March blows in with stand-up comedy, international films, author visits, vibrant music

ELIZABETHTOWN, PA (02/22/2014)(readMedia)-- As the promise of spring pushes crocuses through the mud and summons snow geese to take to the sky, Elizabethtown College gears up with cultural programming from classical to comedic. All events are free unless otherwise noted.

For a full description of the spring events at E-town check out the online Arts and Culture calendar.

Wednesday, March 12

4 p.m. -- Craft Talk: Dana Sachs

8 p.m. -- Reading with Author Dana Sachs

Bowers Writers House

Author Dana Sachs discusses her perspectives on writing and publishing and reads from her works. Sachs is the author of two novels, "The Secret of the Nightingale Palace" and "If You Lived Here"; two works of nonfiction, "The Life We Were Given: Operation Babylift, International Adoption, and the Children of War in Vietnam" and "The House on Dream Street: Memoir of an American Woman in Vietnam"; and co-author of "Two Cakes Fit For a King: Folktales from Vietnam".

Contact: Jesse Waters at writershouse@etown.edu or 717-689-3945

7 p.m.

Thursday, March 13

International Film Festival – "The Beauty Academy of Kabul"

Gibble Auditorium

Presenting stories inspired by transformation. Films will be presented in their respective languages, subtitles in English.

The documentary tells of a team of women that attempts to bring American way of life to war-torn Afghanistan by traveling to Afghanistan to start the nation's first Western-styled school of cosmetology after the collapse of the Taliban. Eager to offer Afghan women a different way of looking at themselves and others, the Americans occasionally find themselves at odds with their Afghan students, who still possess deeply ingrained notions of modesty and gender inequality.

Contact: Kristi Syrdahl at syrdahlk@etown.edu or 717-361-1594

11 a.m.

Friday, March 14

M&M Mars Executive Lecture Series: David Schankweiler, CEO, Central Penn Business Journal, Harrisburg

M&M Mars Room, Leffler Chapel and Performance Center

M&M Mars partnered with the Elizabethtown College Department of Business to create an Executive Lecture Series geared toward bringing senior level executives from various industries to talk about their businesses and engage the audience in discussions about programs that are offered to customers. David Schankweiler, CEO with Central Penn Business Journal, Harrisburg, speaks.

Contact: Lisa Rosenberger at rosenbergerl@etown.edu or 717-361-1982

2 p.m.

Saturday, March 15, and Sunday, March 16

Senior Project Play – "That's So Gay"

Tempest Theatre

"That's So Gay," stand-up comedy written by Stephen Boyhont '14, addresses what it's like to grow up gay.

Cost: $4; call 717-361-1170 or email boxoffice@etown.edu

Contact: Michael Swanson at swansonm@etown.edu or 717-361-1160

7:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 15

Monsters of the Steinway III: Vonsattel Plays Ives

Leffler Chapel and Performance Center

Monsters of the Steinway, Gretna Music's two-year celebration of Elizabethtown College's new Long Steinway piano, continues as pianist Gilles Vonsattel takes on the transcendental challenges of Ives's Concord Sonata.

Cost: $20 and $15

Contact: Carl Kane at 717-361-1508 or kanec@etown.edu; www.gretnamusic.org

7:30 p.m.

Monday, March 17

Flutefest

Zug Recital Hall

Flute students of Dr. Paula Nelson present the annual Flutefest, a concert featuring all members of the flute family from piccolo to bass. The Arioso Flute Choir, along with a variety of small flute ensembles and soloists, perform light classical music plus some Irish tunes in honor of St. Patrick's Day.

Contact: Amy Reynolds at 717-361-1212 or reynoldsa@etown.edu

Exhibit: Brenton Good-- Printmaking

Hess Gallery

Reception: 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 18

Exhibit: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday; 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday

Brenton Good creates work in conversation with the history of art, drawing inspiration from modern art movements such as minimalism- and Bauhaus-inspired formalism. This strict adherence to rules and control is coupled in Good's work with chance occurrences and controlled accidents. The resulting image has a dual nature that combines a meticulous sense of color theory with the organic nature of cracked sidewalks, coffee stains, and landscape. These two poles are meant to exist in a constant state of conversation, friction, and interaction.

Exhibit continues through April 25.

Contact: Milt Friedly at friedlmd@etown.edu or 717-361-1385

Wednesday, March 19

Political Science Lectures: "Cutting Tuition While Learning Economics" with Dr. Robert Weissberg

11 a.m. -- Gibble Auditorium

3:30 p.m. -- Bowers Writers House

What does college "cost"-and for whom? Are there expenditures outside the bank account and, if so, who pays them...and why? College, and what it stands for, has become a dynamic, changing institute in American culture; Dr. Bob Weissberg leads a discussion of what college means both social and fiscally for a nation going through serious changes.

Contact: Dr. W.Wesley McDonald at 717-361-1306 or mcdonaldw@etown.edu.

7:30 p.m.

Thursday, March 20

Kreider Lecture: "Why Have the Amish Survived? A Synthesis"

Bucher Meetinghouse, Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies

The persistence of the Amish has attracted scholars' attention for more than 70 years. Those working in the social sciences and humanities have published hundreds of studies that contribute in some small way to answering the question: Why have the Amish survived? Cory Anderson, a doctoral candidate in rural sociology at Ohio State University, has synthesized all known academic Amish-focused publications since 1942 and presents a theory that integrates the diverse foci of this research question.

Contact: Young Center at youngctr@etown.edu or 717-361-1470

11 a.m.

