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September 2008
14 September 2008, Sunday Eight Decades of American Music: A Retrospective Rochelle and Irwin A. Lowenfeld Conference and Exhibition Hall Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, Tenth Floor, South Campus 3:00 pm Featuring the talents of Marilyn Lehman, piano; Karen Lehman, soprano; and, Naomi Drucker, clarinet, this concert, held in conjunction with the exhibition The Presidents: 1933 - 2001, History of Presidential Conferences at Hofstra University, will include works by American composers Elliot Carter, Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin, Elie Siegmeister and Jonathan Russ. $5 general public; $3 senior citizen; Hofstra students, faculty, staff and Museum members admitted free.
17 September 2008, Wednesday Fall Garden and Sculpture Tour Meet at Emily Lowe Gallery, behind Emily Lowe Hall, South Campus 3:00 pm Join us as Fred Soviero, Director of Grounds at Hofstra, highlights the beautiful plantings, flora and fauna found in the University’s nationally registered arboretum. During the tour, museum professional staff will be on hand to shed light on the Museum’s public art collection, one of the largest in the New York Metropolitan area and sited throughout Hofstra’s beautiful campus. The tour will include a stop at Henry Moore’s bronze sculpture entitled Upright Motive No. 9. $5 general public; $3 senior citizen; Hofstra students, faculty, staff and Museum members admitted free.
21 September 2008, Sunday Family Program: CELEBRATE ART at the Hofstra University Italian Festival 11:00 am - 5:00 pm, Memorial Quad, South Campus The Hofstra University Museum is hosting a Family Art Activity booth from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. Sponsored by the Bethpage Federal Credit Union.
23 September 2008, Tuesday Exhibition Reception and Educator Open House for Greatest of All Time: Muhammad Ali Featuring interpretive dances by Hofstra University students, under the direction of Dyane Harvey-Salaam. Emily Lowe Gallery, Emily Lowe Hall, South Campus 4:30pm - 6:30 pm The photographs is this distinctive exhibition capture Muhammad Ali’s life, including his boxing career, family life, humanitarian work and Olympic events. The photographers include: Annie Leibovitz, Gordon Parks, Steve Schapiro, Thomas Hoepker, Sonia Katchian, and Art Shay, among others. This exhibition is presented in conjunction with the Hofstra Cultural Center conference The Greatest: From Cassius Clay to Muhammad Ali on November 13-15, 2008.
October 2008
11 October 2008, Saturday Performance for Families: Patricia Shih and Trio Emily Lowe Gallery, Emily Lowe Hall, South Campus Ms. Shih is a socially conscious folk singer with a very special voice. She performs extensively for audiences of all ages, appearing on TV and radio, in clubs, concerts, schools, libraries, major music festivals, and touring internationally. She has appeared in concert with such luminaries as Pete Seeger, Bonnie Raitt, Richie Havens, David Bromberg, Tom Chapin, Livingston Taylor, Odetta, Billy Bragg, Janis Ian, and Peter Yarrow, among others. Sponsored by Bethpage Federal Credit Union.
24 October 2008, Friday Motorcoach Excursion: Moore in America at The New York Botanical Garden 8:45 am - 5:00 pm Henry Moore, an artist whose work is featured in the Hofstra University Museum’s public art collection, is one the world’s best known and beloved twentieth century sculptors. Experience the largest outdoor exhibition of his sculptures ever presented in a single venue in America. The exhibition features 20 major pieces positioned throughout the Garden’s 250 acres and among its 50 gardens and plant collections. The Museum is collaborating with the University Cultural Center to offer this unique experience. Fee includes transportation, lunch at the Garden, a docent-led tour and an all-access garden pass. $110 general public; $100 Hofstra University Museum members, Hofstra faculty/staff; $20 students (matriculated) with HofstraCard. Reservations are required.
29 October 2008, Wednesday *Frederick Douglass Circle* Dedication and Reception 11:00 am Join us as we celebrate the installation of artist Vinnie Bagwell’s sculpture entitled Frederick Douglass Circle. This magnificent outdoor sculpture cast in bronze commemorates one of the most prominent figures in African American and United States history, who was a steadfast believer in the equality of all people. Vinnie Bagwell was commissioned to create this piece after her proposal won the national Person of Color Sculpture Competition in 2007, sponsored by Hofstra University. Frederick Douglass Circle will expand the scope and diversity of the Museum’s outdoor sculpture collection and reaffirm Hofstra’s commitment to a diverse campus community. Dedication held outside in the Monroe Hall Courtyard, South Campus, followed by Reception at Emily Lowe Gallery, behind Emily Lowe Hall, South Campus.
November 2008
11 November 2008, Tuesday Float Like a Butterfly: Muhammad Ali as African American Icon Emily Lowe Gallery, Emily Lowe Hall, South Campus 4:00 pm Joseph McLaren, Professor of English at Hofstra University, will discuss how the legendary Muhammad Ali was not only a boxing champion but an icon, whose significance within the African American community was especially important during the 1960s. $5 general public; $3 senior citizen; Hofstra students, faculty, staff and Museum members admitted free.
13, 14, 15 November 2008, Thursday, Friday, Saturday HOFSTRA ENTERTAINMENT presents Fightin’ Words! Conceived and directed by Bob Spiotto Emily Lowe Gallery, Emily Lowe Hall, South Campus 8:00 pm** Performed 'in the ring' and surrounded by the exhibition, The Greatest of All Time: Muhammad Ali, this knock-out performance consists of boxing poetry-in-performance, as well as many boxing stories, quotes and anecdotes. This performance packs a solid punch with works by Joyce Carol Oates, Richard Ford, Homer, George Plimpton, William Hazlitt, Maya Angelou, Langston Hughes, O. Henry, Robert Benchley, Gene Tunney, Rod Serling, Norman Mailer, Red Smith, and Muhammad Ali, among others. $15 general public; $12 senior citizen; $10 Hofstra University Museum Member; $10 matriculated non-Hofstra student with ID; One free ticket with current faculty/staff/student Hofstra ID *Special Note: Tickets for Fightin' Words!* on sale starting October 28. For tickets, please call the John Cranford Adams Playhouse Box Office at (516) 463-6644, M-F, 11 a.m.-3:45 p.m.
For more information please contact: Hofstra University Museum at (516) 463-5672.
All programs are free unless otherwise noted. Advanced registration is requested. Please call (516) 463-5672 to reserve your space today. Note: The Hofstra University Museum reserves the right to cancel or alter all trips and events due to inadequate reservations. Checks are otherwise nonrefundable. Museum members receive discounts on all Hofstra University Museum trips. All events are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by law.

