Marian Miner Cook
Athenaeum

A distinctive
feature of social and
cultural life at CMC

 

Current Semester Schedule

Athenaeum events are posted here as detailed information becomes available.

Tue, March 22, 1994
Leah Chase, master chef; author, The Dooky Chase Cookbook (1990); "The History of New Orleans Culture and Cuisine"
 
Wed, March 9, 1994
Bobby Bradford, cornet; lecturer in music, director of Jazz Ensemble, Pomona College; Roberto Miranda, bass; William Jeffrey, drums; Sony Phillips, piano; Vinnie Golia, woodwinds; "The Bobby Bradford Mo'tet Jazz Concert"
 
Tue, March 8, 1994
Tatyana Tolstaya, professor of literature, Princeton University; author, On the Golden Porch (1989) and Sleepwalker in a Fog (1992); "Culture and Society in Contemporary Russia"
 
Mon, March 7, 1994
Derek Mahon, poet; author, Night-Crossing (1968) and Selected Poems (1992); "Poetry Reading"
 
Thu, March 3, 1994
Chaim Seidler-Feller, Rabbi, UCLA Hillel; Mark Wilson, Pastor, McGee Avenue Baptist Church, Berkeley; "A Panel Discussion on Jewish and African American Relations"
 
Wed, March 2, 1994
Herman Belz, professor of history, University of Maryland, College Park; author, The American Constitution: Its Origins and Development (1991) and Equality Transformed: A Quarter Century of Affirmative Action (1990); "Affirmative Action and American Equality"
 
Tue, March 1, 1994
Susan Murphy, assistant professor of psychology, CMC; "Developing Leadership: The Role of Personality and Behavior" (12:15 p.m.)
 
Mon, February 28, 1994
Robert Pollack, professor of microbiology, Columbia University; author, "Signs of Life: The Language and Meanings of DNA" (1994)
 
Thu, February 24, 1994
Kenton Youngstrom, guitar; "Classical Guitar: Music by Spanish Composers Granados, Terago, and Rodrigo"
 
Wed, February 23, 1994
Hortencia Valles '94, vocals; Alejandro Hernandez '96, vocals and guitar; "Musical Tea" (3:00 p.m.)
 
Tue, February 22, 1994
Lee Stetson, performance artist; author, John Muir: The Spirit of Wilderness (1992); "An Evening with John Muir"
Thu, February 17, 1994
Shelby Steele P'96, professor of English, San Jose State University; author, The Content of Our Character: A New Vision of Race in America (1990); "Civil Rights and Civil Wrongs: The Politics of Virtue"
 
Wed, February 16, 1994
Chalmers Johnson, professor of Pacific international relations, U.C. San Diego; author, Revolutionary Change (1982) and An Instance of Treason: Ozaki Hotsumi and the Sorge Spy Ring (1990); "The Foundations of Japan's Wealth and Power and Why They Baffle the United States"
 
Tue, February 15, 1994
Terrence Roberts, psychology chair, Antioch University, Los Angeles; "Little Rock Revisited: An Assessment of the Modern Civil Rights Movement"
 
Mon, February 14, 1994
Gwendolyn Lytle, soprano; associate professor of music, Pomona College; Althea Waite, piano; "The Other American Music"
 

Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum

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