BIG IDEAS, BIG GIFTS, BIG IMPACT:
ABIGAIL DISNEY, PETER G. PETERSON, AND ANDREA SOROS COLOMBEL
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On Monday, April 21, Milano will host the fourth in its series Big Ideas, Big Gifts, Big Impact: A Conversation with Today’s Philanthropists. The event will feature Abigail Disney, founder and president of the Daphne Foundation; Peter G. Peterson, senior chairman and co-founder of the Blackstone Group; and Andrea Soros Colombel, president and founder of Trace Foundation.
Founded by Abigail Disney in 1991, the Daphne Foundation is a progressive organization that makes grants to grassroots community-based groups working with low-income communities in New York City. The foundation has provided millions of dollars in grants in areas ranging from women’s rights to AIDS advocacy, children’s health, labor conditions, religion, and environmentalism. Ms. Disney has worked with a number of philanthropic organizations in addition to the Daphne Foundation. She recently retired as chairwoman of the New York Women’s Foundation, of which she was a board member for more than 14 years. This organization has raised and dispersed millions of dollars for community organizations devoted to economic empowerment for women and girls in New York City. Ms. Disney serves on the boards of the Roy Disney Family Foundation, the White House Project, the Global Fund for Women, and the Fund for the City of New York, as well as the advisory boards of a broad range of organizations working in the areas of poverty, women’s issues, education, and the environment.
In February 2008, Peter G. Peterson announced the formation of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation and his commitment to funding at least one billion dollars over the next few years to carry out its mission: enhancing public understanding of sustainability challenges that threaten the future of the United States, proposing workable solutions to address these challenges, and building public will to do something about them. Mr. Peterson is the senior chair and co-founder of Blackstone and a member of the board of directors of its general partner, Blackstone Group Management LLC. He is chairman emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations and chairman of its International Advisory Board. He is also founding chairman of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, founding president of the Concord Coalition, and former co-chair of the Conference Board Commission on Public Trust and Private Enterprise.
Andrea Soros Colombel is the founder and president of the Trace Foundation. Established in 1993, the foundation supports the preservation of Tibetan culture and language and offers assistance to Tibetan communities within China. The foundation funds and implements projects that integrate culture and development goals and respect environmental principles. Ms. Colombel is also a founding partner and member of the board of directors of the Acumen Fund, a global venture fund that employs an entrepreneurial approach in addressing the problems of global poverty. Investments focus on delivering affordable critical goods and services-including health, water, housing, and energy-through innovative market-oriented approaches.
This event will take place from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in Tishman Auditorium, Johnson/Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street. Admission is free, but seating is limited. Reservations are required and can be made online.
THREE LANG FACULTY MEMBERS AWARDED GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIPS
Three Lang faculty members have been awarded prestigious Guggenheim fellowships, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation announced last week. Literature faculty members Val Vinokur and Rose Myriam Rejouis and Writing faculty member Margo Jefferson were selected to receive fellowships, typically offered for six months to one year.
Vinokur and Rejouis’s fellowship will support their translation of Marie Chauvet’s Haitian trilogy Amour, Clere et Folie for Random House Modern Library. The pair have translated works together in the past, including Patrick Chamoiseau’s Texaco, which won the American Translators Association Galantière Prize for Best Book in 1998. Vinokur’s work has been published in 110 Stories, Common Knowledge, McSweeney’s, and many academic journals. Dr. Réjouis translates mainly French and Francophone literature; her work has appeared in the series In Praise of Black Women, now in its fourth volume.
Jefferson was awarded a fellowship for general nonfiction. In addition to serving on Lang’s Writing faculty, Jefferson is a theater critic-at-large for the New York Times. She has contributed articles to various publications, including The Nation, the Village Voice, Ms., and Harper’s and was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for criticism in 1995. Jefferson is the author of the essay collection On Michael Jackson, published in 2006.
Established in 1921 by Senator Simon Guggenheim, Guggenheim Foundation fellowships provide financial support for established artists and scholars to assist in their research and artistic creation. The fellowships are awarded to practitioners in a wide range of academic and artistic disciplines, from the natural sciences to the performing arts.
This year, the organization awarded $8.2 million to 190 fellows chosen from more than 2,600 applications. The average award for a 2008 fellowship was $43,200. To be considered, applicants must demonstrate an exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative abilities in the arts. The stringent selection process includes a review by a panel of distinguished artists and scholars, the results of which are presented to the selection committee for a final decision.
UNIVERSITY NEWS
THE NEW SCHOOL SPONSORS 2008 TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL
From April 23 to May 4, The New School will open its Greenwich Village campus to Tribeca Film Festival (TFF) attendees for screenings, registration, and hospitality. The venues include The New School’s historic Tishman Auditorium and the new Sheila C. Johnson Design Center at Parsons The New School for Design, where the festival’s 2008 Artists Awards Program exhibition will be on display. In addition, two New School faculty members and New School trustee and Parsons Board Chair Sheila Johnson are premiering films at the festival.
The Artists Awards Program exhibition will feature the work of 13 major contemporary artists. Each piece will be presented to a filmmaker whose film is selected by the jury as the winner in its category. Participating artists include some of the industry’s most dynamic and recognizable names: Francesco Clemente, Ross Bleckner, Don Gummer, Timothy White, John Alexander, Stephen Hannock, Renee Cox, Brandon d’Leo, Donna Ferrato, Ralph Gibson, Ryan McGinness, and O Zhang. The public will have the opportunity to view the artworks-paintings, photographs, prints, and sculpture-before they are presented at the TFF Awards Ceremony on Thursday, May 1. The works will be on exhibit from April 23 to May 1, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., at the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery in the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, 66 Fifth Avenue.
New School trustee Sheila Johnson is the executive producer of one of the films in competition, A Powerful Noise, which is screening at theaters throughout the city. The documentary features three women, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mali, and Vietnam, who are working to effect social change. The documentary follows each woman as she goes about the daily business of educating others, fighting poverty, and seeking justice. Adjunct faculty member Nina Paley, who has taught Visual Narrative and Flash for Film at Parsons for five years, has a film premiering at the festival entitled Sita Sings the Blues, which she wrote, directed and animated. Teslamania, a short film by Joel Schlemowitz, an adjunct faculty member at The New School for General Studies, is also being screened. The film features a live Tesla coil performance and biographical information about the inventor Nikola Tesla.
Among the films being screened at the Tishman Auditorium are The Caller, a neo-noir thriller about an energy executive struggling to expose his corporation’s corrupt practices; Guest of Cindy Sherman, in which videographer Paul H-O assesses his relationship with reclusive artist Cindy Sherman; Man on Wire, a documentary about French daredevil Philippe Petit, who walked a tightrope between the Twin Towers without a safety net; and The Wild Man of Navidad, about a Texas community terrified by a mysterious creature inhabiting the nearby woods. See the festival guide for information on film showings and tickets.
LEARN ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY: SEMINAR ON THE NEW SCHOOL
The Seminar on the University is a series of discussions designed to inform the New School community about university policies and initiatives. The presenters of each seminar prepare a paper to be used as a springboard for discussion.
The final paper for this academic year, entitled “Campus Security: Crisis and Continuity Program,” will be presented by James Murtha, executive vice president and chief operating officer; Tom Iliceto, director of Security; and Gabrielle Sbano, assistant director of Security. This paper will examine the importance of the New School Alerts system in emergency situations. The New School’s priorities and goals in disaster recovery will also be discussed.
