Media Relations
Press Release:
MEDIA
CONTACT:
Lisa
Metcalf
561-297-3022,
lmetcalf@fau.edu
FAU Calendar of Events for the
Week of November 1, 2010
BOCA RATON, FL (November 1, 2010) – Florida Atlantic University will host the following events:
FAU’s University Galleries Presents the Exhibition
Raymond Pettibon: The Punk Years
This free exhibition will be open to the public from
Saturday, November 13 through Saturday, January
22; Hours are Tuesdays through Fridays from 1 to 4
p.m. and Saturdays from 1 to 5 p.m. in the
Schmidt Gallery on FAU’s Boca Raton campus, 777
Glades Road. For more information, call
561-297-2966.
The Raymond Pettibon Exhibition presents early graphic
works from the California punk era. More than 200 pieces are
part of the exhibit, including posters, gig fliers, zines,
album covers, T-shirts, CDs and videos.
FAU to Promote Tolerance at Human Rights Walk
The free event will take place on
Tuesday, November 16, from 4:30 to 6 p.m.
beginning at
FAU’s Student Union building and ending at the
Live Oak Pavilion, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton
campus. For more information, contact Dr.
Rosanna Gatens at 561-297-2929 or
rgatens@fau.edu.
The Human Rights Walk is geared toward raising awareness
of universal human rights and to promote tolerance.
Participants will gather for speeches, a video and music on the
United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights and
the effects of intolerance. The Human Rights Walk
is sponsored by FAU’s Center for Holocaust and Human
Rights Education; Be Aware, Share and Act for Peace;
International Student and Scholar Services; and Youth for Human
Rights International. The event coincides with the
U.N.’s International Year of the Youth and International
Education Week. Speakers and performers include Dr. Mary
Shuttleworth, founder of Youth for Human Rights International;
Josef Palermo, co-founder of FAU’s Amnesty Group and a
social activist in Washington D.C.; Dustin McGahee, president
of the Florida Chapter of Youth for Human Rights International;
and Tampa Bay singer/songwriter Hana-li.
FAU’s Department of English Presents the Literary
Authors Series with Poet Brian Spears
This event will take place on
Wednesday, November 17, at 7 p.m. in the
Majestic Palm Room of FAU’s Student Union, Boca
Raton campus, 777 Glades Road. For more information,
call 561-297-3831 or
wxu@fau.edu.
Brian Spears, an instructor of creative writing and
literature at FAU, will present his first collection of poems,
“A Witness in Exile,” which is forthcoming from
Louisiana Literature Press.
FAU’s Department of Music Presents a Concert with
the Commercial Music Ensemble and the World Music
Ensemble
This event will take place on
Friday, November 19, at 7:30 p.m. at the
Cultural Arts Center in Mizner Park, Boca
Raton. The performance is free with a $10 donation
suggested. For more information, call 561-297-3820.
FAU’s Commercial Music Ensemble will present
contemporary and rock music, and the World Music Ensemble will
present different types of music from around the world.
FAU’s Department of Music Presents a Piano
Gala
This event will take place on Saturday, November 20, at
7:30 p.m. in the
University Theatre on FAU’s Boca Raton campus,
777 Glades Road. Admission is free with a donation of
$10 suggested. For more information, call 561-297-3820.
Guest artist Dorian Leljac will perform with FAU pianists
Duo Turgeon and Heather Coltman.
FAU’s Department of Music Presents
Band-O-Rama
This event will take place on
Sunday, November 21, at 3 p.m. in the
Carole and Barry Kaye Auditorium in FAU’s Student
Union, Boca Raton campus, 777 Glades Road. Admission
is free with a donation of $10 suggested. For more information,
call 561-297-3820.
This family-friendly concert of light classical, jazz and
popular favorites will keep your toes tapping. With 150 musicans
on stage, there is something for everyone.
- FAU-
About Florida Atlantic University:
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.
