March

March 3

The School of Natural and Social Sciences' Science in the Modern World Lecture Series Presents Dr. David Ehrenfeld - "Truth and Fiction in Modern Science – How Dishonesty Damages our Health and Environment"
7PM, Pepsico Theatre, Performing Arts Center

Dr. David Ehrenfeld is an author and Professor of Biology in the Dept. of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Cook Campus, Rutgers University. He has written books including Becoming Good Ancestors: How We Balance Nature, Community, and Technology, Beginning Again: People and Nature in the New Millennium, and Swimming Lessons: Keeping Afloat in the Age of Technology.

March 4

Spring Silent Auction: School of Art+Design
Preview: 12-4 PM, Auction 4-7 PM, School of Art + Design Bldg.
The annual Spring Auction offers the public the opportunity to view and purchase artwork in all media donated by the faculty, alumni, and students from the School of Art+Design. Proceeds from the event are used to fund the student thesis exhibition series and scholarships. For more information, call 914-251-6750.

March 5

Concert: Contemporary Ensemble - Messiaen Centenary Celebration
8 PM, Recital Hall, Music Bldg., Free
School of the Arts, Conservatory of Music students perform. Featuring the music of Messiaen and his students Stockhausen, Boulez, and Xenakis. For more information, call 914-251-6700.

March 6-7

BFA Dance Concert
8 PM, Dance Theatre Lab, Dance Bldg., $5
Conservatory of Dance BFA candidates Malaika Floyd, Giovanna Gamna, Erin Kohout, Phina Pipia, Heidi Skirbe and Xuexin Li produce and present their Senior Project Dance Concert featuring repertory performances and original choreography. Tickets are $5, cash or check only, available at the door. For more information, call 914-251-6800.

Purchase College Arts Management Lecture Series – Kenise Barnes
6:30PM, Fort Awesome Classroom, Free
Kenise Barnes, Director, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont NY (www.kbfa.com) speaks candidly about her work in the arts.

March 11

Art+Design Lecture: Robert Taplin, Sculptor
6:30 PM, Visual Arts Building Room 1016, Free
Robert Taplin is a sculptor and writer whose most recent exhibition, "Everything Imagined Is Real (After Dante)" opened in Chelsea at Winston Wachter Fine Arts on January 8, 2008. The entire show will be part of an upcoming exhibition at MASSMOCA , "These Days: Elegies For Modern Times" opening on April 4. The show consists of nine large dioramas, loosely based on the first nine cantos of Dante's "Inferno".

David Ewing Duncan
"Back to the Future: The DNA of an Experimental Man" - Science In the City lecture series co-sponsored by the New York Academy of Sciences and the Purchase College School of Natural and Social Sciences
7 PM , Performing Arts Center, $15
The award winning author self-tested himself for hundreds of genes and chemicals associated with disease, emotions and other traits. His pioneering experiment reveals how genes and environmental chemicals affect our health and how his discoveries have affected his own family’s traits, and future health.
For tickets call 914-251-6200 or visit www.artscenter.org.

March 12

Purchase Latin Jazz Orchestra :“Polishing the Gem: The Aztec Suite and Other Classics”
7:30 PM, The Performing Arts Center, $20
Director Arturo O’Farrill leads the Purchase Latin Jazz Orchestra in a concert entitled “Polishing the Gem: The Aztec Suite and Other Classics." O’Farrill leads the Orchestra in a rarely-heard rendition of Chico O’Farrill’s Latin jazz classic ”Aztec Suite” and other significant works featuring guest soloist, trumpet virtuoso Jon Faddis. Tickets are $20 and can be ordered by calling the Box Office at 914-251-6200 or online by visiting www.artscenter.org.

March 23

Noon Music
12 PM, Recital Hall, Music Bldg., Free
Voice and Opera students perform. For more information, call 914-251-6700.

