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Nanette Shaw Assistant Vice President for Public Affairs PRESS CONTACT: David Manning 212. 817.7177 or 7170 dmanning@gc.cuny.edu For Immediate Release:
Wednesday, May 2
Geometry and Art: From Escher to Animation (popular science demonstration) 6:30 pm Geometry can be considered a mathematical language of nature and art, inspiring sculptors, painters, and computer animators. Learn about mathematician Donald Coxeter and the work of contemporary artists who utilize geometry. With Siobhan Roberts, author of King of Infinite Space: Donald Coxeter, The Man Who Saved Geometry and Emmy Award-winning animator Mark Neumann. Presented by Science & the Arts; free, for information call 212-817-8215. (film screenings & discussion) 6:30 pm Narrating clips from her rarely-seen underground films of the 80s, writer and filmmaker Chris Kraus describes the juncture in her theoretical fictions between performance, high theory, reportage and low comedy. Kraus is the celebrated author of I Love Dick, Aliens & Anorexia, Video Green: Los Angeles Art and the Triumph of Nothingness and most recently, Torpor. Her films include Gravity & Grace, How To Shoot A Crime, and The Golden Bowl or Repression. She is a co-editor of Semiotexte and is currently a visiting professor in the Literature Department at UC San Diego. Presented by the Center for the Humanities, co-sponsored by the Ph.D. Program in English. Free, for information call 212-817-2005.
Monday, May 7
An Evening with Italian Playwright Roberto Cavosi (play readings & discussion) 6:30 pm The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center presents English-language premier readings from a range of Italian playwright Roberto Cavosi’s work, including Bellissima Maria (Beautiful Maria), winner of the 2001 Riccione Teatro Prize. There will also be a short visual presentation and a panel discussion with the playwright, hosted by Jane House, actress, director, translator, and founder of Jane House Productions, which makes available to American audiences the rich array of Italian drama, through premier dramatic readings. Free, for information call 212-817-1861.
(discussion) 6:30 pm Taking the fall 2006 Military Commission Act as a starting point, this interdisciplinary panel will examine the historical precedents for limiting habeas protections as well as the recent legislation’s potential impact on US citizens’ constitutional protections. Participants will include, among others, David Cole, Georgetown University, legal affairs correspondent for The Nation; Aziz Huq, director, Liberty and National Security Project, The Brennan Center for Justice; and Corey Robin, professor of political science, the Graduate Center. Presented by the Center for the Humanities; free, for information call 212-817-2005.
Wednesday, May 9
An Evening with Catalan Playwright Sergi Belbel (play reading & discussion) 6:30 pm The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center presents a reading of Mobile by playwright-director Sergi Belbel, translated by Marion Peter Holt and directed by Mallory Catlett. A discussion of the play with the author and translator will follow. Belbel is the most widely performed of contemporary Catalan dramatists and has become one of the most acclaimed directors in Spain, with stagings of plays by Koltès, Guimerà, Shakespeare, Benet i Jornet, Mamet, and Marivaux, as well as a production of Rossini's Il viaggio a Rheims for the Teatre del Liceu. Among his most successful plays are Tàlem (Fourplay) (1990), Carícies (Caresses) (1991), Després de la pluja (After the Rain) (1993), La sang (Blood) (1999), and Forasters (Strangers) (2004). Mobile is subtitled “A Digital Phone Play,” and most of its dialogue consists of monologues spoken into cell phones. Free, for information call 212-817-1861.
Monday, May 14
Does New York’s Past Have a Future? A Report on the Preservation Movement’s History and Some Prescriptions for its Next Century (discussion) 6:30-8:30 pm It's been over four decades since Penn Station was trashed and turned into Jersey landfill and the Landmarks Preservation Commission was created in its wake. We're now in the midst of an enormous development juggernaut, and some think that historic preservation might wind up as road kill. Join some of the movement's leading activists and analysts including Anthony C. Wood, New York Preservation Archive Project, for a discussion about the past, present and future of preservation in New York City. Presented by the Gotham Center for NYC History. Free, for information call 212-817-8424.
Wednesday, May 16
American Jewish Political Activism after the Holocaust (lecture) 6:15 pm This lecture by Dr. Abraham Edelheit will focus on the limits and weaknesses in the political activism of the American Jewish Congress and the American Federation of Polish Jews—two organizations in which Joseph L. Tenenbaum had played a crucial role. It will also provide a comparative framework for understanding the increased political role the Landsmanschaften had assumed during and after the Nazi era. Edelheit is associate professor of history and political science at Kingsborough Community College/CUNY. He is the author and/or editor of 11 books, including History of the Holocaust: A Handbook and Dictionary. Presented by the Rosenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies; free, for information call 212-817-8215.
Thursday, May 17
Tuesday, May 22
String Theory for Dummies (popular science presentation) 6:30 pm An entertaining and informative discussion explaining string theory for a general audience. Many scientists feel string theory explains and unifies all of physics. Others feel it is a mathematical exercise that cannot be proven by experiment. All sides of this controversy will be revealed. Presented by Science & the Arts; free, for information call 212-817-8215. |