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Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center Gives Four Honors
The Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center has awarded honors for 2007. Recipients were recognized during the center's annual meeting Nov. 13 at UW-L. The honors and those receiving them included:
James P. Gallagher Award: Katherine Stevenson
Stevenson has been an integral part of documenting, preserving and promoting La Crosse area archaeology since 1979 when she directed the excavation of the Valley View site. She analyzed and wrote on that site for her doctoral dissertation, receiving a doctorate in anthropology from the UW-Madison in 1985. Stevenson was one of MVAC's founding members in 1982 and served as the center's first regional archaeologist until 1985. After a stint as Cultural Resource Specialist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in St. Paul, she resumed her affiliation with MVAC in 1987 and is now an adjunct research archaeologist with the center. Stevenson has written or edited numerous reports, articles, presentations, and books, including co-authoring "Minnesota's Indian Mounds and Burial Sites: A Synthesis of Prehistoric and Early Historic Archaeological Data" with Connie Arzigian, and took the lead on synthesizing Wisconsin's Woodland Tradition for the 1997 Wisconsin Archeologist summary volume. Other projects have included authenticating mounds as burial sites, editing reports, analyzing faunal remains, and tracking down rock art sites. She recently assisted in teaching a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute Touch the Past. The award is the annual premiere recognition offered by the center.
Distinguished Service Award: Dairyland Power Cooperative
Dairyland Power Cooperative has been working with UW-L archaeologists since 1980 when the Jim Braun site was excavated. This site is now the current location of the cooperative's administrative building. Since MVAC was formed in 1982, it has done numerous contracts for Dairyland, including transmission lines, substations, and hydroelectricity reservoir surveys. The cooperative has also sponsored non-required research and public outreach. Over the years, cooperative administrators have served on MVAC's board of directors. The award is given to a person or organization that has showed exemplary service on behalf of the center.
Regional Archaeology Award: James Losinski
Losinski has been a consistent contributor to MVAC for well over a decade. From his ridge top farm in Trempealeau County, he has acquired a wonderful set of artifacts which he displays at the center's annual artifact show at the Valley View Mall. He has shared insight on site patterns in the region and is especially interested in the variety of stone resources that occur naturally within the region and those that are imported. Although busy with farming and active in veteran's organizations, Losinski makes the drive to attend nearly all of MVAC's programs, always bringing examples of recent finds. The award is given to non-professional archaeologists who make outstanding contributions to archaeological interests in the Upper Mississippi Valley.
Archaeology Education Award: Effigy Mounds National Monument
The natural beauty of the Mississippi River combined with the awesome effigy conical, and linear mounds give Effigy Mounds National Monument the perfect backdrop to educate thousands of visitors each year on the significance of the mounds. Since its authorization in 1949, visitors to the center learn the scientific importance of preserving archaeological sites. Since its inception, the monument has sponsored educational outreach programs on the early history of the Upper Midwest. The monument provides a perfect location for MVAC public and student tours. MVAC staff have frequently been invited to speak and attend monument events to reach new audiences nationwide. The award is given to people or organizations that have worked to advance archaeology education.
UW-La Crosse Seniors to Exhibit
Annual show features work by five graduating seniors
The UW-La Crosse University Gallery will feature artwork by five graduating seniors.
The biannual Senior Exhibition opens with a reception from 5-7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30, in the gallery, located on the first floor of the UW-L Center for the Arts. Admission is free.
The December graduates participating in the show include: Justin Dahl, Mukwanago; Jacqueline Jambrone, Cicero, Ill.; Kevin Sella, Mayville; Kelsey Snodgrass, Westby; and Katrina Vedell, La Crescent, Minn. Their work includes ceramics, digitally-produced images, jewelry, paintings, photography and printmaking.
The show runs through Wednesday, Dec. 12. Regular gallery hours are noon-8 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, noon-5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and during Toland Theatre events. Admission is free. The gallery also opens for appointments by calling the UW-L Art Department 608-785-8230.
See the event flyer here.
If you go—
What: Senior Exhibition
When: Friday, Nov. 30- Wednesday, Dec. 12
Where: University Art Gallery, UW-La Crosse Center for the Arts
Gallery hours: noon-8 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, noon-5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and during Toland Theatre events
Admission: Free.
Cox Retirement Reception Planned
A retirement reception for Gerry Cox, sociology/archaeology, is set for 3-4:30 p..m. Tuesday, Dec. 11, in the fourth floor lounge, Wimberly Hall.
Forms of Poetry: Syllabus without Margins
Dr. Mary Davidson and her students will give a presentation titled “Syllabus without Margins”; the presentation will include an oral poetry reading by Dr. Davidson’s ENG 449 students.
This is part of the UW–L English Department’s 2007–2008 William J. and Yvonne Hyde Colloquium Series.
The event takes place Friday December 7, Room 207 Wimberly Hall, 2:30pm-3:30pm. All are welcome to attend.
See the event flyer here.
Wind Symphony End-of-Semester Concert
The UW-La Crosse Wind Symphony will present an end-of-semester concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7. The concert will be in Annett Recital Hall in the Center for the Arts. Donations for scholarships will be accepted at the door.
The repertoire to be performed includes “Mother Earth,” a fanfare composed by David Maslanka, followed by “A Movement for Rosa,” a tone-poem written by Mark Camphouse. The work portraits the life and story of Rosa Parks and her involvement in the 1950s Civil Rights Movement. Next, an arrangement of Biebl’s choral work “Ave Maria” will be performed, followed by “Out of the Darkness, Into the Light,” another programmatic work based on the theme of optimism composed by the British composer Philip Sparke. The concert concludes with a festive piece by the popular British composer Edward Gregson. “Festivo” is a rhythmic-based work that balances numerous solo and chamber-like scoring with full brass fanfares.
The Wind Symphony, under the direction of Tammy Fisher, is an auditioned concert band, representing the best wind and percussion players on campus. The ensemble is comprised of music majors and minors, as well as students from numerous other academic disciplines.
If you go—
Who: UW-La Crosse Wind Symphony
What: Concert
When: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7
Where: Annett Recital Hall, UW-La Crosse Center for the Arts
Admission: Donations for scholarships accepted at the door.
Symphony Orchestra Continues Masterworks Series
The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Symphony Orchestra will continue its Masterworks Concert Series with a performance at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8. The concert will be in Valhalla, Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition.
Among the pieces being performed are “Der Freschutz Overture” by Carl Maria von Weber, “Holiday Concertino for Orchestra” by David J. Phipps, “Concerto for Four Violins Op. 3 No. 10 in B Minor” by Antonio Vivaldi, “Scherzo alla marcia from the Symphony No. 8 in D Major” by Ralph Vaughan-Williams, and “Symphony No. 6, Op. 68 ‘Pastoria’“ by Ludwig van Beethoven.
The Symphony Orchestra is conducted by Enaldo Oliveira. Alex Vaver will serve as guest conductor for the concert. Featured violin soloists include Oliveira, Phipps, Crystal Staker and Nicholas Bailey.
