Page 4 The Clarion January 10 I'Wfl Spring Life and Culture Series is jam-packed Brevard College’s concert, performance and lecture series offers a varied menu of special events to students. This spring’s Life and Culture Series begins with the annual Spring Convocation on Wednesday, Jan. 25, at 10:15 a.m. in Dunham Auditorium. Bishop Bevel Jones, who is also a BC Trustee, will be the guest speaker. The convocation is held at the beginning of each semester to officially mark the new term. Those interested in world ecology will get a treat when Tim Knipe of the Cousteau Society comes to BC on Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 8:15 p.m. to show a presentation called “Rediscovery of the World.” Under the leadership of legendary Jacques Cousteau, The Society is renowned for fascinating films and documentaries on nature’s hidden treasures. The first concert of the semester features the Verdehr Trio of Michigan State University on Thursday, Feb. 23, at 8:15 p.m. in Dunham Auditorium. The ensemble includes piano, violin and clarinet. "Saturday Night Live” fans will get an earful on Tuesday, Feb. 23, at 8:15 p.m. in Dunham when author Doug Hill will re count the tumultuous history of SNL from its beginnings as an outlaw program pro duced by an unruly band of comic renegades through its evoluction into a comedy institution. Hill’s program is titled ‘‘A Backstage History of Saturday Night Live.” The annual Staley Distinguished Scholar Lecture series will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 21 and 22 in Dunham Auditorium. The speaker and topic will be announced. Jazz is becoming synonymous with Brevard these days, and the spring jazz concert by the Brevard College Jazz Ensemble will strengthen that connection. Steve Kelly’s jazzists take the stage at Dunham on Thursday, March 23, at 8:15 p.m. Next, Choral Director Mark Nabholz has his turn, at his Collegiate Singers present their annual spring concert on Tuesday, March 28, at 8:15 p.m. in Dunham. Then, that weekend. Drama Professor Sam Cope will present the spring drama in the Barn Theatre, March 30 and 31; and April 1,6,7, and 8, at 8:15. The show will be announced. The North Carolina Symphony comes to Brevard College’s Boshamer Gymnasium for a pops concert on Wednesday, April 5, at 8:15 p.m. under the sponsorship of the Brevard Chamber Orchestra. Jackson Parkhurst, BCO founder, will come “home” to Brevard to conduct the Sym phony. Finally, Steve Kelly’s Concert Band will give its concluding program of the year with the spring concert on Thursday, April 13, at 8:15 p.m. in Dunham. Also, throughout the spring, the Brevard College Art Department shows various art films during the Tuesday night series, shown at 6:30 p.m. in the library. Each Tuesday night at 6:30 art films are shown in the basement of Jones Library. The film presentation is a part of the Life and Culture Series and include: Jan. 17 — the Greeks and the Romans, Jan. -24 — Nevelson in Process, Creativity with Bill Moyers; and Garbage: Another Way of Seeing. Jan. 31 — Spinning Dying, Weaving; and Toys from the Fields. Feb. 7 — Light of Experience, Feb. 14 — Hero as Artist, Feb. 21 Worship of Nature, Feb. 28 — Georgia O’Keefe. March 14 — Fallacies of Hope, March 21 — Grain in the Stone, March 28 — The World of Andrew Wyeth, and Art and the Prison Crisis. April 4 — Garden and Grid, April 11 — The College is planning its first Japanese Culture Week, Jan. 29 — Feb. 3, according to Dean of the College Harry Langley. The special activity, which will include four videofilms narrated by Jane Seymour, will be held tentatively in Room 125 of McLarty-Goodson from 5:30 — 7 p.m. The films will provide “a comprehen sive look at Japan of today as a direct descendant of the Japan of the shoguns and samurai.” The four films and dates include: Jan. 29 — “The Electronic Tribe;” Jan. 30 — “The Sword and the Chrysanthemum;” Jan. 