North Carolina Dance Festival
Friday-Saturday, September 9-10, 8 p.m.
Jones Auditorium
Tickets: $15 general; $10 students/seniors; $5 children under 10; $25 festival pass
Reservations: boxoffice@meredith.edu
Children’s Dance Festival
Sunday, September 11, 3 p.m.
Jones Auditorium
Tickets: $15 general; $10 students/seniors; $5 children under 10; $25 festival pass
Reservations: boxoffice@meredith.edu
Film: “Beyond Belief”
Sunday, September 11, 7 p.m.
Kresge Auditorium
Free
“Beyond Belief” tells the story of two courageous women whose lives were changed after their husbands were killed in the attacks of 9/11. The women decided to go to Afghanistan where the terrorists were trained. Their goal was to meet war widows there, to try to understand the lives of those women, and to try to understand why it happened. Visit www.principlepictures.com/beyondbelief to learn more about the film.
“Rhyme in Time,” a collaborative, multi-media installation
September 11-October 30
Frankie G. Weems Art Gallery
Free
“Our Stories, Our Dreams/Nuestras Historias, Nuestros Sueños,”
Photographs and collected stories of Latino farmworkers
September 11-November 13
Rotunda Gallery
Free
Sizzlin’ September Concert featuring Gloriana and Tyler Hilton
Friday, September 16, 8 p.m.
McIver Amphitheater
Tickets: Faculty/staff can receive two tickets each. Public tickets are $8. Tickets can be purchased at www.brownpapertickets.com or reserved in 202 Cate Center
Meredith College International Film Festival showing of “Bread and Tulips”
Tuesday, September 20, 6 p.m. (refreshments) 6:30 p.m. (film begins)
Kresge Auditorium
Free
Film Description: Left behind by a domineering husband at a highway café, Rosalba detours to Venice. With romance, a private detective, a holistic beautician and her husband’s mistress on the scene, things are likely to get out of hand. Will Rosalba stay in Venice or go back to life as it was? ITALY/2000 114 mins. In Italian with English subtitles. Directed by Silvio Soldini
Concert Fundraiser to Support Japanese Earthquake Orphans
Featuring Triangle Taiko drummers and other performers
Saturday, September 24, 7 p.m.
Jones Auditorium
Free. Donations encouraged to support Kokoro Jyuku and ASHINAGA Tokyo Rainbow House Visit http://www.ashinaga.org/e/main1-1.html for more information.
“The Tempest” by William Shakespeare
September 28 & 29 at 11 a.m.; September 30 & October 1 at 6 p.m.; October 2 at 3 p.m.
McIver Amphitheater
Tickets: $10 general, $5 students/seniors
The next issue of Campus Connections will be published on September 20. Submit items for Upcoming Events to allenme@meredith.edu.
In this Issue:
Sonia Nazario Shares Enrique's Journey
Website Redevelopment Process Begins
Sustainable September Puts Focus on Thinking Green
Second Annual Meredith Fund Family Festival Held
Meredith Launches Student-Athlete Affairs
Tippett Competes in Ballroom Dancing Championship
Faculty/Staff Accomplishments
Upcoming Events
News Briefs
Have you presented research or attended a professional meeting recently? Has your department earned an award? Share news of these accomplishments and more with the Meredith community. Faculty and staff are invited to email items to Melyssa Allen, “Campus Connections” editor, at allenme@meredith.edu.