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FALL 2017 LINEUP SEPT. 8 MVCC DRAMA CLUB AND THEATRE PROGRAM FAMILY FUN SERIES INTERNATIONAL CAFE AND CONVERSATIONS NOVEMBER 4 ORCHESTRA AFRICA Olympic Gold Medalist Gabby Douglas At the age of 16, Gabby Douglas was selected to be a member of the U.S. SEPT. 15 Olympic Women’s Gymnastics team to compete in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England. There she became the first African-American woman, as well as the first woman of color of any nationality, to win an Olympic Gold medal as the All-Around Individual Champion. In addition, while winning a

Team Gold medal, she became the first DESPICABLE ME 3 American gymnast to win Gold in both the All-Around individual and team competitions at the same Olympics. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Gabby won her

third Olympic Gold medal in the Team SEPT. 16 competition, as the only All-Around Olympic Gold Medal Gymnast in U.S. history to return to a second Olympics. Visit gabrielledouglas.com. MOHA VWK ALLEY COM MUNITY CO LLEGE DAMARIS PHILLIPS SEPT. 22 MVCC TEDXUTICA SEPT. 23 SETH ENNIS NOV. 3 OCT. 26 MOHA WKMVCC V ALLEY COM MUNITY CO LLEGE THE FELICE BROTHERS

P SEPTEMBER P UTICA Tuesday, September 5 • UTICA Wednesday, September 13 • UTICA $ JORGENSEN ATHLETIC/ PERFORMANCE: Sailesh the Hypnotist LECTURE: “Declutter and Organize Your P JC 8:30 p.m., Snack Bar, Alumni College Center Life for Personal and Professional Success,” EVENTS CENTER MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY w/ Deborah J. Cabral, Certified Professional P ST INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY An experienced performer with more than 20 years’ Organizer AB IT experience and 5,000+ shows at colleges, universities, 7 p.m., Schafer Theater, Information Technology Building BUILDING/ THEATER clubs, corporate, and festival events, Sailesh has changed $5 General, $2 MVCC Employees P the minds of skeptics everywhere with his uncanny sense Learn effective and easy-to-implement strategies and PH QUAD AC RH AC ALUMNI COLLEGE CENTER of reading audiences. Visit saileshthehypnotist.com. tips to create success in your life. Topics include time management, organization, social media and business Thursday, September 7 • ROME $ etiquette, what it takes to be an effective leader, and RH RESIDENCE HALLS IT P FALL OPENING PERFORMANCE AND much more. Get inspired and motivated to make positive CELEBRATION: “Mysteries of the Mind: changes in your life! Visit dceffconsult.com. UTICASCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ESP, Mind-Reading, and Mental Telepathy,” ST BUILDING w/ World’s Foremost Mentalist Robert Thursday, September 14 • UTICA $ P Channing of NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” PERFORMANCE: “Emotion into Art” w/ ACADEMIC BUILDING 6 p.m. Hors D’oeuvres and Conversation, 7 p.m. Performance Artist Tom Varano AB Dining and Community Hall, Plumley Complex 7 p.m., Schafer Theater, Information Technology Building $10 General, $5 MVCC Employees $5 General, $2 MVCC Employees JC Celebrate the start of the Fall 2017 semester and our Tom Varano uses fingertips, palms, and multiple brushes PAYNE HALL SEPTEMBER PH newly renovated Dining and Community Hall within the to paint custom portraits and famous people on a Plumley Complex at MVCC’s Rome Campus! Channing 4-foot-by-5-foot canvas in just a matter of minutes. Visit TICKET LOCATION has been featured on NBC, ABC, CBS, and Fox. This emotionintoart.com. exciting, entertaining, and mind-boggling mentalism show will have you on the edge of your seat! Visit Friday, September 15 • UTICA robertchanning.com. ART EXHIBIT OPENING: “Utica Love(s)

SHERMAN DRIVE MVCC” PC Friday, September 8 • UTICA $ 5:30 p.m., Juergensen Gallery, Information Technology Building CULVER AVE TO PARKWAY P PERFORMANCE: An Evening with Works by Utica-area artists and MVCC art faculty that FLOYD AVE FLOYD Henry Rollins highlight artists’ relationships to the Utica area. Artwork 7 p.m., Schafer Theater, Information Technology Building will be on exhibit from Sept. 12 to Oct. 20. Gallery hours $15 General, $10 MVCC Employees are Tuesday through Friday from 1 to 6 p.m. ROME Henry Rollins is an American musician, actor, writer, P PC PLUMLEY COMPLEX P television and radio host, and comedian. He hosts a Friday, September 15 • UTICA $ weekly radio show on KCRW and is a regular columnist CONCERT: Toby Foyeh and Orchestra Africa for LA Weekly and Rolling Stone Australia. Rollins fronted 7 p.m., Schafer Theater, Information Technology Building SB SUPPORT BUILDING SB the California hardcore punk band Black Flag in the early $10 General, $5 MVCC Employees 1980s. Following the band’s breakup, Rollins established A melting pot of traditional Nigerian Yoruba music, P the record label and publishing company 2.13.61 to including highlife, afrobeat, folklore with jazz, rock, pop, TICKET LOCATION release his spoken word albums and formed the Rollins and Latin music. Visit tobyfoyeh.com. Band, which toured with a number of lineups from 1987

