Year in Review
July 2004
June 2004
- Tuesday June 1 55th Reunion (class of 1949) [Alumni
Lounge, Roberts Hall, noon]
- Wednesday June 2 Alumni Reunion (1924-1936) [Alumni
Lounge, Roberts Hall, noon]
- Thursday June 3 Alumni Reunion (class of 1945) [Alumni
Lounge, Roberts Hall, noon]
- Friday June 11 Alumni Reunion (class of 1940) [Alumni
Lounge, Roberts Hall, noon]
- June 11-12 "Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and
Living in Paris" [Sapinsley Hall in the John Nazarian Center for
the Performing Arts, 8 p.m.]
- June 17-19 "Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and
Living in Paris" [Sapinsley Hall in the John Nazarian Center for
the Performing Arts, 8 p.m.]
- Sunday June 20 Sesquicentennial Jubilee - RI State
House & WaterFire [festivities and reenactments begin at 4 p.m.]
May 2004
- Sunday May 2 RIC Concert Jazz Band [Sapinsley Hall
in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts, 8 p.m.]
- May 6 - 15 Bannister Gallery: Annual Senior Show
[M-W, F 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Th. noon - 9 p.m.]
- Thursday May 6 Alumni Awards Dinner and Presentation
[Donovan Dining Center, 5:30 p.m.]
- Wednesday May 12 Campus Community Celebration [Campus
Quad, noon]
- May 13-15 Golden Anniversary Celebration (class of
1954) [Thursday evening dinner, Pawtucket Country Club]
- Thursday May 13 Graduate Commencement [Murray Center,
5:30 pm]
- Friday May 14 Providence The Renaissance City,
Celebrating Successes, Sustaining Momentum. Keynote: Barry Bluestone,
Northeastern University with remarks by key officials representing the
city of Providence. This event coincides with the publication
of Providence The Renaissance City authored by faculty members
Fran Leazes and Mark Motte [Helen Forman Theatre, the John Nazarian
Center for the Performing Arts, 1 p.m.]
- Friday May 14 Commencement Gala [Donovan Dining Center,
6:30 pm]
- Saturday May 15 Baccalaureate Commencement
- Wednesday May 19 A Tribute to Dean George Metrey
upon his retirement and a 25th Anniversary Celebration of the School
of Social Work [Donovan Dining Center, 5:30 p.m.]
- Thursday May 20 Henry Barnard School Chorus and Groundbreaking
for reinstallation of original entablature - Grandparents' Day
[Henry Barnard School, 8 am]
- Tuesday, May 25 Annual Library Visit [The John Hay Library
of Brown University, 10 a.m.] Sponsored by Friends of James P. Adams
Library
- Wednesday May 26 60th Reunion (class of 1944) [Alumni
Lounge, Roberts Hall, noon]
- Friday May 28 65th Reunion (class of 1939) [Alumni
Lounge, Roberts Hall, noon]
April 2004
- April 1 - 23 Bannister Gallery: Within Our Gates:
Human Sacrifice in the American Landscape - Keith Morris Washington
[M-W, F 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Th. noon - 9 p.m.] (Panel discussion with
artist April 8, 6 p.m. - Forman Theatre in the John Nazarian Center
for the Performing Arts)
- April 1 - 2 RIC Dance Co. - Works by Melody Ruffin-Ward
and Liam Clancy [Forman Theatre in the John Nazarian Center for
the Performing Arts, 8 p.m.]
- Thursday, April 1 9th Annual Richard K. Gehrenbeck Memorial
Lecture - The Art and Evolution of Weighing Molecules Guest Speaker:
Dr. Gary Siuzdak, Scripps Research Institute, San Diego, CA [Clarke
Science 125, 8 p.m.]
- Friday, April 2 Physical Science Colloquium: Mass Spectrometry
in Drug Screening and Disease Diagnosis - Guest Speaker: Dr. Gary
Siuzdak, Scripps Research Institute, San Diego, CA [Clarke Science 210,
noon]
- Friday April 2 RIC Dance Co. - Works by Melody
Ruffin-Ward and Liam Clancy 45th Anniversary Dance Company
Celebration - Keynote Speaker: Elizabeth Streb, 6 p.m., keynote, reception,
and conferral of Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree [Forman Theatre
in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts, 8 p.m.]
