COSTA RICA, SPAIN FOCUS OF TALK
Carrie Skuzeski ’15 will present “Exploring the New World and the Old: Comparing Costa Rica to Spain” Wednesday, Oct. 29, at 3 p.m. in 201 Riley Hall.
Skuzeski, a mass communication major and Spanish minor, spent last year abroad − fall 2013 in Costa Rica and spring 2014 in Spain. In her presentation, she will discuss the similarities and differences in culture and communication she experienced. She will also share how studying in a third-world country versus a developed country can affect the overall study abroad experience. When speaking about Costa Rica, Skuzeski will discuss the culture shock she experienced, as well as the biodiversity and environmental issues she learned about. She will also discuss how the importance of arts and pleasure was emphasized in Spain, while also commenting on the Catholic influence on the country. Skuzeski hopes the audience will gain a more accurate portrayal of these countries than what is portrayed through mainstream media.
“I want to stress the importance of being a conscious traveler and seeking out an authentic experience,” said Skuzeski.
The event is sponsored by the International Programs Office. For more information, contact Michele Tomseth, ext. 2434, ipo@linfield.edu.
MIGLAVS TO SPEAK ON WINE IN CHINA
Writer and photographer Janis Miglavs will speak on “China: The New Wine Frontier” Thursday, Oct. 30, at 7:30 p.m., in 222 T.J. Day Hall. The lecture is part of an ongoing wine lecture series at Linfield.
Miglavs has traveled and written about the Chinese wine industry in his book “China: The New Wine Frontier,” and in his blog, “Are We There Yet?” He was told by Chinese officials that he is the only Westerner to have visited all of China’s main wine growing regions.
Miglavs’ parents escaped from Latvia during World War II and immigrated to the United States. Miglavs earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Berkeley and a master’s in fine arts from California State University at Sacramento.
He spent 10 years teaching high school art and photography, before becoming a full-time photographer and writer. His clients include architects, wineries and publications such as National Geographic, Wine Spectator, Wine Enthusiast, Sommelier Journal, Oregon Wine Press, Outdoor Photographer and a variety of travel magazines.
Miglavs has also published “Pacific Northwest: The Ultimate Winery Guide” and “Oregon: the Taste of Wine,” which won a handful of international awards including “Best Regional Book in North America,” and Wine Spectator called it one of the “top reads for wine lovers.”
For more information, call the Linfield president’s office, ext. 2408.
SEEKING JUSTICE PROJECT LAUNCHES
Japanese Americans who were interned at Camp Minidoka in Idaho will provide a look behind the barbed wire during a series of programs that will be presented at Linfield and in McMinnville beginning Oct. 30.
The Seeking Justice Project focuses on the events and aftermath of the forced internment of thousands of Japanese Americans during World War II. Many of the Japanese Americans who lived in the Northwest were forced to leave behind homes, businesses and property and were relocated to Camp Minidoka, an internment camp near Twin Falls, Idaho.
This series of programs will feature individuals who were interned, a program on the National Park Service’s action to make Camp Minidoka a National Historic Site, a theatrical drama focusing on the experiences of those interned, and a forum on immigration issues. The program includes four presentations:
“Behind Barbed Wire” will feature Yosh Nakagawa, Herb Tsuchiya and Lilly Kodama telling the stories of their experiences when they were interned at Camp Minidoka. Thursday, Oct. 30, 7 p.m., 201 Riley Hall.
“Seeking Justice: Places of Conscience” will feature Carol Ash, chief of interpretation and education for the National Park Service at Camp Minidoka. She will discuss recent actions by the NPS to make Camp Minidoka a National Historic Site and additional government actions in an ongoing attempt to seek justice for the action of interning Japanese Americans during World War II. Monday, Nov. 3, 7 p.m., 201 Riley Hall.
“Breaking the Silence,” written by Nikki Nojima Louis, is a readers theatre drama of Japanese immigration to the West Coast of the U.S., the challenges of immigrants and a new culture, the hysteria during World War II, with the internment of the Japanese Americans at the camps, and the legal struggle of the constitutional redress. Wednesday, Nov. 5, 7 p.m., Ice Auditorium, Melrose Hall.
“Immigration Issues: Past and Present” is a forum featuring voices from the Japanese/Asian and Latino community. Yosh Nakagawa, Herb Tsuchiya, Miriam Corona and Julie Braker will discuss being viewed as an immigrant, and the challenges of fully participating in America, educationally, vocationally and legally. Friday, Nov. 7, 7 p.m., First Baptist Church, 125 Cowls St., McMinnville.
Many of those participating in the series of programs have ties to Camp Minidoka. Yosh Nakagawa, a member of the Linfield Board of Trustees from 1997-2001, was born and raised in Seattle, Wash., and sent to Camp Minidoka when he was 11. He went on to serve the Asian American Caucus and Ministries for the Evergreen Baptist Church and was vice president of American Baptist Churches USA. Herb Tsuchiya was 10 when his family was sent to Camp Minidoka and 13 when they were released. He went on to graduate from the University of Washington School of Pharmacy and was a pharmacist in Seattle for more than 50 years. He also has been a cast member of “Breaking the Silence” for 20 years. Lilly Kodama was 7 when she and her family were taken from Bainbridge Island, Wash., to the internment camps.
