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.
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Adeline Levine