- Helen
Thomas lecture: 11 a.m. at the Forum Theater (RTVC
Building). The "dean of White House correspondents"
delivers the keynote address of Political Communication
Day.
- "Three
Views of Political Communication" panel: 2:10 p.m. in CSC
121B. Featuring U.S. Rep. Ted Strickland, Greg Korte
of the Akron Beacon Journal, and Eric Stewart of the
National Federation of Independent Business.
- The
School
of Theater
presents "Macbeth": 8 p.m. at the Forum Theater. Also
Saturday. For tickets, call 593-4800.
- The
Athens
International Film & Video
Festival
ends today. For a listing of today's films, please
visit their Web
site.
- For
more, please visit the Fun
Stuff page
and the online Calendar
of Events.
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Community
of Cultures Unites
For International
Week
"A
Community of Cultures" is the theme for
this year's International
Week
that runs May 10 through 15 and concludes
with the International Street Fair. The
celebrations will feature guest speakers,
arts and crafts, dancing and music.
Some
of the week's events include:
- Keynote
speaker Walker Connor, a distinguished
professor at Middlebury College, will
present "The Impact of Ethnonational
and Religious Identities upon World
Affairs in the 20th and 21st Centuries"
at 8 p.m. May 10 in Irvine Hall
Auditorium.
- The
Native Peoples Awareness Coalition will
sponsor a guest lecture by author Ted
Williams, a member of the False Face
Society. Williams will speak on "The
Law of Great Peace" at 7 p.m. May 11 in
Irvine Hall Auditorium.
- Musician
and composer Sakiho Eimoto from Nagoya,
Japan, will play the koto, a
traditional Japanese string instrument
played with a pick, at 8 p.m. May 12 in
the Music Recital Hall.
- The
International Street Fair on Court
Street May 15 will include remarks by
President
Robert Glidden and Athens Mayor Ric
Abel. The street fair begins at 10 a.m.
and runs until 4 p.m.
For
more information, please read the
full
text of this press
release.
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