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[back to top] Feb. 27-March 1: "The Laramie Project" by Moises Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theatre Project. 8 p.m. Feb. 27-March 1; 1 p.m. Feb. 28. L. Howard Fox Studio Theatre. Tickets: $15 standard; $12 faculty, staff, alumni and senior citizens; $8 students. March 3: "Song of the Simple Truth -- El Canto De Julia Burgos," a performance about the life and work of Puerto Rican poet Julia de Burgos. Sponsored by the Latin American and Latino Studies Program. 2 p.m., Dickson Hall, Room 178. March 5-6: B.F.A. Workshop. 7 p.m., L. Howard Fox Studio Theatre. Free admission. March 16: Greg Popovich's Comedy Pet Theatre. Be amazed as cats and dogs perform circus tricks in this Vegas-style indoor circus featuring 16 trained housecats and eight dogs (all rescued from animal shelters). For all ages. 7:30 p.m., Memorial Auditorium. Tickets: $15. April 3-6, 10-12: William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." 8 p.m. April 3-5, 10-12; 2 p.m. April 6; 1 p.m. April 11. L. Howard Fox Studio Theatre. Tickets: $15 standard; $12 faculty, staff, alumni and senior citizens; $8 students. May 3: Yass Hakoshima Movement Theatre. Premieres Yoakemai's "Before Dawn." A stimulating program blending physical expression, sculpture and music. Tickets: $25 and $20. 7:30 p.m., Memorial Auditorium. Music
[back to top] For information about the following music events, call 973-655-7263.
For up-to-date music listings, go to www.montclair.edu/music.
For monthly listings or information on cancellations, call 973-655-4296. April 2: Student Recital: Voice Evening Recitals. 8 p.m., McEachern Recital Hall, unless otherwise
noted. Sunday Recitals/Concerts. 3 p.m., McEachern Recital Hall, unless
otherwise noted. March 15: Preparatory Center for the Arts Family Concert. Works by Bach, Barber, Chopin, Mertz, and Saint-Saens and Prokofiev written for piano, cello, violin, voice, guitar and oboe. 1:30-2:30 p.m., McEachern Recital Hall. Free. For more information, call 973-655-4443. March 16: Strings Chamber Music Day. For more information, call 973-655-7263. March 20: The Westfield Symphony Orchestra and members of the Montclair State University Symphony Orchestra will perform open rehearsals. Works performed, under the direction of Music Director David Wroe, will be "Symphony No. 2, Op. 73" by Johannes Brahms and the "Cello Concerto, Op. 104" by Antonin Dvorak with Wendy Warner, cello soloist. The event is sponsored by a grant from the Keating Crawford Foundation in memory of Beatrice Crawford, a Montclair musician, who directed The Madrigrals and The Choraliers.10 a.m.-5 p.m., Student Center Ballrooms. Free. March 28: Orchestra Festival. All day, Life Hall. April 23: MSU Band Concert. 3 p.m., Student Center Quad. June 23-27: Summer Chamber Music Institute. A week of music for chamber ensembles. Members of the Shanghai Quartet, visiting artists and faculty will coach ensembles and conduct masterclasses. For more information, call 973-655-7263.
March 7: Spirit of Ireland. Champion dancers and world-class musicians playing traditional Celtic instruments. 7:30 p.m., Memorial Auditorium. Tickets: $25 and $20. March 9: Night in Ukraine. More than 40 Ukrainian and Slavonic performers featuring the Szykryli Dance Ensemble and gypsy violinists, pianists, opera singers, folk singers, balailaikas and bayans. 3:30 p.m., Memorial Auditorium. Tickets: $25 and $20. March 20-23: Dance Collage. 8 p.m. March 20-22; 2 p.m. March 23. Life Hall Dance Studio. Tickets: $8 faculty and staff; $5 students and senior citizens. March 30: The American Repertory Ballet's "Dancing Through the Ceiling." New commissioned ballets by women choreographers including Amy Seiwert's "Monopoly," a brash look at the changing dynamics of traditional male/female relationships in dance and society as a whole. 3:30 p.m., Memorial Auditorium. Tickets: $30, $25 and $20. April 25-27: DanceWorks 2003. 1 p.m. and 8 p.m. April 25-26; 2 p.m. April 27. Memorial Auditorium. Tickets: $15 standard; $12 faculty, staff, alumni and senior citizens; $8 students.
African-American Heritage Month Events. This year's theme is "We
Are Africans Wherever We Are: Global Dimensions of African Culture."
