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Embry-Riddle Launches Arts & Letters Series with Music of Persia and Iran
Safahan Music Band Performs on Traditional Instruments
Daytona Beach, Fla., Sept. 18, 2008 -- Kicking off the Arts & Letters Series at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University this year, the singers and musicians of Safahan Music Band will present the rich heritage of Persia/Iran through a variety of traditional songs and instruments.
The all-female group is directed by its creator, Hamid Sheikhbahaei, a world-renowned master of the daf, a tunable tambourine-like drum with metal bangles used in both popular and classical music in the Middle East.
Safahan Music Band will perform Wednesday, Sept. 24, at 7 p.m. in the Miller Instructional Center auditorium on Embry-Riddle’s Daytona Beach campus, 600 S. Clyde Morris Blvd. Admission is $5 at the door; local high school and college students, faculty, and staff are admitted free with school ID.
The performance is co-sponsored by the Ancient Persia ~ Modern Iran Committee as the final event in the series “Passport to Persia: A Week Long Journey of Passion and Pride Through the Arts,” a celebration of Persian/Iranian culture, history, and politics through art exhibits, lectures, films, and musical events.
The Ancient Persia ~ Modern Iran Committee is composed of Dr. Linda Straubel and Dr. Mohamed Camara of Embry-Riddle’s Humanities and Social Sciences Dept. as well as representatives of the Daytona Beach Iranian-American Society, Daytona State College and its Southeast Museum of Photography, Bethune-Cookman University, the Daytona Beach Museum of Arts & Sciences, and WNDB AM 1150 radio. 2008-2009 Arts & Letters Series
“Forgotten Florida: Farm Security Administration Photographs of Florida”
Now and ongoing, Miller Instructional Center hallway, Embry-Riddle. Free.
An exhibit from Daytona State College’s acclaimed Southeast Museum of Photography showcases photos taken in Florida during the Depression by such prominent artists as Dorothea Lange.
Alex Filippenko on “Dark Energy and the Runaway Universe”
Saturday, Nov. 8, 7 p.m., Miller Instructional Center auditorium, Embry-Riddle. Free.
Named best professor at University of California-Berkeley six times, Alex Filippenko has written and co-authored hundreds of publications on astronomy and has appeared on the History Channel’s informative series, The Universe. His talk is co-sponsored by the Fred Elston Memorial Fund.
Pianist Jamila Tekalli
Saturday, Nov. 15, 7:30 p.m.
Daytona State College Theater Center, 1200 W. International Speedway Blvd., Daytona Beach.
Admission is $5 at the door; free to students with Embry-Riddle ID.
Among her many awards, classical pianist Jamila Tekalli took first place in the Yamaha Piano State Competition, won the Collegiate Steinway Indiana State Competition, and was a finalist in the Stravinsky Awards International Piano Competition. She’s currently earning a master’s degree in music at the University of Central Florida.
Dr. Jack Levin on “The Violence of Hate”
Tuesday, Nov. 18, 7 p.m., Miller Instructional Center auditorium, Embry-Riddle. Free.
Dr. Jack Levin, professor of sociology and criminology at Northeastern University in Boston, Mass., and author of Why We Hate, will share his compelling insights on the nature of hate crimes and the climate that nurtures them on college campuses. Co-sponsored by the Diversity Initiatives Office.
Kevin Miller on “Seeing is Believing”
Wednesday, Jan. 28, 7 p.m., Miller Instructional Center auditorium, Embry-Riddle. Free.
Kevin Miller, director of the Southeast Museum of Photography (SMP), will talk on the fine art of photography. One of the few museums in the nation dedicated exclusively to photography, the SMP has more than 3,500 photos in its permanent collection and holds approximately 20 exhibits each year.
National Players Double Bill
Monday, Feb. 9, and Tuesday, Feb. 10, 7 p.m., Miller Instructional Center auditorium, Embry-Riddle.
Admission is $5 at the door; free to students with Embry-Riddle ID.
National Players, America’s longest running classical touring company and one of the most popular, returns to campus Feb. 9 to present a stage adaptation of George Orwell’s novel 1984, depicting a nightmarish totalitarian world dominated by Big Brother and his vast network of agents. The following day, the National Players perform Shakespeare’s pastoral comedy As You Like It. This work, which contains some of Shakespeare’s best poetry, contrasts envy and rivalry with compassion and harmony.
Silent-Film Organist John Steel
Tuesday, Feb. 24, 7 p.m., Miller Instructional Center auditorium, Embry-Riddle. Free.
During the Age of the Silver Screen, silent films were almost always shown with dramatic live music to enhance the movie-goer’s experience. The ambiance of those bygone days will be recreated at this Embry-Riddle event as organist John Steel accompanies a selection of short silent films.
“Bachelor Babes, Bridezillas, and Husband-Hunting Harems”
Friday, March 13, 7 p.m., Miller Instructional Center auditorium, Embry-Riddle. Free.
Presenting provocative clips from television reality shows, award-winning journalist Jennifer Pozner will explain why she believes these programs reinforce regressive stereotypes about women and men, race and class, and sex, love, and marriage. Co-sponsored by the Diversity Initiatives Office.
John Hemingway on Family and Fame
Wednesday, March 25, 7 p.m., Miller Instructional Center auditorium, Embry-Riddle. Free.
John Hemingway, grandson of Ernest Hemingway and author of Strange Tribe: A Family Memoir, will share his painful and insightful observations on fame and dysfunctional family dynamics as he discusses his well-regarded memoir and the events that inspired it.
The Embry-Riddle Arts & Letters Series Committee, chaired by Dr. Linda Straubel, includes Dr. Bob Oxley, Dr. Alan Pratt, and Dr. Tom Vickers of the Humanities and Social Sciences Dept.; Dr. Chris Vuille of the Physical Science Dept.; Anne Stokes of the Student Activities Office; and student Rosie Abeyta.
For more information on the Arts & Letters Series, visit http://erau.edu/arts or call the Humanities and Social Sciences Dept. at (386) 226-6668.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the world’s largest, fully accredited university specializing in aviation and aerospace, offers more than 30 degree programs in its colleges of Arts and Sciences, Aviation, Business, and Engineering. The university educates more than 34,000 students annually in undergraduate and graduate programs, with accreditation pending for Embry-Riddle’s first doctoral programs, in Aviation and in Engineering Physics. Embry-Riddle educates students at residential campuses in Prescott, Ariz., and Daytona Beach, Fla., through the Worldwide Campus at more than 130 campus centers in the United States, Europe, Canada, and the Middle East, and through online learning. For more information, visit www.embryriddle.edu.
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