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 Events set for March at Shippensburg University

Events ranging from concerts to celebration of Women’s History Month are planned this month at Shippensburg University. Scheduled are:

  • March 11 and 12: Spring Film Festival presentation of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, 7 p.m., Orndorff Theatre, Ceddia Union Building (CUB). The presentations are free and open to public. This powerful drama from Miramax films won numerous awards in 2008. The story is about a young German boy who befriends a Jewish boy in a nearby concentration camp, unaware of the enormity of the horror going on behind the fence.
  • March 12: Chapel Series concert by Renaissance City Winds featuring soprano Demareus Cooper, 7:30 p.m., Old Main Chapel. The concert is free and open to public. Cooper joins the Renaissance City Winds of Pittsburgh in a program of songs and chamber music. Featured are art songs and traditional tunes set by the African-American composer, Harry Burleigh. Cooper is a featured soloist and has collaborated with the Renaissance City Winds since 1996. The Renaissance City Winds has played at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center among other venues. For information call 477-1638.
  • March 15: the SU Woodwind Ensemble Spring Concert, 3 p.m., Old Main Chapel. The concert is free and open to public. For information, call 477-1638.
  • March 18 and 19: Spring Film Festival presentation of Frost/Nixon, 7 p.m., Orndorff Theatre, CUB. The presentations are free and open to public. Frost/Nixon made many critics' top ten list for 2008. It was also nominated for numerous Academy Awards, including best picture, directing, and leading actor. Ron Howard directed this historical fiction telling the dramatic story of the legendary David Frost interviews with President Richard Nixon.
  • March 23: Concert Choir & Madrigal Singers Post-tour Concert, 7:30 p.m., Messiah United Methodist Church, Shippensburg. The concert is free and open to public. For information, call 477-1638.
  • March 24: Koresh Dance Company, 8 p.m., H. Ric Luhrs Performing Arts Center. Renowned for their powerful stage presence and high-energy style, Philadelphia’s Koresh Dance Company has been hailed as an extraordinary and vital force in the local and national dance scene. For information and tickets, visit www.luhrscenter.com or call 477-SHOW.
  • March 25: Poetry Reading and Conversation with John Poch and Chad Davidson as part of the Taggart Reading Series, 7:30 p.m., Old Main Chapel. The program is free and open to public. For information, call 477-1230.
  • March 25 to 26: Spring Film Festival presentation of A Thousand Years of Good Prayers, 7 p.m., Orndorff Theatre, CUB. The presentations are free and open to public. Hong Kong-born director Wayne Wang made his name with quirky, observant films rooted in Chinese culture and this film is a spare, controlled study in communication gaps and a piercing sketch of suburban American loneliness.
  • March 26: Women’s History Month speaker Angela Shelton presenting “Joy in the Face of Violence,” 7 p.m., Memorial Auditorium. Her program is free and open to public. Shelton is an actress, model, dancer, director, artist, activist and writer. After sharing part of her life in the movie Tumbleweeds, she set out in search of others like herself — victims of rape, childhood sexual assault and/or domestic violence - and learned the power of the human spirit. A nationally recognized speaker on trauma, recovery, and resiliency, Shelton created The Survivor Manual and seeks to inspire survivors of abuse to heal and lead joyful lives. She is the author of Finding Angela Shelton. For information, call 477-1790. A book signing will follow lecture.
  • March 29: Concert Band Spring Concert, 3 p.m., Luhrs Performing Arts Center. The program is free and open to the public. The SU Concert Band is dedicated to expanding the musical horizons of its members through performance of exemplary traditional and contemporary wind band literature.
  • March 31: Ethnic Studies lecture by Na'im Akbar, 7 p.m., Old Main Chapel. The program is free and open to the public. Akbar, a professor in the psychology department at Florida State University, is a pioneer in development of an African-centered approach in modern psychology based on his specialized studies. He is the author of Akbar Papers in African Psychology, Breaking the Chains of Psychological Slavery, The Community of Self, Visions for Black Men and Know Thyself. He has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show, Tony Brown's Journal, among other appearances and has been the subject of articles in various publications. For information, call 477-1272. A book signing will follow his lecture.

More information on the programs is available on the university’s website at www.ship.edu.