The seminar will take place on Thursday, April 17, 2008, 3:00-4:30 p.m., in the Orozco Room, Johnson/Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street. The seminar is open to the university community. Discussion papers are available in the Deans’ Offices and on the university website one week before the seminar.
THE NEW SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT TO BE HELD ON MAY 16
Conceptual artist, architect, and landscape architect Vito Acconci will deliver the address at the university’s commencement ceremony on Friday, May 16, 2008, at 2:30 p.m. at the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City. President Bob Kerrey will address the graduates and confer honorary degrees on Acconci, sociologist Zygmunt Bauman; theater director Elizabeth LeCompte; and management educator Henry Mintzberg. Women’s reproductive rights activist Wanda Nowicka will receive the University in Exile Award.
For more information about the 2008 commencement, visit the university website.
NEWS FROM MILANO THE NEW SCHOOL FOR MANAGEMENT AND URBAN POLICY
THE 2008 HENRY COHEN LECTURE: ARIANNA HUFFINGTON
On Thursday, April 17, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Arianna Huffington, will deliver the annual Henry Cohen lecture entitled “The Road to 2008: Presidential Politics Today.” Huffington is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post, co-host of Left, Right & Center, and author of eleven books including the forthcoming Right Is Wrong: How the Lunatic Fringe Hijacked America, Shredded the Constitution, and Made Us All Less Safe.
Established in 2006, the Henry Cohen Lecture focuses on public policy challenges and solutions for women, children, and families, particularly in impoverished urban settings. The Henry Cohen Professorship, which focuses on these same issues, is an endowed Chair at Milano. The Lecture and Professorship are both named after Milano’s founding dean, who served from 1965 to 1983.
The lecture will take place in Tishman Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street. Admission is free, but you must reserve a seat.
HOME IS WHERE I BELONG: JUVENILE JUSTICE SHIFTS BACK TO THE COMMUNITY
State leaders are debating proposals to close several near-empty juvenile facilities and revamp a system that has long invested only modest resources in community-based alternatives. Meanwhile, New York City is deploying family supports and services designed to keep more young people from being locked up, send others home faster, and still ensure public safety. Could New York have a juvenile justice system that depends less on incarceration and detention-and more on communities and families? What works, and what doesn't? Will there be funding to achieve meaningful change?
These issues will be addressed on Thursday, April 17, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., in a conversation with Gladys Carrion, commissioner, New York State Office of Children and Family Services; Neil Hernandez, commissioner, New York City Department of Juvenile Justice; Patricia Brennan, deputy commissioner for Juvenile Operations, New York City Department of Probation; Mishi Faruqee, juvenile justice project director, The Correctional Association of New York; and Jeremy C. Kohomban, president and CEO, Children's Village.
The panel moderated by Andrew White, director, Center for New York City Affairs, will take place at the Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor. Admission is free; but seating is limited, and reservations are required by calling 212.229.5418 or emailing. This event is supported by the Milano Foundation and the Sirus Fund.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR GENERAL STUDIES
POETRY FORUM: JOHN ASHBERY
On Tuesday, April 15, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., the Writing Program at The New School presents a reading and discussion with renowned poet John Ashbery. This event to be held at Wollman Hall, Eugene Lang Building, 65 West 11th Street, 5th floor (enter at 66 West 12th Street), will be moderated by David Lehman, poetry coordinator of the Writing Program. Admission: $5; free to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID.
John Ashbery is the author of more than 20 books of poetry, most recently, A Worldly Country (2007), Where Shall I Wander (2005), Chinese Whispers (2002), and Your Name Here (2000). Ashbery has won nearly every major American award for poetry. His collection A Wave (1984) won the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize; Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror (1975) received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the National Book Award; and Some Trees (1956) was selected by W. H. Auden for the Yale Younger Poets Series. Ashbery was the first English-language poet to win the Grand Prix de Biennales Internationales de Poésie (Brussels) and has received the the Bollingen Prize, the English Speaking Union Prize, the Feltrinelli Prize, the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, and many others. A former chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, Ashbery is currently the Charles P. Stevenson, Jr., Professor of Languages and Literature at Bard College.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH
ARISTIDE R. ZOLBERG RECEIVES 2008 ENMISA DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR AWARD
On March 26, Aristide R. Zolberg received the 2008 Distinguished Scholar Award from the Ethnicity, Nationalism and Migration Studies Section of the International Studies Association (ENMISA) at the association’s annual convention in San Francisco. New School alumnus Patrick Hossay, an associate professor of political science at Richard Stockton College and a former student of Professor Zolberg, was a guest speaker at the awards ceremony.
Aristide R. Zolberg is the University in Exile Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the New School for Social Research. He has published extensively on comparative politics and historical sociology in both English and French. He initially specialized in African studies and is best known for One-Party Government in the Ivory Coast (1964; rev. ed. 1969), Creating Political Order: The Party-States of West Africa (1966; reprinted 1985), and Ghana and the Ivory Coast: Patterns of Modernization (1971), co-edited with Philip Foster. Professor Zolberg has also written extensively on state and nation formation in Europe and the United States. His latest book, A Nation by Design: Immigration Policy in the Fashioning of America, was published in 2006.
Professor Zolberg has taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He also taught for many years at the University of Chicago, where he was a member of the Committee for the Comparative Study of New Nations and served as chair of the Department of Political Science. He has been a visiting member of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton and held visiting appointments at a number of schools, including the Woodrow Wilson School of International Affairs at Princeton University; the Department of Political Science of the University of Paris I; the Institut d’Études Politiques, the École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, and the Collège de France, also in Paris; and the Post-Graduate Institute of Sociology in Amsterdam. Professor Zolberg has received grants from the Social Science Research Council; the United States Institute of Peace; the Ford, Rockefeller, and MacArthur foundations; the Pew Charity Trust; and the German Marshall Fund of the United States.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH AND
EUGENE LANG COLLEGE THE NEW SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS
1989 AND BEYOND: THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY CONFERENCE
On Friday and Saturday, April 18 and 19, the Transregional Center for Democratic Studies (TCDS), in collaboration with Research Network 1989, presents a conference on the events of 1989 and the future of democracy. The fall of the Berlin Wall and the conflict in Tiananmen Square profoundly affected movements for social change around the world, including the antiapartheid struggle and prodemocracy movements in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. The radical political changes brought about by the events of 1989 contributed to major shifts of power and gave rise to new ways of thinking about how to end dictatorships.
Conference participants will examine these events with the aim of generating new insights to aid future democratization projects throughout the world. Panelists include Andrew Arato (paper to be presented by Andreas Kalyvas), Chris Armbruster, Thomas Bierschenk, Paul Blokker, Martin Butora, Monica Ciobanu, Anna Di Lellio, Barbara Falk, Nancy Fraser, Jeffrey Goldfarb, Mateusz Halawa, Florentina Harbo, Mara Lazda, Radim Marada, Elzbieta Matynia, Elidor Mehilli, Alexander Mirescu, Peter Molnar, David Ost, Martin Palous, Lauren Paremoer, Karolina Pietras, Monroe Price, Joanna Regulska, Jonathan Schell, Amy Sodaro, Xiaoyang Tang, Sarah Taylor, and Jennifer Yvette Terrell.
The conference will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. both days in the Union Square Building, 79 Fifth Avenue, room 906. Admission is free, and no tickets or reservations are required. Seating is first come, first served. For a full schedule of the conference, visit the TCDS website. For more information, email tcds@newschool.edu or call 212.229.5580 x3137.
This conference is sponsored by Eugene Lang College and The New School for Social Research.
