Davidson College hosts a variety of public events this month, from a two-lecture series on The Bible to musical events to an end-of-month guest lecture by former U.S. Senate leader Tom Daschle. Later in the month, the Davidson College Concert Choir and the Pro Arte Orchestra present Handel’s “Messiah.” The theater department presents Brecht’s “Galileo” this monht. And at the college galleries are an exhibit of works by Iraqi-American artist Wafaa Bilal and an exhibit of mixed-media works titled “Casual Language: a Mixed Emoticon,” by North Carolina native and New York-based artist Darren Goins. Here’s the schedule:

FEATURED EVENTS

MONDAY and TUESDAY, Nov. 1-2, 7:30 p.m., Alvarez College Union, Smith 900 Room – Mark Noll, Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History at Notre Dame, will deliver the annual Otts-Maloney lectures. On Monday, Nov. 1, Noll will speak on “The Bible and American Public Life.” On Tuesday, Nov. 2, he will discuss “When It All Broke Loose for the Bible: The 1880s, Catholics, Jews, Blacks, the Courts, Evolution, Revivalism, Higher Criticism–the Works!” One of the nation’s foremost scholars on American religious history, Noll is the author of numerous books, including God and Race in American Politics, America’s God, and The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind. Before being appointed to the McAnaney Chair at Notre Dame, Noll was for many years a professor at Wheaton College, where he co-founded The Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals. He has also served as visiting professor at Harvard Divinity School and at the University of Chicago Divinity School. Both lectures are free of charge and will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Smith 900 Room of the Alvarez College Union. For more information, call 704-894-2321.

TUESDAY, NOV. 9, 8 p.m., Duke Family Performance Hall – The 2010-11 Smith Artist Series continues with a performance by the contemporary percussion ensemble ScrapArtsMusic. The Vancouver-based group is composed of five drummers who create rhythms using kinetic instruments fashioned from recycled materials ranging from accordion parts to artillery shells. Their music is influenced by street performance, jazz and world music traditions. The performance will begin at 8 p.m. in the Duke Family Performance Hall. Tickets are $20 for reserved seating. For tickets call 704-894-2135 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays or visit www.davidson.edu/tickets. For information call 704-894-2192.

TUESDAY, NOV. 30, 7:30 p.m., Duke Family Performance Hall – Tom Daschle, former U.S. Senator from South Dakota and former Senate Majority Leader, will deliver the 2010 Joseph T. Wearn Lecture. Daschle was a Senator for almost 20 years. He was Majority Leader from 2001 to 2003, and Minority Leader from 2003 to 2005. In 2007, he joined with former majority leaders to create the Bipartisan Policy Center, an organization dedicated to finding common ground on public policy challenges. He is the author of Like No Other Time: The 107th Congress and the Two Years That Changed America Forever, and he co-wrote the 2008 book Critical: What We Can Do About the Health-Care Crisis.  Daschle is a policy advisor at the law firm DLA Piper, and serves on the board of the Center for American Progress and the National Democratic Institute, He is a member of the Council of Foreign Relations, the Health Policy and Management Executive Council at the Harvard School of Public Health and the Global Policy Advisory Council for the Health Worker Migration Initiative. Attendance is free, and the lecture will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Duke Family Performance Hall. For more information, call 704-894-2248.

ARTS

Through Dec. 8 Art Exhibits. The Van Every Gallery will feature Iraqi-American artist Wafaa Bilal and the Smith Gallery will display an exhibit of mixed media works titled “Casual Language: a Mixed Emoticon,” by North Carolina native and New York-based artist Darren Goins, which he specifically produced for this exhibition. There is no charge to visit the galleries, which are open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and weekends from noon to 4 p.m. For information call 704-894-2519.

Nov. 4 Concert Series. Historical keyboardist Henry Lebedinsky and violinist and countertenor Michael Albert will perform music by Baroque women composers. 7:30 p.m. in Tyler-Tallman Hall of Sloan Music Center. $12 general admission, $8 for seniors, and $5 for youth 18 and under. For tickets call 704-894-2135 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays or visit www.davidson.edu/tickets. For information call 704-894-2848.