Suggested ticket donations are $4 for students and $8 for others. For more information or reservations, contact the Music Listening Lab at 608-785-8415.
If you go—
Who: University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Symphony Orchestra
What: Masterworks Concert Series
When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8
Where: Valhalla, UW-La Crosse Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition
Admission: Suggested ticket donations are $4 for students and $8 for others
UW-L’s Festival of Carols is Sunday, Dec. 9
Four of the six choirs at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse will present the 15th annual UW-La Crosse Festival of Carols. The concert begins at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9, at Viterbo University’s Fine Arts Center.
The concert will be book-ended by two choral Christmas Classics, Benjamin Britten’s “Ceremony of Carols,” performed by the Women’s Chorus, and Daniel Pinkham’s “Christmas Cantata,” performed by the Concert Choir along with the UW-L Brass Ensemble. Four audience carols will serve as processionals and recessionals as the choirs take the stage. All singers will combine for a rendition of English composer John Rutter’s “Candlelight Carol,” conducted by student conductor Sarah Holmes, a senior from Janesville.
Faculty conductors and their ensembles are Paul Rusterholz, conductor of the Women’s Chorus; Terence Kelly, conductor of the Chamber Choir; Gary Walth, conductor of the Concert Choir and Männerchor; and Tom Brown, conductor of the Brass Ensemble. Alethia Kenworthy, a recent UW-L piano pedagogy graduate, and Carolyn Temanson, a freshman music major from Stratford, will be the accompanists. Elinor Niemisto, La Crosse Symphony harpist, will be featured on the “Ceremony of Carols.” Catherine Walth will continue her role as the event’s narrator.
The Concert Choir will dedicate its performance of Rutter’s “What Sweeter Music” to the memory of 2006-07 Concert Choir member Peter Talen, who was killed in a house fire in Madison. The performance of Walth’s setting of the spiritual “Rise Up Shepherd and Follow” will be performed in honor of the late Keith Swanson, a retired UW-L professor and supporter of the Concert Choir.
Suggested ticket donations are $7 for students, $9 for senior citizens and $11 for others. Seats are general admission, but tickets may be reserved by calling the UW-L Music Listening Lab at 608-785-8415.
If you go—
Who: Four of the six choirs at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
What: 15th annual UW-La Crosse Festival of Carols
When: 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9
Where: Viterbo University’s Fine Arts Center
Admission: $7 for students, $9 for senior citizens and $11 for others.
UW-L Production to Spoof Dickens’ Popular “A Christmas Carol”
See what happens when a small Midwestern theatre company’s production of “A Christmas Carol” goes awry.
UW-La Crosse’s University Theatre performs “Inspecting Carol” Friday-Sunday, Nov. 30-Dec. 2 and Thursday-Sunday, Dec. 6-9. Curtain time is 7:30 nightly except for 2 o’clock Sunday matinees. Performances are in the Toland Theatre in the Center for the Arts, 16th and Vine streets.
In Daniel Sullivan’s comic satire of political correctness and inept theatre, both the annual production of “A Christmas Carol” and the company producing it are headed for disaster. Rehearsal time is inadequate. The company faces bankruptcy and may lose its major grant. When a hopeless actor wannabe is mistaken for the grants inspector, things go from bad to worse amid falling scenery and tortured romances.
The production will feature guest artist Jay Postell Pringle. A professional actor, Pringle has performed on TV and film, and off-Broadway in regional and touring shows. Through his work with the underground hip-hop crew The 40Thievz, also known as Select Personnel Productions, Pringle recently launched a new album titled “The Good Thief.” Funding for Pringle was provided though the UW-L Provost Office.
Tickets go on sale at 1 p.m. Monday, Nov. 26. Tickets are $3 for UW-L students; $8 for other students and seniors; and $10 for others.
The box office, located in the lobby of the Center for the Arts at 16th and Vine streets, is open 1- 4:30 p.m. weekdays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays, and one hour before show time. For reservations, call 608-785-8522.
If you go—
Who: UW-La Crosse Theatre Arts Department
What: “Inspecting Carol” by Daniel Sullivan
When: Friday-Sunday, Nov. 30-Dec. 2 and Thursday-Sunday, Dec. 6-9. Curtain time is 7:30 nightly except for 2 o’clock Sunday matinees.
Where: Toland Theatre, UW-La Crosse Center for the Arts, 16th and Vine streets
Admission: Tickets are $3 for UW-L students; $8 for other students and seniors; and $10 for others.
An Evening of Music, Poetry and Acting to Support Symphony Orchestra's Chamber Music Program
Schedule Change: Due to inclement weather, this program has been postponed. A new date has not yet been set.
An evening of music, poetry and acting will support the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Symphony Orchestra’s chamber music program. The orchestra holds a collage of entertainment at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, in Annett Recital Hall in the UW-L Center for the Arts.
The event features UW-L Director of Orchestral Studies Enaldo Oliveira and faculty member David Phipps on violin, Derek Clark on cello, Mary Tollefson and Alethia Kenworthy on piano, Greg Balfany on clarinet and Tom Brown on trumpet. The poetry of UW-L Associate Lecturer Patrick Randolph, acted by Dana McConnell and Walter Elder, will also be performed.
General admission is a suggested donation of $15. For reservations or more information, call the UW-L Music Listening Lab at 608-785-8415.
A letter from the Symphony Director, Enaldo Oliveira, is available here.
If you go—
What: An evening of music, poetry and acting
When: 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6
Where: Annett Recital Hall, UW-La Crosse Center for the Arts
Admission: A suggested donation of $15.
Choral Union to Give Concert
Mendelssohn's 'Hymn of Praise' Featured
UW-L's Choral Union will perform Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's "Hymn of Praise" at an upcoming concert. The performance is at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2, at the Cathedral of St. Joseph the Workman, 530 Main St., La Crosse.
| If you go- Who: UW-L Choral Union What: A concert featuring Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's "Hymn of Praise" When: 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2 Where: Cathedral of St. Joseph the Workman, 530 Main St., La Crosse Admission: $5 for students; $10 for others. |
"Hymn of Praise" is the concluding cantata from Mendelssohn's Second Symphony. It was written in 1840 and first performed in Leipzig, Germany, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Gutenberg's invention of printing. Mendelssohn selected the words from Martin Luther's German Bible. A few months after the Leipzig premiere, the work was performed in English translation in Birmingham, England, with Mendelssohn himself leading the performance.
Vocal soloists in Choral Union's performance include sopranos Linda Zoerb, Andrea Van Gelder and Nancy Matchett, and tenor Terence Kelly.
The Choral Union is the university's symphonic chorus of UW-L students, faculty and staff, along with singers from throughout the Coulee Region. The ensemble will be accompanied by an orchestra of faculty, student and community musicians under the leadership of Paul Rusterholz.
General admission is a suggested donation of $5 for students and $10 for others. Tickets may be purchased in advance from Choral Union members.