NEWS FROM PArsons THE NEW SCHOOL FOR design
PARSONS HONORS DIANE von FURSTENBERG AND HOWARD SOCOL AT 60th ANNUAL BENEFIT AND FASHION SHOW
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On April 28, Parsons will honor Diane von Furstenberg, designer and Council of Fashion Designers of America CFDA president, and Howard Socol, chairman and CEO of Barneys New York, at its 60th Annual Benefit and Fashion Show. The event raises funds for scholarships and academic programs at Parsons, celebrates visionaries who have significantly contributed to the field of fashion design, and recognizes graduating students of Parsons’ acclaimed BFA Fashion Design program through a runway show of the top thesis collections.
“I am grateful to be recognized by Parsons, a school that sets the bar for fashion design education,” said Ms. von Furstenberg, whose eponymous clothing line is sold in retail boutiques throughout the world. “The CFDA has long recognized the promise of Parsons students and recent alumni through our scholarship and award programs, and these designers have gone on to make important contributions to the world of fashion.”
Since taking the top job at Barneys in 2001, Mr. Socol has overseen the company’s extraordinary growth and renewed its support of fledgling designers. “Since launching Proenza Schouler’s line in 2002, Barneys has been committed to promoting and nurturing Parsons talent,” said Mr. Socol. “I’m grateful for the recognition, and I look forward to seeing what this next class of designers can do.”
The annual runway show has helped launch the careers of some of Parsons’ most talented alumni, including 2004 honoree Marc Jacobs; Jack McCollough (’02) and Lazaro Hernandez (’02) of Proenza Schouler, winners of the CFDA 2003 Perry Ellis Award for Emerging Talent and the 2004 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund; and Doo-Ri Chung (’95), winner of the 2006 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund and the CFDA 2006 Swarovski’s Perry Ellis Award for Emerging Talent. As in the past several years, Saks Fifth Avenue will present selections from the award-winning collections in the windows of its flagship store starting May 14.
Other notable Parsons alumni include the design legends Adrian, Claire McCardell, and Norman Norell; industry leaders Tom Ford, Isaac Mizrahi, Narciso Rodriguez, and Anna Sui; and rising talents Chris Benz, Doo.Ri, Derek Lam, Behnaz Sarafpour, Peter Som, Vena Cava, and Ashleigh Verrier.
For more information, visit www.newschool.edu/parsonsbenefit.
NEWS FROM MANNES THE NEW SCHOOL FOR MUSIC
NEWMAN AND OLTMAN GUITAR DUO TO PERFORM AT MANNES
Hailed by the New York Times as “fresh, hot and headed for fame,” the Newman and Oltman Guitar Duo will perform at Mannes Concert Hall on Friday, April 18.
The duo-Michael Newman and Laura Oltman-have toured internationally for 30 years, produced 12 critically acclaimed recordings, and developed a new repertory for guitar ensemble, winning a reputation as innovators in the chamber music field. They have been featured in media outlets around the world, including People Magazine, the New York Times, the Larry King Show, and BBC 3 Radio. Newman and Oltman are currently serving as ensemble-in-residence at Mannes College.
The concert will take place at 8:00 p.m. in the Mannes Concert Hall, 150 West 85th Street. Admission to the concert is free, and no tickets or reservations are required; seating is first come, first served. For more information, visit www.guitarduo.com or www.mannes.edu/guitar.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR JAZZ AND CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
In celebration of JAM!, Jazz Appreciation Month, New School students, faculty, and staff are offering radio audiences a variety of special performances and interviews.
On April 23, from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m., the Reggie Workman Improv Ensemble will perform “Music from the International Matrix” live on WBGO (88.3 FM). Directed by faculty member Reggie Workman and guided by New School Jazz executive director Martin Mueller, this ensemble features musicians from all over the world performing both original tunes and creative arrangements of jazz standards.
The ensemble consists of Alon Albagli on guitar, Alexis David on bass, Cem Misirlioglu and James Muschler on drums, Jose Pereira Valente on viola, Oleksiy Pryrodnyy on piano, Ilia Skibinski on alto sax, and Yonatan Voltzok on trombone.
On April 11, the New School’s Sun Ra Arkestra Ensemble played on Louis Reyes Rivera’s show Perspective on WBAI (99.5 FM). Led by faculty member Ahmed Abdullah, the group performed and participated in a discussion with Mr. Reyes. The set featured vocalist Monique Ngozi Nri, poet Louis Reyes Rivera, and bassist Radu as special guests.
An outstanding composer, arranger, bandleader, and philosopher, Sun Ra was a pioneering figure in jazz. His life, music, and philosophy are explored in the Sun Ra Ensemble classes, taught each spring by Abdullah, a member of the original Arkestra.
The New School Sun Ra Ensemble consists of Anton Pyvovarov, Richard Savage, Matt Sandefur, and Daniel Rovin on saxophone; David Scanlon and Max Wareham on guitar; Samuel Mortellar on piano; Crystal Craft on vocals; and Anthony Parra and Chistopher Lance Croucher on drums.
SPRING RECITAL AND ENSEMBLE SERIES
Hear talented young artists play original music and classic and modern jazz in the Spring Recital and Ensemble Series, which runs through May 14. Seventy-five performances will be given. Performances will take place in the Jazz Performance Space, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 5th floor. All performances are free and open to the public. To view the full schedule, go to the Jazz website and click on “Events.”
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DRAMA
DRAMA ALUMNUS RECEIVES BROOKLYN HISTORICAL SOCIETY GRANT
Drama alumnus Michael Schwartz (’97) recently received a $6,000 grant from the Brooklyn Historical Society to take part in their Interpreting Brooklyn Project. The ten artists participating in the project are producing works that reinterpret the society’s collections, to be presented in an exhibition and a series of readings, performances, and other events.
Schwartz is one of three writers selected from more than 300 applicants. “Wow, what a strange and wonderful feeling it is to actually receive a grant,” he says. “Waiting to hear is always painful, and I’m used to the inevitable door of disappointment slamming in my face!”
Schwartz submitted a proposal letter and a number of writing samples to support his application. Among them was “What Happens,” a poem about the creeping gentrification of Coney Island and the struggles of a man who grew up there. He also included “Hey Jerry!,” a short story set in the 1970s about two thirteen-year-old boys riding the Cyclone roller-coaster, as well as the opening monologue of his play Coney Island Last Stop, delivered by an amusement park barker.
Over the next six months, Schwartz and the other artists will be creating works intended to open up the Brooklyn Historical Society to a wider audience interested in hearing new artistic voices with a fresh perspective on this legendary borough. Schwartz’s writing will also be published in a journal as part of the project.
“Each artist will attend workshops with the society staff, and we will be immersed in their collections,” Schwartz explains. “We will get to work with the archived materials that the public doesn’t get to see, and we can work alone or in collaboration with the other artists. [The society has] several collections, which include Coney Island, the Brooklyn Dodgers, slavery and abolitionism, early Brooklyn, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, World War I, literary Brooklyn, a unique collection of 18th- and 19th-century portraits, and the 1881 George Post landmark building. I’m really looking forward to meeting the other artists and the staff and getting started on the work!”
Visit the Brooklyn Historical Society for more information on the Interpreting Brooklyn Project.
DRAMA’S PLAYWRIGHTS FEATURED IN FINAL WEEK OF RANDOM ACTS FESTIVAL
The New School for Drama’s Random Acts One-Act Play Festival gives audiences the opportunity to experience some of the best work of the school’s up-and-coming actors, directors, and playwrights. This week, April 24–26, the sixth and final weekend of the festival, original plays by Drama’s graduating playwrights will be presented. Performances are free and open to the public.
