Our November calendar is chock-full of great events, including “poolside” theater, music on the porch, and lectures by Holden Thorp, Julian Bond and Stuart Eizenstat. Highlights and links below.
Nov. 1: Graduate Education Summit. Leaders in higher education and government will discuss the future of graduate education. 3 p.m. Sonja Haynes Stone Center. http://gradschool.unc.edu/
Nov. 1: Guest Artist Recital featuring Timothy Holley on cello. 8 p.m. Person Recital Hall. http://music.unc.edu
Nov. 2-Dec. 8: PlayMakers presents two plays in repertory with an on-stage pool playing a major role — The Tempest and Metamorphoses. https://college.unc.edu/2013/10/17/rep/
Nov. 2: Guest Artist Recital featuring John Perry on piano: Works by Mozart, Debussy, Chopin and Beethoven. 8 p.m. Hill Hall Auditorium. ($15 general admission; $10 UNC students, faculty and staff) http://music.unc.edu
Nov. 3: Former UNC chancellor Holden Thorp discusses the state of humanities in higher education for the Adams Lecture. 4 p.m. School of Social Work, Tate-Turner-Kuralt Auditorium. https://college.unc.edu/2013/10/10/adamslecture/
Nov. 4: Is Rape Different at College? A roundtable discussion featuring Ada Gregory of the Women’s Center at Duke, Christi Hurt of the Carolina Women’s Center and Robert Pleasants of Campus Health Services. 4 p.m. Hyde Hall. sweet@unc.edu
Nov. 4: Music on the Porch with Alice Gerrard and Friends. 5:30 p.m. Center for the Study of the American South. Love House and Hutchins Forum. http://south.unc.edu
Nov. 4: Global Research Institute presents UNC alum Greg Allgood, vice president of World Vision, which works to provide clean drinking water in the developing world. 5:30 p.m. Nelson Mandela Auditorium, FedEx Global Education Center. http://global.unc.edu
Nov. 5: Film Screening: The Act of Killing, and discussion with Leslie Dwyer and Degung Santikarma of George Mason University. 5 p.m. film; 8 p.m. discussion. Nelson Mandela Auditorium, FedEx Global Education Center. ambraun@live.unc.edu http://theactofkilling.com
Nov. 6: Art for Lunch: Sahmat, Tolerance and Free Expression. With Gene Nichol of the UNC School of Law. 12 noon. Free. Ackland Art Museum. RSVP requested. http://ackland.org/
Nov. 7: America’s Drug Wars in Mexico: Just Say No. A talk with Laura Carlsen, a political analyst and writer in Mexico. 5:30 p.m. FedEx Global Education Center 4003. http://isa.unc.edu/
Nov. 7: Eve Marie Carson Lecture Series and the Hillard Gold ’39 Lecture Series present Ping Fu, Inc. Magazine’s 2005 Entrepreneur of the Year. 5:30 p.m. McColl Building, Koury Auditorium. http://honors.unc.edu
Nov. 7: Masha Gessen, Russia’s leading LGBT rights activist, speaks on the Rise of Radical Family Values in Russia. 5:30 p.m. Nelson Mandela Auditorium, FedEx Global Education Center. ali.lgbtrightsrep.unc@gmail.com
Nov. 7: Black Blocs and Rebellion in Brazil. Three participants in the Brazilian uprisings will share video, eye-witness testimony and lessons from the front line of resistance. 6 p.m. Hanes Art Center 121. http://isa.unc.edu/
Nov. 7: Laura Ashe of Worcester College in Oxford discusses, Writing in the Age of Magna Carta. 6 p.m. Hamilton Hall 569. http://mems.unc.edu
Nov. 8: Mischa Honeck of the German Historical Institute discusses, For the Preservation of German Honor and Manhood: Gender and the German-American War for the Union. 4 p.m. Hyde Hall. http://www.unc.edu/ncgs
Nov. 8 and 9: UNC Opera Scenes: The Orpheus Diaries, a scholarship benefit concert. 8 p.m. Hill Hall Auditorium. ($10 general admission; $5 UNC students, faculty and staff) http://music.unc.edu
Nov. 10: Take Two Tour: Sahmat in Depth: Activism and Art, with Susan Harbage Page of women’s and gender studies and Carolyn Allmendinger of the Ackland. 2 p.m. Ackland Art Museum. http://ackland.org/
Nov. 11: Veteran’s Day Ceremony. 11:11 a.m. Carolina Alumni Memorial, on Cameron Avenue between Phillips and Memorial Halls, with guest speaker Brigadier Gen. John Hort ’83.