- Sunday April 4 RIC Chamber Orchestra [Sapinsley Hall
in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts, 7:30 p.m.]
- Monday April 5 Dance and Film Discussion: Envisioning
Dance On Film & Video [Clark Science Building 125, noon]
- Tuesday April 6 RIC Jazz Cabaret with Greg Abate
[Forman Theatre in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts,
7 p.m.]
- Wednesday April 7 RIC on the Road: The Sky
Club, New York, NY [6 p.m.]
- Wednesday April 7 High School Hop Night [Sapinsley
Hall in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts, 8 p.m.]
Sponsored by the Performing and Fine Arts Commission
- Friday April 9 Chemical Dependency/Addiction Studies Symposium:
Kathryn Powers, keynote speaker [Faculty Center South, 8 a.m.]
- Wednesday April 14 Psychology Alumni Symposium [Alumni Lounge,
2 p.m.]
- Wednesday April 14 Cab Calloway Orchestra [Sapinsley
Hall in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts, 8 p.m.]
Sponsored by the Performing and Fine Arts Commission
- Thursday April 15 College Hip Night [Sapinsley Hall
in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts, 8 p.m.] Sponsored
by the Performing and Fine Arts Commission
- Friday, April 16 Physical Science Colloquium: Guest Speaker
- Dr. James V. Staros, SUNY Stony Brook [Clarke Science 210, noon]
- Saturday April 17 New Student Luncheon [Faculty Center,
12:30 p.m.]
- Saturday April 17 RIC on the Road: The Home
of Beth and Mitch Malachowski '77, San Diego, CA [noon]
- Monday April 19 President's Music Series: Muir and
Guarneri String Quartets [Sapinsley Hall in the John Nazarian Center
for the Performing Arts, 8 p.m.] This concert is made possible by
a generous donation by Marie and Robert Petrarca.
- Wednesday April 21 Sesquicentennial Walk-a-thon for "Fun
and Fitness" to benefit the Henry Barnard School [The Black Track,
noon]
- April 21-28 CONVOCATION of SCHOLARS WEEK
- Wednesday April 21 Annual Sigma Xi Student Research Symposium
[Clarke Science 125, noon]
- Wednesday April 21 Spring Diversity Symposium- "JUSTICE
or JUST-US: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Politics and the
Challenge of Diversity." Urvashi Vaid guest speaker. [Gaige Auditorium,
12:30 pm]
- Thursday April 22 Lecture - What Was Pawtucket
Like In 1854?, Elizabeth J. Johnson, Guest Speaker [Faculty Center
South, 4 p.m.] Sponsored by Friends of James P. Adams Library
- Thursday April 22 Faculty Appreciation and Celebration
[President's Dining Room, Donovan Dining Center, 5 p.m.]
- April 22-25 RIC Theatre: "The Who's Tommy"
[The Auditorium in Roberts Hall]
- Friday April 23 Policy and Standards in Early Education
Panel Presentation [Student Union Ballroom, 8 a.m.]
- Friday April 23 RIC Wind Ensemble & RIC Dance
Company - Dance Rhythms [Sapinsley Hall in the John Nazarian
Center for the Performing Arts, 8 p.m.]
- Sunday April 25 Portuguese Family Cultural Festa
[Gaige Auditorium, 12:30 p.m.] Sponsored by Friends of Portuguese
Studies and the Department of Modern Languages
- Monday April 26 Conference: Spirituality and Aging
[Faculty Center South, 8:30 a.m.] Sponsored by The Gerontology
Center
- Monday April 26 26th Annual Bicho Family Memorial
Scholarship Concert - RIC Symphony Orchestra [Sapinsley Hall in
the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts, 8 p.m.]
- Tuesday April 27 Literacy and Early Education
- Guest Speaker, Jerlean Daniel, University of Pittsburg [Student Union
Ballroom, 3 p.m.]
