| 09/07/10 |
International Lens Film Series: Ward No. 6
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
September 7, 2010
Presented by: Irina Makoveeva, Mellon Assistant Professor of Russian; Germanic and Slavic Languages Department Russia (2009) Dirs: Aleksandr Gornovsky and Karen Shakhnazarov.
Russia’s nomination for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar in 2010, Ward No. 6 premiered at the 2009 Moscow International Film Festival, where its leading actor received the award for Best Actor. Based on Anton Chekhov’s 1892 novella, the film tells the story of Doctor Ragin, who works at a...
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| 09/04/10 |
Vanderbilt Commodores Football vs. Northwestern
Vanderbilt University - Vanderbilt Stadium
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| 09/02/10 |
International Lens Film Series: Copyright Criminals
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
September 2, 2010
Presented by: Jennifer Lena, Sociology Department USA (2009) Dirs: Benjamin Franzen and Kembrew McLeod.
Is sampling and scratching theft or merely traditional cultural appropriation? That’s the central question of this documentary that focuses on sample-based sound collage in hip-hop, which has become a multibillion-dollar global industry and has sparked lasting, devastating copyfights. There will be a Q & A with director Kembrew McLeod after the screening. English. Not...
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| 09/01/10 |
International Lens Film Series: The Good The Bad The Weird
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
September 1, 2010
Presented by: Korean Students and Scholars Association South Korea (2008) Dir: Ji-woon Kim.
Set in the 1930s Manchurian desert where lawlessness rules, a bounty hunter, a bandit, and a train robber fatefully meet. Their chase across Manchuria for a mysterious map escalates, growing as unpredictable as it is good bad or weird. Korean with English subtitles. 130 mins. Funding provided in part by the Korean Students and Scholars Association.
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| 08/28/10 |
International Lens Film Series: Infernal Affairs
Vanderbilt University - Commons Center
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Commons Center
August 28, 2010
Presented by: the VIP Global Discovery Project Hong Kong (2002) Dirs: Wai Keung Lau and Alan Mak.
When a corrupt cop (Ming) and an undercover cop (Yan) find themselves under the roof of the same Triad crime boss (Sam), both the Triads and the police can smell moles in their departments and Ming and Yan are forced to confront one another. Thai, Cantonese, English with English subtitles. Rated R. 101 mins. Funding provided in part by The Commons. DVD.
Note:...
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06/10/10-
08/19/10 |
American Art at Vanderbilt: A Selection from the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery Collection
Vanderbilt University - Fine Arts Gallery
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Fine Arts Gallery
June 10-August 19, 2010
The acquisition, study, and exhibition of American art continue to play a vital role in the Fine Arts Gallery’s programs. Drawn from Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery’s collection of close to 1,500 works of American art, this exhibition will highlight painting, sculpture, printmaking, and photography by recognized American artists such as Leonard Baskin, George Bellows, Mary Cassatt, William Merritt Chase, Stuart Davis, Alfred DeCredico, Donald De Lue, Charles Stuart Forbes, Childe...
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05/20/10-
05/22/10 |
Vanderbilt Men's Baseball vs. Arkansas
Vanderbilt University - Hawkins Field
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| 05/19/10 |
Beyond Condoms 3: A Biomedical HIV Prevention Update
Holiday Inn Select - Vanderbilt
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Holiday Inn Select - Vanderbilt
May 19, 2010
Join this interactive community forum and hear about the latest, cutting-edge HIV/AIDS research, HIV prevention and treatment initiatives; meet and network with experts in the field of HIV/AIDS research, health service providers, advocates, and community leaders. Panelists include:
- J. Jeff McConnell, M.A., Project Director, Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology, University of California San Francisco
- Connie Haley, M.D., M.P.H. Director of Community TB...
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| 05/11/10 |
Vanderbilt Men's Baseball vs. Louisville
Vanderbilt University - Hawkins Field
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| 05/07/10 |
Hey Florence! A Nurse Musical
Vanderbilt University - Langford Auditorium
Presented by Vanderbilt University Medical Center Office of Cultural Enrichment
and Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Langford Auditorium
May 7, 2010
Hey Florence!, a musical written by Craig Christie and produced by the Office of Cultural Enrichment at Vanderbilt University Medical Center presents a hilarious, poignant and courageous look at the day-to-day life of nurses. This performance stars Vanderbilt University Medical Center active duty nurses!
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| 05/05/10 |
Personalized Medicine and the Future of Health Care
Nashville Public Library - Main Library
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Nashville Public Library - Main Library
May 5, 2010
Come out for a lunch and learn event with Dr. Jeff Balser, Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Too often, physicians must base life-and-death decisions not on how an individual will respond to therapy but instead on how large groups of patients did – on average – under similar circumstances. Today, in what is being called the Post-Genome Era, we have the opportunity to develop truly personalized medicine, an approach that bases treatment...
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04/30/10-
05/02/10 |
Vanderbilt Men's Baseball vs. Georgia
Vanderbilt University - Hawkins Field
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| 04/26/10 |
Israeli Folk Dancing
Vanderbilt University - Ben Schulman Center for Jewish Life
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04/23/10-
05/15/10 |
Senior Show 2010
Vanderbilt University - Space 204
Presented by Vanderbilt University Department of Art
and Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Space 204
April 23-May 15, 2010
With works representing a wide range of artistic medium, Vanderbilt University graduating art students will present their annual Senior Show beginning Friday, April 23. The exhibition runs through Friday, May 15, in Space 204, the second floor gallery in the E. Bronson Ingram Studio Art Center on the Vanderbilt campus. Works on display will include painting, printmaking, photography and ceramics to sculpture, installation, performance and video art. Participating seniors include Madeline...
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04/23/10-
04/24/10 |
Rites of Spring Music Festival 2010
Presented by Vanderbilt University
April 23-April 24, 2010
Year after year, Vanderbilt University puts on a phenomenal show at the Rites of Spring Music Festival, and this year will be no different. With a line-up of artists of both high caliber and wide diversity, everyone in attendance is bound to be impressed.
The 2010 lineup includes: Drake, BEN HARPER and Relentless7, Phoenix, Passion Pit, Cold War Kids, Melanie Fiona, Doug E. Fresh, Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars, Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue, JJ Grey and...
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04/23/10-
05/14/10 |
Can You Hear Me Now?
Vanderbilt University - Jean and Alexander Heard Library
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Jean and Alexander Heard Library
April 23-May 14, 2010
The sometimes confusing library protocols of where to be quiet and where to make noise all in the name of learning are explored in a series of student art installations called Can You Hear Me Now? The installations can be viewed in the Central, Peabody, Anne Potter Wilison Music and Sarah Shannon Stevenson Science and Engineering libraries on campus.
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| 04/22/10 |
Women In Leadership Breakfast Panel
Vanderbilt University - Divinity School
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Divinity School
April 22, 2010
This April 22nd, The Cal Turner Program for Moral Leadership in the Professions will be hosting a “Women in Leadership” Breakfast.
Nashville is a city filled with young women and future professionals. This breakfast will provide an opportunity to reflect on what it means to be a woman in leadership today; what it takes to maintain a balanced and peaceful life throughout it all; and how we might learn from those who have come before us. If you are a woman in leadership,...
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| 04/22/10 |
Rites of Spring Battle of the Bands Concert
Vanderbilt Alumni Lawn
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt Alumni Lawn
April 22, 2010
Nashville music lovers can choose how the Rites of Spring Music Festival will kick off by voting for their favorite local band at the Battle of the Bands Concert on Thursday, April 22nd on Vanderbilt’s Alumni Lawn. T
wo lucky groups will have the chance to play the first set for the festival on either April 23rd or 24th. This year, all proceeds from the Battle of the Bands concert ticket sales will be donated to the Dores for Haiti relief efforts - an initiative developed by the...
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| 04/21/10 |
International Lens Film Series: Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
April 21, 2010
Presented by: Greg Barz, Associate Professor of Musicology, Blair School of Music & Faculty Head of House, North Hall, The Commons South Africa (2003) Dir: Lee Hirsch. Does song have the power to communicate, motivate, console, unite and, ultimately, beget change? This documentary of black South African freedom music reveals the central role it played in the battle against apartheid. Archival footage, interviews, musical numbers, and reenactments celebrate the resilience of the human...
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| 04/20/10 |
International Lens Film Series: Jesus of Montreal
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
April 20, 2010
Presented by: Susan Kevra, Senior Lecturer, French & Italian Department Canada (1989) Dir: Deny Arcand. When attendance at a church's annual Passion Play flags, a troupe of young actors stages a modern interpretation of Jesus' teachings. Their version brings the house down, but also brings down the condemnation of the church's hierarchy, creating a strange parallel between the actors, now persecuted believers, and their play. Winner of the 1989 Cannes Grand Jury Prize and 12 Canadian...
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| 04/18/10 |
4th Annual Vanderbilt Film Festival
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
April 18, 2010
The 4th Annual Film Festival will showcase student work from a variety of genres, including the winners of this year's Vanderbilt 24 Hour Film Race. This is the first year the festival will be competitive, and prizes will be awarded for the top films, as judged by prominent members of the Nashville and Vanderbilt film community. Come support film on campus, and participate in the pre- and post-screening receptions with musical performances, VTV interviews, red carpet entrances, and food for...