For more information about the following events, Call Sandra Lewis at
973-655-7378. Women's History Month Events. This year's theme is "Outrageous
Women." For more information about the following events, call the
Women's Center at 973-655-5113. Feb. 25: Father Roy Bourgeois, a Maryknoll priest and founder of School of America Watch, will lead a discussion linking the current crisis in the Middle East with ongoing American foreign policy. 5:30-6:30 p.m., Newman Center. (See News.) Feb. 25: "Does the Language We Speak Affect the Way We Think?" by Lila Gleitman, professor of psychology, Institute for Research in Cognitive Science, University of Pennsylvania. 2 p.m., Dickson Hall, Room 178. Sponsored by the Cognitive Science Program. Feb. 26: French novelist Alain Robbe-Grillet will discuss his latest book, La Reprise. The event will be in French. Sponsored by the French, German and Russian Department. 4 p.m., Dickson Hall, Room 178. Free. Feb. 26: Second annual Justice Studies Conference: Correctional Strategies for the 21st Century. 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Student Center Ballrooms. For more information, call Gale Morganti at 973-655-7897. Feb. 27: "Blackboard from Two Perspectives." Ziona Zelazo of Anthropology will present a description and demonstration of the different ways she has made use of Blackboard and its tools. She will explore its benefits and shortcomings from two perspectives: from the point of view of an instructor, and from the students' perspective as well. Noon-1 p.m., College Hall, Room 123. Feb. 28: Eighth Annual Clinical Psychology Lecture Series in collaboration with the Center for Child Advocacy: "Entrapment, Con Games and Terror: Inside the Mind of Sex Offenders." Guest speaker: Doug Martinez, supervising psychologist, St. Claire's Hospital, Child Abuse Treatment Program and Children's Residential Services. 7:30 p.m., Dickson Hall, Room 178. Refreshments will be served. For more information, call Robert McCormick at 4188. March 5: Margaret and Herman Sokol Distinguished Scientist Lecture by Brian Greene, physicist, string theorist and author of The Elegant Universe. Greene is a professor of mathematics and physics at Columbia University and co-director of the Institute for Strings, Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. 8 p.m., Memorial Auditorium. (See story in this issue.) March 5: School of Business Brown Bag Research Seminar: "Researching the Researchers' Research--The Use and Abuse of Meta-Analysis" by Mark Berenson of Information and Decision Sciences. 11:30 a.m., Partridge Hall, Room 423. March 8: Playwriting Workshop. Speaker: John Wooten, artistic director of TheatreFest and published playwright. For children ages 11-14. 11 a.m.-1 p.m., L. Howard Fox Studio Theatre. Free. Sponsored by AT&T as part of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance's Family Week. For more information, call Marie Sparks at 973-655-7070. March 19: University Day. "Where Am I? The Search for Consciousness in the Brain" by Julian Keenan of Psychology. 2:30 p.m., Memorial Auditorium. March 19: "The Creation of Adam" by art historian Leo Steinberg. 6:30 p.m., Montclair Art Museum Lecture Hall. Sponsored by the M.F.A. Program and the Montclair Art Museum. For more information, call Louise Davies at 4074. March 19: Socrates Café: "Philosophical Communities In and Out of the Academy." Speaker: Alumnus Christopher Phillips, who has traveled around the world holding Socrates Cafés. He is the author of Socrates Café: A Fresh Taste of Philosophy and The Philosopher's Club, a children's picture book of philosophical questions and ideas. 6-8 p.m., Dickson Hall, Room 178. March 20: "NATO in the 21st Century: Current Risks and Challenges." Speakers include Royal Marine Lt. Colonel John Leigh, staff officer, Special Operations at Saclant headquarters in Virginia; and United States Navy Lt. Commander Moreatha Yvette Flaggs, NATO seminar and symposia coordinator. Dickson Hall, Room 178. April 4: "Seeking Permanency for Children," a conference sponsored by MSU's Center for Child Advocacy and the Morris County Children's Consortium. 8:45 a.m.-3:15 p.m., Russ Hall, Kops Lounge. April 11: Latin American and Spanish Conference. Topic: The relationship between literature and the arts. 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Student Center Ballrooms. Registration fee: Free to students; $25 others. Computer Training
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required. Call Marlene Kolesar at 973-655-7373. On "Carpe
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University Senate meetings. AFT Local 1904 meetings. 3 p.m., Student Center, Room 419. Feb. 26: Second Annual Justice Studies Conference: "Correctional Strategies in the 21st Century." Morning panel: "Death Penalty," featuring family members of a murder victim, a capital defense attorney and a death row exoneree. 9 a.m.-noon. Afternoon panel: "Juvenile Justice," featuring an advocate and sponsor of several area Juvenile Justice programs; a Superior Court probation officer and a superintendent of a New Jersey Boot Camp. 1-3:15 p.m. Student Center, Ballrooms A and B. For more information, call Maureen Outlaw at 973-655-7388 or Jennifer Murrin at 973-655-7225. March 5: Jump and Hoops for Heart, an American Heart Association/Panzer Student Association Event. 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Panzer Gym. Free. For more information, call 973-655-5240. March 8: TheatreFest Family Week. Playwriting Workshop for children ages 11-14. 11 a.m.-1 p.m., L. Howard Fox Theatre. Free. Register by March 1. For more information, call Marie Sparks at 973-655-7070. March 14-15: TheatreFest Regional Playwriting Contest readings
by the three finalists. The audience is invited to complete an evaluation
sheet and engage in a discussion with each playwright following the reading.