- Wednesday April 28 Cap and Gown Convocation [The
Auditorium in Roberts Hall, 12:30 pm]
- Wednesday April 28 8th Annual Sports and Celebrity
Memorabilia Auction [Radisson at the Airport Hotel, 7 pm]
- Thursday April 29 "Happy 150th Birthday, Rhode
Island College" - Student Annual End-of-Year Dinner presented
by Donovan Dining Center and other sponsoring departments [Donovan
Dining Center, 4 pm]
- April 29-30 RIC Dance Company - Student Choreography
Showcase [Forman Theatre in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing
Arts, 8 p.m.]
- Friday April 30 Leadership Rhode Island / Rhode Island
College Alumni Breakfast [President's House, 8 am]
- Friday April 30 RIC Chorus, Chamber Singers, &
Women's Chorus - Celebration! [Sapinsley Hall in the John Nazarian
Center for the Performing Arts, 8 pm]
March 2004
- March 1 - 19 Bannister Gallery: Sculpture and
Drawings: Janice Redman [M-W, F 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Th. noon
- 9 p.m.]
- Tuesday, March 2 "Global Sex Trade in Asia" - Guest
speaker Judith DeGroat, Director of Women’s Studies at St. Lawrence
University [Student Union Ballroom, 12:30 p.m.]
- Wednesday March 3 Performing Arts Series: Jeffrey
Siegel’s Keyboard Conversations® There's More to Mozart
Than Amadeus [Sapinsley Hall in the John Nazarian Center for the
Performing Arts, 8 p.m.]
- March 4-7 RIC Dance Company: 45th Annual Spring
Concert Series [The Auditorium in Roberts Hall, 8 p.m.]
- Saturday March 6 The Music of Peter Boyer '91
- performed by the Brown University Orchestra [Veterans Memorial
Auditorium, 8 p.m.]
- Tuesday March 9 RIC on the Road: Washington,
DC hosted by Congressman James R. Langevin '90
- Friday March 12 Henry Barnard School Historical Play:
Frankie Dolan, Ragtime Orphan [Gaige Auditorium, 9:30 a.m.]
- Wednesday March 17 Wednesday One o’clock Music
Series: The Afro-Rican Ensemble [Sapinsley Hall in the John Nazarian
Center for the Performing Arts]
- Wednesday March 17 Performing Arts Series: Salzburg
Marionettes, A Midsummer Night's Dream [The Auditorium in Roberts
Hall, 7:30 p.m.]
- Thursday March 18 "Recording Identity:
Jazz, Cultural Expression, and the American Recording Industry"
with Ron Dufour [Alumni Lounge, Roberts Hall, 5 p.m.] Sponsored by
Friends of James P. Adams Library
- Friday March 19 Physical Science Colloquium: Guest
Speaker Meaghan Richmond '98 [Clarke Science 210, noon]
- Friday March 19 RIC Chorus, Chamber Singers and Women's
Chorus: Spring Choral Concert [Sapinsley Hall in the John Nazarian
Center for the Performing Arts, 8 p.m.]
- Saturday March 20 Harambee Step Explosion [The Auditorium
in Roberts Hall, 7 p.m.]
- Monday March 22 RIC Symphony Orchestra: 9th Annual
Samuel & Esther Chester Performance Award Concert [Sapinsley
Hall in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts, 8 p.m.]
- Wednesday March 24 Palumbo/Driscoll Conference Room
Dedication [Alumni, Development, and College Relations - Building #10,
6:30 pm]
- Wednesday March 24 Student Talent Show [Sapinsley
Hall in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts, 7:30 p.m.]
Sponsored by the Alumni Association
- Wednesday March 24 Performing Arts Series: Violinist,
Joshua Bell [The Auditorium in Roberts Hall, 8 p.m.] This concert
is made possible with a generous donation from Dr. John Nazarian.
