Denison Provost Brad Bateman appears on WOSU-AM radio in Columbus as an expert on the current financial crisis. Hosted by Fred Andrle at 11 a.m. Friday, the program “Open Line” describes its topic as, “Financial Bailout - Following a vote by Congress on bailout legislation for the financial industry, the consequences for Wall Street and Main Street, with Denison University Economist and Provost Bradley Bateman and Ohio State University Fisher College of Business Finance Professor Emeritus Stephen Buser.”

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Lee Hamilton, former Indiana representative and vice chairman of the 9/11 Commission, will present a lecture titled “Foreign Policy Challenges for the Next President” at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 14, in Swasey Chapel. The event is free and open to the public. Hamilton is probably best known for his role on the panel that investigated the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He was co-chair of the Iraq Study Group, a bipartisan commission that assessed U.S. policy in Iraq. In February of 2007, he also was appointed to the National War Powers Commission, a private, bipartisan panel established to examine how the Constitution allocates the powers of beginning, conducting and ending war.

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The Denison Museum is pleased to invite community members its Family Day event from 1 to 4 p.m. this Saturday, Oct. 11, at the museum (240 W. Broadway). Bring family and friends to participate in some of the hands-on ceramic-inspired activities scheduled, such as make your own pottery and ceramic tile decorating, a film screening of “Night at the Museum,” and a first-ever youth book club discussion. The youth book club will explore the Newbery Award-winning novel, “A Single Shard,” by Linda Sue Park, a story about a 12th-century orphan who discovers his future in his innate curiosity with the traditional potters trade.

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Denison alumnus Charles P. Henry ’69, professor of African-American Studies at the University of California at Berkeley, will present the keynote address “Black Studies at Middle Age” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 16, in Herrick Hall. Henry’s address will explore the development and evolution of black studies at Denison and in the nation. The event kicks-off the yearlong celebration of the Denison Black Studies Program’s 40th anniversary and is free and open to the public.

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The Denison Theatre will open its 78th season with “Picasso at the Lapin Agile,” written by actor and screenwriter Steve Martin. This fanciful comedy will be presented at 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 3 and 4, and Tuesday through Saturday, Oct. 7-11, in Ace Morgan Theatre. “Picasso at the Lapin Agile” presents a fictitious meeting in October 1904 between Albert Einstein (age 25) and Pablo Picasso (age 23) in the Lapin Agile, a cabaret/bar and haven for artists, musicians, poets and philosophers in the Montmartre section of Paris. This encounter occurs just one year before Einstein presents the special theory of relativity in March 1905 and three years before Picasso revolutionizes art in 1907 with his new aesthetic reflected in “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon.”

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Language students know the anxiety and satisfaction of putting classroom learning into practice with a native speaker. It feels like a great leap, but then a parachute opens as the skills and vocabulary learned over time start to materialize and provide support. With a partner in conversation, new vocabulary and conjugation develop naturally, and in the context of its native country and culture, a second language comes to life.

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Imagine a classical chamber orchestra — not a typical one, but one comprised entirely of young, award-winning, black and Latino musicians. Denison University’s Vail Series will bring just such a group, the acclaimed Sphinx Chamber Orchestra, to the Swasey Chapel stage at 8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 10. Performing with them will be the Harlem Quartet. The Sphinx Chamber Orchestra is an ensemble of the top alumni of the national Sphinx Competition, which features talented, young, black and Latino string players from around the country competing for prizes, scholarships and orchestral engagements. The Sphinx Chamber Orchestra earned rave reviews from The New York Times in December 2004 for its debut at Carnegie Hall. They returned to Carnegie Hall in 2006 and 2007 to sold-out audiences. The Harlem Quartet, comprised of four First-Place Laureates of the Sphinx Competition, made its Carnegie Hall debut in the fall of 2006.

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John Davidson, the smiling, dimpled star of Denison Summer Theatre during his undergraduate years at Denison (1959 to 1963) and leading man on TV, stage and film thereafter, can now add playwright to his list of accomplishments. During Homecoming Week, Davidson and three fellow Denison graduates will participate in the premiere performance of his play, “Father/Son and Holy Ghost,” at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 15, in the Ace Morgan Theatre. Other performances of Davidson’s autobiographical and provocative play are set for 8 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday (Oct. 16-18) and 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 19. Admission is free but reservations can be made at 740-587-6527 and are advised. Jonathan Reynolds ’65, a playwright, will direct the production.

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During its regularly scheduled spring meetings on April 18 and 19, 2008, Denison University's Board of Trustees approved plans for three important construction projects: a major overhaul of Ebaugh Laboratories, the college's chemistry and biochemistry facility for teaching and research; improved athletics and recreation facilities, including a new 50-meter natatorium, as well as expanded fitness and locker room spaces; and the renovation of Chamberlin Lodge to become an apartment-style housing unit for approximately 50 upperclass students.

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