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2012 Festival Schedule

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Campus and Community

  Justin S. Morrill
Performing Arts Center
Test Kitchen The Commons Smithsonian U
11:00 W. Virginia Univ. Steel Band USDA Food and Nutrition Information Center Research into Action Sustainable Biofuels
 
 
 
  The Life and Times of Senator Justin Smith Morrill
 
  Reinventing Agriculture
 
12:00 Univ. of Hawai’i’s Hula Halau Unukupukupu UC Davis Olive Oil Living Light Solar House
 
 
 
  The Land-Grant Tradition Revitalizing Northwest Native Food Culture
 
 
 
1:00 U.T.-Pan Am Mariachi Aztlán USDA Food and Nutrition Information Center 21st Century Workforce Development
 
  Building on Tradition
 
  Forty Years of Land Grant Food Safety Education
 
 
 
2:00 Dennis Stroughmatt et L'Esprit Creole Vermont Maple Syrup The Next 150 Years History of Morrill Act and Land Grant Universities
 
 
 
  How Songs Find Their Meanings: Que Sera, Sera
 
  Opening Doors
 
3:00 W. Virginia Univ. Steel Band Cooking with Goat Meat What Really Bugs Us: Pests in the Garden
 
 
 
  Sustainable Solutions Disability, Creativity and Student Life
 
 
 
4:00 Univ. of Hawai‘i's Hula Halau UNUKUPUKUPU and Tuahine Troupe From the Farmer's Market Art Science Fusion
 
  Lifelong Learning
 
  The Story of New France, the Other Colonial America
 
 
 
5:00 Transforming Communities What Really Bugs Us: Pests in the Garden
 
 
 
     
 
 
 
6:00 Evening Concert
Smithsonian Folkways Presents: La Sardina de Naiguatá and Quetzal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7:00
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
American Sign Language-interpreted program American Sign Language-interpreted program
Audio loop installed Audio loop installed at Justin S. Morrill Performing Arts Center, Test Kitchen, Smithsonian University, and The Commons

Citified

  Panorama Room
On the Mall
Good Hope & Naylor Corner Douglass Hall
11:00 Rap: AB the Pro Daughters of Dorcas & Sons Quilters Ongoing Activities
 
 
 
 
 
  Iverson Mall Line Dancers What is Soul & Funk
 
12:00
 
 
 
  East of the River Boys & Girls Steelband Hip-Hop and Rap: Christylez Bacon & AB the Pro Daughters of Dorcas & Sons Quilters
 
 
 
1:00
 
 
 
  Beat Ya Feet Dance: Da Originalz Iverson Mall Line Dancers Art Workshop: Jay Coleman
 
 
 
2:00
 
 
 
  Soul & Funk: Faycez U Know Rap: AB the Pro Ongoing Activities
 
 
 
3:00
 
 
 
  East of the River Boys & Girls Steelband Hip-Hop: Christylez Bacon Daughters of Dorcas & Sons Quilters
 
 
 
4:00
 
 
 
  Beat Ya Feet Dance: Da Originalz Murals in the Community Ongoing Activities
 
 
 
5:00
 
 
 
     
 
 
 
6:00 Evening Concert
The Music of Monticello and the Blue Ridge
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7:00
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
American Sign Language-interpreted program American Sign Language-interpreted program
CART real-time captioning services available CART real-time captioning services available
Audio loop installed Audio loop installed at Panorama Room On the Mall and Good Hope & Naylor Corner

Creativity and Crisis

  Red Hot Giving Voice Kids Create!
11:00 NAMES Performers: The AIDS Pandemic HIV/AIDS Through Spoken Word Ongoing Activities
 
 
 
 
 
  Children of the Good Shepherd Home Call My Name Quilt Yo-Yo Mania
 
12:00
 
 
 
  NAMES Performers: Broadway Normal Heart Conversation Ongoing Activities
 
 
 
1:00
 
  Spoken Word The First and Last Quilt Panels Doll Making
 
 
 
 
 
2:00 NAMES Performers: The Last One HIV/AIDS Through Photography Ongoing Activities
 
 
 
 
 
  Children of the Good Shepherd Home Positive Living Make Your Own Mini Quilt
 
3:00
 
 
 
  NAMES Performers: Quilt Inspirations Global Voices Ongoing Activities
 
 
 
4:00
 
  Spoken Word Science, Health, and Art Theater Workshop
 
 
 
 
 
5:00 Arts and Advocacy Reflections on The Quilt Display Ongoing Activities
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
American Sign Language-interpreted program American Sign Language-interpreted program
Audio loop installed Audio loop installed at Red Hot and Giving Voice


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