- Thursday March 25 Phylum Party: Biology Department
in conjunction with the Biology Club - a delightful culinary experience
[Fogarty Life Science Lounge, 5 p.m.] Special guest appearance
by Chef Frank Terranova
- Thursday March 25 "Childhood Sexual Abuse and Substance
Use in Incarcerated Women" - Guest speaker Megan Hebert, Research
Program Coordinator, Substance Abuse Research Unit, Rhode Island Hospital
[Fogarty Life Science, 4 p.m.] reception,
5 p.m., Alumni Lounge
- Thursday March 25 Poetry Reading - Norah Pollard
[Faculty Center South, 5 p.m.] Sponsored by Friends of James P. Adams
Library
- Friday March 26 “The Meaning and Limits of
Sovereignty: A Critique of the US Patriot Act" - Judith Butler,
Maxine Eliot professor of rhetoric & comparative literature at the
University of California, Berkeley [Gaige 100, noon]
- Saturday March 27 15th Annual Rhode Island Science
Olympiad [Donovan Dining Center, 8:45 a.m.]
- Saturday March 27 RIC Opera Workshop, Thomas Lawlor,
Director [Sapinsley Hall in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing
Arts, 8 p.m.]
- Monday March 29 President's Music Series: Muir String
Quartet - Beethoven Cycle VI [Sapinsley Hall in the John Nazarian Center
for the Performing Arts, 8 p.m.]
- Wednesday March 31 "The Role of Purpose in Life in Substance
Abuse" - Guest Speaker Dr. Selene M. MacKinnon, Associate Director,
Program Development and Administration - Center for Alcohol and Addiction
Studies, Brown University [Horace Mann 191, 12:30 p.m.]
- Wednesday March 31 Wednesday One o’clock Music
Series: Mark Wood , Electric Violinist [Sapinsley Hall in the
John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts]
- Wednesday March 31 Guest Lecture:
Mike Stanton, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, author of "The
Prince of Providence" [Sapinsley Hall in the John Nazarian
Center for the Performing Arts, 7 p.m.]
February 2004
- February 2004, BLACK
HISTORY MONTH: Our Community - Past, Present, and Future
- February 1 - 13 Bannister Gallery: The Wake
- Michael Kvium and Christian Lemmerz [M-W, F 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.;
Th. noon - 9 p.m.]
- Wednesday February 4 Performing Arts Series: Acting
Company Shakespeare's "Richard III" [The Auditorium
in Roberts Hall, 8 p.m.] This production is made possible by a generous
grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
- Thursday February 5 Young Alumni Group Snow Tubing
[Yawgoo Valley, 6 p.m.]
- Saturday February 7 Alumni Women's Basketball [Murray
Center, 1 p.m.] reception at halftime
- Sunday February 8 Alumni Women's Gymnastics [Murray
Center, 1 p.m.] reception follows
- Sunday February 8 American Band: Young People's
Concert [Sapinsley Hall in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing
Arts, 3 p.m.]
- Monday February 9 Dance and Film Discussion:
Balancerine/Stravinsky [Clark Science Building 125, noon]
- Monday February 9 President's Music Series: Muir String Quartet
- Beethoven Cycle V [Sapinsley Hall in the John Nazarian Center for
the Performing Arts, 8 p.m.]
- Tuesday February 10 Alumni Men's Wrestling - Tri-match
[Murray Center, 5 p.m.] reception included
- Wednesday February 11 Wednesday One o’clock
Music Series: Nicholas Kitchen, Violin; Yeesun Kim, Cello; Judith Stillman,
Piano. [Sapinsley Hall in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing
Arts] discussion following.
- Wednesday February 11 Bob Brown's Boys (and other
friends too!) [Murray Center, 7:30 p.m.]
- February 12-13 JAZZREACH / School Performances [The
Auditorium in Roberts Hall, 10 a.m.]
- Thursday February 12 Social Work Legislative Information
Day. [Governor's State Room, Rhode Island State House, 2:30 pm.] Sponsored
by the School of Social Work, celebrating 25 years, and the RI Chapter
of NASW
- Thursday February 12 Performing Arts Series: Metta
Quintet [Sapinsley Hall in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing
Arts, 8 p.m.]
