February 2011 Events Calendar
February 2011 Events Calendar
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Seductive Subversion: Women Pop Artists, 1958-1968 This exhibition, featuring 68 works by 22 artists, examines the impact of women artists on the traditionally male-dominated field of Pop art. In recovering important female artists, the show expands the canon to reflect more accurately the women working internationally during this period. Some of these artists experimented with then-new industrial materials such as Plexiglas, plastics, rubber and neon to create art that responded to the effects of mass production. Others subverted domestic skills they had learned as young girls to create the first “soft sculpture,” using fabrics, plastics and other found materials that deployed a craft aesthetic as high art. Others appropriated from mass culture, including Hollywood film, advertising, publicity photos and commercial publishing to critique emergent popular culture and male fantasies about female desire. Free and open to the public. Opening reception: Feb. 3, 5:30–8 p.m. Aidekman Arts Center, Tisch and Koppelman galleries and Remis Sculpture Court, through April 3. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Thursday until 8 p.m. For information, call 617.627.3518 or visit http://ase.tufts.edu/gallery.
2011 Reunion Classes Exhibit A showcase of the people, places and events that defined these classes of students at Tufts. Tisch Library, Dranetz Tower Corridor, through August 26.
Electrical and Computer EngineeringColloquium “Oilfield Applications of Statistical Signal Processing: Borehole Acoustic Data Processing for Hydraulic Fracture Monitoring,” with Sandip Bose, Schlumberger-Doll Research Center. Halligan Hall, Room 111, 3–4:15 p.m.
Men’s Basketball UMass-Boston at Tufts, Cousens Gym, 7 p.m.
The Tufts All-Star Faculty/Student Ensemble For the first time, talented Arts and Sciences performance faculty will join student musicians in a concert of wide-ranging repertoire for chamber ensembles and chamber orchestra. Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 8 p.m.
Goddard Chapel Forum on Religion in America “The Book of Psalms: The Ecumenical and Universal Prayer,” with His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios, Primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. Goddard Chapel, 6 p.m.
Chaplain’s Table on Faith and Food, Fasting and Feasting: Perspectives on Religion and Food Speaker: Adele Fleet Bacow, the first lady of Tufts. Dewick Dining Hall, MacPhie Conference Room, 5–7 p.m.
Equine Health Lecture Series “Equine Metabolic Syndrome: The Fat Horse,” with Mary Rose Paradis, associate professor of clinical sciences, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. Cummings school, Agnes Varis Lecture Hall, 7–9 p.m. Grafton campus.
Academic Calendar Last day for students in Arts and Sciences and Engineering to add classes.
February 4
Men’s Track & Field Tufts Pentathlon, Gantcher Center, 5 p.m.
Women’s Track & Field Tufts Pentathlon, Gantcher Center, 5 p.m.
Men’s Basketball Tufts at Amherst, 6 p.m.
Women’s Swimming & Diving Tufts at Wheaton Invitational, 7 p.m.
Men’s Swimming & Diving Tufts at Wheaton Invitational, 7 p.m.
Men’s Hockey Tufts at Wesleyan, 7 p.m.
Women’s Squash NESCAC Championship, Trinity College, 4 p.m.
Men’s Squash NESCAC Championship, Trinity College, 4 p.m.
Women’s Basketball Tufts at Amherst, 8 p.m.
Men’s Track & Field Tufts Invitational II, Gantcher Center, 11 a.m.
Women’s Track & Field Tufts Invitational II, Gantcher Center, 11 a.m.
Men’s Swimming & Diving Tufts at Wheaton Invitational, 1 p.m.
Women’s Swimming & Diving Tufts at Wheaton Invitational, 1 p.m.
Men’s Basketball Tufts at Trinity, 2 p.m.
Men’s Hockey Tufts at Trinity, 3 p.m.
Women’s Fencing NYU at Tufts, 4 p.m.
Women’s Basketball Tufts at Trinity, 4 p.m.
Women’s Squash NESCAC Championship, Trinity College, TBA.
Men’s Squash NESCAC Championship, Trinity College, TBA.
Women’s Fencing Tufts at Wellesley, 9 a.m.
Women’s Squash NESCAC Championship, Trinity College, TBA.
Men’s Squash NESCAC Championship, Trinity College, TBA.
