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 Lecture: * THIS EVENT IS FULL* "Henry Darger and Mose Tolliver" by Brooke Davis Anderson
Brooke Davis Anderson is the director and curator of the Contemporary Center of the American Folk Art Museum. She has written and lectured extensively on folk and self-taught art. At this lunchtime lecture, Davis Anderson will speak about two artists featured in the "Seeing Stories" exhibition, on view in the I.D.E.A. Space. Reservations required. Sponsored by the Robert and Ruby Priddy Charitable Trust.
12:30 p.m., Slocum Commons, first floor, SW wing, Slocum Hall, 130 E. Cache La Poudre St. (map), free
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 Exhibit: Opening Reception for "Seeing Stories" and "Story Salon: Compelling Stories"
Featuring Australian Aboriginal Dreamtime paintings, works by American self-taught artists Henry Darger and Mose Tolliver, linocut prints by Namibian artist John Muafangejo and images from 19th Century ledger drawings by Northern Cheyenne artists, the exhibition addresses strategies of visual storytelling from multiple cultural perspectives, with particular emphasis on self-taught artists. The opening reception features a "Story Salon" conversation between Adrienne Seward, Colorado College English professor and folklorist, and Brooke Davis Anderson, curator of the American Folk Art Museum. The exhibition continues through March 26, 2010. Sponsored by the Robert and Ruby Priddy Charitable Trust.
4:30 p.m., I.D.E.A. Space, Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center, 825 N. Cascade Ave. (map), free
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Concert: "Music at Midday"
Music performed by Colorado College students. Sponsored by the Colorado College music department.
12:15 p.m., Packard Hall, 5 W. Cache La Poudre St. (map), free
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 Lecture: "Art, Culture, Politics: An Evening with David Henry Hwang, Tony Kushner and Suzan-Lori Parks, moderated by Laurence Maslon"
Three of America’s greatest playwrights discuss the intersections of the arts and society and assess the future of playwriting, the relative impact of their own plays and the socio-historical elements involved in creating modern dramatic works. Tony Kushner has received the esteemed “double” of the Tony Award and the Pulitzer Prize for his work, "Angels in America: Millennium Approaches"; Suzan-Lori Parks won a Pulitzer and was nominated for a Tony Award for "Topdog/Underdog"; and David Henry Hwang is a Tony winner and Pulitzer nominee for “M. Butterfly.” This is the Cornerstone Keynote Lecture for 2010, moderated by New York University professor and noted theater historian Laurence Maslon. A book signing and campus dance will follow the lecture.
Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities Teaching Professorship. The office of the vice president for student life is sponsoring the dance.
7 p.m., South Theatre, Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center, 825 N. Cascade Ave. (map), free
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Thursday, February 4, 2010
 Film: "The Eyes of Me"
The Colorado College Film Union, Independent Film Society of Colorado and Rocky Mountain PBS present "The Eyes of Me." This documentary takes an up-close look at four teens who have lost their sight. Set in Austin, Texas, this film follows their high school experiences of dating, academic responsibilities, fitting in, family problems and preparing for college over the course of one dynamic year. This film is part of the new Independent Lens Film Series at Colorado College where a new documentary is shown each month. Sponsored by the Colorado College Film Union.
6 p.m., Screening Room, Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center, 825 N. Cascade Ave. (map), free
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Concert: "Lanner Faculty Concert"
The music faculty of Colorado College will perform a concert including a woodwind quintet (pieces by Ravel and DRivera), a bluegrass quartet (Bill Monroe compositions) and an early music ensemble (Boismortier.) Several soloists will be accompanied by Artist-in-Residence Susan Grace. Victoria Hansen ("Marvelous Invention" by John Corigliano), Judeth Shay Burns ("Nuoletta" by Samuel Barber), Cellist Kitty Knight, and Pianists Carol Wilson and Joyce Polifka will also perform. Sponsored by the music department.
7:30 p.m., Packard Hall, 5 W. Cache La Poudre St. (map), free
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 Lecture: "The Transatlantic Relationship Between Past and Future: A View from Prague"
Martin Palouš, ambassador of the Czech Republic to the United Nations, will speak. Ambassador Palouš was one of the first signatories of Charter 77 and served as spokesman for this dissident human rights group in 1986. He was elected to the Federal Assembly in 1990 and served as deputy minister of foreign affairs from October 1990 to October 1992. After six years in academia at Charles University, he rejoined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1998. From 2002 to 2005, he served as ambassador to the United States. He has been ambassador to the UN since 2006. Palouš is the author of numerous publications in politics and political philosophy and translates the works of Hannah Arendt and Eric Voegelin.
Sponsored by the Colorado College department of political science and the Robert Selig International Affairs Fund.
7:30 p.m., Gaylord Hall, main floor of Worner Campus Center, 902 N. Cascade Ave. (map), free
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 Exhibit: Colorado College Fashion Show
The CC Fashion Show is an annual event put on by the Sewing Club to showcase the design talents of the student body. Expect good music, a fun crowd, and great designs!
Sponsored by the CC Sewing Club.