The following plays will be performed this week:
The Awesome Dance-NEW work!
by Nick Starr, directed by Malinda Sorci; with Jenni Bannerjee, Ross Beshear, Julie Cavaliere, and Rachel Cornish
Three women seeking a guru’s grace are caught up in a fanatic’s quest for glory. A man’s wife and sister accidentally force him into the path of a distracted driver on the day of his father’s funeral. A man pursuing the love of a woman he barely knows must first fulfill her sisters’ terrifying demand. The Awesome Dance is a karma passion play about people so deeply wounded they can never be healed-but might be transformed.
Sundown-NEW work!
by Andrew Rosendorf, directed by Diana Basmajian; with Erica Scanlon and Robert Patrick Allen
After years apart, Keri drags her brother Seth to the middle of the woods. Alone with her for the first time in years, Seth is forced to understand why she’s brought them there. Sundown is a poignant but humorous depiction of two estranged siblings’ struggle to become brother and sister again.
Millicent the Magnificent: An Origins Story-NEW work!
by Jennie Contuzzi, directed by Samantha Shechtman; with Robert Patrick Allen, Francesca Bove, Mark Cajigao, Kathleen Choe, Gina Leon, and Federico Trigo
Thirteen-year-old Millicent is on a quest for another identity-preferably one with sexy curves, someone who can win her father’s approval and capture the heart of the school soccer star with a single sultry glance. Will she transform herself into the “perfect woman” or discover that her body already harbors a soul of superhuman proportions?
Juniper; Jubilee-NEW work!
by Janine Nabers, directed by Alexandra Hastings; with Mark Cajigao, Grace Evans, Rena Krumholz, Brittany Bellizeare, Ben Schnickel, Ayo Cummings, Lachrisha Brown, Mia Kristen Smith, and Adrienne Moore
Juniper is a thirteen-year-old South African girl who has just moved to the United States and is homesick for the country she left behind. Then, at school, she meets Matt, a drum-playing yarmulke-wearing kid, and the two hit it off. A series of sexual encounters with Matt bring back suppressed memories of her childhood in Sudan, and Juniper is forced to confront the ghosts of her past.
The festival runs through April 26, with performances Thursdays through Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and Saturday matinees at 3:00 p.m. Admission is free, and seating is first come, first served. Reservations are recommended; call Ticket Central at 212.279.4200 or visit www.ticketcentral.com. Performances take place at The New School for Drama Theater, 151 Bank Street, 3rd floor, New York City.
Visit www.drama.newschool.edu for a complete schedule and more information.
JOIN THE NEW SCHOOL AND THE OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCES IN THE AIDS WALKS NEW YORK CAMPAIGN!
Did you know that between 40,000 to 60,000 people are newly infected with HIV in the United States every year? That 50 percent of those newly infected are under the age of 24? That 25 percent of those newly infected do not know it? That New York accounts for approximately 18 percent of all HIV cases in the United States?
This year, The New School will form its first team to support the AIDS Walk New York campaign, helping people in our community struggling with HIV and AIDS.
Please join The New School AIDS Walk team (#1463) on Sunday, May 18, at 9:00 a.m. in Central Park. To register to walk or to donate online, go to www.aidswalk.net/newyork/. Click on “Register to Walk,” then “Join a Team”; then select our team name, The New School - 1463, from the pull-down menu.
Fliers and donation forms for the walk will soon be available at the following campus locations: 66 West 12th Street; 55 West 13th Street; 135 East 12th Street; 66 Fifth Avenue; 65 Fifth Avenue; 150 West 85th Street; 80 Fifth Avenue, 4th floor; and 79 Fifth Avenue, 18th floor.
If you would like to volunteer, contact any of the following New School AIDS Walk NY Committee members: Adam Reale, Design and Construction; Laura Cosgrove, Office of Finance and Business; Katie Scheidt, Office of Information Technology; Stephen Serwin, Raymond Fogelman Library; and Sheila Slaughter, Office of Human Resources.
Help The New School demonstrate our commitment to ending AIDS and promoting awareness and show our support for family members, friends, and neighbors who are facing the reality of AIDS every day.
CELEBRATE EARTH DAY IN CENTRAL PARK ON APRIL 20
International Student Services invites all New School students to the Earth Day Picnic Celebration in Central Park on Sunday, April 20. Bring your own picnic lunch and a blanket for the picnic, which takes place from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. We will meet at 11:30 a.m. in the lobby of the Albert List Academic Center at 65 Fifth Avenue.
The New School will be taking part in other Central Park events commemorating Earth Day, including musical performances, planting, caring for trees, face painting, and craft making, to raise environmental awareness.
All students are welcome, but a limited number of spaces are available. To reserve your place, come to the International Student Services Office at 79 Fifth Avenue, 5th floor. For more information, email issevents@newschool.edu.
For more information on Earth Day, visit ww2.earthday.net, www.earthday.gov, or www.epa.gov/earthday/.
FULBRIGHT PROGRAM FOR U.S. STUDENTS
It’s easier than you think to apply for a Fulbright grant, but you need to start soon! Apply early for the October 2008 deadline to go abroad in 2009–10.
Fulbright Grant Writing Session
Thursday, April 17, 4:00–6:00 p.m.
Machinist conference room, Albert List Academic Center, 65 Fifth Avenue, mezzanine level
- Write a proposal letter.
- Write a personal statement.
- Get grammar and editing tips.
- See sample applications.
Fulbright Application Information Session
Wednesday, April 30, 12:00–2:00 p.m.
Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, 66 Fifth Avenue, room 101
- Hear a description of grants available for study, research, or teaching assistantships abroad.
- Learn how to apply.
- A representative from IIE/Fulbright will be on hand to answer your application questions.
The sessions are open to all New School students from the United States. Refreshments will be served. To RSVP and for more information, contact Heather Beaton at beatonh@newschool.edu or 212.229.5592.
Sponsored by International Student Services.
TIME OUT NEW YORK DISCOUNT OFFER
Start your year off being in the know about things free or fancy. Time Out New York is offering all students, faculty, and staff at The New School a full year's subscription for just $20! That's 51 issues for the entire year and only 39c an issue. Steal this deal for yourself or a gift to another.
THE BEST DEAL FOR AFFORDABLE THEATER, Dance, and concert TICKETS:
THEATRE DEVELOPMENT FUND
An exciting spring theater, music and dance season is under way: Why pay $100 or more, when you can pay $20-$36 for Broadway shows and Off-Broadway shows, dance performances and concerts? An inexpensive way to enjoy the best of New York culture is to join Theatre Development Fund (TDF).
To be eligible, you must be a full-time student or teacher, senior citizen (62+), civil servant, union member, staff member of a not-for-profit organization, performing arts professional, or member of the clergy or armed forces. Annual membership fee is $27.50, and you can join online.
A small sampling of performances recently available to TDF Members for $20-36 per ticket include: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, A Bronx Tale, A Chorus Line, Altar Boyz, American Ballet Theatre, August: Osage County, Avenue Q, Big Apple Circus, Celia, The Color Purple, Come Back Little Sheba, Crimes of the Heart, Curtains, The Fantasticks, The Farnsworth Invention, Forbidden Broadway, Gypsy, The Homecoming, In the Heights, Is He Dead?, Les Miserables, New York City Ballet, New York Philharmonic, November, Passing Strange, Paul Taylor Dance Company, The Phantom of the Opera, Rent, The Ritz, Rock 'n' Roll, The Seafarer, Sunday in the Park with George and Xanadu.. So don't miss this great opportunity to see great theater at great prices.
