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Tapestry by Tommye M. Scanlin |
Nov. 10 through Jan. 20,
"Echoes of Appalachia" exhibit, Fine Arts
Gallery, Hoag Student Center.
Images and objects inspired by the traditions and
landscape of Appalachia. Artists Diane Getty of Sewanee, Tenn., Tommye
McClure Scanlin of Dahlonega, and Pat Williams of Clarkesville exhibit
fabric collage and tapestry.
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Jan. 6, 9:15-10 a.m., U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss, Pennington Military Leadership Center Conference Room. U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., will speak to North Georgia College & State University students.
Jan. 10, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Dahlonega/Lumpkin County Chamber of Commerce
"Business After Hours," Activity Room, NGCSU Stewart Center for Continuing
Education. For more information, contact NGCSU Continuing Education
at 706-874-1918.
Jan. 10, 7:30 p.m., Andy David Jazz Quintet Recital, Gloria Shott
Auditorium. Andy David, NGCSU Director of Bands, and
some of his friends will present a program of jazz music that includes old
standards as well as new pieces and a complete performance of John
Coltrane’s masterpiece, “A Love Supreme.”
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| "Opal" by Debbie Martin |
Jan. 13-Feb. 10, “Journey to Yesterday: My Family History” exhibit, Nix Center Art Gallery. "Journey to Yesterday" features artist Debbie Rana Martin’s collection of five generations of family history. The photography and photo art collage exhibit shapes a portrait of Martin’s heritage through family heirlooms, pictures, newspaper clippings and other belongings. The senior student art exhibit, with a reception at 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 19, includes 11x17-inch photos and 20x28-inch mixed media collages. The gallery will be open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call 706-864-1949. [More...]
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"Taming of the Shrew" |
Jan. 19, 7 p.m.,
“Taming of the Shrew,” National Players,
Hoag Student Center Auditorium.
America’s longest running classical touring
company presents one of William Shakespeare’s most popular comedies about
the battle between the sexes. Sponsored by the North Georgia Cultural Events
Committee. For more information, call 706-864-1643.
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| Le Belle Voci |
Jan. 23, 7:30 p.m., Le Belle Voci, Gloria Shott Auditorium. Invited to perform at the 2006 Georgia Music Educators
Association Conference, Le Belle Voci will present its conference program,
including selections by Allen Koepke and new works by Rick Bartlett. The
ensemble is directed by John Broman. For more
information, call 706-864-1431.
Jan. 26, 7 p.m.,
“All Quiet on the Western Front” (1930), Gloria Shott
Auditorium. Erich Maria Remarque’s classic
anti-war novel becomes a powerful and touching film about a young German
soldier’s journey of hope and despair during the last year of WWI. This
event is part of the NGCSU Spring Film Festival series, “Forgotten Wars,
Forgotten Heroes: Films about World War I and the Korean Conflict,” and is sponsored
by the North Georgia Cultural Events Committee. For more information, call
706-867-2760.
Jan. 30, 7:30 p.m., Student Recital, Dahlonega
Presbyterian Church. David Hudson, baritone, will present his senior voice
recital.
Jan. 31, 7:30 p.m., Ian Altman, piano, Gloria Shott
Auditorium. A faculty member at Mercer University, Ian Altman has
performed solo recitals and made appearances with orchestras across the
United States. A reception will follow the performance. The event is part of
the John L. Nix Living Heritage Fine Arts Series. For more information, call
706-864-1431.
February
Feb. 9, 12:30 p.m. and
7:30 p.m., Alfonso Lopez, violin, and
Michelle Tabor, piano, Gloria Shott
Auditorium. Alfonso Lopez,
concertmaster of the Venezuelan Symphony Orchestra in Caracas, will perform
in concert with Michelle Tabor, who was raised in Caracas. They have
performed on tours together in the United States and Venezuela. A reception
will follow the evening performance. The event is part of the John L. Nix
Living Heritage Fine Arts Series. For more information, call 706-864-1431.
Feb. 9, 7 p.m., “Paths of Glory”
(1957), Hoag Student Center Auditorium. Stanley Kubrick’s penetrating look into an actual story of a French
unit commander (Kirk Douglas) who during
World War I has to defend three soldiers
for cowardice and dereliction of duty, crimes of which they are innocent.
This event is part of the NGCSU Spring Film Festival series, “Forgotten
Wars, Forgotten Heroes: Films about World
War I and the Korean Conflict,” and is
sponsored by the North Georgia Cultural Events Committee. For more
information, call 706-867-2760.
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| Kuumba House Dance Theatre |
Feb. 16, 7 p.m., The Kuumba House Dance
Theatre, Hoag Student Center Auditorium.
