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Moon Festival
Everyone is invited to celebrate the Moon Festival from 6:30-8:30 p.m., a traditional Chinese festival celebrated by many East and Southeast Asian countries.
Bring blankets or lawn chairs to watch many performances featuring the Wing Chun Society QC martial arts group, UNYK dance troupe, and a movie showing of "Over The Moon."
There will also be traditional moon cakes, fried rice, egg rolls and crab Rangoon.
Sometimes called the Mid-Autumn Festival, it dates back more than 3,000 years, when the emperor of China worshipped the moon for bountiful harvests. Lanterns are carried and displayed as symbols that light people's path to prosperity and good fortune.
The Moon Festival is sponsored by the Asian Student Organization, Vietnamese Student Association and Office of International Student and Scholar Services.
Photo Club meeting
The Photo Club meeting will include an introduction to manual photography, ISO, shutter speed and focal points.
24th Frieze Lectures to consider "Best. Book. Ever."
Augustana College faculty will present their choices for "Best. Book. Ever." in the annual Frieze Lectures at the Rock Island Public Library.
Gray Matters Collective: Haley Degreve
Haley Degreve will present on self-care and mental health at a meeting of the Gray Matters Collective.
The collective is a mental health campaign that seeks to initiate conversation around the gray area between mental health awareness and mental health stigma.
Degreve is one of the founders of the Gray Matters Collective, which began at Augustana College in 2018.
Rowen Schussheim-Anderson tour and talk
Rowen Schussheim-Anderson, Augustana professor of art and an internationally acclaimed tapestry artist, will give a tour of her works on exhibit and answer audience questions.
Students to celebrate Constitution Day Sept. 17
In recognition of Constitution Day Sept. 17, Augustana students will gather on the Viking Plaza to address their favorite parts of the 234-year-old document.
National Coming Out Day presentation
Chase Norris, executive director of Clock, Inc., will discuss "LGBT Basics" in this presentation focused on increasing awareness related to these identities.
Clock, Inc. is a local community center for LGBT+ people.
Javier Ávila: The Perfect Latino
Author, professor and poet Javier Ávila will bring his one-man show, “The Perfect Latino,” to campus in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. The show offers a close examination of the American Latino experience.
With his statement, “Cultures first collide before they merge,” Ávila takes the audience on a journey as he navigates a world of misunderstandings and misconceptions. As he moves between cultures, Ávila provides a fascinating perspective of what it means to balance assimilation with cultural preservation.