SEPTEMBER until 2003, and during 2006. Rollins has campaigned for Saturday, September 16 • ROME $ various political causes in the United States, including FAMILY FUN SERIES: Screening of promoting LGBT rights, World Hunger Relief, the West “Despicable Me 3” followed by a Family- Tickets for all events go on sale at 10 a.m., Monday, Aug. 21. Memphis Three, and an end to war in general. Visit Friendly Reception henryrollins.com. Noon, Festine Auditorium, Plumley Complex $5 General, $2 MVCC Employees Tuesday, September 12 • UTICA Rated PG, 96 Minutes, Animation, Action, Adventure TICKETS LECTURE: “On Track: The Impact of the Gru meets his twin brother, Dru, about whom he never ROMEEVENT KEY Adirondack Scenic Railroad,” w/ Mark knew about. Starring Jenny Slate, Kristen Wiig, and Steve 315-731-5721 • mvcc.edu/tickets Piersma, Public Relations Director for Carell. Adirondack Scenic Railroad UTICA UTICA CAMPUS 6 p.m., Room 116, Alumni College Center Saturday, September 16 • UTICA $ Learn how the Adirondack Scenic Railroad has grown to FAMILY FUN SERIES: Screening of CULTURAL SERIES EVENTS ARE ROME ROME CAMPUS become the second-largest tourism destination in Oneida “Despicable Me 3” followed by a Family- County. Friendly Reception FREE for MVCC STUDENTS! $ TICKETED EVENT Noon, Schafer Theater, Information Technology Building Tuesday, September 12 • UTICA $5 General, $2 MVCC Employees CLOSED CAPTIONED PERFORMANCE: “Impossible Magic” w/ Rated PG, 96 Minutes, Animation, Action, Adventure CC Award-Winning Magicians Reed & Ashton See description from Saturday, Sept. 16, in Rome. Tickets are REQUIRED for all events 8:30 p.m., Snack Bar, Alumni College Center marked with $ and are available at the DIVERSITY & GLOBAL Reed and Ashton Masterson have been featured on ABC, SEPTEMBER Monday, September 18 • UTICA $ VIEW EVENT the CW Network, and just recently performed for over VIRGINIA TECH TRAGEDY 10TH Rome and Utica Bookstores and the 1,000 during the filming of an A&E television special. Visit ANNIVERSARY PRESENTATION: “Safety impossiblemagic.net. is Personal: Lessons Learned as a Survivor MVCC Box Office (IT106). Concession stand is now open for of the Virginia Tech Tragedy,” w/ Survivor select events in Schafer Theater. Wednesday, September 13 • ROME Kristina Anderson, Founder of the Koshka LECTURE: “MAMI: The Right to Foundation Understand,” w/ Cornelia Brown, Executive This series is brought to you by MVCC’s Cultural Events Council, in collaboration with 6 p.m., Schafer Theater, Information Technology Building Director of MAMI Interpreters $5 General, $2 MVCC Employees MVCC’s Student Congress, with significant support from the student activity fee. 6 p.m., Room 120, Plumley Complex As the world witnessed the tragedy that transpired on Central New York has become home to an the Virginia Tech campus in April 2007, the lives of Kristina unprecedented diversity that many believe will help Anderson and her classmates rapidly changed as a student MVCC Title IX revitalize a region in decline. Our community has begun gunman entered her classroom and committed one of to realize the potential of this burgeoning multiculturalism MVCC is committed to an environment free of discrimination and violence. the worst acts of violence in U.S. history. Shot three times and has made great strides to welcome diversity and within 12 minutes, Anderson will share a candid, first- For more information, mvcc.edu/title-ix. promote understanding. Interpreting as a profession is hand account of her personal experience, her journey still new to our community and the U.S. as a whole. We toward recovery, and her mission to educate others in have much to learn, and because interpreters play such a how to take personal accountability to plan and help pivotal role in our welfare, we can benefit by examining prevent violence within our institutions of learning and Require Assistance? their function and contributions. communities. Please contact the Box Office by email at [email protected] or by phone at 315-731-5721. MOHA WKMVCC V ALLEY COM