Season XXXX: Forty years of serious, funny, unique programs ... making us think, laugh, get involved: we welcome our wonderful audience to
join us as we present our Anniversary 2007-08 Season. All programs will be in the Ford Academic Complex Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m.
except for Cirque Odyssey, who will perform in the Christian Center Auditorium at 7:00 p.m. Click here for a full copy of the Arts & Lecture brochure.
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Thursday, September 20, 2007
Cirque Odyssey
Testing the limits of the human body and challenging what the mind believes is possible, Cirque Odyssey is an amazing cornucopia of daring skill, grace, strength and agility. Each act is distinct and set to different textured and special effects lighting, sound and prop. The journey culminates in a breathtaking controlled chaos of color and pure energy. You have to see it to believe it!
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Joe Bob Briggs “The South in Film”
Joe Bob Briggs is an actor, comedian, writer, satirist, and Texas wiseacre whose “Joe Bob’s Drive-In Theater” ran for 10 years and was twice nominated for the Cable ACE Award. Joe Bob (the pseudonym and persona of John Irving Bloom) was born in Dallas, grew up in Little Rock, and attended Vanderbilt University on a sports-writing scholarship. Before becoming a performer in 1985, Briggs was an award-winning investigative reporter. He has appeared on over 50 talk shows including The Tonight Show and The Larry King Show, and has written six books of humor. His lecture will focus on the portrayal of the South in films throughout the years.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Charles Pickering and Mike Moore “A Look Back, A Look Forward”
Two Mississippians, both attorneys and public servants, take a look at the November statewide elections and put forward their own interpretations of what happened and what it means. They will also look ahead to the national election cycle of 2008. Former Mississippi Attorney General Mike Moore (1988-2004) filed the first lawsuit against 13 tobacco companies in 1994. Judge Charles Pickering has been Prosecuting Attorney for Laurel and Jones Counties, and was elected to two terms in the Mississippi State Senate. He served as a U.S. District Court Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi from 1990-2004. On January 16, 2004, Judge Pickering was given a recess appointment to the United State Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by President Bush. In December of 2004, he retired from the federal bench to private practice, and is the author of 2006’s Supreme Chaos and 2007’s A Price Too High.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
William Jeanes “Long Gone and Long Forgotten: Mississippi’s Airmen of the First World War”
The saga of the Mississippians who took to the air in the early days of aerial combat has long since faded into the mists of history. In 1917 and 1918, high above the Western Front, these airmen flew, fought, killed, and died in machines that would appall modern aviators. Their combat careers were brief, but should not be forgotten. For one evening, William Jeanes brings these airmen to life, introducing new generations to these sadly unknown young Mississippians who flew in France nine decades ago. A native of Corinth, Mississippi, William Jeanes was a Navy Lieutenant, served as editor-in-chief of Car and Driver and two other national magazines, and was a senior vice president at two major advertising agencies. A member of the Millsaps College Board of Trustees, he was the College’s Alumnus of the Year in 1994. Now a resident of Madison, he continues to write professionally.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Southern Songwriters
We continue our salute to those talented Southerners in all the creative forms of music, writing, producing, and performing. Jackson native Neilson Hubbard started writing songs in 1992 while at Ole Miss. He moved to Nashville, and in 2005 his group Strays Don’t Sleep brought out a self-titled release to great reviews. He currently has a new solo album, I Love Your Muscles. Garrison Starr started her musical journey in Memphis. After seven years in Los Angeles, she now lives in Nashville, where she released her new Vanguard CD The Sound of You and Me. Violinist and Mississippi native Molly Thomas showcases her playing, compelling voice, and stage presence in her solo album Shoot the Sky, a very personal look at her life.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
John Rather “Astronomy and Space Development in the 21st Century”
Dr. John Rather is a scientific innovator and creator of major new technology programs for both business and government. He has worked in physics and astrophysics research and was in the Senior Executive Service of the U.S. Government at NASA Headquarters. Since 1997 he has worked extensively on applications of physics to the detection and cure of cancer. He has seven U.S. patents with more pending. The mission of his new company is to create, develop, and license technologies having high level impact for science, medicine, and commerce. In the 1990s, Dr. Rather was appointed by the U.S. Congress to chair a panel to provide a study on the potential for a catastrophic asteroid collision with Earth and the resulting impact. His lecture will be a fascinating look at what issues we can expect in astronomy.
March 18, 2008
John R. Hailman “Thomas Jefferson on Wine”
John R. Hailman was Washington Post wine columnist for three years, nationally syndicated for over a decade by Gannett News Service. He has also served as judge and panel chairman at numerous international wine competitions for over twenty years. His book Thomas Jefferson on Wine, now in its third printing at University Press of Mississippi, examines in depth the founding father’s lifelong interest in wine and provides new insight into his character from this unique perspective. Hailman is Chief of the Criminal Division in the Office of the United States Attorney in Oxford, MS, and Anti-Terrorism Coordinator. Educated at La Sorbonne, Millsaps College, Tulane University, and the University of Mississippi, he was trained in writing at Millsaps by the late Miss Eudora Welty.
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