Meadows Theater
“Intimate Apparel,” winner of the New York Drama Critics Circle award, will be performed in the Greer Garson Theater starting Feb. 25.
The performance centers on Esther, an African American seamstress who lives in New York during the 1900s. She finds herself in a love triangle with a Panama Canal laborer and a shy Jewish merchant.
Directed by Meadows Theater senior directing student Molly Murphy, “Intimate Apparel” will be performed through March 1.
The show starts at 8 p.m. every night Wednesday through Saturday, and 2 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday.
Tickets are $13 for adults, $10 for seniors and $7 for SMU students, faculty and staff. For more information call 214-768-2787.
Meadows CCPA
Wiley College and SMU will square off in a campus debate at 5:30 p.m. in O’Donnell Auditorium of the Owen Fine Arts Center. This is the second of two debates, as the school squared off on the Wiley Campus in January. The debate pays homage to one of the first debates between a white college and a black college, which is the same as the one mentioned by Denzel Washington in 2008’s “The Great Debators.”
The debate has been arranged in association with Black History Month. After the debate, “The Great Debaters” will be shown at Studio Movie Grill located at 4721 W. Park Blvd., at 7:30 p.m. For more information, contact Ben Voth at [email protected].
Meadows Cinema-TV and SMU Human Rights Education Program
In association with Black History Month, Meadows Cinema-Television and the SMU Human Rights Program present two documentaries from new CTV chair Rachel Lyon, an Emmy-winning filmmaker. Both “Race to Execution” and “Juror Number Six” will be shown at 7:30 p.m. on Feb 26 in the Hughes-Trigg Forum, following a reception at 7 p.m. “Race to Execution” takes a look at the death penalty in the United States, focusing on race bias within the capital punishment system. “Juror Number Six” is a short Internet film, which takes a look at how media affects public perceptions of race.
After the screenings, a panel discussion will immediately follow, which will include Lyon, Director of Human Rights Education Program Rick Halperin, SMU Associate Professor of Sociology Dick Hawkins, and SMU Associate Professor of Law Victoria Palacios. For more information call 214-768-1158 or 214-493-8848.
O’Neil Lecture in Business Journalism
New York Times bestselling author Amity Schlaes will deliver the fourth annual O’Neil Lecture in Business Journalism at 3:30 p.m. on March 2 at Crum Auditorium. Schlaes will tackle the Obama administration’s efforts to revive the economy by spending on infrastructure. The bestselling author will look back to Franklin Roosevelt’s similar infrastructure movement in the mid 1930s. The lecture is free to attend. For more information call 214-768-3695
Meadows Dance
The spring edition of the Brown Bag Dance Series kicks off March 2 in the Bob Hope Lobby of the Owen Arts Center. The event, which is held twice a year, features a free lunchtime performance by Meadows Dance students. The performances include 10 to 15 short ballet, modern and jazz works. This marks the 26th season of the dance series. For more information call 214-768-2718.
