The University Program Council will present the film, "Paranormal Activity," on Tuesday, Jan.19, in 2370 Haley Center at 7 p.m. UPC will also be holding the first Open Mic Night of the semester in the Student Center Starbucks at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 21. Enjoy your favorite coffee beverage while listening to performances by fellow students.
The annual Phi Alpha Theta Chili Cookoff will take place Friday, Jan. 22, in ballroom B of the Student Center from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend the event which will help raise funds for Phi Alpha Theta, the Department of History Honors Fraternity in the College of Liberal Arts. Tickets to the event are $7 in advance and $10 at the door. Taste-testers will be given ballots to vote for their favorite concoction. The price to submit chili for competition is $15. Contestants will compete for prizes, including gift cards to local establishments. Please remember to submit an interesting name for your chili when you sign up. To purchase tickets or for any other inquiries, contact Phi Alpha Theta officers or faculty sponsor, Tiffany Thomas, at tat0004@auburn.edu. Members will be selling tickets in the Student Center during lunch hours the week of Jan. 18.
Auburn University College of Agriculture agronomist Dennis Delaney and Auburn University Libraries' archivist Dewayne Cox will be featured on cable and public television stations nationwide beginning Wednesday as part of the national farm and ranch show, "America's Heartland." The show, which focuses on agriculture across the United States, came to Auburn last fall to do a piece on the Old Rotation on Lem Morrison Drive. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Old Rotation is the oldest continuous cotton rotation experiment in world and the third oldest ongoing field crop experiment in the United States. During the interviews, Delaney and Cox explain the Old Rotation's scientific and historical significance to Alabama and the region and its contribution to long-term crop research and advancements nationally and worldwide. The show, episode 519, will air on cable station RFD-TV on Wednesday, Jan. 13, at 7 p.m. and again on Saturday, Jan. 17, at 5:30 p.m. Clips from the show will be available early next week at this link under stories: Episode 519.
The Chinese Club, Japanese Student Organization, Korean American Student Association and Indian Student Association are cosponsoring a film screening of Zhang Yimou's "Not One Less" at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13, in 3195 Haley Center as part of the Asian spring film series. The film is free and open to the public. It will be accompanied by English subtitles.
The University Program Council will be showing Disney Pixar’s “Up” at 1 p.m. tomorrow in the Student Center ballroom.
The Auburn University Radio Flyer Theatre Company will present two of O. Henry’s short stories, “The Gift of the Magi” and “The Last Leaf,” in its first holiday podcast radio theatre production. Both stories are written in classic O. Henry style with his trademark twist at the end.
The works were prerecorded and will be accessible Dec. 8 through Jan. 3 by going to the theater’s Web site tomorrow at www.auburnuniversitytheatre.org and clicking on the radio dial.
A special community broadcast of the production will be held Dec. 15 at 6:30 p.m. at The Gnu’s Room, 414 S. Gay St. Auburn University Theatre’s Kelly Walker and Dan LaRocque will be on hand to answer questions after this performance.
Produced by Auburn University Theatre in the College of Liberal Arts, the holiday broadcast of O. Henry stories features a cast of Auburn University Theatre professors and students. The presentation is reminiscent of “audio theater” popular from the 1930s into the early 1950s, the Golden Age of Radio, and heard on programs such as Orson Welles’ “Mercury Theatre on the Air” and the “Lux Radio Theater.”
For more information, call the Auburn University Theatre box office at 844-4154.
The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University is presenting John James Audubon's “Precursors and Contemporaries,” the second in a two-part series. The exhibition is on view through Feb. 13, 2010, in the Louise Hauss and David Brent Miller Audubon Gallery. This exhibition explores natural history publications and begins with some of the earliest publications about plants, specifically herbals, which were intended as references for apothecaries. This exhibition traces representations of flora and fauna from its earliest utilitarian modes in the 16th century through the
development of more artistically conceived representations.
The exhibition includes woodcut prints from “De Historian Stirpium” by German Leonhart Fuchs, and from “The Herbal or General History of Plants” by Englishman John Gerard. Notably, there are three prints of flora and insects by Maria Sibylla Merian, who produced the original watercolors for the prints in Suriname from 1699 to 1701. The exhibition culminates with two of John James Audubon's English contemporaries, Prideaux John Selby who published “Illustrations of British Ornithology,” and Robert John Thornton whose elaborate and idiosyncratic “The Temple of Flora” was meant to be an homage to the renowned Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus.
Gilbert Johnston of Antique Nature Prints loaned the prints and bound volumes that made this exhibition possible.
