This week at UW-Parkside
Today:
"Work-Life Balance in the Megacity: Women in Bangladesh" with Dr. Farida Khan
Veterans Book Project in Main Place
Tuesday:
Concert: Community Band and Wind Ensemble
Wednesday:
Major Mania
Noon Concert
Thursday:
PAMA welcomes Brewer executive Kathy Schwab
Kenya: Gender, Race, & Class
Thursday-Sunday:
"Threepenny Opera"
"Work-Life Balance in the Megacity"
The second lecture of the 2012-2013 Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Lecture Series is today, Monday, Oct. 22, when Economics Professor Dr. Farida Khan addresses "Work-Life Balance in the Megacity: Women in Bangladesh." That's at noon in the Library's Overlook Lounge. Women's participation in the labor force has increased in Bangladesh as the economy has transformed and rapidly urbanized in the past two decades. How has this affected women who are in the formal labor force? After providing a background on the changing scene of women and work in Bangladesh, Dr. Khan reports on the findings of a survey she did looking at women in different industries, types of organizations, and levels of work to examine differences in matters related to work/life balance and well as job satisfaction. With the "War on Women" in the U.S., as women are still struggling with issues like pay equity and work-life balance, it is fascinating to hear how these issues affect women in a very different part of the world.
This event is free and open to everyone. Refreshments are provided.
Veterans Book Project
The Veterans Book Project (VBP) is a 50-volume set of books each written by an individual with first-hand knowledge of war. And you can read them today in Main Place of Wyllie Hall from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Many of these books are written by soldiers who have been deployed in Iraq or Afghanistan, one is written by a man who lost his brother to the war, another is written by the wife of a soldier who has been deployed nine times. A number of the books are written by Iraq civilians living in the United States as refugees. VBP is a massive collaborative artwork produced by artist Monica Haller and presented as a reading room in art galleries, libraries, and other public places. The aim of this project is to offer readers and viewers insights on the realities of war that cannot be gleaned from news reports or Hollywood. That's today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Main Place of Wyllie Hall.
Concert: Community Band and Wind Ensemble
The University of Wisconsin-Parkside Community Band and Wind Ensemble, led by conductor Mark Eichner, are in concert Tuesday, Oct. 23, at 7:30 p.m. Featuring music by J.S. Bach, Tchaikovsky, Morton Gould, and other great composers, the concert takes place in the Frances Bedford Concert Hall of the Rita Tallent Picken Regional Center for Arts and Humanities.
"The Wind Ensemble features music by Ottorino Respighi in an arrangement of his 'Ancient Airs and Dances' and 'October' by Los Angeles composer Eric Whitacre," said Eichner who noted Whitacre has received numerous awards and commissions from ASCAP, the American Choral Directors Association, and the Barlow Competition. "Malcolm Arnold's second set of 'English Dances,' seldom heard in the United States, and Ithaca College composer Dana Wilson is featured in a performance of the jazz-influenced 'SANG!'"
Eichner said the Community Band program includes a transcription of Bach's organ masterwork "Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor," "Bagatelles" by Vincent Persichetti, and Morton Gould's "Ballad for Band." The groups combine for a performance of the "Kazahk Dance" from Tchaikovsky's only comic opera "The Slippers."
Again, the concert is Tuesday, Oct. 23, at 7:30 p.m. in Bedford Hall. Admission is $8 for adults and $4 for senior, students, and faculty and staff.
Major Mania
The UW-Parkside Academic Advising and Career Center hosts Major Mania Wednesday, Oct. 24, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Main Place of Wyllie Hall. Students can have their questions about major study programs answered and get information on minors, concentrations, certificates, courses, connections, careers, and much more. Admission is free.
Noon Concert
The Noon Concert this Wednesday, Oct. 24, at noon features the UW-Parkside Jazz Ensemble directed by Professor Russ Johnson. Here's what you'll hear:
"Afro Blue" by Mongo Santamaria, arranged by Michael Philip Mossman
"Inner Crisis" by Bob Curnow
"Carla" by Bob Mintzer
"Who's Walkin' Who" by Bob Mintzer
"This Love of Mine"by Sol Parker & Frank Sinatra arranged by Billy Byers, and
"St. Thomas"by Sonny Rollins arranged by Michael Philip Mossman
Featured student soloists are saxophonists Paul Cooper, Andrew Spadafora, and Curtis Crump; trombonists Mark Jensen and Chase Kilpatrick, trumpeter Andrew Bykowski, and pianist Joshua Robinson. The program takes place in the Frances Bedford Concert Hall of The Rita. Admission is free.
Brewers executive Kathy Schwab here
The Parkside American Marketing Association (PAMA) presents Milwaukee Brewers' executive Kathy Schwab Thursday, Oct. 25, in the Student Center Cinema. Schwab is the Senior Director of Marketing for Milwaukee's Major League Baseball team. She will speak on "Marketing an Unpredictable Season." Her program beings at 11 a.m. Check the university web site for more information.
Kenya: Gender, Race, & Class
During summer 2012, UW-Parkside student LaTierra Piphus spent five weeks in Kenya as part of a Sustainable Natural Resources and Community Development course organized by UW-Stevens Point. She lived in Nyumbani Village conducting community projects. What she experienced profoundly altered her thinking and vision of our world and planted the seeds for her future work. On Thursday, Oct. 25, at 2 p.m., LaTierra talks about her experiences during the program "Kenya: Gender, Race, & Class." What LaTierra saw and heard may inspire other students to consider study abroad opportunities. The program is in the Student Center Oak Room and is presented by the Communication Department and the Center for Women's, Gender, and Sexualities Studies.
"Threepenny Opera"
Parkside Theatre presents the final four performances of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's musical "Threepenny Opera" Thursday through Sunday, Oct. 25-28. Directed by Lisa Kornetsky, this razor-sharp satire is presented in the Black Box Theatre. Filled with charismatic crooks, saucy ladies, and scheming scoundrels, "Threepenny Opera" combined Weill's acidic harmonies and the sounds of 1920s Berlin dance bands with Brecht's biting words to create a revolutionary new form of musical theater. It would later inspire the hit plays "Cabaret" and "Chicago." Tickets are $17 for adults, $13 for seniors and UW-Parkside faculty and staff, and $8 for students. Performances begin Oct. 25, 26, and 27 at 7:30 p.m. with a matinee Sunday at 2 p.m. The campus is located at 900 Wood Rd. in Kenosha.For tickets, call 262-595-2564 or visit www.uwp.edu keyword tickets.Publish date: 10/22/2012
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