DANIEL TO GIVE READING AT THE NICK
Award-winning author John Daniel will share his journey through life when he reads from a collection of personal essays, titled “The Far Corner: Northwestern Views on Land, Life and Literature.”
The reading will be held on Monday, Nov. 2, at 7:30 p.m., in the Austin Reading Room of Nicholson Library.
Daniel’s latest book explores subjects in the human and more-than-human worlds, in an attempt to understand and define his allegiances to home, country and life. These lyrical essays range from topics concerning his experience as an author, the biodiversity of Pacific Northwest forests and rivers, authors Ken Kesey and Wallace Stegner, and the mysteries of death.
Author of nine books of poetry, essays and a memoir, Daniel won the 2006 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award for “Rogue River Journal,” two Oregon Book Awards and a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. Daniel is also a former Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University and James Thurber Writer-in-Residence at Ohio State University.
STUDENT SAMPLER RECITAL PLANNED
Linfield College music students will present a Student Sampler Recital Tuesday, Nov. 3, at noon in the Delkin Recital Hall in the Vivian A. Bull Music Center.
The recital is being held in conjunction with the National Association of Schools of Music self-study accreditation visit. The recital will include a variety of music from several different students and ensembles. Student performers will include Tracy Beaver, cello; Cynthia Lester, flute; Andrew Pohl, baritone; and Heidi Vanden Bos, piano. Performances will also be presented by the Brass Quartet, Cello Ensemble, Saxophone Group, Marriage of Figaro (Mozart) Vocal Ensemble, 8-Hand Piano Ensemble, and Double Vision, Linfield’s jazz choir.
THEATRE TO LAUNCH ‘A DOLL’S HOUSE’
A new spin on a traditional play will create a unique viewing experience for theatre audiences at Linfield College.
“A Doll’s House” by Henrik Ibsen will be performed Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 5-7, and Nov. 12-14, at 8 p.m. in the Marshall Theatre in Ford Hall at Linfield. Another performance will be offered on Sunday, Nov. 8, at 2 p.m.
The actors will perform in a Victorian-style dollhouse, with the audience sitting on all four sides looking through the windows of the house. Ibsen wrote the play in 1879, and Frank
McGuiness later adapted it into a successful work embraced around the country. The play focuses on Nora, a woman who must reevaluate her marriage after the truth of her relationship with her husband is exposed. Nora’s determination to leave her husband and children created an uproar when it debuted and remains one of the most famous and scandalous dramas of the 19th century.
Janet Gupton will direct a cast of eight Linfield students. The cast ensemble includes Christopher Forrer, Caitlyn Olson, Bailey Maxwell, Andrew Purcell, Chris Lambert, Sharon Hagel, William DeBiccari and Jessica Learn. Also joining the cast are Hunter Svec-Orr and Jacob Harmon who play the Helmer children.
Tickets are $9 for full price; $7 for non-Linfield students, seniors, Linfield faculty and staff; and $5 for Linfield students. A $2 discount for all tickets will mark opening night. Tickets may be purchased at www.linfield.edu/culture then picked up at the box office on the night of the show. Tickets can also be purchased at the box office by phone. The box office is open Tuesday through Friday from 3 to 5 p.m., and until 8 p.m. on performance days and will be open Nov. 7, and Nov. 14, from 3 to 8 p.m., and from noon until 2 p.m. on Nov. 8.
EAST MEETS WEST IN MUSIC ENSEMBLE
Virtuoso string ensemble Red Chamber and world music artist Randy Raine-Reusch will perform Saturday, Nov. 7, at 7:30 p.m. in Ice Auditorium at Linfield College.
“Red Chamber: Secrets of the Chinese Court, Passions of the West” is free and the public is invited.
The ensemble stretches the boundaries of traditional Asian music with a spicy fusion that spans centuries, world cultures and musical genres. Its repertoire is inspired by ancient Chinese court music and blended with Balkan, gypsy, jazz, American old-time and bluegrass traditions, along with adventurous free-form music.
World music composer and performer Randy Raine-Reusch will appear as guest artist. An innovator interested in extending the boundaries of music, he has created distinct new styles on a number of world instruments from his collection of 700. The Red Chamber ensemble is led by Mei Han, a groundbreaking performer renowned for taking the plucked Chinese zheng in adventurous new directions.
The concert is co-sponsored by the Linfield Department of Music and the International Programs Office and made possible by the generosity of the Freeman Foundation. The foundation sponsors the China in McMinnville program to enhance Chinese culture and studies at Linfield.
For information call 503-883-2275.
FACULTY LEARNING COMMONS SET
Nils Lou, professor of art and visual culture, will present “Creative Play” at the Faculty Learning Commons on Monday, Nov. 2, at noon in the West Wing of Dillin Hall. The session will explore the creative experience and quantum state of play where the paradox of actively surrendering and conquering exists simultaneously.
PANEL DISCUSSION PLANNED
A panel discussion featuring alumni in the sports industry will be held Thursday, Nov. 5, at 4:30 p.m. in the Fred Meyer Lounge. Linfield alumni Alissa Leeper ‘02, Heather Sweeney ’01, both of Adidas, and Jennifer Wheeler Wilson ‘04 of Nike will talk about their careers and offer advice on how to break into the field. Cody Johns of the Generator Group, a sports marketing recruiting firm, will also speak.
