Sept.
5, 2001
Seven programs will be featured
in 2001-2002 Lecture~Concert Series
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images of guest artists.
Arkansas State University’s 2001-2002 Lecture~Concert Series
features a tremendous line up of seven outstanding programs, according
to Dr. David Levenbach, chair of the university’s Lecture~Concert
Committee.
All of the programs in the series begin at 7:30 p.m., and admission is
free.
Hikaru Otsubo will open the series Thursday, Sept. 6, in
the Fowler Center Theatre. Otsubo will perform the Japanese dance
Butoh. The dance is from post-war Japan, making it one of the newest
forms of art from a culture with rich traditions in the arts.
Scott Ritter, a ballistic missile technology expert and former
United Nations arms inspector, will speak about "Lessons in
Leadership: Facing Down Iraq," on Monday, Sept. 24, in Riceland
Hall at Fowler Center. This program will be presented with the support
of the Department of Political Science.
Dr. Karen Drake, M.D., helped direct the medical team of more than
40 doctors and nurses in the delivery of septuplets, four boys and
three girls born to Bobbi and Kenny McCaughey of Des Moines, Iowa. She
will speak on Thursday, Oct. 11, in the ASU Museum, room 182. This is
a joint presentation with KASU-FM.
Musician Igor Begelman will perform on clarinet in Riceland
Hall at Fowler Center on Thursday, Oct. 25. Born in Kiev, the Ukraine,
the talented musician was named winner of the 2000 Avery Fisher Grant
and has received numerous awards and won many competitions. The
program will be presented with the support of the Department of Music.
Pianist Alon Goldstein will perform on Wednesday, Feb. 13, in
Riceland Hall at the Fowler Center. He has performed with many of the
world’s top orchestras and participated in music festivals all over
the world. Goldstein studied at the Peabody Conservatory of Music
under Leon Fleisher. This program is also supported by the Department
of Music.
Winona LaDuke will present "A Model for the Future: People,
Politics, Profit," on Monday, April 8, in Riceland Hall at Fowler
Center. An activist in Native American, environmental and women’s
issues, LaDuke brought an impressive record of accomplishments to the
Green Party ticket when she ran as its vice presidential candidate in
2000. Her program will be presented with the support of the College of
Communications, the Department of Criminology, Sociology, Social Work
and Geography, and the Department of English and Philosophy.
Blues musician Bobby Rush will end the series on Thursday,
April 11, in the Carl R. Reng Center Ballroom. Rush learned to play
guitar, bass and harmonica while living in Pine Bluff during his
teens, before moving to Chicago in the 1950s. He is the recipient of
numerous awards including the second annual "B.B. King Blues
Hero" award in 1998. This will be a joint presentation with the
Delta Blues Symposium VIII: The Sacred and the Secular.
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