MUNITY CO LLEGE Tuesday, September 19 • UTICA Tuesday, October 17 • UTICA Tuesday, October 31 • UTICA Tuesday, November 14 • UTICA SEPTEMBER COMEDY: Comedian Darren Brand of “Wild OCTOBER INTERNATIONAL CAFÉ AND HALLOWEEN PAGEANT NOVEMBER COMEDY: Comedian T. Murph ‘N Out” on MTV CONVERSATION: “An Immigration Story 6 p.m., Snack Bar, Alumni College Center 8:30 p.m., Snack Bar, Alumni College Center 8:30 p.m., Snack Bar, Alumni College Center with Academic Success: Reaching Your Goals MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY and Making your Dreams Come True,” w/ Dr. NOVEMBER Wednesday, November 1 • ROME $ T. Murph is an internationally known comedian who has Darren Brand, also known as Big Baby, is an American Hilmar von Strünck, Assistant Professor of LECTURE: “Haunted Toys: Collections been featured on nationally syndicated shows such as comedian, writer, producer, actor, and host best known Psychology at Northern Essex Community from Around the World,” w/ Ross Allison, “Chicago Fire,” Comedy Central’s “Key & Peele,” and the for being a member of the comedy group “The Freestyle College President and Founder of Advanced Ghost 2014 reboot of BET “Comic View.” Visit iamtmurph.com. Funny Comedy Show” along with his fellow cast 2:30 p.m., Room 116, Alumni College Center Hunters of Seattle-Tacoma members, Chico Bean and B-Daht. Visit darrenbrand.com. 2 p.m., Festine Auditorium, Plumley Complex Wed., November 15 • ROME $ CC Tuesday, October 17 • UTICA $5 General, $2 MVCC Employees MOVIE: “Dunkirk” Thursday, September 21 • ROME $ COMEDY: “#SAYITANYWAY,” w/ Comedian Possessed dolls, clowns that lurk in the dark, and games 7 p.m., Festine Auditorium, Plumley Complex CONCERT: Ryan Quinn from NBC’s Adam Grabowski of NBC’s “America’s Got that call on ghosts to prey on children. Halloween may $5 General, $2 MVCC Employees “The Voice” Talent” be over, but these stories of haunted toys will truly freak Rated PG-13, 120 Minutes, Action, Drama, History 7 p.m., Festine Auditorium, Plumley Complex 8:30 p.m., Snack Bar, Alumni College Center you out. Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire, Canada, $5 General, $2 MVCC Employees The #SAYITANYWAY campaign is the simple belief that and France are surrounded by the German army and Quinn advanced to the Live Playoffs (the top 24 speaking openly and authentically about our emotions, Wednesday, November 1 • UTICA $ evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II. Starring contestants) on “The Voice” and was brought back to thoughts, and experiences will help eliminate the feelings LECTURE: “Haunted Toys: Collections Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, and Kenneth Branagh. perform on the season finale. During his time on “The of shame we have about ourselves. Visit from Around the World,” w/ Ross Allison, Voice,” Ryan was able to work and learn from several adamgrabowski.com. President and Founder of Advanced Ghost Wed., November 15 • UTICA $ CC world class performers, including Adam Levine, Tori Kelly, Hunters of Seattle-Tacoma MOVIE: “Dunkirk” Miley Cyrus, and Christina Aguilera. Visit Wednesday, October 18 • UTICA 6 p.m., Schafer Theater, Information Technology Building 7 p.m., Schafer Theater, Information Technology Building ryanquinnmusic.com. MOHAWK VALLEY COMMUNITY ACTION $5 General, $2 MVCC Employees $5 General, $2 MVCC Employee AGENCY POVERTY SYMPOSIUM See description from Wednesday, Nov. 1, in Rome. Rated PG-13, 120 Minutes, Action, Drama, History Friday, September 22 • UTICA $ Noon, Field House, Jorgensen Athletic and Event Center See description from Wednesday, Nov. 15, in Rome. TEDXUTICA 2017: “Press Pause” This experience is divided into four 15-minute sessions, Thursday, November 2 • ROME $ 5 p.m., Schafer Theater, Information Technology Building each of which represents one week in which you must CONCERT: Nick Barilla Thursday, November 16 • UTICA $35 General (Available only at tedxutica.com) provide for your family and maintain your home. 7 p.m., Dining and Community Hall, Plumley Complex CONCERT: Jason O A showcase of big ideas and inspirational missions $5 General, $2 MVCC Employees Noon, Snack Bar, Alumni College Center featuring thinkers and change-makers from across Thursday, October 19 • UTICA Blending a soulful sound with bright pop-piano stylings, Surrounded by a stage full of instruments and looping Central New York and beyond. “Press Pause” and expand CONCERT: Kristen Merlin of NBC’s Nick Barilla brings an inspiring and uplifting experience to layers of sonic support, Jason O creates