Thursday, Jan. 14, 12:50-1:50 p.m. / Visual Arts Building, Room 215 / Artists talk and retrospective presentation by photographer John Willis, featuring selections from "Recycled Realities" and "A View from the Rez," on view at the Burns Arts Atrium Gallery through Jan. 31
Thursday, Jan. 14, 12:50-1:50 p.m. / Everest Lounge / Luncheon workshop, “Justice and Punishment in Literature and Philosophy,” with Leo Zaibert, chair, Department of Philosophy, and Anna Schur, associate professor, Department of English, Keene State College. RSVP to Amy Bloom, blooma@union.edu or ext. 8386
Thursday, Jan. 14, 4-5:30 p.m. / Humanities, Room 020 / The Michael S. Rapaport Ethics Across the Curriculum Initiative Open House celebrating the program’s new headquarters. RSVP: Amy Bloom, blooma@union.edu or ext. 8386
Thursday, Jan. 14, 4:30 p.m. / Visual Arts Building, Burns Arts Atrium / Reception for John Willis, whose selections from “Recycled Realties” and “A View from the Rez” are on display
Friday, Jan. 15, 6 p.m. / Viniar Athletic Center / Women’s basketball vs. Hamilton
Friday, Jan. 15, 8 p.m. / Viniar Athletic Center / Men’s basketball vs. Hamilton
Saturday, Jan. 16, 2p.m. / Viniar Athletic Center / Women’s basketball vs. William Smith
Saturday, Jan. 16, 4 p.m. / Viniar Athletic Center / Men’s basketball vs. Hobart
Saturday, Jan. 16, 7 p.m. / Messa Rink at Achilles Center / Men’s hockey vs. RPI
Sunday, Jan. 17, 3 p.m. / Memorial Chapel / Sophie Shao, cello, and Friends, part of Union College Concert Series; free with Union I.D.; $25 to the public; area students half-price
Monday, Jan. 18, 12:30 p.m.-2 p.m. / Reamer Campus Center Room 305 (Strauss Unity Center) / Building Community at Union, featuring desserts from around the world and conversations with students and faculty from the Civil Rights Public History mini-term. Part of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration of Community; sponsored by Campus Diversity, Multicultural Affairs and the History Department. Bring your own lunch. Contact: Karen Ferrer-Muñiz, ferrermk@union.edu
Tuesday, Jan. 19, noon-4 p.m. / Old Chapel / Building the Dream Through Service: 2010 Volunteer Opportunities Fair, service opportunities with campus and community organizations. Two tickets will be raffled for the March 2010 Billy Joel and Elton John Concert. Sponsored by Kenney Community Center and Wells House as part of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration of Community. Contact: Kenney Center Director Angela Tatem, tatema@union.edu
Wednesday, Jan. 20, 1 p.m. / Courtyard between Reamer Campus Center and F.W. Olin Building / "Topping-off" ceremony for the Peter Irving Wold Center for Science and Engineering (moves to Schaffer Library in case of inclement weather); marks the placement of the final steel beam
Thursday, Jan. 21, 4:30-6:30 p.m. / Schaffer Library, Phi Beta Kappa Room / Philosophy Speaker Series presents: Paul Bloomfield, of the University of Connecticut, on “ Eudaimona and Practical Reason”
Thursday, Jan. 21, 7:30 p.m. / Nott Memorial / “Lady Bird, Pat & Betty: Tea for Three.” Actress Elaine Bromka performs one-woman show about First Ladies Lady Bird Johnson, Pat Nixon and Betty Ford. Amid dizzying change and political dissent in 1960s and ’70s America, three women of uncommon valor stood by their husbands, bringing wit and compassion to the country in what Pat Nixon called “the hardest unpaid job in the world.” Bromka played the mother in “Uncle Buck” opposite John Candy and Tchaikowska with Vanessa Redgrave in “Playing for Time.” She won an Emmy for her work in “Catch a Rainbow.” Free tickets available at the Yulman Box Office and at the door; seating limited. Event co-sponsored by the History Department. For more information: Ext. 6545, or www.teaforthree.com.
Friday, Jan. 22, 6 p.m. / Viniar Athletic Center / Women’s basketball vs. St. Lawrence University
Friday, Jan. 22, 7 p.m. / Messa Rink at Achilles Center / Men’s hockey vs. Harvard University
Friday, Jan. 22, 7 p.m. / Yulman Theater / “ Ma Rainey's Black Bottom,” a 1982 play from a 10-play cycle by Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright August Wilson that chronicles 20th century African-American experience. Set in 1920s Chicago, it deals with issues of race, art, religion and the historic exploitation of black recording artists by white producers as it tells the story of a recording session with blues legend Ma Rainey, her band members and the white producer and agent who made themselves wealthy through Rainey’s recordings. Presented by Department of Theater and Dance; performed by a touring company of students from Hamilton College and directed by Mark Cryer, Department of Theater chair. Part of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration of Community. Free tickets available at Yulman Box Office. Presented by Department of Theater and Dance. Contact: Professor Charles Steckler, at stecklec@union.edu
Friday, Jan. 22, 8 p.m. / Viniar Athletic Center / Men’s basketball vs. St. Lawrence University
Saturday, Jan. 23, 6 p.m. / Viniar Athletic Center / Women’s basketball vs. Clarkson University
Saturday, Jan. 23, 4 p.m. / Viniar Athletic Center / Men’s basketball vs. Clarkson University
Saturday, Jan. 23, 7 p.m. / Messa Rink at Achilles Center / Men’s hockey vs. Dartmouth College
Sunday, Jan. 24, 6:30 p.m. / Blue House / A Celebration of Community: Cook, Chew, Chat. Black Student Union, administrators and professors celebrate and discuss the importance of community over a home-cooked meal as part of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. activities. Space limited. To attend and assist with cooking, sign up in Student Activities Office, Reamer Campus Center Room 404. All invited. Contact: Arkeisha Pace ’11, pacea@union.edu