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| 04/17/10 |
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide, When the Rainbow is Enough
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
April 17, 2010
Ntozake Shange's groundbreaking choreopoem touches on the issues of rape, abortion, domestic violence and motherhood, while also highlighting themes such as love, self-discovery, sisterhood, faith, and hope. The play features seven women only referred to as a color of the rainbow. This production comes to Vanderbilt for the first time in 13 years to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the play. One of the most valued pieces of African American Literature written by a prolific African American...
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04/16/10-
04/18/10 |
Vanderbilt Men's Baseball vs. Auburn
Vanderbilt University - Hawkins Field
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| 04/15/10 |
The Googlization of Everything: Siva Vaidhyanathan
Presented by Vanderbilt University
April 15, 2010
Siva Vaidhyanathan, associate professor of media studies and law at the University of Virginia, will give a public lecture titled, The Googlization of Everything. Vaidhyanathan's books include Copyrights and Copywrongs: The Rise of Intellectual Property and How it Threatens Creativity and The Anarchist in the Library: How the Clash between Freedom and Control is Hacking the Real World and Crashing the System. He has published media criticism in American Scholar, The...
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| 04/14/10 |
International Lens Film Series: The Believers
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
April 14, 2010
Presented by: Michael Brown, Assistant Director, LGBTQI Life USA (2006) Dir: Todd Holland. This documentary shatters assumptions about faith, gender, and religion in its focus on the world's first transgender gospel choir. The film takes us from the group's shaky beginnings through their transformation into an award-winning choir to examine members' attempts to reconcile their gender identity with the belief that changing one's gender goes against the word of God. Not rated. 80 minutes....
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| 04/13/10 |
Vanderbilt Men's Baseball vs. Middle Tennessee
Vanderbilt University - Hawkins Field
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| 04/12/10 |
Suji Kim and Jill McCorkle
Vanderbilt University - Wilson Hall
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| 04/11/10 |
International Lens Film Series: RR
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
April 11, 2010
Presented by: F. Clark Williams, Director Dean of Students Information Technology Support USA (2007) Dir: James Benning. This is an ambivalent history of Manifest Destiny told through shots of trains moving through the landscape. Benning's minimalist aesthetic produces a subtle political critique of American overconsumption and the tumultuous history of railroads, which changed the landscape of the American West. Not Rated. 111 minutes.
Presented by: Todd Hughes, Director, Language...
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| 04/10/10 |
RR (Railroad)
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
April 10, 2010
An ambivalent history of Manifest Destiny told through shots of trains moving through the landscape. Benning's minimalist aesthetic RR produces a subtle political critique of American over-consumption and the tumultuous history of railroads, which changed the landscape of the American West. The director will be present to provide an introduction and facilitate a post-screening discussion.
Presented by: Marilyn Murphy, Professor, Department of Art
USA (2007),...
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04/09/10-
04/11/10 |
Vanderbilt Men's Baseball vs. South Carolina
Vanderbilt University - Hawkins Field
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| 04/09/10 |
Better World Film Festival
Vanderbilt University - Jean and Alexander Heard Library
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Jean and Alexander Heard Library
April 9, 2010
Bring your blankets and lawn chairs for Better World Film Festival! Films shown include: Son of Lwala, The TOMS Shoes Story, One Peace at a Time, The 11th Hour and Foods Inc. Screenings will start at sunset around 7:00pm. A rain location/date TBA.
Sponsored by: Global Poverty Initiative, Vanderbilt ONE, TOMS Shoe Club, Students for Kenya, Spear, and VIVA. This event will take place on Library Lawn.
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| 04/08/10 |
Diplomatic Writing Workshop: How to Tell a Bunch of Employees They're Fired
Vanderbilt University Writing Studio
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University Writing Studio
April 8, 2010
Writing for an audience is never more critical than when we have to write our way out of a sticky situation. But rarely are we trained to finesse writing with tact and grace. Laura Miller, chief speechwriter for former Chancellor Gee, and Jennifer Holt, Director of the Writing Studio, facilitate this series of writing workshops on various "Would you read this and tell me how it sounds to you?" situations.
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| 04/08/10 |
SAF Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers: Between Floors
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
April 8, 2010
Between Floors examines the human condition by intercutting between five stuck elevators and th people trapped inside them.
International Lens is proud to be a 2009-10 recipient of a Southern Arts Federation (SAF) Southern Circuit grant that supports the nation’s only regional tour of independent filmmakers, providing communities with an interactive way of experiencing independent film. The tour connects audience members with independent filmmakers and encourages dialogue...
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04/08/10-
04/10/10 |
Original Cast Broadway Revue Troupe presents: Make Me Feel
Vanderbilt University - Langford Auditorium
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Langford Auditorium
April 8-April 10, 2010
The Original Cast is Vanderbilt University's premiere Broadway revue troupe. Started 33 years ago, this 16-person, student-run organization performs one show per semester with four sets, each comprising five to six song selections from Broadway musicals, past and present. Don't miss their spring show, Make Me Feel, April 8-10 in Langford Auditorium. The show this year includes selections from Aida, The Wedding Singer, Next to Normal, and Thoroughly Modern...
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| 04/07/10 |
International Lens Film Series: Ostrov
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
April 7, 2010
Presented by: Konstantin Kustanovich, Associate Professor of Slavic Languages & Literature, Germanic & Slavic Languages Department Russia (2006) Dir: Pavel Lungin. After the Nazis force Anatoly to shoot his superior, they set him adrift in a boat and he washes up on an island in Russia's icy White Sea. Thirty-five years later, he is still there, begging Jesus for forgiveness while advising the island's inhabitants on how to overcome their difficulties. When a person from his past...
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| 04/07/10 |
Great Performances at Vanderbilt: Trey McIntyre Project
Vanderbilt University - Blair School of Music
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Blair School of Music
April 7, 2010
See why McIntyre has taken the American dance scene by storm with fresh and forward thinking contemporary ballet. With commissions by New York City Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and Stuttgart Ballet, McIntyre delivers vocabulary that’s innovative in the world of American art.
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| 04/07/10 |
Cuninggim Lecture with Daisy Hernandez
Vanderbilt University - Student Life Center Ballroom
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Student Life Center Ballroom
April 7, 2010
Please join the Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center for its annual Cuninggim Lecture on Women in Culture and Society. An annual tradition, the endowed Cuninggim Lecture is given by a distinguished scholar each year. Lecturers are invited to address the broad topic from the perspective of their own discipline.
This year’s invited lecturer is Daisy Hernández; she will discuss how narratives shape every part of our lives -- from public policy conversations to...
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| 04/07/10 |
Dramatic Ceramic Sculptures: Beth Cavener Stichter Lecture
Vanderbilt University - Wilson Hall
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Wilson Hall
April 7, 2010
Renowned for ceramic sculptures created “to pry at those uncomfortable, awkward edges between animal and human,” Beth Cavener Stichter lectures on her dynamic and emotionally-charged figures on Wednesday, April 7, in Wilson Hall 103 on the Vanderbilt University campus.
All lectures are free and open to the public.
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| 04/06/10 |
Vanderbilt Men's Baseball vs. Belmont
Vanderbilt University - Hawkins Field
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| 04/06/10 |
Rachel Manley
Vanderbilt University - Buttrick Hall
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| 04/05/10 |
Glenn Patterson
The Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center
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| 04/01/10 |
Vanderbilt Dance Program 2010 Concert
Vanderbilt University - Langford Auditorium
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Langford Auditorium
April 1, 2010
Don't miss a concert featuring Vanderbilt Dance Theatre, Vanderbilt Dance Program, and Momentum Dance Group performing works by Kelvin Amburgey, Thomas Shoemaker, Stacie flood-Popp and Keith Fitzpatrick. Performance styles range from classical ballet to hip hop.
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04/01/10-
05/15/10 |
Etched and Pulled
Sarratt Gallery at Vanderbilt
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Sarratt Gallery at Vanderbilt
April 1-May 15, 2010
These seven artists from North Georgia and the Eastern seaboard reveal contemporary processes using traditional printmaking art forms. Classic methods are exhibited in addition to works reinterpreted with some technical twists, such as projected digital animation. On loan from the Roy C. Moore Art Gallery at Gainsville State College in Oakwood, Georgia, the works delicately explore the timeless search for meaning and identity in a fleeting world saturated with images.
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| 03/31/10 |
International Lens Film Series: California Dreamin'
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
March 31, 2010
Presented by: Gregg Horowitz, Associate Professor, Philosophy Department Romania (2007) Dir: Cristian Nemescu. An American military officer and the marines he commands find themselves stuck in a Romanian backwater called Capalnita. Though they try to force or coax their way out, the locals see their stranding as a major opportunity. This rambunctious, closely observed comedy of cultural collision, levels its satirical gaze at Romania's foibles and the sometimes lethal absurdities of...
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03/30/10-
03/31/10 |
Impact Symposium: Mitt Romney, John Stossel and Ralph Nader
Vanderbilt University - Langford Auditorium
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Langford Auditorium
March 30-March 31, 2010
Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, journalist John Stossel and political activist Ralph Nader will deliver public lectures and sign copies of their books at Vanderbilt University March 30-31 as part of the university’s annual Impact Symposium.