a captivating your horizons — join us for an evening of ideas worth OCTOBER “The Voice” every stage he performs on. Visit musical alchemy. Embellished by guitar, drums, trumpet, spreading. Visit tedxutica.com for details. Noon, Snack Bar, Alumni College Center facebook.com/nickbarillalive. bass, percussion, piano, harmonica, ukulele, and a three- Kristen won the hearts of music lovers during her time stringed “Strum Stick,” his mesmerizing one-man show is Saturday, September 23 • UTICA $ on Season 6 of NBC’s “The Voice.” Visit kristenmerlin.com. Thursday, November 2 • UTICA $ graced with personality, musicality, and genuine rapport. CONCERT: Country Music Star Seth Ennis MOVIE: “Logan Lucky” Visit jasonomusic.com. 7 p.m., Schafer Theater, Information Technology Building Thursday, October 19 • UTICA 7 p.m., Schafer Theater, Information Technology Building $10 General, $5 MVCC Employees LECTURE: “Russia: Ally or Adversary?” w/ Rated PG-13, 119 Minutes, Comedy Thursday, November 16 • UTICA

Seth Ennis may have been raised a proud Georgia boy, Daryl Bullis, Instructional Services Librarian $5 General, $2 MVCC Employees NOVEMBER LECTURE: “LGBTQ: A Coming Out Story,” but the multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter is as at Babson College Two brothers attempt to pull off a heist during a w/ MVCC Alumnus Elliot Sharrow, Program worldly as the most seasoned traveler and it shows in 6 p.m., Room 116, Alumni College Center NASCAR race in North Carolina. Starring Daniel Coordinator at Q Center Mohawk Valley at his eclectic brand of country music. With the progressive Since the collapse of the Soviet Union on Dec. 26, 1991, Craig, Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Hilary Swank, Seth ACR Health musical risks of current pop music, the finesse of Russia has found herself increasingly isolated from her MacFarlane, and Katie Holmes. 2 p.m., Room 116, Alumni College Center traditional country, strong R&B influences, and a healthy Western counterparts. What was once expected to be As a transgender male, Sharrow will speak on his respect for bluegrass, Seth’s music is poised to establish a powerful and permanent alliance between the newly Friday, November 3 • UTICA personal coming out story and other LGBTQ topics and him as a fresh new voice in the genre. His debut single, formed Western-looking democracy in Russia with the ONEIDA COUNTY NATURALIZATION involvement within the community. “Woke Up in Nashville,” is an autobiographical account United States and NATO has turned into a new Cold War. CEREMONY of his journey to Music City to pursue his dream. Visit With tensions now between Russia and NATO at a level 10:30 a.m., Schafer Theater, Information Technology Building Thursday, November 16 • ROME sethennis.com. not seen since the Cuban Missile Crisis, we must examine Immigrants take the oath that will complete the process LECTURE: “LGBTQ: A Coming Out Story,” how we got here. of becoming a U.S. citizen. w/ MVCC Alumnus Elliot Sharrow, Program Tuesday, September 26 • UTICA Coordinator at Q Center Mohawk Valley at INTERNATIONAL STUDENT RECEPTION Thursday, October 19 • ROME $ Friday, November 3 • ROME $ ACR Health 2:30 p.m., Lobby, Information Technology Building COMEDY/AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE MOVIE: “Logan Lucky” 6 p.m., Room 119, Plumley Complex Expand your intercultural awareness and gain an PERFORMANCE: “Cromania!” w/ Deaf 7 p.m., Festine Auditorium, Plumley Complex See description from Thursday, Nov. 16, in Utica. international perspective as you mix and mingle with Comedian Crom Saunders Rated PG-13, 119 Minutes, Comedy MVCC’s international students. 7 p.m., Festine Auditorium, Plumley Complex $5 General, $2 MVCC Employees Friday, November 17 • ROME $ $5 General, $2 MVCC Employees See description from Thursday, Nov. 2, in Utica. MOVIE: Stephen King’s “IT” Tuesday, September 26 • UTICA A one-man show featuring skits that incorporate pop 7 p.m., Festine Auditorium, Plumley Complex GAME SHOW: “Batsu!” culture, impersonations, improvisation, American Sign Friday, November 3 • UTICA $ $5 General, $2 MVCC Employees SEPTEMBER Japanese Game Show Language, puns, and physical feats into one big laugh fest. CONCERT: The Felice Brothers Rated R, Runtime TBD, Drama, Horror 8:30 p.m., Snack Bar, Alumni College Center Visit thecromsaunders.com. 7 p.m., Schafer Theater, Information Technology Building In Derry, Maine, seven friends come face-to-face with a MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY $10 General, $5 MVCC Employees shape shifter, who takes the form of an evil clown who