Nov. 11: The Carolina Economics Club presents, Arts and Economics, with Michael Watts of Purdue University. 3:30 p.m. Ackland Art Museum. geethav@email.unc.edu
Nov. 11: Music on the Porch. Julian Hasse Quartet: Argentian Tango Night with David Garcia, Charanga Carolina and Dancers. 5:30 p.m. Person Hall. http://isa.unc.edu/
Nov. 12: Energy and Environment Lunch with Cari Boyce, vice president of environmental and energy policy for Duke Energy. 12:30 p.m. Dey Hall Toy Lounge, fourth floor. Lunch served; RSVP required, mchall@email.unc.edu.
Nov. 12: Diversity in Higher Education: The American Indian Experience, Best Practices for Success. College panel participants include historian Malinda Maynor Lowery and American studies associate professor Chris Teuton. 3 p.m. Dey Hall Toy Lounge, fourth floor. Registration required. http://diversity.unc.edu/education/diversity-seminar
Nov. 12: Human Rights and Mining in Northern Colombia. Worker and environmental rights organizer Anibal Perez will speak. 6 p.m. Dey Hall 306. http://isa.unc.edu/
Nov. 13: Solidarity Filmmaking on Palestine: A Conversation and Film Screening with Nick Denes of the Palestine Film Foundation and the London Palestine Film Festival. 6 p.m. Kresge Foundation Common Room 039, Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence in Graham Memorial. yaqub@email.unc.edu
Nov. 14: Hutchins Lecture by Jesse Aleman: A Cuban Woman’s Confederate War Stories. 4:30 p.m. Kresge Foundation Common Room 039, Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence in Graham Memorial. http://south.unc.edu
Nov. 14: Thomas A. Schwartz of Vanderbilt University discusses Rock Star Diplomacy: Henry Kissinger, the Media and the Politics of American Foreign Policy. 4 p.m. Hamilton Hall 569. k.larres@unc.edu
Nov. 14: The School that Jack Built: Alumni panel discusses the origins of UNC’s city and regional planning department, which is featured in a new book. 5:30 p.m. Gerrard Hall. http://planning.unc.edu/jack
Nov. 14: Katja Schmitz-von Ledebur of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna will discuss, Habsburg Treasures: Renaissance Tapestries Made for Kings and Emperors, for the Bettie Allison Rand Lecture in Art. 5:30 p.m. Hanes Art Center. http://art.unc.edu
Nov. 14: Tempest in the Philippines: A panel of experts discuss the global crisis of Typhoon Haiyan. 7:30 p.m. FedEx Global Education Center. Nelson Mandela Auditorium. http://carolinaasiacenter.unc.edu
Nov. 15: Susan Bean, emeritus curator of the Peabody Essex Museum, discusses, Things Fall Apart: Emphemerality, Museums and Indian Visual Culture. 3 p.m. Ackland Art Museum. Reception to follow. http://art.unc.edu
Nov. 15: Fred and Gail Fearing Jazz for a Friday afternoon, featuring vocalist Kate McGarry. 4 p.m. Kenan Music Building. http://music.unc.edu
Nov. 15-16: Process Series: The Box. A piece by New York City artist Carmelita Tropicana. 8 p.m. Swain Hall Studio 6. http://processseries.unc.edu
Nov. 16: Interactive Theater Workshop. A performance by local theater-for-social-change troupe Theater Delta, focusing on issues of classism, plus a participatory workshop led by Interactive Theatre Carolina. Tied to the Sahmat exhibit. 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Ackland Art Museum. $25; free for UNC students with OneCard. http://ackland.org/
