Events
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In the Members’ Room, Joyce Francis exhibits her ink and watercolor paintings. These works on paper are made using the Zentangle technique, a meditative art form that uses repeating patterns. The Northfield Arts Guild Gallery hours are Monday through Friday 10am – 5pm and Saturday 10am – 3pm. Carleton College’s Weitz Center for Creativity is the setting for two new art exhibits opening in January 2012 in the College’s Perlman Teaching Museum. In the Kaemmer Family Gallery, “Running the Numbers: Portraits of Mass Consumption” presents large but intricate color images based on statistics to visually dramatize aspects of contemporary American culture. In the adjoining Braucher Gallery, “A Complex Weave: Women and Identity in Contemporary Art” reveals the ongoing vitality of the Feminist artist movement with works by 17 contemporary women artists exploring aspects of identity through painting, drawing, needlework, photography and other media. Both exhibits will be on display Friday, January 13 through Sunday, March 11, 2012. Gallery admission is free and open to the public.
Arts Guild Member Fred Gustafson shows a series of large-scale plates influenced by traditional Chinese painting styles, including landscape scenes and bamboo motifs. The Allina gallery is located near the lab waiting area of the clinic at 1440 Jefferson Road. Hours are 7am – 8pm Monday through Thursday, 7am –7pm Fridays, and 9am – 3pm Saturdays. William Parry, a London-based photojournalist and auther who contributes regularly to the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs (WRMEA), is launching his new book, "Against the Wall: The Art of Resistance in Palestine," with a U.S. book tour. His stunning book of photos captures the graffiti and street art that has transformed Israel's apartheid wall in the occupied West Bank in to a living canvas of resistance and solidarity. Featuring the work of International street artists including Banksy, Ron English Swoon, Faile and Blu, as well as Palestinian artists and international grassroots activists, these photos express outrage, compassion, solidarity, peaceful resistance and touching humor. On Thursday 23rd February, at 7:00 pm., in Tomson Hall, Room 280, on the campus of St. Olaf College, William Parry will show slides of his photos and tell the stories behind them Start: Feb 16 2012 7:30 pm
End: Feb 17 2012 7:30 pm
Musical theater production directed by Professor of Theater, Karen Peterson Wilson '77
February 10, 11, 16, 17, 18 7:30 p.m. February 12, 2 p.m. Start: Feb 17 2012 10:50 am
Self-described “environmentalist capitalist lunatic farmer” Joel Salatin will deliver Carleton College’s weekly convocation address on Fri., Feb. 17 at 10:50 a.m. in the Skinner Memorial Chapel. In his presentation, entitled “Folks, This Ain’t Normal,” Schwartz will argue that, unlike popular science fiction visions of the future, a sustainable future means looking to the past to re-establish historical normalcy by returning to closer relationships with the land that sustains us. Salatin’s address is free and open to the public.
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This exhibition focuses on the rich artistic and cultural exchange that has taken place between Japan and the US since WWII. Tracing the remarkable career of Yoshida Hodaka, the exhibition explores issues of cultural identity and globalization for Japanese and Japanese Americans.
Flaten Gallery Hours Monday: 10 am - 5 pm Tuesday: 10 am - 5 pm Wednesday: 10 am - 5 pm Thursday: 10 am - 8 pm Friday: 10 am - 5 pm Saturday: 2 pm - 5 pm Sunday: 2 pm - 5 pm The gallery is closed summers, holidays and college breaks. Start: Feb 17 2012 4:30 pm
Political scientist and expert on Brazil Peter Kingstone will deliver the 2012 Gary Wynia Memorial Lecture on Friday, Feb. 17 at 4:30 p.m. in the Gould Library Athenaeum. Focused on the explosive economic and political growth of this South American giant in recent decades, Kingstone’s presentation is entitled “Democracy, Development, and the Puzzling Success of Brazil.” This event is free and open to the public.
Start: Feb 17 2012
Keynote speeches, workshops and panels discussing current trends in family life and policy in the U.S. and abroad and how these trends are influenced by political, economic, religious, and social/cultural changes. Start: Feb 17 2012 7:30 pm
The Carleton College Players, under the direction of David Wiles, will present the award-winning play “Farragut North” in the Weitz Center for Creativity Theater. Performances will take place nightly at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, February 17, 18, 24 and 25, with a 2 p.m. matinee performance on Sunday, February 19. Performances are free and open to the public; reservations are recommended and can be made by telephone at (507) 222-4471 or online at https://carleton.tixato.com/buy.
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