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latina filmmaker will focus on images of real women On Thursday, April 22, at 7 pm in Collins Cinema, Josephina Lopez will focus on “Images of Real Women,” a film and lecture sponsored by Mezcla and other campus organizations. The event is designed to shed a humorous and empathetic light on the challenges and frustrations that many young Latinas face as they leave home to go to college. “Josefina Lopez calls attention to the conflicts that Latina adolescents from traditional families face today,” notes Nancy Genero, psychology. “Through her film, Real Women Have Courage, we learn about the strong ties that exist among Latino families and the value they place on mutual loyalty and support. On the other hand, Lopez also shows how these same values can make it very difficult for many Americanized young Latinas to leave their families to attend college. Her work is inspiring because she celebrates the Latino love of family while offering insights into the struggles of Latina adolescents who are making life choices that differ markedly from their parents’. Ms. Lopez does a great job of balancing the strengths of traditional Latino family life with the challenges of personal choice and independence.” Lopez, who grew up in the barrios of Boyle Heights in Los Angeles, credits the vibrant cultures that surrounded her with the inspiration to write about the lives of Latino women and men. An author with more than 40 professional productions to her credit, her films include Simply Maria, Or the American Dream and Confessions of Women from East L.A. She is the co-screenwriter of the movie version of Real Women Have Curves for HBO, which won the Audience Award and a Special Jury for Acting at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival. For more information, call x2958. big moves: talking about size diversity in dance “Fat and Graceful: Marina Wolf’s Big Moves,” a lecture sponsored by the student organization SOFAT (Students Organizing for Fat Acceptance Together) will show that dancers come in all sizes. The event takes place Wednesday, April 21, at 7 pm in Science Center Room 377. Wolf is the founder and national director of Big Moves, the nation’s only organization dedicated to increasing size diversity in dance. She will talk about her work with Big Moves and her experiences as a professional larger dancer, choreographer, producer and dance instructor. “SOFAT is committed to dispelling the taboos and negative connotations culturally associated with the word ‘fat,’” said event organizer Diem Do ’05. “We strive to complete this goal by raising awareness of fatness as a normal and natural bodily state, versus the popular misconception of fat as a curable ‘disease’ that exists due to the affected individual’s improper diet or lifestyle. We hope to create a size-friendly space on our campus for people of all sizes.” Wolf and her organization commission works that use the unique strengths of larger dancers and produce events that feature them. She teaches classes and workshops that cover dances from hip hop to tap to modern to burlesque, all including extensive education of size acceptance and weight diversity issues. In June, Wolf plans to launch a Boston branch of Big Moves, with teacher training beginning this fall. For more information, e-mail ddo@wellesley.edu. From April 21-23, Slater International Center will host a Silent Auction for Afghanistan Relief. The auction benefits the SPARKS academy in Kabul, Afghanistan, an independent, co-ed school that selects students based on merit and grants scholarships. “This academy has already changed the lives of many Afghan kids by providing them with the opportunity to study in an enriching and welcoming environment,” said Paulina Ponce de Leon Barido ’05, who last summer completed an internship at the school. Anyone can donate an item, which will be showcased during those three days. Once items are sold, donors receive a receipt for tax purposes. Buyers are welcome to peruse the items and make a bid. Highest bidders will be notified on the last day of the auction. For more information, call x7485. economics expert tackles the budget deficit The Department of Economics and Professor Emeritus Marshall Goldman will present “Is the Government’s Budget Deficit a Serious Problem? And If So, What Should Be Done About It,” a lecture by Benjamin M. Friedman, the William Joseph Maier Professor of Political Economy at Harvard, on Monday, April 26, at 8 pm