The names of three semifinalists for president of North Hennepin Community College in Brooklyn Park have been submitted to James H. McCormick, chancellor of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system. The semifinalists are John O’Brien, Patrick Schmitt and Laura Urban. Click headline for more information.
Kyja Kristjansson-Nelson’s experimental documentary, Sveit, will premiere at the Walker Art Center as part of the Women with Vision 2010 International Film Festival. Sveit will screen daily from noon during gallery hours March 2 through March 31. A geneography of memory and place, Sveit was shot in a rural village on the north coast of Iceland. The filmmaker traces her family’s history and emigration from Iceland to the United States, while unpacking memories and stories of her grandfather’s experience as a New American in North Dakota. Meanwhile, Kristjansson negotiates the relationship between landscape, language, mythology and ritual with the help of the local first through fourth grade Icelandic children. Sveit was funded in part by the Bush Foundation, the Corporation of Yaddo, the Fulbright Association, and Skaftfell Menningarmidstod. Click headline for more information.
A benefit for MSUM Art Director Dave Wallace will be held Monday, March 8 beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the HoDo Restaurant, 101 N. Broadway, Fargo. Activities include hor d’oeuvres, cash bar, a silent auction, and special music by The Simon Rowe Trio. Minimum $10 donation at the door. Click headline to read more.
Greg Abate, jazz saxophonist, flutist, and composer, will conduct a masterclass and clinics when he visits MSUM Thursday and Friday, March 4-5. He will present a music business clinic at 3 p.m. Thursday; a jazz and saxophone clinic at 9:30 a.m. Friday; and a convocation and master-class at 3 p.m. Friday, all in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts Fox Recital Hall. These events are free and open to the public. At 8 p.m. Friday he will perform with The Simon Rowe Trio at Studio 222 at 222 Broadway, Fargo. Tickets for that performance are $5 students and $10 adults. For more information on Studio 222 and The Simon Rowe Trio, go to http://222fargo.com/ Read more: http://news.mnstate.edu/?s=abate+
Please join us on Thursday March 4 at 7:30 p.m. in the Gaede Auditorium for a musical treat: “Painting in Sound: A look at (Abstract) Expressionism through Arnold Schoenberg’s ‘Verklaerte Nacht’ and Steve Reich’s ‘Different Trains.'” The University Honors Program and the Music Department appreciate your support.