December 10 Wednesday
The Northeastern Rock Ensemble, directed by Junauro Landgrebe, will perform at afterHOURS at 8 p.m. Call ext. 2440 for more information.
The Women’s Studies Program is sponsoring a Visiting Scholar Speaker Series.Wednesday’s speaker is Linda K. Fuller who will be speaking on AIDS Apartheid in the Frost Lounge from noon to 1 p.m. Fuller is a professor at Worcester State College and a Fullbright Researcher in sub-Saharan Africa. For more information call ext. 4984.
December 11 Thursday
Tonight Boston Ballet will perform its world-famous production of The Nutcracker at the Wang Center on Tremont Street for a Northeastern audience. Join Clara, the Mouse King and the Sugar Plum Fairy as they dance in the holiday tradition. Before the performance, the Tremont Hotel will host a buffet with appetizers, carvings and pasta stations, a sweets table and a children’s buffet. Prices include the pre-show reception and balcony ticket. Adults are $38 and children are $25. For more information or to register, call Jeremy Ryan at ext. 2907.
December 12 Friday Today is the deadline for nominating your favorite professor. To nominate a great professor for the Excellence in Teaching Award pick up a nomination form in the Faculty Senate Office in 442 Ryder Hall or in the Office of the Provost in 112 Hayden Hall. Forms must be accompanied by a letter of support. For more information contact Kristen Jacquard at [email protected] for more information.
The Northeastern Orchestra will perform at Blackman Auditorium at 8 p.m.Featuring Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7, the show is conducted by Allen Feinstein. Tickets are $7 for the public, $5 for students and seniors. Call ext. 2442.
December 13 Saturday
Celebrate Kwanzaa at the Annual Kwanzaa Extravaganza. Performances by spoken word artist Omekongo Dibinga, NIA Dance Troupe, Girlz of Imani, and Girlz of Imani II. Annual dance and theater performance sponsored by OrgiNation, Inc. It will be at the Roxbury Community College Media Arts Center on Columbus Avenue at 3 p.m.
Ongoing The Sigma Delta Tau Sorority and Dorchester Cares will be collecting toys for children up to age 12. Bring the donations to the Student Activities Office in 228 Curry Student Center. Contact Jamie Cortina at 617-536-2781.
Celebrity Birthdays December 10 Emily Dickinson, 1830 Raven Symone, 1985
December 11 Rider Strong, 1979 Jermaine Jackson, 1954
December 12 Bob Barker, 1923 Frank Sinatra, 1915
December 13 Steve Buscemi, 1957 Jamie Foxx, 1967
December 14 Patty Duke, 1946 Nostradamus, 1503
December 15 J. Paul Getty, 1892 Don Johnson, 1949
