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The Point: Calendar of Events

November 17, 2009
by Office of Communications

Friday, November 20 

Biology Seminar: Testing Alternative Approaches to Analyzing Ecological Networks

2:30 p.m., Small Science Auditorium. Speaker: Dr. J. Tim Wooten, Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago. Hosted by Professor Ron Etter.

Sunday, November 22

Chamber Orchestra Concert - A Quintuple Celebration!

4 p.m., Curry College Theatre, 1071 Blue Hill Avenue, Milton, Mass. Free. Click here for more information.

Thursday, November 26

Thanksgiving Day

University closed. 

Monday, November 30 

Second Atlantic Studies Event

2:30 -3:45 p.m., location tba. Presented by Woodruff Smith of the History Department and Paul Tucker of the Art Department

Tuesday, December 1

Poetry Reading: Robert Polito

4 p.m., Campus Center Bookstore. Award winning poet Poet Robert Polito will join us to read from his latest book of poetry Hollywood & God (2009). Robert is currently the Director of Writing Programs and a Professor of Writing at the New School in New York City. His works include Savage Art: A Biography of Jim Thompson, which received the National Book Critics Circle Award and an Edgar; Doubles (a book of poems); A Reader's Guide to James Merrill's The Changing Light at Sandover; and At the Titan's Breakfast: Three Essays on Byron's Poetry.

Tuesday, December 8 through Sunday, December 13 

Play: Etymology of Bird

Written by Zakiyyah Alexander, directed by Michael Fennimore. December 8, 9, and 10 at 6 p.m.; December 11 and 12 at 7:30 p.m., and December 13 at 2 p.m. General admission is $15; $8 for UMass Boston students with valid ID.

Sundays
 
Christ the Rock Church service, every Sunday at 10:30 a.m. in the Lipke Auditorium in the Science Building. Free parking in the North Lot. For more information, call 617-825-9425 or go to www.christtherockboston.org.

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