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fall 2006 events
Human Rights Movie: "Kandahar"
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
7:00 p.m.
Clements Hall, Ivey Science Center
Shot on the border of Iran and Afghanistan, Kandahar is a politically urgent story of a young female journalist named Nafas who escaped Afghanistan with her family but must return and race against time in an attempt to rescue her sister. The sister, maimed by an exploded landmine and distraught over the constant persecution simply for being a woman, has written to Nafas vowing that she will commit suicide by the next solar eclipse. Nafas must disguise herself as an Afghan wife by wearing the traditional head-to-toe covering of the burka in order to find her sister in the Taliban-controlled city of Kandahar.
The film is inspired by the real-life experience of actress Nelofer Pazira, who plays Nafas. In 1989, she fled her homeland of Afghanistan and later received a similar letter not from a sister, but from a long-time friend who wanted to end her life.
The director of "Gabbeh" and writer of The Day I Became A Woman, Mohsen Makhmalbaf is one of the masters of Iranian cinema.
Prometheus Dance
Wednesday, October 4, 2006
8:00 p.m.
Sawyer Center Theater
Prometheus Dance is an ensemble of eight dancers performing contemporary dance/theatre created by the company's Artistic Directors Diane Arvanites-Noya and Tommy Neblett.
"It's art that makes worthwhile questions impossible to ignore."
Christie Taylor, The Boston Herald
Prometheus Dance was founded in 1987 by Ms. Noya and has become one of Massachusetts' most outstanding and established modern dance companies, contributing sixteen years of dance performance, education and cultural service to the community. Twice named One of the Year's Ten Best in Dance (The Boston Globe 2000, The Boston Herald 2002), the company performs extensively both nationally and internationally. Developed through a highly-charged and theatrical choreographic style, the dances of Prometheus are intimate, articulate and provocative ruminations about social issues and psychological intricacies.
Tickets may be purchased through the Colby-Sawyer College Box Office. The cost of a ticket will be $25 for an adult or $15 for a student/child.
Tickets will go on sale Thursday, September 28th.
The phone number for the Box Office is 526-3670.
Box Office Schedule for Prometheus Dance Performance ticket sales:
Thursday, September 28th from 4 to 6 p.m.
Friday, September 29th from 4 to 6 p.m.
Monday, October 2nd from 4 to 6 p.m.
Tuesday, October 3rd from 4 to 6 p.m
Day of the show, Wednesday, October 4th from 3 to 8 p.m.
"MuscleBound!" Presented by Michael Feldman
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
7:00 p.m.
Wheeler Hall, Ware Campus Center
He works out compulsively at the gym, obsesses over the growth of his muscles and lives in secrecy about his eating habits.
This illustration reflects symptoms males today may have as a result of an eating disorder. It depicts how men struggle in silence with the pressures to meet an "ideal masculinity" of large, broad shoulders, defined calves and rippling pectorals.
Seeking to bring this issue to light, New York artist and playwright Michael Feldman will perform a one-man show entitled, "Musclebound!," a candid journey of motivation, determination, sacrifice and loss that follows the lives of three men struggling with eating disorders.
Human Rights Movie: "Darfur Diaries"
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
7:00 p.m.
Clements Hall, Ivey Science Center
In October, 2004 a team of three independent filmmakers – Aisha Bain, Jen Marlowe and Adam Shapiro – left for Darfur, Sudan and eastern Chad. After monitoring the worsening political and humanitarian crisis for months and recognizing that the mainstream media offered marginal and inadequate coverage, the team set out with the goal of providing a platform for the people of Darfur (both those displaced inside Darfur and those living in refugee camps in Chad) to speak for themselves about their experiences, their fears, and their hopes for the future. The conflict serves as the ongoing narrative in the film, but the focus is on the people who are living through what has been termed a “genocide.” Through the voices of refugees, displaced persons, and in particular women and children, who are always among the most vulnerable in any conflict situation, this film seeks to provide space for the marginalized victims of atrocities to speak and to engage with the world. Additionally, the film probes the history, culture and heritage of Darfur as a means of deepening understanding of the crisis and complicating easily assumed perceptions by which the conflict is often portrayed (such as a matter of race, ethnicity or religion).
