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2008 LECTURES and EVENTS
January | February | March | April | May
January 22nd, 2008 | Book Talk: Chris Lamb | I’ll be Sober in the Morning: Great Political, Comebacks, Putdowns, and Ripostes
Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library | Room 227 | 6:00pm
The ability to deliver a sharp comeback or putdown can be a potent political weapon. It can deflect or a criticism or leave an opponent speechless. Chris Lamb, who edited the recently published book, “I’ll be Sober in the Morning: Great Political, Comebacks, Putdowns, and Ripostes,” will discuss the role of humor on the campaign trail. Lamb is a professor of Communication at the College of Charleston.
January 23rd , 2008 | Book Talk: Linda Lear | Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature |
Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library | Room 227 | 6:00pm
Dr. Linda Lear's Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature offers a new look at the extraordinary woman who gave us some of the most beloved children's books of all time. Beatrix Potter found freedom fromm her conventional Victorian upbringing during her family's trips to the countryside. Nature inspired her imagination as an artist and scientific illustrator, and The Tale of Peter Rabbit brought her fame, financial success and the promise of happiness. As a visionary land owner, successful farmer and sheep-breeder, Potter was able to preserve the Lake District Landscape that inspired her art.
Dr. Lear's talk will reveal a lively, independent woman whose art was timeless, and whose generosity left an indelible imprint on the countryside.
A natural history enthusiast and a collector of botanical art, Dr. Lear is currently a Research Professor of Environmental History at George Washington University and University Research Scholar in History at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Following the talk, Dr. Lear will be available for book signings.
January 30th, 2008 | Charleston Music Fest: "Russian White Night"
College of Charleston | Randolph Hall | 7:30pm | Concert & Reception
Fee: $75.00
Performance featuring the Arensky Quartet and the Glazunov Cello Quintet.
February 1st, 2008 | Charleston Music Fest: "Masterworks:
College of Charleston | Simons Arts Center Recital Hall, 54 St. Philip St. | 7:30pm
Fee: $25.00
Performance featuring the Couperin Duet, Prokofiev Violin Duos, Debussy Cello Sonata and Schumann Piano Quintet.
February 3rd, 2008 | Charleston Music Fest: "An Afternoon at Ashley Hall"
Ashley Hall | 172 Rutledge Avenue | 4pm
Fee: $25
Performance featuring Janacek Sonata for violin and piano, Bruch Romance for viola and piano, Op 85 and Brahms Piano Quartet in g minor.
February 4th, 2008 | African American Read-In, co-sponsored by the Caucus of the National Council of Teachers of English and the Friends of the Library
Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library | Room 227 | 12-2pm
Join readers from across the nation as the College of Charleston celebrates the 19th annual National African American Read-In. Come hear College of Charleston students and faculty read short excerpts from some of their favorite African American authors. You're sure to hear favorite selections by classic writers and bound to discover new authors.
February 7th, 2008 | Dedication of African-American Monument
College of Charleston | Rivers Green (behind the Addlestone Library) | 4pm
Students, faculty, staff and community members are invited to honor and commemorate the African-American cemeteries that once existed adjacent to the Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library. The dedication ceremony will not only honor the hundreds of African-Americans who were once buried in the cemeteires, but it will also recognize the historic community that once existed adjacent to the College of Charleston.
February 12th, 2008 | Lecture: “Darwin’s Place in the 21st Century” | Dr. Robert T. Dillon, Jr.
Addlestone Library, Room 227 | 7pm
The Addlestone Library has recently acquired a first edition of Charles Darwin's (1859) On the Origin of Species through the Friends of the Library. What makes this particular 150-year-old monograph valuable, when modern textbooks of evolutionary biology become obsolete and worthless every three years? Dr. Dillon will place Charles Darwin’s contributions within their scientific and cultural contexts.
February 18th, 2008 | American Film Premiere, The Curious Mister Catesby |
Screening: College of Charleston Sottile Theatre | 6:30pm
Champagne reception: Sottile Courtyard | 7:45pm
Part artist, part adventurer, part scientist, the Englishman Mark Catesby was a pioneering figure in the scientific exploration of the New World. His Natural History of Carolina, Florida & the Bahama Islands was the first fully illustrated study of North American flora and fauna, and was the first work by any English author to depict animals, particularly birds, in their native habitat.
Despite his profound influence, Catesby is largely unknown. His life and education are a mystery, his rare works are confined to a handful of privileged collections and his reputation is eclipsed by more popular artists such as John James Audubon, whose work more than a century later was profoundly influenced by Catesby.
