Posted on May 20, 2005

Thursday, May 19, 12:30 p.m.
Olin 103
Lecture by Timothy B. Onasch from Aerodyne Research Inc. Sponsored by the chemistry department.

Thursday, May 19, 3:30 p.m.
Memorial Chapel
Memorial service for Christina Sorum, dean of faculty

Thursday, May 19, 5 p.m.  
Arts 215
Patrick deVries of the University of Zurich on “Taoist Symbols of Immortality and Longevity on Late Ming Dynasty Porcelain.”

Thursday, May 19 through Saturday, May 21, 8 p.m.
Yulman Theater
“Three Penny Opera”

Thursday, May 19, 11:00 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Old Chapel
Health Fair

Thursday, May 19 through Sunday, May 22
Reunion Weekend

Thursday, May 19, 12:15 p.m.
Yellow House
Lunch discussion on narcissism in relationships with W. Keith Campbell, author of When You Love a Man Who Loves Himself. Sponsored by Psi Chi and Psychology

Friday, May 20, 5 p.m.
Performing Arts Studio
Master class in classical dance with Yvan Michaud, artistic director of Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal

Friday, May 20 through Monday, May 23, 8 p.m. and 10 p.m.
Reamer Campus Center Auditorium
Movie: Million Dollar Baby

Friday, May 20, 8 p.m.
Memorial Chapel
Union College chamber series presents David Finckel and Wu Han

Friday, May 20, 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. to 3 a.m.
Library Field
Open mic at the 2005 Relay for Life

Friday, May 20, 12:15 p.m.
Yellow House
Lunch discussion on sexual orientation and public policy issues. Sponsored by Psi Chi and Psychology.

Saturday, May 21, 10 p.m.
Library Plaza
ReUnion fireworks

Sunday, May 22, noon
Memorial Chapel 
MTL Chamber Players present music of Mozart, Brahms and Bach.

Monday, May 23, 12:05 to 1:10 p.m.
Memorial Chapel
Lecture-demonstration, “Many Out of One: The Voices of the Piano,” with Bradford Gowen, professor of piano at the University of Maryland. Part II and recital to follow.

Monday, May 23, 3 p.m.
SS 103
Marc Mauer, assistant director of the Sentencing Project on “Invisible Punishments”and other aspects of criminal justice.  Sponsored by the Political Science.

Monday, May 23, 8 p.m.
Yulman Theater
“Hang Tough Martina” by Audrey Pernell in collaboration with Vernice Miller and Jessica Nakamura. Sponsored by UNITAS and others.

Monday, May 23, 7 p.m.
Old Chapel
Comedienne Amy Anderson

Tuesday, May 24,12:30 p.m.
Old Chapel
Joel Dawson, MIT, on “Electronics for Wireless Systems.”

Wednesday, May 25, noon to 3 p.m.
Memorial Chapel
Lecture by Hilary Tann

Thursday, May 26, 8 p.m.
Memorial Chapel
Union College chamber series presents the Meininger Trio

Thursday, May 26, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Old Chapel
Seventh annual Bob Dylan birthday tribute

Thursday, May 26, 4:30 p.m.
Phi Beta Kappa Room, Schaffer Library
Erin Kelly, lecture on “Punishment and Democracy”

Friday, May 27, and Saturday, May 29, 8 p.m.
Yulman Theater
“Threepenny Opera” 

Friday, May 27 through Monday, May 30, 8 p.m. and 10 p.m.
Reamer Campus Center Auditorium
Movie: Constantine

Friday, May 27, 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Memorial Chapel
Lecture-recital on 20th-century music

Friday, May 27, 10 p.m.
Jackson's Garden
Party in the Garden

Sunday, May 29, 2 p.m.
Yulman Theater
“Three Penny Opera”

Sunday, May 29, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Memorial Chapel
Performance by Union College Choir

Posted on May 20, 2005

The Empire State Youth Orchestra, which premiered Prof. Hilary Tann's “From the Feather to the Mountain” in March, will give an encore performance on Saturday night at Albany's Palace Theater during a program by the Albany Symphony Orchestra.

On Thursday, May 26, at 8 p.m. in Memorial Chapel, the Meininger Trio of Germany will perform a concert in the Union College chamber series featuring Tann's “The Gardens of Anna Maria Louisa de Medici” for flute, cello and piano. The concert will mark the release of the trio's new CD featuring four Tann works.

Posted on May 20, 2005

“The Threepenny Opera,” Bertolt Brecht's harsh satire on the bourgeois Weimar Republic, set to music by Kurt Weill, comes to Yulman Theater.

Director William A. Finlay, professor of theater and director of Yulman, says “this has a contemporary message; it's a musical with guts.

 “This production is very large for a theater program of this size,” he continued. “We don't typically do musicals here at Union, but this one had something to say to the students, the artists and the faculty.”

The set, designed by Prof. Charles Steckler, will incorporate “environmental style theater.” The entire theater will be used, and the audience is surrounded by cast members, at times. The four-piece orchestra will be conducted by Adrien Gleason, a recent graduate of the Crane School of Music.

Lloyd Waiwaiole, the College's costumer, has designed and made all the costumes.  “They are spectacular,” said Finlay. “He's made stunning representations of Victorian-era London.”

Performances run Thursday through Saturday, May 19 to 21, at 8 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, May 27 and 28, at 8 p.m.; and Sunday, May 29, at 2 p.m.  For tickets and information, call the Yulman box office at 388-6545. 

Posted on May 20, 2005

A boulder from near Seward Highway in Alaska recently traveled to Seward Place in Schenectady where it rests in honor of William Henry Seward.

An 1820 graduate of Union College, Seward is perhaps best known for engineering the $7.2 million United States purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867.

As a parting gift to the College and the city, the Class of 2000 set out to honor one of Union's most prominent alumni. Five years later, the project is to be completed in time for the 204th anniversary of Seward's birth on May 16.

The Class of 2000 will dedicate the memorial at its five-year ReUnion on Saturday, May 21, at 2 p.m.

Posted on May 20, 2005

More than 1,400 alumni representing the classes of 1935 to 2004 are expected for ReUnion 2005.

“We have a terrific program that will bring the Union family together and pay tribute to our alma mater,” said Nick Famulare, director of alumni relations. Highlights include the 50th ReUnion medallion ceremony on Friday, alumni parade and convocation on Saturday morning, and ReUnion fireworks (courtesy of Steve Ente '75) on Saturday night.

For a detailed schedule, visit http://www.union.edu/reunion.