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• Family Weekend is October 3-5 | September 25
  Get ready for theater, cardboard boat races, and memorial walks during this year’s Family Weekend on Friday, Oct. 3 through Sunday, Oct. 5, at St. Mary’s College of Maryland (SMCM). Community members and families of SMCM students are invited to visit the College and enjoy numerous events. For more information, contact the College at 240-895-4310. See full press release.
• The Gospel According to Saint Mark One-Man Show | September 23
  Renowned stage actor Michael Ellis-Tolaydo will perform the one-man show, “The Gospel According to Saint Mark,” Saturday, Oct. 4, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, Oct. 5, at 2 p.m. in Auerbach Auditorium of St. Mary’s Hall at St. Mary’s College of Maryland (SMCM). The ticket price for each performance is $10. For reservations, call the Theater Box Office at 240-895-4243 or e-mail: boxoffice@smcm.edu. Reservation-holders are asked to pick up and pay for their tickets at St. Mary’s Hall the evening or afternoon of the performance they will attend. See full press release.
• Call for Open Auditions | September 23
  Auditions for the St. Mary’s College of Maryland (SMCM) department of theater, film, and media studies’ second show of the year, “subUrbia,” by Eric Bogosian, will be held on Thursday, Oct. 2, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., in the White Room of Montgomery Hall. Auditions will also be held on Friday, Oct. 3, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., in the Bruce Davis Theater of Montgomery Hall. Auditions are open to the public. Callbacks will be held on Sunday, Oct. 5. Performance dates are Dec. 10 to14. See full press release.
  
• Parris Glendening on Smart Growth | September 18
  The St. Mary’s College of Maryland Center for the Study of Democracy will host former Maryland governor Parris Glendening on Friday, Sept. 26. Glendening will give a lecture at 4:30 p.m. in Goodpaster Hall Seminar Room 195 entitled “The Bay, the River and Smart Growth.” It is co-sponsored with the College’s Environmental Studies Program. See full press release.
  
• Artist Talk: Contemporary Artist Billy Friebele | September 23
  Contemporary artist and St. Mary’s College of Maryland (SMCM) alumnus Billy Friebele will give a lecture Wednesday, October 1, at 4:45 p.m. in Goodpaster Lecture Hall, Room 195. The second of the Artist Talks Series investigates aspects of contemporary use of public space through sculpture, video, and installation. See full press release.
  
• Ganz and Babcock Perform Shostakovich | September 24
  Pianists Brian Ganz and Beverly Babcock will perform Shostakovich’s lively Piano Concerto No. 2 at noon in St. Mary's Hall (Auerbach Auditorium) on Wednesday, Oct. 1, at St. Mary’s College of Maryland (SMCM). See full press release.
  
• What Anthrax Can Tell Us about Life | September 18
  What can deadly anthrax tell us about the mechanisms of how life works? Dr. Joseph Reiner of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will discuss this and other questions he is investigating in the next installment of the Natural Science and Mathematics Colloquium series. The talk is on Sept. 24 at 4:40 p.m. in Room 106 of Schaefer Hall on the college campus. See full press release.
  
• Seahawk Service Fair | September 18
  St. Mary’s College of Maryland (SMCM) students and local community service organizations are hosting the annual Seahawk Service Fair Friday, Sept. 26, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Among the off-campus service organizations tabling at the Campus Center Patio are Leah’s House, Patuxent Habitat for Humanity, Christmas in April, the St. Mary’s County Museum Division, and the Patuxent River Naval Air Museum and Association. See full press release.
  
• SMCM Rocks the Arts | September 18
  Students, parents, teachers, and the general public are invited to attend “SMCM Rocks the Arts,” a four-hour music concert at St. Mary’s College of Maryland (SMCM) on Saturday, Sept. 27. The concert, to be held at the Auerbach Auditorium at St. Mary’s Hall beginning at 4 p.m., will feature the College’s three a cappella groups (TNA, SMC-Men, Interchorus) and three student bands. See full press release.
  
• First Artist Talk Lecture | September 15
  The first St. Mary’s College of Maryland (SMCM) Artist Talk of the year features artist-in-residence Hannah Finlator Wednesday, September 17, at 8:30 p.m. in Goodpaster Lecture Hall. Finlator, whose Northern Renaissance-style art has been exhibited throughout the United States, Europe, and South America, will present a lecture entitled “Artist and Influences.” See full press release.
  
• Motivational Speaker Shares Tips for Success | September 15
  Motivational speaker Edward L. Prichard III will bring his high energy and advice for success to St. Mary’s College of Maryland on Monday, September 22, at 8 p.m. He will share the tactics of high achievers and top performers in academic and business environments during his talk in Schaefer Hall, Room 106. See full press release.