October 1 - 24
Lewis Art Gallery: Group Women's Show
Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Free of charge
Details: Sandra Smithson, (601) 974-1431 or smiths@millsaps.edu

Friday, October 4
Millsaps Forum: John Thatamanil, Ph.D.
12:30 p.m. - Gertrude C. Ford Academic Complex, room 215
Free of charge
Details: Kristen Tegtmeier, (601) 974-1290 or tegtmka@millsaps.edu
Dr. John Thatamanil of the Millsaps Department of Religious Studies will give a presentation titled "A High-Energy Experiment in Theological Fusion: How to Think Tillich and Whitehead Together."

Monday, October 7
Southern Circuit Film Festival: How's Your News? by Arthur Bradford
7:30 p.m. - Gertrude C. Ford Academic Complex, room 215
Free of charge
Details: Sandra Smithson, (601) 974-1431, or smiths@millsaps.edu
How's Your News? began in 1993 at Camp Jabberwocky, a summer camp for adults with mental and physical disabilities in Massachusetts. Bradford, a camp counselor there, brought a simple S-VHS camera and an inexpensive microphone to camp one summer so that campers could make their own videos. When Matt Stone and Trey Parker of Comedy Central contacted them about producing a new video outside of the camp, Bradford and his group of campers responded with an enthusiastic "yes!" This short film is the result of their efforts.

Tuesday, October 8
Faith & Work Initiative: "Professing the Professions: Business "
7:30 p.m. - Robert and Dee Leggett Special Events Center
Details: Raymond Clothier, (601) 974-1470 or clothrs@millsaps.edu
A panel of business professionals will discuss how their faith manifests itself in their vocations. A reception will immediately follow the program.

October 10-12
Voices of Women in the Arts Conference
Cost: $50 - $90
Details: (601) 974-1422
This three-day conference will feature the Millsaps Singers; the Mississippi Girlchoir; composers Judith Lang Zaimont and Augusta Read Thomas; and performers Lester Senter, Cheryl Coker, Elizabeth Moak, Julie Maisel, Len Bobo, Song Xie, Sybil Cheesman, and Nash Noble.

Thursday, October 10
Millsaps Forum: "Songs of Sappho"
3:30 p.m. - Gertrude C. Ford Academic Complex recital hall
Free of charge
Details: Kristen Tegtmeier, (601) 974-1290 or tegtmka@millsaps.edu
Dr. Paula Saffire of the Classics Department of Butler University will present this forum, which is part of the Voices of Women in the Arts Conference. To find out more about Saffire, visit her website at http://blue.butler.edu/~psaffire/.

Voices of Women in the Arts Conference: Fifth Hour Concert
5 p.m. - Gertrude C. Ford Academic Complex recital hall
Free of charge
Details: (601) 974-1422
Featuring the music of women composers performed by the Millsaps Singers and the Millsaps Chamber Singers. Directed by Dr. Tim Coker.

Voices of Women in the Arts Conference: Performance by Stanislav Ioudenitch
8 p.m. - Belhaven College Center for Performing Arts
Cost: $30-$50
Details: (601) 974-1422
Ioudenitch, 2001 Gold Medal Winner in the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, will perform. Sponsored by the Thalia Mara Arts Foundation.

Friday, October 11
Millsaps Forum: "Competitions and Compositions"
12:30 p.m. - Gertrude C. Ford Academic Complex recital hall
Free of charge
Details: Kristen Tegtmeier, (601) 974-1290 or tegtmka@millsaps.edu
This forum will feature a panel of distinguished musicians, including Stanislav Ioudentich (2001 Van Cliburn Gold Medal Winner), Augusta Read Thomas (Composer in Residence at the Chicago Symphony), Judith Lang Zaimont (Honored Composer, Van Cliburn Foundation), Lester Senter (Co-Chair of Voices of Women in the Arts), Elizabeth Moak (Department of Performing Arts, Millsaps College), and Cheryl Coker (Co-Chair of Voices of Women in the Arts). This forum is part of the Voices of Women in the Arts Conference.

Voices of Women in the Arts Conference: Concert of Music by Women Composers I
7:30 p.m. - Gertrude C. Ford Academic Complex recital hall
Cost: $5 for the general public; free for conference registrants
Details: (601) 974-1422
This concert will feature a wide variety of music performed on several different instruments and interpreted by a host of different artists and voices. Performers for this concert include the Mississippi Girlchoir, who will perform Come, Ye Makers of Song; mezzo soprano Lori Bade, Jan Grimes on piano and Eskimo drum, and Steve Cohen on clarinet and Eskimo drum, performing From the Great Land: Women's Songs; Alexander Russakovsky of the University of Southern Mississippi performing a cello solo; Elizabeth Moak on piano, performing a selection of pieces by Judith Lang Zaimont, one of our featured composers; mezzo soprano Lester Senter and Lynn Raley on piano, performing Among Dawn Flowers by Augusta Read Thomas, one of our featured composers; Sybil Cheesman and Julie Maisel performing the flute duet Sound Bytes; and Len Bobo on the organ, performing Chromatic Partita. As well, this concert will feature the premiere of a duet for soprano and mezzo soprano accompanied by piano. This piece, commissioned for the conference, is composed by Judith Lang Zaimont and features text from the works of Eudora Welty. A reception in the Millsaps Lewis Art Gallery, sponsored by Mississippi Health Partners, will immediately follow the performance. The work of local female artists will be displayed in the gallery.