Nov. 7, Cities & Culture in Republican Rome, 4 pm, Davidson College, Belk Visual Arts Center room 117 – Lecture: “Cities and their culture in Republican Italy” by Dr. Jeffrey Becker, Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World, Brown University. This presentation will explore the role of urban culture in Republican Italy and will also examine key issues in the archaeology of Republican cities and their architecture. The overall aim is the contextualization of the city both in terms of its role in Rome’s expansion and its place in the Roman imagination. Free.

Nov. 9 Organ Concert. Jane Dimmock Cain, director of music at Davidson College Presbyterian Church, will present a two-organ concert. 7:30 p.m. in the sanctuary of Davidson College Presbyterian Church, with a reception following the concert. Free, with donations appreciated. For information call 704-892-5641.
9 Artist Series. The Canadian-based percussion group ScrapArtsMusic will perform using offbeat materials such as accordion parts, artillery shells and industrial scrap metal. 8 p.m. in the Duke Family Performance Hall. $20 for reserved seating. For tickets call 704-894-2135 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays or visit www.davidson.edu/tickets. For information call 704-894-2192. (See Laurels for details.)

Nov. 12-13 Opera Workshop. The Davidson Opera Theater Workshop will present delightful scenes from Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro and Die Zauberflöte, Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore, Rossini’s The Italian Woman in Algiers, and Puccini’s La bohème. Staging by guest director Linda Suda, accompaniment by Michael Rowland. There is no charge to attend. 7:30 p.m. in Tyler-Tallman Hall of Sloan Music Center. For information call 704-894-2848.

Nov. 16 Faculty Recital. In celebration of women composers, Artist Associate in Piano Cynthia Lawing will perform piano literature spanning centuries and genres. The evening’s program will feature works by such composers as Clara Schumann and Fanny Hensel-Mendelssohn. Free. 7:30 p.m. in Tyler-Tallman Hall of Sloan Music Center. For information call 704-894-2848.

Nov. 18 Symphony Concert. The Davidson College Symphony Orchestra will feature student winners of the music department’s 2010 Concerto Competition, including Jeffrey Roth, trumpet, playing Arutiunian’s “Trumpet Concerto in A-flat Major,” Daniel Legrand, flute, in Chaminade’s “Flute Concerto in D Major,” and Jackie Kim, cello, in Elgar’s “Violoncello Concerto in E Minor.” Free, with donations encouraged. All donations will benefit the International Justice Mission. 7:30 p.m. in the Duke Family Performance Hall. For information call 704-894-2848.

Nov. 19 Musical Interludes. Gloria Cook and Artist Associate in Piano Cynthia Lawing will perform the duo-piano piece Warsaw Concerto. Free. 12:30 p.m. in Tyler-Tallman Hall of Sloan Music Center. For information call 704-894-2848.

Nov. 21 Piano Recital. Students of Artist Associates in Piano Ruskin Cooper and Cynthia Lawing will perform various works. Free. 2:30 p.m. in Tyler-Tallman Hall of Sloan Music Center. For information call 704-894-2848.

Nov. 22 Handel’s Messiah. The Davidson College Concert Choir and the Pro Arte Orchestra present Handel’s Messiah, featuring Artist Associate in Voice Jacquelyn Culpepper, soprano; Artist Associate in Voice Diane Thornton, contralto; Professor and Chair of Physics Dan Boye, baritone; and Timothy Sparks, tenor. 7:30 p.m. in the Duke Family Performance Hall. $15 for general admission, $10 for seniors, $5 for students and youth 18 and under. For tickets call 704-894-2135 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays or visit www.davidson.edu/tickets.

