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The SewaneeMountain MESSENGER Vol. XXVIII, No. 11 Friday, March 23, 2012 “Planting Seeds of Change” Talk About Nutrition and Local Food Anthony Geraci, a national leader in school nutrition, will speak in Sewanee at 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 27, in Convocation Hall. He will speak about “Plant- ing Seeds of Change: Improving Public Health and Local Economies through the School Lunch Program.” Geraci’s talk will conclude a Farm-to-School Symposium, bringing together local farmers and leaders in education and sustainable agriculture to explore the possibility of improving school nutrition through the addition of locally grown produce. Th e Department of Education, School Nutrition Program, the Tennes- see Farm-to-School Network and the University are hosting the discussion on the possibilities for bringing local food to schools in Tennessee. Contact Phyllis Hodges at <[email protected]> for information about the symposium. Geraci’s talk is free and open to the public. It will be of particular interest to those interested in local food, farming, nutrition, economic development, school lunches and children. He is executive director of child nutri- Virginia Bluebells on Bluebell Island. Photo by Jim Ann Howard tion for the Memphis City Schools. “Putt ing food on the tray is merely a Village byproduct of our services,” said Geraci. Bluebell Island Tour “What a lot of people don’t know is that Tour Bluebell Island at 10 a.m., Saturday, March 24. Th e tour is sponsored we actually serve education one tray at Forum on by South Cumberland Regional Land Trust (SCRLT). a time. Putt ing healthy kids in front of Located on the Elk River, the island is regionally famous for its abundance educators, ready to learn, is what we do. of wildfl owers, especially Virginia Bluebells. [School nutrition is] one of the core tools Tuesday Meet at 10 a.m. at the gated entrance to the Tyson Foods parking lot on of success for educators.” TN-50/US 64 W, just south of exit 127 off I-24 near the bridge over the Elk River, Geraci was featured in the documen- Community members are invited about two miles west of I-24. Instructions, a map and rain plans are at <scrlt.org>. to meet with planning consultants tary “Cafeteria Man” and is a member Anthony Geraci at 5 p.m., Tuesday, March 27, at the of First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s American Legion Hall in downtown Move” initiative. He has more than 35 years of experience to accompany his Sewanee. “Sometimes Th ere’s God So high level of enthusiasm for the Farm-to-School movement, including positions Project for Public Spaces is working as director of food and nutrition for Baltimore City Public Schools; founder with the University to develop a vision Quickly” Opens in Sewanee and executive director of “First Course,” a culinary training and job placement and program plan for the Sewanee program; and nutrition consultant for the Maryland Department of Education. Village. By developing a master plan, David Roby, Tennessee Williams playwright- Geraci is also the founder of “Great Kids Farm,” a 33-acre orphanage in Balti- a framework will be created for down- in-residence at the University, will premiere his more, once abandoned, that is now being utilized for vocational training and town Sewanee’s future growth and new play about Tennessee Williams, “Some- organic food production for the city’s schools and local restaurants. development that refl ects the needs times Th ere’s God So Quickly,” March 30–April Geraci has been featured in two television documentaries: “Angry Moms,” and desires of the community, while 1. Performances will be at 7:30 p.m., Friday and a fi lm about the national school lunch program, and “Cafeteria Man,” the story maintaining its unique character. Saturday, March 30 and 31, with a matinee at 2 of the transformation of Baltimore City Public School’s lunch and breakfast Tuesday’s meeting is the begin- p.m., Sunday, April 1, in the Proctor Hill Th eatre program. ning of a process that is expected to at the Tennessee Williams Center. Geraci’s talk is sponsored by the department of biology, environmental continue through the summer. Roby traveled through the Mississippi Delta, studies and community engaged learning; Cumberland Farmers’ Market; and Th e planning process will work in New Orleans and New York interviewing people Tennessee Department of Education. collaboration with other groups in the who were close to Tennessee Williams, or who region so that the eff ort