﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>SummerAll</title><link>http://calendar.skidmore.edu/MasterCalendar/</link><description /><pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2013 19:23:38 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2018 21:34:23 GMT</lastBuildDate><category>Calendar of Events</category><atom:link href="http://calendar.skidmore.edu/MasterCalendar/RSSFeeds.aspx?data=LbRHuXjdMpEESeFMowqcRCz1gTx0PlMTk%2bIQGT1ZGcQ%3d" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><generator>:: Master Calendar ::</generator><copyright>2026</copyright><ttl>30</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Somi: A Well-Being Concert 9/27/2026 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM]]></title><description xml:space="preserve"><![CDATA[ 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM - ZANKEL Helen Filene Ladd Concert Hall: Grammy-nominated and NAACP Image Award–winning vocalist, composer, writer, and performer Somi opens Zankel’s Well-Being Concert series with an uplifting and deeply expressive performance shaped by jazz, soul, African musical traditions, and story-based songwriting. Hosted by Teisha Duncan, this intimate concert combines live performance with simple guided restorative practices such as breathing, mindfulness, and deep listening, in an immersive, nurturing space. Audience members will be seated onstage with the performers, and can choose from a variety of casual and comfortable seating options, with mats, cushions, and chairs all available on a first-come, first-served basis. No experience with mindfulness or meditation is needed—only a willingness to listen, breathe, and be present.About Well-Being ConcertsWell-Being Concerts combine live music with explorations of mindfulness, self-care, and communal connection. Each concert is designed as a restorative listening experience, offering audiences the chance to slow down, be present, and experience music as a source of well-being.The Skidmore series is being developed in collaboration with partners in our community, including Wellspring and the Saratoga County District Attorney’s Office. Together, the partners will help shape restorative practices and connect the concerts with people who may benefit from them. A portion of the available space for each performance will be reserved for community members invited through these partnerships.About the ArtistsVocalist, composer, actor, and playwright Somi Kakoma is the Midwestern daughter of immigrants from Uganda and Rwanda. Hailed by The New York Times as “a virtuosic performer in full command of her instrument and powers,” she is known in the international jazz world simply as ‘Somi’. Her 2021Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album made her the first African woman ever nominated in any of the Grammy jazz categories, as well as the first Rwandan or Ugandan ever nominated for a Grammy. Her last release, Zenzile: The Reimagination of Miriam Makeba, was a companion project to the critically acclaimed original musical “Dreaming Zenzile” that Somi also wrote and starred in Off-Broadway as a tribute to the great South African singer and activist. Her highly anticipated forthcoming album, What Does It Take to Bloom?, will be released in August 2026.Somi is a recipient of two NAACP Image Awards and a Doris Duke Artist Award. She is also a Soros Equality Fellow, United States Artist Fellow, TED Senior Fellow, Sundance Theatre Fellow, and the founder of Salon Africana – a boutique cultural agency and record label. Recently, Somi made her Broadway debut in the titular role of the TONY Award winning play “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding”.She holds degrees in Cultural Anthropology and African Studies from the Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a Master’s degree in Performance Studies from Tisch School of the Arts at NYU, and a PhD in Critical Inquiry &amp; Creative Practice from Harvard University. In her heart of hearts, sheloves family, poetry, and freedom.Teisha Duncan is an actress, educator, director, and performative scholar whose work moves fluidly between stage performance, classroom practice, and creative research. She is currently an Artist-in-Residence teaching acting in Skidmore' College's Theater Department. Her interests span storytelling, mask work, puppetry, Caribbean theatre, Black African performance traditions, and Egyptian mythology. As a performer, she has appeared in productions including Disney’s The Lion King, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, The Color Purple, Sarafina!, Tartuffe,  and The Bluest Eye, among many others. Her directing and movement work includes plays, musicals, and Intimacy Direction, reflecting a wide-ranging practice dedicated to story, embodiment, and the cultural forms that shape performance.Presented by the Arthur Zankel Music Center in partnership with Skidmore Health and Wellness  and Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute. Made possible by the Office of Special Programs/ McCormack Fund and the Zankel Music Fund. Ad sponsorship provided by The Metroland. ]]></description><author>trockwell@skidmore.edu</author><category>Performance - Music</category><pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://calendar.skidmore.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=hHr80o3M7J4AcUCG5giEujTopbPTSvRTqZ%2byyY2GDDXKo0GT%2brB8o5HA8fBwWFEo</link><guid>http://calendar.skidmore.