NEW YORK TIMES DISCOUNTS
The New York Times is offering a 60 percent discount ($.40/per day Monday-Saturday, $2.00 on Sunday) for home or office subscriptions to all faculty, staff, and students.
Here's how it works. Unlike traditional subscriptions, the education rate can be set up by semester or in a combination that best reflects your schedules for both delivery and billing. New School faculty, staff, and students can have a subscription Monday-Friday, Sunday only, weekends only, or any combination.
To take advantage of the special discount to the Times or to change a current subscription, students, faculty (full-time and part-time), and staff should contact the customer service center at 888.NYT.COLL, to order a single subscription or a classroom subscription of up to eight copies for required reading in the classroom.
To order a classroom subscription of eight or more copies for required reading in the classroom, contact the education program's customer service center at 800.631.1222.
WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO SAVE TIME AND MONEY ON ENTERTAINMENT?
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CATCH THE LATEST EXHIBIT AT THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART FOR FREE
Did you know that you could get into this exciting museum for free? In order to receive your free admission, go to the lobby information desk and show them your valid New School ID. Students, faculty, and staff receive one free admission for themselves. Faculty and staff may also obtain an additional two tickets for their guests. Enjoy!
UPCOMING EVENTS
TICKETS: In person purchases can be made at The New School Box Office at 66 West 12th Street, main floor, Monday–Friday 1:00–7:00 p.m. The box office opens the first day of classes and closes after the last paid event of each semester.
GRADUATE STUDENTS - LET’S CONNECT!
Monday, April 14, 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Wolff Conference Room, Albert List Academic Center, 65 Fifth Avenue, 2nd floor
The University Student Senate invites all graduate students from across the university to the first-ever school-wide graduate social. Come by and have a drink, a bite to eat, and listen to live music performed by our exceptionally talented jazz students. Don’t be shy! Meet new friends and reconnect with old ones!
This event is made possible by the support of the University Student Senate, Student Services, The New School for General Studies, The New School for Social Research, Milano, Drama, Jazz, Mannes, and Parsons.
For more information, please email uss@newschool.edu
ARTFORUM AT THE NEW SCHOOL: ART AND MONEY
Monday, April 14, 6:30 p.m.
Tishman Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street
Admission: $10; free to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID
Art and Money explores contemporary art’s production, presentation, and acquisition during a radical expansion of public interest and market forces. Is the current boom another chapter in an older, modernist history, or is it truly unprecedented? How did contemporary art, of seemingly endless supply, become so dear? How did Ai Weiwei become more valuable than Tiepolo? What roles do narcissism and trophy-gathering play? Why has contemporary art reached so far beyond traditional borders, and how does that affect the world’s artists? Who gets rich, who stays poor, and who decides? The forum complements a special issue of Artforum devoted to the same topic.
This event co-sponsored by Artforum and the Vera List Center for Art and Politics, will be moderated by Tim Griffin, Editor of Artforum. Panelists include: Amy Cappellazzo, Co-Head, Christie’s Contemporary Art; Thomas Crow, Rosalie Solow Chair, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University; Jeffrey Deitch, Director, Deitch Projects; Kathy Halbreich, Associate Director, Museum of Modern Art; and Yinka Shonibare, artist.
NEW SCHOOL JAZZ AT SWEET RHYTHM: ELECTRIC MILES DIRECTED BY ADAM HOLZMAN
Monday, April 14, sets at 8:00 and 10:00 p.m.
Sweet Rhythm, 88 Seventh Avenue (south of Christopher Street)
Admission: [Sweet Rhythm]$10 cover + $10 food and drink minimum, no cover + $5 food and drink minimum for students with ID
For reservations call the Sweet Rhythm box office at 212.255.3626
Performing the music of electric-era Miles Davis, from In A Silent Way to Tutu. Performers include Aaron (Kurt) Canbolat on sax, Lemar Guillary on trombone, Justin Matthews on guitar, Claude Rosen on keyboards, Andrew Perusi on bass, Emmanuel Harrold on drums, Dustin Kaufman on drums, Jason Prushko on percussion, Max Cudworth on sax, Jason Disu on trombone, Jose Valente on violin, Paul Wheeler on guitar, Tiffany Jo-Yu Chen on keyboards, Rudi Semah on bass, Sam Knight on drums, and Lance Croucher on drums.
THE ERNST C. STIEFEL CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES - MANNES DOWNTOWN
Tuesday, April 15, 1:00 p.m.
The New School, Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor
Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served
For more information call 212.580.0210 x4817
Mannes College chamber music ensembles present a series of free lunch-time performances at The New School. Repertoire TBA. Receptions with refreshments follow each concert.
EAST COAST EUROPE: ROUNDTABLE
Tuesday, April 15, 6:30 p.m.
Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor
Admission: $8; free to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID
East Coast Europe: Roundtable is a public debate in which participants discuss perceptions of contemporary European identity and the relation to spatial practices and international politics.
Introductions will be by Alenka Suhadolnik, Consul General of the Republic of Slovenia and Carin Kuoni, director of the Vera List Center for Art and Politics.
The roundtable will be moderated by Markus Miessen, architect/researcher/educator/writer and Srdjan Jovanovic Weiss, architect and founder of NAO (Normal Architecture Office). Participants include
Aaron Levy, founding executive director and a senior curator at Slought Foundation in Philadelphia; Reinier de Graaf, partner, Office for Metropolitan Architecture; Dan Perjovschi, artist/writer/cartoonist/curator; Marjetica Potrc, artist and Vera List Center Fellow.
This roundtable is part of the East Coast Europe series of events, co-sponsored by the Slovenian Consulate General in New York, University of Pennsylvania School of Design, the EUNIC network New York, and the Vera List Center for Art and Politics.
NSSR DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY SPEAKER SERIES: IAN HANSEN
Wednesday, April 16, 12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
Machinist Conference Room, Albert List Academic Center, 65 Fifth Avenue, 2nd floor
Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served
The Department of Psychology at The New School for Social Research is hosting a seminar speaker series. The first speaker is Ian Hansen, Postdoctoral Fellow, John Jay School for Criminal Justice; and The New School for Social Research,who will give a talk entitled "Religion, Religious Intolerance and Support for Religious Violence."
BETWEEN THE PAST AND THE FUTURE: MEMORY WORK IN THE BORDERLANDS
Wednesday, April 16, 4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
79 Fifth Avenue, Room 1009
Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served
For more information go to www.newschool.edu/tcds; or email TCDS@newschool.edu; or call 212.229.5580 x3136
Krzysztof Czyzewski director of the Borderlands Centre for Arts, Culture, Nations, discusses his work on the border of an expanding Europe, with Elzbieta Matynia and Jeffrey Goldfarb.
A READING BY DENIS JOHNSON
Wednesday, April 16, 6:30 p.m.
Tishman Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street
Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served
The Writing Program presents areading by Denis Johnson, 2007 National Book Award winning author of the novel Tree of Smoke.
VOTES, VALUES AND RELIGION GO TO THE PRIMARIES
Wednesday, April 16, 7:00 p.m.
Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor
Admission: $8; free to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID
Randall Balmer, Barnard College, and Jacques Berlinerblau, Georgetown University, share their expertise on the intersection of faith and politics in the United States, with specific reference to the current election cycle. Professor Balmer has written extensively about evangelical politics, a subject he addresses in his latest book, God in the White House: How Faith Shaped the Presidency from John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush. The topic is also central to Professor Berlinerblau’s forthcoming book, Thumpin’ It: The Use and Abuse of the Bible in Today’s Presidential Politics. Sponsored by the Wolfson Center for National Affairs.
