Theater Department
Powerful Kushner play on tap for Blackbox Theater
[2/27/09] 'Bright Room Called Day' opens Feb. 27 in the Blackbox studio theater. Performances continue through March 4. Set in the Weimar Republic in the early 1930s, the play, written by Tony Kushner (l) raises questions about what an individual can do against a surging tide of unwanted political change. Read More.
Dance
Dance pioneer to present Brecht-based work on campus
[2/26/09] The experimental choreographer and director David Gordon and his Pick Up Performance Company will present two performances of 'Uncivil Wars: Moving with Brecht & Eisler,' at the Dance Theater Friday and Saturday, Feb. 27 and 28. Performances will begin at 8 p.m. Read More.
Campus News
A 'legend' in her own time
[2/25/09] A 5'10" kid from Maine enrolls at Duke University for academics and basketball. Nearly 30 years later, she's named an Atlantic Coast Conference 'Legend' for her contributions to the game. In March, Barbara Krause will be recognized for her work and for her records, some of which stand today. Read More.
Special Programs
Segrave named dean of special programs
[2/25/09] Longtime member of the Skidmore community has served as interim dean for two years." Read More.
Athletics
Women eye Liberty League basketball tournament
[2/25/09] They saved the best for last—by winning their final two games of the season, the Thoroughbreds earned their first post-season playoff berth in nine years. They head to Union College this weekend for the Liberty League tournament. The men's hockey team is also heading into playoff action. Read More.
Music
Hawthorne String Quartet to be in residence for festival
[2/19/09] As Sterne Virtuoso Artsits-in-Residence, the Hawthorne String Quartet will be on campus late next week for the fifth annul Skidmore String Music Festival. Read More.
Athletics
Big Green Scream returns to campus this weekend
[2/18/09] Thursday, Feb. 19, is the last day for advance-sale tickets connected to the enviro-friendly sports event. For $10 in advance, Thoroughbred fans will receive lunch, a T-shirt, and a ticket for a special drawing, entitling winners to a host of prizes. Read More.
Music
Orchestra program includes Schubert’s 'Unfinished' Symphony
[2/18/09] Violinist Hanna Tonegawa '11, winner of the Student Concerto Competition, will be a featured soloist in the winter program to be presented Feb. 21 by the Skidmore Orchestra. Read More.
Community
Week of activities for children features Skidmore hike
[2/13/09] Families and children are invited to explore Skidmore's North Woods on a guided tour, Feb. 20, as part of a week-long program during the school system's winter break. Read More.
Athletics
Big green scream to return
[2/12/09] Next weekend's home basketball games for both men's and women's teams will have a decidedly 'green' approach. Read More.
Community
Sustainability is the goal of alum's 'guide to local living'
[2/6/09] The Saratoga Local Living Guide is a coupon book with a difference. As its author, Jonathan Greene '08, says, it is also an 'educational resource' that aims to 'help shift our community toward greater awareness, a stronger local economy, and a healthier existence.'"" Read More.
Special Programs
Major developments in Judaism to be conference topic
[2/5/09] Top scholars in the field of religious and Jewish studies will consider how the growth in grassroots Judaism is taking hold, even as religious institutions appear to be declining in popularity. Read More.
Community
Saratoga Reads announces winter events
[2/4/09] Saratoga Reads, a Skidmore-Saratoga collaboration, offers community progarams and releases its first-ever crossword puzzle Read More.
Athletics
Olympian Kristy Kowal to keynote women in sports day event
[2/3/09] Olympic silver medalist Kristy Kowal will visit Skidmore Feb. 6 to launch the college's annual celebration of National Girls and Women in Sports Day. The two-day event includes a number of activities designed to showcase women and girls in sports. Admission is free and open to the public. Read More.
Music
Ensemble ACJW returning to campus
[1/30/09] The latest in this series of highly anticipated concerts includes the upstate New York premiere of a Carnegie Hall commission by a major French composer, Marc-André Dalbavie. (At left, Ensemble members in a 2008 performance.) Read More.
Campus News
Second annual 'Focus Skidmore' part of national teach-in
[1/30/09] Climate change and policy implications for the Obama administration are the key issues for 'Focus Skidmore,' which gets under way Feb. 2. Keynote speaker William Schlesinger (left) speaks Thursday, Feb. 5. All events are free. Read More.
Campus News
2009 Student Art Show opens Jan. 29 in Schick Art Gallery
[1/23/09] The Annual Student Art Exhibition, featuring works in a wide range of media, opens Jan. 29 in Schick Art Gallery. Juror awards will be announced at the opening reception. (Left: 'Untitled,' a photograph by Mattan Ingram ’09 that won an award in the 2008 Skidmore Student Exhibition.) Read More.
Times Union
A poet at the inaugural? What does it matter?
[1/20/09] 'What does it matter that we now have a president who counts among his favorite authors Toni Morrison and E.L. Doctorow? What does it matter that he is thinking about an 'artists' corps' to sow seeds of imagination?' For many of us, it matters deeply, writes Linda Simon in the Jan. 20 Times-Union. Read More.
Saratogian
Skidmore panel compares MLK and Obama
[1/20/09] Today’s inauguration of Barack Obama represents a new beginning, not the end, of the type of progressive movements that Martin Luther King Jr. championed. That’s the sentiment of a diverse panel that spoke Monday evening in Gannett Auditorium to mark the King holiday. Read More.
Nation
Whatever the screen, Skidmore applauds Obama
[1/20/09] On screens around campus and on desktops, the Skidmore community watched, and cheered, the inauguration of America's 44th president. Read More.