February 4 Wednesday The Allied Student Coalition is hosting “A Night with Judy Shephard” in after-HOURS at 8 p.m. Admission is free with a NU ID. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. For more information, e-mail nuasc@yahoo .com
February 5 Thursday Scholars James E. Young and Yoram Meital will be hosting a panel titled “Memory and Commemoration” discussing commemorations of the Holocaust and the memory of President Sadat of Egypt. The panel will be held in 444 Curry Student Center and admission is free. The event begins at 2:50 p.m. For more information, contact Jennifer Burke at (617) 373-2427.
February 8 Sunday The Community Church of Boston will be hosting a Sunday forum lecture with Sergio Reyes called “The Other September 11: Reflect-ions on the Experience of Terrorism Thirty Years After the Military Coup in Chile.” The lecture will begin at 10:45 a.m. in Lothrop Auditorium at 565 Boylston St. in Copley Square. Reyes is currently a musician and educator. He was a student leader in Chile, imprisoned and tortured by the regime of Augusto Pinochet. Admission is free and the lecture is followed by conversation with the presenter and a community luncheon. For more information, call (617) 266-6710.
February 10 Tuesday College Bowl 2004 will be held in afterHOURS at 8 p.m. Test your I.Q. in the varsity sport of the mind. Sign-ups are still open. Teams of four are welcome to sign-up and compete against other groups for the chance to advance to the national competition. For more information, please call (617) 373-2632 or (617) 373-2642 or e-mail [email protected] or [email protected]
Upcoming NU’s Department of Theater presents “Sweet Bird of Youth” by Tennessee Williams at the Studio Theatre on the first floor of the Curry Student Center. Shows begin at 8 p.m. The facility is wheelchair accessible. Tickets are $10 on Wednesdays and Thursdays and $13 on Fridays and Saturdays. The show will run Feb. 4 to Feb. 7 and then from Feb. 11 to Feb. 14. Tickets are available at the NU ticket office in Ell Hall. Call (617) 373-2247 for more information.
Ongoing MATCH-UP Interfaith Volunteers present “Unlikely Friendships,” a photojournalism exhibition launching at the Boston Public Library and featuring black and white portraits complemented by interviews with the subjects. “Unlikely Friend-ships” will be at the Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston St., in the Boston Room from Feb. 5 to Feb. 27. Admission is free. There will be an opening reception Sunday, Feb. 8 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Boston Public Library. For details, contact Jennifer Raymond at (617) 482-1510 or at [email protected].
