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Monday, January 31
CEC Movie – “The Hanging Garden” – 8 p.m., Wheeler Hall, Ware Campus Center.
Thom Fitzgerald's award-winning debut film chronicles the life of a young gay man, Sweet William, who returns to his family in Nova Scotia after a 10-year absence, only to discover that his family is just as dysfunctional as ever. His sister is about to marry a man who makes eyes at William across the room while his father's heavy drinking habits haven't changed. Plagued by visions of his miserable youth and confronted by the paths taken by his equally pained siblings, William is both appalled and inspired and resolves to take control of the past and his present. This film is rated R for strong sexuality and language. This event is sponsored by the Colby-Sawyer College Cultural Events Committee and is held in a handicapped-accessible location. Admission is free.
Tuesday, February 1
Harp Recital by Anne Bewley – 5 p.m. in Wheeler Hall, Ware Campus Center. Anne Bewley, associate professor of social sciences and education, presents an evening of concert harp music. Bewley, who began studying harp when she joined Colby-Sawyer in 1996, will perform traditional Celtic tunes as well as more contemporary works and original compositions. This event is sponsored by the Colby-Sawyer College Cultural Events Committee and is held in a handicapped-accessible location. Admission is free.
Wednesday, February 9
Human Rights and Social Justice Film Series – “Persons of Interest” – 7 p.m. in Wheeler Hall, Ware Campus Center. After the September 11 terrorist attack, more than 5,000 people, mainly non-U.S. nationals of South Asian or Middle Eastern origin, were taken into U.S. custody without being formally charged with a crime. Many were denied access to legal representation and communication with their families. Following an unconventional format, the film “Persons of Interest” presents a series of encounters between former detainees and directors Alison Maclean and Tobias Perse. Through interviews, family photographs and letters from prison, the directors have fashioned a compelling and poignant film, allowing those affected a chance to tell their own stories. This event is sponsored by the Colby-Sawyer College Cultural Events Committee and is held in a handicapped-accessible location. Admission is free.
Tuesday, February 15 @ 7pm in Wheeler Hall
Tony Palermo - Audio Theater Recreating Radio
Tony Palermo, a radio dramatist and composer living in Los Angeles, California. Besides radio and internet broadcasts, he has written, adapted and scored numerous radio plays for the Museum of Television & Radio in both Los Angeles and New York, the United Nations, the Playwright's Project, the Thousand Oaks Public Library, international radio festivals, and various educational publishers. He also appears with the Wells Fargo Radio Theater, the Liquid Radio Players, 30 Minutes to Curtain and other radio troupes. Admission is free.
Thursday, February 24
Slam Party @ 7pm Charlie Bethel in Wheeler Hall, Ware Campus Center. Colby-Sawyer College will present a Poetry Slam hosted by spoken word artist Charlie Bethel. Bethel, who has written performance poetry since the age of 12, has made a name for himself in the competitive New York slam scene and has continued to captivate crowds and classrooms around the country for the past ten years. Admission is free.
Monday, February 28
CEC Movie – “Fire”–8 p.m. in Wheeler Hall, Ware Campus Center. Director Deepa Mehta's film “Fire” develops a tender and passionate love story between two women in the dark recess of a traditional New Delhi household. The film exposes the slow and painful dissolution of the old, order in this contemporary story of women breaking the bonds of obedience, fidelity and silence, and of men struggling to maintain their traditional advantages while exploring the freedoms of westernized lifestyles. This film is unrated but may contain strong sexuality. This event is sponsored by the Colby-Sawyer College Cultural Events Committee and is held in a handicapped-accessible location. Admission is free.
