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Monday, February 8
Washington College Film Series “Good Hair”
Location: William Smith Hall, Norman James Theater
Time: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
When comedian Chris Rock’s daughter asked, “Daddy, how come I don’t have good hair?” he decided to find out who had put that question into his little girl’s head. The result is an insightful, entertaining documentary and Sundance award winner.
Tuesday, February 9
Presentation and Book signing
Location: Litrenta Lecture Hall, John S. Toll Science Center
Time: 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Photographer Mitch Epstein’s current work examines how energy is produced and used in the American landscape. Made on forays to energy production sites and their environs, these pictures question the power of nature, government, corporations, and mass consumption in the United States. Epstein is the author of seven books including his latest “American Power.” His photographs are featured in numerous major museum collections, including New York’s Metropolitan Museum, Museum of Modern Art and Whitney Museum of American Art. Co-sponsored by the Center for Environment & Society and the Department of Art and Art History. Book signing to follow.
Wednesday, February 10
“Revolt on Goose Island,” a talk by Kari Lydersen
Location: Rose O’Neill Literary House
Time: 4 to 5:30 p.m.
Lydersen is a staff writer at the Washington Post and a frequent contributor to
The Chicago Reporter, In These Times, ColorLines, Contratiempo and the Earth
Island Journal. She specializes in environmental and social justice stories,
including a focus on Latin America and immigrant communities. She is author of
“Out of the Sea and Into the Fire: Latin American-US Immigration in the Global
Age” and “Revolt on Goose Island” and co-author, with Wafaa Bilal, of “Shoot an Iraqi: Art, Life and Resistance Under the Gun.” She was awarded the 2009 Ethnic Media
Fellowship from the USC Annenberg’s Institute for Justice and Journalism. She
teaches Community News at Columbia College.
Film
Location: Norman James Theatre, William Smith Hall
Time: 7:30 to 9:30pm
An epic love story set against the backdrop of the final years of French colonial rule in southeastern Asia. The beautiful Eliane (Catherine Deneuve), a Frenchwoman who owns a rubber-tree plantation in Indochina, and her adopted Indochinese daughter Camille (Linh Dam Pham) both fall for the same alluring French military officer (Vincent Perez). Free
Friday, February 12
The Vagina Monologues
Location: The Prince Theatre, 210 High St., Chestertown
Time: 8 p.m.
Contact: 410-810-2060 or www.princetheatre.org.
Washington College’s Student Affairs Office presents Playwright/Founder Eve Ensler’s award winning play The Vagina Monologues. 2009 marks the Monologue’s 11year anniversary and with it Chestertown’s 4th Annual production. The community, in collaboration with Washington College, has raised awareness and money for For All Seasons Inc., a local rape crisis center and help hotline. Within the past few years the production has gained popularity and, in turn, increased awareness and contributions. We are hoping for the best and largest turn out this year. Tickets are $15, call for reservations.
Film
Location: Norman James Theater
Time: 7:30 to 10 p.m.
Hors de Prix (PRICELESS) Sponsored by the French Club and Modern Languages Department as part of the “Week of Love.” The gold-digging Irène (Audrey Tautou) only dates wealthy men who can support the lifestyle to which she has grown accustomed…until one night when she mistakes the lowly bartender Jean (Gad Elmaleh) for a multi-millionaire—and all her cynical views on love are put to the test. Will also be shown on Monday, February 15.
Saturday, February 13
Italian Night
Location: Rock Hall Firehouse
Time: 5 to 7:30 p.m.
Contact: Shirley Crater, 410-639-7636, rhvfcbusmgr@baybroadband.net
If you enjoy delicious Italian dishes, be sure to get to the Rock Hall Firehouse for a wide variety of tasty treats.
The Kings of Crownsville
Location: The Mainstay, Rock Hall
Time: 8 p.m.
Contact: The Mainstay, 410-639-9133 or www.mainstayrockhall.org.
The Kings of Crownsville have a fun-loving rootsy sound that transports listeners from the streets of New Orleans out onto old Route 66 picking up influences from nearly every page of the American songbook along the way. Their bluesy sound comes to life with the solid songwriting, lead vocals and guitar of Steve Johnson; John C. Harris on trombone and vocals; Mike McCormick on piano and vocals; Rob Creath on percussion; and Pete Miller on bass. Their good-time music is just the right antidote to the mid-winter doldrums. Call for reservations. Tickets are $15.
Sunday, February 14
7th Annual Erotic Poetry Festival
Location: The Prince Theatre, 210 High St., Chestertown
Time: 7 p.m.
Contact: 410-810-2060 or www.princetheatre.org.
Celebrate Valentine’s Day in an unconventional way! Join us, as a reader or audience member, as we share poetry open mic style. Bring your own poem, or read one of the ones we provide.
French Valentine’s Dinner
Location: Hodson Hall
Time: 4:45 to 6 p.m.
Free to students; $6.50 for faculty/staff; $8 for the general public.
