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Thursday, March 27, 2014

Nature Conservancy scientist to speak at BU

Bloomsburg University's department of biological and allied health sciences is hosting a seminar by Dr. Scott Bearer, senior scientist for the Nature Conservancy, on Friday, March 28, at 3 pm in Hartline Science Center, room G38. He will talk on "Current Conservation Issues in Pennsylvania: How The Nature Conservancy is Approaching Modern Threats to Biodiversity and How You Can Help." All are welcome.

Monday, March 24, 2014

Miscellanea: Dance, talks, more dance, and a reception

Big Band Concert and Dance: Do you like to dance? Would you like to learn to cha cha, mambo, swing, or tango? If yes, then come to the Big Band Dance Tuesday, March 25, 7 pm in the Caldwell Consistory, Market Street, Bloomsburg. The dance is sponsored by the Center For Visual And Performing Arts. The evening will feature a live big band plus demonstrations of the different dance steps-provided by BU dance professor, Julie Petry. Admission is free.


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Bloomsburg University’s LGBTQA Commission is hosting the sixth annual reception, Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler (Let the Good Times Roll) from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 28, at The Barn at Boone’s Dam, 737 Fort McClure Blvd., Bloomsburg. The event, which supports LGBTQA educational outreach, will feature a silent auction, awards, light refreshments and musical entertainment by Chamuris and Brown. Tickets are $25 per person. For information, contact the LGBTQA Resource Center, lgbt@bloomu.edu or 570-389-2819.

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Talking about Video Games: David S. Heineman, assistant professor of communications studies at BU, will talk about the cultural significance of video games at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 26, in Warren Student Services Center, room 004. His lecture, Thinking about Video Games: Notes from a Researcher, is sponsored by the Institute for Culture and Society and the College of Liberal Arts and is free and open to the public.

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Russian Ballet to perform Swan Lake: BU is bringing the Tchaikovsky ballet, Swan Lake, to the stage as a part of BU’s 175th anniversary celebration Saturday, March 29, at 8 pm in Haas Center for the Arts, Mitrani Hall. Tickets are $35 for adults and $17 for children and BU students. For more information, visit www.bloomu.edu/cas or call the box office at 570-389-4409.

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Library Book Sale: The Friends of the Bloomsburg University Library Association (FOBULA) will hold their 14th annual book sale from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 29; 1 to 3 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday, March 30; and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, March 31, in the Andruss Library, Schweiker Room. The library’s largest fundraiser, the book sale has raised more than $27,000 to fund special projects, including digitization and preservation of local and university historic materials, and textbook scholarships. For information, contact Robert Dunkelberger, university archivist, 570-389-4210.

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Empty Bowls Banquet: Empty Bowls, an international hunger awareness and fundraising event, returns to Bloomsburg University to benefit the Bloomsburg Food Cupboard from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sunday, March 30, in the Kehr Union Ballroom. A minimum donation of $10 for adults and $5 for students is requested for unlimited soups. Children under 5-years-old eat free. For more information on this year’s event, contact Jean Downing, SOLVE director, 570-389-4798.

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Guitar and bass concert

Dez Cordas, a double bass and guitar duo featuring Bloomsburg University guitar professor Matthew Slotkin and Craig Butterfield, associate professor of double bass and jazz studies at the University of South Carolina will perform Tuesday, March 11, at 6 pm in Haas Center for the Arts, room 166. Admission is free.

They will perform works by Bela Bartok, Robert Beaser and Alec Wilder, as well as the premieres of two new compositions that we commissioned from Irish composer Greg Caffrey and American composer James Crowley.

More information is here:  www.dezcordas.com, www.butterfieldbass.com, www.matthewslotkin.com.

Tuesday, March 04, 2014

Sample the arts Saturday

Taste of the Arts, an afternoon of art and entertainment, will be held on Saturday, March 8, from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Caldwell Consistory in downtown Bloomsburg. The event, sponsored by Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania’s College of Liberal Arts and Center for Visual and Performing Arts, is free and open to the public.

Students and faculty in theater, music, dance, art and art history, and English will showcase their talents throughout the afternoon with performances taking place about every 10 minutes. A Taste of the Arts will feature music by the Jazz, Percussion and Guitar ensembles, Concert Choir, Sax Quartet, Women’s Chorale and Husky Singers; theatrical and dance performances; and poetry readings, along with fine arts exhibitions, demonstrations and talks.

Visitors may attend any portion of the three-hour program. Refreshments will be available.

