March 11th, 2010

   In this issue:


•  Genocide Awareness lecture
•  Coming up at the Redfern
•  Cancellation: C’est Pas Moi, Je le Jure!
•  ECAC Women’s Basketball Tournament this Weekend
•  New Voices, New Visions
•  Commencement Planning Starts
•  Claudia Torres to speak on women at the UNAH
•  Family Diversity Support Group Meeting
•  Career Connections: Education
•  NEH workshop by the Office of Sponsored Projects and Research
•  Coming to the Redfern: Cathie Ryan, KSC Concert Band
•  Coming to the Redfern: Faculty Composers; A Lie of the Mind; Ying String Quartet; C’est Pas Moi, Je le Jure!
•  The Women’s Lounge presents…
•  Vagina Monologues this weekend
•  At the Redfern: Ethos Percussion
•  RecycleMania halftime presentation
•  Armenian genocide lecture, documentary
•  The Writing Life
•  Coming up at the Redfern
•  Global chef: Francisco “Paco” Manzano
•  Award-Winning Composer Joseph Schwantner Comes to KSC
•  Bay State Winds to give free concert
•  Job Fair Preparation Workshop Next Week
•  Owls to honor Brent Elwell Saturday
•  David Krakauer and klezmer quartet at the Redfern

Genocide Awareness lecture

From Michele Kuiawa, Cohen Center:

Please join us on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at 7:30 for our Genocide Awareness lecture being held in the Mabel Brown Room of the Young Student Center. Our guest speaker for the evening is Dr. Gregory Stanton. Dr. Stanton is Research Professor in Genocide Studies and Prevention at the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University in Arlington, Virginia. He is the founder and director of the Cambodian Genocide Project (1981) and the founder (1999) and President of Genocide Watch.

We invite you to join the Cohen Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies in welcoming Dr. Gregory Stanton to Keene State College.  Admission is free and the event is open to the public.  For more information, please visit the Cohen Center website.

Coming up at the Redfern

From Jackie Hooper, Redfern Arts Center:

Dayton Contemporary Dance Company will perform dances rooted in the African-American experience during a concert on Tuesday, March 23, at 7:30 p.m. at the Redfern Arts Center on Brickyard Pond.

Founded in 1968, DCDC is the oldest modern dance company in Ohio and one of the largest companies of its kind between Chicago and New York City. The company has won national and international acclaim and is renowned for powerful, artistic performances, a diverse repertoire of works by world-class choreographers, and excellence in educational programming.

From Connie Lester:

The Keene State College Music Department presents a faculty and guest artist recital of fine music on Friday, March 26, at 7:30 p.m. in the Alumni Recital Hall of the Redfern Arts Center on Brickyard Pond.

The program will feature pianists Maura Glennon and Heather Gilligan in works for two pianos, including Maurice Ravel’s Pavane for a Dead Princess, Leonard Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, and Gilligan’s Speculation for two pianos. Boston-based guest harpist Franziska Huhn will join faculty guitarist José Lezcano for a set of innovative works by Manuel Ponce, Alan Hovhaness, and Jorge Morel. The program will also feature the United States premiere of Christopher Swist’s Two Movements for Violin and Piano, played by Marcia Lehninger and Maura Glennon, and a performance of Elaine Broad Ginsberg’s Cat Songs, with Diane Cushing and Maura Glennon. In commemoration of the 200th anniversary of Chopin’s birth, Maura Glennon will also perform the famed composer’s Tarantelle in A-flat Major, Op. 43, and the Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52.

For information or more information (including video of the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company), visit the Redfern’s website. To request accommodations for a disability, please call the box office at 603-358-2168.

Cancellation: C’est Pas Moi, Je le Jure!

From Peter Condon, Film Studies:

Philippe Falradeau, the Quebec film director of C’est Pas Moi, Je le Jure! has had to cancel his appearance (scheduled for March 5 at the Redfern) due to a medical emergency.

