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ON CAMPUS: RENAISSANCE DIVERSITY; THANKSGIVING LUNCH AT WYNDHAM; FEMINISM PAST AND PRESENT, LOCAL AND GLOBAL; SMOKE SIGNALS; BREAKFAST WITH SANTA; STAFF ASSOCIATION FESTIVITIES; TEMPORARY MOVE FOR CAFE
Renaissance Diversity. On Sunday, Nov. 21, the Renaissance Choir will present a concert titled "The Tower of Babel: The Many Tongues of Renaissance Music." Says choir member and Professor of English Jane Hedley, "We'll be singing a lively range of pieces, chosen to give this concert as much linguistic diversity as possible: they're in French, German, Spanish and Italian but also Dutch, Scottish, Greek, Hebrew, Catalan, Portuguese, Greghesca — and even English." The concert is free to all and will be presented in Thomas Great Hall from 3 to 5 p.m.
Thanksgiving Lunch at Wyndham. Wyndham House invites all members of the Bryn Mawr community to share a special Thanksgiving lunch on Tuesday, Nov. 23, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The buffet-style meal offers a variety of traditional Thanksgiving foods, such as turkey, squash, sweet potatoes and corn, as well as homemade pumpkin, apple and pecan pies. The cost is $15 per person; call 526-5236 for reservations.
Feminism Past and Present, Local and Global. At 4 p.m. on Nov. 29, Feminist and Gender Studies Program Coordinator Anne Dalke and Philosophy Department Chair Christine Koggel will host a conversation with Claudine Monteil.
As a college junior, Monteil studied at Haverford in 1969-70 (the first year the college opened courses to women). She is a French writer and feminist activist, a friend of Simone de Beauvoir, with whom, 34 years ago, she helped to found the Women's Liberation Movement in France. Monteil's latest book, The Beauvoir Sisters, is about Simone de Beauvoir and her sister Helene de Beauvoir, a feminist and a painter whose work represents women's issues and conditions around the world. Monteil describes it as "a testimony to the 20th century, from a political and feminist perspective, of the connections between the French and American women's liberation movement, by a woman who was traveling back and forth, sharing causes together between the United States and France."
The event, hosted by the Feminist and Gender Studies Program and the Center for International Studies, will take place in Campus Center 200. It is free and open to all.
Smoke Signals. On Thursday, Dec. 2, Katharine Woodhouse-Beyer, lecturer in anthropology, will present the feature film Smoke Signals. Advertised as the first full-length feature film to be written, directed and produced by an American Indian, Smoke Signals tells the story of Victor, a young man whose estranged father, Arnold, has recently died, and the "misfit storyteller" Thomas Builds-the-Fire, an antisocial dreamer. The two young men have sharply conflicting memories of Arnold. When Victor is called to retrieve his father's ashes, Thomas funds the bus trip on the condition that he be allowed to tag along. The eventual confrontation with Arnold's legacy has a profound effect on both men. The film's script was written by Sherman Alexie and draws heavily from his book The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, a collection of short stories. The event, sponsored by the Center for Ethnicities, Communities and Social Policy, is free and open to the public. It will be held in Thomas 110.
Breakfast with Santa. On Saturday, Dec. 11, that jolly old elf will park his sleigh on campus and make his way to Thomas Great Hall, where he will share breakfast and conversation with children of the Bryn Mawr College community from 9 to 11 a.m. The cost for the event is $6 per adult and $4 for each child of two years or older; admission is free for children under two. To register, call the Student Activities Office at x7332 or fill out the online registration form at http://www.brynmawr.edu/activities/santabreakfast.shtml. The registration deadline is Wednesday, Dec. 1.
Staff Association Festivities. The Staff Association will sponsor a holiday get-together on Friday, Dec. 3, in Thomas Great Hall. The event will feature "lots of great food," organizers promise. Staff members will be offering artistic and culinary wares for sale, and a 50-50 drawing will benefit the Association's outreach fund. To RSVP, contact Ann Ogle at aogle@brynmawr.edu or Sally Allison at sallison@brynmawr.edu.
Café Moves to New Grounds. In the wake of renovations, the Uncommon Grounds Café will not be open in the Campus Center after Wednesday, Nov. 24. The popular lunch spot will reopen in its old location when construction is completed (the target date is Feb. 1). In the interim, the cafe's staff will take up a temporary post in Canaday Library's Lusty Cup Café, where a wide range of beverages as well as "grab-and-go" sandwiches, snacks and baked goods will be served.
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