in Pendleton East 239. Friedman’s research and writing focus on economic policy and the role of the financial markets in shaping how monetary and fiscal policies affect overall economic activity. He is currently working on a new book on the moral consequences of economic growth. Friedman’s best-known book is Day of Reckoning: The Consequences of American Economic Policy Under Reagan and After, which received the George S. Eccles Prize, awarded annually by Columbia University for excellence in writing about economics. For more information, call x2154. culinary mysteries are on the menu The Friends of the Library will present a reception and book talk, “Women of Mystery,” Sunday, April 25, at 2:30 pm (program at 3:15) in Collins Cinema. The event features two authors of culinary mysteries whose protagonists mix mystery with catering, Katherine Hall Page, Wellesley Class of 1969, and Diane Mott Davidson ’70; the event is moderated by Phyllis Meras ’53, former editor of the Wellesley magazine and author of Carry Out Cuisine. Here’s how alumna Georgia B. Barnhill ’66 describes the duo: “(Davidson’s) latest novel, Chopping Spree, features the kind of cooking term with which she begins many titles...Like Page, Davidson intersperses her text with mouthwatering recipes the caterer prepares for her clients. Her newest novel, Double Shot, centers on plagiarism. A resident of Lincoln, Mass., Page has written 14 novels in her The Body in the… series. Her first novel, The Body in the Belfry, won the prestigious Agatha Award for Best First Novel. Page’s work has also been nominated for Agatha Awards....(and) Mystery Writers of America recently nominated Page for the 2004 Mary Higgins Clark Award.” For more information, call x2872. a writer’s life took her from brooklyn to paris “From Brooklyn to Paris: A Writer’s Life” will be presented by author Janet McDonald on Tuesday, April 20, at 4:30 pm in Pendleton East 239. McDonald will read from her work, which includes her memoir, Project Girl, as well as three of her award-winning Young Adult novels. She has appeared on Rosie O’Donnell’s talk show, in Oprah magazine and on Ira Glass’s “This American Life” program. McDonald went from the projects in Brooklyn to Vassar to NYU School of Law and Columbia School of Journalism; she was admitted to the bar in Paris and practiced international corporate law before she began writing. “I met her on a plane trip between San Francisco and Honolulu last December,” says Esther Iwanaga of Wellesley’s Writing Program. “Once we found out we both had majored in French and love Paris, we talked almost nonstop.” McDonald’s appearance is part of the Writing Program’s Series on Nonfiction Writers and is sponsored by the Africana Studies and Education Departments. For more information, call x2480. eleanor delorme, art, has been awarded first prize by the International Napoleonic Society for her book, Josephine: Napoleon’s Incomparable Empress in the society’s 2003 competition. The notification letter to DeLorme singles out “the quality of your publication, especially in the area of research, originality, style, and analysis.” The award includes a generous honorarium. The awards committee is composed of the foremost authorities in the field of Napoleonic studies. “I was most grateful that they thought I had interpreted the mass of military, political and social material correctly, and that they appreciated the 35 years’ research carried out principally in France in national and private archives,” said DeLorme, who has taught the arts of France in museums and universities for many years and has published numerous articles on the subject, including two books, with another to be published by the Getty Museum in 2005. She was elected a Fellow of the International Napoleonic Society two years ago. joh kokubo, College Club, has been named its executive chef. He has served as interim executive chef since August, a position he held when he first came to the job as well. A graduate of the French Culinary Institute in New York City, he particularly enjoys French cooking “because it’s structured and organized,” he said. “I like to start with French basics and try new ideas and variations on the classics.” michèle respaut, French, was invited to be the main speaker at the Annual Humanities Lecture at Virginia Commonwealth University. Her talk was entitled “A Fascination with Bodies: The Doctor’s Malady.” She also spoke on the Grand Rounds panel on “Patients and Doctors: Writing Illness in Beauvoir, Tolstoy and Kafka.”
