Photographs
Far left: Dorothy Allison (third from left) and students following Allison's Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration keynote address. Photo by Joseph Mehling, College Photographer. Center: Members of AXIS Dance Company, a mixed-ability dance troupe, performing at the Hopkins Center as part of a Hopkins Center campus residency cosponsored by IDE. Photo by Jack Rowell. Right: Discussions at a Diversity Forum hosted by IDE. Photo by The Dartmouth.
Artwork
Detail from mural produced by Ernesto Cuevas and Dartmouth students as part of Encuentro Latino, a Summer Arts Festival coordinated by the Leslie Center for the Humanities.
Hop Outreach Lecture by Bill T. Jones
"Does Might Make Right?"
Choreographer Bill T. Jones discusses patriotism, our country’s direction, and making the personal political. (See Jan. 12 & 13 for related performance.)
8:00 p.m., 105 Dartmouth Hall
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company: Blind Date
Renowned choreographer Bill T. Jones fuses movement and social concerns in a provocative exposé of honor, loyalty, and sacrifice—both as noble ideals and destructive extremes. Combining poignant partnering and explosive ensembles, projected film and original sound score, Blind Date is a masterwork of vision and courage. Discussion with Bill T. Jones and company members follows..
7 p.m., The Moore Theater (also Jan.13, 8 p.m.)
* $30 • Dartmouth students $5
Contains adult themes and/or nudity
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company: Blind Date
See previous listing for description. Discussion with Bill T. Jones and company members follows.
8 p.m., The Moore Theater (also Jan.12, 7 p.m.)
* $30 • Dartmouth students $5
Contains adult themes and/or nudity
Community Faith Celebration with H. Carl McCall ’58
A celebration honoring the life and works of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., featuring an address by the Hon. Rev. H. Carl McCall, chairman of the Higher Education Conference Board, board member of TYCO International, and former New York State comptroller. With music by the Gospel Choir.
3 p.m., Rollins Chapel
Film and Discussion with Echo Brown ’06: Crash
A provocative, unflinching look at the complexities of racial conflict in America, Crash challenges audiences to question their own prejudices. This compelling urban drama examines fear and bigotry from multiple perspectives as characters careen in and out of one another’s lives. A discussion with Echo Brown ’06 follows.
7 p.m., Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Dartmouth Speech: "Towards Freedom"
Continuous multimedia presentation of the speech Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered in 105 Dartmouth Hall in 1962. Also on the web at www.dartmouth.edu/~mlk.
9 a.m.–3 p.m., 105 Dartmouth Hall
Panel on Religion, Politics, and Civil Rights
"What Is the Place of Spiritual Belief in Secular Politics?"
First of a series of four Monday panels, featuring professors Steve Swayne, Clarence Hardy, Irene Kacandes, Bruce Nelson, and Misagh Parsa. Light lunch provided.
12 noon, Collis Common Ground
Martin Luther King, Jr. Drop-In Play Group
Organized by the Afro-American Society’s Dartmouth Alliance for Children of Color. For children of all ages.
3:30–5 p.m., Cutter/Shabazz Hall
Candlelight Vigil
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. invites the community to meet at Cutter Shabazz Hall and march to the Top of the Hop for poetry and reflection on Martin Luther King, Jr.’s influence.
5 p.m., Meet at Cutter Shabazz Hall
Keynote Address by the Reverend Dr. James A. Forbes, Jr.
"The Source, Scope, and Spirit of the Dream"
Recognized by Newsweek as one of the 12 most effective preachers in the English-speaking world, the Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes, Jr. is senior minister of The Riverside Church, one of the largest multicultural congregations in the nation. A long-time faculty member at Union Theological Seminary, he has co-chaired A Partnership of Faith, an interfaith organization of clergy among New York’s Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, and Protestant communities.
7 p.m., Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center
Reception to follow at the Top of the Hop.
Free tickets available at the Hop Box Office Jan. 10 & 11 for those with Dartmouth student, faculty, or staff I.D.; beginning Jan. 12 for the general public. • Four-ticket limit per person • Ticket-holders must be in their seats by 6:45 p.m., after which empty seats become available to the general public.
What Matters to Me and Why? with Henry L. Atkins, Jr.
Discussion with the Rev. Canon Henry L. Atkins, Jr., interim priest, St. Thomas Episcopal Church. Light lunch provided.
12 noon, Tucker Foundation
Women of Color Collective Discussion
Feminism and Religion
A discussion on the compatibility of feminism and religion. Are the values of these two ideologies opposed or is there room to practice both in our personal lives and in society?
6 p.m., Casque and Gauntlet, Main St. by Dirt Cowboy Café
Hop Outreach Discussion with William Yellow Robe, Jr.
"Claiming Our Relations: Exploring the Native American/African American Experience"
Assiniboine playwright William Yellow Robe, Jr. discusses the historical intersections between Native American and African American cultures and examines their shared experiences of antagonism and allegiance. (See Jan. 19 for related performance.)
7 p.m., Faculty Lounge, Hopkins Center
Rockefeller Center Lecture by Annelise Orleck
"What If Poor Mothers Ran the World? Some Lessons from Las Vegas"
Lecture by Professor of History and Chair of Jewish Studies Annelise Orleck, author of Storming Caesars Palace: How Black Mothers Fought Their Own War on Poverty.
4:30 p.m., Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall
DFS Hopkins Center Film: Paradise Now
An uncannily intimate, rigorously credible account of the final hours of two young Palestinian suicide bombers. Paradise begins with the everyday humiliations and poverty of occupied Gaza, then pirouettes into an intense thriller offering no easy answers.
7 & 9 p.m., Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center
$7 • $5 w/Dartmouth ID
Community Hour with Paleopitus
"Sacred Spaces: Uniting or Dividing Communities at Dartmouth?"
Talk with members of Palaeopitus Senior Society about the spaces you feel embrace or reject the idea of community. Light lunch provided.
12 noon, Collis Common Ground
Trinity Repertory Company/Penumbra Theatre Company: Grandchildren of the Buffalo Soldiers
Descended from a Native grandmother and African-American grandfather—one of the famous “Buffalo Soldiers" sent to fight Indians in the post-Civil War period—Craig Robe and his family have long been marginalized in their Native community. Considered too Black to be Native, they must wrestle with prejudice on the ‘rez’ and with soul-searing questions of identity that drive a wedge between brothers.
Discussion with the playwright, William Yellow Robe, Jr., and cast follows. (See Jan. 17 for related discussion.)
7 p.m., Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center
* $24 • Dartmouth students $5 • 18 & under $14
American Sign Language–interpreted
Mild adult language; recommended for ages 12 and up.
SoulScribes MLK Poetry Slam
Join student and community poets in this celebration of the spoken word. Cash prize; first-place winner will be invited to perform at the MLK Social Justice Awards on Jan. 27.
9–11 p.m., FUEL, Collis Center
