2008 Festival Events
UK'S GOT TALENT
DATE & TIMEMarch 1 at 6 pm
LOCATIONFood Court Student Center
SPONSORInternational Student Council
A fun-filled night with food‚ great people and most importantly a variety of talents that is sure to blow you away. Tickets are $5 each.
UK THEATRE DEPARTMENT PRESENTS PERFORMANCE SERIES
DATE & TIMEMarch 1 at 7:30 pm
PERFORMANCEFor Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide when Rainbow is Enuf
LOCATIONGuignol Theatre‚ Fine Arts Building
Tickets: $15 - adults‚ $10 - seniors‚ UK faculty/ staff‚ $5 - students
DATE & TIMEMarch 2 at 2 pm
PERFORMANCEA Soldier’s Play
LOCATIONGuignol Theatre‚ Fine Arts Building
Tickets: $15 - adults‚ $10 - seniors‚ UK faculty/ staff‚ $5 - students
WINGS OF EAGLES - DANCE TROUPE
DATE & TIMEMarch 2 at 3 pm
LOCATIONMemorial Hall
The Margaret Fain Elementary School Wings of Eagles Dance Troupe‚ led by Pamela Ringer has had a career marked by standards of excellence so impeccable that they are constantly in demand. Their dances embody intensity‚ majesty‚ simplicity and above all inspiration. Among the emerging new generation of gifted performers‚ the Wings of Eagles are among “ones to watch.” This event is free and open to the public. It is co-sponsored by Centre College.
ONE WORLD FILM FESTIVAL 2008
DATE & TIMEMarch 2 at 2 pm & 4:30 pm
MOVIE“Can Mr. Smith Go to Washington Anymore?”
LOCATIONDowntown Public Library‚ E. Main St
DATE & TIMEMarch 4 at 7:30 pm
MOVIE“Ms. Navajo”
LOCATIONDowntown Public Library‚ E. Main St
DATE & TIMEMarch 6 at 5 pm and 7:30 pm
MOVIE“I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal”
LOCATIONKentucky Theatre
DATE & TIMEMarch 9 at 2 pm and 4:30 pm
MOVIE“Angels in the Dust”
LOCATIONDowntown Public Library‚ E. Main St
DATE & TIMEMarch 13 at 5 pm and 7:30 pm
MOVIE“Blame it on Fidel”
LOCATIONKentucky Theatre
GLOBAL SKILLS WORKSHOPS
Education Abroad at UK presents Global Skills Workshops by Jean-Marc Hachey‚ best-selling author of The BIG Guide to Living and Working Overseas. Attendees will receive a complimentary 24-month subscription to The BIG Guide Online!
EVENTStudent Workshop-Global Career Skills and the International Job Search
DATE & TIMEMarch 2 from 7 - 9 pm (Reception 9- 10 pm)
LOCATIONWilliam T. Young Library‚ Auditorium
EVENTFaculty/Advisor Workshop-Helping Students Understand International Careers
DATE & TIMEMarch 3 from 8:45 - 9:45 am (Continental Breakfast 8 - 8:45 am)
LOCATIONLexmark Room‚ Main Building
RSVPEducationAbroad@uky.edu
EVENTStudent Workshop-Global Career Skills and the International Job Search
DATE & TIMEMarch 3 from 11 am to 1 pm (10 minute break at class change)
LOCATIONWilliam T. Young Library‚ Auditorium
ISLAM AWARENESS WEEK
EVENTUnity: Jesus in Islam and Christianity
DATE & TIMEMarch 5 at 7:30 pm
LOCATIONMain Building‚ LexMark Room
EVENTReception for Cyclone in Bangladesh
DATE & TIMEMarch 4 from 6 - 7 pm
LOCATIONE.S. Goodbarn (Gorham Hall)
For more details and updates on Muslim Students Association Events‚ email ukymsa@gmail.com
GENDER AND WOMEN'S STUDIES - SPRING 2008 FILM SERIES
DATE & TIMEMarch 4 at 7 pm
MOVIE“Las Madres: The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo” (Susana Muñoz, Lour 1985)
LOCATIONGaines Center’s Bingham-Davis House‚ 218 E. Maxwell Street
Commentary and discussion led by Alicia Partnoy‚ author of “The Little School: Tales of Disappearance and Survival‚” a memoir of her own disappearance in her native Argentina. She was interviewed for and appears in this film. Partnoy is visiting campus to commemorate International Women’s Week and‚ in addition to this film discussion‚ will give a talk on Monday‚ March 3‚ 4 pm‚ in the President’s Room of the Singletary Center.