- Saturday February 14 Legacy Event [Donovan Dining
Center, 11 a.m.] Congressman James R. Langevin '90 and Family - Honorary
Chairs; Kathleen Swann '79 and daughter Elizabeth '03 - Chairs
- Saturday February 14 Alumni Men's Basketball [Murray
Center, 3 p.m.] reception at halftime
- Saturday February 14 That's Amore: Opera Providence
[Sapinsley Hall in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts,
8 p.m.]
- February 18-22 RIC Theatre: "The Birthday Party"
[Forman Theatre in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts,
Saturday & Sunday, 2 p.m. and Wednesday thru Saturday, 8 p.m.]
- Thursday February 19 Performing Arts Series: Rennie
Harris' PureMovement: Rome and Jewels [The Auditorium in Roberts
Hall, 8 p.m.] Sponsored by the RIC Alumni Association.
- Friday February 20 Young Alumni Group - Providence
Bruins' Night [reception Trinity Brewhouse, 5 p.m., game time Dunkin'
Donuts' Center, 7:05 p.m.]
- Friday February 20 RIC Wind Ensemble: Green Eggs
and Ham [Sapinsley Hall in the John Nazarian Center for the
Performing Arts, 8 p.m.]
- Monday February 23 Praise Ensemble Gospel Choir Concert
[Sapinsley Hall in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts,
7 p.m.]
- Wednesday February 25 Wednesday One o’clock
Music Series: Joseph Foley & The Narragansett Brass [Sapinsley Hall
in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts]
- February 26 - 29 Bannister Gallery: Sculpture
and Drawings: Janice Redman [M-W, F 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Th.
noon - 9 p.m.] (Opening lecture February 26, 6 p.m.)
- Saturday February 28 Fiesta del Chiro: Educational
Center for Arts and Sciences [The Auditorium in Roberts Hall 7 p.m.]
- Sunday February 29 RIC Chamber Orchestra [Sapinsley
Hall in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts, 7:30 p.m.]
January 2004
- January 6-10 Dance Company Class with Liam Clancy [Melcer Dance
Studio in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts, 10 a.m.]
- January 13-17 Dance Company Class with Alexandra Beller [Melcer
Dance Studio in the John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts, 10
a.m.]
- Tuesday January 13 Youth Wrestling Night [Murray Center, 7
p.m.]
- Wednesday January 14 The 8th Annual Faculty Development Workshop:
Building a Community of Writers, Speakers, Thinkers, & ... [Faculty
Center, 8:30 a.m.]
- Thursday January 22 Performing Arts Series: Jeffrey
Siegel’s Keyboard Conversations® Bach and the Romantics:
Chopin, Mendelssohn, & Franck [Sapinsley Hall in the John Nazarian
Center for the Performing Arts, 8 p.m.]
- Sunday January 25 Rhode
Island Wind Orchestra: Antonin Dvorák's 1878 Serenade for Winds and
Michael Weinstein's 2002 Serenade for 12 Instruments. Rounding
out the program will be Richard Strauss's Serenade in E-flat and
Gordon Jacob's Old Wine in New Bottles. All proceeds from this
concert will benefit the Francis M. Marciniak Endowed Scholarship in
Music Education at Rhode Island College [Sapinsley Hall in the John
Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts, 3 p.m. Admission Free]
- January 26 - 31 Bannister Gallery: The Wake -
Michael Kvium and Christian Lemmerz [M-W, F 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.;
Th. noon - 9 p.m.]
- Tuesday January 27 Media Appreciation
Reception [Alumni Lounge, Roberts Hall, 6 p.m.]
- Tuesday January 27 Performing
Arts Series: George Wein’s Newport Jazz Fesitval® 50th Anniversary
Tour [The Auditorium in Roberts Hall, 8 p.m.]
- Friday January 30 American College Theatre Festival
[The John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts, 12:30, 3, and 8 p.m.]
- Friday January 30 RIC on the Road: Doubletree
Hotel - West Palm Beach, Florida
- Saturday January 31 American College Theatre Festival
[The John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts, 12:30, 3, and 8 p.m.]