TALK TO FOCUS ON LIBYAN TRADITIONS
Linfield College senior Nadia Abraibesh will discuss Libyan engagement, wedding and post-wedding traditions during “A Libyan Wedding,” Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 3 p.m. in Jonasson Hall.
Marriage is a tradition represented differently throughout each global community. In July 2008, Abraibesh experienced the cultural diversity of a wedding celebration in Benghazi, Libya. She was there for a month visiting her father’s family.
Throughout the program, Abraibesh will touch on her Libyan roots and the personal meaning of attending the event in Libya. In Libya, weddings are enormous celebrations with often 700 to 1000 women in attendance, said Abraibesh. Men have a separate party of their own and the event lasts for a week. For more information, call 503-883-2434 or email ipo@linfield.edu.
FRENCH WEEK PLANNED
The French Club will sponsor French Week Nov. 4-10, with different topics featured in Walker Hall each day.
Wednesday: French cuisine, with recipes and food
Thursday: Arts and crafts including painting, music and tapestry
Friday: Games, incuding board and card games and, weather permitting, “petanque” and “beret”
Saturday: French experience in Portland will include the French collection at the Portland Art Musuem, the Saint Honore French bakery and the “petanque” game with the Portland Bouligans in Jamison Square.
GUEST TUBIST TO ACCOMPANY BAND
The Linfield College Concert Band will perform with guest tuba soloist Tony Clements in a concert on Friday, Nov. 13, at 7:30 p.m. at McMinnville’s First Baptist Church.
The concert will tie the Linfield and McMinnville music communities together through the music direction of Joan Paddock, professor of music and director of instrumental activities at Linfield, and Jeff Hornick, director of instrumental music at McMinnville High School. Both will conduct the Linfield Concert Band, an instrumental ensemble of approximately 50 members who play woodwinds, brass and percussion.
Student musicians will perform alongside four McMinnville community members, as well as Clements, principal tubist of the San Jose Symphony.
Clements will perform the “Concertino for Tuba and Band” by Frank Bencriscutto. Other numbers on the program include “From Whom All Blessings Flow” by Ed Huckeby, “The Marching Song” by Gustav Holst, “Them Basses” by Getty Herschel Huffine, “Chant and Jubilo” by W. Francis McBeth and “Selections from Nightmare before Christmas” by Danny Elfman.
COMMUNITY NEWS
GLENN FORD, vice president for finance and administration, has been appointed to the Board of Trustees at the Willamette Valley Medical Center in McMinnville.
JESSICA WADE, community service coordinator, has been nominated by Commissioner Kathy George to Yamhill County’s Ending Homelessness Governing Committee (EHGC) as a representative of higher education for the next two years.
SANDY SOOHOO-REFAEI, associate director of International Programs, and MICHELE TOMSETH, assistant director of International Programs, represented Linfield in professional sessions at the NAFSA: Association of International Educators’ Region I Conference in Vancouver, Wash., Oct. 23. Soohoo-Refaei presented “Finding Your Path in International Education Five Career Perspectives” and “Creative Approaches to Maintaining Balance in Times of Stress,” and facilitated the networking and awards luncheon. Tomseth presented “Making Way for Curriculum Integration: The Successes and Challenges of Regional Internationalization Efforts.”
Linfield was represented at the Northwest Association of Student Affairs Professionals annual conference in Bend, Oct. 22-24. JEFF MACKAY, associate dean of students, was installed as the association president for next year and ISMAEL MEDA, administrative assistant for the Multicultural Programs Office, was elected as a member-at-large to the board. DELANE HEIN, area director and winner of last years’ McCreary award, gave the featured address at the closing ceremony. The conference also included a DAVE HANSEN salute. The presentation by Meda and CLAUDIA GARCIA, director of multicultural programs Portland Campus, “¡Yes we have! Effective strategies for creating and sustaining a diverse campus,” was selected as the top presentation at the conference.
FALL OPEN HOUSE
Admission will host a fall open house Monday, Nov. 9. For more information, call 503-883-2213.
CAMPUS CALENDAR
MONDAY, NOV. 2
Noon: Nils Lou, “Creative Play” West Wing, Dillin
7:30 p.m.: John Daniel reading, Austin Reading Room
TUESDAY, NOV. 3
Noon: Student Sampler Recital, Delkin Recital Hall
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 4
11:20 a.m.: Voices SoAn table, Dillin
Noon: German conversation table, Dillin
THURSDAY, NOV. 5
Noon: Chinese conversation table, Dillin
Noon: French conversation table, Dillin
4:30 p.m.: Alumni in the sports industry Fred Meyer Lounge.
Today through Sunday: “A Doll’s House,” Marshall Theatre
FRIDAY, NOV. 6
11 a.m.: Women’s soccer vs. George Fox
Noon: Spanish conversation table, Dillin
6 p.m.: Swimming at Whitman
7 p.m.: Volleyball at Lewis & Clark
SATURDAY, NOV. 7
11 a.m.: Women’s soccer at UPS
1 p.m.: Swimming at Whitworth
1:30 p.m.: Men’s soccer at Willamette
7 p.m.: Men’s basketball at Portland
7 p.m.: Volleyball vs. UPS