William Powell, associate professor of music and director of choral activities, returns to Walt Disney World as one of three nationally recognized guest conductors for the 2009 Candlelight Processional. Held each year in Epcot, the Candlelight Processional shows consist of a celebrity narrator, a 50-piece live orchestra and a mass choir of Disney cast members and singers from the USA and abroad. The production, which occurs nightly from Nov. 30 through Dec. 30 tells the story of Christmas in words and music. Performances are held at the America Gardens Theatre. Powell will conduct shows on Dec. 9 through Dec. 12. Visit http://www.wdwinfo.com/holidays/candlelight_processional.htm for more information.
The University Program Council will show the film “Funny People” on Tuesday, Dec. 1, in Haley Center room 2370 at 7 p.m.
Auburn Idol, a talent competition with a $10,000 grand prize, will have the first round for 25 contestants at 7 p.m. tonight at The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center. Contestants auditioned last Saturday and will now compete before judges on four Friday nights: first round Nov. 20, second round Dec. 4, third round Dec. 11 and final round Dec. 18. Tickets are $5 per person at the door. A full bar and concession stand will be available. The event is sponsored by The Hotel at Auburn University and Mix 96.7 radio station, which will record and air the winning song.
The Louise Kreher Forest Ecology Preserve will present “Starry Nights” on Saturday, Nov. 21, from 7 p.m. to10 p.m. The program will be held at the Mary Olive Thomas Demonstration Forest, located on Moore's Mill Road, one mile past the new CVS drugstore on the left. The preserve staff and the Auburn Astronomical Society are inviting the public to join them for a night under the stars. Participants will have the opportunity to look through telescopes, see a laser star show, watch a space movie and eat out-of-this-world snacks. Admission is $3 for non-members and $2 for members. This program is not recommended for children under 5 and will be canceled for cloud cover. For more information, call Jennifer Lolley at 707-6512.
• Dinner and a Movie featuring “Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince” on Tuesday, Nov. 17, at 7 p.m. Tickets will be available Nov. 10 in Suite 3130 of the Auburn University Student Center in room 3149. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and dinner will be served at 7 p.m. A costume contest will begin at 6:45 p.m.
• Now is the opportunity to vote on the Spring Stadium movie. Click the link below and take the quick survey to help UPC decide what film to feature in the stadium next semester.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=POwbcMAT5GRxoHoIq82zSg_3d_3d
The Auburn University Homecoming Parade will be this Friday, Nov. 6, at 4:45 p.m. The parade, which will start front of Parker Hall and end at Toomer's Corner, is for Auburn students to show Auburn spirit and support the Homecoming candidates. It will feature homecoming candidates, cheerleaders, Tiger Paws and Auburn athletes. This event is free and open to the public.
• University Program Council presents the film “Public Enemies” on Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 7 p.m. in Haley 2370.
• UPC's second Late Night Event of the semester, "Tiger Nights Hits The Deck," will be on Friday, Nov. 6, from 7 p.m. to midnight. This pirate themed event will feature free food and activities such as a live DJ, a treasure hunt with cash prizes, inflatables and more.
• UPC's second Open Mic Night of the semester will be held on Monday, Nov. 9, at 7 p.m. in the Auburn University Student Center room 2225. Come share your talents or listen to fellow students as they perform their songs, tell jokes or read poetry. Snacks will be served. Feel free to bring your instruments.
• Compete to be the “Last Comic Standing” at the event on Thursday, Nov. 12, at 7 p.m. in the Student Center Ballroom. Students who are interested in competing can come fill out an application in the UPC Suite 3130 located in the Student Center. Applications are due Thursday, Nov. 5.
The National Pan-Hellenic Counsel, or NPHC, will be hosting its Annual Homecoming Step Show this Friday, Nov. 6, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. inside the Auburn University Student Center. Fraternities scheduled to perform include: Alpha Phi Alpha, Kappa Alpha Psi, Omega Psi Phi, Phi Beta Sigma, and Iota Phi Theta. Sororities scheduled to perform include: Alpha Kappa Alpha and Delta Sigma Theta. There will be a special guest performance by AU Rythmn. Every organization involved is practicing now to put on an amazing show.
For information contact Heather Horn, NPHC president, at hornhea@auburn.edu or Christopher Davis, NPHC director of public relations, at davisc2@auburn.edu.
Kappa Alpha Theta is having its philanthropy event, “Theta Throwdown,” on Monday, Nov. 16, at The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center starting at 7 p.m. This year’s event is a dance-off competition between groups of six-12 dancers with a two-to three- minute dance of their choice.