The theme of this year’s lectures is “The Future of Capitalism.” Nader and Stossel will speak Tuesday, March 30, at 8 p.m. in a point-counterpoint discussion titled “Business or the Consumer...
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| 03/30/10 |
Ralph Nader Book Signing
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Student Center
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Student Center
March 30, 2010
Ralph Nader is a consumer advocate, lawyer, author, and has been named by Time Magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential Americans in the Twentieth Century. For over four decades Ralph Nader has exposed problems and organized millions of citizens into more than 100 public interest groups to advocate for solutions. His efforts have helped to create a framework of laws, regulatory agencies, and federal standards that have improved the quality of life for two generations of...
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03/30/10-
03/31/10 |
Vanderbilt Men's Baseball vs. Wofford
Vanderbilt University - Hawkins Field
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| 03/30/10 |
International Lens Film Series: As Old As My Tongue
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
March 30, 2010
Presented by: Shaiya Baer, Assistant Director, Office of Active Citizenship and Service UK, Zanzibar (2006) Dir: Andy Jones. This intimate portrait of Bi Kidude, a tireless performer, sharp-witted raconteur, and probably the oldest singer on the world stage today, challenges assumptions about age and the role of women in Islamic societies. Not Rated. 66 minutes. DVD.
Presenters will provide an introduction and facilitate post-screening discussion for each film. Sarratt Cinema is...
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| 03/27/10 |
Cafe con Leche 2010: Ugly Betty Comes to Vandy
Vanderbilt University - Langford Auditorium
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03/26/10-
03/28/10 |
Vanderbilt Men's Baseball vs. Kentucky
Vanderbilt University - Hawkins Field
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| 03/25/10 |
International Lens Film Series: Girls Rock!
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
March 25, 2010
Presented by: Anna Guest-Jelley, Associate Director, Margaret Cunningham Women?s Center USA (2007) Dir: Arne Johnson and Shane King. Girls Rock! follows the journey of four 8 to 18-year-olds as they are transformed by the liberating powers of music at the Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls. Given the opportunity to bash the drums, wail like a banshee and take up space, the girls jettison gender stereotypes like old hats on their way to a joyous final concert that will change their lives...
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| 03/25/10 |
Great Performances at Vanderbilt: Nrityagram Dance Ensemble
Vanderbilt University - Blair School of Music
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Blair School of Music
March 25, 2010
Be mesmerized by the best in Indian dance straight from the Nrityagram dance village. Sensuous and lyrical, the ensemble blends its movement from the ancient classic form Odissi with contemporary concepts creating nothing less than magic.
A Master Class by the company will be offered the evening prior to the main stage event on Wednesday, March 24th from 5:30pm to 7:00pm in cooperation with the Vanderbilt Dance Program at Memorial Gymnasium. Tickets for the performance are on...
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| 03/25/10 |
CTP Leadership Workshop featuring Bill Bellet, Clinical Psychologist
Vanderbilt University - Divinity School
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Divinity School
March 25, 2010
We all know the fundamental skills and habits of “good” or effective managers and supervisors. They are most typically responsible, organized, decisive, punctual, hard working, fair minded and ethical. However, only a minority of individuals make the leap to become exceptional leaders. What marks the difference between good managers and great leaders? What are the distinguishing features of great leaders and how does one develop and attain the necessary qualities, skills and...
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| 03/24/10 |
Vanderbilt Men's Baseball vs. Wright
Vanderbilt University - Hawkins Field
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| 03/24/10 |
International Lens Film Series: Velodromo
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
March 24, 2010
Presented by: Avery Dickins De Giron, CLAS Chile (2009) Dir: Alberto Fuguet. Ariel Roth is content with his bike, his small one-room apartment, his laptop, and his solitude. But when Ariel's best friend and girlfriend decide they don't want to spend time with him, he discovers he has to start all over again. At least he still has his bike, his laptop, and the streets of Santiago. World premiere screening presented by the director! In Spanish with English subtitles. Not rated. 120 minutes....
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| 03/24/10 |
Jean Valentine Reading
Vanderbilt University - Buttrick Hall
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| 03/23/10 |
Vanderbilt Men's Baseball vs. Lipscomb
Vanderbilt University - Hawkins Field
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| 03/23/10 |
Staceyann Chin: Too Many Flavors
Vanderbilt University - Vanderbilt Student Life Center
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| 03/22/10 |
Conversation with Alberto Fuguet
Fido Coffee Shop
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Fido Coffee Shop
March 22, 2010
CLAS will host a public conversation and reception with Alberto Fuguet, an acclaimed Chilean author, journalist, and filmmaker. Fuguet, who will be accompanied by translator Ezra Fitz, is the author of the novels The Movies of My Life and Missing. On National Public Radio he has been described as, "the Eminem of Latin American Literature," for his different approach to fiction.
Those who plan to attend the public conversation are asked to RSVP to the Center for Latin...
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| 03/20/10 |
CTP Leadership Workshop featuring Professor Barbara McClure
Vanderbilt University - Divinity School
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Divinity School
March 20, 2010
Leadership is a complex endeavor that requires high level thinking, deep understanding of ourselves and others, and personal maturity to be done well. In this workshop we will draw on theories of human development to understand better ourselves and others, to illuminate why we do the things we do, both at our best and when we are not at our best, and how to bring our best to the role more consistently. Participants will engage a current issue from their work lives with the goal of...
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| 03/20/10 |
Step Show
Vanderbilt University - Langford Auditorium
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| 03/19/10 |
Black Violin
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
March 19, 2010
On May 21, 2005 Black Violin, two classically trained musicians, took home the title "2005 Apollo Legends" which catapulted them to international fame. These two gentlemen, KeV Marcus and Wil b, along with their DJ TK, have created the ultimate synergy between classical and Hip-Hop music, and with it an incredible opportunity to reach young people.
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| 03/19/10 |
The Red Scarf and the Black Briefcase
Presented by Vanderbilt University
March 19, 2010
The Red Scarf and the Black Briefcase is a two-person cabaret-styled performance (for an actor and a chanteuse/pianist) based on an original poem by Rick Hilles, Assistant Professor in English and Creative Writing at Vanderbilt University. The performance will include musical interludes by Brecht and Weill ("Pirate Jenny" from the Threepenny Opera and Weill's "September Song") and Henry Purcell's "Dido's Lament" (an aria from his opera, Dido and Aeneus)....
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| 03/18/10 |
SAF Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers: God's Architects
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
March 18, 2010
God's Architects is a documentary about five visionary builders and their enigmatic creations.
International Lens is proud to be a 2009-10 recipient of a Southern Arts Federation (SAF) Southern Circuit grant that supports the nation’s only regional tour of independent filmmakers, providing communities with an interactive way of experiencing independent film. The tour connects audience members with independent filmmakers and encourages dialogue about the films. Southern...
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| 03/18/10 |
Bich Minh Nguyen
Vanderbilt University - Buttrick Hall
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| 03/16/10 |
Vanderbilt Men's Baseball vs. Western Kentucky
Vanderbilt University - Hawkins Field
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| 03/16/10 |
International Lens Film Series: Goya in Bordeaux
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
March 16, 2010
Presented by: Bob Mode, Associate Professor, History of Art Department Spain, Italy (2000) Dir: C. Saura. This eye-poppingly imaginative film forcefully conjures up the spirit of 18th-century Spanish painter Francisco Goya, who died in exile in Bordeaux, by portraying him as an unstoppable bull of a man and an artistic visionary whose greatest work fearlessly locked horns with the darkest human truths. In Spanish and French with English subtitles. Rated R. 107 minutes....
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03/12/10-
03/14/10 |
Vanderbilt Men's Baseball vs. Ohio University
Vanderbilt University - Hawkins Field
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| 03/11/10 |
Diplomatic Writing Workshop: How to Tell Your Family to Go to Hell (in a nice way)
Vanderbilt University Writing Studio
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University Writing Studio
March 11, 2010
Writing for an audience is never more critical than when we have to write our way out of a sticky situation. But rarely are we trained to finesse writing with tact and grace. Laura Miller, chief speechwriter for former Chancellor Gee, and Jennifer Holt, Director of the Writing Studio, facilitate this series of writing workshops on various "Would you read this and tell me how it sounds to you?" situations.
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| 03/10/10 |
Vanderbilt Men's Baseball vs. Tennessee-Martin
Vanderbilt University - Hawkins Field
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03/08/10-
03/20/10 |
2010 Brazilian Images
The Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center
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| 03/06/10 |
Vanderbilt Men's Baseball vs. Illinois State
Vanderbilt University - Hawkins Field
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| 03/06/10 |
Vanderbilt Commodores vs. South Carolina
Vanderbilt University - Memorial Gymnasium
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| 03/05/10 |
Vanderbilt Men's Baseball vs. Kent State
Vanderbilt University - Hawkins Field
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| 03/04/10 |
International Film Lens Series: BLAST!
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
March 4, 2010
Presented by: Mark Devlin, PhD. Cosmologist, University of Pennsylvania & BLAST Principal Investigator USA (2008) Dirs: Paul Devlin. Filmmaker Paul Devlin follows his brother, Mark, as he leads a tenacious team of scientists hoping to figure out how all the galaxies formed by launching a revolutionary new telescope under a NASA high-altitude balloon. This exciting adventure follows the scientists from the Arctic to the Antarctic, revealing their frustrations, inevitable failures, and...
