University Park

Women's History Month

BEAVER:

* March 19: Ashley Cox Band will perform at noon in the Brodhead Bistro.

* March 20: Erin Weed will give presentation, "Girls Fight Back," and demonstrate women's self-defense techniques at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Study Learning Center.

* March 25: Deanna Latson will give a presentation titled "Eat Right, Feel Good, Look Great" at 7 p.m. in the Technology Classroom.

BERKS:

* March 3: Comedian Alex House will perform at 9 p.m. in the Perkins Student Center.

* March 25: Singer/songwriter Meredith LaVande will perform at 1 p.m. in Tully's.

DELAWARE COUNTY:

* March 6: Sebronette Barnes, assistant professor at Cheyney University and interim dean of the Keystone Honors Academy, will present a classical gospel music concert in 101 Main Building.

* March 7: Doreen Hettich-Atkins, director of student life at the campus, will teach a women's self defense workshop at 11:30 a.m. in the auxiliary gym of the Commons Building.

* March 19: A discussion on forms of protest by women, with musician/performer Stephanie Renée as host, will take place at 12:30 p.m. in the student lounge of the Classroom Building.

* March 20: A musical performance by Sara Wheeler will take place at 11:30 a.m. in the student Lounge of the Classroom Building.

* March 26: Mellonease Naylor will do readings from her book, Potato Pie, at 11:30 a.m. in the student lounge of the Classroom Building.

* March 27: Norma Thomas, a professor at Widener University, will speak at the campus' Women's Commission luncheon at 11:30 a.m.

DUBOIS

* March 7: "Amelie," starring Audrey Tautou, will be shown at noon and 7:30 p.m. in the Hiller Auditorium.

* March 8: "Amelie," starring Audrey Tautou, will be shown at 2 p.m. in the Hiller Auditorium.

* March 21: "Enough," with Jennifer Lopez, will be shown at noon and 7:30 p.m. in the Hiller Auditorium.

* March 22: "Enough," with Jennifer Lopez, will be shown at 2 p.m. in the Hiller Auditorium.

* March 19: Nesse Godin, co-president of the Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Friends of Greater Washington, will speak at 7 p.m. in the Hiller Building auditorium. Godin is a survivor of the Stutthof Concentration Camp, four labor camps and a death march.

* March 31: Singer Sarah Pillow performs at 7 p.m. in the Hiller Building Auditorium.

* March 31: Students in "Women's Studies 301: Introduction to Feminism" will hold a panel discussion on the history of reproductive rights in the United States at 12:15 p.m. in the Smeal Conference Room.

* Through March 31: The video series, "Woman: A True Story," will be shown throughout the month at 12:15 p.m. in the Hiller Building Auditorium. Titles and dates are: "The Double Shift," March 17; "The Need to Know," March 19; "Body Politics," March 24; "Postcards from the Future," March 26; and "The Power Game," March 31.

ERIE:

* March 18: "The Princes and the Warrior," part of the Women's Film Series, will be screened at 7 p.m. in 117 Reed Union Building.

* March 19: Alif Lail, who plays the sitar, will perform at 7:30 p.m. in the Reed Union Building.

* March 21: Authors Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards will discuss their book Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism and the Future, at 7 p.m. in the Reed Union Building.

* March 24: A panel discussion on women's issues featuring faculty will be presented at 7 p.m. in 117 Reed Union Building.

* March 25: "Ouch," part of the Women's Film Series, will be screened at 7 p.m. in 117 Reed Union Building.

* March 28: Ariel Winds, an all-female woodwind quintet, will perform at noon in the Reed Union Building.

* March 28: A participatory reading of Eve Ensler's "The Vagina Monologues" will be performed from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Studio Theatre.

* April 1: "Soles," part of the Women's Film Series, will be screened at 7 p.m. in 117 Reed Union Building.

GREAT VALLEY:

* March 19: Sharon Pinkenson, executive director of the Philadelphia Film Office, will make a presentation from noon to 1 p.m. in the Sanchez Classrooms in the Safeguard Scientifics Building.

HARRISBURG:

* Through March 31: "Drawing as Drawing, Drawing in Painting," a Bridget Mayer Art Gallery group show of young emerging artists, will be exhibited in the Gallery Lounge, Olmsted Building.

* March 5: Student Health Services and the Liaison Committee to the Commission for Women will present a "Lunch and Learn" program at noon in the Gallery Lounge, featuring the latest research on skin cancer.

* March 19: The Liaison Committee to the Commission for Women and Penn Sate Harrisburg's Alumni Office will present a panel program, "Women in the Work Place," with college alumnae and female leaders of the student body from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Gallery Lounge.

* March 25: Singer/songwriter Sara Wheeler will perform at noon in Kunkel Auditorium.

* March 26: "Claiming a Sacred Face: Spirituality, Gender and Culture in Adult and Higher Education" will be presented by Elizabeth J. Tisdell, associate professor of adult education, from noon to 1 p.m. at the Penn State Downtown Center. Free. Information: (717) 948 6086.

* March 27: "Sistahs in College: Black Reentry Women in Higher Education" will be presented by Juanita Johnson-Bailey, associate professor of adult education and women's studies at the University of Georgia, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Morrison Gallery of the Library. Free. Information: (717) 948 6086.

* April 30: "Women's Learning in the 1930s Catholic Worker Movement: Implications for Emancipatory Education in the New Millennium" will be presented by Marilyn McKinley Parrish, adjunct faculty in Archives and Special Collections at Millersville University, from noon to 1 p.m. at the Penn State Downtown Center.

LEHIGH VALLEY:

* March: A display in the Concourse Gallery will feature information, photos and artifacts from the Women's Sanitary Commission of the Civil War era, forerunner of the Red Cross. The display is sponsored by the Penn State Lehigh Valley Commission for Women. For information, call (610) 285-5000.

MONT ALTO:

* March 19: Girlyman, a multicultural acoustic duo, will perform at 8:30 p.m. in the Millstream Cafe.

* March 23: Sara Wheeler will perform at 8:30 p.m. in the Millstream Cafe.

* March 27: A bus trip embarks to the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C.

UNIVERSITY PARK:

* March 24: Commission For Women, annual banquet, the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel.

WILKES-BARRE:

* March 4: Singer/songwriter Zaida Alfaro will perform from noon to 1 p.m. in the campus Café Commons.

* March 24: The second annual Collegiate Conference on Women's Issues: Look Ahead To The Future will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Elizabeth Brensinger, Vision Quest guide and founder of Red Road Enterprises, is the keynote speaker. Participants can select workshops covering relationship issues, healthy lifestyles, networking and financial planning for women. Registration deadline is March 14. For information, call (570) 675-9263.

* March 24: Sara Wheeler will perform from noon to 1 p.m. in the campus Café Commons.

Last Updated March 19, 2009