Schedule of Events

MURAL ROOM (DOWNSTAIRS) 
2:00 PEP BAND and WELCOMING REMARKS 
2:10 HUSKY SINGERS 
2:20 POETRY | PROSE 
2:30 WOMEN’S CHORALE 
 2:40 PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE 

STAGE THEATRE (UPSTAIRS) 
3:00 THEATRE PERFORMANCE 
3:10 DANCE 
3:20 BRASS CHOIR/SAX QUARTET 
3:30 THEATRE PERFORMANCE 
3:40 JAZZ ENSEMBLE MURAL ROOM (DOWNSTAIRS) 
 4:00 POETRY | PROSE 
4:10 ART HISTORY PRESENTATION 
4:20 GUITAR ENSEMBLE 
4:30 ART HISTORY PRESENTATION 
4:40 CONCERT CHOIR 

ONGOING (COLUMN ROOM) 
ART DEMONSTRATIONS AND STUDENT EXHIBITION



Lecture: A strategic perspective of the Middle East

Rashid Khalidi, author, professor and scholar at Columbia University, will lecture on “New Strategic Perspectives in the Middle East” at Bloomsburg University on Wednesday, March 5, at 6 p.m. in Carver Hall’s Kenneth S. Gross Auditorium.

Khalidi’s talk, sponsored by the Office of the Provost, the College of Liberal Arts and the Civic Engagement Office, is free and open to the public. The lecture will focus on the changing dynamics in the Middle East in light of a possible nuclear accord between the West and Iran. Khalidi will give his perspective on the obstacles to an agreement and the regional implications if the agreement is forged. The areas affected if a deal breaks down or is negotiated are the ongoing civil war and proxy war in Syria, the Palestinian-Israeli arena and the strategic situation in the Gulf region.

He previously spoke at BU two years ago, explaining the significance of Arab Spring, the revolutionary activity occurring throughout the region. Khalidi, the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia, is a former president of the Middle East Studies Association. He was adviser to the Palestinian delegation during the Madrid and Washington Arab-Israeli peace negotiations in October 1991 and June 1993. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and serves on the national advisory committee of the U.S. Interreligious Committee for Peace in the Middle East.

Khalidi has authored several books, including last year’s “Brokers of Deceit: How the U.S. has Undermined Peace in the Middle East”; more than 75 articles on Middle East history and politics; and opinion pieces featured in the New York Times, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times and The Nation. The editor of the Journal of Palestinian Studies, Khalidi has been a regular guest on radio and television programs, including “All Things Considered,” “The News Hour with Jim Lehrer” and “Nightline.”

Author Nick Flynn to give reading Wednesday

Award-winning author Nick Flynn, will give a reading Wednesday, March 5, at 7 pm in Bloomsburg University's McCormick Center, room 2303. His visit is part of the Big Dog Reading Series.

Flynn is the author of the memoir “Another Bullshit Night in Suck City.” On Wednesday, he will also talk about the craft of writing at 4 p.m. in Kehr Union, Multipurpose Room A. The events are free and open to public.

Raised by his mother in suburban Boston, Flynn was estranged from his father, Jonathan, an alcoholic who worked odd jobs and spent several years in prison for passing forged checks. At 27, Flynn was unexpectedly reunited with his then-homeless father, who showed up as a “guest” at a shelter in Boston. Flynn examined his relationship with his father and the suicide of his mother in “Another Bullshit Night in Suck City,” which won the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir and has been translated into 15 languages. Flynn also wrote two other memoirs, “The Reenactments” and “The Ticking is the Bomb: A Memoir of Bewilderment,” and three books of poetry, “The Captain Asks for a Show of Hands” “Some Ether,” which won the PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award, and “Blind Huber.” His fourth book of poetry, “My Feelings,” is forthcoming.

The Big Dog Reading Series, sponsored by the BU English department’s creative writing program, brings poets and writers of regional and national interest to the community. Call 570-389-4427 for more information on the series. To learn more about author Nick Flynn, see blueflowerarts.com.

Monday, March 03, 2014

The 39 Steps in Bloomsburg

The 39 Steps have been films by Alfred Hitchcock starring Robert Donat and again starring Jimmy Stewart. Now the espionage thriller comes to stage with the Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble running March 6 to 23 at the Alvina Krause Theatre, Center Street.
Thursday, March 6, is a pay-what-you-wish performance (cash-only and no reservations) at 7:30 pm. General admission for the run is $12 all seats. Additional performance on Wednesday, March 12. Details.