- Saturday January 31 RIC on the Road: Sanibel
Harbour Resort - Florida
December 2003
- Wednesday December 3 Political Science Alumni Presentation
[Alumni Lounge, Roberts Hall, noon]
- Wednesday December 3 RIC Wind Ensemble: Tribute to
John Philip Sousa [Auditorium, Roberts Hall, 8 p.m.]
- December 4-24 Bannister Gallery: Sung-Jin Park Drawings,
Paintings & Prints [M-W, F 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Th. noon - 9 p.m.]
- Thursday December 4 RIC Dance Company / Children's
Concert [Sapinsley Hall - John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts,
10 a.m.]
- Friday December 5 Foundation Holiday Event and Wine
Tasting [Helen Forman Theatre, 5:30 p.m.]
- Friday December 5 Seán Curran Company With
the RIC Dance Company Winter Concert [Sapinsley Hall - John Nazarian
Center for the Performing Arts, 8 p.m.]
- Monday December 8 RIC Symphony Orchestra [Sapinsley
Hall - John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts, 8 p.m.]
- Tuesday December 9 Young Alumni Group Community Food
Bank / Community Service Night [200 Niantic Avenue, Providence, 5 p.m.]
- Wednesday December 10 Lecture Presentation: Alumna
Robert Tidwell [Alumni Lounge, Roberts Hall 12:30 p.m.]
- Wednesday December 10 Wednesday One o’clock
Music Series: Greg Abate [Sapinsley Hall - John Nazarian Center for
the Performing Arts]
- Friday December 12 RIC Winter Choral Concert [Sapinsley
Hall - John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts, 8 p.m.]
- Saturday December 13 Bob Brown's Boys (and other
friends too!) [Murray Center, 3 p.m.]
- Sunday December 14 RIC Jazz Ensemble [Sapinsley Hall
- John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts, 8.pm.]
- Tuesday December 16 The Poverty Institute annual
policy symposium: "Planning for Rhode Island's Fiscal Needs",
Dr. Ellen Frank, speaker [Sapinsley Hall in the John Nazarian Center
for the Performing Arts, 7:00 p.m., sponsorship reception, Helen Forman
Theatre, 5:30 p.m.]
- Thursday December 18 History of Henry Barnard School
Assembly [Auditorium, Roberts Hall, 1 p.m.]
November 2003
- Saturday November 1 RIC Wind Ensemble: United States Air Force
Band of Liberty/Chamber Winds [Sapinsley Hall - John Nazarian Center
for the Performing Arts, 8 p.m.]
- Sunday November 2 Dance Company Class with Seán Curran
[Melcer Dance Studio, 10 a.m.]
- November 3-26 Bannister Gallery: Evocative Objects:
Studio Metalsmithing and Jewelry [M-W, F 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Th. noon
- 9 p.m.]
- Monday November 3 State Home and School Project full
feature presentation: "Honoring the Past to Ensure the Future"
[Sapinsley Hall - John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts, 12:30
p.m. and 4:30 p.m.]
- Monday November 3 RIC New Orleans Alumni Get-Away
- Monday November 3 Dance on Camera Festival -
American Moderns [Clarke Science Building 125, 12:30 p.m.]
- Tuesday November 4 Dance Company Class with Seán Curran
[Melcer Dance Studio, 4:30 p.m.]
- Wednesday November 5 School of Management and Technology:
Speaker Series - David M. Cicilline, Mayor of Providence [Gaige
Auditorium, 7 p.m.]
- Wednesday November 5 Performing Arts Series: Drummers
of West Africa [Auditorium, Roberts Hall, 8 p.m.]
- Thursday November 6 Dance Company Class with Seán Curran
[Melcer Dance Studio, 4:30 p.m.]
- Thursday November 6 Faculty Research Exhibit and Reception
[Fortes Room, James P. Adams Library, 7:00 p.m.]
- Friday November 7 Latin American Student Organization:
Do Plantanos go with Collard Greens?
by David Lamb [The Auditorium in Roberts Hall, 6:30 p.m.]
- Friday November 7 RIC Chorus Choral Festival [Sapinsley
Hall - John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts, 8 p.m.]
