Release date: Jan. 16, 2004
Contact: Deb Hammacher, Associate Director, University Media Relations,
at 404-727-0644 or dhammac@emory.edu

Emory Marks Chartering With Weeklong Celebration

Emory University will commemorate its establishment in Atlanta with a weeklong Charter Celebration Jan. 25-Feb. 1. The event celebrates Emory's transformation from a small, rural college in Oxford, Ga., to a full-fledged university located in a burgeoning Southern metropolis. The celebration marks the date – Jan. 25, 1915 – when DeKalb County granted a charter for the establishment of Emory in Atlanta. The first Charter Day occurred in 1924 and continued for many years, with a revival in 1999 and an expansion this year into a mid-winter festival of the arts and sciences open to the public.

Highlights of the celebration include a lecture by Emory's Scholar-Teacher of the Year, Lucas Carpenter, the Charles Howard Candler Professor of English at Emory's Oxford College, on "A Few Poems for Now"; a sold-out "From the Top" radio taping and performance for Public Radio International's hit program; numerous art exhibitions; a dramatic reading of Jim Grimsley's play "War Daddy"; and other events concerning the humanities, environment and history. For more information on the events listed below, go online to http://events.cc.edu or call 404-727-0674.

The Charter Celebration schedule follows. All events are open to the public and free unless otherwise noted.

MONDAY, JAN. 26
4:30–6 p.m., Lecture. Scholar-Teacher of the Year, Lucas Carpenter, Candler Professor of English, Oxford College, on "A Few Poems for Now." Winship Ballroom, Dobbs Center, 605 Asbury Circle

TUESDAY, JAN. 27
4 p.m., Emory in Perspective Debate Series
The Student Government Association and the Office of Multicultural Programs present the first Emory in Perspective Debate Series event on "Iraq Revisited: The Left and the Right vs. You?" Cox Hall Ballroom, 569 Asbury Circle

7–9 p.m., Dramatic reading of "War Daddy," a play about youth and war, by Jim Grimsley, award-winning author, playwright and director of the creative writing program at Emory. Cox Hall Ballroom, 569 Asbury Circle

7-9 p.m., Panel discussion with Emory environmental leaders on "Seeing the Forest Through the Trees: A Different Type of Growth for Emory." Mathematics and Science Center, Room W201, 440 Dowman Dr.

THURSDAY, JAN. 29
3 p.m. Poetry workshop. Award-winning poet Kimiko Hahn will lead a panel discussion on poetry and oral performance, or the art of "lifting the poem off of the page." Kemp-Malone Library, Callaway Center, Room N301, 537 Kilgo Circle

7 p.m. Poetry reading and book signing by Kimiko Hahn, award-winning poet. Jones Room, Woodruff Library, 540 Asbury Circle

FRIDAY, JAN. 30
7–10 p.m., "The Rings of Saturn" Mathematics and Science Center Planetarium and Observatory Open House.
Saturn's current nearness to the planet Earth, the tilt of its rings, and clear winter skies make the end of January the best viewing opportunity in 2004. Join the physics department at the Emory planetarium for a dramatic, live video feed of Saturn direct from the observatory's 24-inch telescope, and view the planet from the rooftop telescopes on the observation deck. Live viewing is weather dependent. Members of the physics department will be on hand, rain or shine, to show previously recorded Saturn images, a Saturn slide-show and to answer questions. Mathematics and Science Center planetarium, Room E300, 440 Dowman Dr.

SATURDAY, JAN. 31
11 a.m., Family concert performed by young Atlanta artists. Hosted by Christopher O'Riley. Emory Coca-Cola Artists-in-Residence Series. $4. Reception Hall, Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 Kilgo Circle. 404-727-5050

2 p.m., Emory Coca-Cola Artists-in-Residence Series Performers Up Close: Master class with pianist Christopher O'Riley. Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, 1641 N. Decatur Rd.

8 p.m., Emory Javanese Gamelan Ensemble. Enjoy the enchanting percussion music of the Javanese tradition. Performing Arts Studio, 1804 N. Decatur Rd.

SUNDAY, FEB. 1
3 p.m., "Bach's Musical Offering." Concert by university organist Timothy Albrecht. Cannon Chapel, 515 Kilgo Circle

ONGOING EXHIBITIONS
Jan. 28 – April 4
"From Outer Banks to Outer Space: Silk Batiks by Mary Edna Fraser"

A brilliant, colorful exhibition of work by internationally recognized artist Mary Edna Fraser fills the atrium of the Mathematics and Science Center with dozens of floating, large-scale batiks on silk. Her work celebrates a global vision of the environment – from the outer reaches of the Earth's coastlines to the outer reaches of our known universe. Using aerial and satellite photographs, maps and charts, Fraser offers a pioneering blend of science and art that transforms the interior of one of Emory's newest buildings into a limitless sphere of earth, air, water, galaxies, planets and stars. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday. Mathematics and Science Center atrium, 440 Dowman Dr.

Jan. 31 - May 9
"Anne Truitt: Early Drawings and Sculpture, 1958-1963"
An exhibition of more than 20 drawings and three major sculptures by Anne Truitt, a leading figure of American abstract art. The exhibition examines the role that drawing played in Truitt's development of three-dimensional, geometric sculpture that established Truitt's reputation as an innovator of minimal art. Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 Kilgo Circle. 10 a.m.- 5p.m., Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. Thursday; Noon – 5p.m. Sunday. Closed on Mondays. The Carlos Museum is free to Emory students, faculty and staff and Carlos Museum members. Non-members are asked to pay a $5 per person admission donation.

Through Feb. 21
"Images of Reconciliation: Visual Reflections of the 2003 Journeys of Reconciliation to the Mississippi Delta, Montana, Appalachia and the Texas/Mexico Border." 9 a.m.-9 p.m. daily. Main Gallery, Dobbs Center, 605 Asbury Circle

Through Feb. 25
"Friendships, Fibers & Finds: The Works and Collections of the Peachtree Handspinners Guild." An exhibition of spun and woven fiber and the history of textiles and the parallel development of human civilization. 9 a.m.- 9 p.m. daily. Schatten Gallery, Woodruff Library, 540 Asbury Circle.

Emory University is known for its demanding academics, outstanding undergraduate college of arts and sciences, highly ranked professional schools and state-of-the-art research facilities. For more than a decade

Emory has been named one of the country's top 25 national universities by U.S. News & World Report. In addition to its nine schools, the university encompasses The Carter Center, Yerkes National Primate Research Center and Emory Healthcare, a comprehensive metropolitan health care system.

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