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Shared Humanity through Humor and Story Telling
Firoozeh Dumas, following the tradition of oral storytelling that she grew up with in her Iranian-American family, will use family stories and humor to expose our shared humanity and transcend our increasingly divisive…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/shared-humanity-through-humor-and-story-tellingDinner Theatre: The Importance of Being Earnest (1st Night)
Under the Lights is proud to present Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People. An exciting, wild comedy that takes you through false identities, marriage proposals, babies in ha…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/dinner-theatre-importance-of-being-earnest-1st-nightThe War on Police
The Black Lives Matter movement holds that the U.S. is experiencing an epidemic of racially-driven police shootings, and that policing is shot through with systemic bias. Contending that the central Black Lives Matter n…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/war-on-policeSecrecy and the Self
Historian of science Richard Galison will speak about how surveillance has shaped our current sense of self by comparing the effects of censorship during World War I on Freudian concepts of self to how we frame our sens…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/secrecy-and-selfFrom Jobs to Joules: The Current and Future State of Energy
As the keynote speaker for CMC's Third Annual Green Careers Conference, R.F. "Bob" Hemphill will speak about renewable energy and a sustainable future, challenges and opportunities to renewable energy job growth, and gl…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/from-jobs-to-joules-current-and-future-state-of-energyScience Going Bad and How to Improve It
Is science going off the rails? Lee Jussim will review scientific failures, and their causes, across the natural and social sciences, and will argue that promising solutions to counter this trend include intense skeptic…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/science-going-bad-and-how-to-improve-itHistory of the Caribbean/Writing from History
Winner of the 2015 Man Booker Prize for Fiction, Marlon James explores Jamaican history through the perspectives of multiple narrators and genres in his Booker Prize award winning novel, A History of Seven Killings.
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/history-of-caribbeanwriting-from-historyPolitics on Campus—Yes and No
Campus life can be hard enough. Do we really need to be embroiled in politics? Jay Nordlinger, senior editor at National Review, will discuss the ins and outs of being political, and apolitical, on campus.
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/politics-on-campus%E2%80%94yes-and-noSenior Voice Recital: Works of Bach, Schubert, Barber, and others
An evening of solo vocal works, from Baroque opera to present-day musical theater, performed by graduating CMCer Grace Stewart.
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/senior-voice-recital-works-of-bach-schubert-barber-and-othersLeading Intelligence Analysis
Retired senior intelligence officer Fran Moore will discuss the challenges of leading analysis and producing insights to support the President and US policymakers as they formulate foreign policy and cope with national…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/leading-intelligence-analysis