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Brooklyn, N.Y. – The month of March comes in like a lion with
a diverse group of mesmerizing events at Long Island University’s
Brooklyn Campus in downtown Brooklyn. Events are free and open
to the public, except where otherwise noted.
EXHIBITS
Monday, March 3 - March 28 – The Campus’s Art Department
and the Kolodzei Art Foundation celebrate Women’s History Month
in March with a fascinating exhibit titled "Three Generations
of Russian Women Artists." An opening reception for the
artists will be held on Thursday, March 6, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
in the Salena Gallery. The exhibition focuses on women of three
generations: the pioneers, who first challenged the strictures of
Soviet Socialist Realism in the 1960s and 1970s; those who emerged
in the midst of non-conformist movements near the end of the Soviet
era; and contemporary artists who work with photography, mixed media,
and digital art forms. Gallery hours are from Monday through Friday,
9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday/Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. For
information, call
(718) 488-1198.
BIOLOGY
Saturday, March 8 – The Biology Department at the Brooklyn
Campus is sponsoring a conference on cancer from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m. in Health Sciences Building, Room 107. Presentations will
include "Biology of Cancer," "Cancer and Immunology,"
"Cancer Biotherapy," "Cancer and the Workplace,"
"Ethnic Differences in Mammogram Screening Practices,"
and "Cancer: A Personal Journey" by cancer experts. Lunch
will be provided and there will be time for questions and discussion.
Registration is required. To register, call (718) 780-4129 or email:
biology@brooklyn.liu.edu
DANCE
Wednesday, March 12 - Bill Young & Dancers, a dance company
noted for its ability to transcend cultural boundaries, will perform
at noon in the Campus’s Triangle Theater, as part of the Dance
Department’s "Afternoons at LIU" concert series.
A native of Durham, N.C., Bill Young moved to New York to form his
company in 1983. A 1997 Guggenheim Fellow, he has taught at universities
throughout the United States, Europe, Latin America and Asia. For
more information, call (718) 488-1051.
MEDIA ARTS
Friday, March 14 to Sunday, March 16 - A superb panel of filmmakers
will headline The Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival
and Lecture Series. The Campus’s Media Arts Department
and African Voices magazine are sponsoring the event. The festival
will kick off on Friday at 6 p.m. with an opening night reception,
awards presentation and screenings. On Saturday, at noon, a panel
consisting of filmmakers Neema Barnett and Teena Andrews and writers
Lisa Jones and Thulani Davis will explore racial and sexual politics
in cinema. At 3 p.m. in the Luntey Commons, actresses Ruby Dee
and Lonette McKee, film producer Grace Blake and film historian/scholar
Pearl Bowser will meet for "High Tea and Reel Talk,"
hosted by New York Women in Film & Television. For conference
schedule, festival prices and other information, call (718) 488-1052
or visit www.reelsisters.org
MUSIC
Tuesday, March 25 - Noted jazz and Latin percussionist Ray Mantilla,
who has collaborated with jazz greats Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach
and Charles Mingus, will perform and discuss his experiences at
a workshop for jazz students at 4 p.m. in the Humanities Building
Conference Hall. Mantilla has appeared on more than 200 albums/
CDs, and recorded six as a bandleader, establishing him as one of
the most significant jazz and Latin percussionists today. For more
information, call (718) 488-1051.
BUSINESS
Wednesday, March 12 – The School of Business, Public Administration
and Information Sciences will hold an open house for undergraduate
programs from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Campus’s Salena Gallery.
The school offers bachelor’s degree programs in Accounting,
Computer Science, Finance, Information Systems, Management and Marketing,
and also offers a two-year associate’s degree in Business Administration.
For more information, call (718) 488-1070 or email business@brooklyn.liu.edu.
Long Island University opened its Brooklyn Campus in 1926, welcoming
a diverse population at a time when other major universities enforced
quota systems against racial and ethnic minorities. Some 30,000
students currently are enrolled at the university’s three residential
and three regional campuses, including nearly 11,000 at the Brooklyn
Campus. Located at the corner of Flatbush Avenue Extension and DeKalb
Avenue in Downtown Brooklyn, the Campus is accessible to all major
bus and subway routes and the Long Island Rail Road.
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