STEPHAN WEISS VISITING LECTURESHIP: MICHELLE ADDINGTON
Thursday, April 17, 6:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor
Admission: Free; seating is limited; reservations required by calling or emailing. Phone 212.229.5391. or email maligi@newschool.edu.
Prior to teaching at Yale, Michelle Addington taught at Harvard University for ten years. Prior to that, she taught at Temple University and Philadelphia University. Her background includes work at NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, where she developed structural data for composite materials and designed components for unmanned spacecraft. Ms. Addington then spent a decade as a process design and power plant engineer as well as a manufacturing supervisor at DuPont, and after studying architecture, she was an architectural associate at a Philadelphia firm. She researches discrete systems and technology transfer, and she serves as an adviser on energy and sustainability for many organizations, including the Department of Energy and the AIA. Her writings on energy, environmental systems, lighting, and materials have appeared in many books and journals. She recently co-authored Smart Materials and Technologies for the Architecture and Design Professions.
The annual Stephan Weiss Visiting Lectureship was launched to commemorate the life of the late artist and sculptor, Stephan Weiss, husband and business partner of fashion designer Donna Karan.
PSYCHOLOGY DIVERSITY COMMITTEE FILM SERIES: DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
Thursday, April 17, 6:00 p.m.
8 East 16th Street, room 1009
Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served
The New School for Social Research's Psychology Diversity Committee presents a film and discussion series on issues of diversity and social justice.
The second film, The Split Horn, is the sweeping story of a Hmong family in Appleton, Wisconsin. The Hmong are an Asian ethnic group. After fighting valiantly on behalf of the United States in the Vietnam War, many Hmong were forced to flee their homeland in Southeast Asia. Since 1975, more than 200,000 Hmong refugees have resettled in the United States. The Split Horn follows the 17-year journey of Paja Thao and his family from the mountains of Laos to the heartland of America. This poignant film shows a shaman's struggles to maintain his ancient traditions as his children embrace American culture. Followed by a discussion and social hour.
Co-sponsored by the university and The New School for Social Research Psychology Diversity Committees.
SOCIOLOGY IMAGINATION SERIES - VIVIANA ZELIZER
Thursday, April 17, 8:00 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
Wolff Conference Room, Albert List Academic Center, 65 Fifth Avenue, 2nd floor
Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served. Refreshments will be served after the lecture.
Guest speaker: Viviana Zelizer (Princeton University), “Caring Everywhere”
SPRING ARTS FESTIVAL - FACULTY NIGHT
Friday, April 18, 4:00 p.m.
Wollman Hall, Eugene Lang Building, 65 West 11th Street, 5th floor (enter at 66 West 12th Street)
Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served
Tonight's event is Faculty Night, where Lang faculty will present theater, dance, visual arts, and music.
A reception will follow.
A “FINE CUT” SCREENING AND CONVERSATION
Friday, April 18, 6:00-9:00 p.m.
Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Auditorium, Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, 66 Fifth Avenue
Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served
The TV LAB at WNET/13 nurtured video art, created reality television made with half-inch portable video equipment, and offered fresh local and global perspectives from new voices. TV Lab -- Funding Creativity documents this extraordinary period of innovation centered at WNET/13 in New York from 1972 to 1984.
Howard Weinberg is an award-winning independent documentary film and television producer who has created significant public and commercial television programming. His innovative reporting and imaginative producing have contributed to the successes of major figures in American journalism.
Hosted by Media Studies Prof. Deirdre Boyle, author of Subject to Change: Guerilla Television Revisited, a history of ‘70s Video Collectives. She is also featured in the film.
THE 2008 PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE CONFERENCE
Saturday, April 19, 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor
Admission: $15 Registration Fee; Registration still open until remaining seats filled
For more information, visit http://homepage.newschool.edu/~castanoe/pasj/ email pasj2008@gmail.com.
The Psychology and Social Justice Conference brings together researchers whose work focuses on social justice issues, including racial and ethnic prejudice and stereotyping, institutional and governmental procedures and outcomes, low status and minority group membership, and economic and social inequity. These issues are theoretically important and socially relevant, invite interdisciplinary perspectives, and have direct and broad implications for socially pressing concerns. We encourage faculty and graduate students from other academic disciplines to participate and hope to engender discussion and dialogue among academic researchers and practitioners in the field of social justice. The conference consists of talks by faculty and graduate students, as well as discussion sessions designed to create a collaborative environment in which people can share ideas and concerns.
RETHINKING POVERTY: MAKING POLICIES THAT WORK FOR CHILDREN
Monday-Wednesday, April 21-23.
Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor
Admission: This event is free, but registration is required. For full conference information or to register go to www.equityforchildren.org.
UNICEF and the Graduate Program in International Affairs at The New School present a three-day international conference on Rethinking Poverty: Making Policies that Work for Children. This is the fourth International Conference organized by UNICEF and the GPIA.
Past conferences held in 2004, 2005, and 2006 covered a wide range of topics presented by more than 300 experts from nearly 50 countries. The aim of the 2008 conference is to promote action on child poverty and disparity. The United Nations' 2000 Conference and its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) marked an international commitment to eradicating extreme poverty and hunger and fostering global collaboration. Despite some progress towards the MDGs, millions of children remain outside of the policy agenda.
The conference will create a space for peer consultation among UNICEF international staff, New School faculty and students, academic and research institutions across the globe, NGO practitioners, and other external experts. Further, the conference will provide input and feedback to UNICEF's global study on Child Poverty and Social Disparities, which is currently being carried out in 40 countries. For more information, please contact Alberto Minujin, conference director, or Amy Paul, conference coordinator.
FICTION FORUM: KATE CHRISTENSEN
Monday, April 21, 6:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street, room 510
Admission: $5; free to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID
The Writing Program presents Kate Christensen, who will read from The Great Man: A Novel and discuss her work with Helen Schulman, fiction coordinator, the Writing Program.
NEW SCHOOL JAZZ AT SWEET RHYTHM: DEEM LARGE DIRECTED BY CHARLI PERSIP
Monday, April 21, 10:00 p.m.
Sweet Rhythm, 88 Seventh Avenue (south of Christopher Street)
Admission: [Sweet Rhythm]$10 cover + $10 food and drink minimum, no cover + $5 food and drink minimum for students with ID
For reservations call the Sweet Rhythm box office at 212.255.3626.
Gideon Van Gelder,piano; Earl Travis, bass; Dustin Kaufman, drums; Ross Clark, guitar; Mike McGarril, sax; Lucas Pino, tenor sax; Malec Heermans, trombone; Emanuel Harrold, drums; and Melanie Charles, voice.
THE ERNST C. STIEFEL CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES - MANNES DOWNTOWN
Tuesday, April 22, 1:00 p.m.
The New School, Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor
Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served
For more information call 212.580.0210 x4817
Mannes College chamber music ensembles present a series of free lunch-time performances at The New School. Repertoire TBA.
Receptions with refreshments follow each concert.
FENCE BOOK LAUNCH
Tuesday, April 22, 6:30 p.m.
Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street, room 510
Admission: $5; free to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID
Fence Books and the New School Writing Program present four authors reading from their latest works, published by Fence. Jibade-Khalil Huffman, winner of the Grolier Poetry Prize, will read from 19 Names for Our Band; Kaisa Ullsvik Miller will read from Unspoiled Air, winner of the 2008 Motherwell Prize; poet Carl Martin will read from his collection Rogue Hemlocks; and Aaron Kunin will read from his novel The Mandarin. Moderated by Rebecca Wolff, editor and publisher of Fence.
