Zombie Walk
The Augustana Student Medical Reserve Corps (AS-MRC) presents the 2018 Zombie Run. Teams will avoid zombies as they move from station to station around campus, collecting and/or trading cards at each station, while trying to assemble the best disaster-preparedness kit possible.
The three teams with the best kits will win a prize as well as the knowledge of how to be prepared for a disaster.
For questions or to sign up, email Skye Brugler.
Zombie Walk/Run/Shuffle
The Augustana Student Medical Reserve Corps (AS-MRC) presents the 2018 Zombie Run. Teams will avoid zombies as they move from station to station around campus, collecting and/or trading cards at each station, while trying to assemble the best disaster-preparedness kit possible.
The four teams with the best kits will win a prize. Teams of 1-4 people are allowed and family members over 12 years of age are also welcomed to participate.
Francophone Film Festival: "Memoir of War"
The Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures presents "Memoir of War" by Emmanuel Finkiel for the fourth week of the 2018 Francophone Film Festival.
Description: Marguerite must navigate through the hardships of the Liberation after losing her husband and starting a relationship with the enemy during the war.
This film is unrated and is open to the public.
Francophone Film Festival: "Faces and Places"
The Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures presents "Faces and Places" by J.R., Agnes Varda for the third week of the 2018 Francophone Film Festival.
Director Varda and photographer/muralist J.R. journey through rural France and form an unlikely friendship.
This film is rated PG and is open to the public.
Francophone Film Festival: 'Summer in the Forest'
The Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures presents "Summer in the Forest" by Randall Wright for the second week of the 2018 Francophone Film Festival.
Synopsis: Like countless others, Philippe, Michel, Andre, and Patrick were labeled "idiots," locked away, and forgotten in violent asylums until the 1960s, when the young philosopher Jean Vanier took a stand and secured their release. This was the first time in history that anyone had beaten the system.
This film is rated PG and is open to the public.
Francophone Film Festival: 'Félicité'
The Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures presents "Félicité"by Alain Gomis for the first week of the 2018 Francophone Film Festival.
Synopsis: Félicité sings in a bar in Kinshasa. When her 14-year-old son has a motorcycle accident, she goes on a frantic search through the streets of Kinshasa, a world of music and dreams. And her path crosses that of Tabu.
This film is unrated and open to the public.
Frieze Lecture: Dr. Kiki Kosnick on Guy de Maupassant
Dr. Kiki Kosnick, assistant professor of French, will present the second of this year's Frieze Lecture series, a 21-year partnership between the Rock Island Public Library and Augustana College to present four talks in the fall.
This year's theme is "modern lives," in conjunction with the "French Moderns" exhibit at the Figge Art Museum in Davenport.
Dr. Kiki Kosnick will speak on Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893), a French writer mainly of short stories. Many are set during the Franco-Prussian War of the 1870s, describing the futility of war and the innocent civilians.
Lectures are from 2-3 p.m. Tuesdays at the Rock Island Main Library, 401 19th St., Community Room. Free coffee, cookies and conversation are offered after each lecture.
Nov. 6: Dr. Taddy Kalas, professor of French, will give a presentation on the French Symbolist poet Stéphane Mallarmé. His poem "L'après-midi d'un faune" so captivated the composer Claude Debussy that he crafted a symphonic treatment, "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun."
Nov. 13: Dr. Claire Kovacs, director of the Augustana Teaching Museum of Art, will speak on "Our Moderns: Varlden ar liten Modern Swedish and American Works," an exhibit on view at the museum.
Future librarians meeting
Students interested in library science or becoming a librarian are invited to a future librarians meeting. In addition to the Tredway librarians, there will also be special guest Victor Jones present, a recruiting specialist for the University of Illinois.
Pizza will be provided and everyone is welcome. Please RSVP to Connie Ghinazzi if you are planning on attending.
Early voting
Residents of Rock Island County may take advantage of early voting for the Nov. 6 general election. The county clerk’s office will make the service available from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 22 in the Brew.
If you are not registered, you may register at this time and then proceed to vote. To register, bring two pieces of identification: one must have your current address, and the other should be another form of ID.
Oct. 26 concert to reflect on anniversary of armistice
The Augustana Choir and Augustana Choral Artists will mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I with themes of war and peace at their fall concert Oct. 26.