7 p.m., Shove Memorial Chapel, 1010 N. Nevada Ave. (map), free
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 Lecture: "Pakistan: Witnessing History in the Making"
Journalist Ethan Casey, author of "Alive and Well in Pakistan," will discuss today’s Pakistan in the context of this Muslim nation’s history and prospects. His remarks, building on his own extensive experience in Pakistan, will center on the agency of the past in framing history-in-the-making in this country little known to Americans and now of captivating interest from geopolitical, religious and military perspectives alike. Sponsored by the Robert J. Cosgrove Fund of the Colorado College history department.
3 p.m., W.E.S. Room, lower level of Worner Campus Center, 902 N. Cascade Ave. (map), free
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 Reading: Visiting Writers Series Presents Daniel Mendelsohn
Mendelsohn is the author of "The Elusive Embrace" and "The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million," winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, and major translator of C.P. Cavafy's Collected Poems and The Unfinished Poems. Sponsored by the Maytag Fund and the MacLean Visiting Writers Endowment.
7 p.m., Gates Common Room, third floor of Palmer Hall, 1025 N. Cascade Ave. (east of Tutt Library) (map), free
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Saturday, February 13, 2010
 Concert: "Couples in Love and Music - A Valentine’s Weekend Concert"
Acoustic Eidolon invites two other musical couples for a Valentine’s weekend concert, "Couples In Love and Music: A Night of Pure Musical Passion, Humor and Love." The concert features Acoustic Eidolon, Grammy Award-winning Al Pettaway and Amy White and Joe Ebel and Annie Lalley. The concert will provide an intimate evening with three couples who have dedicated their lives to making music together and sharing their stories. Sponsored by KRCC.
7:30 p.m., Armstrong Theatre, inside Armstrong Hall, 14 E. Cache La Poudre St. (map), $20, $15 for students, or $15 with a CC ID; tickets at the Worner Desk, KRCC Studios, 912 N. Weber St., online at www.blackroseacoustic.org, or by phone at 548-1743
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010
 Lecture: "Story Salon #2: Collecting Stories"
The first portion of this double-header "Story Salon" features a conversation about Plains Native American ledger art with artist and curator Bently Spang and Colorado College Professor of History Anne Hyde. In the second portion of the event, collectors Mary Allen-Meilinger and Harold Burch tell the stories of how they built their collections of self-taught American art and Australian art, respectively. Sponsored by the Robert and Ruby Priddy Charitable Trust.
4:30 p.m., I.D.E.A. Space, Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center, 825 N. Cascade Ave. (map), free
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
 Film: Movie night: FUGA DE CEREBROS (with English subtitles)
Emilio has always harbored a secret love for Natalia, the cutest, brightest girl in the class. On the last day of the school year, when he finally decides to declare his love, Natalia is awarded a scholarship to study Medicine at Oxford. It would seem that all is lost for Emilio, but his drop-out school-pals are not ready to throw in the towel. After faking qualifications and scholarships, this band of brainless nuts land in Oxford, causing havoc in the normally peaceful campus existence.
9 p.m., Spanish house (Windom), 1132 N. Cascade, free
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Thursday, February 18, 2010
 Reading: Visiting Writers Series Presents Poet Mark Irwin
Irwin’s books include Tall If, Bright Hunger, White City, and Always. Sponsored by the Colorado College English Department with the Support of the MacLean Visiting Writers Endowment.
7 p.m., Gates Common Room, third floor of Palmer Hall, 1025 N. Cascade Ave. (east of Tutt Library) (map), free
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Friday, February 19, 2010
Competition: Regional Competition of National History Day
Colorado College and Tutt Library will again host the Regional Competition of National History Day. More than 500 local middle school and high school students will present their historic research on the annual national theme of "Innovation in History" with papers, Web pages, exhibit backboards, dramatic performances and video documentaries to teams of volunteer judges. The top three entries in each category will go on to compete at the state level in Denver in May. The public is welcome to view the competition. Sponsored by Colorado College, Tutt Library and Southwest Studies, Friends of the Pioneers’ Museum, and El Paso County Pioneers’ Association, with support for special prizes from several community organizations.
6 p.m., Palmer, Olin & Tutt Science, free
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Saturday, February 20, 2010
Competition: Regional Competition of National History Day
Colorado College and Tutt Library will again host the Regional Competition of National History Day. More than 500 local middle school and high school students will present their historic research on the annual national theme of "Innovation in History" with papers, Web pages, exhibit backboards, dramatic performances and video documentaries to teams of volunteer judges. The top three entries in each category will go on to compete at the state level in Denver in May. The awards ceremony will be held in Shove Chapel at 3 pm. The public is welcome to view the competition and awards. Sponsored by Colorado College, Tutt Library and Southwest Studies, the Friends of the Pioneers’ Museum, and the El Paso County Pioneers’ Association, with support for special prizes by several community organizations
9 a.m., Palmer, Olin and Tutt Science, free
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Monday, February 22, 2010
 Lecture: Dr. Bonnie Lynne-Sherow: "The Mythological Power of the Family Farm." State of the Rockies Speaker Series
The final lecture in the 2010 State of the Rockies Speaker Series: Food and Agriculture in the Rockies, will feature Dr. Bonnie Lynn-Sherow, associate professor of history at Kansas State University. Her research and teaching have focused primarily on the history of different peoples’ interactions with the rural environment of the American West. Her book, "Red Earth: Race and Agriculture in Oklahoma Territory," traces the different ways in which Euro-American, African-American and Kiowa communities shaped the agricultural ecology of Oklahoma Territory in the decades before statehood. Lynn-Sherow’s talk will focus on the mythological power of the "family farm" ideal in American history and the West in particular. Sponsored by the State of the Rockies Project, the CC Cultural Attractions Fund and the CC Student Farm Club.
