An MSUM student art exhibit will be on display Nov. 16-Dec. 2 in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts gallery. The exhibit is in partial fulfillment of students’ B.S. and B.A. degrees in art. The exhibit will feature ceramics, graphic design, painting, drawing and printmaking. A reception for the artists will be held from 4-6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19 in the gallery. It’s free and open to the public. Click headline to read more.
Tom Nicholls, Senior Lecturer in Media Production at Lincoln University in the UK, will present on “Crisis at the BBC? Recent events and some predictions for the future,” at 3 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19 in King Hall 110. The presentation is open to the public, and is a part of MSUM’s celebration of InternationalEducation Week. In addition, Prof. Nicholls will meet with Lincoln exchange students currently studying here and the four MSUM students who will spend spring semester at Lincoln. The program is now in its tenth (successful) year. For further information, contact International Programs, FR153, 477-4389.
Snowfire presents its fall concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20 in Weld Hall Glasrud Auditorium. This concert is free and open to the public, but cash donations or gifts of new toys, personal hygiene items and school supplies are encouraged. Items must be small enough to fit into a shoebox. Students in a leadership class at MSUM have organized the collection. Filled shoeboxes go Nov. 23 to children in third-world countries. The students are working through Operation Christmas Child, a program of Samaritan’s Purse, a national aid organization.
• A free, public Band Concert will be presented at 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22 in Weld Hall Glasrud Auditorium.
• The MSUM Guitar Ensemble performs at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3 in the Center for the Arts Fox Recital Hall. (free)
The annual Orchestra and Choir Concert will be at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 4 and Saturday, Dec. 5 at First Presbyterian Church, 650 2nd Ave. N., Fargo. The concert features The Arsenal Trio, comprised of Ben Sung, concertmaster of the FM Symphony and violin professor at MSUM and NDSU; Sung’s wife, pianist Jihye Chang, who teaches piano at Concordia College; and colleague, cellist Hrant Parsamian of New York. The University Symphony Orchestra, led by MSUM’s Kirk Moss, will accompany the trio. Click the headline to read more.
Wednesday, November 18 * 7-9:30 p.m. * Science Lab 118
The Film Studies Department hosts International Movie Night. Join us in watching Alfonso Cuarón, Y tu mama también (2001), a Mexican drama concerning two young boys coming-of-age on a week-long road trip. No charge.
Thursday, November 19 * 7-9:30 p.m. * Science Lab 118
The Film Studies Department hosts International Movie Night. Join us in watching Mira Nair, The Namesake (2006), An Indian drama concerning an American-born Gogol, the son of Indian immigrants, wants to fit in among his fellow New Yorkers, despite his family’s unwillingness to let go of their traditional ways. No charge.