patriots’ day. administrative holiday. boston marathon. Begins at noon. english tutoring. 6-8 pm, PLTC Small Conference Room. Info: x2480. meditation. 7-8 pm, meditation room, lower chapel. Sponsor: Buddhist Community. Info: x2793. rivdan. (Begins at sundown; through May 2). Baha’i tradition. yom hashoah. Holocaust Remembrance Day. 9 am-9 pm. Wellesley Hillel observes with name-reading ceremony. Houghton Chapel Lawn. meditation. 8:30-9 am, meditation room, lower chapel. Sponsor: Buddhist Community. Info: x2793. cws workshop. “Making Temp Agencies Work for You.” Representatives from Kelly Law Registry, Lab Support (Science Jobs), Robert Half International and Fanning Personnel Temp agencies. 12:30 pm, Library Lecture Room. Bring résumé. Sponsor: CWS. Info: x2352. spanish table. 12:30-1:30 pm, Tower Court Private Dining Room. Info: x3571. panel discussion. “Spain and the U.S.: A Complicated Marriage.” Speakers: Enrique Iranzo, General Consul of Spain in New England; Craig Murphy, political science; Carlos Ramos, Spanish. 1:30-2:40 pm, Pendleton Atrium. Sponsor: PRESHCO. Info: x2744 or 2402. symposium. “Staley Symposium.” Speakers: Barbara Beltz, biological sciences; David Haines, chemistry; Anastasia Karakasidou, anthropology. 4:15 pm, SCI 278. Info: x3000. lecture. “‘Thy Perfect Image Viewing’: Reflections on Narcissism and Creation in Ovid and Milton.” Speaker: Maggie Kilgour, McGill University. 4:30 pm, Library Lecture Room. Sponsor: English. Info: x2591. reading/lecture. “From Brooklyn to Paris: A Writer’s Life.” Speaker: Janet McDonald, author. 4:30 pm, PNE 239. Sponsors: Writing, Africana Studies, Education. (See story, above.) Info: x3773. lecture. “The Gardens of Venetian Villas.” Speaker: Margherita Azzi Visentini, Politecnico di Milano. 5 pm, Jewett 450. Sponsor: Art. Info: x2043. unitarian universalist meeting. 6:15 pm, Little Chapel. Info: x3484. spring open campus. More than 700 visitors, including accepted students and families. Sponsor: Admission. Info: x2270. cws knafel conference. Noon-2 pm, College Club. RSVP/info: x3482. cws workshop. “Interview Skills.” 12:30 pm, Green Hall 428. Info: x2352. russian table. 12:30-1:30 pm, Russian Dept. Lounge, FND, 4th Floor. Info: x3549. sustaining prayer. 1-2 pm. Billings 202. Sponsor: Protestant Christian Chaplaincy. Info: x2655. cws discussion. “Planning for Law School.” 4:30 pm, PNE 239. Info: x2352. film. Galaxy Express 999. 4:50 and 7:30 pm, FND 120. Sponsor: Japanese. Info: x3226. meeting. “Rencontre avec Malika Mokkedem.” 5 pm, French House. Info: x2415. apt workshop. “Thesis or Independent Study?” 7 pm, Tower Great Hall. Info: x2641. lecture. “Fat and Graceful: Marina Wolf’s Big Moves.” Speaker: Marina Wolf, dance director. 7 pm, SCI 377. Sponsor: SOFAT. (See story, above.) Info: ddo@wellelsey.edu. meeting. Amnesty International. 8 pm, Café Hoop. Info: amnestymail@wellesley.edu. earth day. spring open campus. Sponsor: Admission. Info: x2270. meditation. 12:30-1 pm, meditation room, lower chapel. Sponsor: Buddhist Community. Info: x2793. wcw seminar. “Off the Shelf and Into the Classroom: Successfully Implementing and Maintaining School-Based Programs Over Time.” Speaker: James B. Vetter, Ed.M. 12:30-1:30 pm, Cheever House. Info: x2483. japanese table. 12:30-1:30 pm, Severance Conference Room. Info: x4442. french table. 12:30-1:30 pm, Tower Court Seminar room. Info: x2497. open class. “Art and Literature in the Late 19th and Early 20th Century.” Speaker: William Cain, English. 1:30 pm, Print Study Corridor, Davis Museum. Info: x2586. lecture. “The Biological Basis of Confucian Ethics.” Speaker: Donald J. Munro, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. 4:30 pm, PNW 212. Sponsors: Chinese, Mayling Soong. Info: x2192. lecture. “Blue Photography: Anna Atkins and the Photogenic Drawing.” A Dr. Ruth Morris Bakwin Class of 1919 Lecture. Speaker: Carol Armstrong, Princeton. 5 pm, Jewett Auditorium. Sponsors: Art, CLCE. Info: x2042. english tutoring. 6-8 pm, PLTC Small Conference Room. Info: x2480. performance. Synergy Jazz String Ensemble, Body & Soul, Fiddleheads. 7 pm, Beebe Hall. Sponsor: Music. Info: x2028. lecture. “Landscaping with Medicinal Plants: Healing our Bodies, Healing the Earth.” Speaker: Corinne Martin, clinical herbalist. Cost: members: $15; non-members: $18. 7-8:30 pm, Greenhouse Visitors’ Center. Sponsors: Friends of Horticulture, New England Wildflower Society. Info: x3094. film/lecture. “Images of Real Women.” Speaker: Josephina Lopez. 