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CONTACT:
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561-297-3022,
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FAU Calendar of Events for the
Week of November 15, 2010
BOCA RATON, FL (November 15, 2010) – Florida Atlantic University will host the following events:
FAU’s Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College to Host Open House
The open house will take place on Saturday, November 20, from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m . at FAU’s John D. MacArthur Campus, 5353 Parkside Drive, Jupiter. For directions, more information or to RSVP, call 561-799-8646 or 1-800-920-8705, or visit www.honorscollege.edu.
Prospective students and their families are invited to visit the Wilkes Honors College and learn more about its four-year residential program in liberal arts and science. Registration begins at 12:30 p.m., and light refreshments will be served. A panel presentation including current faculty, staff and students, starts at 1 p.m., with information sessions on academic programs, admissions, financial aid, housing and student life. Campus tours will be offered.
FAU University Galleries Presents the Opening Reception
of the Bachelor of Fine Arts Graduates Exhibition Titled
‘Unabridged Intentions’
The free reception is on
Thursday, December 2, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the
Ritter Gallery, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton
campus. For more information, call 561-297-2966 or
visit
www.fau.edu/galleries.
The exhibition features 12 graduating artists and their work in the fields of photography, ceramics, painting, sculpture, printmaking and drawing. There will be food and live music, featuring Nikolas Dee and Ryan Kearns from Trip Don’t Fall.
FAU Department of Visual Arts and Art History Presents
the Opening Reception of the Orlan Exhibition:
Surgery-Performance Photos and Recent Works
The free reception is on
Thursday, December 2, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30
p.m. in the
Schmidt Gallery public space, 777 Glades Road, Boca
Raton campus. For more information, call 561-297-2966
or visit
www.fau.edu/galleries.
Orlan will be present at the opening reception to
celebrate the first U.S. solo exhibition of her historically
significant surgery-performance photos. The exhibition runs
through Saturday, January 22.
FAU Department of Theatre and Dance Presents the Dances
We Dance Showcase
Performances are on Friday,
December 3, at 8 p.m. and Saturday, December 4, at 2
and 8 p.m. in the
University Theatre, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton
campus. For more information, call
561-297-3810.
The showcase features student performers in several dance forms. Tickets are $10 at the door.
FAU Department of Music Presents ‘The
Messiah’
The free concert is on
Sunday, December 5, at 7:30 p.m. in the
University Theatre, 777 Glades Road Boca Raton campus.
For more information, call 561-297-3820.
FAU Chamber Singers present this annual holiday season tradition. A donation of $10 is suggested. For more information, call 561-297-2966 or visit www.fau.edu/galleries.
FAU University Galleries Hosts ‘Raymond Pettibon:
The Punk Years’
The free exhibition runs through
Saturday, January 22, at
FAU’s Schmidt Center Gallery, 777 Glades Road,
Boca Raton campus.
The exhibition features Pettibon’s early graphic works from the California punk rock era, and includes more than 200 examples of Pettibon’s aggressively powerful designs created for the band Black Flag (whose lead vocalist was Henry Rollins) and other well-known punk bands, including Sonic Youth, Hüsker Dü, Circle Jerks and the Dead Kennedys. There will also be a program of screenings, music and lectures that celebrates the legacy of the California punk culture.
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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.
