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"Doctuh" Mike Woods, associate professor of music, was interviewed for a Syracuse Post-Standard article (2/19/03) about his jazz group, the Zoe Jazz Ensemble. The group performed at the Syracuse Suds Factory on Feb. 19. Woods has written more than 400 scores in jazz, classical, orchestral, gospel and other musical genres.

Professor of Religious Studies Heidi Ravven gave an invited lecture at the UCLA Jewish Studies Center conference titled, After Spinoza: Judaism, Modernity, and the Future of the Multitude. Her lecture was titled, "Spinoza's Halakhic Social Ethics, Jewish Democratic Politics, and Feminist Liberation." It was a gathering of Spinoza scholars from all over the world for an intensive three-day conference supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Ma Vie en Rose, a screening in the "Masculinities" film series will be presented on Thursday, Feb. 20, at 7:30 pm. in KJ 109 (Red Pit). It will be followed by a discussion facilitated by Minnie Bruce Pratt, Irwin Chair in Women's Studies. Originally released in 1997, this is the story of seven-year-old Ludovic, seen by family as a little boy--while Ludovic has no doubt that she is a little girl, and dresses,plays and loves accordingly. The winner of the Golden Globe as best foreign language film of its year, this is a beautiful and hopeful movie about the possibility for an infinite range of sex/gender identities being open to all of us. Co-sponsored by the French Club. Free and open to the public.

The Contemporary Voices and Visions series of the Hamilton College Performing Arts continues with a performance by Spoken Hand Percussion Orchestra on Friday, Feb. 21, at 8 p.m., in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts. Spoken Hand is an internationally unique hand drumming orchestra composed of four percussion batteries that represent the traditions of Afro Cuban bata, Brazilian samba, North Indian tabla and West African djembe.

Thirteen schools have joined forces to bring together a broad base of alumni in Los Angeles and San Francisco for several evenings of career networking receptions. You will be able to mingle with others in your field, hear distinguished alumni speak about their careers, and make new connections. Alumni working in, affiliated with, or interested in the fields listed are welcome to attend. Los Angeles Alumni Networking Reception: Law Monday, March 10, 2003 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. NBC Studios Rehearsal Hall 1 3000 West Alameda Avenue 818-840-3538 $25 per person, alumni only ***Due to limited space there will be NO on-site or walk-in registrations. *This event is for Hamilton alumni only.* Please RSVP by Friday, February 28th to secure your spot.

Thirteen schools have joined forces to bring together a broad base of alumni in Los Angeles and San Francisco for several evenings of career networking receptions. You will be able to mingle with others in your field, hear distinguished alumni speak about their careers, and make new connections. Alumni working in, affiliated with, or interested in the fields listed are welcome to attend. Los Angeles Alumni Networking Reception: Entertainment Tuesday, March 11, 2003 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. NBC Studios Rehearsal Hall 1 3000 West Alameda Avenue 818-840-3538 $25 per person, alumni only ***Due to limited space there will be NO on-site or walk-in registrations. *This event is for Hamilton alumni only.* Please RSVP by Friday, February 28th to secure your spot.

Thadious Davis, G.C. Vanderbilt Professor of English at Vanderbilt University spoke to a crowded chapel Thursday as guest in a lecture series to commemorate Black History Month. The series celebrates the centennial of W.E.B. DuBois’s work, The Souls of Black Folk and Black History Month. Davis said of the book, “it is primarily a book deeply engaged in feeling.” She went on to say that it “changed forever the methodology of racial research and the language of racial discourse.” The lecture was sponsored by the President’s office, with assistance from the Black Student Union.

A new CD by Jim Sloves MD '85, Swirl, is described as "an eclectic CD of original instrumental rock, funk, blues, surf, electric and finger-style acoustic guitar and bass."

Join alumni from Hamilton, Middlebury, Trinity, Swarthmore and Williams for a Mardi Gras Party!!! Saturday, March 1, 2003 10 p.m.- 2 a.m. Pravda 116 Boylston Street Boston, MA *Free admission and cash bar (please note that your name MUST be on the registration list) Don't forget to wear your masks and beads!!! To RSVP, please send an email to nescac_boston@yahoo.com and include the following: your name, class year, college name and the name of your guest(s). Please note that your name MUST be on the registration list. If you have any questions, please feel free to email Tommy Liem '98 at kliem@yahoo.com or Lynne Salkin '00 at lsalkin@alumni.hamilton.edu.

Esther Barazzonne, a graduate of Kirkland College and now the president of Chatham College, was recently featured in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. The article highlighted her relationship with her long-time mentor, former Kirkland College junior faculty member Elizabeth McCormack. Barazzonne confessed that her relationship with McCormack allowed her to see things more clearly, whether the conversations pertained to academics, career, family or personal and social endeavors.