Campus calendar

Thursday, Dec. 6

Mission: Improv-able’s Holiday Blow-Out
11 p.m.
WHERE: Battelle-Tompkins Atrium
INFO: Mission: Improv-able is holding its final performance of the semester. This show will work in conjunction with The Smile Train, the world’s leading cleft palate charity, in order to raise money to sponsor a child abroad.
CONTACT: For more information, e-mail Grant Helms at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Global Write-a-Thon
7-9 p.m.
WHERE: Mary Graydon Center, first floor
INFO: Amnesty International will gather to write letters on behalf of human rights defenders, prisoners of conscience and other victims of human rights abuses to celebrate Human Rights Day on Dec. 10. They will provide food at this event.
CONTACT: For more information, e-mail Togtokh Ganzorig at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Open Mic Night at the Dav
9-11 p.m.
WHERE: Davenport Lounge, School of International Service Building
INFO: The Peace and Empowerment Project welcomes anyone to come sing, play, recite and perform in front of an audience. There will be coffee, tea and snacks. A $3 donation to Women for Women International is encouraged.
CONTACT: For more information, e-mail .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Friday, Dec. 7-8

AU in Motion’s 12th Semi-Annual Dance Showcase
8 p.m.
WHERE: Greenberg Theatre
INFO: AU’s student-run dance group will feature a variety of dance styles at their end-of-the-semester showcase.
CONTACT: For more information, call 202-885-2587.

Friday, Dec. 7

“Agnes of God”
5 p.m.
WHERE: Katzen Studio Theater
INFO: Free performance with the talents of Leeanna Rubin, a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences; Cee-Cee Swalling, a sophomore in CAS; and Gail Humphries Mardirosian, chair of CAS’s Department of Performing Arts. They will be performing a story of virgin birth, murder and psychiatrists.
CONTACT: For more information, e-mail Leeanna Rubin at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Saturday, Dec. 8

Women’s Initiative: Safe Night In
8 p.m.-midnight
WHERE: Honors Lounge, Anderson Hall
INFO: Free food, bubble wrap, games and chair massages will be available to ease the stress of finals week.
CONTACT: For more information, e-mail Anna Hutchinson at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Winter Informal Dance Showcase
7 p.m.
WHERE: Abramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts Center
INFO: Student dancers from modern, ballet, jazz and African dance classes will be performing. Vladimir Angelov will direct the show. Admission is free.
CONTACT: For more information, call 202-885-3634.

Sunday, Dec. 9

Make a Gingerbread House
8:30 p.m.
WHERE: Honors Lounge, Anderson Hall
INFO: Take a break from studying to make a gingerbread house in an event sponsored by the Anderson Hall RHA.
CONTACT: For more information, e-mail .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Monday, Dec. 10

Visual Literacy Final Showcase
11 a.m.
WHERE: Katzen Arts Center
INFO: Students from the fall 2007 “Visual Literacy” classes will display their works in film, photography and graphic design. Light refreshments will be served.
CONTACT: For more information, e-mail Nick Marcelli at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Tuesday, Dec. 11

Prospective Professors and Pizza
5-6 p.m.
WHERE: Hurst 102
INFO: Matthew Kohn of the biology department will be on hand to talk to biology students. Free pizza will be provided.
CONTACT: For more information, e-mail Patrick Sullivan at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Wednesday, Dec. 12

Final Perk
8-10 p.m.
WHERE: The Mud Box
INFO: Ease your study stress with some coffee and refreshments at the library.
CONTACT: For more information, visit http://www.library.american.edu.