Evening Performance and Lecture Series
September 29, 2010
7:00 p.m. in the Dwight Performing Arts Center
Edwidge Danticat
From the age of four, award-winning writer Edwidge Danticat came to think of her uncle Joseph as her "second father," when she was placed in his care after her parents left Haiti for America. And so she was both elated and saddened when, at twelve, she joined her parents and youngest brothers in New York City. As Edwidge made a life in a new country, adjusting to being far away from so many who she loved, she and her family continued to fear for the safety of those still in Haiti as the political situation deteriorated.
In 2004, they entered into a terrifying tale of good people caught up in events beyond their control. Brother I'm Dying is an astonishing true-life epic, told on an intimate scale by one of our finest writers.
Co-sponsored by the Arts & Humanities Series, First Year Programs and The Office of Multicultural Affairs.
This event is Free and Open to the General Public
November 15, 2010
4:30p.m. in the Ecumenical and Cultural Center
Damian Gorman
An award winning author of sixteen plays, Gorman has also written extensively for film and television, and in 1996 became the founding director of An Crann (The Tree), a project aimed at documenting the personal stories of people involved in Northern Ireland's Troubles. In 1998 Gorman was awarded an MBE for his services to the arts, and in 2006 he was honored with a Major Individual Artist Award by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. Please join us to hear him read from his recent work.
Co-sponsored by the Arts & Humanities Series and the Department of English.
This event is free and open to the General Public
February 16, 2011
7:00 p.m. in the Dwight Performing Arts Center
Weber Dance Ensemble
Please join us for an evening of dances that investigate the environment, the science of memory, and the inherent challenges of our over-stimulated world. The evening will include Of Bones & Marrow, Vestige and Core Impasse, pieces dealing with humanity in our inner and outer lives. The evening will include narration by the choreographer that shares her insights into the development of the choreography, its structure and theme and an opportunity for discussion following the performance.
Free Admission for Students, Faculty and Staff; General Admission: $5.00
February 27, 2011
1:30pm in the Dwight Performing Arts Center
A Dialogue: Jim Dine and Clifford Ackley
Renowned Artist and Juror of the Boston Printmakers' 2011 North American Print Biennial Jim Dine and Museum of Fine Arts Curator Cliff Ackley will present a dialogue on contemporary printmaking.
The lecture immediately precedes an opening reception for the exhibition at the Danforth Museum of Art from 3:00-5:00pm to be attended by Mr. Dine and exhibiting artists.
Free and Open to the Public
March 24-27, 2011
7:00 p.m. in the College Center Forum
True West
Alumnus Brian Boruta, founder of Theater 906 and Director Sarah Cole bring us our very own production of Sam Shepard’s True West. This Alumni, Faculty, Student and Community production will be a departure from past theatrical productions funded by the Arts & Humanities Series.
Free Admission for Students, Faculty and Staff; General Admission: $5.00
March 28, 2011
7:00 p.m. in the Dwight Performing Arts Center
Stephanie Coontz
As Research Director and Co-Chair of the Council on Contemporary Families, Stephanie Coontz is seen and heard on a weekly basis on NPR, CNN, New York Times, USA Today, Newsweek Magazine and The Wall Street Journal. Her widely read The Way We Never Were: The American Family and The Nostalgia Trap and Marriage, A History of How Love Conquered Marriage are but two examples of Coontz’s down-to-earth, well supported and wide-ranging historical and scientific analysis of some of the most misunderstood aspects of our personal lives. Her talk will center around what she has learned about the history of women, men, marriage, and social activism, from the 1920s to the revival of the women's movement in the 1960s and discuss her new book A Strange Stirring: The Feminine Mystique and American Women at the Dawn of the 1960s (January 2011, Viking). Convened by the Framingham State University Gender Interest Group, this talk is made possible by the Arts & Humanities Series and is cosponsored by Women’s Empowerment, The Office of Multicultural Affairs, and the Departments of Sociology, History, English, and Consumer Sciences.
Professor Coontz, who teaches at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, will be available to sign copies of A Strange Stirring and her other books after her talk.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
7:00 p.m. in the Heinman Ecumenical and Cultural Center
FSU Chorus Spring Concert
This event is free and open to the General Public