Kuumba House Dance Theatre performs a repertoire of South African, West and
East African traditional and contemporary dances, touring throughout the
United States. The performing arts company preserves and teaches the
cultural experience of African art forms through dance, theatre, music and
other creative expression. Sponsored by the North Georgia Cultural Events
Committee. For more information, call 706-864-1643.
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Feb. 16, 7:30 p.m., Faculty Cooperative Recital, Gloria Shott Auditorium.
In this annual music faculty showcase, NGCSU
instrumental and vocal faculty join together to present a variety of solo
and ensemble selections in a variety of styles showcasing their many
performing talents.
Feb. 17, 1:30 p.m., Award-winning novelist Susan Vreeland, Health &
Natural Sciences Auditorium. Author of “Girl in Hyacinth Blue,” “The
Passion of Artemisia” and “The Forest Lover,” Susan Vreeland will read
excerpts from her novels. Vreeland, who is best known for her historical
novels surrounding art based themes, began her life as a fiction writer with
the publication of her first novel, “What Love Sees,” which was made into a
CBS movie. Another novel, “Girl in Hyacinth Blue,” was adapted for a
Hallmark Hall of Fame movie. She received the 2002 San Diego Book Awards’
Theodore Geisel Award and Best Novel of the Year.
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| Artwork by Jennifer Stowe |
Feb. 20-March 6, “Jennifer Stowe: Shapes, Forms & Reflections” exhibit, Nix Fine Arts Gallery. Jennifer Stowe’s senior art exhibition is based on photorealism and will feature eight original artworks in varying media, including oil, charcoal and digital drawings. Stowe will graduate in May with dual bachelor degrees in biology and art with an emphasis in scientific illustration. Her art show is also part of her application portfolio for graduate school, which she wants to attend to study medical illustration. The gallery is open Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. For more information, call the NGCSU Fine Arts Department at 706-864-1423 or e-mail jmstow1286@ngcsu.edu.
Feb. 23, 7 p.m., “A Farewell to Arms,"
Hoag Student Center Auditorium.
Ernest Hemingway's 1930 semiautobiographical
novel becomes a tragic romance between ambulance driver Lt. Frederic Henry
(Gary Cooper) and nurse Catherine Barkley (Helen Hayes) in Italy during WWI.
The film also analyzes Henry's feelings on war and the purpose of fighting.
This event is part of
the NGCSU Spring Film Festival series, “Forgotten Wars, Forgotten Heroes:
Films about World War I and the Korean Conflict,” and is sponsored by the North
Georgia Cultural Events Committee. For more information, call 706-867-2760.
Feb. 28, 7:30 p.m., Golden Eagle Band and Patriot Choir Concert, Hoag
Student Center Auditorium. John Broman and Andy David lead the two military
music ensembles in their third annual performance of concert works and
patriotic favorites, including Peter Wilhousky’s stirring arrangement of The
Battle Hymn of the Republic.
March
March 2, 7 p.m.,
“MASH” (1970), Gloria Shott
Auditorium. Robert
Altman and Ring Lardner’s hilariously scathing adaptation of Richard
Hooker’s best-selling novel about the medical corps in Korea that also
became the basis of the hit television series. This event is part of the NGCSU Spring Film Festival series, “Forgotten Wars, Forgotten Heroes: Films
about World War I and the Korean Conflict,” and is sponsored by the North Georgia
Cultural Events Committee. For more information, call 706-867-2760.
March 6, 7 p.m., Dr.
Carolyn Cornelison speaks on "The Courage to Care" program, Memorial Hall
Gymnasium. Dr. Carolyn Cornelison will use her knowledge, personal
experiences and personality to portray a realistic look at college drinking,
taking responsibility, recognizing abuse and helping those with alcohol and
drug related problems. Cornelison also will share her college experience as
both a sorority member and student-athlete. She has traveled to over 500
campuses and been a part of numerous Greek education, athletic department,
and general campus health programs. The lecture is sponsored by PLUS (Peer
Leaders Understanding Students) and the NGCSU Office of Student Affairs.
March 6-7, 7:30 p.m., "An
Evening with Mozart," Gloria Shott Auditorium. NGCSU music students and
faculty will present a sampling of vocal and instrumental works by one of
history’s greatest composers. For more information, call 706-864-1423.
March 7, 12:30 p.m. and 7
p.m., Call to Duty Tour Forums, Health & Natural Sciences Auditorium.
The NGCSU School of Education and the Department of Psychology & Sociology
will sponsor two forums by the Call To Duty Tour, a national college
speaking tour of recent honorably discharged gay and lesbian service
members. The forum members will discuss the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell Law"
policy and veterans, who wanted to serve their country but were discharged
or failed to re-enlist because of the policy, will give personal stories.
