, Magic, The Gathering, and Lunch Money. 7:30 p.m., Seelye 208.
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Thursday, November 16 Lectures/Symposia Panel discussion "Genocide:
Past, Present, Future." Members of the World Federalist
Association, Washington, D.C. Sponsor: government department.
4:30 p.m., Seelye 201* Lecture "Covering George W. Bush's Run for the White House: Gender On and Off the Bus." Jena Heath '84, journalist who covered Bush's campaign for president for the Austin American Statesman. 4:30 p.m., Seelye 207 Lecture "Natives and Foreigners: The Responses of Native Americans in North America and Spanish America to Early European Colonialism." John Kicza, history professor, Washington State University. Sponsor: history department, Latin American studies, American studies, Lecture Committee. 7:30 p.m., Seelye 207* Lecture "Great American Smoke Out." Open to faculty and staff. Noon, Seelye 207 Performing Arts/Films Play Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. See 11/15 listing. Tickets (ext. 3222): $7, general; $4, students/seniors. 8 p.m., Hallie Flanagan Studio, Mendenhall CPA* Concert The Fall Faculty Dance Concert, featuring new choreography and performances by dance faculty Rodger Blum and Susan Waltner, with guest artist Augusto Soledad, of Bahia, Brazil. The concert will include jazz, ballet, Brazilian, and modern dance styles. Tickets (ext. 3222): $7, general; $5, students/seniors. 8 p.m., Theatre 14, Mendenhall CPA* Film Scary Movie. Sponsored by Rec Council. 9 p.m., Wright auditorium Meetings/Workshops Meeting for all students planning to register for EDC 340. 4 p.m., Morgan Hall Meeting Heads of Organizations.
Religious Life Other Events/Activities Language lunch tables Korean, Russian. 12:15 p.m., Duckett Special Dining Room Reception celebrating the inaugural issue of Meridians, an interdisciplinary journal of creative works by and about women of color from around the world. (See story, page 1.) Sponsors: Meridians, Women's Studies Program. 4 p.m., Neilson Browsing Room Squash vs. Mt. Holyoke. 7 p.m., ITT squash courts* Star Party 8-9 p.m., McConnell roof observatory* Friday, November 17 Lectures/Symposia Conference "Baseball's Future: Competitive Balance and Labor Relations." Bob Costas, journalist, author and Emmy Award-winning sports broadcaster, will deliver the first keynote address, followed by a discussion session. Roger Noll, sports consultant and economist, Stanford University, will deliver the second keynote address. National sports personalities will participate in panel discussions. (See story, page 1.) Reception and booksigning of Costas' bestseller Fair Ball will follow in Wright common room. 1:30 p.m., Wright Auditorium* Registration for "Cultural Identity: What It Means to Be Asian-American in the Year 2000," a conference on Saturday, November 18, sponsored by the Asian Students Association. 4-9 p.m., Seelye foyer Biology colloquium "Androgenic Regulation of Female Sexual Behavior." Sean Venney, Department of Psychology and Program in Neuroscience, Michigan State University. Preceded by refreshments in foyer. 4:30 p.m., McConnell B05 Performing Arts/Films Concert The Fall Faculty Dance Concert. See 11/16 listing. Tickets (ext. 3222): $7, general; $5, students/seniors. 8 p.m., Theatre 14, Mendenhall CPA* Meetings/Workshops Religious Life Eastern Orthodox Vespers with Fr. Harry Vulopas presiding. Families and friends invited. A light supper follows. 5:15 p.m., chapel Shabbat services Dinner follows in the Kosher kitchen, Dawes. 5:30 p.m., Dewey common room Keystone B.I.G. meeting Weekly fellowship meeting of Campus Crusade for Christ. 7 p.m., Wright common room Other Events/Activities Alumnae House tea Northrop and Scales houses are cordially invited to attend. 4 p.m., Alumnae House Living Room Reception for the conference "Baseball's Future: Competitive Balance and Labor Relations," including booksigning of Bob Costas' Fair Ball. 5 p.m., Wright common room* Banquet for Hunger and Home-lessness Awareness, featuring speakers, a cappella performances and informational literature. Food donations for local shelters will be accepted. Sponsor: MassPIRG's "Bread for the World" campaign. 57 p.m., Davis ballroom* Saturday, November 18 Lectures/Symposia Conference "Cultural Identity: What It Means to Be Asian-American in the Year 2000." Sponsor: Asian Students Association. 8:30 a.m., Seelye classrooms Performing Arts/Films Play Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. See 11/15 listing. Tickets (ext. 3222): $7, general; $4, students/seniors. 8 p.m., Hallie Flanagan Studio, Mendenhall CPA* Concert The Fall Faculty Dance Concert. See 11/16 listing. Tickets (ext. 3222): $7, general; $5, students/seniors. 8 p.m., Theatre 14, Mendenhall CPA* Concert "Celebration of Copland's Centennial." Smith College Orchestra, featuring President Ruth Simmons narrating Copland's Lincoln Portrait, Jane Bryden singing old American songs, and the wind ensemble. Jonathan Hirsh and Jefferey Douma, conductors. 8 p.m., Sweeney Auditorium, Sage* Meetings/Workshops Other Events/Activities Sunday, November 19 Lectures/Symposia Performing Arts/Films Film Fifth in the six-part series "International Politics in Hollywood Blockbusters." 5 p.m., Seelye 201 Meetings/Workshops Meeting Amnesty International
Meeting Smith African Students Association. All welcome. 4 p.m., Mwangi Basement, Lilly Meeting Feminists of
Smith Unite. Religious Life Morning worship of the Ecumenical Christian Church with the Rev. Leon Burrows preaching and music by the College Chapel Handbell Choir. Brunch follows in Bodman Lounge. All welcome. 10:30 a.m., chapel Roman Catholic mass with Fr. Stephen-Joseph Ross, OCD, celebrant, and Elizabeth Carr, Catholic chaplain. Dinner follows in Bodman Lounge. All welcome. 4:30 p.m., chapel Other Events/Activities
Northampton State Hospital memorialization, including a symposium, a forum, two exhibitions, and a musical tribute. November 17-18. Northampton State Hospital grounds and Sweeney Auditorium, Sage* "Haiku Winter: Works on Paper," an exhibition by Rebecca Shapiro '85. Through December 22. A reception will be held on Saturday, November 4, 4-6 p.m. Alumnae House Gallery* Annual Chrysanthemum Show An outstanding display, featuring mums trained into cascading forms rarely seen outside of Japan, as well as large specimen flowers and hybrids made by Smith horticulture students. Through November 19. Daily 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Lyman Conservatory* "Agents of Social Change: New Resources on 20th-Century Women's Activism." A display of papers from the collections of eight women activists, recently opened by the Sophia Smith Collection. Through December 31. Morgan Gallery, Neilson Library foyer and Sophia Smith Collection, Alumnae Gym* "Labore et Constantia: Rare books from the Dimock Collection at Smith College," curated by Mark Morford and Margaret Eaton-Salners '01. Runs through December 31. Neilson third floor* |