CLS “Celebration of Faculty Research & Creative Endeavors”
Cecilia Manrique (Political Science/Public Administration) – Presentation on Sabbatical Research – “The Filipino Immigrant and American Society”
If you go—
What: Cecilia Manrique (Political Science/Public Administration) – Presentation on Sabbatical Research – “The Filipino Immigrant and American Society”
When: 12:10-1:00 p.m. Friday, November 30
Where: 259 Cartwright Center
Please plan on attending future presentations, as well:
What: Bradley Butterfield (English) – Presentation on Sabbatical Research – “Aesthetic Turns: Nietzsche, Adorno, Foucault, Baudrillard” and the writing of “My Own Private Elvis” – a tragic-comic novel
When: 12:10-1:00 p.m. Friday, February 15
Where: 337 Cartwright
What: Al Gedicks (Sociology/Archaeology) – Presentation on Sabbatical Research – “Indigenous Rising: A Book and Senior Seminar on Global Resistance to Resource Colonialism”
When: 12:10-1:00 p.m. Friday, April 11
Where: 259 Cartwright Center
Swinging Yuletide Planned for UW-La Crosse
Annual Concert Features Jazz Favorites
An upbeat performance of big band and vocal jazz holiday favorites is once again planned at UW-La Crosse.
The Great River Big Band will join the UW-L instrumental and vocal jazz ensembles, along with the La Crosse Jazz Combo, for a Swinging Yuletide. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30, in Valhalla, Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition.
Tickets are a suggested donation of $5 for students and $10 for others; or, reserved tickets for $20. Seating is limited; getting tickets early is recommend since the concert typically sells out. For tickets or more information, contact the UW-L Music Listening Lab in 145 Center for the Arts or at 608-785-8415.
If you go—
What: Swinging Yuletide
Who: Great River Big Band, UW-L instrumental and vocal jazz ensembles, and the La Crosse Jazz Combo
When: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30
Where: Valhalla, UW-La Crosse Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition
Admission: $20 reserved; general admission is $5 for students and $10 for others
Two UW-L Professors Receive Outstanding Women Award
Two UW-L professors have been chosen to receive the YWCA Tribute to Outstanding Women for 2007: Carmen Wilson, psychology, in the professions category and Lise Graham, College of Business Administration, in the education category. Each will be honored at the 25th Annual Tribute to Outstanding Women of the Coulee Region awards ceremony Thursday, Nov. 8, in the South Hall Ballroom at the La Crosse Center. The awards recognize a high level of personal or professional accomplishment and contribution to life in the Coulee Region.
Lise Graham is interim associate dean and MBA director for UW-L's College of Business Administration. She has been a member of the finance department since 1991 and, in 1999, was elected the first female department chair in the history of the College of Business Administration. Her education includes a doctorate in finance and bachelor's in accounting from Michigan State University, along with a master's of business administration from Old Dominion University (Virginia).
Graham's career began at the BFGoodrich Co., where she was the first woman to be a tire store auditor and helped to develop, and was the first to hold, a capital control analyst position. She also initiated use of personal computers in accounting.
Graham has served on many university committees and is currently on the Select Committee on Internationalizing UW-L. She has been on search and screen committees for several positions, as well as on the university's Joint Promotion Committee and Budget Committee. She helped revise the MBA curriculum and develop UW-L's international business major and is working on joint MBA programs with universities in China, Taiwan and Poland.
Graham is the faculty adviser for the UW-L chapter of Delta Sigma Pi, has been on the board of directors of the Academy of Financial Services and has been its vice president-finance. She has co-chaired the Women's Networking Breakfast at the Financial Management Association annual meeting. Her community service includes volunteering at church and with 4-H.
Carmen Wilson earned her doctorate in counseling psychology in 1995
and began teaching as an instructional academic staff member in UW-L's psychology department in 1996. She was hired as a tenure-track faculty member in 1999 and was promoted to full professor in 2007. Wilson teaches psychology, mentors undergraduates in their research projects and advises students in career options.
Wilson has volunteered for numerous service activities to improve the campus climate. She has chaired the GLBT Equity Committee (now the Eagle Equity Committee) and worked to create a Domestic Partnership policy that is currently in use on campus. She also served as chair of the Faculty Senate Instructional Academic Staff (IAS) Task Force. Recommendations of the Task Force have led to established institutional processes for career advancement and titling for IAS. She is a member of the UW-L Equity Score Card team which evaluates racial and ethnic equity. Wilson is UW-L's Faculty Senate chair for the third year. She also chaired the chancellor search committee. She co-led the university recent accreditation.
Wilson is also involved with several La Crosse community groups, including the YWCA GALAXY Programming Committee. She consults on a variety of projects and has served as a research consultant for the Domestic Abuse Reduction Team as well as the La Crosse County Economic Advocacy Project.
UW-La Crosse Top Strings Set Performance
The top string performers at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse will give a concert.
The university’s Annett, Hoeschler, and Chancellor’s String Quartets will take center stage for the UW-L String Festival. The event will also include the inaugural performance of the All-University String Orchestra. The festival begins at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28, in Annett Recital Hall in the UW-L Center for the Arts.
Admission is free. Advance tickets are available in the Music Listening Lab, 145 Center for the Arts, or by calling 608-785-8415. The director of orchestral studies at UW-L is Enaldo Antonio James de Oliveira.
If you go—
Who: The university’s Annett, Hoeschler, and Chancellor’s String Quartets and All-University String Orchestra
What: UW-L String Festival
When: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28
Where: Annett Recital Hall, UW-L Center for the Arts.
Admission: Free; get advance tickets in the Music Listening Lab, 145 Center for the Arts, or by calling 608-785-8415
Touched by an iPod: Using podcasts and iTunesU in the classroom
Dr. Gary Konas from the English Department will give a presentation, "Touched by an iPod: Using podcasts and iTunesU in the classroom."
The event takes place Friday November 16, Room 207 Wimberly Hall, 2:30pm-3:30pm.
All are welcome to attend.
Brought to you by the UW–L English Department’s 2007–2008 William J. and Yvonne Hyde Colloquium Series
See the event flyer here.
TV Telethon to Support Coulee Region Humane Society
It’s the ninth year UW-L students will help raise funds.
Dogs, cats and other animals at the Coulee Region Humane Society will benefit from an upcoming live TV telethon produced by UW-La Crosse communication studies students.
The ninth annual Coulee Region Humane Society Telethon will air from 7-10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, on KQEG-TV Channel 23 and Charter Cable Channel 5. Rick Wilson, KQEG TV-23, and Amanda Elder, UW-L communication studies major, will host the show. Guests during the three-hour event will include owners of pets adopted from the society, pet therapy specialists, dog trainers and society advocates. The phone number to pledge during the telecast is 608-785-8379.