Saturday, October 12
Voices of Women in the Arts Conference: Concert of Music by Women Composers II
10 a.m. - Gertrude C. Ford Academic Complex recital hall
Cost: $5 for the general public; free for conference registrants
Details: (601) 974-1422
This concert, sponsored by the Chaminade Club of Jackson (established in 1903 in honor of composer Cecile Chaminade) will feature a wide variety of music performed on several different instruments and interpreted by a host of different artists and voices. Rachel Heard on forte piano will perform Fantasie pour Le Piano-Forte in G Major; mezzo soprano Nash Noble and Mimi Linehan on French horn will perform Opposites - A Song Cycle; Sandra Polanski on piano will perform Etude I by Louise Talma and Troubled Waters by Margaret Bonds (Bonds is a prominent African-American composer); Julie Maisel on flute will perform Hommage a Haute Savoie; soprano Kimberley Davis of the University of Southern Mississippi will sing songs by Cecile Chaminade.

Voices of Women in the Arts Conference: Concert of Music by Women Composers III
2:30 p.m. - Gertrude C. Ford Academic Complex recital hall
Cost: $5 for the general public; free for conference registrants
Details: (601) 974-1422
This concert will feature a wide variety of music performed on several different instruments and interpreted by a host of different artists and voices. Performers for this concert include Eugene Jones on clarinet and Lynn Raley on piano performing Fantasy; Lynn Raley on piano performing Ba Ban by Chen Yi; Song Xie on violin performing Incantation by Augusta Read Thomas, one of our featured composers; soprano Cheryl Coker and pianist Elizabeth Moak performing Chansons Nobles et Sentimentales by Judith Lang Zaimont, one of our featured composers; and a trumpet quartet performing Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman, No. 5, by Joan Tower.

Millsaps Majors: Football vs. Centre College
6:00 p.m.
Details: Jeff Mitchell, (601) 974-1394 or mitchjr2@millsaps.edu

Sunday, October 13
Millsaps Majors: Soccer vs. Jackson State University
Women's, 1:00 p.m.
Details: Jeff Mitchell, (601) 974-1394 or mitchjr2@millsaps.edu

Millsaps Majors: Soccer vs. Hinds Community College (JV game)
Men's, 3:00 p.m.
Details: Jeff Mitchell, (601) 974-1394 or mitchjr2@millsaps.edu

Thursday, October 17
Millsaps Arts & Lecture Series: Poets of the Heart - The New Voices of American Folk Music
7:30 p.m. - Gertrude C. Ford Academic Complex recital hall
Cost: $10 for adults, $5 for students
Details: Luran Buchanan, 974-1043 or buchall@millsaps.edu
Musical poets Terri Hendrix and Suzanne Buirgy are reshaping both the sound and perception of American folk music. Drawing from a variety of influences - jazz, blues, Tex-Mex, pop, and R&B - these two artists are creating contemporary folk music that is captivating, engaging, and intensely personal, and capturing national music awards and praise while doing so. Come join us as Terri and Suzanne perform and discuss the joys, travails, and craft of the singer/songwriter.
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Sunday, October 20
Millsaps Majors: Soccer vs. Huntingdon College
Women's, 1:00 p.m.
Details: Jeff Mitchell, (601) 974-1394 or mitchjr2@millsaps.edu

October 25-27
Millsaps Homecoming: Making a Difference
Details: Office of Alumni Relations, 1-86-MILLSAPS
The theme of this year's Homecoming celebration is "Millsaps & You . . . Making a Difference!" Join us for another great year! Click on the link above for more detailed information.

Millsaps Players: Trifles and Legwork
7:30 p.m. Oct. 25 & 26; 2:00 p.m. Oct. 27 - Christian Center Auditorium
Cost: $5
Details: Brent Lefavor, (601) 974-1321 or lefavbw@millsaps.edu
Trifles by Susan Glaspell depicts the aftermath of a murder. John Wright, a farmer has been slain shortly before the play opens. County officials and law enforcement arrive at the Wright home to investigate the murder, and several women from the community come to pick up some things for Mrs. Wright, who is suspected of strangling her husband in his sleep. While the men study the crime scene, they laugh at the apparent trifles that occupy the women. However, within the personal effects of Mrs. Wright, the women find motive for murder. The second production is Legwork by Dean O'Donnell. Walter must train Ernie in the fine art of bill collecting. What starts as a simple lesson becomes a battle of wills, where the student becomes the teacher. Fraught with twists and turns, this dark satire exposes the nasty underbelly of corporate America, where no one's credit rating is ever safe.
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Friday, October 25
Office of Admissions: Horizons Senior Visit Day
Details: Admissions, 974-1000, 1-800-352-1050, or admissions@millsaps.edu
The Horizons program allows senior high school students interested in attending Millsaps to visit the College for a full day. After registration and a campus tour, the students sit in on classes, eat lunch with current Millsaps students and learn more about student services and academic programs on campus.