CAVE CANEM PRESENTS: CORNELIUS EADY
Wednesday, April 23, 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
Wollman Hall, Eugene Lang Building, 65 West 11th Street, 5th floor (enter at 66 West 12th Street)
Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served
Come to a reading and book signing celebrating the release of Hardheaded Weather, a collection of poems by Cornelius Eady. In full control of his considerable skills-and displaying a new maturity as he enters midlife-Eady writes sly, unsentimental, witty poems that reveal intimate and profound truths. Encompassing a wide territory, Eady’s poems show a depth of compassion rare in our polarized age and a brand of humor that is both sophisticated and demotic, a rare combination.
Co-sponsored by Cave Canem and The New School Writing Program
LOOKING BACK NOW. PERFORMANCE OVER THREE DECADES: 1960S-1980S
Thursday, April 24, 6:30 p.m.
Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor
Admission: $8; free to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID
Art historians Carrie Lambert-Beatty, Johanna Burton, and Barbara Clausen discuss their research on performance from the 1960s to the 1980s and the place of performance art in the contemporary cultural landscape. They analyze the relationship between gesture and time, mediality and performativity, and appropriation and activism and the changing role of performance art in society over the last three decades. Carrie Lambert-Beatty is assistant professor in Harvard University’s History of Art and Architecture and Visual and Environmental Studies departments. Johanna Burton, a doctoral candidate in Princeton University’s Department of Art and Archaeology, writes on appropriation in American art of the 1980s. Barbara Clausen is a curator who lives in Vienna. Sponsored by the Vera List Center for Art and Politics.
SOCIOLOGY IMAGINATION SERIES - RICHARD SENNETT
Thursday, April 24, 8:00 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
Wolff Conference Room, Albert List Academic Center, 65 Fifth Avenue, 2nd floor
Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served
Guest speaker: Richard Sennett (NYU and London School of Economics), The Craftsman
Refreshments will be served after the lecture.
ADMINISTRATIVE REMINDERS FOR STUDENTS
DEGREE STUDENTS: PREPARE FOR FALL 2008 REGISTRATION
It’s time to start thinking about registering for your summer and fall 2008 classes. Web registration begins as early as March 31 for some programs.
To prepare:
* Check with your department or advising office for registration dates.
* Check your MyNewSchool account often for holds that will prevent you from registering.
* Check fall course offerings in MyNewSchool. Under the Student tab, click Class Finder.
STUDENT ACCOUNTS INFORMATION
To ensure that you receive correspondence from The New School in a timely manner, please review your official address in MyNewSchool to make sure that it is current. If it is not, you can change your address online. This is especially important for students who are expecting to receive a refund.
FEDERAL WORK-STUDY AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
The Student Employment Office has partnered with New York City Public Service Corps to provide students with off-campus Federal Work-Study opportunities in the public sector. NYC Public Service Corps is an internship program of the New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services committed to providing students with meaningful experiences to enhance their academic and career objectives. Law, graphic arts, education, journalism, research, and office administration are just a few of the areas available to interns. If you are eligible for Federal Work-Study and are interested in developing professional skills in a meaningful community service experience, stop by the Student Employment Office at the Albert List Academic Center, 65 Fifth Avenue, room 105M.
STUDENTS: HOW TO PROVIDE VERIFICATION OF YOUR SPRING ENROLLMENT
Health insurance agencies, housing authorities, banks, or other third parties may ask you to provide verification that you are enrolled at The New School. If you registered for the
spring term prior to January 10, you can print an Official Enrollment Verification Certificate at MyNewSchool. To do this, log in to MyNewSchool and click the Student tab; then in the Self Service channel, click Student Academic Information. The certificate, produced by the National Student Clearinghouse on behalf of the university, serves as official evidence of enrollment at The New School.
STUDENTS: ACCESS GRADES AND REGISTRATION FEES THROUGH MYNEWSCHOOL
The New School does not automatically mail copies of semester grades. If you need a printed copy of your grades, you can request a copy through MyNewSchool (click the Student tab; then, in the Self Service channel, click Student Academic Information). Your semester grades will be mailed within two weeks. You can also access registration fees through MyNewSchool.
STUDENTS: REQUEST YOUR OFFICIAL ACADEMIC TRANSCRIPT ONLINE
Students can request an official transcript through MyNewSchool. Click the Student tab; then, in the Self Service channel, click Student Academic Information). Transcript requests are processed five business days after they are submitted. There is no fee for regular five-business-day service. Next-day transcript service is available only to students who submit requests in person. Transcripts of students with library or financial holds of any kind will not be released.
ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES
A FEW MINUTES FOR YOUR LIFE: TAKE THE HIV TEST FOR FREE-SPRING 2008 HOURS
Hispanic AIDS Forum, in collaboration with New School Student Health Services and the Office of Student Development and Activities (OSDA), will be offering FREE confidential HIV testing every week on Mondays 4:00-6:30 p.m. and Thursdays 3:00-5:30 p.m. The testing site will be at Loeb Residence, 135 East 12th Street, 2nd floor. For further information, please contact Student Health Services at 212.229.1671, option 1 or 2.
ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE OFFICE OF STUDENT DEVELOPMENT AND ACTIVITIES (OSDA)
OSDA
55 West 13th Street, ground floor
Mondays–Thursdays, 9:00 a.m.–9:30 p.m.
Fridays, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
WEEKLY STUDENT ORGANIZATION MEETINGS
Mondays
The New Tunes A Capella Group rehearses.
7:15–8:45 p.m.
Student Activity Space, Multipurpose Room, Arnhold Hall, 55 East 13th Street, ground floor
Wednesdays
Join Adventure Force to watch cartoons, movies, play video games, and-best of all-enjoy free pizza!
6:00–8:40 p.m.
Parsons West, 2 West 13th Street, room 301
Manhattan Cornerstone Artists’ Fellowship meetings.
7:00–9:00 p.m. (7:00 p.m.: Korean; 8:30 p.m.: English)
Student Activity Space, Conference Room, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, ground floor
Film Screening: Iraq: The Lost Generation
Wednesday, April 16, 6:30 p.m.
Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street, room 404
Join Imagining Global Asia for a screening of Iraq: The Lost Generation, a documentary film on Iraqi refugees in Syria and Jordan, followed by a Q & A with the film maker.
Arkestra: Arts for Advocacy
Panel Discussion - Friday, April 18, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Eugene Lang Building, Lang Café, 65 West 11th Street
Performance - Saturday, April 19th, 8:00 p.m.
Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, Tishman Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street
The event will feature a panel discussion and two variety shows featuring artists working in varying mediums including designers, models, musicians, painters, photographers, dancers, film makers, writers, spoken word artists, actors, and educators showcasing their work as a conscious effort to provoke social change through art.
Student Leadership Awards Banquet
Friday, May 2
Nominate your favorite program, the most deserving student organization, an emerging leader, or select from a host of additional categories.
Nomination forms are available NOW and due at the Office of Student Development & Activities by Friday, April 18 at 5:00 p.m.
BECOME AN ORIENTATION LEADER-APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE NOW
The Office of Student Development and Activities (OSDA) is recruiting students who are interested in working as orientation leaders (OLs) for the fall 2008 New Student Orientation. OLs act as ambassadors for The New School by helping introduce new students to the university, the community, and New York City. This is an exciting leadership opportunity for students looking for a dynamic, rewarding, and FUN experience! OL applications are available in the Office of Student Development and Activities or by emailing Steve McAllister at mcalliss@newschool.edu.
