Assumption College Announces November Events

November, 2002—Assumption College is pleased to present the following events throughout the month of November. All events will be held on the college campus and are free and open to the public. For more information on any of the following events, please call (508) 767-7160.

November 4—The Worcester Institute for Senior Education presents a concert featuring soprano Jane Shivick and college organist Frank Corbin at 4:00 P.M. in the Salon of La Maison Franciase.

November 6—The HUMANARTS series debuts a new Jazz at Charlie’s series with Tomo Fujita and his band, Blue Funk, at 5 pm in Charlie’s Café, located in the Hagan Campus Center. The Jazz at Charlie’s series is new this year and this is the debut event. Tomo Fujita is a master musician who has the ability to inject a deep soulfulness into every note he plays. In addition to his instrumental mastery, he also understands the key elements of showmanship and live performance; this animated guitarist, often seen bouncing madly on the stage in flashy red pants, is as exciting to watch as he is to listen to.

November 7—The Spanish Film Series continues with “El Hijo de la Novia (The Son of the Bride) at 7:00 P.M. in the Information Technology Center, room 217. The movie is th story of a boy, Rafael who thinks things should be going better for him: he spends 24 hours at his restaurant, he’s divorced, he barely sees his daughter, he doesn’t have any friends, and he’s avoiding getting serious with his girlfriend. On top of it all, he hasn’t visited his mother, who has Alzheimer’s and lives in a nursing home, for quite a while. A series of events leads him to rethink his life, especially his father’s newest idea to fulfill a long held wish of his mother: to have a church wedding.

November 7—The HUMANARTS program presents a lecture by Dr. Medina Lasansky entitled “The Multi-Media Landscape of the Italian Sacri Monti,” at 7:30 P.M. in the La Maison Franciase. Dr. Lasansky teaches courses in the history of architecture and urban development. She is currently researching aesthetic legislation, the combination of architecture and law.

November 9—The HUMANRTS program presents a concert by the New England Spiritual Ensemble at 8:00 P.M. in the Chapel of the Holy Spirit. The New England Spiritual Ensemble is a group of professional singers devoted to "preserving the art and tradition of the Negro spirituals." They have performed nationally on "CBS Sunday Morning" and on
National Public Radio's "Performance Today."November 10—Assumption College is pleased to celebrate the Beatification of three Bulgarian martyrs with a ceremony at 10:00 A.M. in the Chapel of the Holy Spirit.

November 13—The Ecumenical Institute presents a lecture entitled “Martyrs and Persecution of the Catholic Church in Our Time,” by Dr. Robert Royal at 7:00 P.M. in the Hagan Campus Center. This lecture is the annual d’Alzon lecture in the Ecumenical Institute’s series.

November 15—The d’Alzon Arts series presents a poetry reading with Craig Nelson and Professor James Lang at 7:00 P.M. in the d’Alzon library. James Lang is an Assistant Professor of English at Assumption College. He also writes a column for "The Chronicle of Higher Education." Craig Nelson was a member of the 1997 Providence and 2001 Boston Cantab Slam teams. He has featured, workshopped and slammed throughout New England. A native of Rhode Island, Craig is presently surviving (survival being a relative term) as a poet in Worcester, MA. His style of poetry might be described as humor with a point.

November 16—“Sinners and Saints,” a concert by the Salisbury Singers will take place at 7:30 P.M. in the Chapel of the Holy Spirit. From chant to spiritual, hear the Musical Portraits of Saints and Sinners featuring the works of Benjamin Britten, Daniel Pinkham, Hildegard of Bingen, Palestrina, Bruckner and AndrÈ Thomas

November 18—The Student Government Association will present a lecture called “College in the Nude,” by award-winning columnist Harlan Cohen at 6:30 P.M> in Hagan Campus Center Hall. Harlan Cohen is one of the most widely read and respected columnist among people in their teens and twenties. His nationally syndicated "Help Me Harlan!" advice column reaches over one million readers every week in over 70 local daily and college newspapers. Dating, relationships, sex, no sex, and a dramatic celebration of relationship rejection are exposed and explored in this interactive and humorous program incorporating invaluable resources and support services unique to Assumption College.

November 20—The d’Alzon Arts Series continues with the Student Art Show, which runs from today through January 17th of 2003 in the d’Alzon Library. The exhibit will have various works from seniors in the Artworks program.

November 21—The Spanish Film Series continues with “Un paraiso bajo las estrella (A paradise under the stars) at 7:00 P.M. in the Information Technology Center, room 217. This is an audience award-winning film from the Havana Film Festival about a star-struck Sissy, who wants to sing at the Tropicana Club, but her macho truck driver father forbids it. When he accidentally hits a biker on the road, he brings the victim home to recuperate. Sissy naturally falls hard for the hunk, but love-like stardom-does not come easy. There are many more complications in this buoyantly entertaining comedy/musical.

November 22—AC Theatre will present its own version of the award-winning play and acclaimed HBO movie "The Laramie Project", for six shows this weekend. The show will be hold at 7:30 P.M. in the Auditorium of La Maison Francaise on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (Nov. 22-24) and also at 2:00 P.M. on the 24th. Please note that the 2:00 p.m. matinee is for Sunday ONLY. "The Laramie Project" is based on the story of a western town's loss of innocence following a vicious hate crime perpetrated on a 21-year-old University of Wyoming student.

November 22—The Beck Institute presents a lecture, “The Nature and Treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder,” by Dr. Randy Frost. Dr. Frost will be speaking about the anxiety disorder obsessive-compulsive disorder, OCD, and what treatments have recently been proven effective in treating it.