- Sunday November 9 Dance Company Class with Seán Curran
[Melcer Dance Studio, 10 a.m.]
- Monday November 10 Conversations on Native American Access
to Education. Guest speaker: Darrell Waldron, Executive Director, Rhode
Island and Connecticut Indian Councils. [Gaige Hall, Room 203. 4:00-6:00
p.m.]
- Wednesday November 12 Lecture - "Pen and Needle
Work for the Slave: Rhode Islanders Working the Antislavery Network."
Guest speaker Dr. Van Broekhoven sponsored by the Friends of James P.
Adams Library. [Faculty Center, 12:30 p.m.]
- Wednesday November 12 Wednesday One o’clock
Music Series: Audrey Kaiser & Susan Rodgers [Sapinsley Hall - John
Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts]
- Wednesday November 12 Alumni Evening at Providence
Performing Arts Center: Hairspray, 7:30 p.m.
- Thursday November 13 Old Europe/New Europe: Istvan Deak,
Professor Emeritus, Columbia University [RIC Faculty Center, 12:30-2:00
p.m.]
- Thursday November 13 Thorp Lecture: "Emotion and Cognition:
Is Empathy a Cognitive Construct?", Jim Barton, Lecturer [Faculty
Dining Room, 4 p.m., reception immediately following]
- Saturday November 15 Dialogue
on Diversity: Promising Practices [Donovan Dining Center, registration
8:45 a.m.]
- Sunday November 16 RIC Chamber Orchestra [Sapinsley
Hall - John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts, 7:30 p.m.]
- November 19-23 RIC Theatre: "The Misanthrope"
[Forman Theatre, Saturday & Sunday, 2 p.m. and Wednesday thru Saturday,
8 p.m.]
- Monday November 24 Dance on Camera Festival -
American Moderns [The Forman Center, Noon]
- Monday November 24 President's Music Series: Muir
String Quartet - Beethoven Cycle IV [Sapinsley Hall - John Nazarian
Center for the Performing Arts, 8 p.m.]
October 2003
- Wednesday October 1 Performing Arts Series: David
Sedaris [Auditorium, Roberts Hall, 8 p.m.]
- October 1-5 RIC Theatre: "I Hate Hamlet"
[Forman Theatre, Saturday & Sunday, 2 p.m. and Wednesday thru Saturday,
8 p.m.]
- October 2-24 October
Series: Constantly Contesting
- October 2-24 Bannister Gallery: October Series -
Conrad Atkinson/Constantly Contesting: Art about the "Big Picture"
[M-W, F 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Th. noon - 9 p.m.]
- October 3-4 Homecoming
2003
- Friday October 3 Rathskellar/Student Union/Campus
Center Reunion [Providence Performing Arts Center, Grand Lobby, 5:30
p.m.]
- Friday October 3 Department of Nursing 30th Anniversary
[Donovan Dining Center, 6 p.m.]
- Saturday October 4 Homecoming activity: RIC Chorus
and Wind Ensemble [Sapinsley Hall - John Nazarian Center for the Performing
Arts, 10 a.m.]
- Saturday October 4 Homecoming Community Aerial Photo
[Campus Field, 11:30 a.m.]
- Saturday October 4 Bob Brown's Boys (and other friends
too!) Dedication and Luncheon [The Murray Center, noon]
- Saturday October 4 Athletics Hall of Fame Awards
[Donovan Dining Center, 7 p.m.]
- Sunday October 5 RIC Chamber Orchestra [Sapinsley
Hall - John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts, 7:30 p.m.]
- Wednesday October 8 Wednesday One o’clock Music
Series: American Brass Quintet [Sapinsley Hall - John Nazarian Center
for the Performing Arts]
- Friday October 10 Performing Arts Series: Barbara
Cook "Mostly Sondheim" [Auditorium, Roberts Hall, 8 p.m.]
Sponsored by John Bacon Salon
- Friday October 17 Donor Appreciation Evening [Helen
Forman Theatre, 6:30 p.m.]