Nov. 17-21 Theatre. The Davidson College Theatre Department will present “Galileo,” written by Bertolt Brecht. Adjunct Professor of Theatre Jack Beasley will direct the play, which depicts the rise and fall of one of the world’s greatest thinkers, as Galileo’s pursuit of scientific truth collides with the Church’s steadfast traditionalism. Recommended for ages 11 and up. Nov. 17, 18, 19 and 20 at 7:30 p.m., and Nov. 21 at 2 p.m. in The Barber Theatre in the Cunningham Theatre Center. $8 for general admission, $5 for seniors/faculty/staff, and $4 for students. For tickets call 704-894-2135 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays or visit www.davidson.edu/tickets. For more information call 704-894-2912.

LECTURES AND EVENTS

Nov. 1 Biology. Jack McNulty from the UNC Department of Pathology will speak about on “The Intra-S Checkpoint in Melanoma Development.” Free. 4 p.m. in Room 146 of Dana Science Building. For information call 704-894-2184.

Nov. 1-2 Religion. Mark Noll, Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History at Notre Dame, will deliver the Otts-Maloney lectures. Free. Both lectures begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Smith 900 Room of the Alvarez College Union. For information call 704-894-2321. (See “Featured” above)

Nov. 4-5 Psychology. Elizabeth Marsh, Associate Professor of Psychology at Duke University, will give two talks. On November 4, Marsh will speak on “Cognition in the Classroom: Applications of Cognitive Psychology to Education.” Free. 4 p.m. in Hance Auditorium of Chambers Building. On November 5, Marsh will give a lecture titled “Illusions of Knowledge,” presenting her recent experiments in cognitive psychology. Free. 12:30 p.m. in the Sprinkle Room of Alvarez College Union. For more information call 704-894-2445.

Nov. 5 Chemistry. Joseph M. DeSimone, Chancellor’s Eminent Professor of Chemistry and Director of Institute for Nanomedicine at UNC Chapel Hill, will present a chemistry colloquium titled “Use of Nanotechnology to Design Better Medicines and Vaccines.” Free. 2:30 p.m. in Room B25 of Martin Chemical Laboratory. Refreshments served at 2 p.m. in the lobby. For information call 704-894-2307.

Nov. 7 Classics and Anthropology. Jeffrey Becker, Visiting Assistant Professor of Archaeology at the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World at Brown University will give a lecture titled “Cities and Their Culture in Republican Italy,” which explores the role of urban culture in the creation of a ‘Roman Italy.’ Free. 4 p.m. in the Semans Lecture Hall of the Tom and Katherine Belk Visual Arts Center. For information call 704-894-2281.

Nov. 10 Ethics. Davidson’s Ken Menkhaus, professor of political science, will speak on “Humanitarianism on Trial,” discussing the collision of state-building, counter-terrorism, and humanitarian operations from Afghanistan to Somalia. Free. 7 p.m. in the Smith 900 Room of the Alvarez College Union. For information call 704-894-2095.

Nov. 12 Interdisciplinary Studies. Phia Salter ’05, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Africana Studies at Texas A&M, will give a lecture titled “Remember Martin, But Don’t Forget Malcolm: Representations of Black History Month as Collective Memory” as part of the “Memory &…” interdisciplinary discussion series. Free. 3 p.m. in Hance Auditorium of Chambers Building. For information call 704-894-2385.

Nov. 14 International Studies. Allan D. Austin will speak about his research concerning African Muslims in Antebellum America, focusing on the life history of Omar Ibn Said, an Islamic scholar from Senegal who was sold as a slave in Charleston and later lived and wrote in Fayetteville. Free. 7 p.m. in the Smith 900 Room. For information call 704-894-2440.

Nov. 15 International Studies. James Zogby, founder and president of the Arab American Institute and Senior Analyst of the Zogby Poll, will speak about the issues in his new book ARAB VOICES: What They are Saying To Us and Why it Matters. The book examines poll data to suggest what the government and society as a whole can do to bridge the gap of understanding that persists between the West and the Middle East. Free. 7:30 p.m. in the Smith 900 Room. For information call 704-894-2440.

