You Are Invited- Fall 2015

YOU ARE INVITED

Fall 2015 Event Highlights

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CLA AT HOMECOMING 2015: GOPHER STATE OF MIND September 20-26 Join us and alumni around the world as we celebrate Homecoming 2015. We have great opportunities for alumni to participate in what’s happening on campus, no matter where you live. Follow us on social media @umncla and help us spread maroon and gold pride near and far.

Take part in our events on campus, like the Party on the Plaza (9/21), Homecoming Parade (9/25), and Ski-U-Mania (9/26). CLA is also partnering with other colleges to host a postparade social event at the Beacon Public House.

You can make the most of your connection to the U of M— anytime, anywhere. Come back for Homecoming and get to know us again!

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ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND ECONOMICS October 8, 5:30 p.m.

Cowles Auditorium Across the globe melting glaciers, flooding, droughts, reductions in crop yields, increased food prices, species extinction, and negative consequences on health and human well-being have all been attributed to climate change. What can the discipline of economics and the power of markets contribute to addressing this global challenge? Join us for a discussion on the latest research in environmental policy and economics with Michael Greenstone, former chief economist for the president’s Council of Economic Advisers and current professor at the University of Chicago.

Greenstone’s research focuses on the costs and benefits of environmental quality and society’s energy choices. Free !

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THE ROAD AHEAD October 14, 5:30 p.m.

University Hall, McNamara Alumni Center One year ago Dean John Coleman set his vision for CLA. Join us as we celebrate milestones and chart our course for the Road Ahead. This alumni and friends event will feature student and faculty presentations plus a conversation between Dean Coleman and audience members. Don’t miss this chance to see liberal arts in action and toast our collective success. Free !

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FAR FROM THE TREE: PARENTS, CHILDREN & THE SEARCH FOR IDENTITY October 21, 7:00 p.m.

Coffman Memorial Union Theater Join us for a conversation with Andrew Solomon, a writer of remarkable talent and intellect. In his books and essays Solomon explores the subjects of politics, culture, and psychology with extraordinary humanity. His worldwide bestseller, The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression, received the 2001 National Book Award and was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. His newest book, Far From the Tree: Parents, Children & the Search for Identity, is an examination of the means by which families accommodate children with physical, mental, and social disabilities and how these unusual situations can be invested with love. Free!

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Ph o to by A n n i e L e i b ov i t z

Ph o to by Tim B G Bur nley

READING IS AN ACT OF REBELLION October 28, 7:30 p.m.

Coffman Memorial Union Theater Join us for an evening with Jeanette Winterson (OBE), author of the celebrated memoir Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? Her 11th novel, The Gap of Time, takes off from Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale; it is the first release in the Hogarth Shakespeare series, in which the playwright’s works are reimagined by contemporary novelists in honor of the 400th anniversary of his death. Winterson’s Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, based on childhood experiences in northern England as the adopted daughter of Pentecostal parents, won the 1985 Whitbread Prize for a First Novel.

The award-winning three next books—The Passion, Sexing the Cherry, and Written on the Body—established Winterson as a fiction writer of uncommon wit, elegance, and experimental vigor. Free !

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A SPECIAL SELECTION OF COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS FALL 2015 EVENTS FIND EVEN MORE CLA EVENTS AT CLA.UMN.EDU/YOUAREINVITED

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ENTS ALL SEMESTER LONG − − ARTS EV Covered in Time and History: The Films of Ana Mendieta September-December 2015 Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Regis Center for Art This is the first gallery exhibition and catalogue specifically devoted to the filmworks made by this highly acclaimed and influential artist. The exhibition comprises 21 filmworks and 26 related photographs—the largest collection of Mendieta’s filmworks ever presented as a full-scale gallery exhibition in the United States.

15th Annual Collage Concert October 24, 7:30-9:00 p.m.

Ted Mann Concert Hall

The Collage Concert is a nonstop concert showcase including performances by choral, orchestral, jazz, chamber, world music, and wind ensembles as well as solo performances by faculty and students.

Dance Revolutions December 10-13

Whiting Proscenium Theatre, Rarig Center

A dazzling collection of innovative pieces directed by Toni Pierce-Sands. This exciting program includes “Two Pieces of One:Green” by Tony Award winner and internationally acclaimed choreographer Garth Fagan, a leading force in the contemporary modern dance world, Gerald Casel’s highly praised “Proxima” and new work

by McKnight Fellow Wynn Fricke. Joanie Smith re-imagines her work “Pat A Cake” from Shapiro & Smith Dance’s repertoire.

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