Reception: Thursday, February 13, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
105 Elm Street, Westfield, MA
Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Thursday, 2:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Saturday 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

A Night Celebrating the Arts, Culture and Unity
Performances by: Dance Company, So Seductive Step Team, Urban Ed Gospel Choir, UMASS Belly Dancers, Conjunto de Bomba (Amherst Regional High School), Cayena (UMASS Latinos Unidos) and more.

A film about an interracial couple who was charged with breaking Virginia’s anti-miscegenation laws in 1958. An introduction before the screening and discussion after the screening will be led by Dr. Carlton Pickron, Vice President of Student Affairs.

Honoring the life of Nelson Mandela and Reverend Martin Luther King. Guest speaker: Dr. Nomazengele Mangaliso

The Common Thread between Booker T. Washington and Samuel E. Courtney Take a glimpse into how, from a very younge age, Booker T. Washington and Samuel E. Courtneys lives intertwined and continued until Washington's death. Both born into slavery, both eager for education, and both dedicated to the freed Negro and their right to obtain a quality education.

A cross-cultural, inter-generational workshop 'experience' about the intersections of history, career success and life in a diverse, digital world.

Poetry and spoken word pieces related to Black History Month will be read throughout the library.

Standard meal rates apply.

Tickets Sold at the Door prior to each Performance
Ticket Reservations Accepted beginning February 17 @ 572-5682
All Tickets $3.00

Annual Gospel Concert combined with Ebony Food Fest. The Urban Education Gospel Choir will be performing.

"Big George" is a one-woman show about Georgetta Holmes Stevens. Performed by granddaughter, Kelli Stevens Kane, "Big George" is about connections that span generations--to family, to community, and to our authentic selves. Kane performs as herself and a host of real-life characters, incorporating poetry, oral history, movement, and sound collage.

Featuring Diane Savino and Carol O’Neill, Banjie Nicholas, Leslie Anderson
Reception: Thursday, March 6: 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm Westfield State University Downtown Art Gallery 105 Elm Street, Westfield, MA

Curated by Dr. Christina Swaidan
Reception: Thursday, March 27, 5:30 pm– 8:00 pm
Arno Maris Gallery, Ely Campus Center

Professor Williams discusses the benefits of understanding the origins of universities to help us understand ourselves as participants in our institution. Professor Williams will address issues such as: What was and is the purpose of a university? What is the historical relationship between universities and political authority? What role have students played in the life and economy of the university?
Steven J. Williams, is a medievalist specializing in intellectual and cultural history. He is currently a professor of history at New Mexico Highland University in Las Vegas, Nevada

Returning to Westfield State by popular demand, Kate Rushin will perform a public reading of her poetry. The author of the bookThe Black Back-Ups, her “The Bridge Poem,” appears in This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color, a ground-breaking feminist anthology. Kate will engage with the audience and answer questions following the reading.

A Connecticut resident, Kate currently teaches creative writing at the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts. She is a former Fellow of The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown and a graduate fellow of Cave Canem Foundation. Kate received her B.A. from Oberlin College and her M.F.A. from Brown University.

$100 per person, $175 per couple, $600 for a table of 8
For ticket information, contact Lisa McMahon at (413) 485-7360

Mr. Eric Ianson has been a leader at NASA for over nine years, working on space flight programs and projects. He will will delve into a topic that is not well recognized by the general public…NASA's substantial Earth Science program. Mr. Ianson's presentation will offer a unique and rare opportunity to reflect upon NASA’s current and future Earth observing missions, focusing on the practicality of these projects to life on Earth. The lecture will spark critical thinking regarding the applicability and relevance of data obtained by NASA via the Earth Science Program.

Currently, Mr. Ianson is the Deputy Associate Director for the Earth Science Projects Division at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), overseeing a wide range of missions. His experiences include spacecraft, instrument and mission development and management.

Mr. Ianson received a B.S degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Rochester in 1990. He also earned an M.S. degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Southern California in 1993.

To benefit the Owl Club/Athletics. For more information, contact Bo Sullivan at (413) 485-7359.

Conversation and Master Class.

“Music exists in an infinity of sound. I think of all music as existing in the substance of the air itself. It is the composer’s task to order and make sense of sound, in time and space, to communicate something about being alive through music.”

Libby Larsen is one of America’s most performed living composers. She has created a catalogue of over 500 works spanning virtually every genre from intimate vocal and chamber music to massive orchestral works and over twelve operas. Grammy Award winning and widely recorded, including over fifty CDs of her work, she is constantly sought after for commissions and premieres by major artists, ensembles, and orchestras around the world, and has established a permanent place for her works in the concert repertory.

To benefit Dever Stage. For information, contact Lisa McMahon at (413) 485-7360.

The winner may be invited to read at Commencement on Saturday, May 17 at 4PM

Prizes:
• First Place: $1000
• Second Place: $500
• Third Place: $250

On the occasion of the 175th anniversary of the founding of Westfield State we invite submissions from all alumni and students of a poem that embodies the spirit of Westfield State.

Email submissions to westfield175poetry@westfield.ma.edu by April 18.

Include your student status or graduation year, email, phone and physical address

Translated by Maurice Valency

Tickets on Sale April 14 @ Campus Center Service Window
Ticket Reservations Accepted beginning April 14 @ 572-5682
Ticket Prices: $3 students; $5 senior citizens; $8 faculty/staff; $10 general admission

Reception and Awards: Thursday, April 24, 5:30 pm– 8:00 pm Arno Maris Gallery, Ely Campus Center, Westfield State University

Reception: Thursday, May 15: 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm. Westfield State University Downtown Art Gallery. 105 Elm Street, Westfield, MA

Commencement speaker: Jerry Greenfield, Co-founder, Ben & Jerry’s

Jerry Gravel Track, Alumni Field

To benefit scholarships, internships and books. Contact Lisa McMahon at (413) 485-7360.

Westfield State University Downtown Art Gallery. 105 Elm Street, Westfield, MA

To benefit Athletics
Contact Dave Caspole at (413) 485-7358