Posted on Feb 26, 2009

Thursday, Feb. 26, 7 p.m. / Yulman Theater / Dada Café: An evening of selected DaDa readings, directed by Theater and Dance Dept. Director William Finlay, performed by the Studio Company; free and open to the public

Thursday, Feb. 26 – Sunday, Mar. 1 / Mandeville Gallery, Nott Memorial / 2009 High School Regional Juried Art Exhibition

Feb. 27, 5:30 p.m. / Beuth House / First Philanthropic Night in conjunction with the Union College Kenney Community Center; gathering funds to go towards building a memorial in Washington D.C. in commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Hors d’oeuvres, entertainment, raffles for art pieces, speakers and more. Semi-formal attire and an $8 donation recommended. For information and reservations, contact Juan Canales (canalesj@union.edu)

Friday, Feb. 27- Sunday, Mar. 1 / College Park Hall / The Office of the President and the History Department present: “The Underground Railroad: Its Legacies and Our Communities”; organized by the Underground Railroad History Project of the Capital Region Inc. Visit www.ugrworkshop.com

Friday, Feb. 27, 7 p.m. / Messa Rink at Achilles Center / Men’s hockey vs. St. Lawrence (ECAC contest)

Friday, Feb. 27 – Monday, Mar. 2, 10 p.m. / Reamer Auditorium / Film: “Transporter 3”

Saturday, Feb. 28, 3 p.m. / Viniar Athletic Center / Liberty League Women’s Basketball Championship: Skidmore vs. Union and RPI vs. St. Lawrence

Saturday, Feb. 28, 7 p.m. / Messa Rink at Achilles Center / Men’s hockey vs. Clarkson (ECAC contest)

Sunday, March 1, 1-3 p.m.  / Mandeville Gallery, Nott Memorial / 2009 High School Regional Juried Art Exhibition closing reception

Sunday, Mar. 1, 3 p.m. / Memorial Chapel / Union College and the Community Orchestra with conductor Victor Klimash in “Winter 2009: The Big Chill.” Featured will be “Fingal's Cave Overture” by Felix Mendelssohn, in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth; two pieces by Frederick Delius, “On hearing the first cuckoo in Spring” and “Summer night on the river”; and Beethoven's “Symphony No. 8 in F Major”

Monday, Mar. 2, 5:30 p.m. / Nott Memorial / 2009 Wold Lecture of Religion and Conflict presents Jack Miles on “Religion and the International Relations in the Obama Administration: The Aftermath and the Anticipation”

Thursday, March 5, Friday, March 6 and Saturday, March 7, 8 p.m.; March 7 and March 8, 2 p.m. / The Yulman Theater / Winter Dance Concert, “The Theatre of Worlds: The Voyage”; tickets on sale now; call 388-6545

Thursday, March 5, 12:40-1:55 p.m. / Reamer Campus Center Room 301, Sadock Women’s and Gender Studies Lounge / “Feminisms for the 21st Century,” the Valerie J, Hoffman ’75 Lecture Series presents: “Ask a Mexican: Irony and the Queering of the Category ‘Latino/a’” with Cristina Beltran, professor of political science at Haverford College

Thursday, Mar. 5, 4:30 p.m. / Schaffer Library, Phi Beta Kappa Room /
Philosophy Speaker Series presents: Alvin Goldman of Rutgers University on “Can Reliabilism and Evidentialism be Friends?”