Jan.17
10-11:00
Monday

PASSIN’ IT ON

Passin' It On is a documentary portraying the Black Panthers in the Civil Rights Movement. Utilizing archival news footage, personal accounts, and a rich jazz score, it offers important insights in the political debates crucial to the generations coming of age after the 1960’s.

RICKY L. JONES
The Lost King: The Liberating Man and the Oppressive Myth of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Ricky L. Jones is Associate Professor, Chair, and Political Science specialist in the Department of Pan-African Studies at the University of Louisville. Cosponsored by the Black Cultural Center and the Campus Christian Center. The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Convocation.

CHARLES E. PACE
The Evolution, the Myth, and the Real Malcolm X

Professor Pace is a “living history” performer who explores the activist role of African-Americans from the past 200 years in their quest for democracy at home and abroad. Today he will portray Malcolm X, the controversial political activist, whose uncompromising self-critique, driving quest for knowledge, and conversion to Islam transformed this ex-con into an internationally respected spokesman for human rights.

THE HINDS SISTERS
A Treasury of Trios, Duets, and Solos

From the New York and Berlin Philharmonic Orchestras to the Rome and Netherlands Opera, the Hinds Sisters have captured the hearts and souls of audiences with their unique and wide-ranging musical performances. Their program covers four centuries of vocal music from Baroque to opera to madrigals and modern classics. They will close their recital with African-American spirituals. A Stephenson Memorial Concert. (A GSTR 109 event)

QUINTARD TAYLOR
The Black West Begins Here: Black Kentucky and the African American West

Dr. Taylor is the Scott and Dorothy Bullit Professor of American History at the University of Washington. He has written and lectured extensively on African American life and experiences in the American West. Sponsored by the Black Cultural Center. Carter G. Woodson Memorial Convocation

Feb. 24
3:00

CAROLYN SHOEMAKER
When Are We Going to Get There? The Search for Near-Earth Objects

Carolyn Shoemaker is a planetary astronomer who has searched the skies, from the American Southwest to the Australian Outback, for asteroids that pose a danger to the earth. Her work has enhanced the discovery of more than 800 asteroids, 32 comets, and numerous meteorites. The Berea College Science Lecture.

SUSAN BORDO
Changing Reflections in the Mirror of Culture

Susan Bordo holds the Otis A. Singletary Chair in the Humanities at the University of Kentucky. Her media-illustrated talk will explore how our celebrity and “perfection-dominated” culture has altered our ideas about beauty, race, gender, and the body. This program is presented as part of the activities sponsored this month by the Women’s History Month Committee.

IMANI WINDS
Winds of Change: Urban Classical Music

The goal of Imani (“faith” in Swahili) is to bring classical music to a new, multicultural generation. Playing flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn and bassoon, the members of this innovative woodwind quintet from New York City explore the links between European, African, Latin, and American music. A Stephenson Memorial Concert (A GSTR 109 event)

SUMIT GANGULY
Indio-U. S. Relations

Apr. 07
3:00

HARMONIOUS WAIL
Gypsy Swing Music

Inspired by the music of Django Reinhart and Stephane Grappelli, this ensemble from Madison, Wisconsin blends a variety of styles—American jazz, contemporary folk, and Eastern European gypsy swing—to create their unique sound of mandolin-heavy gypsy jazz, with female vocals, bass, and guitar.

SAMITE & TRIO
Music for World Harmony

A musician, composer and recording artist from Uganda, Samite mesmerizes audiences with original compositions sung in his mother tongue, Lagana, and played on the litungu (seven-stringed Kenyan instrument), kalimba(thumb/finger piano), marimba, and various flutes. His music opens minds and hearts to common threads of human concerns while also revealing the soul of Africa. (A GSTR 109 event)

THE CHENILLE SISTERS
Women in Jazz

Critically acclaimed as America’s favorite sister group, these Emmy Award winners combine well-crafted songs with a witty sense of humor and airtight harmonies. Their new show, Women in Jazz, features songs composed by some of the greatest writers of the swing era, who just happen to be women. A Stephenson Memorial Concert. (A GSTR 109 event) It’s-the-almost-over-convo honoring the graduating seniors.

EBOO PATEL
Interfaith, Dialogue and Service

Eboo Patel Executive Director and founder of the Inter-Faith Youth Core, a youth-led international organization. IFC brings together young people (ages 15-25) from different faith traditions and communities to engage in social action projects and to share how different faiths inspire social justice. This Service Convocation co-sponsored by the Campus Christian Center and the Center for Excellence in Learning, Teaching and Service (CELTS).