Cal Poly Update | November 2006 | Events & Entertainment Coming Up

November, 2006: Events Coming Up on Campus

Nationally Acclaimed Quilter Will Speak November 14
Associate Vice President for Student Affairs Denise Campbell, whose quilts are part of a collection at the Smithsonian Institution and have been featured in national exhibition catalogues, will speak at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14, in Chumash Auditorium at Cal Poly. Campbell’s slide presentation and talk is titled “The Signifying Quilt: Preserving Cultural Remnants through African American Quiltmaking.” She is presenting it as part of a Cal Poly LEAP (Linking Educators and Parents for the Arts) lecture.
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Cal Poly Theatre & Dance Presents 'Cuckoo's Nest' November 15-18
Cal Poly Theatre & Dance Presents "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" November 15-18. The play by Dale Wasserman is adapted from the novel by Ken Kesey. the plot centers on McMurphy, a boisterous and lusty rebel. He's committed to a mental institution where he rallies the patients and challenges the staff. His defiance of authority is comical and inspiring, with horrific results.
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2006 UCSB Economic Forecast Project in Cohan Center November 17
Under Bill Watkins, the UCSB Economic Forecast Project has expanded the geographic scope of its core regional forecasting activities, and it has developed extensive expertise in ancillary issues. These issues include demographic trends, economic development, workforce issues, equity, and California economics.
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Cal Poly Orchestras Present 'Bandfest '06' at the PAC November 18
Enduring, inspired, and uplifting are the words to describe this season’s opener of the Cal Poly Wind Orchestra, Wind Ensemble and “Pride of the Pacific” Mustang Marching Band. Prepare for an evening of enchantment as over 200 collegiate wind and percussion musicians bring you some of the most mesmerizing storytelling compositions ever written. Guest Conductor Lt. Col. Alan Bonner, retired conductor of the United States Air Force Band of Washington, D.C.
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Cal Poly Symphony in Concert November 19
Join the Cal Poly Symphony for a season opener highlighting the enchanting voice of the violin. Featured soloist Brynn Albanese will perform Ernest Chausson’s Poème, a lushly evocative fantasy for violin and orchestra. The orchestra will then tell its own story in Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Sheherezade, a four-movement depiction of tales from 1001 Nights. The violin, our Symphony’s concertmaster, joins many instruments in telling this story through music. The concert will begin with Humperdinck’s Overture to Hansel and Gretel, conducted by music major Amanda Yoshimizu.
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Students Premiere ‘Popera at Poly' November 30
Cal Poly voice students will perform songs made popular by Andrea Bocelli, Josh Groban, the Opera Babes and Il Divo in "Popera at Poly!" at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 30, in the Spanos Theatre on campus. The students will perform such classics as “You Raise Me Up,” “The Prayer,” “Cinema Paradiso,” “Time to Say Goodbye,” “You’re Still You,” “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring,” and “Vincent.”
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