Laugh your face off as the Comedy Warriors compete Thurs.- Sat., October 19-21 • UTICA $ NOVEMBER The Felice Brothers’, new album “Life in the Dark,” targets children. Starring Bill Skarsgård, Jaeden Lieberher, in challenges to avoid hilarious and jaw-dropping MVCC DRAMA CLUB PRODUCTION: released on June 24, on Yep Roc, is classic American music. and Finn Wolfhard. punishments. Based on the critically acclaimed hit Agatha Christie’s “Ten Little Indians,” At once plainspoken and deeply literate, the band’s latest productions in New York City and Chicago, this travel Directed by James Gifford features nine new songs that capture the hopes and Friday, November 17 • UTICA $ version of Batsu! is the fresh and wild show you have 7:30 p.m., Schafer Theater, Information Technology Building fears, the yearning and resignation, of a rootless, restless MOVIE: Stephen King’s “IT” been looking for! $5 General, $2 MVCC Employees nation at a time of change. The album also coincides with 7 p.m., Schafer Theater, Information Technology Building Ten people are invited to a lonely island for a perfect The Felice Brothers’ 10th anniversary as a band. Visit $5 General, $2 MVCC Employees Wednesday, September 27 • UTICA getaway. Once there however, the guests are murdered thefelicebrothers.com. Rated R, Runtime TBD, Drama, Horror DRUM CIRCLE WORKSHOP: “The Rhythm one by one, the killer following the famous children’s See description from Friday, Nov. 17, in Rome. in You: Building the Beat,” w/ Teresa Dunn rhyme that bumps its characters off “and then there Saturday, November 4 • UTICA $ and Kelly Yacco, Drum Facilitators OCTOBER were none.” Can the unknown killer be stopped? Agatha SPECIAL EVENT: An Evening with Olympic Wed., November 22 • UTICA $ CC 4 p.m., Room 116, Alumni College Center Christie, the greatest mystery writer of all time, adapted Gold Medalist Gabby Douglas FACT AND FILM: “The Circle” w/ William Drum circles are rhythm-based events that utilize hand her own best-selling novel into a stage play that preserves 7 p.m., Robert R. Jorgensen Athletic/Event Center Hysell, Professor of Developmental Studies drums to empower a community of participants with the all the creepiness and suspense of the original. $15 General, $10 MVCC Employees at MVCC ability to create spontaneous music. Drumming as part FREE for MVCC Students (Limited Supply) 6 p.m., Schafer Theater, Information Technology Building of a group is a kinesthetic activity that involves everyone, Friday, October 20 • ROME At the age of 16, Gabby Douglas was selected to be a $5 General, $2 MVCC Employees regardless of musical experience or ability. A drum circle INTERNATIONAL CAFÉ AND member of the U.S. Olympic Women’s Gymnastics team Rated PG-13, 110 Minutes, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller benefits individuals by connecting them to a common CONVERSATION: “An Immigration Story to compete in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, A woman lands a dream job at a powerful tech company purpose of creative self-expression. with Academic Success: Reaching Your Goals England. There she became the first African-American called the Circle, only to uncover an agenda that will affect and Making your Dreams Come True,” w/ Dr. woman, as well as the first woman of color of any the lives of all of humanity. Starring Emma Watson and Tom Friday, September 29 • UTICA Hilmar von Strünck, Assistant Professor of nationality, to win an Olympic Gold medal as the All- Hanks. This movie will be preceded by a discussion on LECTURE: “Digital Art, Traditional Art, Psychology at Northern Essex Community Around Individual Champion. In addition, while winning surveillance in America after 9/11. and Succeeding as an Artist,” w/ Michael a Team Gold medal, she became the first American

College NOVEMBER Kelleher, Illustrator, and President of 2 p.m., Room 119, Plumley Complex gymnast to win Gold in both the All-Around individual Tuesday, November 28 • UTICA Kellustration, Inc. See description from Tuesday, Oct. 17, in Utica. and team competitions at the same Olympics. At the PERFORMANCE: Four-Time Individual World Noon, Excellus Room 225, Information Technology Building 2016 Rio Olympics, Gabby won her third Olympic Gold Poetry Slam Champion Ed Mabrey Illustrator Michael Kelleher speaks about his transition Tuesday, October 24 • ROME $ medal in the Team competition, as the only All-Around Noon, Room 116, Alumni College Center from “traditional art” to “digital art” and how he used PERFORMANCE: