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Tuesday, November 24
5pm Art Gallery, Humanities Building
The Tuesday before Thanksgiving, please join Amy Whitaker as she talks about "Lifelong Creativity" in conjunction with her new book, Museum Legs: Fatigue and Hope in the Face of Art.
Museum Legs is a collection of essays that places art museums at the intersection of creativity and public life. It is a funny and engaging look at the history and politics of museums, in a way that invites people to think differently about art and creativity in their own lives.
amy.whitaker@gmail.com - 917.476.7399 - www.museumlegs.com
Library Hours 8 a.m. - 10 p.m.
DeWitt Wallace Library
Macalester production of "Tartuffe" by Moliere
Theater Building
The classic story set in Paris in 1698 where a con man, Tartuffe, has convinced the master of the house that he will save their souls by guiding them to lives of austerity and prosperity. Visit or call the box office (651.696.6359) for reservations.
Hill Ballroom, Kagin Commons
Come join us at our annual MASECA dance. There will be Dasi music for everyone to dance to! Starts at 10pm and ends at 2am.
Talking About Teaching -- Topic TBD
9am, Jan Serie Center for Scholarship and Teaching (Room 338), DeWitt Wallace Library
Brad Belbas.
3:30pm, Davis Court, Markim Hall
Kafka's Cages Symposium on freedom and imprisonment in Kafka's work will include: Karyn Ball, University of Alberta, Canada; John Mowitt from U. of Minnesota; Dimitris Vardoulakis, University of Western Sydney, Australia; and Kiarina Kordela of German Studies. A reception will follow the symposium.
Sitting at Mac (Meditation and Experiencing the Dharma)
4:45pm, Weyerhaeuser Memorial Chapel
Macalester's Buddhist meditation group that meets every Tuesday and Friday at 4:45 pm in the Chapel. Practice involves sitting and walking meditation followed by Dharma talks and discussions. Opportunities also exist for regular retreats and visits to local Buddhist centers.
5pm, Basement, Kagin Commons
Dinner, dessert, and discussion about local and global hunger.
$5 suggested donation covers drink, soup and dessert.
Proceeds to benefit Jeremiah Program and Heifer Project International.
Woman's Basketball at Whitman (Wash.)
6pm, Walla Walla, Wash.
Macalester tips off its women's basketball season against Whitman in Walla, Walla, Washington, at 6 p.m. Pacific time.
7:30pm, Lower Level, Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center
Come collect canned goods with your friends to help those in need enjoy a Thanksgiving meal this holiday season. Prizes for top collectors and snacks for all participants. Sign-up online through the CEC website or email Maction@mac with questions. All donations will go to Keystone, a local service organization. Event part of Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Month.
Macalester Wind Ensemble Concert
8pm, Concert Hall, Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center & Gallery
Macalester Wind Ensemble, directed by Cary John Franklin, presents its annual fall concert.
10pm, MGO stage, Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center
A student-written and -directed play about the inner workings of the adolescent psych ward. Starring mostly students, one alumna and one local actress, this piece is a starkly humorous and often heartbreaking look into the challenges of mental health care, and the problems of how we conceive "mental health" and "mental illness." Admission is free, but donations are being accepted before and after on behalf of the Neighborhood Involvement Program, a non-profit community healthcare provider in Uptown. Requested donation is $3; but even 50 cents from 150 guests could be hugely significant in one person's life. Please give what you can, and enjoy.
Contains strong language and some disturbing material. Viewer discretion is advised; recommended viewing age is at least 13 with parental contextualizing. With those warnings in mind, all are welcome.