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03/04/10-
06/30/10 |
Mark Twain: An American Original
Vanderbilt University - Jean and Alexander Heard Library
Presented by Vanderbilt University Department of Art
at Vanderbilt University - Jean and Alexander Heard Library
March 4-June 30, 2010
This exhibit about Mark Twain's life and works uses original materials from the Special Collections Library, the Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum, and San Diego State University Special Collections and University Archives.
See first editions of his books, letters and photos of the man who was a true American Original. Vanderbilt Libraries are remembering one of America's most beloved writers with the exhibit "Mark Twain: An American Original." The exhibit is free and part...
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| 03/03/10 |
International Film Lens Series: Der Krieger und die Kaiserin 'The Princess and the Warrior'
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
March 3, 2010
Presented by: Hermann Kappelhoff, Max Kade Distinguished Visiting Professor, Department of Germanic & Slavic Languages & Literature Germany (2000) Dir: Tom Tykwer. Sissi lives a secluded life, devoted to her patients at Birkenhof asylum. Then she meets Bodo, an ex-soldier. In their first encounter, he saves her life. Sissi begins to wonder if he might be the man of her dreams. But Bodo is stuck between a traumatic past and a criminal future. Can the princess save the warrior? In...
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| 03/02/10 |
New Faces of America
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
March 2, 2010
The New Faces of America is a 65 minute, one woman show about what it is like for college students to live and thrive in a multicultural America. Taken from real interviews, characters are presented from 7 incredibly different backgrounds: a female biracial college student, a southern gay minister, a young female veteran from the Iraq War, a Native American teenager, a young migrant worker, an Appalachian college student, and a deaf African American.
New Faces is a...
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| 03/02/10 |
Vanderbilt Men's Baseball vs. Tennesee Tech
Vanderbilt University - Hawkins Field
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| 02/28/10 |
Vanderbilt Women's Basketball vs. South Carolina
Vanderbilt University - Memorial Gymnasium
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| 02/26/10 |
Second City Comedy Tour
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
February 26, 2010
The Second City is the leading brand in improv-based sketch comedy. With theatres in Chicago and Toronto, Training Centers in those cites as well as Hollywood, 11 full time touring ensembles, thriving corporate communications and theatricals divisions as well as television and film operations, The Second City has been called "A Comedy Empire" by the New York Times. Don't miss this show!
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| 02/25/10 |
Vanderbilt Commodores vs. Georgia
Vanderbilt University - Memorial Gymnasium
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| 02/25/10 |
Great Performances at Vanderbilt: Grupo Cultural AfroReggae *CANCELLED*
Vanderbilt University - Langford Auditorium
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Langford Auditorium
February 25, 2010
Don’t miss an epic world music event direct from Rio de Janeiro. Born out of a desire to counteract the violent drug industry and police oppression; Anderson Sa’s musical movement is recognized the world over as a social revolution.
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| 02/24/10 |
The Wonders of Kazakhstan
Student Life Center
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Student Life Center
February 24, 2010
What do you know about Kazakhstan? Muskie Fellow Aliya Bizhanova will present the historical and cultural background of Kazakhstan, and the changes that have incurred as it embarked on a transition from a Soviet state to an independent country. She expounds on the struggles, joys, and knowledge Kazakhs have encountered in the past and today as a nation. Food and refreshments provided. The event is sponsored by International Student and Scholar Services.
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| 02/24/10 |
International Lens Film Series: Favela Rising
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
February 24, 2010
Presented by: Avery Dickins De Giron, CLAS Brazil, USA (2005) Dir: Matt Mochary & Jeff Zimbalist. Grupo Afro Reggae, a small group of idealistic young men, use music, art, and dance to unify and heal the community of Vigario Geral, one of the most violent slum neighborhoods in Rio, offering to its young people a positive alternative to the lethal world of drug lords and duplicitous police. In Portugese with English subtitles. Not rated. 80 minutes. DVD.
Presenters will provide...
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| 02/24/10 |
Vanderbilt Women's Basketball vs. Florida
Vanderbilt University - Memorial Gymnasium
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| 02/23/10 |
An Evening with Blake Mycoskie - Founder of Toms Shoes
Vanderbilt University - Langford Auditorium
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Langford Auditorium
February 23, 2010
TOMS Shoes was founded on a simple premise: With every pair you purchase, TOMS will give a pair of new shoes to a child in need. One for One. TOMS uses the purchasing power of individuals to benefit the greater good. In 2006 an American traveler, Blake Mycoskie, befriended children in Argentina and found they had no shoes to protect their feet. Wanting to help, he created TOMS Shoes, a company that would match every pair of shoes purchased with a pair of new shoes given to a child in need....
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| 02/23/10 |
Momentum Dance Group presents Dreamworld
Vanderbilt University - Blair School of Music
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| 02/23/10 |
Vanderbilt Men's Baseball vs. Austin Peay
Vanderbilt University - Hawkins Field
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| 02/21/10 |
Our unIVersity
Vanderbilt University - Student Life Center Ballroom
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Student Life Center Ballroom
February 21, 2010
Avg. Event Rating (4.5 Stars): 
Vanderbilt Spoken Word, in its third year, is a performance poetry organization that seeks to combine the elements of hip-hop, emceeing, free-verse poetry, rhythm and theater to create an electrifying on-stage performance of words. Be sure to catch this performance of Our unIVersity!
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| 02/20/10 |
Asian New Year Festival
Vanderbilt University - Vanderbilt Student Life Center
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| 02/20/10 |
Vanderbilt Commodores vs. Kentucky
Vanderbilt University - Memorial Gymnasium
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| 02/19/10 |
Reconciliation With Democracy: A Literary Cabaret
The Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at The Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center
February 19, 2010
Don't miss a night of dramatic readings, featuring three plays: Hannah Elias, The Pen is Mightier, and Black Silk Stockings. The Pen is Mightier is a celebration of nine amazing African American women whose lives reflect the spirit and intention of The Emancipation Proclamation and The Civil Rights Movement.
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| 02/19/10 |
The Vagina Monologues
Vanderbilt University - Langford Auditorium
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Langford Auditorium
February 19, 2010
The Vanderbilt School of Medicine production of the Vagina Monologues will take place on Friday, February 19th in Langford Auditorium. It will feature faculty, staff, and students! Proceeds will benefit the Sexual Assault Center of Nashville. The Vagina Monologues are produced as a part of V-Day, a global movement to end violence against women and girls that raises funds and awareness through benefit productions of Eve Ensler's award winning play. To date, this movement has raised over...
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02/19/10-
02/21/10 |
Vanderbilt Men's Baseball vs. Niagra
Vanderbilt University - Hawkins Field
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| 02/18/10 |
Opening Reception: Richness of Color and Form - The Painter's Eye
Ingram Studio Arts Center
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Ingram Studio Arts Center
February 18, 2010
Richness of Color and Form contains work by John Baeder, Jane Braddock, Barry Buxkamper, Dane Carder, Virginia Derryberry, Samuel Dunson, Jr., Robert Durham, Leonard Koscianski, James Lavadour, Phurba Namgay, and Andrew Winn.
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| 02/18/10 |
InsideOut of the Lunch Box
TPAC - James K. Polk Theater
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at TPAC - James K. Polk Theater
February 18, 2010
Vanderbilt University joins Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC) Education for the InsideOut of the Lunch Box series which is a lunchtime series that includes enlightening panel discussions, performance excerpts, and a free lunch.
Juggleville and Playing by Air Come learn about the ultimate symbol of multi-tasking - juggling! Panelists and performers Jacob Weiss and Doug Denniston will demonstrate and discuss the physical and mental demands of the art form as well its creative...
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| 02/18/10 |
The Vanderbilt Writing Studio Presents On Writing: Attack of the Bloggers
Vanderbilt University Writing Studio
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University Writing Studio
February 18, 2010
Are blogs the future of writing? Have they already been replaced by the tweet? How do you get readers to follow your musings on the virtues of Smartwool socks? Answers to these questions and more will be addressed by three of Nashville's best bloggers.
Adam Gold is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music and local rock musician who haphazardly stumbled into the world of print journalism as newspapers were beginning to go the way of the rumble seat and new mediablogs were becoming...
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| 02/17/10 |
International Lens Film Series: Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
February 17, 2010
Presented by: Andrea Mirabile Assistant Professor of Italian, French & Italian Department Italy (1970) Dir: Elio Petri. A Fascist police inspector slits his mistress's throat, plants incriminating evidence, and reports the crime, but the police ignore the clues because of his high standing on the force. A jarring satire of Italian police techniques and a scathing meditation on the relationship between class and guilt. Winner of the 1970 Best Foreign Film Academy Award, features a...
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| 02/16/10 |
Hope for Haiti: Holistic Perspectives on the Crisis
Vanderbilt University - Hawkins Field
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| 02/16/10 |
Andy Statman Trio
Vanderbilt University - Benton Chapel
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Benton Chapel
February 16, 2010
Vanderbilt's Religion in the Arts & Contemporary Culture program and the Jewish Studies program present The Andy Stateman Trio in a rare Klezmer music performance.
Please Note: This event will be held at Vanderbilt's Divinity School.
