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Cultural Series
Spring Semester 2002


Wed, Jan 30 That Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady
7pm SC Ballroom
Nancy Hulse's performance takes a powerful look at relationship violence. Performing arts, music, poetry, dance, and audience participation combine to produce a unique educational experience in this hour-long show. Free event for the SPSU community and guests
 
Mon, Feb 4 Black History Month Performance
6pm SC Ballroom B
Atlanta native Gwendolyn McCloud, a popular entertainer and orator, returns to campus to share stories, poems, and songs about her life as an African American woman. Free event for the SPSU community and guests. For questions about this event, call the Office of Multicultural Affairs: 770.528.4108
 
Tues, Feb 5 Boycott
8pm SC Theater
When Rosa Parks decided to take a seat on a public bus, she inspired people all over the nation to take a stand against racism. This HBO docu-drama, including actual Civil Rights footage from the 1950's, chronicles the Montgomery Bus Boycott led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Free movie for the SPSU community and guests. The film shows in the SC movie room all week, Mon-Sun
 
Mon, Feb 18 "1001 Black Inventions"
7pm SC Theater
This entertaining and educational play, performed by the in Pointe Theater Group of Washington DC takes audiences to a hilarious world where all inventions by African Americans disappear. The audience laugh themselves into realization that African American ingenuity is an integral part of their daily lives. Free event for the SPSU community and guests. For questions about this event, call the Office of Multicultural Affairs: 770.528.4108
 
Wed, Feb 20 African American Art Display
11am-2pm SC Ballroom
The Fine Arts Gallery of Marietta, established in 1987, will have various works of art and sculpture on display on campus in honor of Black History Month. Free event for the SPSU community and guests. For questions about this event, call the Office of Multicultural Affairs: 770.528.4108
 
Fri, Feb 22 High Museum of Folk Art and Photography Gallery
12:30pm At the High Museum
Two of the most popular area of the visual arts - folk art and photography - are the focus of this beautiful downtown gallery. The High's Folk Art and Photography Galleries offer a continuous program of changing exhibitions, lectures, films, tours and special events. Attendees will leave the Student Center at 12:30pm and return before 4pm. Student tickets $1 on sale 2/7; if tickets remain, $2 for faculty/staff on sale beginning 2/12
 
Tues, Feb 26 German Culture Day
noon SC Dogwood Room (SC Lower Level)
The Cultural Series is saluting Germany this semester with a lecture, some music, and perhaps eine kleine schnitzel. Come to a lecture on post-war Germany by Goethe Institute director Dr. Michael Mentwich, for some German music by accordionist Jacob Herzog, and for a little tummy taste of Deutschland. Free event for the SPSU community
 
Tues, March 5 "Azycar Anarga (Bitter Sugar)"
7pm SC Theater
A caustic and unflinching look at the fervor - and failure - of Castro's Cuba, director/co-writer Leon Ichaso's drama follows an idealistic communist student who experiences simultaneous political and sexual awakenings after falling in love with a beautiful, talented, and intelligent dancer whose desperate circumstances require her to sell her body to foreign tourists. An energetic and charged look at the remains of revolution in Cuba. In Spanish with English subtitles. Free movie for the SPSU community. The film shows in the SC movie room all week, Mon-Sun.
 
Fri, March 22 The Importance of Being Earnest
8pm Theater in the Square
One of Oscar Wilde's wittiest Victorian farces. Jack Worthington tries to avoid certain social responsibilities and invents a younger brother, Earnest, setting off a strong of mistaken identities. A Wilde ride harpooning stuffy society and manners. Witty quips abound. Student tickets $5 on sale 3/18; if tickets remain, $10 for faculty/staff beginning 3/21
 
Thurs, March 28 International Student Association CultureFest 2002
11:30am-1:30pm SC Ballroom
CultureFest 2002 is a celebration of culture featuring ethnic food samplings, exhibits, a fashion show, international music, dance, and entertainment. The ISA is sponsoring the 13th annual international festival. Free event for the SPSU community
 
Thurs, April 11 The Music Man
8pm Fox Theater
The endearing story of traveling salesman, harold Hill, and his visit to a small Iowa town in 1912 where he meets and falls in love with the willful librarian, Marian Paroo. This all-American family musical features an entire score of classic hit songs including "Till There Was You," "Gary, Indiana," and of course, "Seventy-Six Trombones". Student tickets $12 on sale 4/2 at 10am, if tickets remain, $20 for faculty/staff beginning 4/8
 
Fri & Sat,
April 19 & 20
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
8pm Woodruff Arts Center
Remember that spooky music from "The Shining" as the car carrying Jack Nicholson and his family heads up the mountain to the resort? That's some of the music the ASO will be playing on this concert tour of hell. Mozart's Don Giovanni mocks a statue of a murdered man who shows up later to drag him down to the underworld. Belioz' symphony tells a somewhat similar story of a drug-crazed composer who kills his girlfriend, is hanged, and finds his love to be the queen of the witches in hades. An you thought classical music was only about the well-mannered! Student tickets $8 on sale 4/3; if tickets remain, $12 for faculty/staff beginning 4/10

Events are free unless ticket prices are noted.
If you have questions, or ant suggestions for future Cultural Series events, please call the Student Activities Office: 770-528-7374.

 

 

 

 
 

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