Along with money, donations of towels, sheets, soap, bleach, office and animal supplies or other items that could be used at the humane society are sought. Donations for the society’s general fund may be dropped off at the studio, 205 Wing Technology Center, during the telethon, or arrangements may be made by calling Pat Turner at 608-785-8369. Checks should be made payable to the Coulee Region Humane Society. Monetary donations or goods can also be dropped off at Coulee Region Human Society, 911 Critter Court, Onalaska.
The telethon originated in 1999 when UW-L student Kristen Lloyd decided to produce a live TV telethon instead of writing a traditional research paper. The student-produced telethon is sponsored by UW-L’s communication studies department and campus TV station WMCM, in conjunction with Charter Communications and KQEG-TV23. Last year’s telethon raised over $5,000 in money and supplies.
To participate—
What: Coulee Region Humane Society Telethon
When: 7-10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17
Where: Airs on KQEG-TV Channel 23 and Charter Cable Channel 5. Drop off donations during the telethon at 205 Wing Technology Center at UW-La Crosse or call 608-785-8379
5th Annual Educational Leadership Conference - "Education & Community in a Global Society"
The Research Center for Cultural Diversity and Community Renewal will be hosting this year's 5th annual Educational Leadership Conference at the Radisson Hotel in La Crosse, WI from November 16th-7th, 2007.
This year’s conference will feature relevant workshops and presentations that include international schools, race identity in a global society, social justice, the role of technology in a global classroom, and curriculum reform.
For more information, and the full schedule of events, please see the Conference Brochure.
La Crosse New Music Festival 2007
UW-L's College of Liberal Studies and the Wisconsin Alliance for Composers will present The La Crosse New Music Festival 2007 at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, Nov. 13-15. The festival will include concerts each evening and a presentation on "Laptop Improvisations" by Milwaukee guest composer Christopher Burns.
The festival presents music of composers and students from around the state and the country in concerts each evening performed by some of the region’s most talented performers and ensembles including the UW-La Crosse Concert Choir, the UW-La Crosse Percussion Ensemble, Saint Mary’s Chamber Singers and the UW-La Crosse Korean Percussion Ensemble. The Festival is intended to increase the awareness of students and community members of current trends in music composition and performance. The events are free and open to the public.
The Tuesday, November 13 and Thursday, November 15 concerts are in Annett Recital Hall, Center for the Arts, UW-La Crosse. The Wednesday, November 14 concert is at Christ Episcopal Church, 111 N. 9th. All concerts start at 7:30 PM. The presentation by Christopher Burns is Tuesday, November 13 at 2:15 PM in Annett Recital Hall.
The full program can be found here.
For more information regarding the Festival, call 608-785-8409 or 608-785-6729.
Bus Trip Planned To View Minneapolis Art Exhibits
The UW-L art department and the Art Student Association are sponsoring a bus trip to Minneapolis to see the exhibits of two women painters: Georgia O’Keeffe’s “Circling Around Abstraction,” at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, and Frida Kahlo’s artwork at the Walker Art Center. The bus leaves at 7:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 9, from Vine Street in front of the Center for the Arts.
A $30 fee includes bus transportation and museum admissions. To reserve a spot, write a check payable to UW-La Crosse and deliver it by no later than Friday, Nov. 2, to 105 Center for the Arts. Refunds will be given only if the trip is cancelled.
Find out more at an informational meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24, 119 Center for the Arts. Or contact Carly Dilworth at dilworth.carl@students.uwlax.edu or Jennifer Williams Terpstra at williams.jenn@uwlax.edu.
UW-L Screaming Eagles Set Review Concert
You can relive the sights and sounds of the UW-La Crosse 2007 football season. The UW-L Screaming Eagles Marching Band will hold its annual Marching Band Review at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, in Mitchell Hall Field House. Admission is free; donations will be accepted.
The concert includes music played throughout the season at various events. The concert marks the 18th performance for the band this fall. The performances have included all home football games, numerous community and on-campus events, as well as exhibition performances at Holmen and Greendale high schools. The concert will also feature the UW-L pom pon squad and colorguard.
The 155-member Screaming Eagles Marching band is under the direction of Tammy Fisher and student leaders Jennifer Pfeffer and Keith Heinzen.
The Screaming Eagles will be the special entertainment for a five-day Western Caribbean Cruise Jan. 13-18, 2008. Along with holding performances on the Norwegian Jewel, the band will give port of call performances in Cozemul and Grand Cayman. Students are currently fundraising for the trip which will cost around $1,000 per person.
If you go—
Who: UW-L Screaming Eagles Marching Band
What: Marching Band Review
When: 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11
Where: UW-La Crosse Mitchell Hall Field House
Admission: Free; donations accepted.
Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center (MVAC) Silent Auction
Come and bid on silent auction items for the Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center (MVAC) on November 12 and 13 at the Archaeology Lab at the UW-La Crosse campus. Silent Auction items include a great variety of items donate by local merchants, including gift certificates and other items. Community members and university personnel and students also contribute to the auction.
You may bid on items at the archaeology lab from 8-4:30 on Monday the 12th, and on Tuesday the 13th from 8-4:30 at the archaeology lab and 5-6:00 at the Cleary Center during MVAC's annual reception. The archaeology lab is located inside the Archaeology Center and Laboratories building, across the circle from Cartwright Center.
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Artifacts such as this late Paleo-Indian knife from the Sanford Archaeological District in the City of La Crosse, circa 9500-8500 B.C., will be displayed in the upcoming art exhibit. |
Heritage of the Upper Midwest To Be Displayed
UW-La Crosse exhibit to celebrate archaeology center’s first 25 years
Native American heritage of the Upper Midwest will displayed in an exhibit of artifacts at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. “Continuity in Culture: MVAC at 25 Years” will commemorate the Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center’s 25th anniversary. The exhibit will feature prehistoric artifacts ranging from 10,000 to 500 years ago and rock art, along with historic Ho-Chunk photographs and basketry.
The exhibit opens with a reception from 5-7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19, in the University Art Gallery, Center for the Arts. The exhibit runs through Tuesday, Nov. 13. A Rock Art Panel Discussion will run from 3-5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2, in 116 Center for the Arts. The panel will include perspectives of Ho-Chunk member Chloris Lowe, rock art painter Geri Schrab, and MVAC archaeologist Robert “Ernie” Boszhardt.
Regular gallery hours are noon-8 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, noon-5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and during Toland Theatre events. The gallery also opens for appointments by calling the UW-L Art Department at 608-785-8230. For more information on MVAC, call 608-785-8463 or visit www.uwlax.edu/mvac.
If you go—
What: “Continuity in Culture: MVAC at 25 Years”
When: Friday, Oct. 19, through Tuesday, Nov. 13
Where: University Art Gallery, UW-La Crosse Center for the Arts
Gallery hours: noon-8 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, noon-5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and during Toland Theatre events
Admission: Free.
‘On the Verge’ To Be Staged at UW-La Crosse
Play is the first in newly-renovated Frederick Theatre
The time-traveling comedy “On the Verge” will be performed at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.
