Archive for 2008
Hair-Raising Documentary Theater
March 19th, 2008 | Press Releases
A “docu-comedy” about the stuff growing on our heads, “Cuts” is a new play
premiering in Westmont’s Porter Theatre Wednesday and Friday, March 26 and 28, at
8 p.m. A senior project by Casey Caldwell, this play is free and open to the public.
Based on interviews conducted by Caldwell and cast members Sarah Halford,
Nolan Hamlin, and Marie [...]
The Wit And Wisdom Of Theater Students
March 19th, 2008 | Press Releases
“Wit,” Margaret Edson’s play about a woman dying of cancer, gets new life
Thursday and Saturday, March 27 and 29, at 8 p.m. in Westmont’s Porter Theatre.
Performances of this senior production by Beth Segura are free and open to the
public.
Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for drama, “Wit” was first performed in 1995
and made into an [...]
Students Spring Into Action Over Break
March 13th, 2008 | Press Releases
About 250 Westmont students and community volunteers are in Ensenada, Mexico, spending spring break constructing homes, operating medical and dental clinics, leading a vacation Bible school, running haircutting clinics and competing in sports events. More than 5,000 students have participated in Potter’s Clay, an annual student-organized service trip, since it began 31 years ago.
Westmont students [...]
Talk Braids Hair Style with Pop Culture
March 11th, 2008 | Press Releases
Kenya Davis-Hayes, assistant professor of American history at California Baptist University, will discuss how hairstyles affect perception of black women at a free lecture Friday, March 28, at 1:30 p.m. at Hieronymus Lounge in Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. Refreshments will be served prior to the lecture.
“Sittin’ Pretty, Talkin’ Hair” will contrast traditional images of black women’s [...]
Latino Speaker Uses Satire to Fight Racism
March 11th, 2008 | Press Releases
Author Gustavo Arellano will give a free lecture, “Beaner, Wetback and Other Spicy Words You Can’t Say But Should: Satire as Hammer Against Anti-Immigrant Madness,” Wednesday, March 26, at 3:30 p.m. in Westmont’s Founders Dining Room. Refreshments will be served at the lecture.
Arellano will discuss his nationally acclaimed column “¡Ask a Mexican!” in which he [...]