Monthly Archives: January 2012

Davis Projects for Peace Proposal Deadline Wednesday, January 25

Funded by Kathryn W. Davis, a lifelong internationalist and philanthropist, and administered by the Lang Center in association with the Peace and Conflict Studies Program, the Davis Projects for Peace awards successful recipients — individual students or groups of students — with $10,000 to complete a creative, innovative and entrepreneurial project for peace in summer 2012. For more, visit http://www.swarthmore.edu/x27185.xml or contact Jennifer Magee (jmagee1) with questions.

Think, Care, Act – A new book by a local peace educator

Susan Gelber CanonSusan Gelber Canon, a local peace educator, appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer recently. She will speak 7 p.m. Jan. 26, 2012 at Haverford College, in the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship Cafe, Stokes Hall, Room 104. Admission is free. For information, contact Karen Barton of the Bryn Mawr Peace Coalition at 610-525-3784 or astrique@aol.com

Well Being: A teacher with a passion to spread peace

Philadelphia Inquirer

01/16/2012

When she was a girl growing up in Wynnefield, Sue Gelber’s sleep was often interrupted by her father’s screams as he struggled with nightmares triggered by memories of his experiences as a combat infantryman during World War II… Read more.

Lars Jan ’00 at Sundance 2012

Theater alum Lars Jan ’00 presented his multimedia piece ABACUS, an official selection of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, in Park City, Utah in February. Jan has worked for three years on ABACUS,  which he describes as “a visually immersive, genre-bending presentation exploring the future of national borders and how contemporary persuasion works.” In style, the presentation assumes a TED-talk fused with the grand gestures of megachurch media design, all while utilizing emerging technologies and stunning visual effects.   http://www.swarthmore.edu/x34751.xml

 

Audition Sunday January 22nd for Jessica Cannizzaro’s Senior Thesis!

The Department of Theater Announces Open Auditions for
FIRESIDE TALES: LEGENDS AND LORE OF THE FORGOTTEN WILDERNESS
A New Play with Songs by Jessica Cannizzaro ’12
Direction and Vocal Coaching by Guest Artist Adrienne Mackey ’04
Faculty advisors: James Magruder and Allen Kuharski

Auditions: Sunday, January 22, 4-6 pm, LPAC Cinema
Sign-Up Sheet on the bulletin board outside the Theater Department Office (13 LPAC)
NO PREPARED AUDITION MATERIAL REQUIRED (Auditions will be held in a group workshop format)

FIRESIDE TALES is the honors thesis in Production Dramaturgy by Jessica Cannizzaro ’12, adapted from American folk tales and songs.  Those cast will work weekly on weekends with Adrienne Mackey and Jessica Cannizzaro on voice and singing workshops together with rehearsing for two staged concert readings of the material on the weekend of Feb. 25-26 and during reading week (May 2-3).  Those cast and able to commit to this schedule will be eligible for 1.0 Theater credit for their work on the project.

Any questions can be directed to Jessica Cannizzaro (jcanniz1@swarthmore.edu) or Allen Kuharski (akuhars1@swarthmore.edu).

Green Chair Dance Group at the Annenberg in February

Green Chair Dance Group, co-directed and performed by Greg Holt ’05, Sarah Gladwin Camp ’05, and Hannah de Keijzer ’06, will show us some secrets with their  gorgeous new work PROJECT CONE at Philadelphia’s Annenberg Center Feb. 3 & 4, 2011.

For tickets:  http://www.annenbergcenter.org/tickets/?id=182

For info about the company: http://www.greenchairdancegroup.com

Green Chair Dance Group at the Annenberg in February

Green Chair Dance Group, co-directed and performed by Greg Holt ’05, Sarah Gladwin Camp ’05, and Hannah de Keijzer ’06, will show us some secrets with their  gorgeous new work PROJECT CONE at Philadelphia’s Annenberg Center Feb. 3 & 4, 2011.

For tickets:  http://www.annenbergcenter.org/tickets/?id=182

For info about the company: http://www.greenchairdancegroup.com

Suli Holum ’97 and Deb Stein ’99 CHIMERA reviews!

Here’s some stellar reviews from the current run of Suli and Deb’s show CHIMERA at HERE Arts Center in NYC

http://theater.nytimes.com/2012/01/10/theater/reviews/chimera-at-here-arts-center-review.html

http://www.backstage.com/bso/reviews-ny-theatre-off-broadway/ny-review-chimera-1005817952.story

http://newyorktheatrereview.blogspot.com/2012/01/olivia-jane-smith-on-chimera-produced.html

Annual Helen F. North Classics Lecture

Professor Alan Shapiro, the W.H. Collins Vickers Professor of Archaeology in the Classics Department at Johns Hopkins University, is this year’s Helen North guest lecturer. He will speak on Thursday, March 29th at 4:30 in Science Center 101. All are welcome.