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| 02/16/10 |
International Lens Film Series: Mr. and Mrs. Iyer
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
February 16, 2010
Presented by: Suhas Ketkar, Professor, Economics Department/GPED India (2002) Dir: Aparna Sen. This socio-political drama explores human relationships in life-threatening circumstances. A Muslim man accepts responsibility for a Hindu woman traveling alone with her infant son. When Hindu extremists stop the bus to search for and kill Muslims, will she accept the danger that comes with posing as a married Hindu couple, "Mr. and Mrs. Iyer"? In Tamil, Bengali, Hindi, Punjabi, and...
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| 02/14/10 |
Vanderbilt Women's Basketball vs. Kentucky
Vanderbilt University - Memorial Gymnasium
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Memorial Gymnasium
February 14, 2010
Don't miss the action as the Vanderbilt Lady Dores take on the University of Kentucky Lady Wildcats!
The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing is the official game sponsor for the annual PINK OUT! Basketball game. Bring your sweethearts to support for the Commodores as well as breast cancer awareness and research at the same time! The game is part of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association's "Pink Zone Week" with more than 1,500 participating schools and...
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| 02/13/10 |
Vanderbilt Commodores vs. LSU
Vanderbilt University - Memorial Gymnasium
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| 02/11/10 |
Harambee: Africa Unmasked
Vanderbilt University - Student Life Center Ballroom
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Student Life Center Ballroom
February 11, 2010
"Harambee" is Swahili for a "cooperative society that comes together." The Vanderbilt African Student Union would like to invite you to fun-filled event that includes dinner and performances that you don't want to miss. The show will feature: African Skit Performance, African Fashion Show, Nilaja-Amari Dance Troupe, Vandy Spoken Word, African Drumming and much more! There will also be authentic African cuisine.
Proceeds go to the Kasiisi Project and the Lwala...
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| 02/11/10 |
Diplomatic Writing Workshop: How to Negotiate a Psycho Roommate
Vanderbilt University Writing Studio
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University Writing Studio
February 11, 2010
Writing for an audience is never more critical than when we have to write our way out of a sticky situation. But rarely are we trained to finesse writing with tact and grace. Laura Miller, chief speechwriter for former Chancellor Gee, and Jennifer Holt, Director of the Writing Studio, facilitate this series of writing workshops on various "Would you read this and tell me how it sounds to you?" situations.
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| 02/11/10 |
SAF Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers featuring TRIMPIN: The Sound of Invention
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
February 11, 2010
TRIMPIN: The Sound of Invention is a documentary about MacArthur Genius Award winner Trimpin (who only uses his last name), a wildly creative artist-inventor-composer-engineer.
International Lens is proud to be a 2009-10 recipient of a Southern Arts Federation (SAF) Southern Circuit grant that supports the nation’s only regional tour of independent filmmakers, providing communities with an interactive way of experiencing independent film. The tour connects audience...
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| 02/10/10 |
Sweet Sleep: A Bed for Every Head
Vanderbilt University - Vanderbilt Student Life Center
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Vanderbilt Student Life Center
February 10, 2010
Recently coming from northern Uganda, Jennifer will share her first-hand experience of helping children who have been held at the LRA IDP camps. She will present the vision behind Sweet Sleep, a non-profit organization that provides beds to abandoned and orphaned children in developing countries in Moldova, Uganda, and Haiti. Food and refreshments provided.
Sponsored by: International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS)
Presented by: Jennifer Gash, President and Founder of...
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| 02/10/10 |
International Lens Film Series: Sam Cooke: Legend
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
February 10, 2010
Presented by: Peter Guralnick, Writer in Residence, English Department USA (2003) Writer: Peter Guralnick. Written by award-winning author and Vanderbilt professor Peter Guralnick, this is a stirring look at a singular talent who was not only one of the originators of soul music but whose song, "A Change Is Gonna Come," has been an anthem of the Civil Rights Movement ever since its first release. This Grammy-winning documentary includes vintage performance and interview clips...
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| 02/09/10 |
Vanderbilt Commodores vs. Tennessee
Vanderbilt University - Memorial Gymnasium
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| 02/08/10 |
Vanderbilt Women's Basketball vs. Tennessee
Vanderbilt University - Memorial Gymnasium
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02/03/10-
04/14/10 |
Writing Workshop for Cancer Survivors
Vanderbilt Center for Integrative Health
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt Center for Integrative Health
February 3-April 14, 2010
This new program is designed for cancer survivors who are interested in learning about expressive writing. No previous writing experience necessary. This workshop allows survivors to create original writing; experience a confidential, non-academic, non-medical environment to express thoughts and feelings; gain exposure to writings by other cancer surviviors. Registration is limited. Sponsored by the Office of Cultural Enrichment VUMC, VU College of Arts & Sciences, REACH for...
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| 02/03/10 |
International Lens Film Series: Er shi si cheng ji '24 City'
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
February 3, 2010
Presented by: Ling Hon Lam, Assistant Professor, Asian Studies Hong Kong, China, Japan (2008) Dir: Zhang ke Jia. Once Chinese workers were treated as heroes, now they're expendable assets. This film traces the transformations that have occurred over three generations in the city of Chengdu by merging fiction and documentary to present testimonies from former factory workers and citizens. In Mandarin and Shanghainese with English subtitles. Not rated. 112 minutes.
Presenters will...
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| 02/03/10 |
International Lens Film Series: Tian xiz wu zei 'A World without Thieves'
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
February 3, 2010
Presented by: Lily Chen, VUCA China, Hong Kong (2004) Dir: Xiaogang Feng. A young Chinese "Bonnie and Clyde" meet up and swindle their way across the mainland. They run into a wide-eyed innocent who believes he inhabits a world without thieves. As he becomes a pawn in their games, will they teach him a lesson or protect his naïveté? In Mandarin with English subtitles. Not rated. 113 minutes. DVD.
Presenters will provide an introduction and facilitate...
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| 02/03/10 |
Vanderbilt Commodores vs. Mississippi State
Vanderbilt University - Memorial Gymnasium
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| 02/02/10 |
Psychiatry in the Movies: Carnal Knowledge
Vanderbilt Medical Center
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt Medical Center
February 2, 2010
One of the most controversial movies of its time, this thought-provoking comedy-drama is a funny, poignant look at relationships as seen through the eyes of two friends over a 20-year period. This screening will be followed by a panel discussion moderated by Dr. A.J. Reid Finlayson.
Note: This is an 18 and older viewing.
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| 02/02/10 |
International Lens Film Series: Uc Maymun 'Three Monkeys'
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
February 2, 2010
Presented by: Salih Yilmaz, Turkish Students Association Turkey, France, Italy (2008) Dir: Nuri Bilge Ceylan. A politician in a hit-and-run accident convinces his driver to take the fall in this gorgeous but pulpy melodrama. Complications ensue as the driver, his wife and son, and the politician struggle to prevail in the atmosphere of class antagonism and sexual cruelty. Winner of the 2008 award for directing at Cannes. In Turkish with English subtitles. Not rated. 109...
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| 02/01/10 |
Richard Katrovas Reading
Vanderbilt University - Buttrick Hall
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| 01/29/10 |
For Love of Liberty
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
January 29, 2010
For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots, is a multi-faceted initiative with Louis Gossett Jr. as Executive Producer, introduced by Colin Powell and hosted on-camera by Halle Berry. Ten years in the making, the film uses letters, diaries, speeches, journalistic accounts, historical text and military records to document and acknowledge the sacrifices and accomplishments of African-American service men and women since the earliest days of the republic. The story spans the...
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| 01/28/10 |
Vanderbilt Women's Basketball vs. Alabama
Vanderbilt University - Memorial Gymnasium
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| 01/28/10 |
Great Performances at Vanderbilt: Guido's Ear featuring Aaron Brown
Vanderbilt University - Blair School of Music
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| 01/27/10 |
Harvest Time
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
January 27, 2010
Set in 1950s Russia, this meditation on family unity uses nostalgia to explore a dark period in Soviet history. The film's intimate portrait of the daily life of a hardship-wracked collective farming family depicts the destruction of rural life and beliefs by an implacable state system. In Russian with English subtitles. Not rated. 67 minutes. Directed by Marina Razbezhkina.
This film is presented by Irina Makoveeva, Mellon Assistant Professor of Germanic & Slavic Languages.
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| 01/25/10 |
Artful Activism: O'Neal Compton and Big Eden
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
January 25, 2010
Vanderbilt University is excited to present a free showing of the critically acclaimed movie Big Eden, and a discussion led by one its stars--O'Neal Compton! Mr. Compton is an acclaimed actor/producer/director, and works tirelessly for the arts community and for the national and his state of South Carolina's political process. He will share with us his perspective on the movie, the issues it raises, and how they relate to the climate of LGBTQI life today. You can't miss this...
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| 01/24/10 |
Vanderbilt Women's Basketball vs. Mississippi State
Vanderbilt University - Memorial Gymnasium
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| 01/23/10 |
Vanderbilt Commodores vs. Auburn
Vanderbilt University - Memorial Gymnasium
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| 01/21/10 |
Diplomatic Writing Workshop: How to Write a Break-Up Letter
Vanderbilt University Writing Studio
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University Writing Studio
January 21, 2010
Writing for an audience is never more critical than when we have to write our way out of a sticky situation. But rarely are we trained to finesse writing with tact and grace. Laura Miller, chief speechwriter for former Chancellor Gee, and Jennifer Holt, Director of the Writing Studio, facilitate this series of writing workshops on various "Would you read this and tell me how it sounds to you?" situations.
