Lafayette has been selected to offer a Tournees Festival for the second consecutive year. Funded through a grant from the French Cultural Services (FACE), the festival is part of an initiative to help bring contemporary French cinema to college and university campuses across the US. This year's selection of films includes an array of genres from documentaries to dramas, co-productions that represent the Francophone world, as well as films by directors ranging from unique new voices to established figures.

A short discussion will follow each screening. For the full list of dates and places, go to: http://sites.lafayette.edu/tourneesfilmfest/2009-schedule/

An exhibition marking the 150th anniversary, on November 24, of the publication of Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species," is comprised of three related sections. In "A Habit of Deciding Influence" are 18 photographs of Darwin’s pigeon specimens at the Natural History of London/Tring. Darwin took up the study of domesticated pigeons in 1855 and his observations of artificial selection in pigeon breeding was invaluable to his understanding of the way species change in natural environments. 2)"Coop" is a mixed-media installation based on Darwin’s five-sided pigeon coop. 3)"Frameworks of Absence: The Extinct Birds of John James Audubon” includes 10 altered prints from “Birds of America.”

In Harry Potter's sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft, Harry finds a book marked mysteriously, "This book is the property of the Half Blood Prince," which helps him excel at Potions class and teaches him a few dark and dangerous ones along the way. Meanwhile, Harry is taking private lessons with Dumbledore in order to find out about Voldemort's past so they can find out what might his only weakness.

SHOWTIMES:
THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY
7:00PM & 10:00PM

The Center for the Integration of Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship (CITLS) is establishing a number of faculty learning communities. Learning communities are groups of faculty who share an interest in a particular pedagogical theory, process or procedure. The first of several learning communities being established is one on Problem-based Learning (PBL). If you are using PBL in a course or if you are interested in learning more about PBL, then this session is for you. Three faculty who are currently using PBL will lead the discussion. Bring a lunch. Beverages and dessert will be available. If you would like to be on a mailing list for the PBL Learning Community but cannot attend this meeting, contact Alan Childs, childsa@lafayette.edu.

Come and learn how and where to begin...and why so soon!

SPONSORED BY CAREER SERVICES

The artwork in this exhibition represents collaboration between students and faculty in the art and computer science departments through the Emergent Patterns project, exploring the complex patterns and processes that can emerge in visual structures. They worked with software programs to produce different forms of recurring, natural patterns. These organic structures and patterns were then combined in layers of transparent surfaces. The multiple-layered works allow the viewer to see the evolutionary track back through the surface to the less complex visual systems from which the final image emerges.

Headed by Ed Kerns, Eugene H. Clapp II Professor of Art, and Chun Wai Liew, associate professor, head of computer science. Student participants included Rhodes Baker '10, computer science; Imogen Cain '12, art; Long Ho '10, mathematics and computer science; Khine Lin '11, pursing a B.S. in electrical and computer engineering and an A.B. in mathematics; and Scott Lyttle '10, art.

Art historian Barbra Larson will speak on Charles Darwin’s influence on 19th century visual culture. Larson is associate professor of art history at the University of West Florida. Her areas of interest include French cultural history and history of science. She was co-editor with Fay Brauer of The Art of Evolution: Darwin, Darwinism, and Visual Culture, published July 2009 to coincide the Darwin and visual culture conference sponsored by the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London
The lecture is presented in conjunction with the Williams Center Gallery exhibition by Brandon Ballengee, “From Scales to Feathers: The Evanescent Presence of Sculpted Wings” organized to mark 150th anniversary, on November 24, of the publication of Darwin’s On the Origin of Species.

Former Lafayette professor Hana Wirth-Nesher will talk on the subject of "Whose Story?: Jewish American & Israeli 'Representative' Autobiographies: The Cases of Amos Oz and Philip Roth."

A specialist on American Jewish literature, Wirth-Nesher will compare the autobiographies of these two central male writers in their respective communities and discuss how their works are representative of Israeli and Jewish American identity. Oz's autobiography "A Tale of Love and Darkness" has received many awards in Europe and in Israel. Some of the questions she will consider are: What is a majority or minority autobiography? How does readership determine these categories? And how do we arrive at the concept of a "representative life"?

The lecture will be followed by a community dinner at Hillel House, 524 Clinton Terrace. All are welcome.

The dinner and lecture are sponsored by Lafayette College Hillel Society and Rhoda Rothkopf '74.

Attention alumni in North Jersey...

Join us for an alumni business card exchange
and informal night of networking!

Thursday, November 12
6:00pm - 7:30pm

Morton's the Steakhouse
The Shops at Riverside
One Riverside Square
Hackensack, NJ 07601

There will be a cash bar with drink specials.
Appetizers will be provided as well as the opportunity to win a door prize!

Please RSVP to David Van Schaik '06, laf.networking@gmail.com, by Nov. 9 so we know how many alumni to expect.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Free to the public and Lafayette Community. Under 18 must have written permission. (Sessions will be canceled during inclement weather.)

Majora Carter
President & CEO of Majora Carter Group

"Green the Ghetto-
And How Much It Won't Cost Us"

From 2001 to 2008 she was Executive Director of the non-profit she founded: Sustainable South Bronx where she pioneered green-collar job training and placement systems in one of the most environmentally and economically challenged parts of the US. This MacArthur "genius" is now president of her own economic consulting firm, a co-host on Sundance Channel The Green, and host of a new special public radio series called, The Promised Land.

Astonishing, breathtaking, exhilarating—the 17 multi-talented musicians of Yamato offer spectacular performance on many different styles of Japanese drums, showcasing the visceral power and physical vistuosity of authentic taiko artistry. Bamboo flutes and the stringed shamisen and koto further enrich the musical blend of traditional and contemporary performance styles. You won’t want to miss Yamato’s Matsuri (Fiesta) tour, its third roof-raising visit to the Williams Center.