VOL. 25, ISSUE 2 Thursday, February 21, 2008 SINCE 1973

“Brighton Beach Memoirs”: Family Fun at Dysfunction Junction

By Jessie Forand

Neil Simon’s “Brighton Beach Memoirs” opened to a small but enthusiastic audience at Dibden Center for the Arts on Thursday, Feb. 14, following the cancellation of the Feb. 13 matinee because of bad weather.

Directed by JSC Professor of Performing Arts Russ Longtin, the cast of seven played against and with each other beautifully, remaining faithful to the spirit of Simon’s play.

 

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Dialogue Project: Communicating with the LGBTQ Community

By Katie Crown

Dialogue Project, the current exhibit in the Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, presented a lecture on February 13, 2008. The project’s intention is to bridge the generations of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Vermonters through a number of personal interviews between elders and youth of the community.

Tracy Penfield, founding director of the issue based organization SafeArt, guided the lecture with help from high school students Chelsea Palin, Galen Milchman, Zack Allard, Nathalie Trottier, and Kaleb Oldham. SafeArt performed a number of short dance, skit, slam poetry, and readings from the transcripts included in the exhibit. Their performance displayed the issues—‘coming out,’ a man trapped in a woman’s body, civil union, and safe sex—of the LGBTQ community.

 

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Arts & Entertainment Calendar

Thursday Feb 21- Open Mic Night @ the Base Lodge- 8:00 P.M.

Feb 23- March 2- Winter Break!

Monday March 3, Wednesday March 5- Movie Night: “I Am Legend” @ BEN 207- 9:00 P.M.

Tuesday March 4- SGA Event- Bingo @ the Base Lodge- 8:00 P.M.

No Blood for Oil Progressive Club @ Dewey- 3:30 P.M.

Thursday March 6- Coffee House: Natural Breakdown @ the Base Lodge- 8:00 P.M.

Steve Blair Faculty Fellowship @ Dibden- 7:00 P.M.- FREE

Poetry Reading Re-scheduled
J.P. White’s poetry reading, originally scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 14, was cancelled. It is now re-scheduled for Thursday, March 6, at 4:00 p.m. in the LLC multi-media room. For further information, contact Sandy Douglass or Neil Shepard.

Chocolate: Healthy Inside and Out

Who said you have to eat chocolate to reap the benefits? Here are two chocolaty treats that won’t send you running to the gym the next morning.

Chocolate Facial Mask

1/3 cup cocoa powder
3 tbsp. heavy cream
2 tsp. cottage cheese
1/4 cup honey
3 tsp. oatmeal

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