31 Arshile Gorky, and Art Conservator; April 18 — Cherokee Indian Basketry, and Face Jugs and Folk Pots. The Life and Culture Series events are free to BC students. The Spring Drama production requires tickets, but they too are free, and may be picked up at the receptionist’s desk in Beam Administra tion Building. For the general public, the events are free, with the exception of the Spring Drama. Tickets may be purchased from the College receptionist. For more infor mation, call 883-8292. — “The Legacy of the Shoguns;” Feb. 2- “A Proper Place in the World.” The first film will be moderated by Dr. Ken Yamada, associate general secretary of the Board of Higher Education of the United Methodist Ministry. The last film will be moderated by Dr. Ken Nishimura, president of the East-West Foundation and currently with Oglethorpe University of Atlanta. The four films will be free to BC students. The week will conclude with a special dinner prepared by Japanese students on Feb. 3. Japanese Culture Week is planned by BC SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY JANUARY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY *Hen's Basketball at Chapel Hill - UNC - 3V - Time TBA ♦Women's Basketball at Chowan - 2 pm ♦Residence halls open 8:00 am ♦Orientation for new students ♦Faculty Workday ♦Cafeteria will open for lunch 11:00 am ♦Lip Sync Competition Dunhan 6:00 pm ♦Martin Luther King Special, TBA 15 ♦AM - Registration for second year students ♦PM - Registration for first year students ♦Faculty Workday ♦Ice cream social for new students, cafeteria, TBA •Intramural basketball, entries open ♦Video. Dirty Dsncinq 16 ♦Last Doy to add courses ♦Intramural Basketball begins ♦Special Dinner: East Beam, Rutherford Room 5:3U pm ♦Martin Luther King Special, TBA 22 23 ♦Pending Superbowl datej Superbowl party, Student Union, ^^^-4 ♦Video: A Nightmare on tim Street III, Student Union, 0 pn ♦John Southerland, Guitar Master Class, Dunham, 11-4 pm 29 30 ^Intramural Badminton Entries open ^Special Dinner: Stamey Rutherford Room, 5:30 pm JAPANESE ♦Classes be0>\6 am ♦Art Film Series, Coltrane, 6:30 pm ♦Men's basketball at home, Blanton's Junior College, 7:30 pm 10 *Art Film Series, Coltrane, 6:30 pm ♦Men's Basketball at Anderson, 7:30 pm •Women's Basketball at Anderson, 5:30 pm 17 ♦Religious Life: Campus Worship, Student Union, 11:00-11:30 am ♦Intramural Hot Shot Basketball, 7:00 pm ♦Special Dinner: Italian Night, Cafeteria ♦Video: ET, Student Union, 9;00 pm 11 12 ♦Women's Basketball at home: Reinhardt, 6:00 pm ♦Intramural Basketball, Entry deadline 5:00 pm ♦Intramural Hot Shot Basketball Finals, 8:30 pm ♦Happy New Year Dance, Beam Lobby, 9:00 pm-l:00 am 13 14 ♦Men's Basketball at Chowan, 2:00 pm ♦Women's Basketball at Walters State, 6:00 pm •Art Film Series, Coltrane, 6:30 pm ♦Men's Basketball at home: Spartanburg ♦Women's Basketball at home: Spartanburg Methodist, 5:30 pm 24 ♦Religious Life: Campus Worship, Student Union, 11-11:30 am ♦CPR course, Student Union upstairs, 6:30-9:00 pm, $1.00 certification fee, open to all inter ested staff and students 18 19 ♦Last day to drop course without record "^CPR course, Student Union upstairs, 6:30-9:00 pm, $1.00 certification fee, open to all interested staff and students ♦Men’s Basketball at DeKalb, 7:30 pm 20 ♦►ten's Basketball at USC-Salkehatchie, 6:00 pm ♦Track: Marriott ^ Invitational, Blacksburg, VA 31 ♦Spring Convocation Dunham, 10:15 am ♦Intramural Swim Meet, 8-10 pm ♦Special Dinner: BC Spirit Night, Cafeteria (steak will be served) 25 O -26 7Men's Basketball at home: Montreat- Anderson, 7:30 pm ♦D3 Dance, Student Union, 9 pm - 1 am 27 28 ♦Miss Brevard College Pageant, Dunham, 8 pm ♦Track: Kodak Invitational, Johnson City, TN ♦Art Film Series, Coltrane, 6:30 pm ♦Men's Basketball at Lees-McRae, 7:30 pm ♦Wonen's Basketball at Lees-McCrae, 5:30 pm CULTURE WEEK

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