DATE & TIMEMarch 18‚ 7 pm
MOVIE“Born Again” (Markie Hancock; 2007)
LOCATIONGaines Center’s Bingham-Davis House‚ 218 E. Maxwell Street
Commentary and discussion led by Kathi Kern‚ Associate Professor of history‚ whose research focuses on the ways in which politics‚ gender‚ and religion have mixed to create new ideological positions and social change in the United States.
CULTURAL FESTIVAL WORKSHOPS
Be on the lookout for our Cultural Diversity Festival Workshop Series. Lunch will be served at no cost. Students‚ faculty and staff are welcome. Space is limited. To reserve space please contact Mahjabeen Rafiuddin. You can attend any or all of these workshops. Sessions will include:
EVENTLatino Cultural Workshop
PRESENTERLatino American Student Organization
DATE & TIMEMarch 5‚ Noon - 1:30 pm
LOCATION206 Student Center
EVENTIslam 101 - Honoring Muslim Students’ Culture‚ Faith and Stories
PRESENTERJenny Sutton-Amr‚ Executive Director - Islamic Resource Group
DATE & TIMEMarch 6‚ Noon - 1 pm
LOCATION206 Student Center
EVENTIndian Culture‚ Heritage and Faith Workshop
PRESENTERIndian Student Association
DATE & TIMEMarch 19‚ Noon - 1:30pm
LOCATION359 Student Center
To reserve your seat for a workshop‚ please email Mahjabeen Rafiuddin.
ART AT NOON
EVENTFree Gallery Lecture Focusing on Indian Art and Culture
DATE & TIMEMarch 5 at noon
LOCATIONUK Art Museum
EVENTTalk on Transcendental Meditation and Maharishi Ayurvedic
DATE & TIMEMarch 9 at 2 pm
LOCATIONUK Art Museum
PRESENTERSJeffry and Mary Murphy‚ Maharishi Peace Palace
EVENTEducator’s Workshop
DATE & TIMEMarch 15 from 10 am to 4 pm
LOCATIONUK Art Museum‚ Galleries
MINIATURE WORLDS: ARTS FROM INDIA
DATE & TIMENow through May 11, Tuesdays through Sundays, Noon - 5pm
LOCATIONUK Art Museum‚ Singletary Center for the Arts
Miniature Worlds: Art from India features watercolors‚ drawings‚ and sculpture spanning 400 years of Indian history. The exhibition illuminates various forms of Indic media from the 15th to the 19th centuries‚ as well as aspects of its religion and history. The artworks are drawn from the Leland C. and Paula Wyman Collection of The Art Complex Museum in Duxbury‚ Massachusetts; an extraordinary collection of 300 paintings purchased in the late 1960s. These works have had a significant influence on contemporary artists from India and the United States. Admission is free to students‚ faculty and staff of UK.
