Storied Streets Premiere, 7:30 pm, Sunday, Nov. 16, 2014

Ruby Onyinyechi Amanze, Tuesday, November 11, 2014

World-renowned artist to speak on inspiration 
Youths, families, and art lovers will have an opportunity to learn about inspiration and creative concepts from an internationally known talent Ruby Onyinyechi Amanze visits Grace Community Center
4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, November 11, 2014 
Grace Community Center
406 Delaware Ave. in Toledo.

Ruby's website.

Stand Up For Fashion, October 30, 2014

This looks really interesting. 

Stand Up For Fashion website.

War of 1812 Lectures at Heatherdowns Branch

Mikhail Lecture - “Do Muslim Women Need Saving?”

The Maryse and Ramsey Mikhail Lecture is always good.
This year a scholar from Columbia University, Dr. Lila Abu-Lughod, will speak on “Do Muslim Women Need Saving?”

Details here.

Authors! Authors!

This is a great series that is sponsored by the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library and the Blade.

The line-up is really strong this year.

Some of these will be very popular and will sell out (especially the ones that are held at the Main Library). If you are interested I'd act soon.

Student tickets are $8.

Marjane Satrapi
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Main Library, 7 p.m.

This will be a great one. This Iranian woman wrote a very popular graphic novel called Persepolis (and a sequel) that was made into a movie. The book is great. You should consider it.

Trailer for the movie.

Isabel Wilkerson
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Main Library, 7 p.m.

Can't wait for this one too. She wrote an absolutely amazing book about the Great Migration of African-Americans from the south. I cannot recommend this book highly enough.

Sandra Cisneros
Wednesday, April 22, 2014
Stranahan Theater, 7 p.m.

You know her of course. She wrote this!

CBS Journalist Talk, Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Banned Books Vigil, Thursday, September 25, 2014

Shapiro Lecture, Thursday, September 18, 2014

This guy is an internationally famous Harvard Professor.

Read about him in a Blade article here.

Highly recommended.

Thursday, September 18, 2014

7PM

Nitschke Hall

Learn more about Dr. Sandel

http://www.justiceharvard.org/about/michael-sandel/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._Sandel

Here is 15 minute TED talk he did on the relationship between markets and society.

Here is a longer one on "What is the Right Thing to Do?"

Watch parts of it!

"Two Who Dared" Documentary, Monday, September 22, 2014

International Festival in Perrysburg, Sept. 13-14, 2014

This is a great event . . . 

• Learn about other cultures
• Amazing food at very fair prices
• Free admission ($3 per car parking fee)

25877 Scheider Rd. Perrysburg, Ohio

Music Fest 2014

Who

• Open to the public, anyone can attend

What

• Bands
• Pep rally
• Food (to purchase)
• Informational tables for campus organizations
• Lots of fun
• More info and music line-up here

When

• Friday, August 29, 2014
• 4-11:30PM

Where

• Rocket Hall parking lot
• Corner of Dorr & Secor

Other Details

• Some of us will be there for a while but we will not be directly monitoring the kids.
• It is not required.
• How long they stay and how they get home is up to the parents.
• If they go to Music Fest make arrangements to pick up your kids on main campus, no one will be at Scott Park.
• It can count as a Rocket Stage event if they have never attended before and stay at least an hour.
• There may be an extra shuttle after school; we are not sure yet.

This event is WAY MORE FUN if you do not have a book bag to lug around and keep track of.

If you leave your book bag in your locker the building may be locked if you go back Friday evening. 

If you want to leave your book bag in Mr. Nissen's Room or your locker he will be at school from 11am-noon on Saturday for you to get your stuff.

UT Comedy Show, October 18, 2014

"Girls in Capes", Friday, August 22, 2014

Fantastic Rocket Stage-approved Cultural Event!

Feliza Casano (TECHS C/O 2009, BA UT 2012) will be speaking at the Bedford Branch of the Monroe County Library System. 

Feliza is the founder and editor of the nationally recognized website
Girls in Capes.

Here is an article about her in the Toledo Free Press.

From the program description . . .

Ever notice that readers who talk about “strong female characters” only seem interested in girls who use physical strength? There are plenty of ways for girls (and boys) to be strong without using their fists – and THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL’s Agatha, BORN WICKED’s Cate, and FANGIRL’s Cath are all strong female characters who become strong in a totally different way. Come see this special presentation by girlsincapes.com founder and editor, Feliza Casano. There will be pizza!

Did you catch that part about free pizza? 

Register here if you can go (they probably need a count for the pizza).

Here is a video from a talk that she gave last year at the Sanger Branch in Toledo.

The Bedford Branch is just a little ways across the state line up Jackman Rd. Approx. 10 miles from TECHS.

8575 Jackman Rd. Temperance, MI 48182

Ruby Payne Talk, Thursday, April 3, 2014

Highly recommended talk by Ruby Payne, a national expert on poverty as part of  

"Changing Minds and Changing Lives: Combatting Racism" series.


Thursday, April 3, 2014
Central Catholic High School
7 PM
Free

Details here.

Free Film at TMA: Enemy of the Reich, Sunday, March 30, 2014

Details here.

