Datebook: An Idiosyncratic Calendar

Friday, February 1
I t’s the place to be seen: the faculty-staff get-together at the Doghouse, 3:00-5:00 p.m. Hosted by the Student Affairs staff and the Offices of Institutional Diversity and International Studies. Beyond the shadow of a doubt, it’ll be fun. (Sorry, couldn’t resist. Thanks to Dick Claussen for the pun and the woodchuck.)

Friday, February 8
Martha Schrempel starts her piano recital in France (a suite by Francis Poulenc on themes of Claude Gervaise; Debussy’s “Jardins sous la Pluie”). Then she tackles a monument: Beethoven’s last sonata, Op. 111. 8:00 p.m., Peter Hall. $10, $5 students/seniors. Ext. 1650.

Saturday, February 9
The Moravian College Opera Ensemble honors 90-year-old Gian Carlo Menotti with his chamber opera The Telephone (for soprano, baritone, and Alexander Graham Bell) and scenes from Amahl and the Night Visitors, The Consul, The Medium, and The Old Maid and the Thief. 8:00 p.m., Peter Hall. Free. Ext. 1650.

Mardi Gras Dance. Music by Holiday Sounds, New Orleans delicacies, ladies in spiffy dresses and guys in dinner jackets, raffle. 8:00 p.m.-midnight, Radisson Hotel Bethlehem. No charge (except cash bar), but Alumni House needs a head count for supply purposes. Ext. 1366 or alumrel@moravian.edu.

Tuesday, February 12
The French Club serves its annual Mardi Gras Creole Luncheon. 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m., Snyder Room, HUB. Reservations required by February 7: Joanne Dangelmajer at Ext. 1396 or mejmd01@moravian.edu.

Ongoing
“After the Rain.” Sculpture by Japanese environmental artist Denaburo Oku. Through March 2, Payne Gallery.

Paintings by Dane Tilghman. Exhibit for African-American History Month. Through February 18, H. Paty Eiffe Gallery, HUB.