September 2008 Events at Pomona College
Pomona College, one of the nation’s premier liberal arts colleges, is sponsoring the following on-campus events. Each of these events is open to the public and free of charge unless otherwise noted.
Sept. 2-Oct. 19—Exhibit: “Project Series 36: Predock_Frane Architects”
Award-winning international design and architecture firm, Predock_Frane Architects, will present an installation titled
Inland Empire,
which is their interpretation of the decentralized landscapes of the
Inland Empire, encompassing Riverside and San Bernardino counties. The
Pomona College Museum of Art (330 N. College Ave., Claremont) is open,
Tuesday-Friday, noon-5 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, 1-5 p.m. Contact:
(909) 621-8283 or visit www.pomona.edu/museum.
Sept. 2-Oct. 19—Exhibit: Faculty Show
Pomona College’s studio art faculty, featuring Sheila Pinkel, Mercedes
Teixido, Mark Allen and Sandeep Mukherjee, will exhibit their work at
the Pomona College Museum of Art (330 N. College Ave., Claremont). The
Museum is open Tuesday-Friday, noon-5 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday,
1-5 p.m. Contact: (909) 621-8283 or visit www.pomona.edu/museum.
Sept. 4— Pomona College Summer Undergraduate Research Poster Conference
Pomona College students and faculty will present their summer research,
with abstracts and posters, at the annual Pomona College Summer
Undergraduate Poster Conference. The abstracts and posters on display
cover all disciplines and represent many hours of research. This event
begins at 4:30 p.m. and will be held outdoors at Pomona College’s Smith
Campus Center Fountain Courtyard (Smith Campus Center, 170 E. 6th St.,
Claremont).
Sept. 6—Pomona College Museum of Art: Opening Reception
View new work by Project Series 36 architects Hadrian Predock and John
Frane, and an exhibition featuring Pomona College studio art faculty.
This event will begin at 5 p.m. and will be held at the Pomona College
Museum of Art (330 N. College Avenue, Claremont). Contact: (909)
621-8283 or visit the museum’s website at www.pomona.edu/museum.
Sept. 10— Fall Faculty Lecture: "Black Migration to Los Angeles, 1910-1950: The Role of the Black Church in Social Mobility"
Lorn Foster, Pomona College professor of American government and
politics will deliver a lecture titled "Black Migration to Los Angeles,
1910-1950: The Role of the Black Church in Social Mobility." The
lecture and free lunch begin at noon in the Blue Room of Frank Dining
Hall (Pomona College, 260 E. Bonita Avenue, Claremont).
Sept. 16—Literary Series: Susan Straight
National Book Award finalist and novelist Susan Straight will read from
her work beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the Ena Thompson Reading Room at
Pomona College (Crookshank Hall, 140 W. Sixth St., Claremont).
Straight, professor of creative writing at UC Riverside, most recently
authored A Million Nightingales (2007). Contact: (909) 607-2212.
Sept. 17—Exhibit: Studio Art Faculty Tour
Studio artists Sheila Pinkel, Mercedes Teixido, Mark Allen and Sandeep
Mukherjee, all Pomona College faculty members, will lead a tour of
their collective exhibition at the Pomona College Museum of Art (330 N.
College Avenue, Claremont) beginning at 4:15 p.m. The Museum is open
Tuesday-Friday, noon-5 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, 1-5 p.m. Contact:
(909) 621-8283 or visit www.pomona.edu/museum.
Sept.19-20—Conference: “The Trade and Traffic of Persia”
This interdisciplinary conference will explore the accounts of those
who have traveled, traded, and trafficked across the Persian world and
beyond, examining the history and anthropology of Iran from a global
perspective. This two-day conference will be held in the Hahn Building
at Pomona College (420 N. Harvard Ave., Claremont) from 10 a.m.-5:30
p.m. on Sept. 19, and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on Sept. 20. (schedule TBA).
Sept. 21—Concert: “The Artistry of Celliola”
Pomona College faculty members Cynthia Fogg (viola), Tom Flaherty
(cello) and Genevieve Feiwen Lee (piano) will perform contemporary
music for strings and piano, featuring the music of Carter, Flaherty,
and others. The concert begins at 3 p.m. and will held in Bridges Hall
of Music (Pomona College, 150 E. Fourth St., Claremont).
Sept. 23—Artist Lecture: “Project Series 36: Predock_Frane Architects”
Award-winning international design and architecture firm, Predock_Frane
Architects, will present a lecture on their work, “Inland Empire,” on
view at The Pomona College Museum of Art. The lecture will be held at
the Museum, beginning at 2 p.m. The Pomona College Museum of Art (330
N. College Ave., Claremont) is open Tuesday-Friday, noon-5 p.m., and
Saturday and Sunday, 1-5 p.m. Contact: (909) 621-8283 or visit www.pomona.edu/museum.
Sept. 24—Fall Faculty Lecture: "Love is in the Air: Women, Dirigibles, and the Invention of the Future in Meiji Japan"
Kyoko Kurita, Pomona College professor of Japanese, will deliver a
lecture titled, "Love is in the Air: Women, Dirigibles, and the
Invention of the Future in Meiji Japan." The lecture and free lunch
begin at noon in the Blue Room of Frank Dining Hall (Pomona College,
260 E. Bonita Avenue, Claremont).
Sept. 24—Concert: Afro-Cuban Folkloric Music
Francisco Aguabella and his Afro-Cuban Folkloric Group will present a
lecture/demonstration featuring oricha music and dance, rumba guaguanco
and rumba columbia at Pomona College. This event, beginning at 4:15
p.m., will be held in Lyman Hall (Thatcher Music Building, 340 N.
College Ave., Claremont).
Sept. 28—Concert: Harpsichord Masterworks
Davitt Moroney, UC Berkeley professor of music, will perform harpsichord masterworks Fantasia and Fugue in A minor (BWV 904) by J. S. Bach,
Les Cloches by Nicolas Lebègue, Suite in D minor by Louis Marchand, Eight Preludes from
L'Art de toucher le Clavecin by François Couperin and
French Suite No. 4, in E-flat Major (BWV 815)
by Bach. The concert begins at 3 p.m. and will held in Bridges Hall of
Music (Pomona College, 150 E. Fourth St., Claremont).