Joseph P. Healey Library - Events Feed

UMass Boston Chamber Orchestra Concert

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:58:26 -0500

Start: 11/22/2009 - 4:00pm

End: 11/22/2009 - 6:00pm

A Quintuple Celebration Purcell: Incidental Music from The Married BeauHandel: Ombra Mai Fu Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 2 in D, Priscilla Taylor, soloistSusato: Selections from The DanseryeMendelssohn: Symphony No. 1 in C minor Sunday, November 22, 2009 4:00 p.m.Curry College Theatre1071 Blue Hill AvenueMilton, MA 02186

CPCS Labor Resource Center Event

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:14:26 -0500

Start: 11/24/2009 - 8:30am

End: 11/24/2009 - 11:00am

Thinking Big Moving Forward - Part 2EXAMINING THE STRUGGLE FOR PRO-WORKER HEALTH CARE IN THE UNITED STATES Steffie Woolhandler, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard; and Physicians for a National Health Program Merton Bernsein, Professor Emeritus of Law, Washington University

Mock Negotiation: Labor vs. Management

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:57:20 -0500

Start: 11/30/2009 - 6:00pm

End: 11/30/2009 - 9:00pm

A collaboration between negotiating teams presenting their final projects of the academic year. The worker or Labor will be represented by the team from the Labor Studies Department. The Boss or the management will be represented by the College of Management team.

Readings: the Creative Writing MFA Program

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:20:46 -0500

Start: 12/01/2009 - 4:00pm

End: 12/01/2009 - 5:30pm

Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 4:00pm, UMass Boston BookstoreAward winning poet poet Robert Polito will join us to read from his latest book of poetry.

International Benefit Gospel Concert

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:44:58 -0500

Start: 12/05/2009 - 7:00pm

End: 12/05/2009 - 9:00pm

Whittier Street Health Center honors Chancellor J. Keith Motley at a Gospel Concert Saturday, December 5 at 7pmBlackstone Auditorium at Northeastern UniversityHosted by Grammy Award winner Dr. Bobby Jones. For more information.

Distinguished Scholar Donna L. Berry

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:24:52 -0500

Start: 12/07/2009 - 6:16pm

End: 12/07/2009 - 7:30pm

Supporting the Patient's Voice: From Kitchen Table to Clinic Donna L. Berry, PhD, RN, AOCN, FAAN Distinguished Scholar Lecture at 6 pm; Campus Center, 3rd Floor, Ballroom 3550 CMeeting with PhD and DNP Students at 4 pm; Campus Center, 2nd Floor, Room 2545

The Etymology of Bird, a play by Zakiyyah Alexander

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:35:17 -0500

Start: 12/08/2009 - 6:00pm

End: 12/13/2009 - 2:00pm

The Etymology of Bird A play by Zakiyyah Alexander, Directed by Michael Fennimore December 8th, 9th and 10th at 6pm December 11th and 12th at 7:30pm December 13th at 2:00pm All productions are performed in the McCormack Theatre

Festival of Lights: An Interfaith Celebration of Light and Hope

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:56:02 -0500

Start: 12/09/2009 - 3:30pm

End: 12/09/2009 - 5:00pm

A Community Event Sponsored by the Campus Interfaith Ministry Please join us for the Festival of Lights: An Interfaith Celebration of Light and Hope; a special interfaith expression of appreciation for the Winter holidays and an opportunity to share personal seasonal holiday stories. Refreshments will be served.

Kennedy Library Forum

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:55:26 -0500

Start: 12/10/2009 - 5:30pm

End: 12/10/2009 - 7:00pm

Civil Rights: Here and NowTHURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2009; 5:30-7:00 PM On the 100th anniversary of the NAACP, CEO and President Benjamin Jealous, and Chairman Julian Bond reflect on past achievements and the challenges ahead for the organization. Professor Patricia Sullivan, author of Lift Every Voice: The NAACP and the Making of the Civil Rights Movement, moderates. REGISTER

The Baker Chocolate Company: a Sweet History

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:49:02 -0500

Start: 12/10/2009 - 5:30pm

End: 12/10/2009 - 6:30pm

Local author Anthony M. Sammarco will lecture on his new book The Baker Chocolate Company: A Sweet History at the Healey Library on Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 5:30 PM, 4th floor.Founded on the banks of the Neponset River in 1765, Baker Chocolate is the oldest manufacturer of chocolate in the United States.

Public Lecture: The Size and Shape of Nature

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:40:54 -0500

Start: 12/13/2009 - 2:00pm

End: 12/13/2009 - 2:00pm

The Size and Shape of NatureHarvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA Sun., Dec. 13, 2009, 2 p.m. How can it be that a tiny ant can lift many times its own weight, while a beached whale cannot even support its own weight? Why are large mammals so rare while bacteria is so abundant?