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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS ‘Wakeville Stories’ by Larry Carr October 22-24 7 p.m. Parker Theater In late August 1945 at the end of WWII, five residents of Wakeville (a small town on the Ohio/West Virginia border) converge at the Wakeville Community Cemetery. Carr, a professor of English and dramatic writing at SUNY New Paltz, explores how ordinary people confront their own enemies–whether they are at war overseas or damaged in their own personal war zone. The play, a workin-progress, will receive a staged reading as part of a new-play reading series. $5. The Annual Michael R. Kelly Chili Cook-Off October 23 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Pine Hill Community Center Celebrate National Chili Month and see live music. Admission is free, prices for chili TBA. ‘The Lyric Oboe’ October 26 8 p.m. Parker Theater Dr. Joël Evans, Dr. Ruthanne Schempf and members of the Hudson Valley Philharmonic String Quartet will present an evening of romantic and virtuosic works for oboe by 19th- and early 20th- century masters. ‘The Perfect Storm: Environmental Crisis Plus Endless Wars and Global Poverty’ October 27 7 p.m. Coykendall Science Auditorium Global warming will disfigure our world unless decisive emergency measures are taken now. The United States and other industrialized countries must substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions, among
other tasks, within a couple of decades. The longer it takes, the more devastating the destruction. Earth’s entire ecological system is in crisis. But nearly all the countries with the power to prevent disaster are not acting swiftly, or not acting at all. Water and food supplies are endangered. Glaciers are melting, as are the Arctic and Antarctic ice packs. Temperatures are rising. Coastal areas are in danger. Coinciding this unfolding tragedy are the long wars being conducted by our own country, and Pentagon plans for more wars in the future. America is spending a trillion dollars a year on the military and national security - funds needed to end increasing global poverty. By 2050, 70 percent of the world’s population will live in urban or rural slums. A billion people suffer chronic hunger now, and 15 million children starve to death each year (one every six seconds). Taken together, this amounts to a perfect storm of impending global devastation. Learn about this crisis from experts and activists on Oct. 27. Learn about what we can do as concerned people to stop this madness - for ourselves and future generations. There’s still time, but we must act now to help save our environment and life on Mother Earth. ‘How to Grow Local Organizations’ November 1 8 p.m. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Hall Larry Wittner, long-time peace and social justice advocate, will be coming to Poughkeepsie, N.Y., on Nov. 1 to give a free talk about growing local membership in grassroots, activist organizations. Dr. Wittner earned a Ph.D. in history from Columbia University and has since played a leadership role in the United University Professions (affiliate of the AFL/CIO). He has sponsored numerous union resolutions endorsing the Campaign for a New Foreign Policy,
condemning the Iraq War, and calling upon the AFL-CIO to demand the withdrawal of U.S. troops from that conflict. All Mid Hudson activists and organizations are welcome to attend. Sponsored by: Dutchess Peace ‘Hudson Valley Artists 2010: Contemporary Art and Praxis’ Through November 14 Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art The exhibition presents the work of over twenty artists and artist collectives living and working in the Hudson River Valley who demonstrate how creative practice can operate in service of theory to effect changes in the real world. ‘The Illustrious Mr. X’ Museum Collection as Character Study Through December 12 Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art The exhibition gathers thematic groups of objects, each of which serve to bear the weight of representing a facet of a fictional life. The thematic groupings include family, relationships, food, music, travel, dreams, and more. ‘Binary Visions: 19th Century Woven Coverlets’ from the collection of Historic Huguenot Street Through December 12 Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art This exhibition, selected from the extensive textile collects at Historic Huguenot Street, will feature thirty coverlets woven from cotton and wool on water-powered looms in small factories across the mid-Hudson Valley during the first half of the 19th-century. The coverlets present a striking range of representational and geometric imagery and are installed emphasizing visual correlations over historical or geographical connections, allowing visitors to view, compare, and contrast dozens of coverlets at once.
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Thursday, October 21, 2010
OASIS OASIS is a student-staffed counseling and crisis intervention center and telephone hotline. OASIS volunteers are trained and supervised by the Psychological Counseling Center to respond to anonymous telephone calls and walk-in requests for support, information and referral. Peer crisis intervention is provided in college-related areas such as academic stress, loneliness, sexual orientation, suicide, drug and alcohol-related problems, relationship and family conflicts. OASIS, located in the Deyo Hall basement, room G13C, is open from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. while classes are in session, and the extension is x4945.
HAVEN HAVEN of OASIS is the studentstaffed hotline and walk-in center, supervised by the Psychological Counseling Center. HAVEN volunteers provide support, information and referral for students who have been the target of rape, attempted rape or any unwanted sexual experience. HAVEN is located in the Deyo Hall basement, room G13c and is open from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. while classes are in session, and the extension is x4930. Call or stop in when classes are in session. The 24-hour HAVEN beeper is 845-455-6093.
Campus Escort Call x3338 for an escort from anywhere on campus to anywhere on campus. 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. every night. Not a taxi service — for safety, not for the lazy!
Safe Rider Need a ride home from the bars? We provide FREE rides home or back to campus please give me a call at 845834-2213.
Facilities Management Having facilities related issues? Please call x3301.