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November 7   Saturday
11:30 P.M. Special Late Show - Fall Theatre Production Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show
Thoresen Theatre, Leggett Bldg.
Book, music, and lyrics by Richard O’Brien, directed by Kathy Clay, musical direction by Randy Speer, choreography by Hiawatha Johnson, Jr. The musical that started a sensation. For mature audiences. No outside props; costumes welcome. Admission: $12 general, $9 Randolph College faculty and staff, $7 over age 60, $5 all students. Keep your stub and get in free when you bring a friend. Tickets available at LynchburgTickets.com or call 434-947-8562.
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November 8   Sunday
2 P.M. Outten Visiting Artist Lecture by Paul Ryan
Maier Museum of Art

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November 9   Monday
7 P.M. Theatre Open Auditions for Exit the King
Lab Theatre, Leggett Bldg. 203
WildCat Theatre will hold open auditions for its winter production of Eugene Ionesco's "Exit the King". There are roles for 3 men and 3 women. Also auditioning Studio Season and Directing Workshop productions. Perusal scripts available on reserve in Lipscomb Library. for more information call 434-947-8564.
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November 10   Tuesday
7 P.M. Theatre Open Auditions for Exit the King - Nov 9-10
Lab Theatre, Leggett Bldg. 203
WildCat Theatre will hold open auditions for its winter production of Eugene Ionesco's "Exit the King". There are roles for 3 men and 3 women. Also auditioning Studio Season and Directing Workshop productions. Perusal scripts available on reserve in Lipscomb Library. for more information call 434-947-8564.
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November 11   Wednesday
6 P.M. Environmentally-friendly Potluck for Peace

In coordination with our focus on Sustainable Living @ Randolph College, the Peace and Diplomacy Learning Community is sponsoring an environmentally-friendly potluck dinner and discussion.
7 P.M. Lynchburg Bird Club meeting
Margaret Ellis Hall, Martin Science Bldg. 315
8 P.M. Poetry Reading by Claudia Emerson
Alice Ashley Jack Room, Smith Memorial Bldg.
Emerson is the winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, recipient of a Witter Bynner Fellowship from the Library of Congress, and recently appointed Poet Laureate of Virginia. She has published four poetry collections, including her newest, Figure Studies: Poems, with LSU Press, and is professor of English and Arrington Distinguished Chair in Poetry at University of Mary Washington in Fredricksburg, VA.

November 12   Thursday
4:30 P.M. Exploring Experiential Learning
Alice Ashley Jack Room, Smith Memorial Bldg.
Faculty Panel “Innovators in Experiential Learning: An Interactive Panel Discussion,” with Harlan R. Beckley, Washington & Lee University; Janel Curry, Calvin College; KimMarie McGoldrick, University of Richmond; and Charles R. Strain, DePaul University. Reception following

November 14   Saturday
Admissions Visitation Day

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9:30 A.M. Vinegar Making Workshop
Smith Woodland Pavalion, Thomas Jefferson Visiting Center
Members of the Organic Garden crew at Randolph College invite you to join them in carpooling to Monticello, near Charlottesville. Vinegar was an integral ingredient in Jefferson-family recipes, and there's more to vinegar, translated literally as "sour wine," than salad dressing. More people are unaware of the rich traditions of using vinegar in cooking, as a food preservative, and even as a wholesome beverage. Join Gabriele Rausse in reviewing the basic principles of making vinegar then learn to use it in creative ways.$10. We will leave front campus at 7:30 a.m.

November 15   Sunday
10 A.M. Organic Garden Planting
Randolph College Organic Garden
Join us in planning 3-4 trees in the orchard…digging holes and filling with amended soil for next spring and fall plantings.

November 17   Tuesday
4:30 P.M. Graduate Program Visitation Day - 4:30-6 pm

Reach the next level with a master’s degree in education. If you are looking to specialize, to change career direction, or to update your teaching license, we invite you to attend. Call 434-947-8100 or e-mail pschimmoeller@randolphcollege.edu for more information.
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November 18   Wednesday
7:30 P.M. David F. Anthony Memorial Lecture
Leggett Bldg. 537
“Mudbrick to Mosaics: New Excavations at Hacımusalar Höyük, Ancient Choma in Northern Lycia” by Elizabeth P. Baughan, assistant professor of classics and archaeology in the Department of Classical Studies at the University of Richmond.

