UpDate - Vol. 12, No. 21, Page 6
February 25, 1993
Up and coming
'Meeting' March 1 in Newark Hall
The Meeting, a play that hypothesizes about what might have been had
the late Dr. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X met, will be presented at 7
p.m., Monday, March 1, in Newark Hall auditorium as part of the
University's African Consciousness Celebration, "Harvesting The Fruits From
the Roots Of Our Heritage."
Presented by Pin Point Theatre, The Meeting is a powerful drama about
the lives, philosophies and times of both men.
The play compares their births and early childhoods. King, born in
1929 in Atlanta, was raised in an economically advantaged family that got
its strong moral foundations from King's father, a widely respected Baptist
preacher.
Malcolm X was born in 1925 in Omaha, Neb. When he was 6, his father
was murdered, and he spent his youth moving from foster home to foster
home, eventually landing on the streets of New York where he lived with
pimps, prostitutes and drug dealers.
King became a Baptist minister; Malcolm X, a Muslim minister.
King believed in non-violence and declared to narrow-minded opponents
of the Civil Rights movement, "We will wear you down with our capacity to
love (you)." Malcolm X took as his credo, "Freedom by any means necessary,"
and believed that was no more violent than Patrick Henry's "Give me liberty
or give me death."
King was shot to death at the age of 39; Malcolm X met the same fate
when he was 40.
Written by Jeff Stetson, The Meeting received a Louis B. Mayer Award,
eight 1987 NAACP Theatre Awards and six New York AUDELCO nominations. It
has been produced throughout the United States and Europe.
Admission to The Meeting is $2 with a University of Delaware I.D. and
$4 for the general public.
For more information, contact the Center for Black Culture at
831-2991.
Club to celebrate International Night
The University of Delaware's Cosmopolitian Club will host its annual
International Night at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 27, in the Amy E. du Pont
Music Building.
The evening of international entertainment is open to the public.
Tickets, which will be sold at the door starting at 6:15 p.m., are $2
per person.
For more information, call the University's International Center at
831-2115.
Chamber Music South in Milford
The second concert in the University's Chamber Music South series will
be held at 4 p.m., Sunday, March 7, in the First Presbyterian Church of
Milford.
Sponsored by the University's Department of Music, the concert will
feature soprano Marie Robinson, organist David Herman and pianist Julie
Nishimura.
Robinson will sing a set of Puccini art songs and an aria from
Puccini's opera Turandot.
Herman will perform two solo organ works by Frank Bridge and
collaborate with Nishimura in duos for piano and organ by Mozart, J.S.
Bach, Handel and Debussy.
In addition, Nishimura will play Cecile Chaminade's Toccata and
Dreaming by Amy Beach for solo piano.
Tickets for the Milford performance are $7.50 and will be available at
the door. For more information, call 855-1620 in Georgetown or 831-2577 in
Newark.
Film series to focus on women's issues
A women's baseball league, back-alley abortions, the images of women
in rock videos and more are highlighted in a film series celebrating
Women's History Month.
Five films, free and open to the public, will be shown as part of the
seventh annual series, "Women's History/Women's Lives." A guest speaker
will lead discussion after each film is shown.
The films begin at 7 p.m. on Tuesdays, through March 23, in Room 100
of Kirkbride Hall. The films include:
* Back Alley Detroit on March 2, which looks at the era when
abortion was illegal and many women sought "back alley"
procedures. The film looks at these women and the consequences of
their actions. Guest speaker will be Terry Schooley, director of
development and public affairs for Planned Parenthood of
Delaware.
* A League of Their Own on March 9, the documentary that inspired
Penny Marshall's recent film of the same name. Through lively
archival footage and memorable interviews the documentary tells
the story of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
from the players' standpoint. Ruth Heverly, ex-pro ballplayer
with the league, will be the guest speaker.
* Women At Risk on March 16, which explores the fact that most
refugees in Africa, Asia and Latin America are women and young
girls. The film illuminates the global crisis through portraits
of three refugees: Mai-Lien, a 13-year-old Vietnamese girl;
Pheria, a 40-year-old from Mozambique; and Juana, a 28-year-old
Salvadoran exiled in Costa Rica. A guest speaker will follow.
* Dreamworlds on March 23, which asks what messages about women and
men, femininity and masculinity are promoted in rock videos. It
offers a startling and controversial answer. Kathleen Turkel,
assistant professor of women's studies at the University, will be
the guest speaker.
The film series is sponsored by the University's departments of
Anthropology, History and Sociology; the Black American Studies and the
Women's Studies Interdisciplinary programs, the Faculty Senate Committee on
Cultural Affairs and Public Events; and the Office of Women's Affairs.
For information, call 831-8474 or 831-8063.
Safeguarding can be good for business
The man who wrote Bhopal: Anatomy of a Crisis will speak at 3 p.m.,
Thursday, March 5, in 118 Purnell Hall about how to meet production and
cost goals while safeguarding the environment.
Paul Shrivastava, Howard I. Scott Professor of Management at Bucknell
University, is the first lecturer in the College of Business and Economics
spring distinguished guest speaker series created for area business people
as well as students and faculty.
Shrivastava will discuss management strategies developed to safeguard
the environment and protect corporate profits.
These management practices can give companies a head start on
environmental controls sure to be a priority of the Clinton administration
and in some cases, create labor and production efficiencies that result in
cost savings.
The series is sponsored by the Business Administration Department and
is free and open to the public.