Friday, Jan. 18
7 p.m.
Union - Speicher, Lahman
and Hoff Conference Rooms

Service of Remembrance and Celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.
This annual event honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. features Dr. Reiland Rabaka, associate professor of African studies at the University of Colorado. Professor Rabaka – a poet, playwright and musician with a special interest in hip-hop culture – will focus on developing a social-justice consciousness. The program includes a gospel choir and comments by President Switzer

Friday, Feb. 1
10 a.m.
Cordier Auditorium

Commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Address at Manchester College 40 Years Ago This Day
Speakers and musicians will commemorate this historic day in 1968 that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at Manchester College – what is believed to be his final campus speech before his assassination April 4, 1968.

Sunday, Feb. 3
7 p.m.
Wine Recital Hall

Monday, Feb. 4
10 a.m.
Cordier Auditorium

Soulfège
What would you get if No Doubt & Lenny Kravitz jams with Fela Kuti on a street corner in West Africa? Afro-Diasporic Groovalicious Funkadociaousness! THAT is Soulfège. Blending West African highlife, hip-hop, and funk, critically-acclaimed fusion band Soulfège is electrifying audiences from Boston to Ghana. The band has been featured by BBC, NPR, the Boston Herald, MNET Africa, and MTV Africa.

Wednesday, Feb. 13
8 p.m.
Flory Auditorium

Thursday, Feb. 14
4 p.m.
Flory Auditorium

Cinema Series: “Occupation 101: Voice of the Silenced Majority”
This is a thought-provoking and powerful documentary on the current and historical causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The roots of the conflict are presented through first-hand on-the-ground experiences by leading Middle East scholars, peace activists, journalists, religious leaders, and humanitarian workers. The film questions the Israeli military occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, and whether Americans should help pay for it.

Monday, Feb. 18
10 a.m.
Cordier Auditorium

Genocide and Mass Atrocities: John Prendergast
Co-founder and co-chair of the Enough Campaign, a project to abolish genocide and mass atrocities, for more than 20 years Prendergast has worked passionately for peace and justice in Africa. He served as Special Advisor to the President for the International Crisis Group, as Special Advisor on the Horn of Africa for the U.S. State Department, and as Director of African Affairs for the National Security Council. He is author of eight books, including (with actor/activist Don Cheadle), The New York Times bestseller, Not on Our Watch: The Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond.

Monday, Feb. 25
10 a.m.
Flory Auditorium

Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining in Appalachia: David Cooper
In West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, and eastern Kentucky, coal companies blast as much as 600 feet off the top of the mountains, then dump the rock and debris into mountain streams, reports Cooper. The practice has turned more than 300,000 acres of beautiful and productive hardwood forests into barren grasslands. Cooper will discuss how mountaintop removal mining increases flooding, contaminates drinking water supplies, cracks foundations of homes, and showers towns with dust and noise from blasting.

Sunday, March 2
3 p.m.
Honeywell Center

Manchester Symphony Orchestra: Italy
The orchestra of Manchester College students, faculty, staff, and community members presents the third in its 2007-2008 series, “Around the World with the MSO,” directed by Suzanne Gindin, assistant professor of music.

Monday, March 3
10 a.m.
Union - Lahman and Hoff
Conference Rooms

2nd Amendment Debate
Amendment II of the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution declares a well-regulated militia as "necessary to the security of a free State" and prohibits infringement of "the right of the people to keep and bear arms." Expert speakers to be announced will debate their opinion of our 2nd Amendment rights.

Wednesday, March 5
8 p.m.
Flory Auditorium

Thursday, March 6
4 p.m.
Flory Auditorium

Cinema Series: “Sicko”
Writer/producer Michael Moore interviews average Americans who have been denied treatment by for-profit health maintenance organizations (HMOs), relating consequences ranging from bankruptcy to death. He discusses the failure of the U.S. health care system, both real and perceived, and compares the system to free, universal care in Canada, the U.K., and France. “This film is a call to action,” says Moore.

