Calendar

Oct. 1
China-America Festival of Film and Culture Keynote Lecture
1 p.m., VCU Student Commons Theater
Harry Harding, university professor of international affairs at George Washington University, will speak on “The Rise of China: Implications for the United States.” Sponsored by VCU and University of Richmond.

Oct. 1
International Film Series, “The World” (China)
4 p.m., Jepson Hall, Room 118
Also sponsored by the China-America Festival of Film and Culture

Oct. 3
President’s Faculty Reception
5–7:30 p.m., Jepson Alumni Center, Robins Pavilion (Note time change)
All full-time, part-time and retired faculty and their guests are invited to attend. Faculty chairs are encouraged to accompany new faculty members in their departments.

Oct. 3
David Sedaris, humorist
7:30 p.m., Richmond’s Landmark Theatre
For ticket information, call the Modlin Center box office at 289-8980.

Oct. 4
President’s Reception for International Students
5 p.m., Keller Hall Reception Room
Please R.s.v.p. to corr@richmond.edu.

Oct. 5
Open office hours for students with President Cooper
2–3 p.m., Maryland Hall, Room 203
All students are encouraged to attend. No appointment necessary.

Oct. 5
Study Abroad Fair
3–5 p.m., Tyler Haynes Commons, Alice Haynes Room
For more information, contact Amy Bergmann at 289-8817.

Oct. 5
Open office hours for staff with President Cooper
3–4 p.m., Maryland Hall, Room 203
All staff are encouraged to attend.
No appointment necessary.

Oct. 5
Philosophy Department Speaker Series
5:15 p.m., North Court, Room 202
Arthur Fine, professor of philosophy and adjunct professor of physics and history at University of Washington, will speak on “Explanation and Scientific Progress: The Case of Quantum Entanglement.”

Oct. 5
CCE Fall Program
7 p.m., Tyler Haynes Commons,
Alice Haynes Room
Robert Egger, president and founder of the D.C. Central Kitchen, will speak.

Oct. 5, 6 and 8
International Film Series, “The Memory of a Killer” (Belgium)
Thursday and Sunday showings at 7:30 p.m. in Jepson Hall, room 118; Friday showing at 3 p.m. in Adams Auditorium, Boatwright Memorial Library

Oct. 6
CCE Brown Bag Discussion, “Finding Riches in a Nonprofit Career”
12:30 p.m., CCE Think Tank
(second floor, Tyler Haynes Commons)
Hear Dr. Jeffrey Spence, president, NCCJ Virginia; Jason Young, executive director, Community Futures Foundation; and Kim Dean, former director of programs, Partnership for the Future. Pizza provided; bring a drink.

Oct. 9
Aquila Theatre Company, “The Canterbury Tales”
7:30 p.m., Alice Jepson Theatre
For ticket information, call the Modlin Center box office at 289-8980.

Oct. 10
Jepson Leadership Forum: Sean Carroll
7 p.m., Science Museum of Virginia, Thalhimer Pavilion
Sean Carroll, a major contributor and researcher to the understanding of the
conceptual foundations of evolutionary developmental biology, discusses “Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo-Devo.”

Oct. 11
Film, “Innocent Voices – Voces Inocentes”
7 p.m., Boatwright Memorial Library,
Adams Auditorium
Part of the Latin American film/Latin America as subject of a film series

Oct. 11
Lecture, Dance and Concert, “Calligraphy Dances”
7 p.m., Camp Concert Hall
Stephen Addiss, Tucker-Boatwright Professor in the Humanities-Art, professor of art history and curator of the exhibit; University Dancers, Myra Daleng, director; and eighth blackbird, ensemble-in-residence. Followed at 8 p.m. by a reception and viewing of “77 Dances: Japanese Calligraphy by Poets, Monks and Scholars, 1568–1868.”

Oct. 12
Concert: eighth blackbird
7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall
For ticket information, contact the Modlin Center box office, 289-8980.