Magician Joseph Réohm Olympic Gold Medal Gymnast in U.S. history to return to MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY the two mediums together to create a successful 30-year 7 p.m., Festine Auditorium, Plumley Complex a second Olympics. Visit gabrielledouglas.com. Two-time Southern Fried Regional Poetry Slam Champion art career. $5 General, $2 MVCC Employees and the most wins of any slamming poet performed on For the past two decades, Joseph Réohm has honed his Tuesday, November 7 • ROME $ Seasons 3, 5, and 6 of “Verses and Flow” on TV ONE. Visit Friday, September 29 • ROME skills at various magical pursuits, from intricate close-up CONCERT: Gary Johnson edmabrey.com. LECTURE: “Digital Art, Traditional Art, magic in a small intimate setting, to performing in arenas 7 p.m., Festine Auditorium, Plumley Complex and Succeeding as an Artist,” w/ Michael with crowds of over 14,000 people and everything in $5 General, $2 MVCC Employees Tuesday, November 28 • UTICA Kelleher, Illustrator, and President of between. Visit josephreohm.com. Johnson is a one-man band who performs every CONCERT: “Musical Theater,” w/ Danan Tsan Kellustration, Inc. show 100 percent by text request. With the audience and Sar-Shalom Strong 6 p.m., Festine Auditorium, Plumley Complex Tuesday, October 24 • UTICA $ continuously requesting songs throughout the show, Gary 2:30 p.m., Schafer Theater, Information Technology Building See description from Friday, Sept. 29, in Utica. MOVIE: Stephen King’s “The Dark Tower” spontaneously replicates all of the instruments, vocals, Danan Tsan, mezzo-soprano, and Sar-Shalom Strong, piano, 7 p.m., Schafer Theater, Information Technology Building background vocals, and even special effects using only bring a varied and exciting program of musical theater Tuesday, October 3 • UTICA $5 General, $2 MVCC Employees his guitar, his voice, and a one-of-a-kind loop station. Visit from Rogers and Hammerstein to Sondheim to Pasek and OCTOBER LECTURE: “Fatherhood Advocacy,” w/ Rated PG-13, Runtime TBD, Action, Adventure, Fantasy gjsolo.com. Paul. Danan Tsan is a versatile performer having sung with Lenny Giardino, Associate Vice President of The Gunslinger, Roland Deschain, roams an Old West-like major symphony orchestras, rock bands, and the U.S. Army, Education at United Cerebral Palsy landscape where “the world has moved on” in pursuit Tuesday, November 7 • UTICA and is on the LeMoyne College faculty. Sar-Shalom Strong Noon, Room 116, Alumni College Center of the man in black and for the fabled Dark Tower, in CONCERT: Pop-Acoustic Duo Shane performs extensively as both a soloist and a collaborative How do culture, gender, incarceration, social justice, and the hopes that reaching it will preserve his dying world. and Emily music. He is on the faculty of Hamilton College where he poverty affect fatherhood? Starring Katheryn Winnick, Matthew McConaughey, and Noon, Snack Bar, Alumni College Center coordinates staff pianists. Idris Elba. Visit shaneandemilymusic.com. OCTOBER Tuesday, October 3 • ROME NOVEMBER Wednesday, November 29 • UTICA LECTURE: “Fatherhood Advocacy,” w/ Wed., October 25 • THINCUBATOR Wednesday, November 8 • UTICA $ LECTURE: “Social Strategy Academy: Lenny Giardino, Associate Vice President of LECTURE: “What the @#% is ‘thINC’?” w/ PERFORMANCE: “Dance/Movement Personal Branding 101,” w/ Francesca Education at United Cerebral Palsy Ryan Miller, Director of MVCC’s thINCubator Therapy” w/ Veterans from Sitrin’s Military Orsomarso, Founder of FMN Creative 6 p.m., Room 120, Plumley Complex 4 p.m., thINCubator, 326 Broad St., Utica, NY Rehabilitation Program Noon, Excellus Room 225, Informational Technology Building See description from Tuesday, Oct. 3, in Utica. Ever wondered what it takes to get a business off the 6 p.m., Schafer Theater, Information Technology Building FMN Creative is a boutique social media marketing ground? How do you start putting actions around making $5 General, $2 MVCC Employees agency located in Utica, N.Y. An overview of social Tuesday, October 3 • UTICA your ideas a reality? In this session, you’ll learn about Dance movement therapy is an alternative, effective media platforms, such as LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, and PERFORMANCE: Contortionist MVCC’s thINCubator and the resources they provide to holistic approach for service members to express Facebook, will show you how to build your personal brand Jared Rydelek our area’s makers, entrepreneurs, students, hackers, and themselves with movement rather than