STEM Education Lecture Series “Engaging with Quantitative Thinking,” with Eleanor Duckworth, professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education. A former elementary school teacher and student and translator of Jean Piaget, Duckworth applies Piaget’s pioneering observations on intellectual development directly to her research on the development of ideas, and to working with teachers at Harvard University and around the world. Curtis Hall, Center for Engineering Education and Outreach Workshop Room, 4–5:30 p.m.
Electrical and Computer Engineering Colloquim Speaker: John Lachapelle, Draper Laboratories; topic to be announced. Halligan Hall, Room 111, 3–4:15 p.m.
Hank Willis Thomas: Reflections on Identity, History and Visual Culture Thomas is a photo conceptual artist based in New York. He has taught and lectured widely and has been an artist in residence at Johns Hopkins University. His work has been exhibited at film festivals (Sundance, Tribeca) and in numerous museums, including the Whitney, P.S.1/MoMA, Houston MFA, the High in Atlanta, and the Brooklyn Museum. He is currently a fellow at the DuBois Institute at Harvard University. Hosted by Andrew McClellan, dean of academic affairs for Arts and Sciences and professor of art and art history. Free and open to the Tufts community. Alumnae Lounge, 5:30–7 p.m.
Lyon & Bendheim Alumni Lecture Speaker: Michael Granoff, A91, head of Oil Independence Policies, Better Place, an organization that aims to reduce the world’s dependency on petroleum. Visit www.tufts.edu/alumni/lyonbendheim to register. Granoff Family Hillel Center, 6 p.m.
Interfaith Conversations “Conversation, Action, Faith & Education (CAFÉ), sponsored by the University Chaplain. Light lunch will be served. Interfaith Center, 58 Winthrop St. noon–1:15 p.m.
Cummings School Work in Progress Seminar “How Schistosomes Live,” with Patrick Skelly, associate professor and associate chair, Division of Infectious Diseases, Cummings School; and “Wild Birds as Victims and Vectors of Disease,” with Julie Ellis, research assistant professor of environmental and population health and director, SEANET Program, Cummings School. Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Varis Lecture Hall, 3:45–5:30 p.m. Grafton campus.
Chaplain’s Table on Faith and Food, Fasting and Feasting: Perspectives on Religion and Food With the Tufts Culinary Society. Dewick Dining Hall, MacPhie Conference Room, 5–7 p.m.
Men’s Basketball Gordon at Tufts, Cousens Gym, 7 p.m.
Women’s Basketball Tufts at Worcester State, 7 p.m.
Women’s Squash Tufts at Northeastern, 7:30 p.m.
Men’s Squash Tufts at Northeastern, 7:30 p.m.
Men’s Track & Field Tufts at Valentine Invitational, Boston University, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Women’s Track & Field Tufts at Valentine Invitational, Boston University, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Men’s Hockey University of New England at Tufts, Malden Forum, 7:15 p.m.
Men’s Track & Field Tufts Invitational III, Gantcher Center, 11 a.m.
Women’s Track & Field Tufts Invitational III, Gantcher Center, 11 a.m.
Men’s Basketball Bates at Tufts, Cousens Gym, 2 p.m.
Women’s Basketball Tufts at Bates, 4 p.m.
Men’s Hockey Southern Maine at Tufts, Malden Forum, 4 p.m.
February 13
Veterinary Continuing Education “Neurology for the Small Animal Practitioner,” with course director Dominik Faissler, assistant professor of clinical sciences, Cummings School. For more information and to register visit www.tufts.edu/vet/ce/events/20110213.html. Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Agnes Varis Campus Center Auditorium, 8:30 a.m.–3:40 p.m. Grafton campus.
Women’s Fencing Tufts at Quad Meet, Stevens Tech, 9 a.m.
Women’s Squash Tufts at Vassar, noon.
Men’s Squash Tufts at Vassar, noon.
Men’s Squash Tufts vs. Bard at Vassar, 2:30 p.m.
Women’s Basketball Endicott at Tufts, Cousens Gym, 7 p.m.
Electrical and Computer Engineering Colloquium “Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasmas: Physics and Flow Control,” with Alan Hoskinson, research assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, Tufts University. Halligan Hall, Room 111, 3–4:15 p.m.
