Colby-Sawyer College will present a variety of events open to the public during the month of March including festivals, a play, a faculty showcase and educational dialogues. Highlights include a presentation by renowned civil rights activist Bree Newsome, the spring theater production “Love and Information,” and the Faculty Colloquium Series featuring poet and Colby-Sawyer Associate Professor of Humanities Ewa Chrusciel.
The following is a complete list of March events*:
Tearing Hatred from the Sky: Acclaimed Activist and Filmmaker
Bree Newsome
Wednesday, March 2 – Wheeler Hall, Ware Student Center, 7 PM
As Bree Newsome watched the June 2015 funeral of Reverend Clementa C. Pinkney, one of nine people shot and killed in the name of white supremacy at Mother Emmanuel Church in Charleston, S.C., she recognized the message being communicated at the South Carolina State House. There, the American and state flags flew at half-mast in honor of the victims while the Confederate flag flew high. As the Black Lives Matter movement was gaining momentum, Newsome refused to accept the premise of this image – that white supremacy is supreme, untouchable and invincible – and scaled the 30-foot flagpole in front of the state house to remove the Stars and Bars declaring, “This flag comes down today!” During her visit to Colby-Sawyer, the nationally known activist and award-winning filmmaker will discuss her civil rights protest in a multimedia presentation highlighting the continued struggle for equality.
Newsome earned a B.F.A. in film and television from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. She works as an activist and youth organizer in North Carolina and serves as Western Field Organizer for the youth-led organization Ignite NC.
For more information, contact Professor of Humanities Craig Greenman at cgreenman@nullcolby-sawyer.edu or 603.526.3357. Free and open to the public.
Celebrate the World at the 16th Annual International Festival
Saturday, March 5 – Wheeler Hall, Ware Student Center, 5 PM to 9 PM
Celebrate the cultural diversity of Colby-Sawyer students representing more than 35 countries with food samples and table displays. A fashion show at 7 PM will showcase traditional attire; a talent show will follow.
For more information, contact Coordinator of Student Activities, International and Diversity Initiatives Kanika Jackson at kanika.jackson@nullcolby-sawyer.edu or 603.526.3597. Free and open to the public.
Annual Symposium Focuses on Components of Effective Coaching
Monday, March 7 – Wheeler Hall, Ware Student Center, 8:30 AM to 2 PM
The symposium Athletes First: Components of Effective Coaching features presentations on nutrition, competitive development, performance outcomes and sport psychology. The annual event, sponsored by the Exercise and Sport Sciences Department, provides an opportunity for sports science professionals, athletic directors, coaches and students to learn from experts in the field.
All lectures are free and open to the public. Attendees may purchase lunch at the dining hall or reserve a seat at the presenter/faculty luncheon for a fee of $12.50. Lecture and lunch reservations are required by Feb. 26. For more information and reservations, contact Terri Hermann at thermann@nullcolby-sawyer.edu or 603.526.3616.
Second Annual Zing into Spring Event
Saturday, March 19 – Wheeler Hall, Ware Student Center, 9 AM to 4 PM
Join Kearsarge Magazine for its Second Annual Zing into Spring celebration. Free activities includes yoga, belly dancing, mixed martial arts and an intro Bollywood class, chair massage, skin analysis, bone density testing and more. Food and gifts are available for purchase from local businesses and artists.
Admission is $10 for adults ($8 online) and $5 for children ($3 online). Go tokearsargemagazine.com/zingintospring for more information and to purchase tickets.
Faculty Colloquium with Professor Ewa Chrusciel
Monday, March 21 – Wheeler Hall, Ware Student Center, 4 PM
Join Associate Professor of Humanities Ewa Chrusciel for a discussion on her work co-translating Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Jorie Graham’s works into Polish. Professor Chrusciel will address challenges such as how to carry the impulse of an American idiom into a Polish idiom and how to translate the semblance of felt life.
Professor Chrusciel has published several translations as well as four books of poetry: Furkot and Sopiłki in Polish, and Strata and Contraband of Hoopoe in English. She has taught world literature and creative writing with a specialty in poetry at the college since 2006. Professor Chrusciel holds an M.A. from Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, and a Ph.D. from Illinois State University.
For more information, contact Presidential Fellow Connor Delany at connor.delaney@nullcolby-sawyer.edu or 603.526.3760. Free and open to the public.
Diversity Dialogue: Women’s History Month
Monday, March 21 – Wheeler Hall, Ware Student Center, 7 PM
Colby-Sawyer’s monthly Diversity Dialogue series celebrates Women’s History Month.
For more information, contact Coordinator of Student Activities, International and Diversity Initiatives Kanika Jackson at kanika.jackson@nullcolby-sawyer.edu or 603.526.3597. Free and open to the public.
Different Roots, Common Dreams: New Hampshire’s Cultural Diversity with Photographer Becky Field
Thursday, March 24 — Archives Reading Room, Susan Colgate Cleveland Library, 4 PM
Photographer and Concord, N.H., resident Becky Field offers a multimedia presentation on cultural diversity and immigration in New Hampshire. Featuring photographs of immigrant and refugee families in the Granite State taken over four years, Field raises awareness of immigration issues, refugee resettlement and “the rich and colorful diversity in a state that is 92 percent white.” A former adjunct faculty member in the Natural Sciences Department at Colby-Sawyer, her 2015 book featuring photographs and stories of refugees now living in New Hampshire, Different Roots, Common Dreams: New Hampshire’s Cultural Diversity, will be available for purchase at the event.
Co-sponsored by the Friends of the Cleveland Library and the Cultural Events Committee. For more information, contact Noelle Bassi at nbassi@nullcolby-sawyer.edu or 603.526.3685. Free and open to the public.
Fine and Performing Arts Department Presents ‘Love and Information’
Thursday, March 31 through Saturday, April 2 – Sawyer Center Theater, Sawyer Fine Arts Center, 7:30 PM
Caryl Churchill’s poignant play “Love and Information” is a fast-moving kaleidoscope of 57 scenes and more than 100 characters trying to make sense of the relationship between love and information. Bess Rowen of The Huffington Post calls it “a kind of impressionist painting, with single brush strokes appearing in the form of snippets of various lives, taken together to create a whole feeling rather than a complete story.”
The performance on Thursday, March 31, is a free preview. Subsequent performances are free with a Colby-Sawyer ID, $5 for students and $10 for adults. All shows are open to the public. Contact the Box Office for reservations at boxoffice@nullcolby-sawyer.edu or 603.526.3670.
For more information, contact Michael Lovell, assistant professor of Fine and Performing Arts, atmlovell@nullcolby-sawyer.edu or 603.526.3666.