The Curious Mister Catesby, a 52-minute documentary, will not only introduce its viewers to the extraordinary beauty of Catesby's paintings and the semi-tropical coastal wilderness in which he made his studies, but will also reveal how habitat destrution and depredation have caused the extinction of notable species immortalized in his pioneering work.
The Curious Mister Catesby features a historically accurate and meticulously crafted script, the voices of professional actors and leading authorities, original music based on Colonial themes, lush cinematography and state-of-the-art editing techniques. From beginning to end, the deep color values and saturations of the film match the breathtaking beauty of Catesby's paintings.
The Special Collections at the College of Charleston's Addlestone Library boasts an impressive collection of natural history rare books and folios, including the 1771 edition of Catesby's Natual History. Both volumes will e on display at the screening.
A contribution of $100 to benefit the Friends of the Library at the College of Charleston and the Catesby Commemorative Trust is encouraged. For more information please call (843) 953-5530.
February 19th, 2008 | "Pros and Cons: Are Athletes Role Models?"
College of Charleston | Sottile Theatre | 7pm
Featuring Frank Deford
Professional athletes are not like the rest of us. Or, are they? Revered and reviled, today's superstar is fully exposed to the public eye. Some are wildly generous philanthropists with the utmost integrity, while others are ego-maniacs, steroid abusers, dog fighters, and even convicted felons.
On February 19, Friends of the Library at the College of Charleston will address this topic head-on with a panel discussion entitles "Pros and Cons: Are Athletes Role Models?" Featuring legendary sports journalist Frank Deford as moderator, guest panelists will include College of Charleston basketball coach Bobby Cremins, Citadel Athletics Director Les Robinson, Olympic Gold medalist and WBA superstar Katrina McClain, and surprise guests.
Author and commentator Frank Deford is among the most versatile of American writers. His work has appeared in virtually every medium. The author of fifteen books, his newest, The Entitled, a novel about celebrity, sex and baseball, was published in 2007.
On radio, Deford may be heard as a commentator every Wednesday on "Morning Edition" on National Public Radio. On television, he is a regular correspondent on the HBO show, RealSports with Bryant Gumbel. In magazines, he is senior contributing writer at Sports Illustrated.
Moreover, two of Defords books-the novel, Everybody's All American, and Alex: The Life of a Child, his memoir about his daughter who died of cystic fibrosis - have been made into movies. His book, Casey on the Loose, is being turned into a Broadway musical. Cathy Schulman, producer of 2005's Academy Award-winning best picture, Crash, is producing Deford's next film, a comedy, The Sister-in-Law.
As a journalist, Deford has been elected to the Hall of Fame of the National Association of Sportscasters and Sportswriters. Deford has been voted by his peers six times as US Sportswriter of the Year. The American Journalism Review has likewise cited him as the nation's finest sportswriter, and twice he was voted Magazine Writer of the Year by the Washington Journalism Review.
February 24th, 2008 | Installation of Sam and Regina Greene Plaque
Addlestone Library | Following talk by Linda Gradstein | Co-Sponsored by Jewish Studies Center
More details TBA
March 6th, 2008 | Winthrop Roundtable featuring Darla Moore
Addlestone Library | 6:30pm
Darla Moore, Vice President of Rainwater Inc., is founder and chair of the Palmetto Institute, a nonprofit think tank aimed at bolstering per capita income in South Carolina. She serves on the boards of the University of South Carolina and New York University Medical School and Hospital. The University of South Carolina's Business School is named in her honor and she is the first woman to be profiled on the cover of Fortune Magazine and named to the List of the Top 50 Most Powerful Women in American Business. She has served on numerous corporate boards, including Hospital Corp. of America (HCA) and Martha Stuart Living Omnimedia. She currently serves on the board of The South Financial Group, MPS Group and the National Advisory Board of JP Morgan and was formerly a managing director of the predecessor Chemical Bank. She recently received the Business Person of the Year Award from the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce and was inducted into the South Carolina Business Hall of Fame. A graduate of the University of South Carolina, More holds an M.B.A from George Washington University.
Paid event - please call 843.953.5530
March 13th, 2008 | Charleston Music Fest: "Romance"
Ashley Hall | 172 Rutledge Avenue | 7:30pm
Fee: $25.00
Performance featuring Almita Vamos, Leonardo Altino, Monique Duphill
- Schubert Sonatina No. 3 in G minor fro violin and piano
- Faure Nocturne No. 2 in B Major for solo piano
- Chopin Polonaise, Op 3 for cello and piano
- Dvorak Piano Trio in e minor, Op 90 (Dumky)
March 19th, 2008 | Book Talk: Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein | Plato and Platypus Walk Into a Bar...Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes
Addlestone Library | Room 227
Tom Cathcart and Dan Klein, authors of Plato and Platypus Walk Into a Bar...Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes and the recent Aristotle and an Aardvark Go to Washington: Understanding Political Doublespeak through Philosophy and Jokes, will takle the humorous topic: "How to Eventually Make A Decent Living Despite an Imprudent Choice of Major."