Monday, March 10

CANCELED

10 a.m.
Union - Lahman and Hoff
Conference Rooms
 

CANCELED. Freedom, Democracy, Justice and Race: Kevin Powell
Powell is a political activist, poet, journalist, essayist, hip-hop historian, and entrepreneur. His latest book, Someday We’ll All Be Free, was inspired by Hurricane Katrina, the 2004 presidential election, and September 11th. He plans two books in 2008, Letters to Young America and No Sleep ’Til Brooklyn, his second volume of poetry. Powell’s works have appeared in Esquire, Newsweek, The Washington Post, Essence, Rolling Stone, and Vibe, where he was a founding staff member.

Monday, March 24
10 a.m.
Union - Lahman and Hoff
Conference Rooms

Dinesh D’Souza
A prolific conservative writer, D'Souza has been called one of the "top young public-policy makers in the country" by Investor’s Business Daily. The New York Times Magazine named him one of America's most influential conservative thinkers. The World Affairs Council lists him as one of the nation's 500 leading authorities on international issues. A former policy analyst for the Reagan White House, D'Souza also served as a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and Hoover Institution at Stanford University.

Wednesday, April 2
8 p.m.
Flory Auditorium

Thursday, April 3
4 p.m.
Flory Auditorium

Cinema Series: “Once”
A modern day rock musical set on the streets of Dublin, featuring Glen Hansard from the Irish band "The Frames," this film tells the story of a street musician and a Czech immigrant during an eventful week as they write, rehearse and record songs that reveal their unique love story. The musical won the 2007 Sundance World Cinema Audience Award.

Monday, April 7
10 a.m.
Wine Recital Hall

“Evil by Design:  The Creation and the Marketing of the Femme Fatale”
Dr. Elizabeth Mix, art historian for Butler University, presents a slideshow based on her book Evil by Design: The Creation and the Marketing of the Femme Fatale, using a mixture of images of the “evil woman” or “femme fatale” ranging from historical paintings (images of Eve) to popular culture (Britney Spears with a snake). The presentation is designed to provoke students into considering how certain images are created and marketed.

Wednesday, April 9
7 p.m.
Wine Recital Hall

“Neighbor Tarkington,” a play by Professor Emeritus Charles Boebel, staring Professor Scott Strode
This one-man play about Indiana’s best-selling author Booth Tarkington complements “Community Read” in North Manchester. To celebrate the public library’s centennial, residents and students will be offered a copy of Tarkington’s The Magnificent Ambersons, and are invited to a community discussion of the novel on April 17 at the town library.

Monday, April 21
10 a.m.
Cordier Auditorium

The Band
Back by popular demand, the rock band of Manchester College faculty, staff, and students will present a magical tour of popular music at the beginning of Peace Week. 

Friday, May 2
Saturday, May 3
7:30 p.m.
Cordier Auditorium

Sunday, May 4
3 p.m.
Cordier Auditorium

“The Pirates of Penzance,” a community performance
Still as wacky and irreverent as this opera by Gilbert and Sullivan was when it opened in 1879, The Pirates Of Penzance spins a hilarious farce of sentimental pirates, bumbling policemen, dim-witted young lovers, dewy-eyed daughters and an eccentric major-general, all morally bound to the often-ridiculous dictates of honor and duty. Members of the community will join the cast, in collaboration with Manchester Symphony Orchestra.

Wednesday, May 7
8 p.m.
Flory Auditorium

Thursday, May 8
4 p.m.
Flory Auditorium

Cinema Series: “Osama”
Inspired by a true story about a 12-year-old who disguises herself as a boy, this is the first film made in Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban. It won numerous awards, including Golden Globe Best Foreign Language Film. When the Taliban bans women from working and leaving their homes without a male escort, a girl and her mother hang on the brink of starvation. As Osama, the girl in disguise embarks on a terrifying and confusing journey as she tries to keep the Taliban from discovering her secret.