words. There to unlock the career of your dreams. Visit fmncreative.com. 8:30 p.m., Snack Bar, Alumni College Center you. They will share success stories, how to learn from will be a pre-performance lecture by Jackie Warmuth, Rydelek’s shows are packed with amazing, real, and epic failures, and share tips and hacks to test your ideas in Vice President of Clinical Development at Sitrin Military Wednesday, November 29 • ROME strange stunts that push the body’s natural limits. Jared’s the marketplace. Rehabilitation Program. LECTURE: “Social Strategy Academy: skills include contortion, fire eating/breathing, sword Personal Branding 101,” w/ Francesca swallowing, walking on broken glass, escape artistry, and Wednesday, October 25 • ROME $ Friday, November 10 • UTICA $ Orsomarso, Founder of FMN Creative everything else that your parents told you never to try MOVIE: Stephen King’s “The Dark Tower” CONCERT: An Evening of Broadway Hits 4 p.m., Room 119, Plumley Complex at home! Visit contortionjared.com. 7 p.m., Festine Auditorium, Plumley Complex with APCA’s Performing Troupe PULSE See description from Wednesday, Nov. 29, in Utica. $5 General, $2 MVCC Employees 7 p.m., Schafer Theater, Information Technology Building

Saturday, October 7 • UTICA Rated PG-13, Runtime TBD, Action, Adventure, Fantasy $5 General, $2 MVCC Employees DECEMBER Tuesday, December 5 • UTICA CC LECTURE: “How to Prepare Families with See description from Tuesday, Oct. 24, in Utica. “Pulse” is the performing troupe made up of Central PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION LABOR Children for Natural Disasters and Other New York teens and young adults trained at the Academy FILM SERIES: “Meet The Donors: Does Money Emergencies,” w/ Ashleigh Coker, Adjunct Thursday, October 26 • UTICA of Performing & Creative Arts (APCA) in Clinton, Talk” w/ Professor Emeritus Bill Perrotti, Past Instructor for MVCC CONCERT: Daphne Willis N.Y. Join Pulse for an unprecedented live performance President, MVCC Professional Association 1 p.m., Room 116, Alumni College Center Noon, Snack Bar, Alumni College Center showcasing some of Broadway’s greatest hits. Meet 6 p.m., Schafer Theater, Information Technology Building This workshop will recommend how to effectively teach/ Collaborating across multiple genres ranging from soul- members of Pulse at a meet-and-greet reception directly NR, 65 minutes, Documentary assist children to react during natural disasters and other rock and pop to hip hop and electronic dance music, after the concert. Visit clintonmusicanddance.org. Emmy-nominated filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi goes face- emergency situations. It also covers how to ensure your classifying Daphne Willis in musical terms is no easy task. to-face with some of the mega-donors funding America’s home and vehicle are adequately equipped. Children 5 With infectious melodies delivered with lyrical precision Saturday, November 11 • ROME $ presidential candidates to find out why they are pouring years and older are welcome and encouraged to attend and honesty, the songs and performances of Daphne Willis FAMILY FUN SERIES: Screening “Leap!” millions into our elections. with their parents/guardians. are sincere, compelling, and relevant. Visit daphnewillis.com. followed by a Family-Friendly Reception Noon, Festine Auditorium, Plumley Complex Tuesday, December 5 • ROME $ Tuesday, October 10 • UTICA Thursday, October 26 • UTICA $ $5 General, $2 MVCC Employees COMEDY: Comedian Ashley Gavin OPEN MIC NIGHT COOKING DEMONSTRATION AND Rated PG, 89 Minutes, Animation, Adventure, Comedy 7 p.m., Festine Auditorium, Plumley Complex

OCTOBER 8:30 p.m., Snack Bar,Alumni College Center CONVERSATION: An Evening with the Food An orphan girl dreams of becoming a ballerina and $5 General, $2 MVCC Employees This event is open to performers and spectators of all Network’s Damaris Phillips flees her rural Brittany for Paris, where she passes for Featured on FOX, AXS TV, SeeSo, and SiriusXM Comedy, ages. Instrumentalists, singers, dancers, storytellers, poets, 6 p.m., Schafer Theater, Information Technology Building someone else and accedes to the position of pupil at the Ashley is best known for her hard-hitting, intelligent, and jugglers, magicians, and others are all welcome.Audience $10 General, $5 MVCC Employees Grand Opera house. Starring Elle Fanning, Dane DeHaan, sometimes absurd social commentary, particularly about seating is on a rst-come, rst-served basis. Impressing judges with her fresh take on Southern cuisine, Maddie Ziegler, and