Oct. 18
Jepson Leadership Forum: “An Inconvenient Truth”
7 p.m., Modlin Center for the Arts
A screening of the 2006 documentary will be followed by a discussion among scholars and students about its call to action and the science behind the film.

Oct. 19
Lecture, “The Life Before: the Idea of Pre-Mortal Existence in Western Thought”
7 p.m., Weinstein Hall, Brown Alley Room
Terryl Givens, professor of literature and religion, will speak. Light reception to follow.

Oct. 19
Quest Lecture Series on Race and Writing, “Mission Impossible IV: Writing Race to the Vanishing Point”
7:30 p.m., Keller Hall Reception Room
Reginald McKnight, Hamilton Holmes Professor at the University of Georgia, will speak about African American identity. For more information, contact Suzanne Jones.

Oct. 19, 20 and 22
International Film Series, “Look Both Ways” (Australia)
Thursday and Sunday showings at 7:30 p.m. in Jepson Hall, room 118; Friday showing at 3 p.m. in Adams Auditorium, Boatwright Memorial Library

Oct. 20
CCE Brown Bag Discussion
12:30 p.m., CCE Think Tank (second floor, Tyler Haynes Commons)
Focus on the book Class Matters.
Pizza provided; bring a drink.

Oct. 20
Informal discussion about writing fiction
1:35 p.m., Ryland Hall 204
Reginald McKnight, Hamilton Holmes Professor at the University of Georgia, will speak informally with students about
writing fiction.

Oct. 20
Reduced Shakespeare Company, “Completely Hollywood”
7:30 p.m., Alice Jepson Theatre
For ticket information, call the Modlin Center box office at 289-8980.

Oct. 21
International Student Welcome Luncheon
11 a.m., Tyler Haynes Commons, Alice Haynes Room
International students, faculty and community members from campus and surrounding areas are invited to this luncheon, featuring international entertainment. R.s.v.p. to corr@richmond.edu.

Oct. 23
Dramatic reading by Joan Holden of Nickel and Dimed, On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
7:30 p.m., Alice Jepson Theatre
Tickets are free for students, $22 for faculty and staff.

Oct. 25
Lecture, “A Woman’s Worth: Race, Gender & Class in the Environmental Justice Movement”
Vernice Miller-Travis
4 p.m., Whitehurst Living Room
Sponsored by WILL, WGSS and Richmond Quest. Facilitator is Andrea Simpson, associate professor of political science. Miller-Travis will explore the challenges faced by working-class women of color in the environmental justice movement.

Oct. 25
Lecture and demonstration, “The Japanese Tea Ceremony”
7 p.m., Cousins Studio Theatre
Janet Ikeda, associate professor of Japanese and associate dean of the college, Washington and Lee University, will speak.

Oct. 25
Tango Fire
7:30 p.m., Alice Jepson Theatre
For ticket information, call the Modlin Center box office at 289-8980.

Oct. 26, 27 and 29
International Film Series, “Ballets Russes” (USA)
Thursday and Sunday showings at 7:30 p.m. in Jepson Hall, room 118; Friday showing at 3 p.m. in Adams Auditorium of Boatwright Memorial Library.

Oct. 27
CCE Brown Bag Discussion, “The State of the U.S. Health Care System”
12:30 p.m., CCE Think Tank (second floor, Tyler Haynes Commons)
Rick Mayes, assistant professor of
political science, will speak.

Oct. 27
Gallery talk, “Creating 77 Dances”
12:30–1 p.m., Harnett Museum of Art
Myra Daleng, director of dance, in
conjunction with the exhibition,
“77 Dances”

Oct. 28
Dedication of Heilman Dining Center
10 a.m., Heilman Dining Center

Oct. 30
Bunraku Bay Puppet Troupe
7:30 p.m., Camp Concert Hall
Traditional Japanese Bunraku puppetry. For ticket information, call the Modlin Center box office at 289-8980.