The Theatre Arts Department performs the play at 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Nov. 2-3 and Wednesday-Saturday, Nov. 7-10, and 2 p.m. Sundays, Nov. 4 and 11. Performances will be in the newly-remodeled Frederick Theatre in Morris Hall, State and 16th streets.
In this kaleidoscopic adventure by Eric Overmyer, three courageous Victorian women explorers cross the continents and time to find Terra Incognita — the last undiscovered place on earth. During their travels, the 19th century women vanquish such challenges as a Yeti and encounter puzzling objects, including an “I Like Ike” button and a rear-view mirror from a car.
Overmyer, an award-winning playwright, uses intriguing language to cleverly bring to life a vibrant safari based on actual Victorian explorers.
Tickets are $3 for UW-L students, $8 for senior citizens and $10 for others. Tickets go on sale Monday, Oct. 29. For reservations, contact the box office at 608-785-8522 or in the lobby of the Center for the Arts, 16th and Vine streets. Box office hours are 1-4:30 weekdays and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays. Seating is limited. Herbal cigarettes will be smoked during the performance.
If you go—
What: “On the Verge” by Eric Overmyer
Who: University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Department of Theatre Arts
When: 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Nov. 2-3 and Wednesday-Saturday, Nov. 7-10
2 p.m. Sundays, Nov. 4 and 11
Where: Frederick Theatre, UW-La Crosse Morris Hall, 16th and State streets
Admission: $3 for UW-L students, $8 for senior citizens and $10 for others. Tickets go on sale Monday, Oct. 29. For reservations, contact the box office at 608-785-8522.
Playing for Pets Benefit Concert
The Playing for Pets Benefit Concert will take place Saturday, November 3rd at 7:30pm in Valhalla.
Presented by CST 376 and WMCM-TV, this event features Brenna LeClaire, FarFif and Gazillion.
The $3 admission fee goes directly to the Coulee Region Humane Society. Come listen to some wonderful music and win door prizes at the same time!
UW-La Crosse to Debut Renovated Frederick Theatre
Open house set for Friday, Nov. 2
The original performing arts space at UW-La Crosse has received a face-lift. Frederick Theatre, in Morris Hall, has been transformed from a proscenium theatre to a thrust space, also called “three-quarters round.” In the new configuration the audience sits on three sides of the stage. A new, level floor and new seats have been installed along with updated sound and light systems.
The space will be open for the public to see during an open house from 2-4:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2. Those attending will have an opportunity to meet faculty and students, and tour the new space. All are welcome.
“The new space is wonderful,” says Beth Cherne, chair of the theatre arts department. “We can’t wait to open our first play there.” That wait will be over soon. The comedy “On the Verge” opens in the updated theatre at 7:30 p.m. later that day. The play runs through Nov. 4, and again Thursday through Sunday, Nov. 7-11. Curtain time is 7:30 nightly except for 2 o’clock matinees Sundays. Call the box office at 608-785-8522 to reserve tickets; seating is limited.
The theater was named for long-time speech and theatre faculty member Robert L. Frederick in 1984, following a remodeling of the old studio theatre. The theatre has been part of Morris Hall since the building was erected in 1940.
Frederick, a 1936 graduate of UW-L, served as a faculty member at the institution from 1946-1977. For 20 of those years, he and Marie Toland were responsible for the production of nearly 100 plays. One of the most famous was “Elizabeth the Queen,” in which Frederick played Essex to Toland's Elizabeth 1. Frederick, also a longtime member of the La Crosse County Board of Supervisors, died in 1987.
If you go—
What: Open house in the newly renovated Frederick Theatre
When: 2-4:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2
Where: Frederick Theatre, UW-La Crosse Morris Hall, 16th and State streets
Admission: Free.
Spanish Section Fall Advising Day
The Spanish section of the Department of Modern Languages will hold its Fall Advising Day on Wednesday, October 31, 2007 from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. in Port O’ Call of Cartwright Center. The advising day will assist students with:
- general advising and advising for Spanish majors and minors;
- study abroad advising provided by staff of the Study Abroad Office;
- and peer advising from students who have studied abroad.
In addition, several breakout sessions are scheduled throughout the day in 340 and 342 Cartwright Center and will provide information on:
- Careers/Domestic Internships;
- Tutoring Spanish-speaking adults in Sparta;
- Human Rights in Guatemala;
- Teacher Education;
- Costa Rica/Nicaragua Study;
- and the GATE program in Mexico.
A book sale will also be set up in the foyer next to Port O’ Call. Refreshments will be available. A complete description of Advising Day events is available here. Please also visit the Department of Modern Languages website.
Novel Writing Presentation
Matt Cashion (English Department) will give a presentation, "Novel Writing, Live: Exposing the Process of a Novel-in-Progress."
This is part of the UW-L English Department’s 2007-2008 Colloquium Series.
The event takes place at 2pm-3:30pm in room 142 of Wimberly Hall, Friday, October 26.
All are welcome to attend.
Concert Choir at State Educator’s Conference
The 2007-08 Concert Choir has been invited to sing at the Wisconsin State Music Educators conference in Madison Friday, Oct. 26. The 2:45 p.m. concert, in the Monona Terrace Convention Center, marks the third appearance at the conference for the choir. The UW-L Vocal Jazz Ensemble and Männerchor have also been invited to perform at previous conferences. Choirs are selected by taped audition. The Concert Choir has also performed at state and regional conferences of the Wisconsin Choral Directors and American Choral Directors Associations.
Expert on African American leadership and politics to speak at UW-La Crosse
Political analyst Ronald Walters kicks off series
A Maryland professor internationally known for his expertise on African American leadership and politics will give a presentation at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Ronald Walters speaks on “The Color Line in the 21st Century: New Complexities of Racial Reconciliation” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25, in Valhalla, Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition. The presentation is free and open to the public.
Walters, a professor in government and politics at the University of Maryland, served as deputy campaign manager for issues in Jessie Jackson’s 1984 presidential bid. He was a consultant for convention issues for Jackson’s 1988 campaign. An author of more than 100 articles and eight books, Walters’ book, “Black Presidential Politics in America,” won the Ralph Bunch Prize given by the American Political Science Association and the best book award from the National Conference of Black Political Scientists.
Walters serves as an African American political analyst for local and national media outlets. He has appeared on CNN’s “Crossfire,” NPR’s “All Things Considered,” PBS’s “Jim Lehrer News Hour,” NBC’s “Today” show, ABC’s “Nightline,” among others. He writes a weekly opinion column for newspapers and Web sites. The presentation is a first in a series of lectures for the UW-L Institute for Race and Ethnicity.
You can view the event flyer here.
If you go—
Who: Ronald Walters
What: “The Color Line in the 21st Century: New Complexities of Racial Reconciliation”
When: 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25
Where: Valhalla, UW-La Crosse Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition.
Admission: Free.