7 pm, Collins Cinema. (See story, above. ) Sponsor: Mezcla. Info: x2958. bible study/worship. 7:30 pm, Billings 202. Sponsor: Protestant Christian Chaplaincy. Info: x2655. spring open campus. Sponsor: Admission. Info: x2270. meditation. 8:30-9 am, meditation room, lower chapel. Sponsor: Buddhist Community. Info: x2793. lecture. “Pornography and Modernity: Why Pornography Is At Issue.” Speaker: Frances Ferguson, Johns Hopkins University. 12:30 pm, FND 106. (See story, below.) Sponsor: English. Info: x2561. italian table. 12:30 pm, Tower Court Dining Hall Conference Room. Info: x1999. muslim prayer. 12:45-2 pm. Little Chapel. Sponsor: Al-Muslimat. Info: x2656. film. Station Agent. 7 pm, SCI 377. Sponsor: Film Society. Info: x7046. hooprolling. 9 am, CE House starting line. tennis vs. Amherst. 1 pm. Sponsor: Athletics. Info: x2003. dance performance. Wellesley College Dancers Spring Concert. 7 pm, Alumnae Hall. Cost: Free for Wellesley students; all others, $5. Info: wc-dancers-mail@wellesley.edu. film. Station Agent. 7 pm, Collins Cinema. Sponsor: Film Society. Info: x7046. concert. Wellesley Widows. 8 pm, Houghton Chapel. Info: widowsmail@wellesley.edu. worship services. 11:15-12:30 pm, Houghton Chapel. Sponsor: Protestant Christian Chaplaincy. Info: x2655. lecture. “Women of Mystery: Two Authors of Culinary Mysteries Whose Protagonists Mix Mystery with Catering.” Speakers: Katherine Hall Page ’69, Diane Mott Davidson ’70. 3:15 pm, Collins Cinema. Sponsor: FOL. (See story, above.) Info: x2872. dance performance. Wellesley College Dancers. 3 pm, Alumnae Hall. Cost: Free, Wellesley students; all others, $5. Info: wc-dancers-mail@wellesley.edu. catholic mass. 4 pm, Houghton Chapel. Sponsor: Religious Life. Info: x2688. meeting. Darshana prayer and discussion. 7-8:15 pm, meditation room, lower chapel. Sponsors: Darshana, Hindu Community. Info: x2794. concert. Glee Club. 8 pm, Jewett Auditorium. Sponsor: Music. Info: x2028. monday april 26 lecture. “Music and Meaning in the Underground Japanese Hardcore Scene.” Speaker: Jennifer Milioto Matsue. 1:30 pm, PNW 212. Sponsor: Japanese. Info: x3226. cws workshop. “Alumnae Career Advisory Network.” 4:30 pm, GRH 130. Info: x2352. panel discussion. “France & the Hijab: Religious Pluralism in Secular Societies.” 4:30 pm, PNE 239. Sponsor: Al-Muslimat. Info: fhussain@wellesley.edu. meditation. 7-8 pm, meditation room, lower chapel. Sponsor: Buddhist Community. Info: x2793. lecture. “Is the Government’s Budget Deficit a Serious Problem?” Speaker: Benjamin M. Friedman, Harvard University. 8 pm, PNE 239. (See story, above.) Sponsor: Economics, Marshall Goldman. Info: x2154. concert. “Canticum Canticorum: 600 Years of ‘Song of Songs’ Settings.” Collegium Musicum. 8 pm, Tower Court. Sponsor: Music. Info: x2028. silent auction. Afghanistan Relief for SPARKS Academy, Kabul. April 21-23, Slater Center. (See story, above.) Info: x7485. exhibit. One Thing Leads To Another: A Vignette of Black History. 4th Floor, Clapp Library. Through April. Sponsor: Archives. Info: x2127. exhibit. Steve McQueen, video installation artist, Drumroll, Exodus and Prey. Through June 29, Davis Museum. Info: x2051. exhibit. Floral Watercolors by Nancy Howell. Greenhouse Visitors’ Center. Through April. Sponsor: Friends of Horticulture. Info: x3094. book sale. Clapp Library. Donations: 50 cents-$2. Info: x2894.
don't miss... a leading romanticist will join the pornography debate Frances Ferguson will present a talk, “Pornography and Modernity: Why Pornography Is at Issue,” Friday, April 23, at 12:30 pm in Founders 106. Ferguson is the Mary Elizabeth Garrett Professor of Arts and Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University and one of the leading Romanticists in the field. She is the author of Wordsworth: Language as Counter-Spirit; Solitude and the Sublime: Romanticism and the Aesthetics of Individuation; and Pornography, The Theory: What Utilitarianism Did to Action, forthcoming from University of Chicago Press this year. Ferguson received her B.A. from Wellesley (she was a Durant Scholar, 1969) and a Ph.D. from Yale. “We are particularly excited to welcome Professor Ferguson back to Wellesley,” said Yoon Sun Lee, English. “She is one of the most brilliantly original thinkers in the field of literary criticism today.” The event is sponsored by Wellesley and Brandeis English departments. To read a copy of the introduction to her new book, contact Yoon Sun Lee at x2561.
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