This week at Arts Scholars...

Field Trip Deposit Final Reminder!

There are still a quite a few students who have not submitted their $10 deposit. After next Tuesday, students who have not submitted the refundable deposit via this link will see a deduction in points from their field trip participation grade and they may also be bumped from their selected field trip.

New Scholars Advisory Board Rep
Congratulations to our newest Scholars Advisory Board Representative: Sarah Flores!!
Sarah will join Justyn Alexander as our two SAB representatives this year. Scholars Advisory Board includes student representatives from all 12 Scholars programs who meet monthly to discuss Scholars-wide event plans, share ideas across program disciplines and serve as a voice for their peers.

CPSA100
Colloquium

Monday, October 1st: Visit to the Galleries at UMUC

On Monday we will be given a tour of the art galleries at UMUC by Curator Jon West-Bey. Please meet at UMUC: https://goo.gl/maps/aLEGL1ucL5M2

CPSA200

Colloquium

Tuesday, October 2nd: Capstone Workshop Auditions

Students who intend to propose a workshop for their capstone project will prepare and deliver a brief (approx. 3 minute) presentation of their workshop idea to their classmates. Any media files, URLs or other digital supporting materials should be submitted to the workshop presentation link on ELMS by 4pm Tuesday. All students should bring their journals to class!

Citation Reviews
Appointment slots are currently available through next week. More will be added for the following week. Students are encouraged to sign up as soon as possible!

Pentathlon Opportunities

Literature/Presentations:
Comedy Open Mic Night
Monday, October 1, 2018
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Adele H. Stamp Student Union, TerpZone
https://www.facebook.com/events/259305321578175/
Comedians of all skill and experience levels are welcome to come out and try new material on the first Monday of each month at The TerpZone. Sign up to participate at the TerpZone front desk; sign-ups begin the Monday before each Open Mic.

Voces Sin Fronteras: Local Teens' Immigration Stories
Tuesday, October 2, 2018
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
H.J. Patterson Hall, Atrium
https://www.facebook.com/events/330235177734933/
Join local teen immigrant authors for a conversation about their recently published bilingual graphic memoir collection, Voces Sin Fronteras. Presented in collaboration with the Latin American Youth Center, this event celebrates the self-illustrated graphic memoirs by teen immigrants from Central America and the Caribbean. Books will be available for purchase and tamales will be served.

The Power of Virtues, Language, and Restorative Justice
Tuesday, October 2, 2018
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Adele H. Stamp Student Union
https://www.facebook.com/events/325380994707271/
On Tuesday, October 2nd at 5:00 pm in room 1238 at the Adele Stamp Student Union, author and alumni Dara Feldman will give an interactive talk on the power of virtues, language, and restorative justice as we learn strategies to heal ourselves and our world. Light refreshments will be served and are all welcome. RSVP to umdcpbahaiclub@gmail.com if you can make it.

Social Justice Hangout: Cultural Appropriation
Wednesday, October 3, 2018 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Woods Hall, Room 2101R
https://go.umd.edu/UpA
Each month we'll discuss a contemporary issue with the goal of skill share, community-building and feminist fellowship. Drop in for the stimulating conversation, food, and social justice community fellowship! With Halloween approaching, the notion of cultural appropriation is once again making headlines on Twitter, Instagram, and TV network news. From well-known celebrity examples in art and music to themed parties right here on campus, we will consider cultural appropriation not only as a once-a-year event but as an entrenched part of American public culture and a practice that both relies upon and reifies social networks of power that privilege some while marginalizing others.

A Heretic in the Expanded Field: Means of Engagement in the Public Realm
Friday, October 5, 2018
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Art-Sociology Building, Atrium
https://go.umd.edu/Upd
Mary Miss has been redefining how art is integrated into the public realm since the early 1970s. She is interested in how artists can play a more central role in addressing the complex issues of our times ”making environmental and social sustainability into tangible experiences is a primary goal. Collaboration has been central to her work as she has developed projects as diverse as creating a temporary memorial around the perimeter of Ground Zero, marking the predicted flood level of Boulder, Colorado, or revealing the history of the Union Square Subway station in New York City. Her work crosses boundaries between landscape architecture, architecture, urban design and graphic communication. Her vision favors site-specificity and human perception over traditional concerns of the public monument.

Films and Screenings:
Movies at the Hoff Theater this week:

Sorry to Bother You, 9/29 @ 8pm
Back to the Future, 10/5 @ 7pm
The Shining, 10/5 @ 10pm

This is Home: A Refugee Story Screening
Monday, October 1, 2018
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
South Campus Commons, 1102 Building 1
https://go.umd.edu/UqH
This Is Home is a Sundance award-winning film that puts a human face on the global refugee crisis by providing an intimate portrait of four Syrian refugee families arriving in the United States and struggling to find their footing. With only eight months of help from the International Rescue Committee (IRC) to become self-sufficient, they must forge ahead to rebuild their lives in a new home: Baltimore, Maryland. They attend cultural orientation classes and job training sessions where they must "learn America" -- everything from how to take public transportation to negotiating new gender roles. When the newly imposed travel ban adds further questions and complications, their strength and resilience are put to the test. This is Home goes beyond the statistics, headlines, and political rhetoric to tell deeply personal stories, putting a human face on the global refugee crisis.