Retired UW-La Crosse Archaeologist to Lead Annual Irish Hiking Tour
A retired University of Wisconsin-La Crosse archaeologist will lead another public hiking tour to Ireland. Professor Emeritus Jim Gallagher heads the hiking tour in southwest Ireland from June 15-22, 2008. The tour will feature hikes along coastal cliffs, offshore islands, and to shorebird nesting sanctuaries of Dingle and County Kerry.
Highlights of the tour include the Skellig Islands, Killarney National Park and Great Blasket Island. The area where the group will be heading is scenic, rugged, and great for hiking and bird watching says Gallagher. He has been leading yearly tours to Ireland since 1996. The trip will include Irish walking guide Maeve Kelly, an Irish archaeologist, and other local experts on Irish culture and natural history.
For more information on the 2008 tour visit: www.uwlax.edu/conted/tours/ or call the UW-L Continuing Education and Extension Office at 608-785-6506. The web site features a slide show of spots on the upcoming tour.
Gallagher will give two free public programs on "Hiking in Ireland." The first is at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17, in the auditorium of the La Crosse Main Branch Public Library 800 Main St. The second is at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24, in the Meeting Room of the Onalaska Public Library, 741 Oak St. Gallagher will show slides of last year's trip and talk about the upcoming 2008 trip.
Continuing Education and Extension Office is the sponsor of both the tour and upcoming talks.
Psychological Performer Sets UW-La Crosse Programs
A person known as a skillful psychological performer will bring his act to the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Christopher Carter, who uses mind reading, hypnosis and motivation, will give two shows — at 7 and 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, in Valhalla, Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition. Critics call Carter “one of the most entertaining and uncannily skillful psychological performers in the world.” He has performed on more than 180 college campuses.
The Campus Activities Board event is part of the university’s Family, Friends and Alumni Weekend. Admission is $4 for UW-L students, $6 for UW-L employees and $8 for others. For tickets, call the Cartwright Center Information Counter at 608-785-8898.
If you go—
Who: Christopher Carter
What: A program of mind reading, hypnosis and motivation
When: 7 and 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20
Where: Valhalla, Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition
Admission: $4 for UW-L students, $6 for UW-L employees and $8 for others. For tickets, call the Cartwright Center Information Counter at 608-785-8898.
UW-La Crosse Jazz Ensembles Kick Off 2007-08 Concert Season
The UW-La Crosse Jazz Ensemble I, Vocal Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble II will perform a variety of styles from swing to contemporary big band music during their initial concert for 2007-08. The ensembles will perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23, in Valhalla, Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition. Admission is free.
Jazz Ensemble I will feature tenor saxophonist Jim Piela and guitarist Eric Streske on a new composition, “The Unlikely Event” by Chris Mertz. The piece uses complex harmonies, rhythm and mixed meter to create a jazz work in the symphonic style. The classic Basie Big Band compositions “How Sweet It Is” and “Whirly Bird” will feature a number of soloists including Matt Windett and Zak Kasynski, trumpet; Erin Cook and Christy Swartz, trombone; Joe Lanska, piano; and Mark Jennison, alto sax. The ensemble will also perform the Latin jazz piece “Cubaneando” by Robert Washut. Karyn Quinn is the director of Jazz Ensemble I.
The Vocal Jazz Ensemble will sing “How High the Moon” and “Jeannine” in tribute to the great vocal quartet, Manhattan Transfer. In addition, the group will take concertgoers on a journey to the Land of Oz with new arrangements of old favorites “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” and “If I Only Had a Brain.” Janette Hanson directs the Vocal Jazz Ensemble.
Jazz Ensemble II will perform big band arrangements of old favorites including the Sammy Nestico swinger “Sweet Georgia Brown,” “Who’s Sorry Now” and “Groovin’ Hard” made famous by Don Menza. Featured soloists with Jazz Ensemble II are Joe Cuddy, tenor saxophone; Rob Tolson and Carlton Fowler, trumpet; and Patrick Hart, alto saxophone. Tom Brown directs Jazz Ensemble II.
If you go—
Who: UW-La Crosse Jazz Ensemble I, Vocal Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble II
What: Fall Concert
When: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23
Where: Valhalla, UW-La Crosse Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition
Admission: Free.
UW-La Crosse Choral Ensembles Set Concerts
Alumni returning to perform
A performance by University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Concert Choir alumni returning for the university’s Family, Friends and Alumni weekend highlights concerts planned Saturday, Oct. 20. Five choirs from the university’s music department will take part in two concerts for annual Fall Choral Concerts that evening in Annett Recital Hall, in the Center for the Arts.
The first, at 7 p.m., will feature Männerchor, UW-L’s male chorus, conducted by Gary Kent Walth, followed by the Women’s Chorus, conducted by Paul Rusterholz. Concluding the concert will be the Chamber Choir, led by Terence Kelly. The 8:30 performance will begin with the Chamber Choir. The Concert Choir Alumni Choir, celebrating 15 years of the ensemble, will perform four selections from past programs. Conductor Walth, director of the university’s Choral Music Studies, hopes to have 35 to 45 former Concert Choir members participate. The current Concert Choir will be the final choir on the program presenting a variety of choral works ranging from a 15th century chant setting to new compositions by Christopher Frye and Walth. The Concert Choir will be joined by others for their final selection, James Erb’s arrangement of the American folksong “Shenandoah.”
Several Concert Choir music education graduates have forged successful careers leading high school and middle school choral programs throughout the state, notes Walth. “Others are positively influencing students as elementary and middle school general music teachers in Wisconsin and Minnesota,” he says.
General admission tickets will be available at the door or by calling 608-785-8415 after Monday, Oct. 15. Suggested ticket donations are $3 for students and $5 for adults.
Earlier in the day, the alumni choir will also perform with the Concert Choir and the Screaming Eagles marching band during pre-game ceremonies at the football game. A Concert Choir Alumni Breakfast Buffet is planned on campus Sunday, Oct. 21. For details call 608-785-8415.
‘The Arabian Nights’ to enchant on UW-La Crosse stage
The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse theatre arts department will perform “The Arabian Nights,” Mary Zimmerman’s adaptation of the classic tale of Scheherezade. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 12 and 13, and Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 18-20. Sunday matinee performances are scheduled for 2 o’clock Oct. 14 and 21. All performances are in the Toland Theatre in the Center for the Arts, 16th and Vine streets. The production is not recommended for children under the age of 13.
In the play, Scheherezade marries the cruel King Shahryar who, having been deceived by his first wife, takes his revenge by marrying a new bride each night and murdering her as dawn arrives. But Scheherezade manages to continually and cleverly postpone her own death by weaving charming and captivating stories for her king. She enchants him with enthralling, interwoven tales, tantalizingly unfinished as dawn arrives, causing Shahryar to spare her life for 1,001 nights.
Playwright Mary Zimmerman received the 1998 MacArthur Genius Grant and a Tony Award for her directing. She also created the play “Metamorphoses,” with which UW-L theatre students advanced in the regional American College Theatre Festival competition in 2003 under the direction of Mary Leonard. Leonard also directs this production of “The Arabian Nights.”
