PASAbilities – week of 2/9

PASAbilities – Week of February 9– February 15

A weekly publication by the Public Affairs Student Association of Rockefeller College. 

UPCOMING EVENTS: 

—This week in and around Albany—

<Tuesday 2/10>

UAlbany Day
Location: Liberty Café – North Concourse, Empire State Plaza
Time: 5:00pm – 6:30pm
Summary: Interim President George Philip invites you to join UAlbany Alumni, Students, Faculty, Staff and Friends to Celebrate and Advocate for the University at Albany Rally & Reception.  Parking available under the Plaza in V Lot. Take elevator to Concourse & follow signs to North Concourse and Liberty Café.

<Wednesday 2/11>

2009 Job and Internship Expo
Location: SEFCU Arena
Time: 10:00am – 3:00pm
Summary: Recruiters from corporate, non-profit, and government sectors will be available to talk to you about internships and full-time jobs. Wear a suit and bring copies of your resume!

Fair Trade for a Fair World
Location: Assembly Hall – Campus Center
Time: 4:00pm – 8:00pm
Summary: The UAlbany Fair Trade Alliance will host a participatory art installation (4:00 pm) and converstations between Fair Trade organizations and UAlbany  students, staff, and faculty(5:00 pm) — open dialogue on How To Create a Fair Trade University at UAlbany. All Welcome. Music and Refreshments.  Come hear from Mango Tree, Mayan Hands, and many more.

Irish Writer Frank Delaney – Reading
Location: Carole Huxley Auditorium, New York State Museum
Time: 5:30pm
Summary: Frank Delaney is the author of the New York Times bestseller, Ireland: A Novel, a fictionalized retelling of the myths and historical traditions of his native land. His newest novel is Shannon (2009), about an American priest who becomes caught up in Ireland’s bloody conflicts of the 1920s.

Cooking The Tree of Life: Plants
Location: Clark Auditorium – New York State Museum
Time: 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Summary: In celebration of the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth, cooking demonstrations in February will highlight the evolutionary history of the meals’ main ingredients. Each menu will focus on a different branch of the Tree of Life: vertebrates, invertebrates, plants, and fungi.  Tonight, Chef Timothy Warnock, corporate chef for U.S. Foodservice, uses ingredients from across the botanical Tree of Life to create a most biodiverse. Dr. George Robinson, professor at the University of Albany, guides you through the 500 million-year-old plant Tree of Life. All Shows FREE in Clark Auditorium.  Birthday cake will be served in honor of Charles Darwin.  For more information go to: http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/programs/treeoflife/ 


<Thursday 2/12>

The Future of Public Service in New York State
Location: 711A Legislative Office Building
Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Summary: Empire State Capital Area Chapter American Society of Public Administration Presents “The Future of Public Service in New York State.”  Featuring Nancy Kiyonaga, Director of Workforce and Occupational Planning in the New York State Department of Civil Service.  Free Admission, Light Hors D’oeuvres will be served.  RSVP: aspa.escac@gmail.com

Blacks and Blackness in Contemporary France
Location: Humanities 290
Time: 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Summary: Special Lecture by Professor Pap NDiaye of the Ecole des hautes etudes en sciences sociales (EHESS) in Paris, France.  co-sponsored by the Depts of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, and History

Film Screening and Discussion: “4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days”
Location: Campus Center 375
Time: 4:00pm – 6:45pm
Summary: Cristian Mungiu’s 2007 film, “4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days”, will launch the Women’s Studies film series, “Danger Zones: Mapping Women’s Lives.” It explores the subject of illegal abortion in 1987 Romania. At the end of the screening, a panel will lead discussion addressing these gender issues in global perspective.  Presenters: Janell Hobson, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Women’s Studies ,  Kelly J. Horner, M.A. Director, Sexual Assault Resource Center, Vivien W. Ng, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Associate Dean of Undergraduate Research, Department of Women’s Studies

<Friday 2/13>

Love Me Tonight Film Screening
Location: Page Hall
Time: 7:30pm
Summary: (United States, 1932, 104 minutes, b/w, 35mm)

Directed by Rouben Mamoulian.  Starring Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Charles Ruggles.  In this delightful romantic comedy—- acclaimed as the very best musical of the 1930s—- a tailor poses as a nobleman in order to collect an overdue bill, and ends up falling in love with a princess. Scholar James Harvey calls Rouben Mamoulian’s brilliantly edited movie, “the Lubitsch film that Lubitsch was always trying to pull off but never quite did.”