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| 01/20/10 |
International Lens Film Series: Yacoubian Building
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
January 20, 2010
This epic tale of the troubled lives and secret loves of the Egyptian upperclass portrays this luxury apartment building and its inhabitants as having seen better days. Yet they still desperately attempt to hold on to their elegant reputations.
Presenters will provide an introduction and facilitate post-screening discussion for each film. Sarratt Cinema is located on the first floor of the Sarratt Student Center at Vanderbilt University. For additional information and parking maps,...
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| 01/19/10 |
Vanderbilt University Men's Basketball vs. Ole Miss
Vanderbilt University - Memorial Gymnasium
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| 01/14/10 |
Vanderbilt Women's Basketball vs. Georgia
Vanderbilt University - Memorial Gymnasium
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01/13/10-
05/13/10 |
Eye & Mind: A Legacy of Art Collecting at Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University - Fine Arts Gallery
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Fine Arts Gallery
January 13-May 13, 2010
Presented to celebrate the opening of Vanderbilt’s newly renovated and expanded galleries, Eye & Mind: A Legacy of Art Collecting at Vanderbilt University illustrates the breadth and depth of the collection, now in its fifty-third year. The updated presentation for 2010 features nineteen new works of art ranging from Baroque sculpture to Pop Art. Our use of the title for this exhibition, drawn from an essay on Cezanne by the philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty, seeks to...
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| 01/09/10 |
Vanderbilt Commodores vs. Florida
Vanderbilt University - Memorial Gymnasium
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| 01/04/10 |
Vanderbilt Commodores vs. MTSU
Vanderbilt University - Memorial Gymnasium
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| 01/03/10 |
Vanderbilt Women's Basketball vs. Mississippi
Vanderbilt University - Memorial Gymnasium
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| 01/02/10 |
Vanderbilt Commodores vs. Southern Miss
Vanderbilt University - Memorial Gymnasium
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| 12/30/09 |
Vanderbilt Commodores vs. Manhattan
Vanderbilt University - Memorial Gymnasium
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| 12/28/09 |
Vanderbilt Women's Basketball vs. East Tennessee State
Vanderbilt University - Memorial Gymnasium
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| 12/21/09 |
Vanderbilt Commodores vs. Mercer
Vanderbilt University - Memorial Gymnasium
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| 12/20/09 |
Vanderbilt Women's Basketball vs. Tennessee State
Vanderbilt University - Memorial Gymnasium
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| 12/19/09 |
Vanderbilt Commodores vs. TSU Tigers
Vanderbilt University - Memorial Gymnasium
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| 12/09/09 |
Thinking Out of the Lunch Box: "Voices From Our America" with Ifeoma C.K. Nwankwo
Nashville Public Library - Main Library
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Nashville Public Library - Main Library
December 9, 2009
Dr. Nwankwo will share new insights and information gained through the work of her Voices from Our America project. As a contribution to the realization of the robustly democratic America envisioned and called for by humanists such as Langston Hughes, Frederick Douglass, and John Blassingame, The Voices from Our America™ project uncovers previously inaudible, silenced, or neglected American voices to facilitate cross-cultural and cross-generational conversation and to make these...
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| 12/06/09 |
Vanderbilt Women's Basketball vs. Western Kentucky
Vanderbilt University - Memorial Gymnasium
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| 12/05/09 |
Vanderbilt Commodores vs. DePaul Blue Demons
Vanderbilt University - Memorial Gymnasium
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| 12/04/09 |
Vanderbilt Women's Basketball vs. Bowling Green
Vanderbilt University - Memorial Gymnasium
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| 12/03/09 |
International Lens Film Series: Silent Light (Stellet licht)
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
December 3, 2009
Presented by: Helena Simonett, Assistant Professor of Latin American Studies, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music Literature and History, Blair School of Music. Mexico, France, Netherlands, Germany (2007) Dir: Carlos Reygadas. This deeply affecting drama, performed by a cast of mostly nonprofessional actors, reveals the everyday raptures of an isolated Mennonite community in northern Mexico. Johan, a farmer with seven towheaded children and a devoted wife, Esther, has fallen in...
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12/03/09-
11/14/09 |
Sarratt Gallery Holiday Arts Festival
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Student Center
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| 12/02/09 |
Vanderbilt Commodores vs. Missouri Tigers
Vanderbilt University - Memorial Gymnasium
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| 11/27/09 |
Thanksgiving Tournament: Vanderbilt Women's Basketball vs. Austin Peay
Vanderbilt University - Memorial Gymnasium
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Memorial Gymnasium
November 27, 2009
Don't miss the action as the Vanderbilt Lady Dores take on the Austin Peay Lady Governors in the Thanksgiving Tournament!
Note: The consolation game will be held on Saturday, November 28 at 2:00pm and the championship game will be held on November 28 at 4:00pm.
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| 11/20/09 |
Vanderbilt Women's Basketball vs. UC Riverside
Vanderbilt University - Memorial Gymnasium
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| 11/19/09 |
International Lens Film Series: Tokyo Drifter
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
November 19, 2009
In this free-jazz gangster film, reformed killer "Phoenix" Tetsu drifts around Japan, awaiting his own execution, until he's called back to Tokyo to help battle a rival gang by his boss, who is trying to give up his life of crime. But both men have a hard time sticking to a virtuous path when associates are blackmailed, loves threatened, and deceit and treachery abound. Suzuki's aestheticised violence, visual gags and mind-warping color effects got him in trouble with his studio...
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| 11/17/09 |
International Lens Film Series: Gate of Flesh (Nikutai no mon)
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
November 17, 2009
Presented as part of The New Age of the New Wave by: Todd Hughes, Director, Language Center. Japan (1964) Dir: Seijun Suzuki.
Set immediately after WWII, this film explores the desperate lengths a devastated community must go to in order to survive. A group of prostitutes live and work in the basement of a bombed-out building in Tokyo, governing themselves with a strict code of conduct. The women’s solidarity breaks down when they shelter a wounded man as each woman...
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| 11/16/09 |
Vanderbilt Commodores vs. Lipscomb Bisons
Vanderbilt University - Memorial Gymnasium
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| 11/15/09 |
Vanderbilt Women's Basketball vs. Lehigh
Vanderbilt University - Memorial Gymnasium
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| 11/14/09 |
Vanderbilt Commodores vs. Kentucky (Coats for the Counties Drive)
Vanderbilt University - Vanderbilt Stadium
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Vanderbilt Stadium
November 14, 2009
Don't miss the action as the Vanderbilt Commodores take on the Kentucky Wildcats!
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee and Vanderbilt Athletics are teaming up this winter to help keep the community warm. On November 14, fans are encouraged to bring new and gently-used coats of all sizes to the game to donate to families in need in Middle Tennessee. Children's coats are most needed, but all size coats will be collected and distributed. Volunteers will be collecting the coats...
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| 11/13/09 |
Jay-Z with Wale and J.Cole
Vanderbilt University - Memorial Gymnasium
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Memorial Gymnasium
November 13, 2009
A giant of the rap world since 1996, Jay-Z has won seven Grammys in recognition of his towering albums including Vol. 2….Hard Knock Life and The Blueprint. His celebrated flow and unpredictable live shows bring fans to their feet waiting to see what he'll do next. Jay-Z's latest album, The Blueprint 3, is available in stores now.
Fellow hip-hop artists Wale and J.Cole will join the superstar rapper at Memorial Gymnasium on the Vanderbilt campus.
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| 11/12/09 |
SAF Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers: Flying on One Engine
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
November 12, 2009
Wheelchair bound, without a larynx, and diagnosed with a life-threatening aortic aneurysm, Dr. Sharadkumar Dicksheet now lives only so he can travel to India to perform free operations in marathon-like surgery sessions where up to 700 children receive treatment for their cleft lips and other deformities. DVD. 52 minutes. Dir. Joshua Z. Weinstein.
International Lens is proud to be a 2009-10 recipient of a Southern Arts Federation (SAF) Southern Circuit grant that supports the...
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| 11/11/09 |
International Lens Film Series: In July (Im Juli)
Vanderbilt University - Commons Center
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Commons Center
November 11, 2009
Presented by: Zeynep Somer-Topcu, Assistant Professor, Political Science and European Studies; John McCarthy, Professor of German and Comparative Literature. Germany (2000) Dir: Fatih Akin. In this whimsical romantic comedy, a student teacher, Daniel, buys an enchanted ring from Juli, a young woman who has a crush on him. Later that day, he meets Melek, who returns to Istanbul in the evening. Daniel decides to follow Melek and, on the way, picks up a hitchhiker – Juli. This...
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11/10/09-
11/15/09 |
International Lens Film Series: Spotlight on India
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
November 10-November 15, 2009
BOLLYWOOD’S INDIA: Two films that shed light on Hindi cinema’s depiction of history and nation. Sponsored by: Asian Studies Program, Department of History, Film Studies Program, and International Lens Film Series.