7 p.m., Gates Common Room, third floor of Palmer Hall, 1025 N. Cascade Ave. (east of Tutt Library) (map), free
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Film: "Story Salon #3: Seeing Truths"
In conjunction with the exhibition "The House is Small But the Welcome is Big," on view in Coburn Gallery, this "Story Salon" features the presentation of a documentary by Mozambican teenager Alcides Soares about being orphaned by AIDS. The award-winning short film tells the story of Alcides and his friends as they come to terms with the loss of their parents and seek to create new family bonds. Neal Baer, the film’s executive producer, and Lynn Warshafsky, executive director of Venice Arts, will present the film and speak about the creation of "The House is Small" project. Sponsored by the Robert and Ruby Priddy Charitable Trust.
4:30 p.m., Screening Room, Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center, 825 N. Cascade Ave. (map), free
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Concert: United States Air Force Chamber Concert
Members of the U.S. Air Force Academy Band will perform as part of its Chamber Recital Series. Sponsored by the Colorado College music department.
7:30 p.m., Packard Hall, 5 W. Cache La Poudre St. (map), free
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Lecture: Aficionados Luncheon-Are Wise Old Owls Good Sentinels of Environmental Change?
Colorado College Associate Professor of Biology, Brian Linkhart will present his research of nearly 30 years of study on Flammulated Owls, raptors that are small and reticent enough to disappear in the shadows of ponderosa pines to breed. As barometers of environmental change, are these owls affected by shifts in climate and alterations to pine forests? Much of the research and information about this sensitive species is due mainly to Professor Linkhart’s work, which he will share in his PowerPoint presentation. Reservations and Cancellations by Monday, February 22, 2010. Call 389-6649. Sponsored by Hulbert Center for Southwest Studies
Noon, Gaylord Hall, main floor of Worner Campus Center, 902 N. Cascade Ave. (map), $16.00
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 Concert: Crooked Still and Redraw the Farm
After years of touring and establishing themselves as "the most important folk group to emerge from Boston since the early 60’s"(Boston Globe), Crooked Still has built a solid foundation. They have earned invitations from huge events like the historic Newport and Telluride Festivals and numerous rave reviews from publications like USA Today and Interview Magazine. Crooked Still is now on the cusp of a new musical chapter and continues to perform one of the most compelling forms of alternative bluegrass and string band music today. Opening for Crooked Still will be local favorites Redraw the Farm. Sponsored by KRCC and A Music Company Inc.
7 p.m., Venue 515, Manitou Springs, $17.00 general public, $11.00 for KRCC members or with a CC ID; tickets at KRCC Studios. General Public tickets also available on line at www.amusiccompanyinc.com, $20 day of show
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Thursday, February 25, 2010
 Lecture: The J. Glenn and Ursula Gray Memorial Lecture in Philosophy: "Race and Liberalism"
Charles W. Mills, the John Evans Professor of Moral and Intellectual Philosophy at Northwestern University and a leading scholar of the philosophy of race and gender, will deliver the annual J. Glenn and Ursula Gray Memorial Lecture on "Race and Liberalism." Professor Mills’s first book, "The Racial Contract" (Cornell, 1997), reassessed the social contract philosophy at the heart of early modern Western constitutionalism and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.
Sponsored by the Colorado College philosophy department and the Cultural Attractions Fund.
7 p.m., Gates Common Room, third floor of Palmer Hall, 1025 N. Cascade Ave. (east of Tutt Library) (map), free
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Friday, February 26, 2010
Performance: Moliere Than Thou
Renowned actor, director and translator, Timothy Mooney presents a 90-minute one-man performance of ten of Moliere’s most famous and hilarious monologues translated into English. Parading through the best loved plays of France’s history, Moličre Than Thou reinvigorates renaissance theatre, the court of Louis XIV, and the vision which generated some of the most beloved plays of all time. Sponsored by The Office of the Dean and the Department of Francophone and Mediterranean Studies
7:30 p.m., Screening Room, Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center, 825 N. Cascade Ave. (map), free
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 Celebration: Come celebrate Carnival with us!
Carnival is a very fun event, celebrated all around the world. Why not have our own version?
Let's meet at the Carriage house for a costume party!
9 p.m., Carriage house (behind Summer programs office), free
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