Issue date: 4/23/07 Section: Arts

COMPLETE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED)
Wednesday at 7 pm at McCormack
All of the 60-some-odd plays that master playwright William Shakespeare wrote in his lifetime are condensed into this one play. The comedies, the histories, the problem plays, they are all here. All of that complexity is boiled down into this one short play performed by only three actors. Kings, lovers, generals, emperors, death, war, debauchery, it is all rolled up into one neat (okay not so neat) ball. On April 25, the Performing Arts Department will present the play in the McCormack Theater at 7 p.m.

Photo from Center for Puppetry Arts Museum

VIETNAMESE WATER PUPPETS Thursday at noon on the Terrace Originated thousands of years ago, Roi nuoc, or Vietnamese water puppetry, is a time-honored way of storytelling in the Southeast Asian nation. Traditional folk stories and tales of rural life are presented in a waist deep pool of water, the water serving as the stage. Using elaborate puppets carved from wood, stories of Vietnamese farmers and their daily grind have been perfected for centuries. A Vietnamese orchestra, bells, drums, flutes, cymbals, and fiddles, performs customary music that supplements the show and adds to the pastoral Asian atmosphere. Vietnamese Water puppetry will be performed on the Campus Center Terrace on April 26 from 12-1 p.m.

REDEFINING RACE Tuesday at 2:30 pm in the Ballroom Malinda Maynor Lowery, an assistant professor of history at Harvard University, will present a lecture on the identity of Native Americans in the Southeastern US. Lowery was the producer of three films on the on Native American issues, "In the Light of Reverence," "Sounds of Faith" and "Real Indian." Her films have been shown at on PBS and at the Sundance Film Festival. The lecture will conclude with a screening of her award-winning documentary "Real Indian," which concerns Lumbee identity and culture. Campus Center Ballroom.

SACCO AND VANZETTI and the Death Penalty Tuesday at 4 pm in the Ballroom On the afternoon of April 15, 1920 at a shoe factory in South Braintree, a security guard and paymaster were shot and killed in a robbery that resulted in the theft of $15,766.51. Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were arrested, tried and convicted for the crimes, resulting in their executions by electric chair on August 23, 1927. Their guilt and the validity of their execution has been questioned ever since, anti-death penalty activists holding them up as martyrs to the present time. On April 24 a documentary called "Sacco and Vanzetti" will be screened followed by a symposium on "The Death Penalty and Social Media: How Social Agents and Filmmakers Come Together," featuring the film's producer Peter Miller.

DOCUMENTING CITIES Friday from 12 to 5 pm at Healey Library This is a multimedia lecture on the exploration and mapping of cities around the world in today's technological age. From 12:30-5 p.m. on the 11th floor of the Healey Library, the Research Center for Urban Cultural History will present this hypermedia conference that is free and open to the public. Cities highlighted include Berlin, Boston, Amsterdam and Zagreb. The conference will conclude with a roundtable discussion with UMass Boston history professor Malcolm Smuts. Healey Library, 11th Floor.

Photo from RCUCH

Photo from 20th Century Fox

UMASS BOSTON'S 9TH ANNUAL GOOD NEIGHBOR DAY Want to help out a little? Make the world a better place for one single day? Then take part in UMass Boston's Annual Good Neighbor Day. Students, faculty, and staff are welcomed to participate by donating three hours of their time to assist at project sites around Columbia Point. Plant gardens, paint shelters, prepare meals for AIDS patients, you could do all of it, you could make someone's day a little brighter with just a few hours of your time. The day will end with pizza, an ice cream social, and time for reflection for all participants. Morning and afternoon shifts are available, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1-4 p.m.

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Monday, April 23rd
1:15pm - 2:30pm Gerontology Colloquium
Series
"Targeting Older Adults at Risk of Adverse Events during Hospitalization:
Development of the Pre-Hospital Risk Index Profile." Barbara S. Roberge, RN,
PhD, Mass General Hospital Munn Nursing Research Center & Geriatric Nurse
Practitioner MGH Senior Health Practice. Wheatley, 3rd floor Room125. For more
information please contact Robert Geary at Robert.Geary@umb.edu2:30pm - Roundtable Discussion
A group of area youth, business leaders, educators, policy makers and community
members discuss elevating the education of children from diverse backgrounds.
Moderated by Charles Desmond of the Trefler Foundation. Healey Library, Media
Conference Room, Lower Level.  For more information or to RSVP please
contact Yvonne Gomes-Santos at yvonne.gomes-santos@umb.edu