DIVERSITY CONNECTION PANEL/RECEPTION
DATE & TIMEMarch 18 from 5 pm - 8 pm
LOCATIONJames Stuckert Career Center
- Diversity Panel Discussion with top company executives‚ 5 - 6pm
- Crash Course Networking Session‚ 6- 6:30pm
- Diversity Connection Reception‚ 6:30 - 8pm
These career development events at the James W. Stuckert Career Center will prepare our students and alumni to work in a diverse multicultural workforce. At 5 pm‚ panelists from Enterprise‚ Lexmark‚ PricewaterhouseCoopers‚ and Thomas & King will discuss the efforts they are taking to support a diverse work environment. At 6 pm‚ a “Crash Course Networking” session will offer some quick and effective networking tips. From 6:30-8 pm‚ a formal reception will allow students to network with employers seeking to meet some outstanding minority and international students and alumni from all majors and backgrounds.
13TH ANNUAL BLACK WOMEN'S CONFERENCE
DATE & TIMEMarch 19‚ 20 and 21
EVENT“The Camouflage: Black Women on America’s Front Lines”
For more details visit: http://www.uky.edu/AS/AASRP/black_womens_conference/
JOB SEARCHING FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
DATE & TIMEMarch 27 at 3:30 pm
LOCATIONJames Stuckert Career Center
This workshop will give international students tailored information on conducting a job search: identifying companies‚ preparing professional cover letters and resumes‚ and effectively presenting themselves through personal contact with prospective employers and during the interview process.
ASIA CENTER SYMPOSIUM - SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN ASIA
DATE & TIMEMarch 20 at 7pm and March 21 from 8:45 am - 4pm
LOCATIONWT Young Library‚ Auditorium
SPEAKERSTatematsu Wahei‚ author of Distant Thunder and Ma Tianjie‚ activist for Greenpeace in China Kaori Sunagawa‚ Okinawa Environmental Network
Free and open to the public. For more details visit: http://www.uky.edu/Centers/Asia/events/AsiaSymposium.php
RURAL & DEVELOPMENT STUDIES SEMINAR SERIES SPRING 2008
TOPIC“Does it cost less? Evidence from the Rural Price Project in Kentucky”
DATE & TIMEMarch 21 at 3 pm
LOCATIONPatterson Office Tower‚ Room 110
PRESENTERJulie Zimmerman and Sarah Frank
DATE & TIMEMarch 28 at 3 pm
LOCATIONPatterson Office Tower‚ Room 110
TOPIC“Women’s Access to Maternity Care during Structural Adjustment in Egypt and India. Does Minority Status Matter?”
PRESENTERProfessor Patricia Ahmed
HISTORIC VISIT TO LEXINGTON BY HIS EXCELLENCY - THE EX-PRESIDENT OF INDIA - DR. A.P.J. ABDUL KALAM
EVENTCelebration India
DATE & TIMEMarch 23‚ 7 to 9:45 pm
LOCATIONSingletary Center
This event is open to the entire community. Admission is free for all teachers and students as well as UK students‚ faculty and staff. Tickets may be obtained from the Singletary Center ticket office - http://www.singletarytickets.com. Inquiries may be directed via email message to Richard Greissman.
EVENTSpeech by the President Dr. Abdul Kalam
DATE & TIMEMarch 24 from 10 to 11 am
LOCATIONWorsham Theatre‚ Student Center
Estimated hall capacity is 400. Arranged by Gatton College at UK
EVENTDinner with the President
DATE & TIMEMarch 24 from 6 to 9:30 pm
LOCATIONMarriot Resort on Newtown Pike / I-75
Tickets sold at $50 per person. Total capacity is 800 guests. Requires advance registration and confirmation. For further details and to reserve seats contact Dr. M. S. Viji‚ M.D at msviji2020@yahoo.com (Coordinator: President Abdul Kalam Visit Planning Committee).