Tom Cathcart has had what may caritably called a "multifaceted" career: street gang worker in Chicago, teacher at Westbrook (Maine) Jr. College, executive at Blue Cross and Blue Shield, hospital C.O.O., administrator of an HIV/AIDS hospice, and program director for a mental health agency. He is wicked tall and reports that he enjoys a national reputaion as a "chick magnet."
Like Tom, Dan Klein is a graduate of Harvard in philosophy, co-wrote "Plato and a Platypus...", "Aristotle and an Aardvark...", and "Macho Meditations," and is bald. Unlike Tom, dan has never done an honest day's work in his life, having earned his keep as a TV writer (Candid Camera, quiz shows, special material for comedians Flip Wilson and David Frye) and as a writer of genre fiction (the medical thrillers 'Embryo', 'Wavelengths', and 'Beauty Sleep', and t he Elvis Presley mysteries, 'Kill Me Tender', 'Blue Suede Clues', etc. Also, unlike Tom, Dan is short and cute.
April 6th, 2008 | Climate Change Exhibit, presented in conjunction with Clemson Architecture Center
Addlestone Library Rotunda
"Global Climate Change and the Charleston Peninsula" is a study of the potential impacts on urban design of sea level rise and increasingly sever storm events over the next 200 years. Studied in four orders of magnitude, this overview envisions phased strategies the City should consider in dealing with climate change.
April 18th, 2008 | "Political Dynasties on the Public Stage" - William H.T. Bush Lecture
Avery Research Center | 3rd | 6:00 pm
William H.T. “Bucky” Bush is the younger brother of former President George H.W. Bush and the uncle of current President George W. Bush. His lecture, “Political Dynasties on the Public Stage”, will focus on the development of political families and their relationship with the media.
Continuing the family legacy, Bush graduated from Yale University in 1960. He has held positions in several banks and venture capital firms and is now the CEO and founder of Bush O’Donnell & Co., a financial services holding company. He currently lives in St. Louis, Missouri where he served on the Board of Trustees of St. Louis University and was the president of the Municipal Opera Associate (The MUNY). Following another family tradition, Bush currently lives in the home of his grandfather, George Herbert Walker.
The Bush family boasts three generations of politicians including a U.S. Senator, two Governors, one Vice President and two Presidents. With the public’s high expectations and watchful eye, political dynasties must constantly be aware of their actions. Bush also worked on the election campaigns of George, George H.W., and Jeb Bush, primarily as a fundraiser.
April 26th, 2008 | Charleston Music Fest: "Masterworks"
College of Charleston | Simons Art Center Recital Hall | 54 St. Philip Street | 7:30pm
Fee: $25.00
Performance featuring Lee Chin Siow, Natalia Khoma, Kathryn Dey, Volodymyr Vynnytsky
- Beethoven Piano Trio, Op1, no 1
- Schumann Piano Quartet
April 27th, 2008 | Charleston Music Fest: "Concert and High Tea at Ashley Hall"
Ashley Hall | 172 Rutledge Avenue | 4:00pm
Fee: $25.00
Performance featuring Lee Chin Siow, Natalia Khoma, Jill Muti, Volodymyr Vynnytsky
- Bach Trio Sonata in G major BWV 1038
- Schumann Fantasiestuck
- Monti Czardas
- Chopin Scherzo, No 1 in b minor
- Tschaikovsky Trio "Seasons"
May-June 2008 | Richard McMahan Exhibit
Addlestone Library Rotunda
For the past ten years, Richard McMahan has been creating his own personal museum collection featuring miniatures he feels tell the story of art history of our world. The Florida resident, who considers himself an art historian as well as an artist, has an exceptional talent for producing tiny images representing art in both public collections here and abroad. McMahan began his collection working from photographs he found in over one hundred years of National Geographic Magazine
May 12th, 2008 | Lecture: Spoleto Sneak Preview
Simons Center Recital Hall | 6pm
This annual event, co-sponsored by the Friends of the School of the Arts, features SOTA professors and is a guide to the must-see performances for the Spoleto and Piccolo Spoleto Festivals.