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Goldfarb Center events are free and open to the public. All are welcome and encouraged to attend. Please email Susanna Thompson if you have any questions. 

Calendar of Events - Spring 2010


February

11 February - 6 -8 p.m. Maynard's Chocolates, Hathaway Building, Downtown Waterville
Get Up Downtown: Chocolate and Candy Sampling at Maynard's

12 February - 7:30 p.m. Strider Theater
Pas de Deux and Solo Variations: Boston Ballet’s Kathleen Breen Combes and Yuri Yanowski
co-sponsored with the Department of Theater and Dance


26 February - 5:30 p.m. Page Common
Colby For Haiti Benefit
Silent Auction and Dinner (contact Alice Elliott for details)

March


4 March - 7 p.m. Ostrove Auditorium (Diamond 142)
How New Technology is Changing the Political Landscape
Paul Steinhauser, CNN Deputy Political Director


16 March - 7 p.m. Ostrove Auditorium
Into the Bitstream: How Video Game Culture is Shaping the Way We Learn, Grow and Discover
Chris Melissinos, Chief Gaming Officer at Sun Microsystems


31 March - April 1 Diamond Building
Nonprofit Leadership Institute – “Whatever It Takes: Reshaping the Sector for Social Change”
3/31 - 6 p.m. 
Opening Speaker: Doris Buffett, Philanthropist and Founder, The Sunshine Lady Foundation
4/1 - 9 a.m. Keynote Lecture: Dan Palotta, author of Uncharitable: How Restraints on Nonprofits Undermine Their Potential

April

5 April - 7 p.m. Diamond 122
The Emerging Political Dynamics of the 2010 Elections
Geoff Garin, President, Peter D. Hart Research Associates

7 April - 2:30 - 5:30 p.m. Ostrove Auditorium (Diamond 142)
The Politics of Global Warming
Andrew Lawler, Science Magazine
(co‐sponsored with the Departments of Physics & Astronomy, Science Technology & Society, and Environmental Studies)

7 April - 5:30 p.m. Parker Reed Room, Schair Swenson Watson Alumni Center
Maine Philanthropy Awards
(contact Alice Elliott for details)

8 April - 7 p.m. Diamond 141
The Presidential Elections and the Future of Democracy in Colombia
Claudia Lopez, Political Researcher, New Rainbow Corporation (co-sponsored with the Anthropology Department)

9 -10 April  Diamond Building
Political Ecology and Environmental Philosophy: Toward Ecological and Social Sustainability
Keynote speakers: Holmes Rolston, III, Colorado State University and Karen Warren, Macalester College
Panels including: Bryan G. Norton, Georgia Institute of Technology & Joel Kovel, editor, Capitalism
Nature Socialism
Click here for more information.


11 April - The 2010 Morton A. Brody Distinguished Judicial Service Award
Hon. Nancy Gertner, U.S. District Court Judge for the District of Columbia
4 p.m. Panel Presentation: The Impact of Technology on the Courtroom (Ostrove Auditorium, Diamond Building)
5:30 p.m. Dinner (Parker Reed Room, Schair Swenson Watson Alumni Center - by invitation only)
7 p.m. Award Ceremony and Address (Ostrove Auditorium, Diamond Building)

13 April - 4 p.m. Diamond 122
If You Can Read This: The Philosophy of Bumper Stickers
Jack Bowen, author If You Can Read This: The Philosophy of Bumper Stickers


13 April - 7 p.m. Ostrove Auditorium (Diamond 142)
Lovejoy Visiting Journalist in Residence Lecture: Victoria Pope

Managing Editor, National Geographic

17 April - Colby College Campus
Colby Cares Day
(contact Joe Deegan for details)

26 April - 7 p.m. Diamond 122
Jewish Experiences in Kennebec County: Presentations by Colby student researchers

May

6 May - Colby College Campus
Colby Cares About Kids Annual Barbecue
(contact Lori Morin for details)



 

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You can also find a summary of our past events here.

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Suggestions?
We'd love to hear your ideas for events next year. Please send them via email to Susanna Thompson (susanna.thompson@colby.edu)