<Saturday 2/14>

Troy Winter Farmers Market
Location: Uncle Sam Atrium, Troy
Time: 9:00am – 1:00pm
Summary: Local farmers, bakers and artisans offer the Capital Region’s freshest foods, art and handmade crafts. There’s also live music, great food, family activities and lots of learning opportunities! (Visit www.troymarket.org for more information)

Adirondack Outdoorsman Show
Location: Johnstown Moose Club
Time: 10:00am – 8:00pm
Summary: Gear, equipment and supplies for hunters, fishermen and outdoors enthusiasts. There will be experts, columnists, authors and displays. $5.  Visit http://www.adkshow.com/ for more information.

Lake George Winter Carnival
Location: Lake George Village
Time: All Day
Summary: Motorcycle ice races, ATV ice drags, Tavern competition, chowder cook-off, ice castle, polar golf contest and more. 11am. Lake George.  Visit http://www.lakegeorgewintercarnival.com/events_weekend_2.html for more information.

<Sunday 2/15>

Lake George Winter Carnival
Location: Lake George Village
Time: All Day
Summary: Motorcycle ice races, ATV ice drags, Tavern competition, chowder cook-off, ice castle, polar golf contest and more. 11am. Lake George.  Visit http://www.lakegeorgewintercarnival.com/events_weekend_2.html for more information.

Adirondack Outdoorsman Show
Location: Johnstown Moose Club
Time: 9:00am – 6:00pm
Summary: Gear, equipment and supplies for hunters, fishermen and outdoors enthusiasts. There will be experts, columnists, authors and displays. $5.  Visit http://www.adkshow.com/ for more information.

Darwin at 200: His Legacy
Location: First Unitarian Universalist Society of Albany – 405 Washington Ave.
Time: 1:00pm
Summary: Tom Carroll worked to locate, transcribe, and publish the correspondence of Charles Darwin housed at the American Philosophical Society Library in Philadelphia. Sherrie Lyons, PhD, and author of Thomas Henry Huxley: The Evolution of a Scientist (Prometheus Books 1999). She has published numerous articles on 19th&; and 20th century evolutionary biology and the marginal sciences.

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PASAbilities – week of 2/2

PASAbilities – Week of February 2– February 8
A weekly publication by the Public Affairs Student Association of Rockefeller College.

—This week in and around Albany—

<Tuesday 2/3>

Tuesday Policy Lunch – The African Legislatures Project
Location: Levitt Room, Milne Hall
Time: 12:15pm – 1:30pm
Summary: Shaheen Mozaffar, a professor of political science at Bridgewater State College in Massachusetts, is co-principal investigator of the African Legislatures Project. The project is a collaboration between Bridgewater’s Center for Legislative Studies and the Center for Social Science Research at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. Mozaffar and his colleagues are collecting information on legislatures in 18 African nations to better understand the role of legislatures in democratic development on the continent.

<Wednesday 2/4>

Panel on Global Warming
Location: LC1 – Uptown Campus
Time: 6:30pm – 9:00pm
Summary: The evening will focus on a discussion regarding policy changes to combat global warming. A webcast with national environmental leaders will be shown follow by commentary by a panel made up of UAlbany faculty, staff and students.

<Thursday 2/5>

30^th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr./Black History Month Luncheon
Location: Campus Center Ballroom – Uptown Campus
Time: 12:00pm – 2:00pm
Summary: The 30th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, Black History Month Luncheon celebrates the accomplishments of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other Americans of African descent. It is free and seating is on a first come first serve basis. This year’s keynote address will be presented by Dr. Frank Pogue, the Interim President of Chicago State University. Dr. Pogue served as UAlbany’s Vice President for Student Affairs from 1983-1986, and was the founder of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Luncheon on our campus.

