sociology 101 - introduction to sociology (majors/lc)
fall 2004
dr scott schaffer

cultural events calendar

remember: you have two cultural events reports to write up that are due in class on the date listed in the syllabus.

events with an admission charge are listed as such. if a link to a university/college web site is given, click on the "cultural events calendar" link to find out the particulars of the event. the type of event is always listed, and some colleges/universities list their events by type, so check carefully.

check this site frequently - many events have not yet been announced, and i wil be updating this site regularly.

sep 2004

sep 1-oct 8: an historical look at visual communications (art exhibit) , pa college of art and design, lancaster

sep 1-oct 31: make a joyful noise: music in the lives of pennsylvania germans (art exhibit), schwenkfelder library and heritage center, pennsburg

sep 1-nov 13: playing america's game: 140 years of lancaster county baseball (art exhibit), lancaster county historical society

sep 1-may 30/2005: say ahhhh: a history of medicine in hershey (art exhibit), hershey museum, hershey

sep 2-sep 30 (thurs 730pm): international folk dance, williamson pavilions, lancaster county park - admission charge

sep 3-sep 26: recoloration proclamation: the gettysburg redress (art exhibit), gettysburg college, gettysburg

sep 9-sep 26: the secret garden (musical play), fulton opera house, lancaster - admission charge

sep 10-sep 26: the importance of being earnest (play), little theatre of mechanicsburg - admission charge

sep 10-oct 9: political cartoons exhibit, william ris gallery, camp hill

sep 17: ottmar liebert and luna negra (jazz), strand-capitol performing arts center, york - admission charge

sep 17-oct 10: the threepenny opera (play), open stage of harrisburg - admission charge

sep 19: women who made the movies & sisters in cinema (film) - mu film series

sep 20: tim russert (host, meet the press) (lecture), shippensburg university, selinsgrove

sep 21: "the constitution, terrorism, and civil liberties" (lecture) - dickinson college, carlisle

sep 21: journeys with george (film), franklin and marshall college votes election film series

sep 22: "adventures of a newspaper editor" w/william s. jackson (lecture), hummelstown community library, hummelstown

sep 22: "the culture of india" (lecture), lititz public library, lititz

sep 23: "election 2004 and the historical pattern of presidential elections" w/david mayhew (yale) (lecture), franklin and marshall college

sep 24-26 and sep 30-oct 3: state of the union (play), york little theatre - admission charge

sep 27: "dreaming me: an african-american woman's spiritual journey," lebanon valley college, annville

sep 28: the contender (film), franklin and marshall college votes election film series

sep 28: "cultural amnesia: the growing epidemic" w/felipe luciano (founder, young lords party) (lecture), franklin and marshall college

sep 28: lilly peace lecture, messiah college, grantham

sep 28: "election 2004: the race for the presidency" w/dee dee myers, press secretary for president clinton (lecture), gettysburg college, gettysburg

sep 29: richard rodriguez, author and essayist (lecture), millersville - tickets at smc ticket office

sep 30: brave old world (klezmer and new jewish music), millersville - tickets at smc ticket office

sep 30: "religion and politics in turkey" (lecture) - dickinson college, carlisle

 

oct 2004

oct 1: "beyond choice: reproductive freedom in the 21st century" w/alex sanger (international planned parenthood council) (lecture), franklin and marshall college

oct 1-oct 16: bat boy: the musical (theatre), ephrata performing arts center - admission charge

oct 1-nov 1: refugees even after death: a quest for truth, justice, and reconciliation (art exhibit), franklin and marshall college

oct 1-nov 14: "terezin" (photography exhibit), midtown scholar bookstore, harrisburg

oct 1-nov 16: "royal threads: asante cloth & culture" (art exhibit), dickinson college, carlisle

oct 1-nov 21: "i can live with that: unique functional furniture" (art exhibit), kutztown university, kutztown

oct 5-oct 19 (tuesdays): egyptian moon dance company fall belly dance classes, baughman united methodist church, new cumberland - admission charge