ECAC Women’s Basketball Tournament this Weekend

From Stuart Kaufman, Sports Information:

Keene State College will host the semifinal and championship rounds of ECAC Division III New England Women’s Basketball Tournament this weekend at Spaulding Gym.
Looking for its first-ever ECAC Division III title, Keene State (18-9) will face fourth seed WPI (20-9) in Saturday’s first semifinal game at 1 p.m. Second seed Regis College (20-9) takes on sixth seed Plymouth State (16-10) in the second semifinal game at 3 p.m. The two semifinal winners will play for the championship on Sunday (1 p.m.).
The Owls are familiar with several teams remaining in the field. Earlier this season, KSC defeated Regis (73-64). They split their two games against rival Plymouth State, losing on the road (62-59) and winning at home (66-48). Keene State played in the WPI tournament back in 2007, defeating the Engineers (52-41) in the finals
Keene State is making its fifth trip to the ECAC tournament. Last year, the Owls lost to top-seed Nichols College in the semifinals 58-53. In 2006, KSC dropped a first-round game to Emmanuel (73-64). They advanced to the semifinals round of the 2002 tournament before losing to Plymouth State (73-57). The following year, they dropped a quarterfinal game to Colby-Sawyer (52-48).
The Owls won the ECAC Championship as a Division II member in 1988 and 1989, and also reached the championship game in 1993.

For more on this year’s team — and to follow the tournament — visit the KSC Athletics site.

New Voices, New Visions

From Nona Fienberg, Arts and Humanities:

Arts and Humanities 2010: New Voices, New Visions
the voices of faculty members who have joined the keene state college community in the past several years, the visions of faculty members exploring new and exciting areas of study.

Come one, Come all to the Thorne Meeting Room for New Voices, New Visions! Refreshments!

Tuesday, March 9 at 4:30
Repairing the Past: The Problematic nature of Apologies
Professor Stephanie Wolfe, Contract Lecturer in Holocaust and Genocide Studies
How hard is it to say “I am sorry” following state atrocity? How do various nations attempt to come to terms with the past? What impact do these actions have on victimized groups?

Tuesday, April 13 at 4:30: Little Stories: Narratives in TV Commercials
Dr. Karen Honeycutt, Associate Professor of Sociology
What stories do TV commercials tell us about race, class, gender, sexuality, age, and other “social identities”? This interactive presentation explores some of the narratives embedded in the 30-second spots most of us see dozens of times a day.

Commencement Planning Starts

From Barbara Preston, Vice President for Student Affairs Office:

You are cordially invited to participate in the following events:
Friday, May 7, Spring Honors Convocation (Academic Regalia is Required)
4 p.m. Redfern Arts Center on Brickyard Pond, Main Theatre
The Convocation recognizes excellence in student scholarship and leadership, the recipients of undergraduate Academic Honors, the Leo F. Redfern Outstanding Citizen, and discipline and endowment awards in American studies, biology, chemistry, communication, economics, education, English, environmental studies, geology, health sciences, history, holocaust, management, mathematics, modern languages, performing arts, psychology, safety studies, sociology and women’s studies.

Saturday, May 8, Commencement (Academic Regalia Required)
1 p.m. on Fiske Quad
Faculty and staff will assemble in Rhodes Hall no later than 12:30 p.m. for check in and placement in line; the procession will start about 12:40. The ceremony lasts approximately two and a half hours; there will be a reception immediately following the ceremony in the Zorn Dining Commons.

To order regalia, contact Beth Croteau in the College Bookstore no later than Friday, March 12. Please send an e-mail to bpreston@keene.edu no later than Friday, April 23, if you wish to participate, in order for your name to be added to the line-of-march list.

For more information, contact Barbara at bpreston@keene.edu or visit www.keene.edu/commencement.

Claudia Torres to speak on women at the UNAH

From Candice Bosse, Spanish and Women’s Studies:

I am writing to inform you of the upcoming visit of Dr. Claudia Torres, an event generously sponsored by A&H, WS, ML, Class of 1939, a generous Pepsi Grant, the Campus Commission on Diversity and Multiculturalism, and the Honors Program. Dr. Torres is a very widely published Honduran poet, eminent professor at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Honduras (UNAH), as well as very active in the Honduran feminist movement.

Born in 1962 in Tegucigalpa, she completed her undergraduate studies at the UNAH and continued to receive her MA and PhD at the University of Texas, Austin. She has lived in Honduras, the United States, and Italy.

She will speak on Monday March 8th at 7 p.m. in the Mabel Brown Room–In celebration of International Women’s Day, her presentation is titled “Unraveling the Spaces of Women in the UNAH.” Claudia will discuss what it means to be a woman with a PhD at a university where few women hold PhDs, and the subsequent treatment of those women. She will then extend this to women’s condition in Honduras given the changing political situation.

Please consider attending and also please encourage your students to attend. She has a sincere desire to meet and talk with students, and wanted me to convey the following: “I am open to any questions that not only pertain to my talk but also Honduras and Central American culture in general.”

Contact Candice with any questions.

