Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Today’s Response
Middle Tennessee State University

We are amused—and enchanted.

The MTSU Women’s Chorale will present its first Victorian Holiday Feast on Friday, Dec. 5, in the Tennessee Room of MTSU’s James Union Building. Attendees will be able to travel back in time and usher in the holidays with the beautiful singing and caroling of the MTSU Women’s Chorale and MTSU Bel Canto, as well as piano, string and brass music throughout the evening. The feast will feature chicken cordon bleu with spiced hollandaise sauce accompanied by Caesar salad, green beans almandine, au gratin potatoes, dinner rolls with butter, and a choice of water, tea or coffee, topped off with chocolate cake for dessert. The event begins at 6 p.m. with entrance into the dining area at 6:30 p.m. sharp. Admission is $30 per person for the meal and entertainment; MTSU student admission is $17.

For more information, call 615-898-5922.

Copyright and wrong

A lawsuit against music publishing giant Warner/Chappell could become the biggest hit of Daryl Hall and John Oates’ career. They claim the company allowed other artists whose copyright interests are handled by Warner/Chappell to rip off their song “Maneater.” Ken Sanney, adjunct recording industry professor and licensed attorney, says, “If Warner/Chappell also has a fiduciary duty toward other songwriters that are possibly infringing on Hall and Oates’ copyrights, they could indeed have a serious conflict of interest, which would support the allegations Hall and Oates are bringing.” The lawsuit does not identify the artists who allegedly ripped off “Maneater.” Hall and Oates’ recording of the song reached Number One on the Billboard chart in December 1982.

Contact Sanney at 615-456-6502.
ksanney@mtsu.edu

Art for students’ sake

“Verve,” the concluding Studio BFA Candidates’ Exhibition for the fall 2008 semester, remains on display through Friday, Dec. 5, in the Art Gallery at Todd Hall on the MTSU campus. The exhibit features the work of art students Hannah Green, Antonio Marble and Tara Wilson. Green’s work includes sculpture, painting and fibers as she creates organic other-worldly forms. Wilson, with more three-dimensional work, creates with ceramics and sculpture. Her work in figurative casting deals with the surface of the body. Marble works in both painting and graphic design. His mixed media creations center on social and socioeconomic issues. The exhibition is free and open to the public from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

For more information, call Eric Snyder, gallery curator, at 615-898-5653.

TR EXTRA

A WORK OF ART--The works of MTSU art professors John Donovan and Erin Anfinson are on display at the Tennessee Arts Commission Gallery in Nashville through Friday, Dec. 12. Anfinson’s encaustic paintings and Donovan’s ceramic sculpture have been on display since Nov. 6. Both artists view this exhibition as an opportunity to connect what they teach in the classroom with their own creative studio practices. Their students will have the opportunity to view and enjoy the work and to better understand the effort that goes into an active and successful creative career. The gallery is free and open to the public Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For more information, call Julie Roberts at 615-532-9798 or julie.roberts@state.tn.us.

GET YOUR KICKS ON ROUTE 66.--Noted photographer Tom Mallonee’s exhibit, “Evidence of Passing: Vanishing Points along an American Road,” will be displayed until tomorrow, Dec. 4 in the Baldwin Photographic Gallery in MTSU’s McWherter Learning Resources Center. Tom Jimison, electronic media communication professor and gallery director, says Mallonee “has pursued large-format black-and-white work since 1979 and often has chosen subjects which stray from conventional notions of western landscape, yet still embrace decisive composition and meticulous printing techniques such as this 14-year project of bypassed sections of Route 66.” Exhibitions are free and open to the public. The gallery is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturdays and from 6 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. on Sundays. For information, call 615-898-2085.

PASS THE PEPPER, PLEASE--The MTSU Police Department will offer a free pepper spray class for women. The class is part of the Rape Aggression Defense system and will teach basic self-defense techniques to supplement women’s ability to survive dangerous confrontations. The class will be available to MTSU students, faculty and staff as well as the general public and will take place tomorrow, Dec. 4 from 6-8 p.m. in the MTSU Police Department training room, 1412 East Main Street in Murfreesboro. Topics to be covered include product selection, psychological and physical effects of the “fight or flight” syndrome, legal issues and retention and deployment techniques. For more information or to enroll, contact Officer David Smith at 615-692-2424 or 615-494-8855.

STRAIGHT FROM THE SOURCE--Dr. Stacey Graham, research professor with MTSU’s Center for Historic Preservation, will present “Engaged, Empowered and Excited: Teaching with Primary Sources,” a professional development program for teachers, from 3:30-4:30 p.m. CST (4:30-5:30 p.m. EST), tomorrow, Dec. 4, through the Satellite and Webcasting Center. This session will introduce the Library of Congress “Teaching with Primary Sources” program. The millions of digitized source items available from the library’s Web site can enrich students’ learning experiences across the curriculum. Special focus will be made on the Age of Jackson (1820s-1830s) with lesson planning ideas and primary source suggestions. This presentation targets K-12 librarians and teachers, especially teachers of American and Tennessee history. For more information, call 615-898-2737 or send an e-mail to vmoxley@mtsu.edu.