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Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA | January 31, 2003

Capturing Brazil
Towers of vibrantly colored and transparent shapes emerge from the floor like huge columns of rock candy. Curving wooden sculptures vaguely resembling furniture careen at unexpected angles. A skateboard bears dozens of tiny human and animal figures, as if enacting a skater version of the Noah’s ark story. [more]

Dancing for social justice
When Jill Peterson ’03 and Barbi Rodriguez ’02.5 joined dance troupe as first-years, they began a conversation and have sustained it ever since. They’ve been talking about dance and its potential role in furthering social justice movements. And now, three years later, their conversation will take form. [more]

daisy chain
On January 31, 1990, the first McDonald’s opened in Soviet Moscow. Western journalists reported that thousands of locals lined up to spend the equivalent of several days’ wages on hamburgers and French fries. [more]

Opening reception to be held tonight
Towers of vibrantly colored and transparent shapes emerge from the floor like huge columns of rock candy. Curving wooden sculptures vaguely resembling furniture careen at unexpected angles. A skateboard bears dozens of tiny human and animal figures, as if enacting a skater version of the Noah’s ark story. [more]