- Friday October 17 RIC Dance Company With Dances by
Daniel McCusker [Auditorium, Roberts Hall, 8 p.m.]
- Friday October 17 RIC Wind Ensemble: Heirlooms
[Sapinsley Hall - John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts, 8 p.m.]
- Saturday October 18 Upward Bound Reunion [Faculty
Center, 8 p.m.]
- Monday October 20 RIC Symphony Orchestra [Sapinsley
Hall - John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts, 8 p.m.]
- Wednesday October 22 Wednesday One o’clock
Music Series: Boston Trio [Sapinsley Hall - John Nazarian Center for
the Performing Arts]
- Wednesday October 22 Performing Arts Series: Paul
Taylor Dance Company [Auditorium, Roberts Hall, 8 p.m.] This performance
is made possible with support from the RIC Foundation Fannie Helen Melcer
Fund.
- Wednesday October 29 School of Social Work
25th Anniversary Lecture [Gaige Auditorium, 3 p.m.]
- October 30-31 Bannister Gallery: Evocative Objects:
Studio Metalsmithing and Jewelry [M-W, F 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Th. noon
- 9 p.m. - reception at opening showing, Oct. 30, 6 p.m.]
- Thursday October 30 RIC Dance Company / Island Moving
Company [Sapinsley Hall - John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts,
8 p.m.]
- Friday October 31 RIC Dance Company / Children's
Concert [Sapinsley Hall - John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts,
10 a.m.]
- Friday October 31 Collage Concert [Auditorium, Roberts
Hall, 8 p.m.]
September 2003
- September 4-26 Bannister Gallery: Annual Faculty
Show - 3D & Design [M-W, F 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Th. noon - 9
p.m.]
- Friday September 12 Dance Company Class with
Michael Bolger [Melcer Dance Studio, 5 p.m.]
- Tuesday September 16 Student Welcome: Recycled
Percussion [Student Union Ballroom 7 p.m.]
- Wednesday September 17 Student Welcome [Campus Quad,
12:30 p.m.]
- Wednesday September 17 Dance Company Class
with Michael Bolger [Melcer Dance Studio, 5 p.m.]
- Wednesday September 17 Student Welcome: Atom
World's Fastest Artist [Weber Hall, 7 p.m.]
- Wednesday September 17 Student Welcome: Volleyball
Tournament [Residence Hall Court, 7 p.m.]
- Wednesday September 17 Performing Arts Series: Jeffrey
Siegel’s Keyboard Conversations® Rhapsody: Music
of Brahms, Liszt, and Gershwin [Sapinsley Hall, 8 p.m.]
- Thursday September 18 ASTAL: Lecture and discussion:
The Crying Rocks by Janet Taylor Lisle [Faculty Dining
Center, 5 p.m.]
- Friday September 19 Dance Company Class with
Michael Bolger [Melcer Dance Studio, 5 p.m.]
- Saturday September 20 Dance Company Class with
Michael Bolger [Melcer Dance Studio, 10 a.m.]
- Saturday September 20 American Association
of State and Local History: State Home and School Project seminar
[Forman Center, 2:30 p.m]
- Sunday September 21 Dance Company Class with
Michael Bolger [Melcer Dance Studio, 10 a.m.]
- Monday September 22 Alumni Golf Tournament [Cranston
Country Club, 1 p.m.]
- Wednesday September 24 Wednesday One O'clock Music
Series: George Sand’s Salon [Sapinsley Hall]
- Sunday September 28 New Student/Parent Welcome [Donovan
Dining Center, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.]
- Sunday September 28 U.S. Navy Band - Forecast
[Recreation Center, 4 p.m.]
August 2003
- Tuesday August 12 Foundation Golf Tournament - Warwick
Country Club
- Friday August 15 Sesquicentennial Commemorative Issue
of What's News published
- Wednesday August 27 President's address to the College
Community
- Wednesday August 27 Coffee Mug Campaign commences
July 2003
- Monday July 21 Anchor Club Golf Tournament - Pawtucket
Country Club
- Friday July 25 YAG Night at Pawtucket Red Sox
May 2003

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