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Campus News
Rotary Foundation to recognize 4 Skidmore people Oct. 25[10/18/09] The 10th annual foundation brunch will recognize six Saratogians for their support of a number of civic and educational initiatives. Honorees include William and Susan Dake, Marie Glotzbach, and Beatrice Sweeney. Proceeds from the event help fund Rotary scholarships. Read More. |
Theater Department
Eurydice opens Oct. 23 in Black Box Theater
[10/16/09] The classic Orpheus myth gets a poignant 21st-century redo in Sarah Ruhl’s critically acclaimed play, Eurydice. Carolyn Anderson directs this staging of the production, which opens Oct. 23 in the Black Box Theater. Read More. |
Celebration Weekend
Skidmore welcomes families for Celebration Weekend [10/16/09] Nearly 2,000 guests will be on campus this weekend to visit their students and participate in life at Skidmore and in Saratoga Springs. Read More. |
Campus News
Guest scholars to help campus celebrate Constitution Day[10/9/09] Two short lectures, by distinguished scholars Lucas Morel and Diana Schaub, will explain how Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass viewed the Constitution. The public is welcome at this special event. Read More. |
Raab Visiting Artist
Leading ceramics artist Kurt Weiser to lecture Oct. 19[10/9/09] Known for creating distinctive porcelain vessels, Weiser's ceramics are richly decorated and build on the great traditions of Europe and Asia. The lecture is open without charge to the public. Read More. |
Schick Art Gallery
Selected Art Faculty Exhibition opens at Schick Art Gallery[10/9/09] A gallery talk exploring the annual exhibition is scheduled Oct. 21. Post-Star critic Jordan Reardon calls the show 'a journey of artistic exploration'. Read More. |
Academics
Skidmore appoints director of arts administration[10/9/09] David Howson has been named the inaugural Arthur Zankel Director of Arts Administration Read More. |
Community
Students move from classroom to real world [10/6/09] Students in Professor Roy Rotheim's Human Dilemmas class opted to arise early on a recent Sunday morning to lend their hands to a community effort designed to restore an 1880s-era train depot. At left, Trisheena Sobers (on ladder) and Cinyuki Chung were among the volunteers. Read More. |
Music
Carnegie Hall Premieres series continues with Oct. 9 concert[10/3/09] Skidmore welcomes the return of Ensemble ACJW, featuring brilliant young musicians in residence and the upstate premiere of a Carnegie Hall commission by Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) in an Oct. 9 concert. Read More. |
Davis Projects for Peace
Exhibit to show Guatemalan children's perception of peace
[10/2/09] Two Skidmore students went to Guatemala City this summer, supported by a Davis Projects for Peace grant, to lead an arts program for children. This exhibition of children's photography is the result of their work. Read More. |
Campus News
Workplace discrimination is topic of visiting sociologist[10/2/09] Ohio State University scholar Vincent Roscigno is on campus this month, and will give a public talk on workplace discrimination Tuesday, Oct. 6. Read More. |
Music
Baytelman to launch Filene concert season Oct. 2[10/1/09] Steinway Artist Pola Baytelman heads to London later this year to perform the piano works of Isaac Albéniz. Skidmore's audience will have a chance to preview the concert on Friday, Oct. 2, in Filene Recital Hall. Admission is free and open to the public. Read More. |
Community
Saratoga Reads announces top five books[10/1/09] Community-wide reading program seeks public vote to determine the book of choice. Read More. |
Steloff Lecture
Author Allan Gurganus on campus Oct. 1 for Steloff Lecture[9/27/09] Allan Gurganus, who has been called "a Mark Twain for our age," gives the 38th annual Steloff Lecture on campus Thursday, Oct. 1. Admission is free and open to the public. (Emma Dodge Hanson photo) Read More. |
Campus News
New York Knicks return for training camp[9/27/09] The NBA stars return to Skidmore to train next week and will offer children of the College community a chance to watch a practice while on campus. Read More. |
Special Programs
Benny Morris to lecture, teach during Greenberg residency [9/25/09] Scholar and writer Benny Morris is on campus as the Greenberg Middle East Scholar-in-Residence this fall, with public events planned Sept. 29 and Oct. 8. Read More. |
Community
SaratogaArtsFest 2010 is now accepting artist applications[9/22/09] Citywide celebration of the arts to take place June 10-13, 2010. Read More. |
Athletics
Women's soccer upset highlights Thoroughbreds' week[9/22/09] Weekend play saw women's soccer prevail against Amherst, volleyball wins at the Union Invitational, field hockey winning its first Liberty League contest, and victories by women's tennis and men's soccer. Read More. |
Fox-Adler Lecture
Blake's art on the Web is focus of Sept. 24 lecture
[9/18/09] Joseph Viscomi, editor and co-creator of the William Blake online archive, will discuss Blake’s Enlightened Graphics: Illuminated Books and New Technologies when he delivers the 21st annual Fox-Adler Lecture at Skidmore. Read More. |
Lecture
Environmentalist John Cronin to speak at Tang Museum[9/18/09] The future Hudson to be the topic when environmentalist John Cronin of the Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries gives Skidmore's keynote Environmental Studies lecture Sept. 24. Read More. |