The film presents the Darfurians the filmmakers met (refugees and displaced peoples, civilians and fighters resisting the Sudanese government, child soldiers, teachers, students, parents, children and community leaders) as a people with full lives, culture, and heritage--people with homes that they desperately want to return back to, people undergoing traumatic loss but who demonstrate inspiring strength and resilience, and people whose lives, homes, safety and rights deserve to be protected as vigilantly as a fundamental human right.
Gary McGuey Presentation
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
7:00 p.m.
Clements Hall, Ivey Science Center
Gary McGuey finds great satisfaction in teaching principles that empower people to govern themselves more harmoniously.
Gary has been an educator in both the public and private sectors. He has been involved with numerous programs, ranging from conflict resolution to student empowerment, and was instrumental in the creation and development of the Student Achievement Workshop program for Premier School Agendas.
Gary has been a student of individual and organizational dynamics most of his life. He has successfully applied the principles he advocates in a variety of activities, ranging from a fulfilling family life to developing a positive school climate. He feels the power of the 7 Habits (the ability to develop a Principle-Centered learning environment) can profoundly improve everyone's professional and personal life.
Shafaatullah Khan Performance
Wednesday, November 8, 2006
8:00 p.m.
Wheeler Hall, Ware Campus Center
In the rich history of Indian classical music, Shafaatullah Khan is one of the rare talents to have attained simultaneous excellence in performing on three different instruments Sitar, Surbahar, & Tabla. This multidimensional musical repertoire, therefore, distinguishes him in his illustrious ancestry. Being a scion of one of the most respected and renowned families of musicians of India, Shafaatullah Khan represents the eighth generation in a family whose lineage can be traced back over 400 years to the golden age of the arts under the reign of the great Moghal Emperor Akbar of 16th century India.
Human Rights Movie: "Osama"
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
7:00 p.m.
Clements Hall, Ivey Science Center
Afghanistan's first film since the rise and fall of the Taleban portrays that regime's cruelty toward women - who were not allowed to go outside without a male escort and were forced to wear floor-length veiled dresses called burqas. The film is called Osama, and tells the story of a young girl who is forced to disguise herself as a boy so she can try to help her mother and grandmother survive by working for the family.
The movie Osama opens with a shot of dozens of desperate Afghan women, dressed in sky-blue burqas, demonstrating for the right to work. They are carrying signs saying, "We are not political. We are widows." That argument is apparently not enough to persuade the Taleban - who are shown forcibly dispersing them with guns and water cannons.
For Afghan women, life during fundamentalist Taleban rule, from 1996 to 2001, was especially hard. This situation is depicted in the movie, as life becomes increasingly hopeless for the main character's family, which includes her widowed mother and grandmother.
Osama is the feature film debut for director Siddiq Barmak, who also wrote, produced and edited it. The movie was made with about $310,000 and a cast of non-professional actors, as well as material and creative help from neighboring Iran.
Performance by Robin Spielberg
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
7:00 p.m.
Sawyer Center Theater
Robin Spielberg was classically trained as a pianist and began composing as a young girl. After earning a B.F.A. with high honors from New York University, Ms. Spielberg began a performance career as a soloist in New York City's finest piano rooms.It was in these rooms that Spielberg continued to hone her craft and find her voice as a composer. Listeners returned time and time again to hear Robin's unique style.
Robin Spielberg's interest in music and healing grew when she witnessed first-hand, the positive effect music had on her own baby daughter (born prematurely) during her four-month stay in the neo-natal intensive care unit. A CD entitled Beautiful Dreamer was the musical result of this experience, a recording of lullabies and songs for the parent & child on solo piano. Ms. Spielberg's work with music and healing has been documented in The New York Times and in segments on LifeTime Live and ABC News.
Tickets may be purchased through the Colby-Sawyer College Box Office. The cost of a ticket will be $10 for an adult or $5 for a student/child.
Tickets will go on sale Monday, November 20th.
The phone number for the Box Office is 526-3670.
Box Office Schedule for the Robin Spielberg Performance ticket sales:
Monday, November 20th from 4 to 6 p.m.
Tuesday, November 21st from 4 to 6 p.m.
Monday, November 27th from 4 to 6 p.m.
Tuesday, November 28th from 4 to 6 p.m
Day of the show, Wednesday, November 29th from 3 to 8 p.m.
