CMU School of Drama


Monday, September 10, 2012

University Lecture Series



Monday, September 10, 2012     |     7 pm, McConomy Auditorium, University Center
Reading of the Play "8"
Carnegie Mellon University alumnus and Tony Award nominee Rory O'Malley (A'03) is returning to his alma mater to participate in a one-night-only reading of "8," a play chronicling the historic trial in the federal constitutional challenge to California's Proposition 8.

Tuesday, September 11, 2012     |     5 pm, Kresge Theater, College of Fine Arts
School of Art Lecture Series
Camille Utterback, Fall 2012 Kraus Visiting Professor of Art, is an internationally acclaimed artist whose interactive installations and reactive sculptures engage participants in a dynamic process of kinesthetic discovery and play. Utterback’s work explores the aesthetic and experiential possibilities of linking computational systems to human movement and gesture in layered and often humorous ways. Her work focuses attention on the continued relevance and richness of the body in our increasingly mediated world.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012     |     5-7 pm, Porter Hall #100
The $10 Million a Minute Tour
The Honorable David M. Walker, former U.S. Comptroller General who is often referred to as the nation's fiscal watchdog, will give a presentation about the state of the U.S. financial challenge and a range of non-partisan and non-ideological solutions. The nationwide $10 Million a Minute Bus Tour is sponsored by theComeback America Initiative.

Thursday, September 13, 2012     |     7-9  pm, McConomy Auditorium, University Center
Award-winning journalist Amy Goodman will speak and sign copies of her latest book, “Silenced Majority: Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope
Goodman is the host of “Democracy Now,” which airs on more than 1,000 public TV stations in 35 countries. “Democracy Now” can be seen and heard in Pittsburgh on Pittsburgh Community Television (PCTV) and WRCT 88.3 FM. The show airs Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. 
 The event is free, but a $10 donation is suggested at the door.

Friday, September 14, 2012     |     4:30 pm: Exhibition Tour @ Miller Gallery. Meet on 1st floor
IMPERFECT HEALTH: The Medicalization of Architecture
with Imperfect Health curators, Mirko Zardini, CCA Director and Chief Curator, and Giovanna Borasi, CCA Curator for Contemporary Architecture, from Montréal, Canada
6-8 pm: Opening Reception
The Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University is proud to present the U.S. premiere of Imperfect Health: The Medicalization of Architecture, a new exhibition that examines the complexity of todays interrelated and emerging health problems juxtaposed with a variety of proposed architectural and urban solutions.
Exhibit runs Sept. 15, 2012 - Feb. 24, 2013

Monday, September 17, 2012     |     3-5 pm, Posner Center
Constitution Day Celebration
Magisterial District Judge Hugh F. McGough will speak at approximately 3:30 pm. Light refreshments will be served. An original copy of the Bill of Rights will be on display.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012     |     5 pm, Kresge Theater, College of Fine Arts
School of Art Lecture Series
Nicholas Van Woert's multimedia work references the 16th century iconoclasm of Bildersturm in Europe, exploring how groups from the Luddites to EarthFirst developed relationships to ordinary objects and materials that drastically changed their original meaning.

Wednesday, September 19, 2012     |     Noon-1 pm, Bombardier Conference Room, Hamerschlag Hall
The College of Engineering hosts a media panel to discuss how technology has transformed reporting on political campaigns. The moderator is Ed Schlesinger, head of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. Panelists are: Jodi Enda, senior writer for American Journalism Review and former Knight Ridder reporter covering the White House, Congress and presidential campaigns; Rem Rieder, editor and senior VP of AmericanJournalism Review; and Jon Delano, money and politics editor for KDKA-TV.

Wednesday, September 19, 2012     |     5 pm, Margaret Morrison Carnegie Hall (MMCH) A-14
CMU School of Design 2012/13 Lecture Series: HOW DO YOU DESIGN THE FUTURE?
Laurene Vaughan, the 2012 Nierenberg Chair for the CMU School of Design, comes from an art and design education background with a major in sculpture. She is a practicing artist, designer, and educator in Australia and internationally. Laurene is an active member of the Arts and Cartography Commission within the International Cartographic Association. She is also a researcher within the Design Futures Laboratory at RMIT. Her leadership and participation in this range of design research contexts has resulted in her co-convening international workshops and symposia, exhibitions and publications, including three edited publications. Laurene is also a Chief Investigator on two Australian Research Council Industry Linkage Grants.

Thursday, September 20, 2012     |    4:30 pm, Porter Hall #100
Victor M. Bearg Science and Humanities Scholars Speaker Series
JUNIPER FUSE: Upper Paleolithic Imagination & the Construction of the Underworld
Clayton Eshleman, American poet, translator and editor, Professor Emeritus, Eastern Michigan University
“Archaeologists and artists have written on southwestern European cave art, but none have given us a book like this. Clayton Eshleman has explored and inspected almost all of the great cave art of southwestern Europe including many caves that are not open to the public and require special permission. Now with visionary imagination, informed poetic speculation, deep insight, breathtaking leaps of mind, Eshleman draws out the underground of myth, psychology, prehistory, and the first turn of the human mind toward the modern. Juniper Fuse opens us up to our ancient selves: we might be weirder (and also better) than we thought.”
                                        ~Gary Snyder, Pulitzer Prize winning American poet

1 comment:

MONJARK said...

I think the University Lecture Series is one of the most underrated programs on campus. The number of amazing people that come to this school with a wealth of knowledge is large. They may not all be huge names like Mark Zuckerberg or Presidents of nations, but they are interesting people who give lectures with great take aways. I realize everyone at CMU is busy, but for anyone who is truly the architect of their own education, they should be looking to resources like this in order to maximize their experience here at CMU, and walk away with more than the minimum.