Events
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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 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 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 Download the Goldfarb Center's Spring 2010 Calendar of Events |
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Miss an event? You can now listen to podcasts of Goldfarb Center events anywhere you have internet access. Click here to visit the podcasting homepage and hear our selection of recordings. You can also find a summary of our past events here. Looking for directions? We'd love to hear your ideas for events next year. Please send them via email to Susanna Thompson (susanna.thompson@colby.edu) | |