The programs are free and open to the public and sponsored by the Frazee Lecture in Bible and Religion, and PLACE (Program for the Liberal Arts and Civic Engagement). The Frazee Lecture was established by friends and family in honor of Gordon G. Frazee, who served Linfield for 32 years as chaplain and professor of religion. The fund is designed to encourage the exchange of ideas across disciplines, promote civic engagement and pique intellectual curiosity through the exploration of thematic connections. This year’s PLACE theme explores the question “How Do We Know?” Additional sponsors of the Seeking Justice Project are the McMinnville First Baptist Church and Interfaith Advocates for Peace with Justice. For more information, contact Bill Millar, professor of religion, ext. 2456.
HALLOWEEN FESTIVITIES PLANNED
Local children will be offered a safe and fun way to celebrate Halloween when Linfield students host the annual trick-or-treat tour of campus Friday, Oct. 31, from 4 to 7 p.m.
McMinnville-area children of all ages are invited to participate in the trick-or-treat tour of participating residence halls. Linfield students will lead the tours, which will begin in the Fred Meyer Lounge in Riley Hall. Costumes and candy bags are encouraged. All children must be accompanied by an adult.
A donation of one can of food is suggested. All donations will be given to Yamhill Community Action Partnership (YCAP) Food Bank.
The event is sponsored by the Residence Hall Executive Council. For more information, contact Andrew Frei, area director for residential experience, ext. 5356, afrei@linfield.edu.
KIM RECITAL TO FEATURE BEETHOVEN
Albert Kim, assistant professor of music at Linfield College, will present a piano recital on Saturday, Nov. 1, at 7:30 p.m. in Ice Auditorium.
Kim, who joined the Linfield music department last year, will present a solo program featuring some of Ludwig van Beethoven’s sonatas, including the “Waldstein” and Opus 111.
A dedicated chamber musician, Kim has performed in the chamber music master classes of Robert Levin and Menahem Pressler and coached with Isaac Stern, Yo-Yo Ma and others. Most recently, he completed and premiered an original instrumental transcription of Strauss’ “Salome” for the Tabletop Opera in Rochester, New York. Last summer, he taught with Eastman College as part of the “Eastman in China” tour. He is the winner of the 2008 concerto competition and performed Prokofiev’s Concerto No. 2 with the Eastman Philharmonia.
During the 1998-99 concert season, Kim was selected by Carnegie Hall to participate in the European Concert Hall Organization’s “Rising Stars” program. He is active as a composer and arranger, with an original song cycle and a piano-contrabass arrangement of Piazzolla tangos and a publication of his solo piano transcription of Ravel’s “La Valse.” He teaches piano, theory, keyboard skills and chamber music at Linfield.
He holds a bachelor’s of arts degree in music from Harvard University, and both a master’s in music and a doctorate from the Eastman School of Music.
For more information, call the Department of Music at ext. 2275 or visit linfield.edu/arts.
LEVINE TO PRESENT ERICKSEN LECTURE
Alice Levine, the 2014 Ericksen Scholar and professor emerita of English at Hofstra University, will present “Cutting and Slashing Byron’s Poetry: Editing the Selected Works” on Tuesday, Nov. 4, at 7 p.m. in the Austin Reading Room in Nicholson Library.
Notorious for his dangerous but attractive heroes, Byron has been seen as a model for anti-heroes as diverse as Dr. Frankenstein, Mr. Rochester, Heathcliff and Dracula. His later poetry moves beyond the gothic mode into satire and comic commentary, “meant to be a little quietly facetious about everything.”
Levine’s research focuses on English Romantic poetry. She has published numerous articles about Lord Byron, including studies of musical settings of his poetry. She edited “Byron’s Poetry and Prose: Norton Critical Edition,” co-edited “Rereading Byron: Essays Selected from Hofstra University’s Byron Bicentennial Conference,” as well as “Manuscripts of the Younger Romantics: A Facsimile of Manuscripts in the Pierpont Morgan Library, Volumes I-IV.” She currently sits on the boards of the Byron Society of America and the Keats-Shelley Association of America.
The lecture, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Ken and Donna Ericksen Endowed English Department Fund. Ericksen, professor emeritus of English at Linfield, created the endowment in memory of his wife, Donna, a Linfield alumna, who taught reading, writing and English in the Hillsboro School District for 25 years. The endowment allows the English Department to bring literary scholars to campus for several days to work with faculty and students.
For more information, contact Barbara Seidman at bseidman@linfield.edu or ext. 2210 or Katherine Kernberger at kkernber@linfield.edu or ext. 2289.
PADDOCK, SANTANGELO TO LEAD BAND
The Linfield College Concert Band will perform “Music Inspired by the Written Word” on Tuesday, Nov. 4, at 7:30 p.m. in Ice Auditorium.
The concert will feature music inspired by The Washington Post, Dante Alighieri’s “Divine Comedy,” “Moby Dick,” “4th Century Liturgy of St. James,” Sara Teasdale’s poem “There Will Be Rest” and “Oliver Twist.” The evening will be conducted by Joan Haaland Paddock, Linfield professor of music and director of instrumental activities, and Christian Santangelo, Linfield College senior.