5:30pm - McCormack Graduate School
"No Margin for Error: Disadvantage and Success in the Immigrant Second
Generation," a lecture by Alejandro Portes of Princeton University, Wood
Visiting Professor at the McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies. RSVP:
events@umb.edu

Tuesday, April 24th
8:00am - 6pm - McCormack Graduate School Student
Conference
Social Inequality and Public Policy Conference.  Keynote address on
immigration by Alejandro Portes.  A conference organized by the students in
the Public Policy PhD program showcasing student research.  A networking
opportunity - open and free for all.  For more info and to register please
visit: http://www.publicpolicy.umb.edu/Soc_Ineq_Conf.HTM

Wednesday, April 25th
11:00am-2:00pm - Health Fair
University Health Services Fair, offering information about a variety of
traditional and complimentary approaches to health and wellness, from
acupuncture to yoga. First floor terrace, Campus Center.  For more
information: http://www.umbwellness.org/spring_into_wellness_at_umb__at.htm

4:00pm - Raise Your Voice
"Access to Higher Education: Leading the Way", with Bridgewater State College
President and gubernatorial Special Advisor for Education Dana Mohler-Faria. It
will be a town-meeting style gathering in which Boston public high school
administrators and students, and local government officials, will discuss
equality of access to higher education.  For more information or to RSVP
please contact Jain Ruvidich-Higgins at j.ruvidich-higgins@umb.edu.


Thursday, April 26th
12:00pm - 1:00pm - Performance
"Vietnamese Water Puppets," performed in a chest-deep pool of water, with the
water's surface serving as the stage. Director Chu Luong's water puppetry is
famous and highly appreciated all over the world. First Floor Terrace, Campus
Center

1:00pm - Lecture and Discussion
Latinos in New England, a recently published collection exploring unknown and
neglected areas within Latino, ethnic and urban studies, will be discussed by
its editor, Andres Torres of the City University of New York. Sponsored by the
Gaston Institute. Campus Center, third floor, room 3540. For more information or
to RSVP please contact Paloma Britt at paloma.britt@umb.edu

4:00pm - College of Management
A Master Class, with Perry Traquina, president, CEO, and managing partner of
Wellington Management Company LLP. Sponsored by the College of Management. RSVP
at events@umb.edu

4:00pm - Lecture and Book Signing
"Civil Rights, Black Power, and Women's Liberation: A Retro-Pro-Spective".
Bettina Aptheker, professor of Feminist Studies at the University of California,
Santa Cruz has been a leading activist in major movements for social change
including the Free Speech Movement in Berkeley, the antiwar movement, and the
Angela Davis trial.  Talk will be followed by a reception and book signing
of her latest book "Intimate Politics: How I Grew Up Red, Fought for Free
Speech, and Became a Feminist Rebel".  Room UL 200, Campus Center


Friday, April 27th
8:00am - UMass Boston Good Neighbor
Day
Help out the community by partaking in day-long projects like painting shelters,
planting gardens, preparing meals for AIDS patients, and sorting food for a food
bank. For more information or to rsvp please contact Jain Ruvidich-Higgins at
j.ruvidich-higgins@umb.edu

12:30pm - 5:00pm - Documenting
Cities
This one-day conference will look at four digital mapping and hypermedia
archival projects. Sponsored by the Research Center for Urban Cultural History.
Healey Library, 11th floor. For more information please contact Elizabeth Fay at
Elizabeth.Fay@umb.edu or visit www.rcuch.umb.edu/events/index.html

7:30pm - College of Liberal Arts
The UMass Boston Chamber Orchestra, performing Beethoven's Symphony No. 4 and
works of Holst, Laisné, and Vaughan Williams. Presented by the Performing Arts
Department of the College of Liberal Arts. RSVP at events@umb.edu

Saturday, April 28th
12:00pm - 3:00pm - Campus Spring
Picnic
A picnic for everyone who works at UMass Boston (loved ones are welcome
too).  Taking place outside and inside the Clark Athletic Center.  All
activities are free.  For more information contact humanresources@umb.edu


6:00pm - The Annual Scholarship Gala,
with a wine-tasting, a silent auction, dinner, and entertainment by Tony Award
nominee and Lion King star Tsidii Le Loka. For sponsorship and ticket
information, please call 617.287.5389 or email john.hayes@umb.edu.

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