Tickets go on sale at 1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 8, at the box office in the lobby of the Center for the Arts, 16th and Vine streets. Tickets are $3 for UW-L students, $8 for senior citizens and other students, and $10 for others. For reservations, call the box office at 608-785-8522. Box office hours are 1-4:30 p.m. weekdays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays, and one hour before performances.
If you go—
What: “The Arabian Nights”
Who: UW-La Crosse Theatre Arts Department
When: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 12 and 13, and Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 18 -20. 2 p.m. Sundays, Oct. 14 and 21.
Where: Toland Theatre, UW-La Crosse Center for the Arts, 16th and Vine streets.
Admission: $3 for UW-L students, $8 for senior citizens and other students, and $10 for others. For reservations, call the box office at 608-785-8522. The production is not recommended for children under the age of 13.
Award-Winning Poet to Read Poems On Campus
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Brian Turner |
Brian Turner, award-winning Iraq war poet, and author of "Here, Bullet," will present a poetry reading and book signing at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, in Port O' Call, Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition. The event is free and open to the public.
Turner, who earned a master's of fine arts in poetry from the University of Oregon, spent seven years in the U.S. army. He was an infantry team leader for a year in Iraq with the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division. Prior to that, he was deployed to Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1999-2000.
Turner was awarded a 2007 Literature Fellowship from the National Endowment of the Arts, a 2006 Pen Center USA Literary Award, a 2006 Lannan Literary Fellowship and a 2005 Beatrice Hawley Award. His book of poems was named a New York Times "Editor's Choice" selection.
Turner has been featured in the Voices in Wartime Anthology published in conjunction with the feature-length documentary film of the same name.
For more information, contact Matthew Cashion, English, at 785.8297 or the English department at 785.8295.
“Here, Bullet is a book of poems about the war in Iraq, written by a veteran whose eye for the telling detail is as strategic as it is poetic.” — Globe and Mail
“Turner’s work is straightforward and direct. It highlights the violence and death of the war in a manner little seen elsewhere.” — Publishers Weekly
“The day of the first moonwalk, my father’s college literature professor told his class, ‘Someday they’ll send a poet, and we’ll find out what it’s really like.’ Turner has sent back a dispatch from a place arguably more incomprehensible than the moon—the war in Iraq—and deserves our thanks…” — The New York Times Book Review
UW-L Symphony Orchestra Sets Masterworks Concert
Central, Logan and Onalaska high school orchestras to be featured
The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Symphony Orchestra will be joined by area high school students during an upcoming concert. Orchestras from La Crosse Central, La Crosse Logan and Onalaska high schools will be highlighted during the Masterworks Concert featuring Schubert’s “Unfinished Symphony.” The performance is set at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16, at the Central High School Auditorium.
The UW-L Symphony Orchestra’s repertoire includes: “Rosamunde Overture” by Schubert; “Concerto for Soprano Saxophone The Celtic” by Dave Heath featuring soloist UW-L professor Greg Balfany; and “Postlude in F” by Charles Ives. The three high schools will perform “Rhythmical Variation on Two Ancient Themes” by Howard Hanson. They will be joined by the UW-L Symphony for “Symphony No. 8 Unfinished” by Schubert.
Admission is free; donations will be accepted for the UW-L Symphony Orchestra Scholarship Fund, designed for freshmen from the three schools joining the orchestra in 2008.
See the promotional flyer here.
If you go—
Who: Symphony Orchestras from UW-La Crosse, La Crosse Central, La Crosse Logan and Onalaska high schools
What: Masterworks Concert featuring Schubert’s “Unfinished Symphony”
When: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16
Where: La Crosse Central High School Auditorium, 1803 Losey Blvd. S.
Admission: Free, but donations will be accepted for the UW-L Symphony Orchestra Scholarship Fund
Poetry Contest
Poets! Submit your poems to Patrick Randolph, English, by Monday, Oct. 15, to be considered for publication in the anthology “Empty Shoes: Poems on the Homeless and the Hungry,” to be published next spring. All profits will go to Wisconsin-based food and homeless shelters. For more information, contact Patrick at 785-8330 or randolph.patr@uwlax.edu.
Screaming Eagles Marching Band Plans Winter Cruise
Marching band will entertain on board, at ports
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Rent an Eagle |
Caribbean Cruise travelers this winter will have their own college marching band aboard. UW-L's Screaming Eagles will be the special entertainment for a five-day Western Caribbean Cruise Jan. 13-18, 2008. Along with holding performances on the Norwegian Jewel, the band will give port of call performances in Cozemul and Grand Cayman.
"It's an opportunity for the band to experience different performance venues than we normally would have," says Tammy Fisher, director of the band. "The trip serves as a reward for the students' hard work as well as recruitment opportunities."
The last big trip for the Screaming Eagles was December 2002 when they participated in the Outback Bowl in Tampa. Previous trips, dating back to the mid-1960s, have include performances at the World's Fair in New York, Rose Bowl Parade, Disneyland, Orange Bowl (twice), Mile High Stadium, London and Holiday Bowl.
About 110 students from this fall's 150-piece marching band plan to take the cruise. Cost for the trip is $1,000 per student, which includes all meals and transportation from La Crosse.
The trip is open to friends and supporters of the band at the same cost to students. For more information, call Fisher at 785-8411
To help defray the cost, students are planning numerous fundraisers, including a raffle and a community service called "Rent an Eagle." Band members will do household chores for a donation. Call 785-6733 to set up an appointment.
Band members will get their raffle underway by selling tickets along the Oktoberfest Maple Leaf Parade route Saturday, Sept 27.
UW-La Crosse Wind Symphony to Perform
The UW-La Crosse Wind Symphony will present its first concert of the season Sunday, Oct. 14. The concert begins at 2:30 p.m. in Annett Recital Hall in the UW-L Center for the Arts. Admission is free.
The Wind Symphony, under the direction of Tammy Fisher, is an auditioned concert band representing the best wind and percussion players on campus. The ensemble includes music majors and minors, as well as students from numerous other academic disciplines.
The repertoire to be performed includes: “Esprit de Corps,” a piece commissioned by the U.S. Marine Band; a transcription of Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Fugue à la Gigue”; “Vesuvius,” a programmatic work written by contemporary composer Frank Ticheli; and a Scottish ballad “Perthshire Majesty.” The concert will conclude with “Folk Dances” by Dmitri Shostakovich.
If you go—
What: UW-La Crosse Wind Symphony
When: 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14.
Where: Annett Recital Hall, UW-La Crosse Center for the Arts
Admission: Free.
Silver Mound Day
Explore the Black River area’s early history at Silver Mound Day on Saturday, October 13, 2007. Silver Mound is one of the largest, oldest and most important archaeological sites in Wisconsin; and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2007. The site consists of a large sandstone hill containing a layer of “Hixton Quartzite” which was quarried and chipped into stone tools for nearly 12,000 years. Scheduled activities and demonstrations include: Traditional dancing, drumming and storytelling with the Wisconsin Dells Singers, guided tours of the mound, flintknapping (stone tool making), atlatl (spear) throwing, artifact displays and identification, Traditional basketry and beadwork, Native American games. Traditional food will be available for purchase. For more information, contact the Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center at (608) 785-8454 or www.uwlax.edu/mvac, or dowiasch.jean@uwlax.edu.