complements are experts on the playwright, to research and write the one-man show. and does not compete with other David Roby interests. Roby plays all 15 characters in the 90-minute production, which explores both the life of Williams and the idea that God Blair String Quartet at SAS and church theology are at the heart of many of Williams’ plays. Th rough the Th e Blair String Quartet returns to St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School’s McCrory eyes of the play’s colorful and oft en profound characters, the audience learns Hall for the Performing Arts at 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 27, to perform “Images Join the Sewanee about Williams as poet and playwright, as well as a man keenly aware of the from a Closed Ward” by Michael Hersch. Th e quartet performed pre-premiere environment of the Delta. Jodie Markell is the director of “Sometimes Th ere’s segments of the work during their February McCrory Hall concert. Response Classifi eds Email God So Quickly.” She visited Sewanee last year in connection with the 100th to the piece was so enthusiastic that they agreed to return for a full performance Th e new Sewanee classifi eds email anniversary of Williams’ birth. between their Nashville and Carnegie Hall debuts. has completed its merger between Roby is a former student-participant and subsequently an instructor in the Hersch’s inspiration for the 45-minute, 13-movement piece came from the the former University Classifi eds and Sewanee Writers’ Conference. He has already developed an impressive career as Closed Ward series of prints and lithographs by Michael Mazur. Mazur’s series Community Email services and now an actor, director, instructor, playwright and screenwriter. He has also published depicts the emotional anguish of inmates from a Rhode Island mental institution. has more than 600 people posting original plays, screenplays, lyrics and poems. Among several other honors, he Prior to the performance in Nashville, Felix Wang warned the audience, “If you’re emails. received the 2006 Jean Kennedy Smith Playwriting Award, presented by the looking for great music for a wine and cheese party, this won’t be it.” There is also a subgroup of An- John F. Kennedy Center and VSA Arts, for his original full-length play “Arts and John Pitcher of ArtNowNashville describes “Images from a Closed Ward” as nouncements Only for those who do Sciences.” Th e show is free, but reservations are requested by calling 598-3260. “bright, britt le and cold, like a frozen landscape – or like an artifi cially lit hospital not want to have the entire bulletin ward. Th e glacial pace of the harmonic progressions (this is a piece that unfolds board traffi c land in their email inbox. slowly over time) enhances one’s sense of desperately lonely isolation.” Announcement Only members will Th e Blair String Quartet consists of cellist Felix Wang, violinists Christian receive only important/safety/event Teal and Cornelia Heard and violist John Kochanowski. Th ey commissioned announcements, which are also posted Hersch’s piece through Th e Blair Commissions: Music for the 21st Century, with in Classifi eds. funding from the James Stephen Turner Family Foundation. Th e concert is free To sign up, go to <http://group- and open to the public. spaces.com/Sewanee> and then click on “Contact group manager.” In the message to the manager, P.O. Box 296 please provide your relationship to Se- Sewanee, TN 37375 wanee and indicate which group you would like to join, either Classifi eds or Announcements Only. Also, you may include any questions to the manager about this process or the group. Please read the Acceptable Use Policy provided by the Sewanee Civic Association. At the Civic Association’s meeting on Th ursday, March 29, at the Tim Keith-Lucas’ boat, the Santa Catalina, was loaded by crane onto a tractor- Sewanee Inn, there will be time for trailer and moved fr om its 12-year home on Breakfi eld Road to Hales Bar Marina, further discussion or questions. on March 19. 2 • Friday, March 23, 2012 • Th e Sewanee Mountain MESSENGER THE SEWANEE MOUNTAIN MESSENGER 418 St. Mary’s Ln. Letters P.O. Box 296 Sewanee, Tennessee 37375 PREVENT AMBULANCE DELAYS Phone (931) 598-9949 To the Editor: Fax (931) 598-9685 Th is Monday night, March 26, the Email [email protected] Community Council will hear from Contributors members of the Sewanee Emergency www.sewaneemessenger.com Phoebe & Scott Bates Jean & Harry Yeatman Medical Service (SEMS) about an is- Laura L. 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