Friday, Oct. 16, 5- 9 p.m. / Mandeville Gallery and downtown Schenectady venues / Art Night Schenectady
Friday, Oct. 16- Monday, Oct. 19, 8 and 10 p.m. / Reamer Campus Center Auditorium / Film: “Funny People”
Friday, Oct. 16, 5 p.m. / Taylor Music Center, Emerson Auditorium / Sorum House and the Department of English present Helen Vendler: “Walt Whitman the Noncombatant War Poet”; Helen is the A. Kinglsey Porter University Professor of English and American Literature at Harvard University
Friday, Oct. 16, 7 p.m. / Achilles Center / Women’s ice hockey vs. Sacred Heart
Saturday, Oct. 17, 9 a.m.-noon / Meet at Old Chapel Circle / John Calvin Tolls Day of Service, beautifying monuments, parks and other public sites in and around Schenectady
Saturday, Oct 17, 4 p.m. / Achilles Center / Women’s ice hockey vs. Sacred Heart
Sunday, Oct. 18, 3 p.m. / Memorial Chapel / Emerson String Quartet kicks off 38th Concert Series kicks
Monday, Oct. 19, 1 p.m. / Frank Bailey Field / Field hockey vs. St. Joseph
Monday, Oct. 19, 7:30 p.m. / Humanities Building Room 019 / Department of English, Women and Gender Studies and the Minervas present Irish poet and playwright Paula Meehan, reading her recent works
Monday, Oct. 19, 8 p.m. / Taylor Music Center / Union College and the Eastern NY Chapter of the American Guild of Organists presents Bach’s “The Art of Fugue,” Johann Sebastian Bach’s last work, performed by duo-pianists John Gillock and Dean Kauffman; open to public, general admission $20
Wednesday, Oct. 21, 12:50 p.m. / Social Sciences Room 104 / Pizza & Politics discussion on “Torture and Democracy: What Now?” featuring Darius Rejali, professor at Reed College and author of the award-winning book, “Torture and Democracy,” which examines the use of torture by democracies in the 20th century. Rejali was visiting professor in the Political Science Department in 1988-1989.
Wednesday, Oct. 21, 6 p.m. / Frank Bailey Field / Field hockey vs. Williams
Wednesday, Thursday, Oct. 21, 7 p.m. / Nott Memorial / “Secret Histories of Modern Torture,” featuring Reed College Professor (and former Union faculty member) Darius Rejali, author of the award-winning book, “Torture and Democracy”; program sponsored by the Department of Political Science, Minerva Programs and the President's Office. Contact: Tom Lobe, lobet@union.edu
Wednesday, Oct. 21, 6 p.m. / Frank Bailey Field / Field hockey vs. Williams
Wednesday, Oct. 21, 6:30-8 p.m. / Visual Arts Building, Dance Studio / Master class, the Montreal-based RUBBERBANDance Group, in residence at Union courtesy of the Stephanie C. Davis Dance Residency
Thursday, Oct. 22, 4:30 p.m. / Schaffer Library, Phi Beta Kappa Room / Philosophy Speaker Series presents Australian National University/NYU’s David Chalmers: “The Extended Mind Revisited”
Thursday, Oct. 22, 6:30-8 p.m. / Visual Arts Building, Dance Studio / Open rehearsal, RUBBERBANDance Group, in residence at Union courtesy of the Stephanie C. Davis Dance Residency
Thursday, Oct. 22, 7 p.m., Nott Memorial / "The Ecological Crisis through the Lens of Faith: Claiming Earth as Common Ground," talk by Andrea Cohen-Kiener, director of the InterReligious Eco-Justice Network, a faith based- initiative in environmental theology and practice. The spiritual leader of Congregation Pnai Or of Central Connecticut, she lectures frequently on issues in congregational worship, Jewish feminism, ecology, communication and spirituality. Sponsored by the LaMont Preacher’s Fund, Hillel, Multifaith Council, Campus Protestant Ministry and Wold House.
Friday, Oct. 23, 1:50 p.m. / Emerson Auditorium in the Taylor Music Center / Union College Department of Music and IEF present Friday Jazz with Professor Tim Olsen and Friends, featuring “Bebop”; free admission
Friday, Oct. 23, 7 p.m. / Messa Rink at Achilles Center / Men's ice hockey vs. American International College
Friday, Oct. 23 –Monday, Oct 26, 8 and 10 p.m. / Reamer Campus Center Auditorium/ Film: “The Ugly Truth”
Saturday, Oct. 24, 1 p.m. / College Park Field / Men’s soccer vs. Hamilton
Saturday, Oct 24, 7 p.m. / Messa Rink at Achilles Center / Men’s ice hockey vs. Sacred Heart University
Sunday, Oct. 25, 1 p.m. / College Park Field / Men’s soccer vs. Hobart