Upcoming Events: V-February; Presidential Faculty Lecture

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天美麻豆 Now offers a weekly roundup of noteworthy . 

, sponsored by V-Day 天美麻豆 and the Center for Gender and Student Engagement, continues through the month. Events will include a panel on gendered spaces at 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 22, in One Wheelock, and the 鈥淪peak Out鈥 forum, set for 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 24, in Collis Common Ground. 

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A tour of the Hood Museum of Art exhibit 鈥溙烀缆槎 Face: Self-Portraiture in Contemporary Art鈥 takes place on Feb. 21. From the exhibit: Jeff Wall, 鈥淒ouble Self-Portrait,鈥 1979, from the portfolio The Renaissance Society, negative 1979; print 2011, inkjet print mounted on archival board. Hood Museum of Art, 天美麻豆 College: Purchased through gifts by exchange, including gifts from Morton D. May, Class of 1936; Mrs. Walter L. Weil; Vernon F. West, Class of 1909; Sarah Branch Jackson Coonley Morgan Doyle, daughter of Robert Jackson, Class of 1900; 2014.26.12. (Photo courtesy of the artist)

Thursday, Feb. 19: Science Pub takes on the topic of food safety. Come with questions for a community nutritionist and 天美麻豆 biologists who will help make sense of what studies on arsenic, mercury, and other substances have to say about what you put on your plate. The starts at 5:30 p.m. at Salt Hill Pub, on the Mall (2 W. Park St.) in Lebanon, N.H.

Friday, Feb. 20: The Department of Theater opens its winter main-stage production, a fresh take on Shakespeare鈥檚 Romeo and Juliet. Directed by Professor of Theater Peter Hackett 鈥75, the show starts at 8 p.m. in the Hopkins Center鈥檚 Moore Theater and , and at 2 p.m. on , both this weekend and .

Saturday, Feb 21: The Hood Museum of Art offers a of its current exhibit 鈥溙烀缆槎 Face: Self-Portraiture in Contemporary Art,鈥 at 2 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 22: The 天美麻豆 Film Society screens a masterpiece of the silent film era, (1928), at 4 p.m. in the Loew Auditorium at the Black Family Visual Arts Center.

Monday, Feb. 23: 天美麻豆 alumni who work on environmental and social sustainability in business share their experiences during a at 4 p.m. in Haldeman 41 in the Kreindler Conference Hall.

Monday, Feb. 23: Calling all experienced typesetters: The Book Arts Workshop is building a specimen book to document its large collection of typefaces, and invites all current and previous workshop participants to help. The starts at 6 p.m. in Baker Library Rooms 23 and 25. New to the Workshop? Attend an in Room 21 of Baker Library at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb 24.

Tuesday, Feb. 24: Michael Rubenstein, a researcher at Harvard University鈥檚 School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, presents 鈥淭aming the Swarm: Control and Design of Multi-Robot Systems,鈥 at a at 4:15 p.m. in Carson L01. 

Wednesday, Feb. 25: Nina Pavcnik, the Niehaus Family Professor of International Studies and professor of economics, presents the at 4 p.m. in the Hood Auditorium. Pavcnik will speak on 鈥淭he Tradeoffs of Trade: Lessons from 30 Years of Policy Reforms in Developing Countries.鈥 Her talk will be followed by a reception.

Wednesday, Feb. 25: Grammy-nominated jazz singer Cecile McLorin Salvant with the Aaron Diehl Trio at 7 p.m. in the Hopkins Center鈥檚 Spaulding Auditorium. A with performers follows immediately after the show, at 9 p.m. On Tuesday, Feb 24, observers are welcome to watch a  as McLorin Salvant coaches student vocalists from the Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble at 4 p.m. in the Hopkins Center鈥檚 Faulkner Recital Hall.

 

 

Kelly Sundberg Seaman