Spring Break
While old man winter returns to New England, it's still summertime in Chile. Legendary Chilean folk collective Inti-Illimani brought their southern-hemispheric style to the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts Thursday. Named after a mountain in the Bolivian Andes, the earliest lineup of the group met in 1967 as students at the Universidad Técnica del Estado in Santiago, Chile. (0) comments
Thursday at the Co-op, faculty and students gathered to hear Jean O'Reilly discuss the newly-released book that she co-edited with Susan K. Cahn, "Women and Sports in the United States." The book, which comes across like an undergrad course reader, is meant to look at the history and current state of women's sports, while maintaining an optimistic position on the issues presented. (0) comments
The Women's Center played host to a Herstory Month event Thursday night as Dr. Evelyn Simien lectured on her book "Black Feminist Voices in Politics." Simien, a professor of political science and women's studies at UConn, highlighted important black women throughout the history of the feminist movement and comparing them to black men in the civil rights movement. (0) comments
The Contemporary Latin American Film Series held its weekly viewing Thursday in the Puerto Rican/Latin American Cultural Center program room. This week's film was called "Cidade De Deus" or "City of God" and according to the PRLACC website was "the true story of a man who grew up on [the streets of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil] and whose brave ambition is to become a professional photographer becomes a window into his world and ultimately his way out. (0) comments
People dressed in their finest green shirts will be piling into pubs across the country on Saturday, ordering pints of Guinness Stout and toasting their Irish heritage. Whether you're Italian, German, Polish or English, come St. Patrick's Day you'll be screaming "Kiss me, I'm Irish. (0) comments
ABC's TV shows never fail to amaze its audience. Every month, a new hit drama premieres hoping to have as much success as "Grey's Anatomy." This Thursday, "October Road" tried its hand at becoming the new and famous show by having its main character disappear from his town and returning 10 years later, only to find that everything he knew has changed. (4) comments