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Volume CXXXIII, Number 15
February 20, 2004


Friday

Common Hour
Liz Murray’s book, Breaking Night tells the story of her journey from teenage homelessness to her graduation from Harvard. Now a student at Columbia University, she brings her inspiring story of overcoming great odds in her talk entitled “Homeless to Harvard- Remarkable Journey.”
Smith Union, Morrell Lounge, 12:30 p.m.

Dr. Zhivago
Sills Hall, Smith Auditorium, 7 p.m.

Civil Discourse Forum
Sociology professor Roy Partridge and Steve Wessler, Director of the Center for the Prevention of Hate Crimes at the University of Southern Maine, will lead a forum to follow up on the events in Jack McGee’s Pub last
Thursday night. Thorne Hall, Daggett Lounge, 3 p.m.

Concert
“Music from the Time of Anne Frank: Dutch composers During the Holocaust” with flutist Eleonore Pameijer and pianist Marcel Worms.
Gibson Hall, Tillotson Room 101, 4 p.m.

OK Go
Get your fill of live indie rock and pop punk with the bands OK Go and The Exchange Students.
Smith Union, Morrell Lounge, 9 p.m.

Saturday

First Annual Polar Cub Invitational
Show off your ping pong skills and win the coveted trophy.
Smith Union, Third floor, 1 p.m.

Concert
Cellist Andrey Tchekmazov and pianist Irina Nuzova perform works by Bach, Stravinsky, Piazzolla, and Rachmaninov.
Gibson Hall, Tillotson Room 101, 3 p.m.

Black Arts Festival
The African American Society presents performances by Capoeira Liberdad, Obvious, World Music Ensemble, and Unity Step Team.
Smith Union, Morrell Lounge, 7 p.m.

Dr. Zhivago
The film tells the story of one man, poet Yuri Zhivago, and his two loves: Tonya, his wife and childhood sweetheart, and the passionate and mysterious Lara. David Lean’s last great epic film is set against the terror and chaos of the Russian revolution.
Sills Hall, Smith Auditorium, 7 p.m.

Sunday

First Annual Polar Cub Invitational
Table tennis at its finest.
Smith Union, Third floor, 4 p.m.

Monday

Lecture
Deputy consul general of German Consulate, Boston, Guenter Wehrmann will speak about “German American-Misunderstandings: Common Values, Different Perceptions.”
Cleaveland Hall, Room 151, 7 p.m.

Lecture
Author and scholar Lloyd Whitesell will discuss gender magic in movie musicals. Whitesell, an assistant professor of music at McGill University, will give a talk titled “Trans Glam: Gender Magic in the Film Musical.”
Searles Building, Room 315, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday

Jung Seminar
Visiting assistant professor of psychology Scott Staples will give a talk about “The Good Life.”
VAC, Beam Classroom, 4:15 p.m.

Lecture
Artist Julie Heffernan will speak.
VAC, Beam Classroom, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday

Faculty Seminar
Biology professor Bruce Kohorn will give a lecture about “The Plant Cell Wall and Development.”
Moulton Union, Main Lounge, 12 p.m.

Ten Little Indians
Agatha Christie’s suspenseful murder mystery will keep you guessing who the killer is, as each character is killed off one by one.
Memorial Hall, Pickard Theater, 8 p.m.

Thursday

The Vagina Monologues
Members of the Bowdoin community will perform Eve Ensler’s powerful, hilarious, and provocative Vagina Monologues in support of the V-Day global movement to stop violence against women and girls.
VAC, Kresge Auditorium, 8 p.m.

Ten Little Indians
Masque and Gown’s spring production about ten strangers, each lured to an island by an unknown host and each is accused of murder. The suspect list gets shorter as guests are killed, until there is only one living.
Memorial Hall, Pickard Theater, 8 p.m.

Searles Building sits serenely on the snow. (Hans Law, Bowdoin Orient)

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