Thursday, Oct. 30, 4:30 p.m. / Phi Beta Kappa Room, Schaffer Library / Philosophy Speaker Series presents Richard Sorabji of the University of London/NYU discussing “Gandhi as a Model for an Ancient Western View of the Ideal Life”
Thursday, Oct. 30, 5-7 p.m. / Mandeville Gallery / Reception and talk by the two artists for “Parabolas Mexicanas: Paintings, Prints & Drawings by Bernardo González and Francisco Verástegui," followed by an improvisational performance piece
Thursday, Oct. 30, 8 p.m. / Taylor Music Center, Emerson Auditorium / Screening of "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari,” a landmark of German Expressionist cinema. This 1919 silent classic will be accompanied by a live soundtrack performed by the Boston-based Devil Music Ensemble. Admission is free; reservations recommended. Contact Linda Goodman at 388-6785 or goodmanl@union.edu.
Thursday, Oct. 30, 8 p.m. / Memorial Chapel / Chamber Concert Series Presents: “Trio Cavatina with Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet; Ieva Jokubaviciute, piano; Harum Rhodes, violin; Priscilla Lee, cello”
Thursday, Oct. 30, 8 p.m. / Reamer Campus Center Auditorium / Classic Film: “Fargo”
Friday, Oct. 31, 10:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. / Reamer Campus Center / “Day of the Dead” altar creation, followed by authentic Mexican lunch at Sorum House, 1-2:30 pm. This Mexican celebration honors departed loved ones. Traditions include building private altars honoring the deceased, decorated with sugar skulls, pan de muerto, marigolds, favorite foods and beverages, and photos and memorabilia. Union’s altar will be dedicated to Union College people who have died in the last year, and to deceased loved ones of participants. Sponsored by the Mandeville Gallery and Office of Minerva Programs.
Friday, Oct. 31, 3 p.m. / Messa Rink at Achilles Center / Women’s Hockey vs. Yale (ECAC contest)
Friday, Oct. 31, 4 p.m. / Frank Bailey Field / Women’s Field Hockey vs. SUNY New Paltz
Friday, Oct. 31, 4 p.m. / College Park Field / Women’s Soccer vs. SUNY Geneseo
Friday, Oct. 31, 7 p.m. / Messa Rink at Achilles Center / Men’s Hockey vs. Connecticut
Friday, Oct. 31 – Monday, Nov. 3, 8 and 10 p.m. / Reamer Campus Center Auditorium / Film: "Swing Vote"
Saturday, Nov. 1, 2 p.m. / College Park Field / Men’s Soccer vs. SUNY Oswego
Saturday, Nov. 1, 3 p.m. / Messa Rink at Achilles Center / Women’s hockey vs. Brown (ECAC contest)
Saturday, Nov. 1, 3 p.m. / Reamer Campus Center Auditorium / Classic Film: “Fargo”
Sunday, Nov. 2, 1 p.m. / Frank Bailey Field / Women’s Field Hockey vs. Nazareth
Monday, Nov. 3, 3:05-4:45 p.m. / F. W. Olin Center Room 115 / Election 2008 course lecture by Chris Chabris, assistant professor of psychology, on “The Psychology and Neuroscience of Voting”
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 5:30-7:30 p.m. / Wold House / Death in Film Series presents “Death at a Funeral,” British black comedy about the chaos that erupts at a funeral when romance, jealousy, in-laws, hallucinogens, dark secrets and a spot of bold blackmail collide
Wednesday, Nov. 5, 12:55 p.m. / Reamer Campus Center Room 302 / Women and Gender Studies presents discussions of the presidential election with Political Science Professors Terry Weiner and Brad Hays and Union students
Wednesday, Nov. 5, 3:05-4:45 p.m. / F. W. Olin Center Room 115 / Election 2008 course lecture by Chris Chabris, assistant professor of psychology, on “The Psychology and Neuroscience of Voting”
Friday, Nov. 7, 7 p.m. / Messa Rink at Achilles Center / Men’s hockey vs. Dartmouth (ECAC contest)
Friday, Nov. 7 – Monday, Nov. 10, 8 and 10 p.m. / Reamer Campus Center Auditorium / Film: " Tropic Thunder"
Saturday, Nov. 8, 12 p.m. / Frank Bailey Field / Football vs. Merchant Marine (Liberty League contest)
Saturday, Nov. 8, 7:30 p.m. / Messa Rink at Achilles Center / Men’s hockey vs. Harvard (ECAC contest)
Monday, Nov. 10, 12:55 p.m. / Reamer Campus Center Room 302 / Women and Gender Studies presents Trita Parsi, director, National Iranian American Council, on “U.S. Elections, the United States, Israel and Iran”
Monday, Nov. 10, 3:05-4:45 p.m. / F.W. Olin Center, Room 115 / Election 2008 course lecture by Mathematics Professor William Zwicker on “Bushwhacked by U.S. Presidential Elections: Why the U.S. Voting System Might Be to Blame”