Family Diversity Support Group Meeting

From Ellen Edge, Child Development Center:

Tuesday, March 9th, from 2:30-4
Madison Street Lounge in the Student Center
Refreshments Served
Please join us for our second Family Diversity Support Group Meeting. At this meeting, we will be joined by a member of the New England Alliance of Multiracial Families (NEAMF). We will take this opportunity to learn about how NEAMF functions, and see how we can learn from their experience and apply it to our new group.
All are welcome! This group welcomes any diverse family configuration: adoptive families, multi-racial families, GLBT (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender) parents/guardians, grandparents who play a parenting role, any under-represented ethnicity, and more… (help us to expand this list). Community members, friends, allies are all welcome!

Career Connections: Education

From Mary Pleasanton, Academic and Career Advising:

Please encourage your students to attend the upcoming Career Connections for Education on Friday, March 12th from 3-5pm in Rhodes Hall Atrium. Designed for our student teachers graduating this May but open to all students, these networking events are wonderful preludes to job interviews, other job fairs and the “world of work.” Please see the Academic & Career Advising home page for a link to the participating employers.

NEH workshop by the Office of Sponsored Projects and Research

From Susan Ericson-West, Grants Office:

Please mark your calendars and join us for an upcoming workshop offered by the Office of Sponsored Projects & Research:

Introduction to NEH, Tuesday, March 9, 11:00-12:00 OR Friday, March 12, 1:30-2:30
Curious about the NEH? A general overview of the National Endowment for the Humanities and several of their grant programs will be provided, along with a brief discussion of their proposal review process and how to write a competitive proposal. Faculty can attend either date; the session is being repeated on two separate days to accommodate a variety of faculty schedules. The workshop will be held in Huntress 012, and we look forward to seeing you there!

Coming to the Redfern: Cathie Ryan, KSC Concert Band

From Jackie Hooper, Redfern Arts Center:

Celtic soprano Cathie Ryan and her band will set toes a tapping to an Irish beat during a Wednesday, March 10, concert at 7:30 p.m. in the Alumni Recital Hall of the Redfern Arts Center on Brickyard Pond at Keene State College. In addition to this performance, Ryan will conduct a lecture-demonstration on Irish Mythology in Music at 2 p.m. the same day in the same location. The lecture-demonstration is free and open to the public. Tickets to the evening concert range from $24 for adults to $13 for children.
In preparation for St. Patrick’s Day, Ryan will perform traditional Irish ballads along with jigs and reels. The program will also include many of Ryan’s original works. Her music also reflects the influence of the Irish and American folk songs she learned growing up in Detroit as a child of Irish parents and visiting her grandparents in Ireland.

And from Connie Lester, Redfern Arts Center:

The Keene State College Music Department presents the KSC Concert Band’s first spring performance, entitled “With a Song in Their Hearts: The Dramatic Power of Melody,” on Thursday, March 11, at 7:30 p.m. in the Main Theatre of the Redfern Arts Center on Brickyard Pond.

Conducted by KSC music faculty member Dr. James Chesebrough, the band will perform Irish and British folk melodies, Broadway tunes, sacred tunes, and DJ favorites.

Featured performers are KSC faculty members Dr. Sandra Howard, soprano, and Dr. Heather Gilligan, piano, and KSC students Mark Perry ’10, saxophone and music education major; Kimberly Harte ’10, mezzo-soprano and vocal performance major; and Melissa White ’10, soprano and music education major.

KSC Concert Band is comprised of music majors, non-majors, and community members. This performance is the first of the semester; the second concert is on Thursday, April 22

For further information about the performances and the lecture-demonstration, for tickets, or to request accommodations for a disability, call the box office, 603-358-2168, or visit www.keene.edu/racbp.

Coming to the Redfern: Faculty Composers; A Lie of the Mind; Ying String Quartet; C’est Pas Moi, Je le Jure!

Lots coming up at the Redfern in the next few weeks!

From Connie Lester, Redfern Arts Center:

The Ninth Annual Faculty Composers Recital will take place at 7:45 p.m. on Tuesday, March 2, 2010, in the Alumni Recital Hall of the Redfern Arts Center on Brickyard Pond. Admission is $10 for the general public and $5 for KSC students, senior citizens, and youth ages 17 and younger.
The KSC Faculty Composers Recital has become a popular and anticipated spring event providing faculty a platform to perform or present their compositions. This year’s recital will feature works by Elaine Broad Ginsberg, Heather Gilligan, Julian Gerstin, José Lezcano, Christopher Swist, and Craig Sylvern. Faculty performers include Robert Blake, Sandra Howard, and Marcia Lehninger.
The program will also feature guest artists Emily Culler, Jonah Kappraff, Miamon Miller, Anna Patton, Sabine Rhyne, Todd Roach, and Eugene Uman.

