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The 2009 International Festival Schedule

 

Saturday, February 28

World Cup 1pm-6pm, Wellness Center Fieldhouse
Join a team or cheer on your friends at this international football (soccer) tournament at the Fieldhouse in the Wellness Center.

Artist and Lecture Series Presents: San Jose Taiko, 7:30pm, Goddard
San Jose Taiko (SJT) has been mesmerizing audiences with the powerful, spellbinding, and propulsive sounds of the taiko. Inspired by traditional Japanese drumming, SJT performers express the beauty and harmony of the human spirit through the voice of the taiko as they strive to create new dimensions in Asian American movement and music. Sponsored by the Earlham Artist and Lecture Endowed Fund and the Holiday Inn of Richmond. Tickets required. $5/adults, $3/students and seniors.

Sunday, March 1

International Dinner, 5:30-7:00pm, Earlham Dining Hall
Come taste food from around the world in the Earlham Dining Hall!  The meal is included on all meal plans.  If you do not have a meal plan, tickets are $3 for students, $6 for non-students.
Tickets available in Ruynan Wednesday, February 25 - Friday, Februrary 27 12-1pm and at the door before the dinner.

Monday, March 2

International Café, 4:30-5:30pm and 10pm-11pm, Comstock Room
Take a walk around the globe without leaving campus.  Students will share information, music, food and culture from multiple world regions  in Comstock from 4:30-5:30pm and again from 10-11pm.

Tuesday, March 3

Picturing Diversity in 21st-Century América--Mestizaje as Obamanation
7pm, Dennis 110
Brian Owensby (Latin American History Professor at University of Virginia) and Kris Davidson (photographer) have been working together in the topics of ‘Borders: Negotiating Identities’ and they are now preparing a project called: "American Mestizaje: Documenting a transformation."

Wednesday, March 4

U.S. Foreign Policy: Old Wine, New Bottles
David Barsamian, Director of Alternative Radio, 7pm, LBC 105
David Barsamian is an award winning founder and director of Alternative Radio, the independent weekly series based in Boulder, Colorado. AR presents information and perspectives that are ignored or distorted in the corporate-controlled media. The one-hour program is broadcast on public radio stations in the United States, Canada, Australia, and other countries. His interviews and articles appear in The Progressive, The Nation, Z and other journals and magazines. Sponsored by: The Office of Multicultural Affairs. For more information, please contact Trayce Peterson

Vagina Monologues, 9pm, Goddard Auditorium

Thursday, March 5

Iran-US Relations: an Educative Forum 7pm, LBC 315
Q: What do the Iran Hostage Crisis, Iran-Contra Affair, and a 1953 coup have in common?
A: They are all important parts of the history of U.S.-Iran relations since the end of WWII.
Join us for an educative forum on the history of U.S.-Iran relations since the end of the Second World War and the formation of the State of Israel. Provided will be a brief history of U.S.-Iran relations, a student panel composed of many students from the Mid-East and South Asia, and a Q & A session. Come and educate yourself as well as write a letter to the U.S. State Department to urge them to improve U.S.-Iran relations!

Friday, March 6

"Hold On, World" 7:30pm, Goddard Auditorium
Learn about and experience the diverse cultures at Earlham at the International Festival Show. You will be dazzled and entertained by this display of performance arts from around the world. Free Admission, no tickets required.