Anglo-Nigerian Author Bernardine Evaristo – Seminar
Location: Assembly Hall – Campus Center
Time: 4:15pm
Summary: Bernardine Evaristo, prize-winning poet and novelist, is celebrated for imaginative and humorous explorations of cultural intercourse between African and Western civilizations. Her newest book is “Blonde Roots” (2008), a perceptive, unflinching and often brutal counter-historical novel that poses the question, “What if black Africans had enslaved white Europeans?”

Bacchiocchi-Brown Duo
Location: Performing Arts Center
Time: 7:00pm
Summary: The renowned flute and guitar duo of Kristin Bacchiocchi and Joel Brown present works by Giuliani, Castelnovo-Tedesco, Piazzolla and more.  $5 Students.

Anglo-Nigerian Author Bernardine Evaristo – Reading
Location: Assembly Hall – Campus Center
Time: 8:00pm
Summary: Bernardine Evaristo, prize-winning poet and novelist, is celebrated for imaginative and humorous explorations of cultural intercourse between African and Western civilizations. Her newest book is “Blonde Roots” (2008), a perceptive, unflinching and often brutal counter-historical novel that poses the question, “What if black Africans had enslaved white Europeans?”

<Friday 2/6>

1^st Friday – Albany
Location: Lark Street Area
Time: 5:00pm – 9:00pm
Summary: 1st Friday, administered by the Upstate Artists Guild and coordinated by Michael Weidrich, aims to introduce a wider audience to the unique vitality of the artists and venues of Albany. 1st Friday promotes interest in the arts by making it accessible, thereby strengthening the arts community in Albany.  Visit http://www.1stfridayalbany.org/ for information and locations.

Jean Renoir Film Festival: LA CHIENNE film screening
Location: Page Hall
Time: 7:30pm
Summary: (France, 1931, 91 minutes, b/w) Directed by Jean Renoir Starring Michel Simon, Janie Marèse, Georges Flamant. In French with English subtitles. A classic of “social realism,” Renoir’s talkie debut examines the fate of a mild-mannered store clerk who falls in love with a ruthless prostitute. In a latter-day reappraisal, Vincent Canby of the New York Times said, “All of the performances are close to flawless, but it’s Renoir’s unseen presence one remembers most vividly.

<Saturday 2/7>

Troy Winter Farmers Market
Location: Uncle Sam Atrium, Troy
Time: 9:00am – 1:00pm
Summary: Local farmers, bakers and artisans offer the Capital Region’s freshest foods, art and handmade crafts. There’s also live music, great food, family activities and lots of learning opportunities! (Visit www.troymarket.org for more information)

Lake George Winter Carnival
Location: Lake George, NY
Time: 11:30am
Summary: Activities include outhouse races, flag football, chicken wing cook-off and more.

Big Purple Growl
Location: SEFCU Arena
Time: 4:30pm
Summary: Are you game? It’s “pawsitively” the best hoop party in town! Watch our UAlbany Great Danes men’s and women’s basketball teams slam dunk their way to victory against the University of Binghamton Bearcats and University of Vermont Catmounts. Free admission to first 1,000 students w/SUNY Card! Plenty of contest during the halftime plus chances to win a top housing lottery number and $1,000 in the SEFCU Money Machine!  (Student tickets will be distributed 1 hour prior to the game time. Lines will form in the concourse between the SEFCU Arena and PE Building. SUNY Card required.)  Student seats & T-Shirts are limited – ARRIVE EARLY!

<Sunday 2/8>

Book Readings – Russell Banks
Location: Bethlehem Public Library
Time: 2:00pm
Summary: The author will read from /The Reserve/. Books available for purchase and signing at a reception following the reading. Free, tickets required. Call 439-9314 ext. 3009 for information. Underwritten by Friends of the Library.

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