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November 10, 2005

SMU EVENTS: NOV. 13 — NOV. 19

November 13

  • Concert: “Fall Dance Concert,” presented by the SMU Meadows Dance Ensemble, 2 p.m., SMU Owen Arts Center, Bob Hope Theatre, 6101 Bishop Blvd. $12 adult, $9 senior, $6 SMU faculty/staff/students. For more information, call 214-768-2787.
  • Concert: “Music in the Meadows,” presented by the Meadows Museum and the Division of Music at SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts; a variety of musical genres showcase outstanding performers in instrumental and vocal music, 3 p.m., Meadows Museum, 5900 Bishop Blvd. Free and open to the public. For more information, call 214-768-2516.

November 13 and November 17-20

  • Main Stage Series: “Three Sisters,” written by Anton Chekhov, directed by Professor Rhonda Blair, SMU Division of Theatre, Meadows School of the Arts. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. Greer Garson Theatre, 6100 Hillcrest Avenue, $12 adult, $9 senior, $6 SMU faculty/staff/students. For more information, call 214-768-2787.

November 13 - December 3

  • Exhibition: “John Lincoln: The New York and Paris Drawings,” Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday; 11a.m.- 5 p.m., Saturday 1 p.m.- 5 p.m., SMU’s Pollock Gallery, Hughes-Trigg Student Center, 3140 Dyer Street. Free and open to the public. For more information, call 214-768-4439.

November 14

  • The Godbey Lecture Series: “Jane Austen and the Classroom of Manners,” Michael Holahan, associate professor of English, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Maggiano’s,
    205 NorthPark Ctr., Dallas. Cost: $96 for members, $121 for nonmembers, includes lunch. Series concludes Monday, November 21. For more information, call Judy King at 214-768-2532.
  • Raggio Endowed Lecture Series: "Women in the 21st Century: The Balancing Act," featuring Anna Quindlen novelist, social critic and Newsweek columnist.
    8 p.m., Hughes-Trigg Student Center Theater, 3140 Dyer Street. Tickets are $25 each. For more information, call Suzy Brack at 214-768-8283.

November 14 - December 9

  •  Exhibition: “A Heavenly Craft: The Woodcut in Early Printed Books,”
    Monday- Friday 8-5 p.m. and Saturday 10-5 p.m., Elizabeth Perkins Prothro Galleries, SMU’s Bridwell Library, 6005 Bishop Blvd. Free and open to the public. For more information, call Dennis Maust at 214-768-3483.

November 15

  • Concert: Meadows Jazz Ensemble presents an evening of big band favorites. 8 p.m., SMU Owen Arts Center, Bob Hope Theatre, 6101 Bishop Blvd. Free and open to the public. For more information, call 214-768-1951.
     
  •  The Tate Lecture Series: ”Eliot Spitzer,” New York state attorney general, 8 p.m., SMU McFarlin Auditorium, 6405 Boaz Lane, Cost: Tickets $ 40- 60. For more information, call Suzy Brack at (214) 768-8283.

November 16- 20

  • Margo Jones Series: “Slaughter City,” written by Naomi Wallace, directed by guest artist David Denson, 8 p.m. Thursday- Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday matinee. SMU Owen Arts Center, Margo Jones Theatre, 6101 Bishop Blvd. Tickets $12 adult, $9 senior, $6 SMU faculty/staff/students. For more information, call 214-768-2787.

November 17- November 27

  •  Exhibition: “Drawing from Life: Steve Mumford in Iraq, 2003-2004,” SMU’s Meadows Museum, 5900 Bishop Blvd. Daytime ticket prices: $8 per person for ages 12 and up; free on Thursday nights after 5 p.m.; always free for members, SMU faculty/staff/students and children under 12. For more information, call 214-768-2516.

November 17

  •  Alessandra Comini Lecture Series in Art History: “Propaganda Laboratories: Artists, Magazines, and War in Spain 1936-1939,” featuring Professor Jordana Mendelson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 5:30 p.m., SMU’s Meadows Museum, Smith Auditorium, 5900 Bishop Blvd. Free; however tickets are required. For more information, call 214-768-2516.

November 18

  •  Concert: “The Creative Imagination” featuring the Meadows Symphony Orchestra. 8 p.m., SMU Owen Arts Center, Caruth Auditorium, 6101 Bishop Blvd. Tickets $12 adult, $9 senior, $6 SMU faculty/staff/students. For more information, call 214-768-2787.

November 18-19

  •  Film Festival: “ Second Annual Japanese Film Festival,” presented by SMU Japan Club. Feature films include Sumo Do Sumo Don't, Crying Out Love in the Center of the World, Go and Steamboy. 6:30 p.m., Dallas Hall, third floorMcCord Auditorium, 3225 University Boulevard. Free and open to the public. For more information, call 214-468-3143.

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