Pose Screening and Discussion
Friday, October 5, 2018
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Marie Mount Hall, Room 2218
Free
The category is: LIVE. WORK. POSE! Yes, that's right. If you missed this summer's historical series, Pose, don't worry. We will be hosting a weekly screening & discussion in the LGBT Equity Center Fridays at noon. Hope to see you there!
Contact: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Equity Center, 301-405-8720, lgbt@umd.edu

Dance:
Royal Scottish Country Dancing
Wednesday, October 3, 2018
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Mathematics Building Rotunda
Free
A Scottish country dancing class and practices. (An ancestor of square dancing and a cousin of the dancing you may have seen in Jane Austen movies.) Taught by certificated Scottish Country Dance teacher Howard Lasnik (Distinguished University Professor of Linguistics). ANYONE can come. No experience required. No partner needed. And no Scottish heritage required!
Contact: Howard Lasnik 301-405-4929

Music:
Tyshawn Sorey Percussion Performance
Friday, September 28
8:00 PM
MilkBoy ArtHouse 7416 Baltimore Ave, College Park, Maryland 20740
Student/Youth: $10
https://go.umd.edu/U4T
MacArthur Fellow and composer/drummer Tyshawn Sorey is a leading young artist blurring the boundary between composed and improvised music. His efforts to shatter boundaries by weaving classical composition and improvisation are influenced by history's boldest composers. The Artist Partner Program brings you the new Speed of Sound Sessions (S.O.S.), a celebration of musicians who support and promote composers whose work was created in the 21st century and who respond to the contemporary world in which we live. The S.O.S. Sessions are a fun, interactive way to engage with adventurers just like you.

Reflections from the Keyboard: International Piano Archives Recital
Sunday, September 30, 2018
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Gildenhorn Recital Hall
https://umd.libcal.com/event/4595914
A recital of spectacular solo works and eight-hand transcriptions from the orchestral repertoire. Music of Rachmaninoff, Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, and more!

Sean Jones Quartet Performance
Friday, October 5, 2018 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
MilkBoy ArtHouse 7416 Baltimore Ave, College Park, Maryland 20740
Cost: $10
https://go.umd.edu/U4q
Music and spirituality have always been fully intertwined in the artistic vision of trumpeter, composer, educator, and activist Sean Jones, who is hailed for his 'virtuosity, musicality, and sensitivity' (Chicago Tribune). Among his many accomplishments are his tenure with Jazz at Lincoln Center, where he began his relationship with mentor Wynton Marsalis. Jones serves as Artistic Director of the Pittsburgh Jazz Orchestra, is Artist-In-Residence at San Francisco Performances and is a member of the SFJAZZ Collective. Deeply committed to education and mentoring, he was recently appointed Chair of Jazz Studies at the Peabody Conservatory.

Wind Orchestra Concert
Friday, October 5, 2018
8:00 PM
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Dekelboum Concert Hall
Cost: $10 (free for students if booked in advance)
https://go.umd.edu/UUc
A leading voice among collegiate ensembles in premiering new works for winds, the 10th anniversary season of the University of Maryland Wind Orchestra, led by Dr. Michael Votta, will feature faculty soloists, world premiere performances and masterworks of the 20th and 21st centuries. UMWO has performed in side-by-side collaborations with major professional ensembles and has been invited to perform at international, national and regional conferences.

Know of any events on campus that other Arts Scholars should attend? Let Kenna know!

Other Opportunities

Visit Cuba with the UMUC Arts Program

You’re invited to tour Havana, Cuba, on an educational art trip from April 13 to April 20, 2019, with the UMUC Arts Program and Art Advisory Board. Join other art patrons, collectors, and enthusiasts as we spend a week in Cuba for the 13th Havana International Art Biennial. We will immerse ourselves in Cuban art, including studio visits with artists, tours of galleries and museums, and visits to cultural attractions. For the full itinerary, contact the Arts Program at 301-985-7937 or arts@umuc.edu.

Ground Package Cost: $2,429 (Airfare not included. Prices are per person based on double room occupancy; single room supplement is $490.) including:
• Seven nights at the Iberostar Habana Riviera Hotel in Havana
• 13 meals (hotel breakfast daily, plus lunch on four days and dinner on two nights)
• Havana International Art Biennial All-Access Pass
• Luxury air-conditioned coach transportation and professional driver
• An expert Cuban-English speaking guide and translator throughout the program, together with ongoing support from Authentic Cuba Travel staff in Cuba and Canada

View the itinerary.

Registration: All participants must register online at Authentic Cuba Travel . You will be required to create an account. After you create your account, you will receive an e-mail confirmation detailing the next steps. The e-mail will also have some important reminders.

Registration Deadline: October 13, 2018
Space is limited, so register now.

Visit Hawaii with the Scholars Life Sciences Program
Rainy days leave your dreaming of warm sunny days on a tropical island? Apply by October 1 for the JANUARY IN HAWAII trip is this coming Monday!

January 8-21, 2019
Three islands: Maui, Hawai'i, and Oahu
Credit for GEOL388 or CRSP359I
Program cost: $2350 + airfare
Go to beautiful places and learn a lot: https://www.geol.umd.edu/~jmerck/geol388i/

FrankenTerps Literary Competition

In conjunction with the “FrankenTerps” celebration of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the Center for Literary and Comparative Studies and the Libraries are sponsoring a Literary Competition for University of Maryland undergraduate and graduate students.

All submissions should reflect in some way on Frankenstein, and we welcome poetry and prose. We will choose a graduate student winner and an undergraduate winner. The prize for each is $100. The deadline for submission is October 22, 2018 at 11:00 pm, and the webform for submissions is here: https://www.english.umd.edu/FrankenReads/Submission

Winners will be announced and have an opportunity to read from their work at a ceremony on October 31, 2018, at 6:00 pm, in 6137 McKeldin Library, as part of the FrankenReads Marathon & Celebration.

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This newsletter was sent on September 28, 2018.