November 20   Friday
7:30 P.M. Fall Dance Concert - Nov. 20-21
Thoresen Theatre, Leggett Bldg.
Choreography by dance majors and others. Admission: $5 general. $3 students. Tickets available at LynchburgTickets.com or at the door.

November 21   Saturday
4 P.M. Men’s Basketball vs. Shenandoah University
Phys. Ed & Rec. Bldg.
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7:30 P.M. Guest Artist Recital
The Wimberly Recital Hall, Presser Hall
Michelle Latour, soprano, and Felix Olschofka, violin, with Emily Yap Chua, piano.
7:30 P.M. Fall Dance Concert
Thoresen Theatre, Leggett Bldg.
Choreography by dance majors and others. Admission: $5 general. $3 students Tickets available at LynchburgTickets.com or at the door.

November 24   Tuesday
5 P.M. Men’s Basketball vs. Virginia Intermont
Phys. Ed & Rec. Bldg.
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7:30 P.M. Women’s Basketball vs. Virginia Intermont

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November 25   Wednesday
Thanksgiving Break

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November 30   Monday
7 P.M. Women’s Basketball vs. Eastern Mennonite University
Phys. Ed & Rec. Bldg.

December 11   Friday
Last Day of Fall Classes

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December 19   Saturday
12 P.M. Final Exam Period Ends

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January 18   Monday
Spring Semester Classes Begin

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February 1   Monday
7:30 P.M. Sustainable Living @ Randolph College presents Ray Anderson
Smith Hall Theatre
Ray Anderson is founder and chairman of Interface Inc., the world's largest manufacturer of modular carpet for commercial and residential applications and a leading producer of commercial broadloom and commercial fabrics. He is “known in environmental circles for his advanced and progressive stance on industrial ecology and sustainability. Since 1995, he has reduced Interface's waste by a third, and plans to make the company sustainable by 2020.” Ray is also one of Time Magazine’s Heroes of the Environment. Ray is a sought after speaker for most large environmental forums and conferences. He has also helped put together a 100-Day Action Plan for the Environment for President Obama. Anderson is featured in the documentaries The Corporation and Leonardo DiCaprio’s The 11th Hour. He is also the author of Mid-Course Correction: Toward a Sustainable Enterprise: The Interface Model.
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February 21   Sunday
10 A.M. Pruning Workshop

Pruning Workshop lead by Tom Burford, nationally recognized fruit tree expert. Space is limited for this event, please contact sabbassi@randolphcollege.edu to sign up!

March 25   Thursday
8:30 P.M. Fruit Tree Grafting Workshop
Lipscomb Library
Workshop lead by Tom Burford, nationally recognized fruit tree expert. Space is limited for the event, please contact sabbassi@randolphcollege.edu to sign up!

March 26   Friday
7:30 P.M. Sustainable Living @ Randolph College presents Lisa Heinzerling
Smith Hall Theatre
Lisa Heinzerling, Associate Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation will speak as part of the Sustainable Living @ Randolph College speaker series. Lisa was a member of the Presidential Transition Team for EPA, and served as Senior Climate Policy Counsel since January 2009. She served as a law professor at Georgetown since 1993 and has been a visiting professor at the Harvard and Yale law schools. She has been published in, among other places, the Yale Law Journal, Harvard Law Review, University of Chicago Law Review, and Georgetown Law Journal. She is the author, with Frank Ackerman, of Priceless: On Knowing the Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing. She was also the lead author of the winning briefs for petitioners in Massachusetts v. EPA, in which the Supreme Court held that the Clean Air Act gives EPA the authority to regulate greenhouse gases.

June 3   Thursday
Alumnae Reunion, June 3-6, 2010

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