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Dr. Liz Cannon Presentation

Dr. Liz Canon (UW-L English Dept) will give a presentation, “Indo-European Elements in Anglo-Saxon Literature.”

*All are welcome to attend.*

If you go—
Who: Dr. Liz Canon
What: Presentation "Indo-European Elements in Anglo-Saxon Literature".
When: 2:30p.m.-3:30p.m., October 3
Where: Room 207 Wimberly Hall
Admission: Free

Theatre Arts Department to stage “The Diviners”
Play tells a story of self-discovery, personal strength

The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse theatre arts department will open its season with a compelling story of self discovery and personal strength. “The Diviners,” by Jim Leonard, Jr., will be staged in Toland Theatre in the Center for the Arts, 16th and Vine streets. Performances are set Friday-Sunday, Oct. 10-12, and Thursday-Sunday, Oct. 16-19. Curtain time is 7:30 nightly, except for Sunday matinees at 2.

“The Diviners” chronicles residents of a small town in rural Indiana as it struggles to cope with physical and spiritual needs amidst hardships of the Great Depression. Buddy, a gentle yet misunderstood boy with the gift for divining, befriends a disenchanted preacher barely clinging to his faith.  The two find a common bond and work together to uncover the hope and truth for which each has been searching. When the townspeople demand the preacher return to the way of life he no longer believes in, both the man and the boy are driven to a crisis of trust.          

“The Diviners” was Jim Leonard, Jr.’s, first work for which he received the Student Playwriting Award at the 1980 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival.  Tickets are $4 for UW-L students; $10 for other students, senior citizens and children; and $12 for others. Tickets go on sale Monday, Oct. 6. Box Office hours are 1-4:30 p.m. weekdays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays and one hour before show times. For reservations, call the Box Office at 608.785.8522.
                              
If you go—
Who: UW-La Crosse Department of Theatre Arts
What: “The Diviners”
When:  Friday-Sunday, Oct. 10-12, and Thursday-Sunday, Oct. 16-19. Curtain time is 7:30 nightly, except for Sunday matinees at 2.
Where: Toland Theatre, UW-La Crosse Center for the Arts
Admission: $4 for UW-L students; $10 for other students, senior citizens and children; and $12 for others. Tickets go on sale Monday, Oct. 6. For reservations, call the Box Office at 608.785.8522.

Variety of Events to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage

Music, films, lectures and discussions are planned at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse to celebrate Hispanic Heritage.

The events include:

• Sunday, Sept. 28, 3 p.m. Annett Recital Hall, Center for the Arts —Piano Recital by Alexander Dossin, associate professor of piano performance and piano literature at School of Music and Dance, The University of Oregon. Dossin, the winner of first prize at the 2003 Martha Argerich International Piano Competition in Buenos Aires, Argentina, will perform a selection of Latin American pieces.

• Monday, Sept. 29, 7 p.m. 102 Wimberly Hall — Film: “El Violín” (The Violin), 2006. A drama about government crackdown on Indigenous Community through the experience of elderly violinist. Spanish with English Subtitles. Discussion follows.

• Friday, Oct. 3, 7 p.m.  Valhalla, Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition — Performance: Sones de México. Formed in 1994 to encourage the Mexican ‘son’ folk musical tradition, this Chicago group has received nominations for Latin Grammy best folk album in 2007 and best Mexican Album in 2008. Tickets are $2 for UW-L students, $5 for UW-L employees and $8 for others. Get tickets at the Cartwright Information Counter, 608.785.8898.

•Monday, Oct. 6, 1:30-2:30 p.m. Port O’ Call, Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition — Lecture: “Tourism, Development, and Mbya Guaraní Communities in Argentina” by Penny Seymoure, Carthage College department of psychology and neuroscience program. In Argentina, the Mbya Guaraní people live near the Iguazú Falls which are being rapidly developed for tourist use. Tourism has brought income to some Mbya communities, but there have been changes in culture and physical and psychological health. The talk examines concerns about how governmental policy makers have developed tourism on Mbya lands, and suggests goals that stakeholders should achieve in their plans for sustainable development.