Also from Connie:

Keene State College students from the Theatre and Dance Department will present Sam Shepard’s A Lie of the Mind, an emotional, thought-provoking play about the destructive power of love and the delusions people spend entire lifetimes creating or trying to shed. Directed by Vaughn West, the play will be staged Wednesday through Saturday, March 3–6, at 7:30 p.m. in the Main Theatre of the Redfern Arts Center on Brickyard Pond. Admission is $10 for the general public, $8 for seniors and youth ages 17 and younger, and $6 for KSC students.

From Jackie Hooper, Redfern Arts Center:

The Ying Quartet, a string quartet known for its imaginative view of chamber music, will celebrate Robert Schumann’s 200th birthday performing the composer’s “Clara” quartet during a Wednesday, March 3, concert at 7:30 p.m. in the Alumni Recital Hall of the Redfern Arts Center on Brickyard Pond at Keene State College. In addition to this performance, the Ying Quartet will present a lecture-demonstration at 2 p.m. the same day in the same location. The lecture-demonstration is free and open to the public. Tickets to the evening concert range from $26 for adults to $14 for children.

For further information about any of the above events or to buy tickets, call the box office at 603-358-2168, or visit the Redfern’s website.

And from Peter Condon, Film Studies:

On Friday, March 5th, at 10 a.m. in the Putnam Arts Lecture Hall in the Redfern Arts Center, Québec film director, Philippe Falardeau, will be present for a screening of his feature length film, C’est Pas Moi, Je le Jure! (It’s Not Me, I Swear!). Mr. Falardeau is a two-time Genie Award winner (Canadian Oscars), and a highly revered film director in Québec, and all of Canada. This presentation is part of Peter Condon’s Cinema of Québec class and is sponsored by the Québec Government Office in Boston, with the help of Public Affairs Attaché, Marc-Antoine Bédard. Mr. Falardeau will conduct a Q & A following the free screening of his film.

The Women’s Lounge presents…

From Nick Germana, History:

This Saturday night (February 27), the KSC Women’s lounge is sponsoring a Poetry Slam at 8 p.m. at The Starving Artist downtown.  The event will feature works by KSC poets among others. The event is free to all Keene State students with their IDs.

The Women’s Lounge is also proud to host a reception for Dr. Imani Tafari-Ama on Sunday evening, February 28, from 5-7.  Dr. Tafari-Ama will be speaking to the campus on March 1 and 2 about the often gruesome realities of life in Jamaica.  The reception will be held in the Women’s Lounge (in Keddy House, on the corner of Main St. and Wyman Way), and will offer the campus community an opportunity to meet Dr. Tafari-Ama in an informal setting before her talks on Monday and Tuesday.

If you have any questions please contact Nick Germana or Shawna Perrin.

Vagina Monologues this weekend

The Vagina Monologues will be performed this year on Friday, February 19 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, February 20 at 2 and 7 p.m.  Tickets are $5 for students and $8 for others. All proceeds benefit the Monadnock Center for Violence Prevention.

At Keene State as at many colleges and universities, women students produce Eve Ensler’s groundbreaking piece every year; the women who participate consistently report it as a moving and life-changing experience.

At the Redfern: Ethos Percussion

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From Jackie Hooper, Redfern Arts Center:

Ethos Percussion Group will jive to the rhythms of India, West Africa, and the Middle East during a concert that also pays tribute to well-known percussionists on Wednesday, Feb. 24, at 7:30 p.m. in the Alumni Recital Hall at the Redfern. Ethos Percussion will conduct a percussion clinic at 2 p.m. the same day, which is free and open to the public.

For tickets and more information — including video clips — visit the Redfern’s website. You can also reach the box office at 358-2168.

RecycleMania halftime presentation

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From Dave Morrill, Assistant Recycling Coordinator:

On Tuesday, February 9, Keene State’s eco-reps put on a presentation for RecycleMania during the halftime of the Men’s Basketball game to raise awareness of and create some excitement around the 2010 RecycleMania competition.
RecycleMania is a 10-week competition between schools all over the country with the goal of building awareness of recycling and waste, while increasing recycling rates and reducing waste on campuses.
The presentation was cheesy and a lot of fun. We played a recycling song from a cartoon show, while we paraded a RecycleMania banner around the gym. Some prizes were given out by our MC Avi Bacchiocchi including reusable mugs, reusable water bottles and coupons to the Bean & Bagel for those who already use reusable mugs and bottles.

