Central Michigan University

Friday, October 30, 2009

Upcoming CMU Events: Nov. 9 through 15, 2009

Below is a listing of public events to be hosted by Central Michigan University from Nov. 9 through 15. Times, dates, locations and admission details are included for all events. A campus map is available online at http://map.cmich.edu. More information regarding CMU events is available on the university's online calendar at http://events.cmich.edu.

Nov. 9/Central Michigan University's North American Indigenous Student Organization, Three Fires American Indian Science and Engineering Society, the Student Budget Allocation Committee, and Native American Programs office will host a Native American Heritage Month Food Taster from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Nov. 9 in the Bovee University Center Rotunda, as part of North American Heritage Month. This food taster will feature traditional Anishinabe food and culture. Cost is $3 for CMU students with ID and $5 for nonstudents. For more information, contact the Office of Native American Programs at nap@cmich.edu or 989-774-2508.

Nov. 9/Central Michigan University's College of Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sciences will host World War II scholar Gerhard Weinberg as the inaugural speaker for CMU's Dr. Harold Abel Endowed Lecture Series in the Study of Dictatorship, Democracy and Genocide at 7 p.m. Nov. 9 in the Bovee University Center auditorium. Weinberg is a noted military historian who has written numerous books on World War II and Hitler and also found and edited for publication a book Adolf Hitler dictated in 1928 but never published. Admission is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Sarah Buckley at chsbs@cmich.edu or 989-774-1788.

Nov. 10/Central Michigan University's School of Music will present faculty artist Seunghee Lee, violin, at 8 p.m. Nov. 10 in the Music Building's Staples Family Concert Hall. Tickets cost $3 for CMU students and senior citizens and $5 for all others and can be purchased at the Central Box Office on the lower level of the Bovee University Center or by calling 888-CMU-0111. Tickets also can be purchased online at http://centralboxoffice.cmich.edu. For more information, contact John Jacobson at jacob3ja@cmich.edu.

Nov. 10/Central Michigan University's Department of Military Science and the William B. Nolde Lecture Series and Lead Week will present a lecture by CMU alumnus Brian Eifler at 6 p.m. Nov. 10 in CMU's Park Library Auditorium. Lt. Col. Eifler is the Commander of the Special Troops Battalion of the 75th Ranger Regiment at Fort Benning, Ga., and the former Commander of 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry while deployed to Baghdad, Iraq, in 2008. The goal of the Nolde Lecture Series is to promote the importance of leadership both in the military and in American society as a whole. Admission is free and open to the public. For more information contact Kim Bailey at 989-774-3049 or baile1km@cmich.edu.

Nov. 10/Central Michigan University's Native American Programs will present "Ojibway History and the Mt. Pleasant Boarding Schools," the keynote lecture for Native American Heritage Month by Dr. Brenda Child from the University of Minnesota, at 7 p.m. Nov. 10 in the Bovee University Center Rotunda. A book signing will be held immediately following the lecture. Admission is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the Office of Native American Programs at nap@cmich.edu or 989-774-2508.

Nov. 11 through 15/University Theatre at Central Michigan University presents the Tony Award-winning play "The Secret Garden," directed by communication and dramatic arts faculty member Annette Thornton. With ghosts, an evil doctor, love, magic and a healing garden, this celebration of love, life and family has something for everyone. Young Mary Lennox brings life to a secret garden and all those around her in this heartwarming musical production. Based on a 1911 novel by Francis Hodgson Burnett, "The Secret Garden" first appeared as a serial in American Magazine in 1910. Marsha Norman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, wrote the book and lyrics, and Lucy Simon wrote the music. The show is being presented at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 11 through 14 and at 2 p.m. Nov. 15 in Moore Hall's Bush Theatre. Tickets cost $7.50 for students and senior citizens and $9.50 for the general public and are available through the Central Box Office located in the Bovee University Center, 989-774-3000 or http://centralboxoffice.cmich.edu. For more information, contact Jim Hickerson at 989-774-3874.

Nov. 12/Central Michigan University's Volunteer Center will host "Alternative Breaks Midnight Skate Fundraiser" at 11:30 p.m. Nov. 12 at the Mount Pleasant ice arena, 5165 E. Remus Rd. Cost is $5 for admission and skate rental, or $4 if you bring your own ice skates. For more information, e-mail altbreak@cmich.edu, or call 989-774-7685.

Nov. 12/Central Michigan University's School of Music will present a faculty artist performance by MaryBeth Minnis, bassoon, at 8 p.m. Nov. 12 in the Music Building's Staples Family Concert Hall. Tickets cost $3 for CMU students and senior citizens and $5 for all others and can be purchased at the Central Box Office on the lower level of the Bovee University Center or by calling 888-CMU-0111. Tickets also can be purchased online at http://centralboxoffice.cmich.edu. For more information, contact John Jacobson at jacob3ja@cmich.edu.

Nov. 12/Central Michigan University's Native American Programs, North American Indigenous Student Organization, and Three Fires American Indian Science and Engineering Society will host a showing of the documentary, "Our Spirits Don't Speak English: Indian Boarding School," at 1 and 5 p.m. Nov. 12 in the Bovee University Center Auditorium. This documentary uncovers the dark history of the U.S. government policies against Native Americans and will give a voice to the countless Indian children forced through the system. A discussion will follow the documentary. Admission is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Native American Programs at nap@cmich.edu or 989-774-2508.