Millsaps Forum: Lyn Fulton-John
12:30 p.m. - Gertrude C. Ford Academic Complex, room 215
Free of charge
Details: Kristen Tegtmeier, (601) 974-1290 or tegtmka@millsaps.edu
Lyn Fulton-John, Director of the Center for International Initiatives at Millsaps, will moderate a panel of students and faculty discussing "Study Abroad: The World Will Change Your LIfe."

Millsaps Majors: Soccer vs. Southwestern University
Men's, 4:00 p.m.
Details: Jeff Mitchell, (601) 974-1394 or mitchjr2@millsaps.edu

Millsaps Majors: Soccer vs. Southwestern University
Women's, 2:00 p.m.
Details: Jeff Mitchell, (601) 974-1394 or mitchjr2@millsaps.edu programs on campus.

Saturday, October 26
Millsaps Majors: Alumni Soccer game
11:00 a.m.
Details: Jeff Mitchell, (601) 974-1394 or mitchjr2@millsaps.edu

Millsaps Majors: Football vs. DePauw University (Homecoming game)
2:00 p.m.
Details: Jeff Mitchell, (601) 974-1394 or mitchjr2@millsaps.edu

Sunday, October 27
Millsaps Chamber Singers: Crystal Springs
11 a.m. - Crystal Springs United Methodist Church
Free of charge
Details: (601) 974-1422
Chamber Singers was formed in 1993 to provide the college with a touring choir of reasonable size. The primary mission of the ensemble was to take choral presentations of high quality to United Methodist congregations in Mississippi. The highly selective membership of Chamber Singers is drawn from the Millsaps Singers, the college's large choral ensemble. Sixteen to twenty-four singers are selected annually to comprise Chamber Singers and each receives a scholarship for their service.

Millsaps Chamber Singers: Carthage
6 p.m. - Carthage United Methodist Church
Free of charge
Details: (601) 974-1422
Chamber Singers was formed in 1993 to provide the college with a touring choir of reasonable size. The primary mission of the ensemble was to take choral presentations of high quality to United Methodist congregations in Mississippi. The highly selective membership of Chamber Singers is drawn from the Millsaps Singers, the college's large choral ensemble. Sixteen to twenty-four singers are selected annually to comprise Chamber Singers and each receives a scholarship for their service.

Millsaps Majors: Soccer vs. Trinity University
Women's, 2:00 p.m.
Details: Jeff Mitchell, (601) 974-1394 or mitchjr2@millsaps.edu

Millsaps Majors: Soccer vs. Trinity University
Men's, 12:00 p.m.
Details: Jeff Mitchell, (601) 974-1394 or mitchjr2@millsaps.edu

Monday, October 28
Millsaps Night: Baton Rouge
6:30 p.m. - Embassy Suites
Details: Admissions, (601) 974-1050, 1-800-352-1050, or admissions@millsaps.edu
Millsaps is taking its show on the road! Millsaps Nights offer prospective students and their parents an opportunity to find out all about what Millsaps has to offer. Attendees will meet with admissions counselors and have the opportunity to ask questions about programs, student services and admissions requirements at Millsaps. Refreshments will be served.

Tuesday, October 29
Faith & Work Initiative: "Professing the Professions: Human Services"
7:30 p.m. - Robert and Dee Leggett Special Events Center
Details: Raymond Clothier, (601) 974-1470 or clothrs@millsaps.edu
A panel of human services professionals will discuss how their faith manifests itself in their vocations. A reception will immediately follow the program.

Chaplain's Office: All Saints Service
11:30 a.m. - Fitzhugh Chapel
Details: Don Fortenberry, (601) 974-1205 or fortedp@millsaps.edu

Wednesday, October 30
Millsaps Night: Covington/Mandeville
6:30 p.m. - Benedict's Plantation
Details: Admissions, (601) 974-1050, 1-800-352-1050, or admissions@millsaps.edu
Millsaps is taking its show on the road! Millsaps Nights offer prospective students and their parents an opportunity to find out all about what Millsaps has to offer. Attendees will meet with admissions counselors and have the opportunity to ask questions about programs, student services and admissions requirements at Millsaps. Participants will also have the chance to meet with Millsaps President Frances Lucas-Tauchar. Refreshments will be served.

Millsaps Majors: Soccer vs. Belhaven College
Women's, 3:00 p.m.
Details: Jeff Mitchell, (601) 974-1394 or mitchjr2@millsaps.edu

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