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=hHr80o3M7J4AcUCG5giEujTopbPTSvRTqZ%2byyY2GDDXKo0GT%2brB8o5HA8fBwWFEo</guid><enclosure url="http://calendar.skidmore.edu/MasterCalendar/imagewriter.aspx?imageId=5418" length="5000" type="image/jpg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Talk with Joan Lunden 10/4/2026 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM]]></title><description xml:space="preserve"><![CDATA[ 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM - ZANKEL Helen Filene Ladd Concert Hall: Join award-winning journalist, bestselling author, and longtime Good Morning America host Joan Lunden for a conversation about her newest book, Joan: Life Beyond the Script, interviewed by local news anchor Julie Chapman.In this deeply personal memoir, Lunden reflects on the stories behind her groundbreaking career, the challenges of being one of the first women to break through the glass ceiling in television news, and the realities of balancing ambition, motherhood, caregiving, health, and reinvention. With the warmth, humor, and candor that have made her a trusted voice for generations, she shares lessons learned from more than five decades in the public eye and the experiences that have shaped her life beyond the camera.This engaging conversation will offer audiences a closer look at the woman behind the public persona and an inspiring discussion about resilience, perseverance, and embracing each new chapter of life.Pre-order Joan: Life Beyond the Script by September 15 and pick up your copy at the event. A limited number of copies will also be available for purchase in the lobby on the day of the event. Admission to this event is free. RSVP is encouraged. RSVPs help us estimate attendance. No tickets will be scanned or checked at the door. Light refreshments will be provided. We encourage you to arrive early to enjoy them before the event, as food and beverages are not permitted inside the concert hall.]]></description><author>vtremper@skidmore.edu</author><category>Discussion</category><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://calendar.skidmore.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=hHr80o3M7J6FcHOLvJl9X5L4wpV0qzo8zKHLxmUV3iXb1EfQiwYlD5Z4nPGUrwn1</link><guid>http://calendar.skidmore.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=hHr80o3M7J6FcHOLvJl9X5L4wpV0qzo8zKHLxmUV3iXb1EfQiwYlD5Z4nPGUrwn1</guid><enclosure url="http://calendar.skidmore.edu/MasterCalendar/imagewriter.aspx?imageId=5413" length="5000" type="image/jpg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[Between the Courtroom and the Stadium:  Revisiting the Legacies of Ottoman Modernity, A conversation between Professor Avi Rubin and Associate Professor Murat C. Yıldız 10/6/2026 5:30 PM to 6:45 PM]]></title><description xml:space="preserve"><![CDATA[ 5:30 PM to 6:45 PM - PALMTN Gannett Auditorium: What did it mean to be "modern" in a rapidly changing Eurasian empire? This question has animated the research of Greenberg Middle East Scholar-in-Residence Professor Avi Rubin and Skidmore’s Associate Professor Murat C. Yildiz. While Rubin has examined these shifts through the lens of legal reform and bureaucratic halls, Yildiz has explored them in sports clubs and the city’s public spaces. This public conversation brings together Rubin and Yıldız to discuss two ends of the late Ottoman experience: the state’s effort to institutionalize justice and order through law, and society’s aspiration to forge a new "body" and identity through bodily culture and leisure. Together, Rubin and Yildiz will explore why (Ottoman) history matters when thinking about the present Middle East and explore how Ottomans did not merely adopt foreign models but instead crafted a distinct local modernity of their own whose legacies continue to live in today.Avi Rubin earned his Ph.D. in History and Middle East Studies from Harvard University (2006) before becoming a faculty member in the Department of Middle East Studies at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. A specialist in the socio-legal history of the late Ottoman Empire, Rubin has published extensively on legal change in the modern era, exploring themes such as codification, legal culture, political trials, and the rule of law. His first monograph, Ottoman Nizamiye Courts: Law and Modernity (2011), is a pioneering, "law-in-action" study that revised our understanding of nineteenth-century Ottoman legal reform. His second book, Ottoman Rule of Law and the Modern Political Trial: The Yildiz Case (2018), examines the emergence of a new culture of legalism during the late Ottoman period. Building on this trajectory, his current research explores the legalist foundations of modern Turkish autocracy by tracing the continuities between the Hamidian regime and the early Republic.   Murat C. Yildiz is Associate Professor in the Department of History at Skidmore College. He is author of The Ottoman World of Sports: Refashioning Bodies, Men, and Communities in Late Imperial Istanbul (University of Texas Press, 2026). He serves as Assistant Editor of Arab Studies Journal and as an Editorial Board Member of International Journal of the History of Sport.]]></description><author>cmerrill@skidmore.edu</author><category>Panel Discussion</category><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://calendar.skidmore.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=hHr80o3M7J5sUdqdKPK1F1mPy8D9aE4xvHt7e2x9jH2XT6DT3l8ZNkqdeKhO9GEf</link><guid>http://calendar.skidmore.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?data=hHr80o3M7J5sUdqdKPK1F1mPy8D9aE4xvHt7e2x9jH2XT6DT3l8ZNkqdeKhO9GEf</guid></item></channel></rss>