Carly Rae Jepsen. her experiences as a gay woman and feminist. and winning over the audience with her impeccable Wednesday, October 11 • UTICA charm, Southern spitfire Damaris Phillips outlasted 11 Saturday, November 11 • UTICA $ Wednesday, December 6 • UTICA EXHIBIT: National Coming Out Day rival competitors to win season 9 of “Food Network FAMILY FUN SERIES: Screening “Leap!” INTERNATIONAL CAFÉ AND 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Room 116, Alumni College Center Star.” Damaris then went on to celebrate the relationship followed by a Family-Friendly Reception CONVERSATION: “May your Mustache Grow National Coming Out Day Exhibit featuring photographs between food and love on her show “Southern at Heart,” Noon, Schafer Theater, Information Technology Building like Brushwood: A Workshop on International and “coming out” stories from faculty, staff, and students, which aired five seasons on Food Network. She can now $5 General, $2 MVCC Employees Idioms,” w/ Emily Gifford, Coordinator of as well as the allies who support the queer community. be seen as the co-host of “Kid’s BBQ Championship” Rated PG, 89 Minutes, Animation, Adventure, Comedy International Student Services for MVCC and as a judge and special competitor on “Guy’s Grocery See description from Saturday, Nov. 11, in Rome. 11 a.m., Excellus Room 225, Informational Technology Building Friday, October 13 • ROME Games,” “Cooks vs. Cons,” “Bakers vs. Fakers,” “Celebrity Learn phrases from around the world and explore the PSYCHIC FAIR: Free Psychic Readings Food Fight,” and others. Her first cookbook, “Southern Tuesday, November 14 • UTICA ways that global languages shape the English language. 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., Room 119, Plumley Complex Girl Meets Vegetarian Boy,” comes out on Abrams Books NOVEMBER INTERNATIONAL CAFÉ AND

OCTOBER on Oct. 17. CONVERSATION: “International Students: Thursday, December 7 • UTICA $ Friday, October 13 • UTICA Our Journey to MVCC” DECEMBER PERFORMANCE: “Ventastic: The Show,” w/ PSYCHIC FAIR: Free Psychic Readings Friday, October 27 • UTICA 12:30 p.m., Room 116, Alumni College Center Comedy Ventriloquist Sylvia Fletcher 3 – 6 p.m., Excellus Room 225, Information Technology PERFORMANCE: Musician and Storyteller MVCC’s international students will share their stories of 7 p.m., Schafer Theater, Information Technology Building Building Roy Peters how they came to MVCC. Students also will talk about $5 General, $2 MVCC Employees Noon, Excellus Room 225, Information Technology Building their country of birth. World-renowned professional actress, ventriloquist, and Friday, October 13 • ROME $ Meditative Native American flute playing and storytelling comedian Sylvia Fletcher does it all. She will dazzle you MOVIE: “Annabelle: Creation” by Roy Peters, who is known for his award-winning, hand- Tuesday, November 14 • UTICA with her amazing talent, lively unforgettable characters, 7 p.m., Festine Auditorium, Plumley Complex carved flutes. PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION LABOR inanimate objects, and voice illusions that will lure $5 General, $2 MVCC Employees FILM SERIES: “No Contract, No Cookies: audiences into her magical and intriguing world of comedy. Rated R, 109 Minutes, Horror, Mystery, Thriller Tuesday, October 31 • UTICA The Stella D’oro Strike” w/ Professor Visit themagictrunk.com. A couple still grieving the death of their daughter takes ART LECTURE AND EXHIBIT OPENING: Emeritus Bill Perrotti, Past President, MVCC in children from a local orphanage, but the family are William Ruller’s “After the Fall” Professional Association Tuesday, December 12 • UTICA soon terrorized by a demented doll known as Annabelle. 1 p.m., Excellus Room 225, Information Technology Building 6 p.m., Schafer Theater, Information Technology Building OPEN MIC NIGHT Starring Miranda Otto and Stephanie Sigman. William Ruller’s work draws from the rural and NR, 39 Minutes, Documentary, Short 8:30 p.m., Snack Bar, Alumni College Center urban decay of his youth. These residual sites serve Follows the struggle of 138 mostly immigrant workers See description from Tuesday, Oct. 10, in Utica. as the foundation for the work, which allows for a who strike to save their jobs at a famous bakery in the reinterpretation of the space into abstracted images. Bronx when a private equity firm buys the bakery and Artwork will be on exhibit from Oct. 31 to Dec. 8. demands wage cuts of up to 30 percent. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday from 1 to 6 p.m.