Armenian genocide lecture, documentary

From Paul Vincent, Holocaust and Genocide Studies:

Apo Torosyan will be coming on Monday, 22 February, and presenting at 7 p.m. in the Mountain View Room both a lecture and a screening of his documentary The Morgenthau Story.

Mr. Torosyan is the child of Armenian genocide survivors.  He has completed several documentaries treating survivors and their testimonies. This film focuses on Henry Morgenthau, Sr. (U.S. Ambassador), who was involved in aiding Armenian refugees through his work in Greece with the Refugee Relief Committee. He assisted with the rescue of thousands of Armenians, as well as Greeks and Assyrians from the former Ottoman Empire. Turkey still refuses to acknowledge the Armenian genocide; indeed, the Turkish authorities imprison those who speak out against this injustice. Nevertheless, hope remains that the genocide will be acknowledged, and Mr. Torosyan’s documentaries could prove a significant contribution to that outcome. His presentation, on the theme of “Hope not Hate,” aims to teach how hate and prejudice can be transformed into tolerance and compassion.

Faculty should consider encouraging students to attend this lecture. It is cosponsored by the Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Club and the Holocaust and Genocide Studies Program. Thanks are due the Dean of Arts and Humanities for a special contribution.

The Writing Life

From Phyllis Benay, Writing Center:

The Task Force on Writing is sponsoring a new series called “The Writing Life: Interviews about the Writing Process.” All are welcome to attend these exciting panel discussions. Please invite your students to share in this event as we discover how the panelists convert their thoughts into text.

Part I: Great Beginnings
Thursday, February 18, 1-2 p.m., Mountain View Room
Featured Panelists: Linda Aldrich, English; Marianne Salcetti, Journalism; Paul Vincent, Holocaust Studies
What inspires us to write? Where does the initial inspiration come from? Do we conceive of projects as a whole or in parts? What are the feelings that we experience as we begin to articulate an idea?

Part II: The Mess in the Middle
Friday, March 12, 2-3 p.m., Mountain View Room
Featured Panelists: Sander Lee, Philosophy; Marie Duggan, Economics; Greg Knouff, History
How do we move from the initial inspiration to the actual work of writing? How do we respond to writer’s block, stops and starts, and daily interference? How do we balance our normal everyday work with the intense concentration and discipline of writing?

Part III: Spreading the Word
Wednesday, April 14, 4-5 p.m., Student Center 309
Featured Panelists: Nick Germana, History; Mark Long, English
What are the complications of publishing? How does co-authoring work? Freelancing? How does someone find a publisher? How do we deal with rejection?

Coming up at the Redfern

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From Jackie Hooper, Redfern Arts Center:

Kinodance Company will use dance, film, set, lighting, and sound to create a cinema stage performance on Wednesday, February 17, at 7:30 p.m. at the Redfern Arts Center on Brickyard Pond at Keene State College. Tickets for this performance, which merges the boundaries between dance, cinema, and visual art, range from $27 to $11.

In addition to this performance, Kinodance founder and filmmaker Alla Kovgan will present a lecture on “Choreographing Cinema” on Thursday, February 18, at 7 p.m. in the Redfern’s Putnam Arts Lecture Hall. The lecture will be followed by the screening of two of Kovgan’s films: Movement Revolution Africa, a documentary, and NORA, an art film. The lecture and films are free and open to the public.

For more information on Kinodance, visit the Redfern’s website.

…and from Connie Lester:

The Keene State College annual faculty jazz concert welcomes The Scott Mullett Quartet and The Don Baldini Trio on Friday, February 19, at 7:30 p.m. in the Alumni Recital Hall of the Redfern Arts Center on Brickyard Pond. Admission is $10 for the general public and $5 for KSC students, senior citizens, and youth ages 17 and under. For tickets, call the box office at 603-358-2168.

The Scott Mullett Quartet, including members Scott Mullett, Russell Hoffman, Jon Fisher, and Bruce Gerst, will feature guest artist Christine Fawson on vocals and trumpet. The Don Baldini Trio, featuring Paul Lieberman and Bob Ferrier, will perform songs with a Brazilian flair.