REGISTER FOR SPRING RECREATION CLASSES
Salsa: Mondays, 5:45–7:00 p.m.
Yoga: Tuesdays, 1:00– 2:15 p.m.
Capoeira: Wednesdays, 4:00–5:15 p.m.
Re-registration and first-time registration for the months of April and May has begun. New School ID and health insurance information are required for first-time registrants. Students can sign up at the Office of Student Development and Activities, located in Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, ground floor.
INTRAMURAL INDOOR SOCCER
Come out and show your support for the eight teams playing indoor soccer this semester. All games are played in the gym at the YMCA, 125 West 14th Street (photo ID is needed to gain entry to the building). Grab a friend or two and come cheer the teams on Wednesday, April 16:
7:30 p.m. Sao Pablo vs. Space Kids
7:50 p.m. Joga vs. Toxic
8:10 p.m. FC Camela vs. The Jazz
8:30 p.m. Bonito vs. Yinania
MOVIE TICKETS AVAILABLE
AMC and Regal Movie tickets are available for $7 each. Students can purchase 2 tickets every 3 weeks with a New School ID. The Office of Student Development and Activities (OSDA), Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, ground floor.
WOULD YOU LIKE INFO ABOUT PROGRAMS, ACTIVITES, AND FREE EVENTS EMAILED TO YOU EVERY FRIDAY?
If so, then email studev@newschool.edu and write "Add me, please" in the subject line and we'll add your email address to our listserv. You'll get weekly info on workshops, leadership opportunities, as well as meeting times and locations for student organizations. Even better, you'll receive a listing of FREE events in New York City such as film screenings, readings, gallery openings, and book signings.
RECOVER FROM THOSE TGIF'S WITH ALL HEALTH BREAKS LOOSE!
Are you a student or employee who would benefit from a weekly tip to improve your health? Maybe your TGIF activities have led you to seek recovery on Monday?
Contact Eric Garrison, one of our health educators, and ask to be put on the All Health Breaks Loose email list.
Every Monday, you will get a brief email with a weekly suggestion to boost your mental, physical, environmental, spiritual, social, and occupational health.
THE STUDENT ACTIVITIES BOARD (SAB) WANTS YOU!
The Student Activities Planning Board wants you to help plan programs and events for your peers and the New School community. Meetings are scheduled for Fridays, April 18, and 25 at 5:30 p.m. in the Office of Student Development & Activities (OSDA) at Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, room 102.If you can’t make the meetings but want to help plan programs and events for your peers and the New School community, email SAB at studentactivitiesboard@newschool.edu.
SAVE THESE DATES:
Seek Relief Week
May 5–9
Look out for a week of fun activities in ALL schools: FREE massages, trail-mix snack stations, and workshops on stress relief. We help you seek relief right before finals!
Spring Extravaganza
Thursday, May 8, 4:30–8:00 p.m.
SAB is sponsoring a carnival, which will take place in the Lang Courtyard. Be sure to stop by for all-you-can-eat goodies, massages (in conjunction with Seek Relief Week), and henna artists who will create fabulous artwork on your hands.
ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM STUDENT DISABILITY SERVICES
Student Disability Services Newsletter
The spring 2008 Student Disability Services newsletter has been posted online. This issue features a story about our new governor, David Paterson, who is legally blind. The newsletter also includes information about new technology available at the office for students with difficulty reading and writing, as well as contact information for the Learning Disabilities Resources Foundation, a nonprofit organization committed to assisting people with learning disabilities and attention deficit disorder.
ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM CAREER DEVELOPMENT
Cover Letter Workshop
Thursday, April 17, 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Albert List Academic Center, 65 Fifth Avenue, room 204
Learn cover-letter writing skills and make a great first impression. Those from all backgrounds, levels, and sectors are welcome.
Job Search Workshop
Thursday, April 24, 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Albert List Academic Center, 65 Fifth Avenue, room 204
Career counselors discuss job and internship search strategies for those from all levels, backgrounds, and sectors.
Advanced Media Careers Workshop
Wednesday, April 30, 6:00-8:00 p.m
Parsons West, 2 West 13th Street, room 1210
Are you about to graduate and looking for a job in media? This workshop will show you how to handle the job search and develop a career.
ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM INTERNATIONAL STUDENT SERVICES (ISS)
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT SERVICES COFFEE AND TEA
Every Thursday, 2:00–4:00 p.m.
Union Square Building, 6 East 16th Street, lobby
In need of an energy boost? Stop by anytime for a cup of coffee or tea and snacks. Come have coffee and make friends!
All are welcome!
INTERNATIONAL BOOK CLUB
Join fellow New School students, staff, and faculty for a fascinating discussion of literary works from all over the world! To get information on which books we will read, make suggestions, and sign up, email issevents@newschool.edu or join us on Facebook.
Tuesday, April 15, 6:00 p.m.
Così, 504 Avenue of the Americas (corner of West 13th Street and Sixth Avenue)
We will discuss Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang, an evocative, unsettling, and gripping account of life for three generations of women in the political maelstrom of 20th-century China. Open to students, staff, and faculty
LIMITS TO ONLINE CLASS REGISTRATION
As you register for spring 2008, please be advised that no more than the equivalent of one online class or three credits per semester may be counted in calculations of full-time enrollment for F-1 international students. This restriction does not affect registration for students studying outside the United States. If you have any questions about online class registration, contact iss@newschool.edu.
I-20 END DATES
Section 5 on your I-20 indicates the date when the validity of your I-20 ends. If you will be completing your studies by that time, please be advised that you will have a 60-day grace period after the program end date on your I-20 in which to either depart from the United States or transfer to another college or university. You will not be able to reenter the United States using your current I-20 during this grace period. If you find that you will not be able to finish your current degree by the completion date on your I-20, you can request a program extension. You must make your request at least 30 days before the completion date. Visit the student services website to find out what documents you need in order to request a program extension. If you plan to apply for Optional Practical Training (OPT), you must attend an OPT workshop before you apply and USCIS must receive your application before the last day of class. If you have been admitted to pursue a different degree at the New School, you must apply for your new I-20 before the end date on your current I-20. Contact iss@newschool.edu if you have any questions.
CHANGE OF MAJOR OR EDUCATIONAL LEVEL REQUIRES NEW I-20
Please note that if you change your major (e.g., from a BA in Fashion Design to a BA in Product Design) or your educational level (e.g., from MA to PhD), you MUST request an update to your I-20 to reflect your current degree and program information.
Deadlines:
Change of major: By the end of the add period (for spring 2008, this date is Monday, February 4)
Change of education level: You must apply for the new I-20 BEFORE you begin your new program.
Failing to request the changes in your I-20 for a change of major or educational level in a timely manner may jeopardize your I-20 status.
OPTIONAL PRACTICAL TRAINING WORKSHOPS
F-1 international students in their final semester may apply for Optional Practical Training (OPT), a year of employment for which you may be eligible upon completion of your studies. Please note that attendance at one workshop is mandatory.
It can take USCIS months to approve an OPT application, and pending approval of your application, you cannot leave the United States. So plan ahead: Apply three months before any international travel.
- Wednesday, April 16, 6:00–7:30 p.m., Mannes Building, 150 West 85th Street, room 606
Space is limited; RSVP to iss@newschool.edu. Bring your passport (with I-94 card) and I-20. Please arrive on time for your sessions. The information is so important that we cannot allow latecomers.
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