Date: Saturday, October 13, 2007
Location: Hixton-Alma Center KOA; STH 95 3.5 miles northeast of Hixton. For campground reservations, call KOA at 1-800-562-2680.
Time: 10 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Fee: $4/adult; children under
CLS “Celebration of Faculty Research & Creative Endeavors”
Mark Chavalas (History) – Presentation on Sabbatical Research – “Women in the Ancient Near East: A Sourcebook”
If you go—
What: “Women in the Ancient Near East: A Sourcebook”, a Friday Brown Bad Lunch Presentation
When: 12:10-1:00 p.m. Friday, October 12
Where:Port O’Call, Cartwright Center
Please plan on attending future presentations, as well:
What: Cecilia Manrique (Political Science/Public Administration) – Presentation on Sabbatical Research – “The Filipino Immigrant and American Society”
When: 12:10-1:00 p.m. Friday, November 16
Where: 259 Cartwright Center
What: Bradley Butterfield (English) – Presentation on Sabbatical Research – “Aesthetic Turns: Nietzsche, Adorno, Foucault, Baudrillard” and the writing of “My Own Private Elvis” – a tragic-comic novel
When: 12:10-1:00 p.m. Friday, February 15
Where: 337 Cartwright
What: Al Gedicks (Sociology/Archaeology) – Presentation on Sabbatical Research – “Indigenous Rising: A Book and Senior Seminar on Global Resistance to Resource Colonialism”
When: 12:10-1:00 p.m. Friday, April 11
Where: 259 Cartwright Center
Speaker Pedro Juan Hernandez on “El Salvador: Human Rights and the War on Terror”
Policies of free trade, privatization, and imprisonment dictated directly from Washington have left the people of El Salvador facing a severe economic, cultural and political crisis. Hernandez, a national assembly member of CRIPEDS, the Association for the Development of El Salvador, and a leader in the Salvadoran student movement, will address how organized communities can overcome threats and fear tactics to build economic, social and political alternatives that work for the majority.
A Latino/a Heritage Month Event.
If you go—
What: Speaker on El Salvador: Human Rigths and the War on Terror
When: 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10.
Where:Valhalla, Cartwright Center
Admission: Free.
Multiculturalism, Pluralism and Globalization International Conference
October 4-5, 2007
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, La Crosse, Wis.
Sponsored and Hosted By:
The Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies (WIPCS)
The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Cintunyung Education/Extension
Department of History
Office of International Education
A multidisciplinary conference on identity and diversity, and the ways they have contributed to peace and conflict both in the past and in the contemporary world.
This conference will provide an opportunity to explore in an interdisciplinary manner questions related to identity, "in-groups" and "out-groups", separatism and tolerance as they relate to globalization, human rights, peace and conflict.
Keynote Spearker: Harvey Sarles, Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature, University of Minnesota.
Who Should Attend?
This conference serves those who want to enhance their understandings of group and individual identity, diversity, peace and conflict. Attendees will include Educators (all levels), Activists, Scholars, Students and the General Public.
Visit the WIPCS website for complete conference information including registration, schedule, speaker information and location, or call toll free at 1-866-895-9233.
For more information about the Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, visit http://www.uwsp.edu/history/WIPCS/WIPCS1.htm.
Russia’s Sputnik Generation: Interviewing Soviet Baby Boomers
Thursday, September 27
4:00-5:30 PM
102 Wing
This presentation traces the transformative developments of the second half of the twentieth century that brought down the Soviet empire through the life stories of the country’s first post-World-War-II generation. Part of the USSR’s “Sputnik generation” that began school the year the USSR lifted the first artificial satellite into space and grew up during the Cold War in a Soviet Union that increasingly distanced itself from the “excesses” of Stalinism. A new light is thrown on a critical generation of people who had remained largely faceless and unstudied up until now. This investigation is one of the first in Russian studies to employ the methodologies of oral history.
About the speaker: Donald J. Raleigh, the Jay Richard Judson Distinguished Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has written several books, chapters, journal articles, and encyclopedia entries on Russian and Soviet politics and culture.
TEATRO DEL PUEBLO
September 27, 2007, 7:00 PM
Valhalla, Cartwright Center
Co-sponsored with LASO
Teatro del Pueblo is a small, non-profit Latino theater located in St. Paul, MN. Fostered by the Latino community, it has grown since its inception in 1992 to serve St. Paul, Minneapolis, the metro area and greater Minnesota. Teatro del Pueblo's mission as a non-profit theater company is to promote cultural pride in the Latino community, to develop and support Latino talent, to educate the community at large about Latino culture and to promote cultural diversity in the arts.
Teatro Del Pueblo will be performing Echoes of a New World by Ric Oquita and original music by Cristian Amigo. It is a story about two sisters who discover their grandmother's trunk that transports them back in time. Echoes from the New World reveals a suspenseful tension between sisters who simultaneously fear and are captivated by the power of the trunk's magic. Through their travels and encounters with satirical characters and events within Latin American history, these sisters are able to connect with each other and audiences in ways we've never seen before. What if...this trunk is able to answer their questions, leave you laughing, and allow us to discover a version of Latin American history yet untold??
Ticket Prices
Tickets go on Sale Sept. 6, 2007
UW-L Student: $2.00
Faculty / Staff: $5.00
General Public: $7.00
ROTC Eagle Times Newsletter
The September 2007 edition of the Eagle Times features ROTC Cadet achievements & activities, including current students and distinguished alumni. The newsletter is available in full in PDF format.
Visit the ROTC website here.
Andrei Codrescu Poetry Reading
Andrei Codrescu, NPR personality, poet, novelist and essayist will be on the UW-L Campus to give a poetry reading followed by a question and answer session on Tuesday September 11th, from 4-5 pm in the Toland Theatre, Center for the Arts. A public reception for Codrescu will precede the reading. Codrescu will also lecture at Viterbo as part of its major lecture series where he will speak on the theme of courage.
Mr. Codrescu, MacCurdy Distinguished Professor of English Literature at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, was born in Sibiu, Romania, in 1946. He came to the United States in 1966. His most recent title, New Orleans, Mon Amour, is a heartbroken response to what happened to his adopted home town, New Orleans, during and after Hurricane Katrina. He is currently at work on a documentary about the Mississippi River, and in recent years has returned to his first love—poetry.
Codrescu’s appearance on the UW-L Campus is the result of the collaborative efforts of Murphy Library and the College of Liberal Studies in partnership with La Crosse Public Library, the DB Reinhart Institute for Leadership in Ethics at Viterbo University and WLSU. Andrei Codrescu’s poetry reading is supported by a UW-La Crosse Foundation grant, and there is no cost to attend.