September 2008

14 September 2008, Sunday
Eight Decades of American Music: A Retrospective
Rochelle and Irwin A. Lowenfeld Conference and Exhibition Hall
Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, Tenth Floor, South Campus
3:00 pm

Featuring the talents of Marilyn Lehman, piano; Karen Lehman, soprano; and, Naomi Drucker, clarinet, this concert, held in conjunction with the exhibition The Presidents: 1933 - 2001, History of Presidential Conferences at Hofstra University, will include works by American composers Elliot Carter, Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin, Elie Siegmeister and Jonathan Russ.
$5 general public; $3 senior citizen; Hofstra students, faculty, staff and Museum members admitted free.

17 September 2008, Wednesday
Fall Garden and Sculpture Tour
Meet at Emily Lowe Gallery, behind Emily Lowe Hall, South Campus
3:00 pm

Join us as Fred Soviero, Director of Grounds at Hofstra, highlights the beautiful plantings, flora and fauna found in the University’s nationally registered arboretum. During the tour, museum professional staff will be on hand to shed light on the Museum’s public art collection, one of the largest in the New York Metropolitan area and sited throughout Hofstra’s beautiful campus. The tour will include a stop at Henry Moore’s bronze sculpture entitled Upright Motive No. 9.
$5 general public; $3 senior citizen; Hofstra students, faculty, staff and Museum members admitted free.

21 September 2008, Sunday
Family Program: CELEBRATE ART at the Hofstra University Italian Festival
11:00 am - 5:00 pm, Memorial Quad, South Campus

The Hofstra University Museum is hosting a Family Art Activity booth from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Sponsored by the Bethpage Federal Credit Union.

23 September 2008, Tuesday
Exhibition Reception and Educator Open House for
Greatest of All Time: Muhammad Ali
Featuring interpretive dances by Hofstra University students, under the direction of Dyane Harvey-Salaam.
Emily Lowe Gallery, Emily Lowe Hall, South Campus
4:30pm - 6:30 pm

The photographs is this distinctive exhibition capture Muhammad Ali’s life, including his boxing career, family life, humanitarian work and Olympic events. The photographers include: Annie Leibovitz, Gordon Parks, Steve Schapiro, Thomas Hoepker, Sonia Katchian, and Art Shay, among others.

