Media Relations
Press Release:
MEDIA
CONTACT
: Lisa
Metcalf
561-297-3022,
lmetcalf@fau.edu
FAU Calendar of Events for the
Week of January 18, 2011
BOCA RATON, FL
(January 18, 2011) –
Florida
Atlantic University will host the following events:
FAU Libraries Host “John and Abigail Adams,
Dramatically Speaking,” a Performance about the Former
Presidential Couple
The free program will take place
Monday, January 24, at 1:30 p.m. on the
fifth floor
of FAU’s Wimberly Library,
777 Glades Road, Boca Raton campus.
For
information, contact Sara Landset at 561-297-3921 or
slandset@fau.edu,
or visit
www.library.fau.edu/news/flyers/adams_flyer.pdf.
This program is about the second U.S. president and first
lady, performed by William and Sue Wills. The Winter Park
entertainers
will explore the Adams’ lives and
sacrifices in a program that looks at historic speeches, and
revealing letters and diaries they wrote while separated during
the American Revolutionary era. They will dress in period
costumes and assume the demeanor and dialect of the Adams during
the theatrical presentation.
The performance is being sponsored in conjunction with FAU Libraries’ current exhibition, “John Adams Unbound,” which explores the personal library of John Adams, one of the nation’s founding fathers. The exhibition was organized by the Boston Public Library and the American Library Association Public Programs Office. This traveling exhibition has been made possible by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: great ideas brought to life.
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FAU’s Raddock Eminent Scholar Chair of Holocaust
Studies Presents the Lecture, ‘Problematic Prayers and
Christian-Jewish Relations Today’ with Ruth Langer
This free lecture is on
Sunday, January 30, at 4 p.m. in the
Performing Arts Building, room 101, 777 Glades Road,
Boca Raton campus. For more information, call
561-297-2979.
Ruth Langer is an associate professor of Jewish Studies at
Boston College. Her primary research focuses on the history of
rabbinic prayer and its influence on Christian-Jewish
relations.
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FAU Libraries Hosts ‘Giving Meaning to the
Revolution: Celebrations and Counter-Celebrations in the First
50 Years of America’s Nationhood,” a Lecture by
Kristen Block, Ph.D.
The free program will take place
Monday, January 31,
at 2 p.m. on t
he fifth floor of FAU’s Wimberly Library,
777
Glades Road, Boca Raton campus.
For
information, contact Sara Landset at 561-297-3921 or
slandset@fau.edu,
or visit
www.library.fau.edu/news/flyers/adams_flyer.pdf.
Kristen’s Block lecture will highlight America’s
earliest efforts to make sense of the violence and upheaval that
resulted from the war for independence from Britain. Early
commemorative rituals planned for the Fourth of July looked to the
war to create a sense of national purpose by celebrating shared
sacrifices. The commemorations also created a festive atmosphere to
promote political values of Republican virtue among the populace.
Some of the population, most notably freed blacks, were disgruntled
with many of the celebrations.
The lecture is
being sponsored in conjunction with FAU Libraries’ current
exhibition “John Adams Unbound,” which explores the
personal library of John Adams, one of the nation’s founding
fathers. The exhibition was organized by the Boston Public Library
and the American Library Association Public Programs Office. This
traveling exhibition has been made possible by a major grant from
the National Endowment for the Humanities: great ideas brought to
life.
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FAU’s University Galleries presents the SouthXEast
Exhibition
The exhibition runs from
Saturday, February 5 through Saturday, March 5
in the
Schmidt and Ritter Galleries, 777 Glades Road, Boca
Raton campus. For more information, contact
561-297-2966 or visit www.fau.edu/galleries.
southXeast: Contemporary Southeastern Art
presents the
art of 13 artists from seven southeastern states. The exhibition is
a unique contribution to South Florida’s visual arts scene in
that it complements and expands upon the region’s
Miami-centered contemporary art offerings. There will be an opening
reception for the exhibition on Friday, February 4 at 6:30
p.m.
Few of the artists in the exhibition have shown in South Florida, yet many of them have shown throughout the United States and internationally. In association with the exhibition three artists, Hunt Clark from Tennessee, Stephanie Patton from Louisiana and Scott Ingram from Georgia will travel to FAU to install their three-dimensional works and interact with FAU visual arts students. Miami-based Beatriz Monteavaro will also create an installation for the exhibition.
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