The Linfield Concert Band is comprised of music majors and minors, as well as non-majors from across the campus. Community members from the region also participate in the Linfield Concert Band. Currently, 26 student musicians and 16 community musicians make up the band.
Paddock is the first woman to receive a doctorate in trumpet performance from Indiana University. Paddock received the Emmy Award from the National Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Performer’s Certificate from Indiana University. She was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to Norway, and studied at the Norwegian State Academy of Music. She is a trumpeter with Halcyon Trio Oregon.
Santangelo is currently studying percussion performance. At Linfield, he has participated in a variety of musical endeavors, including playing lead guitar for Linfield’s production of “Spring Awakening” in spring 2013 and as a percussion soloist with the Linfield Chamber Orchestra. Santangelo has also performed and traveled with the Oregon Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps and the Oregon Crusaders Indoor percussion ensemble on marching tenors. Earlier this year, he performed with the College Band Directors National Association Collegiate Honor Band in Reno, Nev. Santangelo is also an active member of the Linfield Jazz Band and is the tour manager of the Linfield Concert Choir.
For more information, call the Department of Music at ext. 2275 or visit linfield.edu/arts.
THEATRE TO PRESENT THRILLER
The lines between reality and fantasy blur in the upcoming Linfield College Theatre production, “Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom,” a suspense thriller about video games and the impact technology can have on lives and relationships.
The play runs Nov. 6-8 and 13-15 at 7:30 p.m., with a late-night show on Friday, Nov.7, at 11 p.m. in Marshall Theatre.
“Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom,” by Jennifer Haley, explores the impact of technology on identity and human relationships and delves into the ethics encountered in virtual reality. In a suburban subdivision with identical houses, parents find their teenagers addicted to an online horror video game. The game setting is a subdivision with identical houses. The goal is to smash through an army of zombies to escape the neighborhood for good. But as the line blurs between virtual and reality, both parents and players realize that fear has a life of its own. Haley’s work explores the impact of technology on identity and human relationships and delves into the ethics encountered in virtual reality.
The play also investigates the communication gap between parents and children, according to Janet Gupton, director and associate professor of theatre arts.
“It serves as a cautionary tale about the need to question how much time is healthy to be spent on the internet in an already ‘plugged in’ world,” said Gupton.
Actors in the show will play two different characters, both an adult and a child, to push their acting abilities in character development. Cast members include sophomores Emilie Skladzien of Kamuela, Hawaii, Murphy Jackson of Hood River and Madilyn Bechtel of Kirkland, Wash.; juniors Emily Griffin of Napa Valley, Calif., and Travis McKenna of Elko, Nev.; and seniors Nicholas Granato of Damascus, MacKensie Sempert of Rhododendron and Cody Meadows of Anchorage, Alaska.
Additionally, the crew will have a large role in bringing this thriller to life. Junior Mic Cooney of Beaverton is working as the videographer designer for the play’s technical and video demands. Senior Kelsey Garrett of Medford is serving as the assistant scenic designer and also will be creating original artwork that will be used in the show.
Tickets will go on sale Tuesday, Oct. 28, and will be available at http://www.linfield.edu/arts, by phone or at the Marshall Theatre Box Office. Tickets are $9 for full price; $7 for seniors (62+) and Linfield faculty and staff and $5 for students. There will be a $2 discount for everyone on opening night. Seating is reserved. Located inside the lobby of Ford Hall, the box office is open Tuesday through Friday from 3 to 5 p.m., and until performance time on performance days. The box office will also be open Nov. 8 and 15 from 3 to 7:30 p.m. The Marshall Theatre is fully accessible. This production is produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.
For more information, call ext. 2292.
CAMPUS CALENDAR
MONDAY, OCT. 27
Noon: Spanish language table, Dillin NW Alcove
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 29
Noon: German language table, Dillin
3 p.m.: Carrie Skuzeski ’15 “Exploring the New World and the Old,” 201 Riley
THURSDAY, OCT. 30
7 p.m.: Seeking Justice Project, “Behind Barbed Wire,” 201 Riley
7:30 p.m.: Janis Miglavs, “China: The New Wine Frontier,” 222 T.J. Day
FRIDAY, OCT. 31
3 p.m.: Japanese language table, 304 Walker
4 p.m.: Trick-or-treat tours, Fred Meyer Lounge, Riley Hall
6 p.m.: Swimming at NWC Relay Meet
7 p.m.: Volleyball at Whitman
SATURDAY, NOV. 1
10 a.m.: Cross country at NWC Championships
11 a.m.: Women’s soccer vs. George Fox
1 p.m.: Football vs. Willamette
1 p.m.: Swimming at NWC Sprint Meet
1:30 p.m.: Men’s soccer vs. Whitman
5 p.m.: Volleyball at Whitworth
7:30 p.m.: Albert Kim recital, Ice
SUNDAY, NOV. 2
11 a.m.: Women’s soccer vs. Puget Sound
1:30 p.m.: Men’s soccer vs. Whitworth
