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Spring is in the air. . . . There's music
everywhere... Fred Astaire Showcase performances are presentations by dance students who choose to develop a routine with their instructor. Selecting the song of their choice and working with the instructor to choreograph the appropriate dance, an original routine is fashioned. Students of all ages and levels of mastery find that the practice for showcase improves their technique, preparing many for future competitive events. In any case, the showcases are nothing less than spectacular! Wearing coordinated costumes and dancing to recorded music, the performer blends music, color, timing and partnership; all practiced to perfection. Each number runs about 3-4 minutes in length but reveals weeks of practice time. The showcase performances are offered 2-3 times a year, each with a new line-up of dances. Closing the showcase all the students and teachers do a finale number to great applause. Advance ticket sales at the studio are $7 per person until closing Friday, or $10 per person at the door. Seating is on a first-come basis. Plan to arrive early to secure a front parking place.
The Magic of Dance
"The Morality of Power" is a Spring, 2007 film series at Duke that presents five great films followed by refreshments and debates on ethical questions of war, racism, gender, torture and more. This screening of The Contender will be on Wednesday, April 4 at 7:00 p.m. The Contender will be shown in Griffith Film Theater in the Bryan Center on Duke's West Campus, as will all of the films in the series. Screenings are free and open to the general public. The series is presented by The Kenan Institute for Ethics and the Film/Video/Digital Program. The Contender (dir. Rod Lurie, 2000, 126 min, USA, English, Color, 35mm) is a tense potboiler that provides a realistic look at the high-pressure game of insider politics, with issues ripped from modern headlines - including the nature of political ideals and the national curiosity with leaders' sex lives. Joan Allen gives a stunning performance as the tough, idealistic vice presidential candidate, Laine Hanson, who stands by her principles no matter what the cost. The screenintg will be followed by refreshments and a discussion with Professor Peter Euben and Melanie Mitchell of the Kenan Institute for Ethics on the politics of privacy, and more.
The Morality of Power - The
Contender
The West Triangle and Wake County Chapters of the United Nations Association of the USA (UNA-USA) are pleased to announce a conference on Human Rights, An Endangered Concept: The United Nations and the Advancement of Human Rights, on Saturday, April 14, 9:00a.m. - 5:00p.m. at Mckimmon Center, NC State University, 1101 Gorman St, Raleigh. Although many people have heard of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, many are unfamiliar with the fact that numerous treaties and conventions have been created and ratified which specify in detail particular types of human rights. Fewer still may be aware that the convention on the rights of children has been ratified by all but two U.N. member nations: Somalia and the United States. Similarly, the United States has yet to ratify the convention dealing with the economic rights of workers. This should be an important and stimulating conference on a subject that is of major concern to all of us and has been much in the news in recent times. There will be breakout sessions on Political Rights, Women's Rights, Economic Rights, Children's Rights, Religious Rights, Migrants Rights, Racial & Ethnic Rights, and Human Rights in an Age of Terror. Conference participation, including lunch and coffe breaks, is $30.00 ($15.00 for a half day). Registration and Refreshments will be at 8:00 a.m., and the Keynote Address at 9:00 a.m. Further information, including conference details and registration forms, can be found at http://nchumanrights.org or contact Dr. Charles S. Green, III by email or phone, (919)-545-0941, for a program and registration form by postal mail. Registration forms are also available at the Bishop's House.
Human Rights, An Endangered
Concept
The Friends of the Durham Library will have its Spring 2007 Book Sale Friday, April 13 through Sunday, April 15. Following a March 6 fire that destroyed the group’s storage shed, hundreds of people have responded with a fresh supply of donations that should make the book sale a huge success. The sale begins with members-only shopping from 4 to 7 p.m. on Friday, April 13; memberships are available at the door. Everyone is welcome to shop from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 14, and from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 15. The Friends Book Sale always features thousands of books, audiobooks, CDs and videos. The sale takes place in the auditorium, garage and tents set up on the property of the Main Library, 300 N. Roxboro St. in downtown Durham. Far from being a “fire sale,” the fund-raiser will feature thousands of newly donated items, including children’s books and nicer fiction and coffee table-style books, according to co-chairs Jane Goodridge and Carol Ann Walters. Many individuals, and even some publishing companies, have donated brand-new books for the sale. Shoppers will find paperbacks starting at 50 cents and hardbacks at $1. On Sunday, most fiction and nonfiction is $7 per bag. A favorite of book lovers and bargain hunters alike is the collection of books in gift-giving condition that are individually priced drastically below retail value.
Durham Library Friends Book Sale
Dr. George Gopen, who teaches the "T.S. Eliot and Music" course at OLLI will be reading "The Four Quartets" by Eliot in the Duke Chapel on April 17 at 7:30 p.m. This should be a beautiful event-- the poem is quite fitting of the atmosphere of the Chapel, Dr. Gopen is a wonderful reader, and there will be a short performance of one of Beethoven's quartets just before the reading. The event is free and open to the public and is sponsored by the Self Knowledge Symposium.
The Four Quartets
The Magic of Dance - a showcase of
dance performers
The Morality of Power - The
Contender
Human Rights, An Endangered
Concept
Durham Library Friends Book
Sale
The Four Quartets
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