Center for the Humanities Seminar “Dilemma, Dissonance and Disorder: Reasons for the Sindhi Hindu Exodus from Pakistan, 1947–48,” with Lata Parwani, dissertation fellow. Center for the Humanities, 48 Professors Row, noon–1 p.m.
Tuesdays at Tufts Veterinary Lecture Series “Managing Increased Serum Liver Enzymes in Asymptomatic Dogs,” with Cynthia Leveille-Webster, professor of clinical sciences, Cummings School. For more information and to register, go to www.tufts.edu/vet/ce/events/20100921.html. Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Agnes Varis Campus Center Auditorium, 7–9 p.m. Grafton campus.
Author Talk Christoph Börgers, professor of mathematics and the author of Mathematics of Social Choice: Voting, Compensation and Division. The tenth Maxine Newberg Gordon, J70, Book Prize will precede talk. Tisch Library, Hirsh Reading Room, 3–5 p.m.
Chaplain’s Table on Faith and Food, Fasting and Feasting: Perspectives on Religion and Food Speaker: David Vermette, the Eastern Orthodox perspective. Dewick Dining Hall, MacPhie Conference Room, 5–7 p.m.
Equine Health Lecture Series “The Coughing Horse: What’s the Diagnosis and How to Treat,” with Melissa Mazan, associate professor of clinical sciences, Cummings School. Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Agnes Varis Lecture Hall, 7–9 p.m. Grafton campus.
The Threepenny Opera Tufts Opera presents Bertolt Brecht’s most-performed work, set in Victorian London and based on John Gay’s eighteenth-century Beggar’s Opera. Additional performances are February 18 and 19 at 8 p.m. and February 20 at 3 p.m. Don’t miss seeing President Lawrence S. Bacow and Adele Fleet Bacow in their final appearances with Tufts Opera on February 18 and 20. For the February 17 performance only, tickets are $1 with a Tufts ID or non-Tufts student ID and $5 for general admission. Call 617.627.3679 for tickets. Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 8 p.m.
The Importance of Being Earnest Sheriden Thomas directs Oscar Wilde’s skewering of upper-class Victorian society. Tickets are $7 for senior citizens and those with a valid Tufts ID; general admission is $12. Group rates are available. Additional performances February 18 and 19 at 8 p.m. and February 24–26 at 8 p.m. For more information and to purchase tickets over the phone with a credit card, call 617.627.3493. Balch Arena Theater, 8 p.m.
Men’s Track & Field Tufts at Division III New Englands Pentathlon, Springfield College, 4 p.m.
Women’s Track & Field Tufts at Division III New Englands Pentathlon, MIT, 4 p.m.
Men’s Hockey Tufts at St. Michaels, 7 p.m.
Women’s Swimming & Diving NESCAC Championships, Williams College, through February 20.
Women’s Squash Howe Cup, Princeton University, through February 19.
The Threepenny Opera Tufts Opera presents Bertolt Brecht’s most-performed work, set in Victorian London and based on John Gay’s eighteenth-century Beggar’s Opera. Additional performances are February 19 at 8 p.m. and February 20 at 3 p.m. Don’t miss seeing President Lawrence S. Bacow and Adele Fleet Bacow in their final appearances with Tufts Opera on February 18 and 20. Tickets are $5 with a Tufts ID or non-Tufts student ID and $10 for general admission. Call 617.627.3679 for tickets. Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 8 p.m.
The Importance of Being Earnest Sheriden Thomas directs Oscar Wilde’s skewering of upper-class Victorian society. Tickets are $7 for senior citizens and those with a valid Tufts ID; general admission is $12. Group rates are available. Additional performances February 19 at 8 p.m. and February 24–26 at 8 p.m. For more information and to purchase tickets over the phone with a credit card, call 617.627.3493. Balch Arena Theater, 8 p.m.
Animal Behavior Symposium A daylong event, sponsored by the Tufts Animal Behavior Club, on topics including techniques of popular TV dog trainers, reducing stress in shelter animals, bird learning and equine behavior. Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Agnes Varis Campus Center Auditorium, 8 a.m.–4:15 p.m. Grafton campus.
Men’s Track & Field Tufts at Division III New Englands Pentathlon, Springfield College, 10 a.m.
Women’s Track & Field Tufts at Division III New Englands Pentathlon, MIT, 10 a.m.
