Penn State-Behrend Cultural Events 1985-86 Entertainment Astonishing Neal Saturday, Sept. 28 Reed Lecture Hall, 8:00 p.m. “A Close Encounter With the Mind,” is a fascinating adventure featuring ESP and hypnosis. During the ESP portion, Neal will bend metals and move objects with his mind as well as reveal names, nicknames and humorous in cidents involving people in the audience. During the hyp nosis part of the performance, volunteers from the audience will become a wide variety of characters including Bruce Lee, The Hulk, Richard Simmons. Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson. Sunshine Too Friday, Nov. 22 Reed Lecture Hall, 8:00p.m. Deaf and hearing individuals alike will be captivated by this innovative variety show. This unique theater troupe, affiliated with the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at the Rochester Institute of Technology, performs in both sign language and voice. Troupe members include both deaf and hearing graduates of RIT. Performances con tain songs, sign-mime, poetry, and storytelling to stimulate new ideas for deaf and hearing interaction. Penn State-Behrend : Studio Theater f■ y' > Productions [: The Dining Room By A.J. Gurney, Jr. A brilliantly conceived theatrical piece in which six per formers portray a wide variety of characters in a series of interrelated scenes. Some are funny, some touching, and some sad, but all take place in the ‘dining room’, the last fortress of the upper middle class WASP. Performances November 15-17 and 20-24. Love; Variations On A Theme (Two One Acts) Winners By Brian Friel On a hillside in Ireland, a pair of young lovers plan then lives, full of hope and potential, while a pair of observing narrators reveal the tragic outcome of this very ordinary day. A warm and moving play. Here We Are By Dorothy Parker The marriage ceremony is over, but this naive young cou ple, on the train to their New York City honeymoon, is full of anticipation and anxiety, with hilarious results. Perfor mances Februarv 14-16 and 19-23. The Children's Hour By Lillian Heilman Karen and Martha run a school for girls. A malicious young girl starts an entirely unfounded scandal about them, which leads to tragedy for the two .women. It is later discovered that the gossip was pure invention, but by then it is too late. A..classic American drama. Performances April 18-20 and 23-27. Speaker Series: Science and Human Values In this year’s speaker series at Penn State-Behrend, a group of distinguished professors and profes sionals will address issues related to science, technology, and values. In addition to the public lectures scheduled for the evening, our guests will attend classes or meet with students and faculty informally to discuss the issues that bring them here as part of the series. All public lectures will be scheduled at 8:00 p.m., in the Reed Lecture Hall and all will be followed by a reception to which everyone in atten dance is “Love Canal: Issues , Values and Controversies” Adeline Levine November 11 Professor Adeline Levine is Professor of Sociology and former head of the department at SUNY Buffalo. Originally trained as a nurse, she worked as an R.N. from 1948-53. but subse quently returned to college and earned a B.A. in sociology from Beaver College in 1962. She then went on for an M.A. (1966) and a Ph.D. (1968) in sociology at Yale. She teaches courses in sociology and environmental sociology. Her book Love Canal: Science, Politics and People was published in 1982 by Lexington Books. She has lectured at more than fifty colleges on the relations between science, values, and policy as illustrated by the situation at Love Canal. “What Are Endangered Species Worth?” Thomas Troy February 18 Mr. Thomas Troy is the regional representative for the Mid-Atlantic office at the Audubon Society. He earned a B.S. in Biology from Salisbury State College in Maryland (1976) and an M.S. in Science and Environmental Education from Virginia Tech (1980). He taught biology for two years before becoming director of the Audubon Ark-Project, 1981-84. He has lectured extensively on environmental issues before schools, colleges, and civic groups. Darwin Stapleton “The Principles and Myths of Technology” Darwin Stapleton October 14 Professor Darwin Stapleton is currently Associate Professor and Director of the Program for the History of Science and Technology at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. He has a B.A. in history from Swarthmore College, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in history from the University of Delaware, where he was a Hagley Fellow. He is editor of The Papers of B.H. Latrobe and The Engineering Draw ings of B.H. Latrobe. He teaches courses in Science, Technology and Society, Science Fic tion, and History. He has lectured frequently on questions of science and values at Penn, New Jersey Tech, and other colleges and universities. “Work and Nature In The Future Forest: Orwellian or Ectopian?” Craig Humphrey March 20 Professor Craig Humphrey is Associate Professor of Sociology at Penn State University and member of the Science, Technology and Society faculty there. He received a B.A. in sociology from Bowling Green in 1964, and the M.A. and Ph.D. from Brown in 1967 and 1971 respective ly. His Ph.D. work was in Demography/Ecology. He is co-author with F.H. Buttel of Environ ment, Energy and Society (Wadsworth, 1982) and has written numerous papers for conferences and l publication on questions relating to in dustrialism, forestry, and ecology. PAGE THREE Adeline Levine
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