Friday March 21

M&M Mars Executive Lecture Series: Jan Bergen, executive vice president and COO, Lancaster General Hospital

M&M Mars Room, Leffler Chapel and Performance Center

M&M Mars partnered with the Elizabethtown College Department of Business to create an Executive Lecture Series geared toward bringing senior level executives from various industries to talk about their businesses and engage the audience in discussions about programs that are offered to customers. Jan Bergen, executive vice president and COO with Lancaster General Hospital, speaks.

Contact: Lisa Rosenberger at rosenbergerl@etown.edu or 717-361-1982

7 p.m.

Monday, March 24

Diversity Film Festival: "Mississippi Masala"

Gibble Auditorium

The Diversity Film Series features closed-captioned movies addressing race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic stratification, culture, and politics. Discussion by Elizabethtown College professors follows each film.

"Mississippi Masala" is a 1991 romantic drama primarily set in rural Mississippi; the film explores an interracial romance between African-Americans and Indian-Americans in the United States. Discussion by Dr. Rita Shah, assistant professor of sociology, and Dr. Jeffery Long, professor of religion and Asian studies, follows the film.

Contact: Jean-Paul Benowitz at benowitzj@etown.edu or 717-361-1110

7:30 p.m.

Monday, March 24

Student Chamber Concert

Zug Recital Hall

An evening of music selections by the College's small instrumental and vocal ensembles.

Contact: Amy Reynolds at 717-361-1212 or reynoldsa@etown.edu

7 p.m.

Tuesday, March 25

Faculty Scholarship Series -- "The Complicated Worlds of Adolescent Fathers: Implications for Clinical Practice, Public Policy and Research"

Susquehanna Room, Myer Hall

Dr. Mark Kiselica, an American Council on Education Fellow, psychologist and professor of counselor education, hopes to raise awareness about how adolescent fatherhood is both the cause and consequence of several serious social problems. The complex hardships of adolescent fathers will be explored, and gripping digital clips of actual teenage fathers describing their experiences will be presented. Based on a critique of pertinent literature, recommendations for future clinical practice, public policy and research regarding adolescent fathers will be suggested.

Reception at 7 p.m.; presentation at 7:30 p.m., followed by Q&A.

Contact: Nancy Kaufhold at kaufholdn@etown.edu or 717-361-1416

7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, March 25

Lecture: Mal Fuller, air traffic controller during 9/11 attacks

Bucher Meeting House, Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies

Mal Fuller, now retired, participated in the shutdown of the nation's airspace on 9/11, 2001, during the terrorist attacks in New York City; Washington, D.C.; and elsewhere. Fuller was a watch supervisor at Pittsburgh International Airport. He talks about the events of 9/11, the Heroes of Flight 93 and the crash outside of Shanksville, Pa.

Contact: Kay Wolf at 717-361-1147 or wolfk@etown.edu or Jeff Bach at 717-361-1467 or bachj@etown.edu

noon

Wednesday, March 26

Presidential Community Enrichment Series – Matt Willen

Susquehanna Room, Myer Hall

Matt Willen, a professor in the English department at Elizabethtown College, presents "Life on the Edge of the World: The Westfjords of Iceland." Through photographs, stories, music, and some factual discussion of the region, Willen explores the nature of life in the area, its natural history, economy and social structure; and discusses how people live so well on comparatively little. Between June 2008 and October 2010, Willen made nine trips to the Westfjords to document the nature of life in this remote corner of the world.

Cost: $10, but registration is required by contacting iaenrichseries@etown.edu

Contact: Lisa Wolfe at 717-361-1419 or wolfel@etown.edu.

11 a.m.

Friday March 28

M&M Mars Executive Lecture Series: Dana A Chryst, president and CEO, The Jay Group

M&M Mars Room, Leffler Chapel and Performance Center

M&M Mars partnered with the Elizabethtown College Department of Business to create an Executive Lecture Series geared toward bringing senior level executives from various industries to talk about their businesses and engage the audience in discussions about programs that are offered to customers. Dana A Chryst, president and CEO of The Jay Group, speaks.

Contact: Lisa Rosenberger at rosenbergerl@etown.edu or 717-361-1982

11 a.m.

Saturday, March 29

Open Door Recital

Zug Recital Hall

Children and parents are invited to the 12th Annual Open Door Recital, a unique experience for all children and parents. The interactive program of short pieces is performed by the Elizabethtown College music therapy students, and all expressions of joy during the recital are encouraged. A reception follows for children to meet the performers.

Cost: call to reserve free tickets – 717-361-1991 or 717-361-1212

Contact: Gene Ann Behrens at 717-361-1991 or behrenga@etown.edu

8 p.m.

Monday, March 31

"Biking the Underground Railroad" with Educator Robert Cousineau

Bowers Writers House

Perhaps one of the most iconic routes in American history, the Underground Railroad represents a dynamic blend of both freedom and oppression. In the summer of 2013, educator Robert Cousineau completed a 1,500-mile bike ride along the Underground Railroad and has transformed his historical ride into a learning experience for the students at his school.

Cousineau, a middle school teacher, discusses his experience and how the ride works as an educational model for his classroom.

Contact: Jesse Waters at writershouse@etown.edu or 717-689-3945

Elizabethtown College, located in historic Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, is a private coed institution offering more than four dozen liberal arts, fine and performing arts, science and engineering, business, communications and education degrees. Learn more: http://www.etown.edu/about/

Media Contact:

Elizabeth Harvey

Manager, Marketing and Communications

Marketing and Communications

Elizabethtown College

harveye@etown.edu

717-361-6412 (o)

717-371-2631 (c)

Map and Directions

Posted Saturday February 22, 2014 at 06:00 am by Elizabethtown College