Meadows Museum showcases its Anniversary exhibit in 2011. (Spencer J Eggers/The Daily Campus)
Pumpkin carving and costume shopping has started as October spooks its way onto campus. This part of the semester is also frightening, with midterms and projects consuming the student population. Doesn’t a break sound nice every now and then?
SMU students have it easy with Meadows right off the Boulevard. Meadows can offer students a reprieve from the demands of school with a variety of plays, events and exhibits that vary every month.
If you are looking for something to do, here are a few events coming up this October at Meadows.
1) Oct. 3, 10, 17 at 10:30 a.m. – Connections: Museum Access Program
The Museum Access Program is a three-day program designed for individuals with early stage dementia and their partners that take care of them. The program will include an assortment of activities that are both engaging and relaxing. The participants will create group or individual projects, explore galleries and enjoy art through storytelling, role play and dance.
Pre-registration is required and if you want to take part or help, contact 214-768-4677.
2) Oct. 5, 12, 19 and 26 at 10:30 a.m. – Friday Morning Lecture Series: “Two Worlds Collide and a New World Is Born: The Kingdom of the Sun”
Dr. Luis Martin, SMU’s Professor Emeritus of History, will continue with his 11-part lecture series covering the history of Peru.
The lecture focuses on the transformation of the country’s culture and its current global economic system.
The lectures will take audience members from the creation of the Inca Empire to the establishment of the independent nation we see today.
3) Oct. 11 – Concert on the 18th Century Oldovini Organ
The Meadows School of the Arts presents Larry Palmer, professor of harpsichord and organ, and Meadows students to the monthly demonstration on the Meadows Museum’s Oldovani organ.
Taking it roots in Portugal, the single-manual organ is the only one found outside the Iberian Peninsula built by Pascoal Caetano Oldovini. The organ was designed and built in 1762 for the Cathedral of Evora in Portugal.
Come experience music through the centuries while viewing Meadow’s permanent collection.
4) Oct. 24 – Rosine Smith Sammons Lecture in Media Ethics: John McCaa
North Texas TV regular and award-winning journalist John McCaa will be making an SMU appearance. Having worked with WFAA-TV since 1984, anchoring during the 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. broadcasts, and writes the Behind the News weekly column, McCaa will lecture about his experiences. His reporting ranges from both Texas to national headlines including 9/11 and the John F. Kennedy Jr. plane crash.
5) Oct. 24-28 – A Play: Cloud Nine by Caryl Churchill
Known for being a comic modern piece, Cloud Nine will take audience members through controversial portrayal of sexuality in regards to gender roles paralleling with colonial oppression.
The two act play will take transition from British colonial Africa to London Park.
James Crawford, an assistant professor in the Division of Theatre, will be directing the play.
Visit the Meadows box office located on the first floor of the Owens Arts Center for more information about October Meadows events.