March 9, 12:30 p.m., "The Role of State Coalitions in Addressing Sexual Assault in Society" presented by Anna Robertson, Gloria Shott Auditorium. The NGCSU Women and Leadership Committee and Project Dignity will present Anna Robertson of the Georgia Network to End Sexual Assault, a non-profit coalition which provides support to 21 rape crisis centers. Robertson's presentation, "The Role of State Coalitions in Addressing Sexual Assault in Society," includes the importance of prevention education on university campuses and identifying referral sources to victims. For more information call 706-864-1446 or e-mail kadolan@ngcsu.edu.
March 29-April 1, 7:30
p.m. and April 2, 2:30 p.m., “The Glass
Menagerie,” Hoag Student Center Auditorium.
"The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams, a
production of the NGCSU Student Theatre Guild.
In this classic semi-autobiographical
play, the domineering matriarch of the Wingfield family tries to find a
“gentleman caller” for her fragile daughter. For more information, call
706-864-1431.
March 30-31, NGCSU National Leadership
Conference. The nation’s top two U.S. Army officials will deliver the
keynote addresses at the North Georgia College & State University National
Leadership Conference on March 30 in Dahlonega. Gen. Peter
Schoomaker, the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, and Francis J. Harvey,
Secretary of the U.S. Army, will speak to education, business, military and
government representatives from around the country attending the conference.
On tap March 31 to speak about crisis management is Lt. Gen. Russel L. Honore, the commander of active-duty troops engaged in
hurricane relief in the Katrina aftermath. During the
two-day event, participants will take part in breakout sessions and
presentations will cover issues involving “Adaptive Leadership: The future
of military education,” the conference’s theme. For more
information on the conference, contact University Relations at 706-864-1949
or
jipreston@ngcsu.edu. The National Leadership Conference Web site is
www.ngcsuleadership.org.
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March 30-April 23, Hal. B. Rhodes 16th Annual Student Exhibition, Fine Arts
Gallery, Hoag Student Center. The annual exhibit features the best work by
NGCSU studio art students and will culminate in a reception held in
conjunction with Parent Alumni weekend. Art scholarships for the 2006–2007
academic year will be announced, and the guest juror will present an award
for the Best in Show. Reception and Award Ceremony, April 21, 5 p.m.
April
April 2, 7 p.m., Choral Explosion III, Grace
Episcopal Church, 431 Washington Street, Gainesville. The NGCSU Singers
will join other college and university choirs from throughout north Georgia
in a choral exchange and joint concert presentation. For more information,
call 706-864-1423.
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April 7-8, 7:30 p.m.,
"A Night On Broadway," Gloria Shott Auditorium. The NGCSU
Madrigal Singers and soloists will be presenting “Thoroughly Modern
Musicals: A Contemporary Broadway Retrospective,” a revue of some of
the greatest songs to come out of Broadway over the past several decades.
The performance will also include a presentation of W. A. Mozart’s comic
opera The Impresario. For more information, call 706-864-1423.
April 8, 2 p.m., Golden Eagle Band's Concert in the Park, Hancock Park, Dahlonega (just north of square). In this popular community favorite, Director of Bands Andy David leads the Golden Eagle Band in a concert of American music from the military band tradition. For more information, call 706-864-1423.
April 10, 7:30 p.m., Senior Voice Recital by Carrie Coleman (alto), Gloria Shott Auditorium. For
the latest Fine Arts events information, call
706-867-ARTS and for more information call 706-864-1423.
April 11, Annual Honors Day Academic
Conference. For the 11th consecutive year, an accomplished group of
students, faculty and guest speakers will converge on the NGCSU campus for
the Annual Honors Day Academic Conference. The conference covers the entire
campus, replacing all on-campus day classes. The daylong forum will showcase
student excellence and achievement. Each department selects student papers
or projects to present at panels. The panels run most of the day, from 9
a.m. through 3 p.m., and the event ends with a "Great Debate" starting at
3:30 p.m. An updated schedule is
available on the
Honors Day Web site.
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April 12, 7:30 p.m.,
Vietnam War Poetry Reading, Health and Natural Sciences Auditorium. Two
of America's finest Vietnam-veteran poets, W. D. Ehrhart and David Connolly,
will read their poetry, discuss their Vietnam War experiences, and
commemorate the 30th anniversary of the close of the American war in
Vietnam. The poets will be introduced and audience response moderated by
Marc Jason Gilbert, an NGCSU history professor who has widely written on the
history of the Vietnam era and is the editor of "The Vietnam War: Teaching
Approaches and Resources." For more information, contact Todd Campbell,
706-867-2783 or tcampbell@ngcsu.edu;
Marc Gilbert, 706-864-1911 or
mgilbert@ngcsu.edu.
April 13, 7 p.m., “Pork Chop Hill” (1959), Gloria Shott
Auditorium. Gregory Peck stars as an infantry captain during the Korean
Conflict whose men must take charge of a strategically important hill and
hold it against Chinese forces that outnumber them almost 10 to one.
