Masks, Expressive Action and the Shapes of CuriosityA lecture demonstration by two masters of the unique theatre style of the Neo-Classic mime/clown, a timeless performance art. Sigfrido Aguilar of Guanajuato, Mexico, assisted by SOU Assistant Theatre Professor James Donlon, will be exploring the geometrical body within the architectural elements of the stage, removing the familiar to emphasize physical form, lines and planes, revealing a deeper, symbolic, emotional content of human experience.

Presenters: Sigfrido Aguilar, The Research Institute of Pantomine-Theatre; Guanajuato, Mexico; James Donlon, Theatre Arts, Southern Oregon University

Tuesday, October 4, 2016 • 7 pm

Meese Auditorium of the Center for the Visual Arts

The Ordeal and Redemption of Christina Geisel and Mary Harris: The Rogue River War and Oregon’s own Captivity NarrativesThe tragic stories of the Native American attacks upon the Harris and Geisel families during the Rogue River War of 1855-56 are cornerstones of any narrative about the pioneer settlement of southern Oregon. In each, a strong pioneer woman was required to defend her family from the depredations of Native Americans while enduring unimaginable suffering. Curious about the enduring strength of these stories to signify certain key elements of this colonial encounter, the SOU Laboratory of Anthropology has been exploring and re-constructing the facts of these events through the lens of archaeology, ethnohistory, gender studies, and the literary trope of the quintessentially American literary genre of the Captivity Narrative.

Presenter: Mark Tveskov, Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology

Tuesday, October 25, 2016 • 7 pm

Meese Room of the Hannon Library

Journey to the Beginning of TimeA generation ago, fundamental existential questions such as, “How did the Universe Begin? How will it End? Are we Alone? and, Are there other Universes?” and other less grand but no less interesting questions such as “Do Black Holes Exist?” may have appeared as forever inaccessible metaphysical questions. Remarkably in the past decade or two, and in some cases in the past year, it has become clear that all of these are accessible, at least in principle, to experiment and observation, and in some cases we have come very close to answering them, or may do so within the next decade. These remarkable developments, which relate to questions all of us have, whether we are scientists or not, prove that Science Fact trumps Science Fiction every day.

Presenter: Dr. Lawrence Krauss, The Origins Project, Arizona State University

Wednesday, November 9, 2016 • 7 pm

Rogue River Room Stevenson Union (Overflow in Meese Room, Hannon Library)

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The Greatest Story Ever Told . . . So FarWhen Vincent Van Gogh painted Starry Night, he saw a very different world than you and I. But in turn we all experience the world in a way that is shielded from the deeper realities underlying everyday phenomena. The story of science’s effort to uncover these hidden realities involves the greatest intellectual journey ever taken by humans, from Plato through Einstein and beyond. A tale ripe with drama and surprise, it has implications for our understanding of space and time, our origins, and our future, and ultimately addresses that fundamental question: Why are we here?

Presenter: Dr. Lawrence Krauss, The Origins Project, Arizona State University

Thursday, November 10, 2016 • 7 pm

Room 151 of the Science Building (Overflow in Meese Auditorium, Center for the Visual Arts)

Shapes of Curiosity: A Lecture on ‘Artist and Curator’ in Today’s Contemporary Art WorldNew York City based artist and curator Kelly Worman will discuss the intertwined roles of artist and curator as both evolve in the current art world. Worman has been selected as the Visiting Curator for Shapes of Curiosity: An exhibition of Southern Oregon University’s Creative Arts Faculty at the Schneider Museum of Art that will run from January 26 through March 11, 2017 with an Opening Reception on Thursday, January 26, 2017 from 5 to 7 pm.

Presenter: Kelly Worman, New York and London based artist and curator

Monday, November 14, 2016 • 3:30 pm

Meese Auditorium of the Center for the Visual Arts

Foreign Objects: Shapes of CuriosityThe Southern Oregon University Percussion Ensembles, directed by Terry Longshore, present “Foreign Objects—Shapes of Curiosity”, a concert dedicated to music that blurs the boundaries of what defines musical instruments and music itself. Featured are works by John Bergamo, John Cage and Edgard Varése as well as the west coast premiere of “Clicktrack” by Stanford University composer Mark Applebaum, based on the poetry of SOU’s Kasey Mohammad.

Presenters: Terry Longshore and the SOU Percussion Ensembles

Friday, December 2, 2016 • 7:30 pm

SOU Music Recital Hall at the Oregon Center for the Arts

Admission is $10 general/$5 seniors/free for students with ID

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