Legacies of War: Theme Year
You're invited to join a yearlong exploration of the legacies of war. Throughout 2011-12, a series of campus- and community-based performances, lectures, films, and exhibitions will be offered.
Spring 2012 Upcoming Events
March 19, 2012
Wharton Center for Performing Arts: Doug Stanton
Doug Stanton is the author of two New York Times bestsellers: Horse Soldiers and In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of its Survivors. Horse Soldiers, his newest book, is the dramatic account of a small band of Special Forces soldiers who secretly entered Afghanistan following 9/11, rode to war on horses against the Taliban, and captured the city of Mazar-i-Sharif. A former contributing editor at Esquire, Sports Afield, and Outside, Stanton is now a contributing editor at Men's Journal. He lives in his hometown of Traverse City, Michigan. In addition to his Wharton Center lecture, Mr. Stanton will present a workshop for students in the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities.
Admission charge. Click here for more information!
March 25-26, 2012
Theater of War
Theater of War presents dramatic readings of Sophocles' plays Ajax and Philoctetes to communities across the United States as a catalyst for dialogue about the challenges faced by military service members, veterans, and their caregivers and families. The performance on Sunday, March 25, will take place at 6:00 p.m. at the Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbott Road. The performance on Monday, March 26, will take place at 7:30 p.m. at the Kellogg Center Auditorium, 55 S. Harrison Road.
March 26-30, 2012
MSU Residential College in the Arts and Humanities: Combat Paper Project and Residency
The Combat Paper Project uses art making workshops to assist veterans in reconciling and sharing their personal experiences as well as broadening the traditional narrative surrounding service and the military culture. Through papermaking workshops veterans use their uniforms worn in combat to create cathartic works of art. The uniforms are cut up, beaten into a pulp, and formed into sheets of paper. Veterans use the transformative process of papermaking to reclaim their uniform as art and begin to embrace their experiences in the military. During the Project's residency at MSU, three public workshops will be offered.
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All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise indicated.
Past Events in the Series
August 31 - September 18, 2011
Stormfield Theatre, Lansing: Heroes
By Gerald Sibleyras; translated by Tom Stoppard
Admission charge.
October 11-November 8
PBS / WKAR-TV: "Women, War, & Peace"
Tune in to "Women, War, & Peace," a new PBS series that will air on Tuesdays at 10:00 p.m. from October 11 to November 8 on WKAR-TV and on Mondays at 9:00 p.m. starting on October 17 on WKAR World.
Related radio reports will air on October 11 and 25 and on November 28 on WKAR Radio’s “Morning Edition” and “All Things” Considered” and online at WKAR.org. Related online video features will air on WKAR-TV.
Free public screening: Thursday, October 27, 7:00 p.m., at WKAR, 145 Communication Arts & Sciences Building.
October 20-23 and 27-30, 2011
Riverwalk Theatre, Lansing: Conspiracy
By Loring Mandel
Admission charge.
November 2, 3:00 p.m., RCAH Reading Room (Snyder Hall, second floor)
"Imagining the Civil War: A Talk with Poet Andrew Hudgins"
Poet Andrew Hudgins, whose visit to MSU is part of the RCAH Center for Poetry Fifth Annual Fall Reading Series, will talk about his book-length poem written from the point of view of a Georgia soldier. What are the issues that have to be solved when writing about a 150-year-old war from the perspective of someone who has been dead 140 years? And what does it mean for writing, reading, thinking, and living today? This event is free and open to the public.
February 7-12, 2012
MSU Department of Theatre: Mother Courage and Her Children
By Bertolt Brecht; translated by Tony Kushner
Directed by Mark Colson
Post-show discussion on Thursday, February 9, following the performance
Pre-show discussion with the director on Sunday, February 12, at 1:15 p.m.
Admission charge.
Campus and Community Partners
Michigan National Guard
MSU College of Arts and Letters
MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine
MSU College of Veterinary Medicine
MSU Office of University Outreach and Engagement
MSU Peace and Justice Studies Program
MSU Residential College in the Arts and Humanities*
MSU Wharton Center for Performing Arts
*Lead College