7 p.m. March 14; 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. March 15, L. Howard Fox Studio Theatre.
Free. For more information, call John Wooten at 973-655-7496. March 17-18: Teacher Education Admissions Day. Interviews for students applying to the Teacher Education Program. 8 a.m.-6 p.m., Student Center. Sponsored by the Center of Pedagogy. For more information, call Cheryl Hopper at 973-655-7802. March 19: University Day. "Where Am I? The Search for Consciousness in the Brain" by Julian Keenan of Psychology. 2:30 p.m., Memorial Auditoium. March 20: Spring On-Campus Recruitment. Employers will interview graduating students. Pre-registration required. Sponsored by Career Development. For information, call 973-655-7612. March 20: Retirement party for Lt. Herbert Lloyd of Campus Police. Cost: $50 includes dinner and a gift. 6 p.m., Friar Tuck Inn, 691 Pompton Ave., Cedar Grove. For tickets, call Colleen Morgan at 973-655-5122 or Vermelle Lloyd at 973-926-2040 by March 3. March 26: Careers in French. A roundtable discussion with a French publisher, a public school teacher of French, translator/interpreter and a representative of the French/American business community. Open to all students of French and those interested in studying French. 2:30 p.m., Dickson Hall, Room 171, followed by a reception. March 28: New Jersey High School Orchestra Festival. Recruitment event for prospective music students. 8 a.m.-3 p.m., Life Hall, Student Center and McEachern Hall. For more information, call Kathleen Reddington at 973-655-7346. March 31: MSU Annual Dinner. Honoring Jonathan Spicehandler, chair, Schering-Plough Research Institute and a member of MSU's Board of Trustees. 6-9 p.m., Student Center Ballrooms. Dinner to benefit the sciences. For more information, call 973-655-7492. April 3: Career Fair 2003. Students are invited to meet with employers to learn about career opportunities. 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Student Center Ballrooms. Sponsored by Career Development. April 10: Educators Exchange. 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Student Center Ballrooms. Sponsored by the Center of Pedagogy. For more information, call Cheryl Hopper at 973-655-7802. April 11: Theatre Day. Recruitment event for prospective theater students. 8:45 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Life Hall. To register, call Kathleen Reddington at 973-655-7346. April 22: Panzer Honors Convocation. 6-8 p.m., Student Center Ballrooms. Guest speaker: Stephen Cone, Department of Health and Exercise Science, Rowan University. April 25: Dance Day. Recruitment event for prospective dance students. 8:45 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Life Hall. To register, call Kathleen Reddington at 973-655-7346.
Ongoing
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weekly writing workshop, Wednesdays through March 19, exploring
non-traditional narrative forms as a vehicle for finding one's voice.
Facilitated by Stacey Balkan, Women's Center graduate assistant. Noon-1
p.m., Student Center, Room 420. Registration is appreciated, but not required.
Call 973-655-5114. Relaxation Workshop. Noon-1 p.m. Thursdays. Gilbreth House.
Weekly topics include cultivating positive emotions, mind-body integration,
breathing, progressive relaxation, meditation, visualization, autogenics,
refuting irrational ideas and more. Each session will start with brief
Hatha yoga stretches and end with deep progressive relaxation. Space is
limited. To register, call 5211. Theatre-in-the-Raw. Fridays at noon. L. Howard Fox Studio Theatre. Free. Mass. Sundays, 11 a.m., Russ Hall, Kops Lounge; 6:30 p.m., Newman Center, 894 Valley Road. Yogi Berra Museum
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