oct 5-oct 31: anguished art: outcries for peace, the human costs of war (art exhibit), franklin and marshall college

oct 7: "presidential debates and the election 2004" w/james fallows (atlantic monthly) (lecture), franklin and marshall college

oct 7: "black, white, other: how biracial americans talk about race and identity" (lecture), lebanon valley college, annville

oct 7: "no child left behind - but what about the boys?" (lecture), harrisburg academy, wormleysburg

oct 7-oct 28 (thurs 730pm to 930pm): international folk dance, mulberry art studios, lancaster - admission charge

oct 7-dec 5: "reinventing tradition in a new world: the arts of gu wenda, wang mansheng, xu bing, and zhang hongtu," schmucker art gallery, gettysburg college, gettysburg

oct 10: lyra/russian singers, trinity lutheran church, kutztown

oct 11: "the scopes trial: science, religion, and american politics" (lecture), dickinson college, carlisle

oct 12: the best man (film), franklin and marshall college votes election film series

oct 13: jim in bold (film), franklin and marshall college, with discussion afterwards

oct 14: pedro cortés (secretary of the commonwealth of pa) (lecture), franklin and marshall college

oct 15-oct 21: polish film festival, midtown cinema, harrisburg - admission charge

oct 16: sex and the (colonial) city (walking tour) , independence visitor center, philadelphia

oct 17: frula balkan folk dance company (dance), whitaker center, harrisburg - admission charge

oct 18: lisa suhair majaj (reading/book signing), chryst 210

oct 20: "campaigns and conscience: the ethics and craft of news coverage of the 2004 presidential election" (lecture), susquehanna university, selinsgrove

oct 21: "the secular-orthodox debate in israel" (lecture), dickinson college, carlisle

oct 21-oct 22: dreaming the impossible dream (latino symposium), susquehanna university, selinsgrove

oct 22: jehan sadat (lecture), millersville university

oct 22: "the architects" (dance), franklin and marshall college

oct 22: "african drumming: a beginner's workshop" (drum class), ten thousand villages, ephrata

oct 22-dec 12: japanese woodblock prints (art exhibit), lebanon valley college, annville

oct 24: christopher strong (film), mu women's film series, millersville university

oct 24: orpheu (film), gettysburg college, gettysburg

oct 25: "international infectious disease law" w/lawrence o. gostin (georgetown/johns hopkins u) (lecture), franklin and marshall college

oct 25: "what has athens to do with washington? american intellectuals' use of the classical legacy since 9/11" (lecture), dickinson college, carlisle

oct 26: "afghanistan after the taliban" (lecture), dickinson college, carlisle

oct 26: "it is election season: will we really elect whom we want?" (lecture), dickinson college, carlisle

oct 26: the candidate (film), franklin and marshall college votes election film series

oct 27: "does rising income inequality harm the middle class?" w/robert h. frank (cornell) (lecture), franklin and marshall college

oct 27: "all's fair: love, war, and politics" w/james carville and mary matalin (lecture), shippensburg university, shippensburg

oct 28: "humans as subjects of medical research: lecture and panel discussion," susquehanna university, selinsgrove

oct 28: "leadership in a trouble region: the case of pakistan and india" (lecture), dickinson college, carlisle

oct 30: local economy day conference, franklin and marshall college

oct 30: bombshells in the bedroom: when war hits home (walking tour), independence visitor center, philadelphia

 

nov 2004

nov 1: f&m votes - get out the vote rally, franklin and marshall college

nov 4-dec 10: personal nature: photographs (art exhibit), franklin and marshall college

nov 4: rachel back (american-born israeli poet) - multiple events, franklin and marshall college

nov 8: "cosmopolitanism, commerce, and sephardic identity in early modern amsterdam and london" w/adam sutliffe (univ of illinois at urbana-champaign) (lecture), franklin and marshall college

nov 17: "liberal education - a weapon in the hands of the poor" w/earl shorris (journalist and social critic) (lecture), franklin and marshall college

nov 27: bombshells in the bedroom: when war hits home (walking tour), independence visitor center, philadelphia

 

dec 2004