Men’s Hockey Tufts at Norwich, 4 p.m.
Women’s Squash Tufts vs. Howe Cup @ Princeton, TBA
The Threepenny Opera Tufts Opera presents Bertolt Brecht’s most-performed work, set in Victorian London and based on John Gay’s eighteenth-century Beggar’s Opera. Additional performance February 20 at 3 p.m. Don’t miss seeing President Lawrence S. Bacow and Adele Fleet Bacow in their final appearance with Tufts Opera on February 20. Tickets are $5 with a Tufts ID or non-Tufts student ID and $10 for general admission. Call 617.627.3679 for tickets. Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 8 p.m.
The Importance of Being Earnest Sheriden Thomas directs Oscar Wilde’s skewering of upper-class Victorian society. Tickets are $7 for senior citizens and those with a valid Tufts ID; general admission is $12. Group rates are available. Additional performances February 24–26 at 8 p.m. For more information and to purchase tickets over the phone with a credit card, call 617.627.3493. Balch Arena Theater, 8 p.m.
The Threepenny Opera Tufts Opera presents Bertolt Brecht’s most-performed work, set in Victorian London and based on John Gay’s eighteenth-century Beggar’s Opera. Don’t miss seeing President Lawrence S. Bacow and Adele Fleet Bacow in their final appearance with Tufts Opera on February 20. Tickets are $5 with a Tufts ID or non-Tufts student ID and $10 for general admission. Call 617.627.3679 for tickets. Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 8 p.m.
Presidents’ Day Observed University holiday; no classes.
Electrical and Computer Engineering Colloquium Speaker: Venkatesh Saligrama, Boston Univiserty. Halligan Hall, Room 11, 3–4:15 p.m.
Chaplain’s Table on Faith and Food, Fasting and Feasting: Perspectives on Religion and Food Speaker: Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg on the Jewish tradition. Dewick Dining Hall, MacPhie Conference Room, 5–7 p.m.
The Importance of Being Earnest Sheriden Thomas directs Oscar Wilde’s skewering of upper-class Victorian society. Tickets are $7 for senior citizens and those with a valid Tufts ID; general admission is $12. Group rates are available. Additional performances February 25–26 at 8 p.m. For more information and to purchase tickets over the phone with a credit card, call 617.627.3493. Balch Arena Theater, 8 p.m.
Women’s Track & Field All-New England Championships, Boston University, 10 a.m.
Men’s Track & Field All-New England Championships, Boston University, noon.
Men’s Swimming & Diving NESCAC Championships, Bowdoin College, through February 27.
Varis Performing Arts Series A performance by Joel LaRue Smith’s Afro Cuban Jazz Trio, featuring LaRue Smith on piano, Fernando Huergo on bass and Renato Malavasi on drums. Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Agnes Varis Campus Center Auditorium, 5–6 p.m. Grafton campus.
Cedar Walton Jazz Trio Award-winning hard bop pianist Cedar Walton, known for his compositions (Bolivia, Clockwise and Firm Roots), which have become jazz standards, brings his trio to Tufts. Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 8 p.m.
The Importance of Being Earnest Sheriden Thomas directs Oscar Wilde’s skewering of upper-class Victorian society. Tickets are $7 for senior citizens and those with a valid Tufts ID; general admission is $12. Group rates are available. Final performance February 26 at 8 p.m. For more information and to purchase tickets over the phone with a credit card, call 617.627.3493. Balch Arena Theater, 8 p.m.
Men’s Track & Field All-New England Championships, Boston University, 10 a.m.
Women’s Track & Field All-New England Championships, Boston University, 10 a.m.
The Importance of Being Earnest Sheriden Thomas directs Oscar Wilde’s skewering of upper-class Victorian society. Tickets are $7 for senior citizens and those with a valid Tufts ID; general admission is $12. Group rates are available. For more information and to purchase tickets over the phone with a credit card, call 617.627.3493. Balch Arena Theater, 8 p.m.
Women’s Fencing Tufts at Mount Holyoke, 8 a.m.
The deadline for submission of listings for the March 2011 Calendar is Thursday, February 24. Send your information to Barbara Lewis, Tufts Publications, 80 George Street, Medford campus or barbara.lewis@tufts.edu.