• Tuesday, Oct. 7, 4-5:30 p.m. Port O’ Call, Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition — Faculty & Staff Roundtable: “The National Debate on Immigration.”  Panelists include Elizabeth Kruck and Nancy Hall, the La Crosse Chapter of the League of Women Voters; Constance Vanderhyden, UW-L Office of Multicultural Student Services and Coordinator of Academic Success Institute; and Donald Socha, UW-L modern languages department. Panel moderated by Víctor M. Macías-González, UW-L history department.

• Monday, Oct. 13, 7 p.m. 102 Wimberly Hall — Film: “Morirse está en Hebreo” (My Mexican shivah), 2007. Comedy about disclosures friends and family make while mourning (“sitting shivah”) for prominent Mexican Jewish theatre director, as two angels observe to determine his fate. Spanish and Yiddish with English Subtitles. Discussion follows.

•Monday, Oct. 20, 1:30-2:30 p.m., Port O’ Call, Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition — Lecture: “The Galápagos Islands: Fishing, Tourism, and Human Rights” by Jeffery L. Roberg, Carthage College  political science department. Explores the environmental, political, and economic consequences of over-fishing and tourism on the ecosystem and people of the Galápagos Islands.   

• Tuesday, Oct. 21, 4-5:30 p.m. Valhalla, Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition — Faculty & Staff Roundtable: “State of Latina/o Faculty, Staff, and Students in the Academy.” Panelists include: Barbara Stewart, UW-L Associate Dean of Campus Climate and Diversity; Margarita Olivas, UW-L communication studies department; and Víctor M. Macías-González, UW-L history department.   

• Monday, Oct. 27, 7 p.m. 102 Wimberly Hall — Film: “La misma luna” (Under the same moon), 2007. A drama about a child’s quest to reach the U.S. where his mother is an undocumented worker.    Spanish and English with English Subtitles. Discussion follows.

• Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 3-4, Port O’ Call, Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition — Exhibit: “Day of the Dead Exhibit,” dedicated in memory of U.S. Hispanics.  

• Monday, Nov. 10, 7 p.m. 102 Wimberly Hall — Film: “A Massacre Foretold,” 2007. A documentary about the massacre of 50 indigenous women and children in a church in Acteal, Guerrero, Mexico, accused of supporting an anti-government uprising. Spanish and English with English Subtitles. Discussion follows.

Honor the Past, Capture the Present, Inform the Future: Stories from an Oral History Career

Anita Hecht, Director
Life History Services, LLC

Thursday, October 9, 2008
Ward Room, Cartwright Center

Anita Hecht, director of Life History Services. LLC, will appear Thursday, October 9th from 2:15 – 3:40 in the Ward Room, Cartwright Center to discuss her personal and professional life and career as an oral historian.  Hecht’s family fled Nazi Germany and settled in Mexico City.  Anita was raised in a bilingual family, educated in Mexico and the United States and pursued an early career in counseling.  She turned to oral history, specializing in the therapeutic value of narrative and history, working especially with those who have been victims of or who have lived with trauma.

In addition to private, family projects and public workshops, Anita Hecht’s work has been accepted into the following archives:  The Spielberg Foundation in Los Angeles, the Judah Magnes Museum in Berkeley, the Yale University Archives in New Haven and the Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco.  Highlights of her many projects include the interviews Hecht conducted in Mexico City among the German refugee community for the Shoah project on the Holocaust.

Hecht’s presentation will be offered as a discussion rather than a formal lecture.  She will cover topics on her personal and family history, her work with Life History Services as an oral historian, and on the process and value of conduction oral histories.  For additional background, go to www.lifehistoryservices.com

If you go—
Who: Anita Hecht
What: Presentation "Honor the Past, Capture the Present, Inform the Future: Stories from an Oral History Career".
When: 2:15p.m.-3:40p.m., October 9
Where: Ward Room, Cartwright Center
Admission: Free

 

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