Hamlet opening today!
MSUM Theatre presents Hamlet today, Feb. 24 through Feb. 27 at 7:30 p.m. in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts Gaede Stage. Get your tickets at the MSUM Box Office, 218.477.2271. Read more at http://news.mnstate.edu/?s=Hamlet
Award-winning filmmaker visits MSUM
Award-winning filmmaker and festival programmer Skizz Cyzyk will be visiting the MSUM Film Studies department this week, Feb. 24-26. Since 1983, Cyzyk has made more than 50 films and videos, many having won awards and screened at festivals all over the world. Cyzyk is also a film festival programmer, serving as both advisory board and jury member for the Atlanta, Sidewalk Moving Picture, Maryland and Slamdance Film Festivals just to name a few. While at MSUM he will be visiting Film Studies classes and conducting workshops. Cyzyk will also be screening a variety of his work on Friday, Feb. 26 at 7 p.m. in King Hall 110. The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
Lost in Meritocracy Book Talk Feb. 23
In this hilarious memoir, Kirn recounts the ways that the American educational rat race betrayed him. He ends up miserable at Princeton, bullied by rich roommates and ashamed of his Minnesota upbringing. He majors in English because it sounds like something her already knows and applies for a Rhodes scholarship while on speed… Kirn throws spit wads at his Ivy League education, but with six works of fiction to his name as well as regular bylines in prestigious publications, perhaps he was well served by the meritocracy after all. (From The Washington Post, 2009.) Join us for conversation about Kirn’s book and how it provides an intriguing frame to look at higher education Tuesday, Feb. 23 from noon to 1 p.m. in CMU 227. Presenters: Peg Potter, Psychology and Steve Bolduc, Economics. Students always welcome.
MSUM presents Hamlet Feb. 24-27
MSUM Theatre presents Hamlet February 24 through 27 at 7:30 p.m. in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts Gaede Stage. “To be, or not to be?” is one of the most famous questions ever asked by one of the most famous theatrical characters of all time. In Hamlet, a powerful and influential tragedy, Shakespeare vividly charts the course of real and feigned madness—from overwhelming grief to seething rage—and explores themes of treachery, revenge, incest, and moral corruption. For ticket information, please contact the MSUM Box Office at 218.477.2271.
African Drum & Dance Workshops Feb. 27-28
An African Drum and Dance Workshop, with guest artists Fode Bangoura, master Guinean drummer/dancer and Whitney McClusky, Duniya Drum and Dance Studio, and featuring the Minnesota State University Moorhead Percussion Studio, will be held Saturday, Feb. 27 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 28 from 2 to 5 p.m. in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts. Click headline for details and more information about the guest artists.