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Sunday, February 1

10 a.m., Women’s Tennis vs. Wooster
2 p.m., Men’s Tennis vs. Kenyon
4 p.m., Latin American Film Festival. Las Analfabetas / Illiterate (Chile, 73 min), directed by Moisés Sepúlveda. A bitter woman in her fifties accepts reluctantly the biggest challenge of her life, which is learning to read. Dewing 103.

11 a.m., Jazz and American Culture: Hosted by Charlene Boyer Lewis, Larry J. Bell ’80 Distinguished Chair in American History, this talk features Rev. Millard Southern III in conversation with American jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis. Together, they will explore Marsalis’ life in music, the history of jazz in the evolution of American culture, and the role of arts education in a democratic society. Dalton Theatre. Register in advance.

6 p.m., Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership: Michael “Manny Faces” Conforti will discuss his book, Hip Hop Can Save America!: Inspiration For The Nation From A Culture of Innovation, which examines how hip hop, far beyond its musical aspects, represents a powerful force for social, economic and cultural transformation in America.

1 p.m., Women’s Basketball vs. Calvin
4 p.m., Hip Hop Can Save America, Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership: From education to activism, culture-forward approaches to defending democracy with Kandace Lavender, Manny Faces and Associate Professor of Music and Beau Bothwell. Through a mix of inspiring presentations and dialogue, attendees will explore the past, present and future of hip hop’s role in advancing a more just and equitable nation. Cypher/jam session and dinner after the discussion.

4:15 p.m., Olmsted Room, Mandelle Hall. Trojans and Greeks in Western Sicily. Margaret M. Miles, a University of California, Irvine professor emerita of art history and classics, will speak. The event will also be livestreamed. Find more information.

10 a.m., Men’s Tennis vs. Augustana
4 p.m., Academy Street Winds, Winter Concert, Dalton Theatre. All of the pieces on the concert are inspired by dance. From the title piece, “Winter Dances, by Brian Balmages, through waltzes, a tango, a malambo and concluding with Norman Dello Joio’s celebrated “Satiric Dances,” the music captures the emotions and motions of dancing.

6:30 p.m., Reading Black SoulTelling, a community workshop, Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership. A communal reflection on Black poetry as a decolonizing practice that exposes the schemes of the oppressor, recovers the language and personhood of Black people in the face of oppression. Facilitated by poet, educator, author of A Ligature for Black Bodies and Art of Fact Director at the Institute of Public Scholarship Denise Miller. No cost to attend. Dinner served.

7 p.m., Jazz Band, Colour My World, a winter concert. Colors add visual stimulation and evoke specific emotions, which reflect our shared experience as humans.

6 p.m., Mahalia, an excerpted performance and community experience, Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership. Join the Face Off Theatre Company for a curated performance and dialogue experience featuring excerpts from Mahalia: A Gospel Musical, integrated with spoken word/poetry and contemporary dance. This experience invites students and community members into reflection on faith, Black resistance, and the role of art in social justice movements.

6:30 p.m., “Movement as Liberation” with Heather Mitchell, the founder of the Justice Moves dance company, Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership. An embodied Black History Month experience blending somatic movement, West African drum and dance, and community. Reconnect with your body as a site of resilience and joy, connect with ancestral rhythms, and close the evening with a community dance circle and performance. No cost to attend, reception to follow.
7:30 p.m., The Most Massive Woman Wins, Festival Playhouse winter production. Challenging, brutal and hilarious, four women of various shapes and sizes sitting in the waiting room of a liposuction clinic explore their perceptions of body image. The women reveal their experiences dealing with their weight issues through monologues, short scenes and even schoolyard rhymes. From painful childhood memories to frustrations with the opposite sex, these experiences haunt and empower these women as they imagine their way to a new vision of themselves as beautiful and whole.

2 p.m., NCAA Diving Regionals
7:30 p.m., The Most Massive Woman Wins, Festival Playhouse winter production. Challenging, brutal and hilarious, four women of various shapes and sizes sitting in the waiting room of a liposuction clinic explore their perceptions of body image. The women reveal their experiences dealing with their weight issues through monologues, short scenes and even schoolyard rhymes. From painful childhood memories to frustrations with the opposite sex, these experiences haunt and empower these women as they imagine their way to a new vision of themselves as beautiful and whole.

Noon, NCAA Diving Regionals
1 p.m., Men’s Lacrosse vs. Illinois Tech
2 p.m., Men’s Tennis vs. Ohio Northern
7:30 p.m., The Most Massive Woman Wins, Festival Playhouse winter production. Challenging, brutal and hilarious, four women of various shapes and sizes sitting in the waiting room of a liposuction clinic explore their perceptions of body image. The women reveal their experiences dealing with their weight issues through monologues, short scenes and even schoolyard rhymes. From painful childhood memories to frustrations with the opposite sex, these experiences haunt and empower these women as they imagine their way to a new vision of themselves as beautiful and whole.

2 p.m., The Most Massive Woman Wins, Festival Playhouse winter production. Challenging, brutal and hilarious, four women of various shapes and sizes sitting in the waiting room of a liposuction clinic explore their perceptions of body image. The women reveal their experiences dealing with their weight issues through monologues, short scenes and even schoolyard rhymes. From painful childhood memories to frustrations with the opposite sex, these experiences haunt and empower these women as they imagine their way to a new vision of themselves as beautiful and whole.
4 p.m., Latin American Film Series, Dewing 103. 3 Bellezas / 3 Beauties (Venezula, 97 min), directed by Carlos Caridad-Montero. Perla is obsessed with having a beauty queen in the family and she is willing to do whatever it takes to make her dream come true.