Nov. 16: UNC Jazz Band scholarship benefit concert with vocalist Kate McGarry. 8 p.m. Kenan Music Building. ($10 general admission; $5 UNC faculty, staff and students) http://music.unc.edu
Nov. 17: Music in the Galleries: UNC Sangeet, which performs traditional Indian classical music. John Caldwell of Asian studies will host the event. 2 p.m. Free. Ackland Art Museum. http://ackland.org/
Nov. 18: Carolina Asia Center Visiting Scholar Eugene Ford: Understanding Theravada Buddhism’s Role in the Cold War: National, Regional and Global Approaches. 12:15 p.m. FedEx Global Education Center 3009. ambraun@live.unc.edu
Nov. 18: Brown the New Black: Ethnic Labor Replacement in New Immigrant Destinations. A talk by Laura Lopez-Sanders, assistant professor of sociology at UNC. 5:30 p.m. FedEx Global Education Center 4003. http://isa.unc.edu/
Nov. 18: Stuart Eizenstat discusses The Future of Jews: How Global Forces are Impacting the Jewish People, Israel and its Relationship with the United States. Eizenstat ’64, held senior positions in three presidential administrations. 7:30 p.m. Friday Center. http://jewishstudies.unc.edu/
Nov. 19: Carolyn Eisenberg of Hofstra University discusses Nixon, Kissinger and the National Security State: Cold War Lessons for the post-Cold War World. 4 p.m. Hamilton Hall 569. k.larres@unc.edu
Nov. 19: Timothy B. and Jane A. Burnett Seminar for Academic Achievement, a free seminar focused on successful strategies for young adults with ADHD/LD. 1 to 4:30 p.m. George Watts Hill Alumni Center. Preregistration encouraged. https://college.unc.edu/2013/10/25/learningdisability/
Nov. 19: Civil rights pioneer Julian Bond to discuss Civil Rights, Then and Now. 7 p.m. Sonja Haynes Stone Center. https://college.unc.edu/2013/10/25/julianbond/
Nov. 21: Jeff Williams Lecture: Contemporary American Fiction and Generation Jones. 4 p.m. Institute for the Arts and Humanities. Hyde Hall, University Room. http://iah.unc.edu
Nov. 21: Voices of Young Jordanian Women: Speaking the Unspeakable, a lecture by Rula Quawas of the University of Jordan. 6:15 p.m. Nelson Mandela Auditorium, FedEx Global Education Center. yaqub@email.unc.edu
Nov. 21: Carolina Choir and UNC Chamber Singers scholarship benefit concert, featuring the world premiere of Isaiah by Stephen Anderson. 7:30 p.m. Hill Hall Auditorium. ($10 general admission; $5 UNC faculty, staff and students) http://music.unc.edu
Nov. 22: Spanish in Texas Project: From Bilingual Speakers to Contact-Induced Change. With Barbara E. Bullock and Almeida Jacqueline Toribio of the University of Texas at Austin. 4 p.m. FedEx Global Education Center 4003. http://isa.unc.edu/
Nov. 24: Heroes, Horror and Hunger: The Battle of Leipzig in October 1813, Experiences and Memories. A North Carolina German Studies Seminar with UNC’s Karen Hagemann. 5 p.m. Hyde Hall. http://www.unc.edu/ncgs
Nov. 25: UNC Symphony Orchestra scholarship benefit concert with Louise Toppin, soprano. 7:30 p.m. Memorial Hall. ($15 general admission; $10 UNC faculty, staff and students) http://music.unc.edu
Nov. 26: UNC Wind Ensemble and UNC Symphony Band scholarship benefit concert. 7:30 p.m. Memorial Hall. ($15 general admission; $10 UNC faculty, staff and students) http://music.unc.edu
