CAS Communications Blog

We’re kicking off the new semester with a week packed with engaging and thought-provoking events.

Alumnus Ken Sherman is here on Tuesday, February 1, to discuss his Göteborg Award for Sustainable Development (it’s considered the environmental equivalent of the Nobel Prize).

Student Luncheon
Noon-2pm
Poetry Center, Sawyer Library

Networking Reception
5pm-5:30pm
Donahue Building, Room 311

Public Lecture (free and open to the public!)
5:30pm-7pm
Donahue Building, Room 311

On Friday, February 4, the Modern Theatre’s three-night retrospective on the work of Michael Cimino culminates with a screening of Year of the Dragon, and an audience discussion with Cimino, the acclaimed director and Academy Award winner for The Deer Hunter. Visit moderntheatre.com for more about the week of events. Free and open to the public. Reservations required.

A screening of Year of the Dragon and an audience discussion with director Michael Cimino
7pm
The Modern Theatre
525 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02111

Tags: Academy Awards, Alumni, Göteborg Award for Sustainable Development, Ken Sherman, LMEs, Michael Cimino, Modern Theatre, NOAA, The Deer Hunter, Year of the Dragon

Dr. David McCann, visiting scholar and poet from Harvard’s Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, will be at Suffolk on Thursday, January 27, 2011 for a full day of events.

Dr. McCann’s two most recent poetry collections are Urban Temple; Sijo, Twisted and Straight, Bo-Leaf Books, 2010 and The Way I Wait for You, Codhill Press, 2007.

At 2:30pm, Dr. McCann will host a Korean Shijo poetry workshop, exploring Korea’s most popular form of traditional poetry, and encouraging students to write their own shijo in English. Munce Conference Room, Archer Building 110, 20 Derne Street, Boston.

At 4pm, Dr. McCann welcomes faculty and students for informal conversation and tea. Poetry Room, Suffolk University Library, 73 Tremont Street, Boston.

From 5:30pm to 6:30pm, Dr. McCann will discuss poetry and read from his latest publications. Poetry Room, Suffolk University Library, 73 Tremont Street, Boston.

Dr. McCann’s visit to Suffolk is sponsored by the Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies, the Creative Writing Program of the Department of English at Suffolk University, and the College of Arts & Sciences Dean’s Office.

Tags: David McCann, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University, Korean poetry, Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies, Shijo poetry

David Gallant, Director of Undergraduate Advising, will appear on New England Cable News (NECN) today shortly after 4pm to comment on the 30th anniversary of John Lennon’s passing and the enduring impact of The Beatles.

Gallant will also be an in-studio guest tonight on Dan Rea’s radio program “Nightside” (WBZ Radio, AM 1030) from 10pm to midnight. Guests also include Larry “Chachi” Loprete of the radio program “Breakfast with The Beatles” (WZLX, FM 100.7).

Gallant is an instructor in the Seminar for Freshmen program in the College and teaches a course on the social and historical legacy of The Beatles.

Tags: David Gallant, Larry Loprete, The Beatles, WBZ Radio

The Forum for American/Chinese Exchange at Stanford (FACES) invites Suffolk students to apply to be a delegate to the FACES On Common Ground 2011 conference. On Common Ground brings forty future leaders of the U.S. and China together to speak with current world leaders, which have previously included President George H.W. Bush, Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, U.K. Prime Minister John Major, and more.

FACES is looking for undergraduate and graduate students interested in applying to On Common Ground 2011. Applicants need not speak Chinese, attend Stanford, or have a strong US-China background. FACES seeks passionate individuals and future leaders who are interested in being actively involved in the relations between two of the largest world powers in the modern era.

Apply at faces.stanford.edu/application by January 1, 2011.

For more information, visit faces.stanford.edu or email faces.recruiting.2011@gmail.com.

Tags: China

Suffolk University and Madrid’s celebrated Casa Patas Foundation presents José Barrios in Por Si Acaso Amanece (“In Case Dawn Breaks”). On Tuesday, the ensemble will be joined by the legendary jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval. This internationally acclaimed ensemble explores the fusion of flamenco with jazz, klezmer, rock, and the blues.

Public performance featuring jazz legend Arturo Sandoval
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
7:30pm
General Admission: $30
Suffolk community: $15
TICKETS

The Modern Theatre
525 Washington Street

For more events at the Modern Theatre, please visit http://moderntheatre.blogs.suffolk.edu/

Tags: Arturo Sandoval, Casa Patas, flamenco, jazz, Modern Theatre, Theatre Department

An evening of short plays by Thornton Wilder

Suffolk University Professor Wesley Savick directs Forever, Briefly, three one-act plays by three time Pulitzer Prize winner Thornton Wilder. These small gems were Wilder’s prelude to his full-length masterpieces, Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth. Wilder’s genius was in linking American landscapes and characters to universal human experiences of passion and joy, loss, and the mysterious passage of time. Savick and Suffolk professor-scenic designer Richard Chambers have invented an imaginative, unique way for audiences to encounter these plays in the elegant C. Walsh Theatre.

November 18 – November 21
C. Walsh Theatre, Suffolk University
55 Temple Street
Boston, MA 02114

Tickets: $10 General Admission, $5 to Suffolk Community, students and seniors. For tickets call 1.800.838.3006 or visit brownpapertickets.com.

The Ford Hall Forum received word yesterday that Dr. Condoleezza Rice will be unable to participate at the FHF event this Thursday.

Coordinators are working on rescheduling the event and are very sorry for any inconvenience.

Tags: Condoleezza Rice, Ford Hall Forum

A Distinguished Visiting Scholar Event, Frances Moore Lappé visits Suffolk University tomorrow for lively discussion of her many books, including Getting a Grip: Clarity, Creativity and Courage in a World Gone Mad; Democracy’s Edge; and Diet for a Small Planet. Frances Moore Lappé is co-founder of the Small Planet Institute and winner of the 2008 James Beard Foundation Humanitarian of the Year Award.

Please join us tomorrow from 3pm-4pm in the Munce Conference Room, Archer 110 at 20 Derne Street.

Tags: Distinguished Visiting Scholars, Frances Moore Lappé, the Small Planet Institute