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FAU Calendar of Events for the Week of February 7, 2011
BOCA RATON, FL (February 7, 2011) – Florida Atlantic University will host the following events:
FAU’s Department of Sociology Presents the
Sociocinema Thinking Film Series with ‘La
Mission’
The film will be shown on
Tuesday, February 15, at 7:30 p.m. in the
Performing Arts Building, room 101, 777 Glades Road,
Boca Raton campus. The film is part of a free weekly
series. For more information, call 561-297-2206.
“La Mission” is a film that tells the story of
Che Rivera, a reformed inmate and recovering alcoholic trying to
raise a son in the Mission district of San Francisco.
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FAU’s Department of Music Presents a Concert with
its Symphony Orchestra
This free event takes place on
Saturday, February 19, at 7:30 p.m. in the
University Theatre, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton
campus. Donations are suggested at the door. For more
information, call 561-297-3820.
This concert is the fifth anniversary of the “Annual
Concerto and Aria Competition Winners’
Concert.” It will feature FAU students as soloists
with the FAU Symphony Orchestra. The concert will include
Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor; the
Concertino in C Minor, by Carl Maria von Weber; “Un
aura amorosa,” from
Cosi Fan Tutte, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; “E la
solita storia del pastore,” from
L'arlesiana, by Francesco Cilea; and Symphony No. 5 in D
Minor, by Dmitri Shostakovich.
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FAU’s Department of Music Presents the FAU Wind
Ensemble and the FAU Symphony Band
This free concert takes place on
Tuesday, February 22, at 7:30 p.m. in the
University Theatre, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton
campus. Donations are suggested at the door. For more
information, call 561-297-3820.
This concert will include new works and timeless classics
of the FAU wind ensemble and the FAU symphony band.
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FAU’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Presents ‘Turtle: The Incredible
Journey’
“Turtle: The Incredible Journey”will be
shown on
Sunday, February 20, at 5 p.m., in the
Majestic 11 Movie Theater in Vero Beach, 940 14th Lane,
Vero Beach. Cost is $25 for adults and $15 for
children 12 and under, and covers admission to the film, the
reception and a small popcorn and drink. For reservations, call
the Majestic 11 Movie Theater at 772-770-0774 or order tickets
online at
www.cinenaworldonline.com.
The Friends of Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at
Florida Atlantic University is hosting a special screening of
this breathtaking documentary film from an Emmy Award-winning
producer/director that blends stunning cinematography artistry
and research. The film traces the epic 25-year journey of a
hatchling loggerhead turtle as it grows to maturity while
following the migratory path of its ancestors thousands of miles
across the Atlantic Ocean. The turtle then returns to the
beaches of South Florida as a mature female to nest close to
where she began life as a hatchling many years ago. Dr.
Jeanette Wyneken, associate professor and co-director of the FAU
Sea Turtle Research Program, served as scientific advisor for
this film and will introduce the film before it is
shown.
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Florida Atlantic University opened its doors in 1964 as the fifth public university in Florida. Today, the University serves more than 28,000 undergraduate and graduate students on seven campuses and sites. Building on its rich tradition as a teaching university, with a world-class faculty, FAU hosts 10 colleges: the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters, the College of Business, the College for Design and Social Inquiry, the College of Education, the College of Engineering & Computer Science, the Graduate College, the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing and the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. For more information, visit www.fau.edu.