Nov. 16 Biology. J.D. Willson ’02, post-doctoral research associate at Virginia Tech University, will give a biology seminar titled “Integrative Approaches to Understanding the Functional Roles of Snakes within Ecosystems.” Free. 4 p.m. in Room 146 of Dana Science Building. For information call 704-894-2184.

Nov. 16 Ethics. Peter Ahrensdorf, professor of political science, will give a lecture titled “Values, Loyalties, and Tragic Conflict in Sophocles’ Antigone.” Free. 4:30 p.m. in the Smith 900 Room of Alvarez College Union. For information call 704-894-2095.

Nov. 16 Public Policy. Batten Professor of Public Policy Scott Bosley will give the annual Batten Lecture on “Democracy and the Democratization of News—A Question Hangs in the Ether: Will Both be Well-Served?” Free. 7:30 p.m. in the Semans Lecture Hall of the Belk Visual Arts Center. For information call 704-894-2204.

Nov. 18 Leadership. Davidson alumnus Bill Ferguson ‘05, Democratic nominee for State Senator in Maryland, will deliver the Fall Chidsey Leadership lecture on the subject, “‘Were You Phenomenal Today?’ Demonstrating Excellence in Leadership and Service.” Ferguson, a political science and economics double-major at Davidson, worked in Baltimore’s inner city schools through Teach for America, and entered the political scene to advocate for school reform. Free. 7 p.m. in the Smith 900 Room of the Alvarez College Union. For information call 704-894-2122.

Nov. 30 International Affairs. Jina Moore, a journalist for the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting, will talk about impressions of civilians in several African countries of the effectiveness of the five-year-old UN Peacebuilding Commission. That commission is undergoing a thorough review this year, and Moore has been working in Guinea Bissau, Burundi, Sierra Leone and Central African Republic to gauge its effectiveness in the eyes of the people it is intended to help. Free. 7 p.m. in the Alvarez College Union Smith 900 Room. For information call 704-894-2440.

Nov. 30 Political Science. Tom Daschle, former U.S. Senator and Senate Majority Leader, will deliver the 2010 Joseph T. Wearn Lecture. 7:30 p.m. in the Duke Family Performance Hall. For information call 704-894-2248. (See “Feature Events” above)

WDAV

Nov. 25 Giving Thanks: A Celebration of Fall, Food & Gratitude. WDAV celebrates Thanksgiving with a special program of music and words reflecting upon the meaning of the holiday. 3 p.m.

Nov. 25 Appalachian Songbook. Jennifer Foster hosts this hour-long program that features pianist Philip Bush, soprano and Davidson College Adjunct Professor of Voice Jacquelyn Culpepper, and other musicians of Charlotte Chamber Music. The program matches original and arranged folk ballads by North Carolina composer Kenneth Frazelle with the prose of North Carolina’s Poet Laureate Katherine Stripling Beyer. 7 p.m.

Nov. 27 A Carolina Christmas from Biltmore Estate with Kathy Mattea. WDAV’s Jennifer Foster hosts this holiday celebration of musical styles native to the Carolinas. Grammy-winner Kathy Mattea will sing new arrangements from her holiday albums. The VOX choral ensemble and The Beggar Boys will also perform African-American spirituals, folk favorites, and Celtic jigs. 3 p.m.

SPORTS

Nov. 2 Men’s Soccer vs. Wake Forest, 7 p.m.

Nov. 4-6 Field Hockey NorPac Tournament,

Nov. 5 Volleyball vs. Coll. of Charleston, 7 p.m.

Nov. 6 Men’s Basketball vs. Lenoir-Rhyne, 2 p.m.

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6 Volleyball vs. The Citadel, 7 p.m.

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7 Women’s Basketball vs. Mars Hill, 2 p.m.

Nov. 13 Football vs. San Diego, 1 p.m.

Nov. 19 Women’s Basketball vs. William & Mary, 7 p.m.

Nov. 29 Men’s Basketball vs. Monmouth, 7 p.m.