This event is part of the NGCSU Spring Film Festival series, “Forgotten
Wars, Forgotten Heroes: Films about World War I and the Korean Conflict,” and is
sponsored by the North Georgia Cultural Events Committee. For more
information, call 706-867-2760.
April 17, 7:30 p.m., Patriot Choir's Spring Concert, Gloria Shott
Auditorium. The university’s military vocal ensemble will present a
varied program of patriotic music, love songs and folk song arrangements under the
direction of John Broman.
For more information, call 706-864-1423.
April 18, 7:30 p.m., North Georgia Chamber Symphony, Gloria Shott
Auditorium. Director Laurin Smith will lead the North Georgia Chamber
Symphony as it presents a program including a Hungarian Rhapsody by Franz
Liszt and a range of other popular, folk and classical works in a variety of
styles.
For more information, call 706-864-1423.
April 18, 12:30 p.m. and April 20, 7:30 p.m., NGCSU Singers and Le Belle Voci
Spring Concert, Health & Natural Sciences Auditorium. Under the direction of John Broman, the NGCSU Singers, the
university’s large mixed choir, and Le Belle Voci, the select women’s
ensemble, combine to present a spring concert of choral music in a variety
of styles.
For more information, call 706-864-1423.
April 19, 7:30 p.m. and April 20, 12:30 p.m., NGCSU Jazz Orchestra Concert, Gloria Shott Performance Hall. The Jazz Orchestra and small ensembles present music from the traditional big band repertoire as well as innovative compositions by present day artists. Works planned include “Evidence,” a Thelonious Monk composition as recorded by the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, and a new work by Bob Brookemeyer. For more information, call 706-864-1423.
April 21-23, 2006 Parents-Alumni Weekend.
For information and reservations for the weekend events, contact Alumni
Affairs at 706-864-1547. For additional information, view a
brochure
of the weekend's highlights (PDF format).
April 24, 7:30 p.m. and April 25, 12:30 p.m., NGCSU Symphonic Band Concert,
Hoag Student Center Auditorium. Andy David conducts the
ensemble in standard works from the wind band repertory, as well as
cutting-edge contemporary compositions. The concert will feature Ron
Nelson’s Passacaglia (Homage on Bach) along with Frank Ticheli’s Blue
Shades, a contemporary tribute to early jazz. For
more information, call 706-864-1423.
April 27, 7:30 p.m., Small Music Ensembles, Gloria Shott Auditorium.
For the latest Fine Arts events information, call
706-867-ARTS and for more information call 706-864-1423.
April 27, 12:30 p.m. and April 28, 7:30 p.m., Student Music Recitals, Gloria
Shott Auditorium. For the latest Fine Arts
events information, call 706-867-ARTS and for more information call
706-864-1423.
April 30, 2:30 p.m., Student Piano Recital, Gloria Shott Auditorium. For
the latest Fine Arts events information, call
706-867-ARTS and for more information call 706-864-1423.
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May 11-Aug. 25, Art
Appreciation Show, Hoag Student Center Fine Arts Gallery. The exhibition
features artwork by six of the university’s art faculty members. On display
are prints, pastels, photographs, paintings, pottery, and weavings by Paul
Dunlap, Jim Fambrough, Matt Henderson, Jo-Marie Karst, Noelle Petersen, and
Tommye Scanlin. The gallery is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and during
limited weekend hours. An opening public reception is on May 11, 5 to 7 p.m.
More information at 706-864-1512.
May 12-31, Jack Anthony
Photography Show, Buisson Arts Center Gallery in Dahlonega. Jack
Anthony, NG '51, will be featuring photographs from his new coffee table
book, "Waterfalls of North Georgia." The gallery opening will take place on
May 12 at 7 p.m. For more information, contact the Buisson Arts Center at
706-867-0050 or visit
www.buissonartscenter.com.
U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss
will keynote the North Georgia College & State University spring
graduation ceremonies on May 13 at 12:30 and 4 p.m. at the Memorial Hall
Gymnasium in Dahlonega. North Georgia’s newest Army lieutenants will be
sworn in as commissioned officers at 10 a.m. in the gym. For more
information, call 706-864-1602.
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June 8, Erroll B. Davis Jr., chancellor of the University System of Georgia,
will make his first official visit to North Georgia College & State
University. After meeting with NGCSU President David Potter, Davis will be
introduced to faculty, staff and students in the Hoag Auditorium, located in
the Student Center, at 11 a.m. for a 45-minute session. After lunch with
representatives of the Dahlonega/Lumpkin County community, the chancellor
will meet with North Georgia cabinet members and deans. At 1:45, Davis will
have a 15-minute meeting with representatives of area news media in the
Pennington Military Leadership Center on campus. North Georgia marks the
chancellor’s 28th campus visit. For more information, call 706-864-1949.
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