
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, March 21, 1992                   TAG: 9203210138
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-2   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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DATELINE: BLACKSBURG                                LENGTH: Medium

WOMEN'S SYMPOSIUM AT VA. TECH

"A Patchwork of Many Lives" is the title of an all-day symposium celebrating Women's History Month at Virginia Tech next Saturday. The symposium will include a luncheon, reception and a variety of sessions on women's issues. All events are public and free.

The schedule:

\ 9:30-10:20 a.m. "Women as Weavers - Creators of Culture," a program on the art of spinning and weaving led by Elizabeth Fine of the Center for Programs in the Humanities and the Department of Communication Studies. This slide lecture will examine the symbols of the ancient roots of women's creativity as it is encoded in quilts and other textile arts.

\ 10:30-11:20 a.m. "Cinema, Power and Gender: Hollywood's Women in the 1990s," a session by Roberta Green of the English department. Green will discuss Hollywood's love-hate relationship with women both behind and in front of the camera, pointing out what is wrong - and right - in the new Hollywood.

\ 11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. "Playing with the Big Boys, or How I Got Rid of My Harvard Envy," keynote address by Barbara Carlisle of the Department of Theatre Arts.

\ 12:30-1:30 p.m. Lunch and reception in the Williamsburg Room at Squires Student Center. The event is free for registered participants.

\ 1:30-2:20 p.m. "Increasing Understanding of Gender Through the History of Costume," program by Rita Purdy, associate dean in the College of Human Resources. Dean will explain the "language of clothing," what it said in the past and what it says today.

\ 2:30-3:20 p.m. "An Opportunity for Kissing and Squeezing - The Search for Women in America's Musical Past," session by music coordinator Linda Burian Plaut of the Center for Programs in the Humanities. Plaut will discuss some of the obstacles women have faced as solo performers, orchestral musicians, conductors and artists. Plaut also will talk about music critic George Upton and his theory of women's "innate inferiority."

\ 3:30-4:20 p.m. "Animal Liberation Through an Ecofeminist Lens," slide show presentation and discussion of the historical association of women with nature and the connections between the oppressions of women and animals. Brian Luke of the philosophy department is the speaker.

All programs will be held in Haymarket Theatre at Squires Student Center on the Virginia Tech campus. Registration is requested by Tuesday. For more information, call Robin Burkette or Carol Carey at the Dean of Students office, 231-3787.

by CNB