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Announcements: Events
Oct. 21, 22, 24
International Film Series
Broken Wings (K'Nafayim Shvurot)
(Israel - Hebrew)
Set in the northern Israeli city of Haifi, the film could be a story of
the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Instead, writer-director Nir Bergman
has created a scenario with universal appeal. The plot follows the life
of a family that has lost a father and husband. It depicts their hardship,
a situation that could take place anywhere in the world. Emotions run
high, and the characters respond in unexpected ways to conflicts and frustrations.
Thursday and Sunday showings are at 7:30 p.m. in Jepson Hall, room 118.
Friday showing is at 3 p.m. in Adams Auditorium of Boatwright Memorial
Library.
Oct. 22
Brown bag lunch (rescheduled)
"Fritz Eichenberg: Artist on the Witness Stand"
12-1 p.m., Joel and Lila Harnett Print Study Center
Lindsay Kurlak, '05, art history major and 2004 Harnett summer fellow,
will speak. Bring your lunch. Soft drinks and dessert will be provided.
Oct. 23
Demonstration and workshop
"Traditional Botanical Illustration: Pen and Ink and Watercolor"
2-4 p.m., Lora Robins Gallery of Design from Nature
Sheila Hayden, W'85 and G'95, botanist and botanical illustrator, will
present the program. Participants will have the opportunity to view the
exhibition "Exotica: Plant Portraits from Around the World,"
learn the basics of botanical illustration and create their own botanical
illustrations.
Oct. 24
Arts Around the Lake
Area around Westhampton Lake
11 a.m.-5 p.m.
The 25th annual Arts Around the Lake juried fine arts show will be held
on campus around Westhampton Lake. (In case of inclement weather, the
show will be held in the Robins Center.) Please remember, no dogs are
allowed at the show. See "Around Campus" for more details.
Oct. 25
Lecture, "Art, Math and Instinct"
Peter Spooner, curator, Tweed Museum of Art
7 p.m., Cousins Studio Theatre, Modlin Center
Peter Spooner, curator at the Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota-Duluth
and curator of the exhibition "New Math: Contemporary Art and the
Mathematical Instinct," will speak. A preview of the exhibit in Marsh
Art Gallery and a reception will follow the lecture.
Oct. 27
WAC/PETE luncheon
"How to Grade Written Work"
Joe Essid, writing center director
12:30 p.m., Tyler Haynes Commons, Room 331
Joe Essid and other faculty from the Writing-Across-the-Curriculum Program
and English 103 will lead a discussion of setting standards to assess
writing, including numerical and letter-grade assessment. Learn how to
establish a "pet-peeves" list and reduce grade inflation by
"fair but firm" assessment. Please contact Pat Schoknecht (pschokne@richmond.edu;
ext. 6689) to reserve a lunch.
Oct. 28, 29 and 31
International Film Series
Shaolin Soccer (Siulam Chukkau)
(Hong Kong, Cantonese)
This all-time box-office favorite throughout much of Asia is directed,
co-written, co-produced and headlined by Stephen Chow, one of Hong Kong's
top screen comics. Chow plays Sing, a martial artist who is determined
to prove that the ancient teachings of the Shaolin masters are still relevant.
The film follows Sing and his former martial arts classmates as they transfer
their skills into the game of soccer, kicking balls so hard they catch
fire or dig grooves in the ground as they plow toward the goal. In the
end, the team must use these skills in a match of good against evil. The
light comedy has generated a near cult following in Asia and received
numerous awards at the 2002 Hong Kong Film Awards.
Thursday and Sunday showings are at 7:30 p.m. in Jepson Hall, room 118.
Friday showing is at 3 p.m. in Adams Auditorium of Boatwright Memorial
Library.
Nov. 3
Lunchtime Forum
"Listening to the Big Bang"
11:30 a.m.-1:20 p.m., Heilman Dining Center
The second Lunchtime Forum for 2004-05, co-sponsored by the School
of Arts & Sciences and the University Club, will feature Ted Bunn,
assistant professor of physics, whose topic will be "Listening to
the Big Bang."
All faculty and staff from any academic school or administrative unit,
including retired faculty and staff, who wish to participate in this forum
are invited to pick up a free lunch in the University Club between 11:30
a.m. and 12:30 p.m., take it to the Richmond Room and enjoy lunch and
conversation until 12:30 p.m., when Bunn will be introduced. He will speak
for 20 minutes, no more, about his scholarly work. A half-hour of questions,
comments and discussion will follow, with the proceedings ending at 1:20
p.m., so participants may head to class or other appointments.
Anyone who plans to pick up a free lunch should sign up in advance at
the University Club or reserve a lunch through Rosa Garcia of dining services
(rgarcia2@richmond.edu or ext. 8511) by noon on Wednesday, Oct. 27. Of
course, anyone who wishes to bring his or her own lunch, or not to have
lunch, will also be welcome.
On Dec. 1, the third speaker in this year's series, Doug Szajda (computer
science), will share his ongoing research on "Securing Volunteer
Internet-wide Computations: Can I Trust the Results of Processing Performed
by Millions of Strangers?"
Nov. 4
Lecture, "Visual Thinking/Visual Computing"
Anne Morgan Spalter, Brown University
7 p.m., Cousins Studio Theatre, Modlin Center
Anne Morgan Spalter, visual computing research and artist in residence,
Brown University Graphic Research, will speak. A viewing of the exhibition,
"New Math: Contemporary Art and the Mathematical Instinct" will
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