March 25

String Concert: String Performance Hour
3:30 PM, Recital Hall, Music Bldg., Free
School of the Arts, Conservatory of Music students perform. For more information, call 914-251-6700.

Woodwinds Concert: Woodwinds Works-in-Progress
8 PM, Recital Hall, Music Bldg., Free
School of the Arts, Conservatory of Music students perform. For more information, call 914-251-6700.

Art+Design Lecture: Stephan Farrall, Graphic Designer
6:30 PM, Visual Arts Building, Room 1016
Stephen Farrell is a graphic designer, typographer and collaborative writer. With Steve Tomasula, he recently released the imagetext novel, VAS: An Opera in Flatland (University of Chicago Press, 2004). Stephen has been featured in over 50 books and journals internationally including American Book Review, The Review of Contemporary Fiction, Emigre, Typegraphics, Design Culture Now, Metropolis, eye (UK) and Wired. He has exhibited his work most recently at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, at the Art Directors Club of New York and as The Volgare Project, a collection of multimedia essays, music and type design investigating his interests in lineage, connoisseurship and the relationship of writing to keystroking.

March 26

Purchase College Arts Management Lecture Series – Jared Tankel
6:30PM, Fort Awesome Classroom, Free
Jared Tankel of The Budos Band (http://www.thebudos.com) speaks candidly about his work in the arts.

March 27

Purchase Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Maestro Michael Adelson
8 PM (“Environment is Everything” at 7:30 PM), The Performing Arts Center, $20
The Purchase Symphony Orchestra, conducted by maestro Michael Adelson, presents a concert featuring the world premiere of a new piece by Professor Suzanne Farrin and music by Mendelssohn and Stravinsky. A pre-concert performance at 7:30 by soloists from the Conservatory’s Voice and Opera Studies program will be presented as part of the College’s campus-wide theme “Environment is Everything.” Tickets are $20 and can be ordered by calling the Box Office at 914-251-6200 or online at www.artscenter.org.

March 30

Annual James Moody Benefit Concert
7:30 PM, B.B. King Blues Club and Grill, NYC, $100
Legendary jazz saxophonist James Moody headlines the annual Moody & Friends concert to benefit the James Moody Scholarship Fund at Purchase College. For ticket information, call 914-251-5925.

Brass Chamber Music Concert
12 PM, Recital Hall, Music Bldg., Free
School of the Arts, Conservatory of Music students perform. For more information, call 914-251-6700.

Graham Ashton Brass Ensemble “Classics for Brass”
8 PM, Recital Hall, Music Bldg., Free
Music by Witold Lutoslwaski, Jan Bach, Collier Jones, Andre Previn, Eugen Bozza and Graham Ashton. Trumpets, Graham Ashton and Alex Holton; Horn, Peter Reit; Trombone, Paul Pollard; Tuba, Marcus Rojas. For more information, call 914-251-6700

March 30-May 1

MFA Graduation Exhibition
9 AM-5 PM, Richard & Dolly Maass Gallery, School of Art+Design Bldg., Free
Receptions 5-7 PM, Thursdays, April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
As the culmination of MFA study, the series of rotating thesis exhibitions showcases the range of approaches and the individual skills of the graduate students in the School of Art+Design. The exhibitions span a wide variety of media, illustrate the range of instruction, and provide insight into the trends in art making today.

March 31

Purchase Repertory Theatre: Richard III by William Shakespeare
March 31, April 1-4 at 8 PM, April 4-5 at 2 PM, The Performing Arts Center
Purchase Repertory Theatre presents William Shakespeare’s Richard III. Charismatic, funny, moody, Machiavellian—Shakespeare’s villainous king is one of the Bard’s greatest creations. Richard schemes and murders his way to the crown—but can he keep it? Containing some of dramatic literature’s greatest scenes and most memorable poetry, the play provides an object lesson in the cruelty of history and the emptiness of worldly power. Tickets are $20, $15 seniors and students, and can be ordered by calling the Box Office at 914-251-6200 or online at www.artscenter.org.