EVENTPresidential Exchange - Interaction with Students
DATE & TIMEMarch 25 from 10 to 10:40 am
LOCATIONWorsham Theatre‚ Student Center
PRESENTATIONS ON FEMINISM - ASIA CENTER
TOPICThe Global Plantation: Women‚ Tea and Imperialism
DATE & TIMEMarch 24 at 4 pm
TOPICThe Geopolitics of Transnational Feminisms: Some Lessons from Indian Plantation Women’s Organizing
DATE & TIMEMarch 25 at 4:00 pm
LOCATIONWilliam T. Young Library‚ Auditorium
PRESENTERPiya Chatterjee, University of California, Riverside Student Activities Board
Piya Chatterjee‚ University of California‚ Riverside Student Activities Board Piya Chatterjee is an Associate Professor in Women’s Studies who joined the University of California‚ Riverside in 1994. She is trained as a Historical Anthropologist of South Asia though her interests are eclectic and wide ranging. She is pleased to be working with dedicated colleagues to create a department that is committed to having its members as active scholars and participants of various international and comparative women’s issues
DIVERSITY DIALOGUE
DATE & TIMEMarch 25 from 7 pm to 8:30 pm
LOCATIONUK Center Theatre‚ Student Center
SPONSORStudent Diversity Engagement‚ Division of Student Affairs
In my Shoes: Stories of our (Lesbian Gay Bi-sexual Transgendered Questioning and Ally) LGBTQA campus community: Join us to learn and awaken your spirit of justice. After this Dialogue we will be willing and more prepared to learn to confront homophobia.
TASTE OF OUR WORLD
DATE & TIMEMarch 26 from 11 am - 1:30 pm
LOCATIONStudent Center‚ Grand Ballroom
Taste of Our World will feature a diverse menu of culture-rich food representing six continents. Tickets will be sold to purchase individual samples of the dishes. Tickets will be sold at $1 each‚ or seven tickets for $5‚ or 15 tickets at $10. Payment in the form of cash or Plus Account only.
The Honorable Mayor Jim Newberry and School Superintendent Stu Silberman will be in attendance to greet hundreds of Lexington middle and high school students.
*Shuttle bus service will be provided from the UK Academic Medical Center and UK Chandler Hospital to the Student Center. Please contact Kairise Conwell at kconwell@uky.edu for more information.
TEN THOUSAND VILLAGES
DATE & TIMEMarch 26 from 11 am - 1:30 pm
LOCATIONStudent Center Grand Ballroom
DATE & TIMEMarch 28 from 11 am - 2 pm
LOCATIONUK Chandler Hospital‚ North Lobby
During the Taste of Our World celebration‚ we will host a Ten Thousand Villages sale of jewelry‚ home decor and gifts. If you would like to view the kinds of items that will be on sale‚ you can visit the Ten Thousand Villages Web site at www.tenthousandvillages.com. Ten Thousand Villages works with over 100 artisan groups in more than 30 countries in Africa‚ Asia and Latin America to bring handmade jewelry‚ home decor‚ gifts and more to us. As one of the world’s oldest and largest fair trade organizations‚ Ten Thousand Villages builds long-term relationships with artisans that are based on mutual understanding and respect. Fair trade enables artisans to earn a fair wage. It provides the opportunity for a better quality of life. You can feel good about your purchases knowing that you are supporting artisans from around the world who receive a fair wage.
SHOWS FROM WRFL - 88.1 FM
DATE & TIMESundays through March from 4 - 6 pm
SHOWBill Cheves and Marc Heft host The World Beat
The hottest and most ecclectic show featuring music from all over the Earth!
DATE & TIMESundays through March from 6 - 8 pm
SHOWPatrick Sartini hosts The Reggae Show
The best in Reggae and Dancehall from different parts of the world.
DATE & TIMEThursdays through March from 8 - 10 pm
SHOWVeena Bansal hosts Music From India
Super awesome music from India.
DATE & TIMESaturdays through March from 6 - 8 pm
SHOWLuis Hernandez hosts “EL Tren Latino”
All Spanish show featuring the best in Latin American music.
2008 GOSPEL MUSIC SHOWCASE
DATE & TIMEMarch 30 at 7 pm
LOCATIONMemorial Hall
SPONSORStudent Activities Board
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