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561-297-3022,
lmetcalf@fau.edu
FAU Calendar of Events for the
Week of November 22, 2010
BOCA RATON, FL (November 22, 2010) – Florida Atlantic University will host the following events:
FAU’s Harbor Branch to Host Children’s Book
Author Janeen Mason
The book reading and signing by children’s book
author Janeen Mason will take place on
Saturday, December 11, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
at the
Ocean Discovery Center at FAU’s Harbor Branch,
5600 US 1 North, Fort Pierce. For directions or more
information, call 772-242-2293.
The reading of “Ocean Commotion: Life on the
Reef!,” the latest release by national award winning
children's book author and illustrator Janeen Mason, will begin
at 11 a.m. Mason’s books will be available at the
gift store just in time for the holiday season, and the author
will be available in the morning to autograph books. Proceeds
from event day book sales will benefit FAU Harbor Branch. There
will also be hands-on activities for visitors, including
outdoor games and a live animal touch tank display.
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.
-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.
