University releases February arts and events schedule
Bluffton University released its February arts and event schedule. Events are free and open to the public unless noted otherwise. The schedule follows:
Feb. 5 Art exhibit: "Gray Space," black and white photography by American and international artists, Grace Albrecht Gallery, Sauder Visual Arts Center, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 1-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through March 2. Visiting artist Craig Line, a Findlay, Ohio, native who lives in Vermont and has worked for The Associated Press and Vermont Magazine, will give a talk, free and open to the public, at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14, in the arts center's Hester Lecture Hall.
Feb. 7 Forum: "When the Brain Goes Awry: Effects of Brain Quirks and Disorders on Thinking and Doing," by Dr. Shelly Weaverdyck, a 1977 Bluffton graduate and director of the Alzheimer's Education and Research Program at Eastern Michigan University, 11 a.m., Yoder Recital Hall
Feb. 10 Colloquium: "Prelude to a New Program: The Bluffton Dietetic Internship," by Dr. Deborah Myers, associate professor of dietetics, 4 p.m., Stutzman Lecture Hall, Centennial Hall
Feb. 10 Global Weekend film: "Life, Above All," 7:30 p.m., Stutzman Lecture Hall, Centennial Hall
Feb. 11 Global Weekend events: Ethnic dinner, 5-6 p.m.; pi~nata, 6:20 p.m.; and international variety and fashion show, 6:30 p.m., all in The Commons, Marbeck Center. Events are free except for the dinner, which costs $9 for adults and $6 for children ages 7-12. Children under 7 eat for free. For more information, contact Louise Matthews, advisor of Bluffton's International Connection group, at 419-358-3207 or [email protected].
Feb. 14 Spiritual Life Week Forum: "Four Dimensions of Love," by Deborah Horst, former executive director of Camp Luz, near Orrville, Ohio, 11 a.m., Yoder Recital Hall
Feb. 21 Forum: Student Senate presidential debate, 11 a.m., Founders Hall
Feb. 23 Author program: with Dr. Gerald Mast, professor of communication and author of "Go to Church, Change the World: Christian Community as Calling," 4 p.m., Musselman Library Reading Room
Feb. 23 Artist Series: Ohio State University Flute Troupe, 7:30 p.m., Yoder Recital Hall. Order tickets online at http://tickets.bluffton.edu, or contact the box office at 419-358-3239 or [email protected].
Feb. 24 Colloquium: "Two Steps Forward, Still Three Steps Behind (African-American Homeownership in the U.S.)," by Dr. Walter Paquin, assistant professor of social work, 4 p.m., Stutzman Lecture Hall, Centennial Hall
Feb. 26 Music: Winter Instrumental Concert, 2:30 p.m., Yoder Recital Hall
Feb. 28 Forum: "Standing in Chains, Armed with Prayer: Four Hutterites at Alcatraz During the Great War," C. Henry Smith Lecture by Dr. Duane Stoltzfus, professor and chair of communication, Goshen College, 11 a.m., Yoder Recital Hall
Feb. 29 Multicultural Affairs event: Free soul food dinner, followed by a living history presentation on a slave named Sadie Wilkins by Novella Slaughter, historical interpreter from Springboro, Ohio, and performer at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, 6 p.m., The Commons, Marbeck Center
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