Tuesday, November 10 at 7:00pm in Sarratt Cinema
Naya Daur, India (1957, subtitled) a Dilip Kumar classic directed by B.R. Chopra
Presented by: Samira Sheikh, Assistant Professor, Department of History
Sunday, November 15 at 2:00pm in...
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| 11/10/09 |
Vanderbilt Commodores vs. Alabama Huntsville
Vanderbilt University - Memorial Gymnasium
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| 11/09/09 |
On Writing: Featuring Robert Scherrer
117 Alumni Hall
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at 117 Alumni Hall
November 9, 2009
In addition to research into the dynamics of dark energy and the moderately early Universe, Dr. Sherrer is also a writer of science fiction. Having authored both a story about baseball in outer space and an introduction to quantum mechanics, Robert Scherrer knows the joys and challenges of writing in different genres.
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11/05/09-
11/30/09 |
The Haunted Imagination works by Gyorgy Kadar
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Student Center
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Student Center
November 5-November 30, 2009
The exhibition The Haunted Imagination works by Holocaust survivor Gyorgy Kadar is on display at the Sarratt Gallery through Noveber 30. Sponsored by Sarratt Visual Arts Committee and the Vanderbilt Holocaust Lecture Series.
Gallery Talk: Thursday, November 5 at 5:00pm with reception following.
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| 11/04/09 |
International Lens Film Series: Corridor #8
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
November 4, 2009
Presented by: Gregg Horowitz, Associate Professor, Philosophy Department. Bulgaria (2008) Dir: Boris Despodov. Take one fragmentary road, three suspicious national neighbors, and one mischievous filmmaker and you have the ingredients for an absurdly funny and engaging look at the new “unified” Europe. In 1997, the EU commissioned Corridor #8, an ambitious rail and road system designed to join Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Albania but 10 years and millions of euros later,...
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| 11/03/09 |
International Lens Film Series: The Fall of Communism
Vanderbilt University - Commons Center
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Commons Center
November 3, 2009
Presented by: Frank Wcislo, Dean of The Commons and Associate Professor of History; Konstantin Kustanovich, Associate Professor of Slavic Languages and Literature, Germanic & Slavic Languages Department. USA (1990) Host: Pierre Salinger. An in-depth look at the rise and fall of Communism, this film gives an historical overview along with its examinations of the crumbling of the Berlin Wall and the independence movements in Poland, Lithuania, and Russia. 80 minutes....
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| 10/31/09 |
International Lens Film Series: Nosferatu
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
October 31, 2009
***Join us for this MONSTER MASH in COSTUME!*** For this silent film an original musical score will be performed live by the Rats and People Motion Picture Orchestra. An unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula, Nosferatu is the quintessential vampire film, crafted by legendary German director F. W. Murnau. Rather than depicting Dracula as a shape-shifting monster or debonair gentleman, Murnau's Graf Orlok is a nightmarish, spidery creature of bulbous head and...
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| 10/31/09 |
Vanderbilt Commodores vs. Georgia Tech
Vanderbilt University - Vanderbilt Stadium
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| 10/29/09 |
International Lens Film Series: Romance of Astree and Celadon
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
October 29, 2009
Legendary auteur Eric Rohmer's new film is a star-crossed romance set among the shepherds and shepardesses (and the nymphs, fairies and druids that dwell among them) of 5th-century Gaul. Celadon's parents frown on his love for Astree so he feigns a public affair with another woman. When Astree rejects him, believing he has betrayed her, Celadon throws himself into the river. Yet all is not completely lost for these young lovers. In French with English subtitles. Not Rated. 106 minutes. ...
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| 10/28/09 |
International Lens Film Series: The Fall of the Berlin Wall and Ode to Joy and Freedom
Vanderbilt University - Commons Center
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Commons Center
October 28, 2009
The Fall of the Berlin Wall, USA (2007) Produced by: ABC News Classics. On November 9, 1989, after nearly three decades of separation, East and West Berliners breeched the wall that forced them apart. As East Germany's Communist leadership opened the gates, crowds clamored atop the wall, tearing chunks away from the iconic image of the iron curtain. Join Diane Sawyer and Sam Donaldson for coverage from the day it happened including a live interview with President Reagan. 38 minutes....
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| 10/25/09 |
Will Downing Live
Vanderbilt University - Langford Auditorium
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Langford Auditorium
October 25, 2009
Avg. Event Rating (5.0 Stars): 
The Smooth Grooves Concert Series is a monthly event that encourages music lovers to gather and share in the artistry of music and the beauty of good fellowship in an intimate setting that is sure to make the experience one to remember. Featured on the main stage are national, regional and local artists who represent the best in Jazz, Blues, R&B, Funk, and Soul for your listening pleasure. This month's featured artist is national recording artist and smooth jazz and R&B vocalist...
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| 10/20/09 |
International Lens Film Series: Bloodlines
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
October 20, 2009
Bettina Goering, grandniece of Herman Goering, has long tried to bury the dark legacy of her family history. Ruth Rich, a daughter of Holocaust survivors, cannot resolve her deep-rooted anger over the suffering of her parents. Bettina seeks out Ruth in an attempt to confront her fear that the capacity for evil is in her blood. When the women meet, their hidden guilt and rage clash in a series of intimate and extraordinary meetings. This film provides relevant and timely insight into the...
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| 10/19/09 |
The Way We Get By
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
October 19, 2009
Presented as part of The Southern Circuit Film Tour of Independent Filmmakers,The Way We Get By, United States (2009) Dir: Aron Gaudet. Producer: Gita Pullapilly.
Beginning as a seemingly idiosyncratic story about troop greeters, a group of senior citizens who gather daily at a small airport to thank American soldiers departing to and returning from Iraq, the film quickly turns into a moving, unsettling, and compassionate story about aging, loneliness, war and mortality....
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| 10/17/09 |
Great Performances at Vanderbilt: Daniel Bernard Roumain
Vanderbilt University - Blair School of Music
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Blair School of Music
October 17, 2009
Experience Haitian-American artist Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) who has carved a reputation for himself as a passionately innovative composer, performer, violinist, and band leader—featuring Blair School of Music students and faculty. Roumain will present "Darwin's Meditation for the People of Lincoln."
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| 10/17/09 |
Vanderbilt Commodores vs. Georgia (Homecoming)
Vanderbilt University - Vanderbilt Stadium
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| 10/15/09 |
International Lens Film Series: Daratt
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
October 15, 2009
When the civil war in Chad ends, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission does not punish those involved in the genocide, so individuals seek justice on their own. Ordered by his grandfather to avenge his family's deaths, the orphan Atim looks for Nassara, his father's killer. Instead of finding a cold-blooded murderer, Atim meets a charitable baker and soon-to-be father who seeks redemption. Nassara hires Atim as his assistant and takes him into his home. When Nassara asks to adopt him, Atim...
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| 10/14/09 |
Surreal to Reel: Paris on Film -- L'Age d'Or and Sous les toits de Paris
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
October 14, 2009
Presented as part of Surreal to Reel: Paris on Film. Funding provided in part by the Film Studies Program and the Department of French and Italian. Held in conjunction with the Frist Center for the Visual Arts’ exhibition Twilight Visions: Surrealism, Photography, and Paris.
Presented by: Paul Young, Associate Professor of English, Director of Film Studies
The Golden Age (L’Age d’Or), France (1930) Dir: Luis Buñuel.
L'Age d'Or, which began as...
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| 10/09/09 |
The Commons presents Fall for the Arts
Vanderbilt University - Commons Center
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Commons Center
October 9, 2009
The Commons presents Fall for the Arts on the Commons lawns, Peabody lawns and Cohen Hall. Come enjoy interactive art from noon until 4:00pm and performances by Vanderbilt student organizations from 4:00pm until 8:00pm.
Celebrate the Arts by visiting Cohen Hall: tour Fine Arts Gallery and view student and faculty film shorts. Linger under the Art Tent: make your own art, watch pottery demos or buy a work of art created by students and faculty. Get involved: create poetry in motion,...
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| 10/08/09 |
International Lens Film Series: Fear(s) of the Dark
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
October 8, 2009
Six graphic artists and cartoonists turn their personal terrors into reality in this nightmarish animated anthology. Stylistically connected, the stark black-and-white imagery adds a layer of the surreal to the already disturbing subject matter. As reality crosses over into the unknown, these six interlocking stories bring to life personal demons and fears of the dark, injections, pursuit and more. In French with English subtitles. Not rated. 80 minutes. France (2007) Dirs: Blutch,...
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| 10/08/09 |
Great Performances at Vanderbilt: L.A. Theatre Works present War of the Worlds and The Lost World
Vanderbilt University - Langford Auditorium
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| 10/07/09 |
International Lens Film Series: Ro.Go.Pa.G. - (Laviamoci il cervello)
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
October 7, 2009
This omnibus film, whose title is an abbreviation of the directors' last names, consists of four shorts: Rossellini's "Illibatezza" ("Chastity") tells the story of a flight attendant who rebuffs the unwanted attention of an American passenger by returning his overtures with aggressive ones of her own, which she records on a video camera to send to her fiance back home. Set in Paris after a nuclear holocaust, Godard's "Il Nuovo mondo" ("New World")...
