Datebook

George Gibbs (Peter Lukesh ’05, Forty Fort) and Emily Webb (Kendra Thomas ’06, Coopersburg) begin their romance at the drugstore soda fountain.

The all-American play: Few dramas have influenced the course of theater more than Our Town, Thornton Wilder’s portrait of life and death in Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire. Moravian College Theater Company performs Our Town at 8:00 p.m. Thursday-Friday, 2:00 and 8:00 p.m. Saturday, 2:00 p.m. Sunday, Arena Theater, HUB. $13, $9 students. Ext. 1489.

Thursday, October 30

Jean-Pierre Lalande, professor and chair of foreign languages, Paula Ring Zerkle, associate professor of music, and Rosalind Remer, associate professor of history, have been learning about Japan for six months as part of a curriculum development workshop sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania. They’ll discuss their research and travels, 11:30 a.m., Amrhein Room, HUB. Ext. 7777.

Arianna Goldina, artist-lecturer in music, and her husband, Rémy Loumbrozo, play a duo-piano recital on Peter Hall’s two matching Steinway grands. Their program includes the “España” rhapsody by Chabrier, and Poulenc’s sonata for two pianos. This is a fund-raiser for the Music Department’s all-Steinway campus goal; hence the $30 admission charge. 7:30 p.m. Ext. 1650.

Tuesday, November 4

The Moravian Reading Group continues to explore “America: The New Rome.” Clarke Chapman, professor of religion, leads a discussion of three articles from the March 8 issue of Christian Century. 4:00-6:00 p.m., Snyder Room, HUB.

Thursday, November 6

Hilde Binford, visiting assistant professor of music, will talk about the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Oxford University, which she attended as an undergraduate, as part of the Internationl Brown Bag lunch series. 11:30 a.m., Amrhein Room, HUB. Ext. 7777.

Friday, November 7

The Office of Student Affairs hosts the monthly faculty/staff get-together in the Doghouse. Bev Kochard will pour; Bob Windolph is at the grill, warming his inflamed pesicrucia. 3:00-5:00 p.m.

Monday, November 10

Suleiman Modjadidi ’73 will speak on “Country of Birth and Country of Choice” for the Monday Night Speakers Series. Better known as Sunny, he is an Afghani who came to the College as an international student and stayed on. He is now general manager for international customer relations for the F.L. Smidth Co. His wife, Camie Modjadidi, is field coordinator for the Department of Education.7:00 p.m., Prosser Auditorium, HUB. Free.

Tuesday, November 11

Student-Alumni Networking Reception. Career advice and strategy from the Real World. 5:00-7:00 p.m., Johnston Hall. Ext. 1366.

Ongoing

“Buried Treasure” from the archives of the College and Seminary, is at Payne Gallery through November 30.