Advance tickets are $5, or you can purchase one at the door for $7. All the money raised goes to Court Appointed Special Advocates or CASA, an organization that helps abused and neglected children in the court system.
Mix 96.7 will be broadcasting the event, and there are going to be key figures of Auburn University involved.
For more information, e-mail Anna Lane at all0001@auburn.edu.
Homecoming 2009 is fast approaching and so, too, is the 30th anniversary of Auburn University's largest tailgate party, the wildly popular “Fall Roundup and Taste of Alabama Agriculture.” The event will be held at Ag Heritage Park Saturday, Nov. 7, prior to the Tigers' homecoming gridiron battle against the Furman Paladins.
Ag Roundup began as a reunion for alumni and friends of Auburn's College of Agriculture and an opportunity to spotlight the bounty of delicious foods Alabama farmers produce, as well as to increase awareness of agriculture's significant impact on the state's economy.
Today, the event draws thousands of Tiger fans who have learned that for a mere $5, they can enjoy a pregame feast that features everything from grilled burgers, fried catfish and roast leg of lamb to turnip greens, sweet potato fries and fresh-from-the-orchard satsumas.
Also on tap will be live and silent auctions that raise money for College of Agriculture scholarships for deserving students, informative displays from Auburn University departments and organizations and various commodity groups, live music, children's activities and visits from the Auburn University pep band and the AU cheerleaders.
Ag Roundup will kick off at 9 a.m. Saturday and wrap up at noon at Ag Heritage Park, a historic green space and recreational and research site located on the corner of Samford Avenue. and Donahue Drive in Auburn. The event is cosponsored by the College of Agriculture and the Auburn University Agricultural Alumni Association, with corporate partners Milo's Tea and John Deere.
Admission is $5; children 6 and under are admitted free. Tickets are available at the gate.
Ag-related businesses and organizations are invited to set up exhibits at Ag Roundup. There is no fee for participation and each exhibitor will be provided approximately 15 feet of setup space, a table and chairs.
Exhibitors may also bring their own small tents: 8- by 8-foot or 10- by 10-foot. No product sales are allowed, but samples of products may be offered. Donations of auction items are also welcome.
For more information, call 844-3204, 844-3596 or send an e-mail to rollome@auburn.edu.
A giant banner displayed on The Hotel at Auburn University is piquing the city's interest by asking one basic question: What is Piccolo? Located inside The Hotel's restaurant, Ariccia Trattoria and Bar, Piccolo is Auburn's newest gathering place. Hans Van Der Reijden, managing director of The Hotel at Auburn University, said the typical hotel lounge of earlier days has been transformed into an intimate jazz spot. Piccolo features live jazz music Friday and Saturday nights from 8-11 p.m., excluding home football weekends, and serves specialty cocktails, high gravity beers, champagne and wine. Ariccia chef Miguel Figuerora created a menu of appetizers and desserts specifically for Piccolo. The menu consists of nine "small bites" items, as well as three "sweet bites" items. The bites range in price from $2.95 to $4.95, and Figuerora plans to add more items to the menu soon. Piccolo is open Tuesday through Saturday from 4 p.m.-midnight, as well as Sunday and Monday from 4-10 p.m. For more information, read the news release.
Auburn University's Spectrum Alliance will host a screening of Parvez Sharma's acclaimed film "A Jihad for Love" on Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 7 p.m. in 3195 Haley Center. "A Jihad for Love" is the world's first documentary film on the coexistence of Islam and homosexuality. Sharma will be flying from New York to attend the screening and lead a discussion about the film. Refreshments will be served. The event is free and open to everyone. For more information, e-mail the Spectrum Alliance at spectrum@auburn.edu.
The Chinese Club is sponsoring a film screening of Wayne Wang's “Joy Luck Club” on Thursday, Nov. 5, at 6 p.m. in Haley Center room 1203. This will be the seventh film in this fall's “Asian Film Series,” which is free and open to the public.
The Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Majors is hosting the "STEM Scaring for Kids" on Oct. 29 from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. at Greystone Mansion. This event is a Halloween masquerade benefit for the Boys and
Girls Club of Greater Lee County.
WEGL will be DJ-ing and doing a live broadcast from the event. Costume prizes will be awarded for the “best-dressed” and a dance-off competition will take place. There will also be free food, fun and games.
Tickets are $10 for admission. If paired with the purchase of a T-shirt, the fee is $20. All students are welcome to attend. To purchase tickets, you must have your student ID. Each student is allowed to purchase a ticket for one guest.
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