2PM at the Art Museum

Free

Sunday, March 30, 2014

Cabaret, April 4-19, 2014

FDR Scholar talk, April 2, 2014 3 PM

Author James Tobin will speak about his new book on FDR.

• Wednesday, April 2, 2014
• 5PM
• Canaday Center (5th floor Carlson Library)

Details

UT New Music Fest, April 1-3, 2014

Details here.

Holi Toledo, Wednesday, April 9, 2014

This could be a fun event to learn about another culture.

You need a signed Release Form if you are under 18.

National Crime Victims Rights Week

Dr. Khalil Muhammad Talk, March 25, 2014

UT Center for Religious Understanding Events

Nobel Prize Laureate at Health Science Campus,

Come here a talk by the 2007 Nobel Prize winner for Physiology or Medicine
(winning a Nobel Prize is a BIG DEAL)

Dr. Mario Capecchi

Tuesday, March 18, 2014
6 PM
Collier Bldg (Health Science Campus) Rm 1050 (map)

The organizers needs a count and the names of students who are attending by Friday morning, March 14, 2014

SIGN UP HERE

Learn about this remarkable scientist and his work . . . 

Link to UT News Story
Wikipedia article about Dr. Capecchi.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute bio on Dr. Capecchi.
2007 Nobel Prize Lecture
Gene targeting animation
Futures in Biotech 63: How to Use a Mouse video


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Poetry of 30: Open Mic for Girls and Women, April 5, 2014

Attention:
 Female Poets of TECHS!

Do you have a poem that you would like to share at a public event?

Come to . . .

Poetry of 30
All Ages Open Mic for Girls and Women
Sponsored by Women Unbound

Saturday, April 5, 2014

Sanger Branch Library
(map)

2-4PM

Arrive by 2PM and sign up to read your piece.

UT Film Students Showcase, Saturday, March 15, 2014

March 15, 2014

Center for Performing Arts Center Theatre

7:30 p.m. 

Tickets will be sold at the door: $5, $3 Student & Seniors

TLCPL Photography Workshops

Brain Health Talk, Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Latest Astronomy Research, Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Energy Forum, Friday, March 7, 2014

Jewish/Christian/Muslim Lecture

Saturday Morning Science

Conference for Aspiring Minority Youth, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014

Toledo Excel's

30th Annual Conference

for Aspiring Minority Youth

This program is open to all parents and students.

Saturday, January 25, 2014
UT Student Union Auditorium
8:30am -1:00pm
Free lunch included

Details here.

The keynote speaker is Diane Nash who played a significant role in the civil rights movement.

Community Forum on Race, Thursday, January 9, 2014

This is the second of a series sponsored by the Blade and the The Toledo Community Coalition. The first forum at Woodward High School was very interesting and was standing room only. They moved this one to Nitschke Hall on the engineering campus.
Read the entire article here.

Genius of Mozart

Details here on free lectures and a concert.

Interdisciplinary Artist Johanna Dery, Jan. 17-18, 2014

This is from the UT press release.

Check out the link at the end.

This artist's work looks fascinating.

UT Department of Theatre & Film welcomes Interdisciplinary Artist Johanna Dery

Animations Presentations

Friday, January 17, 2014

7:30 PM

Lab Theater at the CPA (main campus)

Animation Workshop

Saturday, January 18, 2014

9:30-4:30 PM

CPA 1039

The University of Toledo Department of Theatre and Film will host a two-day artist’s residency with Interdisciplinary artist Johanna Dery (Jo).  Ms. Dery will present her internationally recognized animations on Friday, January 17, 2014 and teach an animation workshop on Saturday, January 18, 2014.

Jo Dery is an interdisciplinary artist who experiments with visual storytelling.  She makes short films, drawings, prints, and little books. Among other venues, Dery’s works have screened at the Ann Arbor Film Festival, the International Film Festival Rotterdam, and the Eyeworks Festival of Experimental Animation.  She has been awarded grants from the LEF Foundation, The Free History Project, and the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts.  Her drawings and prints have been exhibited in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Berlin. Dery’s little books can be found in independent stores like Ada Books (Providence) and  Quimby’s (Chicago) or online from Little Otsu (Portland).

Friday, January 17 at 7:30 p.m. Ms. Dery will present her short films on both 16mm film and digital video in the Lab Theatre (Room 1039) of the UT Center for Performing Arts, 1910 West Rocket Drive.  She will also engage in a talkback discussion with the audience after the screening. Tickets for the screening will be sold at the door – $5 general admission and $3 for students and seniors (60+).  Admission is free for UT Theatre & Film majors with ID.  Free refreshments will be provided. On Saturday, January 18 Ms. Dery will teach an animation workshop from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Room 1039 of the Center for Performing Arts.  This workshop is free and open to interested students.

Jo Dery earned a BFA in Film/Animation/Video from the Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from Goddard College.  She has completed residencies at the MacDowell Colony and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, as well as participated in an animation workshop at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, Poland.  She is currently an Assistant Professor of Animation in DePaul University’s School of Cinema and Interactive Media.  Please visit her portfolio site: http://jodery.com/