ILC events

Event Description: Have perspectives you’d love to share? The Global Dialogue Series brings international and domestic students together four times a year to discuss, debate, and wrestle with compelling issues facing the world today in hopes of creating a lively forum for exchanging perspectives, encountering difference in a respectful climate, and growing in understanding of global issues. Tonight's topic will be "The Coming US Elections: Impacts and Echoes Around The World", with guest speaker John Nichols, Washington correspondent for The Nation.

Event Description: Come and hang out w/ your fellow ILC residents and learn how to make hummus and flatbread pita. Hummus is a popular Middle Eastern / Mediterranean appetizer made with fresh chickpeas, lemons, and many other fresh ingredients. Hummus is commonly eaten on pita - a staple of the Middle Eastern diet

Event Description: Government employee Ahmed Fateh El-Bab goes to the Education Administration Dept. at the Tahrir Complex in Cairo to transfer his children to another school. He is treated without respect by the clerks. He rebels and loses his temper with one of the clerks. A rumour spreads that terrorists have taken over the complex. Ahmed is the joined by four others including Hind, a women arrested for soliciting. The terrorists are asked for their demands, Ahmed demands a large quanity of BBQ, and the plot unfolds...

Event Description: Tonight's Roundtable Dinner speaker is Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin, Edward Friedman. Friedman is an expert on politics in China. Friedman's teaching and research interests include international political economy, democratization, Chinese politics, revolution, and the comparative study of transitions in Leninist States.

Event Description: We will be helping out the Eagle Heights community by providing child care during their community meeting. This event will also occur on November 19th. If you are interested please contact Christy Pankratz a week before the event via e-mail: cpankratz@wisc.edu or come to 114 Winslow.

Event Description: Come taste the lovely food of sweet Trinidad and Tobago! ILC residents from Trinidad and Tobago will be introducing us all to dishes such as fried bakes, stew chicken, and tomato chocka. Come learn more about their cuisine, culture, and music! It should be a night filled with laughs, energy, and good food!

Event Description: Born in Portugal to Cape Verdean parents, Lura sings of that string of ten volcanic islands scattered in the ocean off Senegal. Building on the foundation set by Cape Verde’s Cesaria Evora, this young singer incorporates several of the islands main genres. Tickets available for only $3.00.

Event Description: Learn how to improve and maximize your studying at the Greater University Tutoring Service (GUTS) Study Skills Workshop. A representative from GUTS will come here, to the ILC and show you how to better study for your classes and exams, and will also let you know what kinds of services GUTS has to offer you. This is a wonderful chance to build great study habits before finals arrive. If you have any questions, email Kseniya at vaynshtok@wisc.edu.

Event Description: Avenue Q is Broadway’s smash-hit 2004 Tony Award winner for best musical, best score and best book. A hilarious show full of heart and hummable tunes, Avenue Q is about trying to make it in NYC with big dreams and a tiny bank account. Called “one of the funniest shows you’re ever likely to see” by Entertainment Weekly, Avenue Q features a cast of people and puppets who tell the story in a smart, risqué and downright entertaining way. The New Yorker calls it “SUBVERSIVE and UPROARIOUS!” A limited amount of tickets are available at the Tripp Desk for only $12.00

Event Description: Come celebrate the Anniversary of the United Nations. United Nations Day was established by Presidential Proclamation to commemorate the establishment of the United Nations in 1945. It is celebrated for the purpose of informing people as to the aims, purposes, and achievements of the UN. The day is part of the United Nations Week. This event is sponsored by the Dane County Chapter of the United Nations Association of the United States of America. Micheline Ishay, Human Rights Progam Director at the University of Denver will be speaking on "Human Rights: 60 Yaers After the Declaration".

Event Description: Young Indian man Thomas is an outsider in his reservation, wearing oversize glasses and telling everyone stories no-one wants to hear. His parents died in a fire in 1976, and Thomas was saved by Arnold. Arnold soon left his family (and his tough son Victor), and Victor hasn't seen his father for 10 years. When Victor hears Arnold has died, Thomas offers him funding for the trip to get Arnold's remains, but only if Thomas will also go with him. Thomas and Victor hit the road.

Event Description: he first Oktoberfest was held in the year 1810 in honor of the Bavarian Crown Prince Ludwig’s marriage to Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen. The festivities began on October 12, 1810 and ended on October 17th with a horse race. In the following years, the celebrations were repeated, and soon became an annual event. Oktoberfest is now a two-week festival held each year in Munich, Bavaria, Germany during late September and early October. It is one of the most famous events in the city and the world's largest fair, with some six million people attending every year. In 1987, The United States Congress enacted a law designating October 6 as German-American Day. The date was chosen because on October 6, 1683 the first group of Germans sailed into Philadelphia Harbor on the Concord. Tonight we celebrate German and German-American Heritage with a special program from this year’s German Floor.

Event Description: Eagle Heights will be bringing the adorable children in costums to trick-or-treat in the dorms! To sign up your room to be visited by the children sign up at the ILC dinner on October 14th or contact Christy Pankratz at cpankratz@wisc.edu or in 114 Winslow. (Candy will be provided for you)

Event Description: Centuries ago, in what would become the Canadian Arctic, Atuat is promised to the malevolent Oki, son of the leader of their tribe. But Atuat loves the good-natured Atanarjuat, who ultimately finds a way to marry her. Oki's sister, Puja also fancies Atanarjuat, and when she causes strife between him and his brother Amaqjuaq, Oki seizes the opportunity to wreak terrible revenge on Atanarjuat.

Event Description: Event Description: Glen Close, Professor in the Spanish and Portuguese department, will talk on Spanish and Latin American detective novels with a special focus on how bodies not only serve as crime evidence but also function as "texts" that may provide important clues on finding the murderer. Fine Latin American cuisine will be served afterwards.

Event Description: Kebad Connection is a crazy comedic feast from Anno Saul and Fatih Akin. The recipe calls for two fast food stands (one Turkish the other Greek) one frustrated filmmaker and a dash of intercultural love. Young Turkish hip-hopper Ibo dreams of making the first German Kung-fu film. Ibo's a hit and life is delicious...until his German girlfriend Titzi tells him she's pregnant. After Ibo's panicked reaction Titzi dumps him. His parents upset that he impregnated a German kick him out of the house. Worst of all his second commercial is a flop! Stewing in frustration he gives in to the temptations of the rival Greek restaurant-owner across the street (and his beautiful daughter!) and agrees to make a commercial spot for his uncle's worst enemy. When the local mafia gets involved Ibo can finally put his Kung-Fu talents to the test.

Event Description: Robert J. Bickner, professor of Thai Language and Literature, will present on the current political situation in Thailand and how they reflect the changes of Thai society and culture over the last 20 years. He is the former chair in the Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia and also serves as the director for the College Year in Thailand Program. Professor Bickner is a leading authority on Thai linguistics and literature, with considerable research in Thailand.