This exhibition is presented in conjunction with the Hofstra Cultural Center conference The Greatest: From Cassius Clay to Muhammad Ali on November 13-15, 2008.

October 2008

11 October 2008, Saturday
Performance for Families: Patricia Shih and Trio
Emily Lowe Gallery, Emily Lowe Hall, South Campus

Ms. Shih is a socially conscious folk singer with a very special voice. She performs extensively for audiences of all ages, appearing on TV and radio, in clubs, concerts, schools, libraries, major music festivals, and touring internationally. She has appeared in concert with such luminaries as Pete Seeger, Bonnie Raitt, Richie Havens, David Bromberg, Tom Chapin, Livingston Taylor, Odetta, Billy Bragg, Janis Ian, and Peter Yarrow, among others.
Sponsored by Bethpage Federal Credit Union.

24 October 2008, Friday
Motorcoach Excursion: Moore in America at The New York Botanical Garden
8:45 am - 5:00 pm

Henry Moore, an artist whose work is featured in the Hofstra University Museum’s public art collection, is one the world’s best known and beloved twentieth century sculptors. Experience the largest outdoor exhibition of his sculptures ever presented in a single venue in America. The exhibition features 20 major pieces positioned throughout the Garden’s 250 acres and among its 50 gardens and plant collections. The Museum is collaborating with the University Cultural Center to offer this unique experience. Fee includes transportation, lunch at the Garden, a docent-led tour and an all-access garden pass.
$110 general public; $100 Hofstra University Museum members, Hofstra faculty/staff; $20 students (matriculated) with HofstraCard. Reservations are required.

29 October 2008, Wednesday
Frederick Douglass Circle
Dedication and Reception
11:00 am

Join us as we celebrate the installation of artist Vinnie Bagwell’s sculpture entitled Frederick Douglass Circle. This magnificent outdoor sculpture cast in bronze commemorates one of the most prominent figures in African American and United States history, who was a steadfast believer in the equality of all people. Vinnie Bagwell was commissioned to create this piece after her proposal won the national Person of Color Sculpture Competition in 2007, sponsored by Hofstra University. Frederick Douglass Circle will expand the scope and diversity of the Museum’s outdoor sculpture collection and reaffirm Hofstra’s commitment to a diverse campus community.

Dedication held outside in the Monroe Hall Courtyard, South Campus, followed by Reception at Emily Lowe Gallery, behind Emily Lowe Hall, South Campus.

November 2008

11 November 2008, Tuesday
Float Like a Butterfly: Muhammad Ali as African American Icon
Emily Lowe Gallery, Emily Lowe Hall, South Campus
4:00 pm

Joseph McLaren, Professor of English at Hofstra University, will discuss how the legendary Muhammad Ali was not only a boxing champion but an icon, whose significance within the African American community was especially important during the 1960s.
$5 general public; $3 senior citizen; Hofstra students, faculty, staff and Museum members admitted free.

13, 14, 15 November 2008, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
HOFSTRA ENTERTAINMENT presents Fightin’ Words!**
Conceived and directed by Bob Spiotto
Emily Lowe Gallery, Emily Lowe Hall, South Campus
8:00 pm

Performed 'in the ring' and surrounded by the exhibition, The Greatest of All Time: Muhammad Ali, this knock-out performance consists of boxing poetry-in-performance, as well as many boxing stories, quotes and anecdotes. This performance packs a solid punch with works by Joyce Carol Oates, Richard Ford, Homer, George Plimpton, William Hazlitt, Maya Angelou, Langston Hughes, O. Henry, Robert Benchley, Gene Tunney, Rod Serling, Norman Mailer, Red Smith, and Muhammad Ali, among others.
$15 general public; $12 senior citizen; $10 Hofstra University Museum Member; $10 matriculated non-Hofstra student with ID; One free ticket with current faculty/staff/student Hofstra ID

**Special Note: Tickets for Fightin' Words! on sale starting October 28. For tickets, please call the John Cranford Adams Playhouse Box Office at (516) 463-6644, M-F, 11 a.m.-3:45 p.m.

For more information please contact: Hofstra University Museum at (516) 463-5672.

All programs are free unless otherwise noted. Advanced registration is requested. Please call (516) 463-5672 to reserve your space today.
Note: The Hofstra University Museum reserves the right to cancel or alter all trips and events due to inadequate reservations. Checks are otherwise nonrefundable. Museum members receive discounts on all Hofstra University Museum trips. All events are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by law.

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