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| 10/03/09 |
Vanderbilt Commodores vs. University of Mississippi
Vanderbilt University - Vanderbilt Stadium
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| 10/02/09 |
Athenian Sing
Vanderbilt University - Student Life Center Ballroom
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Student Life Center Ballroom
October 2, 2009
Athenian Sing showcases talented Vanderbilt Students and Organizations who compete on behalf of local charities. This year’s lineup features: The Dodecs, Original Cast, Vandy Spoken Word, VIBE, VIDA, Tongue N Cheek, Vanderbilt Off-Broadway, Sarah Barr & the Barrettes, Melodores and Jewgrass.
Please note: This event will take place in the Student Life Center Ballroom.
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10/01/09-
12/17/09 |
Eye & Mind: A Legacy of Art Collecting at Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University - Fine Arts Gallery
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Fine Arts Gallery
October 1-December 17, 2009
Presented on the occasion of the opening of the newly renovated and expanded historic Cohen Memorial Hall, Eye & Mind: A Legacy of Art Collecting at Vanderbilt University illustrates the breadth and depth of the collection, now in its fifty-third year. Vanderbilt University’s fine art collection began with Anna C. Hoyt’s generous donation of 105 Old Master and modern prints and now numbers close to 6,000 objects. With a newly invigorated focus on the collection as...
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| 10/01/09 |
International Lens Film Series: Duchess of Langeais
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
October 1, 2009
Based on Honore de Balzac's novella La duchesse de Langeais, this Restoration drama portrays the tragic love affair of a Parisian coquette, Antoinette de Navarreins, and General Armand de Montriveau, a free-spirited explorer. For months, they observe the requirements of social etiquette, but Montriveau wants to love the married Duchess openly. She rejects him but, convinced that she is playing games, Montriveau ignores her and Antoinette is forced to disappear. Will Montriveau be able...
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| 09/30/09 |
International Lens Film Series: XXY
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
September 30, 2009
Presented by: Office of LGBTQI Life; facilitator: Monica Casper, former executive director, Intersex Society of North America; professor of Social & Behavioral Sciences and Women's Studies, Arizona State University Argentina, France, Spain (2008) Dir: Lucia Puenzo. For just about everybody, adolescence means having to confront a number of choices and life decisions, but rarely are any as monumental as the one facing 15 year-old Alex who was born an intersex child. As Alex begins to...
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| 09/26/09 |
International Lens Film Series: Azur and Asmar
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
September 26, 2009
Presented by: Vanderbilt Employee Celebration Committee France, Italy, Belgium, Spain (2006) Dir: Michel Ocelot. Inspired by medieval illuminations and Arabic art, this animated film tells the story of two boys, the white, blue-eyed prince Azur and the dark-skinned Asmar, both of whom are raised by Asmar's mother. Separated by Azur's father, the boys meet up again several years later in an unidentified Middle Eastern country -- where Azur's blue eyes terrify the locals, leading him to feign...
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| 09/24/09 |
Great Performances at Vanderbilt: Kidd Pivot presents Lost Action
Vanderbilt University - Blair School of Music
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| 09/23/09 |
International Lens Film Series: The Marriage of Maria Braun
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
September 23, 2009
Married for barely a day during World War II, the widowed Maria Braun is forced to survive on her own. She becomes strong and cruel, sad and indomitable, so loyal to her husband that she kills for him, and so pitiless to her lover of many years that she drives him to death. Fassbinder's biggest international box-office success and the first part of his "postwar trilogy," The Marriage of Maria Braun is a heartbreaking study of a woman picking herself up from the ruins of her...
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| 09/19/09 |
Vanderbilt Commodores vs. Mississippi State
Vanderbilt University - Vanderbilt Stadium
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| 09/16/09 |
International Lens Film Series: My Stepbrother is a Frankenstein
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
September 16, 2009
Presented by: Irina Makoveeva, Mellon Assistant Professor of Russian, Germanic & Slavic Languages Department Russia (2004) Dir: Valerii Todorovskii. Fresh from the war in Chechnya, 20-year-old Pavel arrives in Moscow to be fitted for an artificial eye and to find his father, Iulik, a physicist-turned-popular-science-author with a happy, middle-class family life who is unaware that an adulterous fling two decades earlier produced a son. The reactions of Iulik's family and friends...
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09/17/09 |
Great Performances at Vanderbilt: Australia's Strange Fruit
Vanderbilt Alumni Lawn
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt Alumni Lawn
September 16-September 17, 2009
See Australia’s internationally acclaimed festival performers in Swoon! and let four daredevil Australians transport you in a fantastical story of love, loss, joy, and freedom up on high.
Note: On Wednesday, September 16 the show will be held at Centennial Park.
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| 09/10/09 |
International Lens Film Series: Quantum Hoops
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Student Center
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Student Center
September 10, 2009
The Caltech Men's Basketball team hasn't won a conference game in 22 years, which adds up to more than 250 losses. But then its roster boasts more high school valedictorians than high school basketball starters. Nevertheless, these overachievers prove they have as much desire to win a game as they have to earn a Nobel Prize. The panel discussion will focus on how the Vanderbilt basketball team strikes its own balance between rigorous academic and athletic programs, and how student-athletes...
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| 09/09/09 |
International Lens Film Series: The Silence Before Bach
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
September 9, 2009
A promenade through 18th-, 19th-, and 21st-century Europe guided by the music of J.S. Bach and Felix Mendelssohn. Arising from a defined musical structure, this film looks at the profound relationship between image and music, where the latter is not merely conceived as subsidiary to the image but is a subject of narration in its own right. In Spanish, German and Catalan with English subtitles. Not Rated. 102 minutes. Spain (2007) Dir: Pere Portabella.
Presented by: Robert Fry,...
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| 09/05/09 |
Vanderbilt Commodores vs. Western Carolina
Vanderbilt University - Vanderbilt Stadium
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| 09/04/09 |
International Lens Film Series: Planet B-boy
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
September 4, 2009
Presented by: Korean Student & Scholars Association, Vanderbilt Dance Program, Vanderbilt Student Government and Multicultural Leadership Council USA (2008) Dir: Benson Lee. Welcome to the International world of "b-boying," the New York street dance, also known as breakdancing, which has become a medium of expression for young people around the world. Unfolding against the vivid backdrops of Osaka, Paris, Seoul and Las Vegas are the stories of young men who struggle to...
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| 09/02/09 |
International Lens Film Series: The Visitor
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
September 2, 2009
The Visitor is presented by: Gregory Barz, Associate Professor of Musicology, Blair School of Music and Faculty Head of House, North Hall, The Commons. A homeless Syrian musician, Tarek, and his Senegalese girlfriend take up residence in the apartment of an aging academic, Walter. The two men's friendship deepens as the young musician teaches the older man to play the African drum. The younger man and his music awaken Walter to a new world, so when Tarek, an undocumented immigrant, is...
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06/08/09-
06/11/09 |
Vanderbilt Future Star Camp
Vanderbilt University - Vanderbilt Stadium
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Vanderbilt Stadium
June 8-June 11, 2009
The Vanderbilt Football Program is proud to host our first annual "Future Star Camp" June 8-11. This camp is designed exclusively for rising 6th through 8th graders interested in becoming better football players. Individual skills and techniques for all positions will be taught. However, kickers and punters should plan to play another position as these techniques will not be taught. This camp does have an enrollment limit and spots are filling fast. Pads and helmets are not...
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05/14/09-
05/16/09 |
Vanderbilt Men's Baseball vs. Tennessee
Vanderbilt University - Hawkins Field
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05/04/09-
06/30/09 |
Olga Alexeeva Art Show at University Club
University Club of Nashville
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at University Club of Nashville
May 4-June 30, 2009
A transitional journey from monochromatic black and white to full color will be the theme of contemporary artist Olga Alexeeva’s “Black, White & Beyond” exhibition at Vanderbilt’s University Club. Alexeeva’s works will be displayed in a perimeter-style exhibition, beginning with her works in black and white and ending with pieces in full color. Alexeeva’s works have been in several gallery...
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| 04/28/09 |
Vanderbilt Men's Baseball vs. Lipscomb
Vanderbilt University - Hawkins Field
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04/24/09-
04/26/09 |
Vanderbilt Men's Baseball vs. Mississippi State
Vanderbilt University - Hawkins Field
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| 04/20/09 |
International Lens Film Series: Zen
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
April 20, 2009
Based on the true story of the founder of Zen Buddhism (Zen Master Dogen), this lush, tranquil drama, set in 13th century Japan, brings to life Dogen’s search for enlightenment and the challenges he faced from the established Buddhist order as he worked to spread the practice of Zen. DVD. Japanese with English subtitles. Not Rated. 127 minutes. Japan (2009) Dir: Banmai Takahashi. Presented by: Consulate-General of Japan in Nashville and the ZEN Production Committee....
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| 04/19/09 |
Vandy Gets Reel: 3rd Annual Vanderbilt Student Film Festival
Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Vanderbilt University
at Vanderbilt University - Sarratt Cinema
April 19, 2009
The third annual Vanderbilt Student Film Festival -- "Vandy Gets Reel" - -promises to be an exciting event showcasing the talent and strong works coming out of the university's creative and journalistic community. We invite all interested to attend this milestone event. The festival is sponsored by Film Studies Program and the Office of the Dean of Students.
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