Nov. 12/Central Michigan University Libraries will present the "Ann Arbor Film Festival Tour" at 7 p.m. Nov. 12 in the CMU Park Library Auditorium. A number of award winning short films from the 2009 Ann Arbor Film Festival will be shown, including a documentary on the upside to Detroit's decline entitled "A City to Yourself." Admission is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Stephanie Mathson at 989-774-3071 or maths1sm@cmich.edu.

Nov. 12/Central Michigan University's Office for Institutional Diversity will host the 7th Annual Campus Diversity Forum, a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the NAACP, at 7 p.m. Nov. 12 in Warriner Hall's Plachta Auditorium. Dr. Paula Giddings will speak on Ida B. Wells and the beginning of the modern civil rights movement. Paula J. Giddings is the Elizabeth A. Woodson 1922 Professor in Afro-American Studies at Smith College and the author of "When and Where I Enter, In Search of Sisterhood," and "Ida: A Sword among Lions." Professor Gidding has made her name and reputation carrying out a simple but formidable project, recovering the lost voices of silent generations of American black women. Following the presentation, a reception and book signing will be held in the 2nd floor lobby of Warriner Hall. Admission is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the Multicultural Education Center at 989-774-7318.

Nov. 14/Central Michigan University's Student Michigan Educational Association will host "Reading With Heroes -- First Book," an event that promotes literacy at an early age, at 10:30 a.m. Nov. 14 at Mount Pleasant's Veteran's Memorial Library. This event will feature influential people in the community reading books to children in grades K-4. Children will participate by making animal masks after having "Where the Wild Things Are" read to them. Cost is free and all raffle proceeds will give a local elementary class of students their "first" book. For more information, contact Muriel Mathieu at wiela1mn@cmich.edu or 517-803-0232.

Nov. 14/Central Michigan University's Fish 'n Chips a cappella group will perform at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 14 in Warriner Hall's Plachta Auditorium. Cost is $5 in advance and $6 at the door. For more information or for advance tickets, contact Patrick Monks at monks1pc@gmail.edu or 596-713-8005.

Continuing Events

Nov. 11/The A-Wall, the indoor climbing wall run by Central Michigan University's recreation, parks and leisure services administration department, is the site of Open Mic Night from 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays, including Nov. 11, in room 112 of CMU's Finch Fieldhouse. Musical acts will perform, and the rock wall will be open for climbing. For those interested in climbing, admission costs $7, while rentals of harnesses and climbing shoes cost $3 each; shoe rental is not required if tennis shoes are worn. Spectator attendance is free and open to the public. For more information or to register to perform in the open mic portion of the event, call Jordan Bruursema at 616-994-2694 or e-mail bruur1jr@cmich.edu.

Through Nov. 21/"M.E. Ware: Ritual Regalia for Contemporary Living," an exhibition featuring wearable garments created by Central Michigan University art faculty member M.E. Ware, will be on display at the CMU University Art Gallery through Nov. 21. The wearable garments were designed to illuminate society's need for ceremony and ritual. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays. Admission is free and open to the public. For more information, call the gallery at 989-774-3800.

Through Nov. 21/The University Art Gallery at Central Michigan University will host an exhibition featuring the works of art department scholarship recipients through Nov. 21 in CMU's West Gallery. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays. Admission is free and open to the public. For more information, call the gallery at 989-774-3800.

Through Nov. 30/Central Michigan University's Multicultural Education Center and Native American Programs offices will present "Looking into the Past," a powwow exhibit featuring photos and T-shirts from CMU's annual powwow. This exhibit will be on display through Nov. 30 in the Multicultural Education Center, located on the lower level of the Bovee University Center, open Mondays through Wednesdays from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Thursdays and Fridays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, contact the center at 989-774-7318.

Through Nov. 30/"Faiths around the World," a photography exhibition featuring international faith practices and religions by Central Michigan University senior Jillian Pekel, will be on display through Nov. 30 in the Park Library's Extended Study Hours Room. Pekel's photographs examine different religions and faith practices around the world. Pekel has traveled as far as Japan to photograph the Shinto and Buddhist religions, as well as Vatican City to capture images of Catholicism. The goal of this exhibition is to show the differences and similarities in which people around the world commune with their gods. Admission is free and open to the public. For more information, contact exhibition coordinator Megan Moreno at 989-774-2165 or brook1mr@cmich.edu.

Through Dec. 7/"Click!" a photography exhibition by Juanita Baldwin, will be on display through Dec. 7 in CMU's Park Library Baber Room. Originally a geographer from La Serena, Chile, Baldwin's artwork has been shown in numerous solo and juried exhibitions throughout the state of Michigan and across the United States where it has won national awards. The exhibition is free and open to the public. For more information, contact exhibit coordinator Megan Moreno at 989-774-2165 or brook1mr@cmich.edu.

Through Jan. 29, 2010/"Rides and Spangles: Michigan Circuses and Carnivals," an exhibit featuring the history of circuses and carnivals throughout Michigan, will be on display through Jan. 29, 2010, in Central Michigan University's Clarke Historical Library. Admission is free and open to the public. For more information, call Marian Matyn at 989-774-3990 or e-mail matyn1mj@cmich.edu.