Posted on Jan 19, 2009

Thursday, Jan. 22, 4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. / Schaffer Library, Phi Beta Kappa Room /
Philosophy Speakers Series presents Tom Kasulis of The Ohio State University, on “Zen Buddhism and Creativity”; co-sponsored with Religious Studies

Thursday, Jan. 22, 7- 8 p.m. / Breazzano House / Memorial and candlelight vigil for Mumbai; co-sponsored with Hillel

Friday, Jan. 23, 7 p.m. / Messa Rink at Achilles Center / Women’s hockey vs. St. Lawrence (ECAC contest)

Friday, Jan. 23- Jan. 26, 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. / Reamer Campus Center Auditorium / Film: “Zack and Miri”

Saturday, Jan. 24, 4 p.m. / Messa Rink at Achilles Center / Women’s hockey vs. Clarkson (ECAC contest)

Saturday, Jan. 24, 6 p.m. -10 p.m. / Old Chapel / Lunar New Year/ Sponsored by ASU and UProgram, celebrating the year of the ox

Sunday, Jan. 25, 8 p.m. / Memorial Chapel / Chamber Concert Series presents: Emanuel Ax, piano

Tuesday, Jan. 27, 6-7:30 p.m. / Blue House / Lambda Pi Chi presidential discussion: “Is America Ready?”

Thursday, Jan. 29, 4:30 p.m. / Reamer Campus Center Auditorium / Lecture: “Mexican Art Today: Enrique Chagoya and Nahum Zenil” by Guisela Latore, assistant professor at The Ohio State University; part of a series of events connected with the Mandeville Gallery’s “Parabolas Mexicanas – Paintings, Prints and Drawings by Bernardo González and Francisco Verástegui”

Friday, Jan. 30, 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. / Reamer Campus Center Auditorium / Film: “Role Models” 

Saturday, Jan. 31, 4 p.m. / Messa Rink at Achilles Center / Women’s hockey vs. Dartmouth (ECAC contest)

Josh Tobiessen, playwright

Thursday, Jan. 29, 7 p.m. / Yulman Theater / Department of English presents a staged reading of "Election Day," a play by Schenectady native Josh Tobiessen. Tobiessen holds a master’s degree in theatre and drama from the National University of Ireland, Galway, and an MFA in playwriting from the University of California, San Diego. "Election Day" was a finalist in the Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta and received its professional premiere in 2007 with Second Stage Theatre’s Uptown Series in New York, where the New York Times called it “an outrageous comedy.” Josh is the son of Peter Tobiessen, professor of biology emeritus, and Joanne Tobiessen, retired director of Becker Career Center.

Friday, Jan. 30, 7 p.m. /  Messa Rink at Achilles Center / Women’s hockey vs. Harvard (ECAC contest)

Sunday, Feb. 1, 3 p.m. / Memorial Chapel / Chamber Concert Series presents: Emerson String Quartet