Posted on Feb 2, 2006

Through Feb. 4

Burns Arts Atrium Gallery,

Arts Building

Marks in Time by Adam Richman '97, a collection of prints and book art.

Richman's work investigates human anxiety about time and mortality. With inspiration from literary works, scar imagery, graffiti and biblical themes, he combines text and image to create narratives in print work and book format.

 

Through April 30

Nott Memorial

Charles Steckler: Stage Design

A retrospective covering some 40 shows of stage designs crafted by Steckler, professor of theater and designer-in-residence, as well as drawings, construction models and artifacts, from life-size puppets and whimsical masks to the hand-crafted sausages from Tartuffe.

 

Feb. 9 through March 17

Burns Arts Atrium Gallery,

Arts Building

2006 Invitational Photography Exhibit

sponsored by the Dept. of Visual Arts

Photography by Cal Crary & William Lamson

Features works by these two New York City artists. Crary, Class of 2000, produces images related to time and space, including self-portraits with landscapes. Lamson, an MFA student, produces work in the tradition of William Eggleston. He was featured as part of New Photographers 2006 in the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival 2005.

Posted on Feb 1, 2006

Thursday, Feb. 2, 7 p.m. / Memorial Chapel / Sister Helen Prejean on her new book, “The Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions”

Friday, Feb. 3, 12 p.m. / F.W. Olin Center 102 / John E. Kelly III '76 Digital Arts Lab dedication ceremony

Friday, Feb. 3, 4 p.m. / Sorum House / Dedication ceremony

Friday, Feb. 3, 7 p.m. / Messa Rink / Men's hockey vs. Rensselaer

Friday, Feb. 3 – Monday, Feb. 6, 8 and 10 p.m. / Reamer Campus Center Auditorium / Movie: Proof

Saturday, Feb. 4, 1 p.m. / Pool, Alumni Gymnasium / Men's and women's swim vs. Ithaca

Saturday, Feb. 4, 2 p.m. / Messa Rink / Women's hockey vs. Cornell

Saturday, Feb. 4, 5:30 p.m. / Green House / Talk on “Delirium” by Cirque Du Soleil

Sunday, Feb. 5, 2 p.m. / Messa Rink / Women's hockey vs. Cornell

Monday, Feb. 6, 4 p.m. / Golub House / New faculty colloquium: Languages, classics, and philosophy

Monday, Feb. 6, 4:30 p.m. / Bailey Hall 201 / Mathematics seminar: Mercer

Wednesday, Feb. 8, 10 p.m. / Old Chapel / Comedian Steve Couette

Thursday, Feb. 9, 12:40 p.m. / NWSE 222 / Computer science seminar: Rachel Cobleigh of UMass on “Propel: An Approach Supporting User Guidance in Developing Precise and Accessible Property Specifications”

Friday, Feb. 10, 6 p.m. / Viniar Athletic Center / Women's basketball vs. St. Lawrence

Friday, Feb. 10, 6 p.m. / Orange House / AOP lobby day workshop

Friday, Feb. 10, 7 p.m. / Messa Rink / Men's hockey vs. Brown

Friday, Feb. 10, 8 p.m. / Viniar Athletic Center / Men's basketball vs. St. Lawrence

Friday, Feb. 10–Monday, Feb. 13, 8 and 10 p.m. / Reamer Campus Center Auditorium / Movie: Saw II

Friday, Feb. 10, 2-4 p.m. / F.W. Olin Center 107 / Letter-writing and critiquing workshop with Maggie Tongue, director of postgraduate fellowships

Friday, Feb. 10, 10 p.m. / Old Chapel / National “dating consultant” David Wygant, “The Real Life Hitch”

Saturday, Feb. 11, 2 p.m. / Viniar Athletic Center / Women's basketball vs. Clarkson

Saturday, Feb. 11, 4 p.m. / Viniar Athletic Center / Men's basketball vs. Clarkson

Saturday, Feb. 11, 7 p.m. / Messa Rink / Men's hockey vs. Yale

Sunday, Feb. 12, 3 p.m. / Memorial Chapel / Artemis String Quartet

Posted on Feb 1, 2006

In an eagerly anticipated Capital Region performance, the acclaimed Artemis String Quartet, based in Vienna, will play at Memorial Chapel on Sunday, Feb. 12, at 3 p.m. as part of College's Chamber Concert Series. Circumstances surrounding tightened security measures and travel restrictions forced the group to cancel its 13-city U.S. tour in 2002. 

Hailed by critics and music lovers the world over, Artemis has taken center stage as the premiere string quartet in contemporary chamber music. Their playing has been variously described as “gorgeous,” “impeccable” and “seamless.”

Musicians include Natalia Prischepenko and Heime Müller on violins, Volker Jacobsen on viola and Eckart Runge on cello. Their second series performance will feature Mozart's No.22 in B flat, K. 589 (“Prussian #2”); Bartok's No.4; and Schubert's No. 13 in a, D. 804.

Tickets, at $20 for general public, $10 for area students and free for Union students, are available in advance at the Events Office at the Facilities Building, or at the door at 2 p.m. For more information, call ext. 6080 or 372-3651.

Posted on Feb 1, 2006

It's not premature to talk about the newest brainchild of Wells House, Union's own community service theme house.

For a small charitable donation, Wells students will watch your kids at your home.

“The cost of childcare today is crazy,” says Zack Lazovik '07, who started the group “as a way to reach out to our hard-working Union employees and to Schenectady. We will not be charging for our services, but we give you the opportunity to make a small donation to one of our local charities.”

He is asking other campus groups to pitch in and help out. With a rush of early responses, it looks like he'll need it – a recent single email generated about two dozen replies from interested faculty and staff. 

Lazovik says there are now 20 qualified student sitters, most from Wells, who will work in pairs for up to four hours at a time. Contact him (lazovikz@union.edu) or House Manager Sarah Shea (sheas@union.edu) for details. His advice: plan ahead.

Posted on Feb 1, 2006

In a letter to the Union College campus community, Interim President, Jim Underwood requested that the Union community collectively offer its condolences to the King family, in honor of the passing of Coretta Scott King.

Civil rights activist Martin Luther King III recently spoke at Union during the week celebrating his father's legacy. In the Jan. 18 campus visit, the son of Coretta Scott King and Martin Luther King Jr. urged his Union audience to help keep his father's dream of racial equality for all alive.

“Since we recently opened our doors to hear him speak, I thought it would be fitting to send condolences,” Underwood noted.

He urged that all cards, poems and messages of sympathy be sent via campus mail to Gretchel Tyson at the Kenney Community Center by February 6. Those wishing to make a donation can make checks payable to The King Center. For more information, visit www.thekingcenter.org.