Tuesday, March 1
Quartetto di Venezia – 8 p.m. in Wheeler Hall, Ware Campus Center. The Quartetto di Venezia performs classical music with a distinctively Italian charm and flair. Founded more than 20 years ago, this string quartet has toured extensively throughout Europe, Asia and the United States, as well as for Pope John Paul II. This event is funded by the Olivetti Endowment, sponsored by the Colby-Sawyer College Cultural Events Committee, and is held in a handicapped-accessible location. Admission is free
Wednesday, March 2
Wesley McNair @ 7pm in Wheeler Hall
A recipient of Fulbright and Guggenheim fellowships, Wesley McNair will be a resident fellow this spring for the second time at the Bellagio Center of the Rockefeller Foundation on Lake Como in northern Italy. He has been awarded an NEH fellowship in literature, two NEA fellowships, and several prizes for his poetry, including the Robert Frost Prize, the Theodore Roethke Prize, the Jane Kenyon Award, and the Sarah Josepha Hale Medal for his "distinguished contribution to the world of letters." He has received two honorary degrees, one of them from Colby-Sawyer College, where he taught in the English department for several years. Twice selected to serve on the nominating Jury for the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, he wrote the scripts for an Emmy Award-winning series on Robert Frost that aired on affiliates of Public Television. Admission is free.
Wednesday, March 9
Human Rights and Social Justice Film Series – “Maria Full of Grace” – 7 p.m. in Wheeler Hall, Ware Campus Center. Seventeen-year old Maria Alvarez lives with three generations of her family in a cramped house in rural Colombia and works stripping thorns from flowers on a rose plantation. The offer of a lucrative job involving travel—in fact, becoming a drug “mule”—transports Maria into the risky and ruthless world of international drug trafficking. Through sheer determination she emerges with a grace that will carry her forward into a new life. This film is rated R for drug content and language. This event is sponsored by the Colby-Sawyer College Cultural Events Committee and is held in a handicapped-accessible location. Admission is free.
Monday, March 28
CEC Movie – “One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest” – 8 p.m. in Wheeler Hall, Ware Campus Center. This 1970s classic tells the story of a rebellious inmate in a psychiatric hospital who dares to challenge the callousness of the staff and the institutional system itself. The film swept the Academy Awards for 1976, winning best picture, director, actor, actress and screenplay for the first time since 1931. This film is rated R for language, violence, sexual content, and brief nudity. This event is sponsored by the Colby-Sawyer College Cultural Events Committee and is held in a handicapped-accessible location. Admission is free.
Wednesday, March 30
“The Sandwalk” – 8 p.m. in Wheeler Hall Presented by the Guild Players Touring Company of Bennington, Vt., The Sandwalk is a two-person play about the controversy that raged between Charles Darwin and his creationist wife, Emma, over the publication of Darwin's book Origin of the Species. The play, which won the Vermont State Playwright's Award, was written by actor/director David Paul Simon. This event is sponsored by the Cultural Events Committee is open to the public, and is held in a handicapped accessible location. Admission is free.
Wednesday, April 6
The Eric Mintel Quartet @ 8pm in Wheeler Hall
Since 1993, Eric Mintel and the Eric Mintel Quartet have performed their unique style of jazz to thousands of delighted audience members across the United States. 
In 1998, the quartet was invited to perform at the White House by special invitation of President Bill Clinton. They have performed nine times at the prestigious Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. and in numerous jazz festivals such as the Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz in Connecticut and the Mellon Jazz Festival in Philadelphia. They were the only jazz musicians to perform for American and Japanese dignitaries at the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C. in 2001. Additionally, the quartet has performed in some of the country's most prestigious concert halls including the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, Cheney Hall in Connecticut, the Strand Capital Theater in Pennsylvania, and Chandler Music Hall in Vermont. For more information, visit The Eric Mintel Quartet. Admission is free.
Wednesday, April 13
Human Rights and Social Justice Film Series – “Deadline” – 7 p.m. in Wheeler Hall, Ware Campus Center. In his final days in office, Illinois Governor George Ryan discovered that 13 people slated for execution had been found innocent, and that the decision as to whether 167 death row inmates should live or die was left solely to him. “Deadline” chronicles the countdown to Ryan's decision and the drama of the state's clemency hearings, offering a look inside America's prisons and one man's historic actions against the system. This film is not rated. This event is sponsored by the Colby-Sawyer College Cultural Events Committee and is held in a handicapped-accessible location. Admission is free.