Global chef: Francisco “Paco” Manzano

globalchef_000Sodexo will be hosting another Global Chef next week: Chef Francisco “Paco” Manzano from Spain.

Chef Paco looks forward to serving some of the truly representative and traditional recipes from the various regions of Spain, including paella, the Spanish omelet, and gazpacho.

To learn more about Chef Paco or the Global Chefs program, visit the Keene State Dining site.

For a complete schedule, click on the flyer at left.

Award-Winning Composer Joseph Schwantner Comes to KSC

From Joe Darby, Music Department:

Pulitzer Prize winning composer Joseph Schwantner comes to the Keene State College Music Department on Thursday, February 11, 2010, at 2 p.m., for a free public lecture on his orchestral work, Chasing Light…, commissioned by Ford Made in America, a partnership program of the League of American Orchestras and Meet The Composer. The work is receiving its New Hampshire premiere by the Nashua Symphony Orchestra & Chorus on its “Made in New Hampshire” program, on tour around the state in February 2010, including a February 28 performance at the Colonial Theatre in Keene. The “Made in New Hampshire” program will also feature the Keene State College Concert Choir, directed by Diane Cushing.
Mr. Schwantner’s lecture will take place in Room 112 of the Redfern Arts Center on Brickyard Pond.
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Bay State Winds to give free concert

From Connie Lester, Redfern Arts Center:

The Bay State Winds, the clarinet quartet of the United States Air Force Band of Liberty, will perform Wednesday, February 10, at 7:30 p.m. in the Alumni Recital Hall at the Redfern Arts Center. Stationed at Hanscom Air Force Base in Massachusetts, SSgt Mickey Ireland, MSgt Jennifer Dashnaw, TSgt Richard LaCroix, and SSgt Michele Von Haugg will present an exciting and diverse program that will appeal to audiences young and old. The music of Prokofiev, Crusell, and Francaix will be complemented by arrangements of klezmer, tango, and patriotic favorites. The concert is free and open to the public.

Job Fair Preparation Workshop Next Week

From Mary Pleasanton, Academic and Career Advising:

Please encourage your students to attend the upcoming Job Fair Preparation Workshop scheduled for Wednesday, February 3rd from 4-5:30 p.m. in the Mountain View Room (Student Center). Topics will include resume tips, how to dress for a job fair/interview and how to approach employers/recruiters successfully. Students interested in the NHCUC Job Fair can also sign up for transportation to the event. Workshop sponsored by Academic & Career Advising and the Alumni & Parent Relations offices.

Owls to honor Brent Elwell Saturday

From Stuart Kaufman, Sports Information:

Keene State will honor Brent Elwell with a remembrance at halftime of the men’s basketball game against UMass-Boston on Saturday, January 23, at Spaulding Gym. The College also announced that it will donate the proceeds from the basketball doubleheader and accept donations to the Elwell Family Scholarship Fund that has been established at Keene High School.
Contributions may also be made to: Trustees of Trust Funds for the Union School District of Keene with a memo reference to “The Elwell Family Scholarship Fund” at 34 West Street, Keene, NH 03431.
Elwell, a Keene native and huge KSC sports fan, died January 5, from heart failure after a life-long battle with cancer. He was 33.
Diagnosed with leukemia and heart problems when he was three years old, Brent stopped growing at 4′9″, due to the radiation treatments he received. But that never stopped his growing involvement with KSC sports. That was his passion, and any fan who attended any Owl athletic event was likely to see Brent, helping out somewhere on the sidelines. Besides working and volunteering regularly over the years at KSC sporting events, Brent worked in various positions on campus, from helping in the mailroom 15 years ago to his most recent job in the bookstore.
Ned Elwell, Brent’s father, will speak at halftime along with Pat Hearn, a close friend of the Elwells and a member of the KSC Athletic Department staff.
“We’ve have lost our MVP but we know he’ll always be keeping an eye on all of his teams from up above,” said Hearn.
The Keene State basketball doubleheader begins with the women’s game at 1 p.m. The Owl men tip-off at 3 p.m.

David Krakauer and klezmer quartet at the Redfern

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From Bill Menezes, Redfern Arts Center

The internationally acclaimed clarinetist David Krakauer will bring his klezmer quartet to Keene State College’s Redfern Arts Center, Wednesday, January 27, at 7:30 p.m. Krakauer will also conduct a lecture demonstration on the history of klezmer and its influences on American music at 2 p.m. at the Redfern. The lecture demonstration is free and open to the public.

For more on Krakauer, visit the Redfern site.