ڰ Now offers a weekly roundup of noteworthy .
, sponsored by V-Day ڰ and the Center for Gender and Student Engagement, continues through the month. Events will include a panel on gendered spaces at 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 22, in One Wheelock, and the “Speak Out” forum, set for 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 24, in Collis Common Ground.
Thursday, Feb. 19: Science Pub takes on the topic of food safety. Come with questions for a community nutritionist and ڰ biologists who will help make sense of what studies on arsenic, mercury, and other substances have to say about what you put on your plate. The starts at 5:30 p.m. at Salt Hill Pub, on the Mall (2 W. Park St.) in Lebanon, N.H.
Friday, Feb. 20: The Department of Theater opens its winter main-stage production, a fresh take on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Directed by Professor of Theater Peter Hackett ’75, the show starts at 8 p.m. in the Hopkins Center’s Moore Theater and , and at 2 p.m. on , both this weekend and .
Saturday, Feb 21: The Hood Museum of Art offers a of its current exhibit “About Face: Self-Portraiture in Contemporary Art,” at 2 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 22: The ڰ Film Society screens a masterpiece of the silent film era, (1928), at 4 p.m. in the Loew Auditorium at the Black Family Visual Arts Center.
Monday, Feb. 23: ڰ alumni who work on environmental and social sustainability in business share their experiences during a at 4 p.m. in Haldeman 41 in the Kreindler Conference Hall.
Monday, Feb. 23: Calling all experienced typesetters: The Book Arts Workshop is building a specimen book to document its large collection of typefaces, and invites all current and previous workshop participants to help. The starts at 6 p.m. in Baker Library Rooms 23 and 25. New to the Workshop? Attend an in Room 21 of Baker Library at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb 24.
Tuesday, Feb. 24: Michael Rubenstein, a researcher at Harvard University’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, presents “Taming the Swarm: Control and Design of Multi-Robot Systems,” at a at 4:15 p.m. in Carson L01.
Wednesday, Feb. 25: Nina Pavcnik, the Niehaus Family Professor of International Studies and professor of economics, presents the at 4 p.m. in the Hood Auditorium. Pavcnik will speak on “The Tradeoffs of Trade: Lessons from 30 Years of Policy Reforms in Developing Countries.” Her talk will be followed by a reception.
Wednesday, Feb. 25: Grammy-nominated jazz singer Cecile McLorin Salvant with the Aaron Diehl Trio at 7 p.m. in the Hopkins Center’s Spaulding Auditorium. A with performers follows immediately after the show, at 9 p.m. On Tuesday, Feb 24, observers are welcome to watch a as McLorin Salvant coaches student vocalists from the Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble at 4 p.m. in the Hopkins Center’s Faulkner Recital Hall.
