Palustris Events via SCC

The Inaugural Palustris Festival

Sandhills Community College Palustris Event Line-Up 2010
Thursday, March 25 through Sunday, March 28 2010
Many Events are Free to the Public,
Maximum Event Ticket Price $25.00
For more information and to buy tickets online for the events (including events held at SCC) go to www.palustrisfestival.com
Information about SCC Palustris Events is also available by calling SCC Fine Arts Professor Denise Baker at (910) 695-3879.

SCC Palustris Events:
Lecture: Southern Culture: What We Learn from the Food We Eat
Professor Ray Linville
Thursday, March 25 - 12:30 pm - 1:20 pm
SCC Campus, Clement Dining Room (upstairs), Dempsey Student Center
Children (12+) welcome.
Cost: Free
Ray Linville, Sandhills Community College's associate professor of English & Humanities, will explore food ways of the South that make it a region distinct from other areas of the U.S. Learn about the historical, political, socioeconomics and other cultural connections of our cuisine--from okra and grits to sweet potato casserole and pecan pie. How is culture indentified in the eating habits and food choices of the South?

Lecture: Southern Pines: The History of Moore County Early Settlers
Ray Owen, Historian
Thursday, March 25 - 1:30 pm - 2:20 pm
SCC Campus, Clement Dining Room (upstairs), Dempsey Student Center
Cost: Free
The SCC Palustris experience settles in for an analysis of the early residents of Moore County, a session sure to shake a few limbs on the family tree of some participants. Come and find out more about the heritage of Moore County with historian Ray Owen.

Pottery Talk & Demo with the Seagrove Area Potters Association
Will McCanless
Thursday, March 25 - 2:30 pm - 3:20 pm
SCC Campus, Clement Dining Room (upstairs), Dempsey Student Center
Cost: Free
Will McCanless of McCanless Pottery and representative from the Seagrove Area Potters Association (SAPA) will share the uniqueness of Seagrove area pottery with examples and demonstrations.

Art Exhibit at SCC's Hastings Gallery: What We Love About Where We Live
Photographs from Across the Atlantic
Professor Denise Baker
Thursday, March 25 - 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
SCC Campus, Hastings Art Gallery, Boyd Library
Cost: Free
Children are Welcome.
This international photography exhibit will showcase the new Sister City commitment between Southern Pines/Moore County and Newry/County Down in Northern Ireland. The exhibit will include photos by members of the Sandhills Photography Club and the Warrenpoint Photography Club. Refreshments and music will be provided.

Southern Culture Dinner in the Pines
SCC Culinary Department
Thursday, March 25 - 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
SCC Campus, Little Hall, Russell Dining Room
Cost: $25.00
Reservations Required - Please call Lavada Alsbrook at 695-3796 or tickets may be purchased from the Palustris website.
Just when you think your hunger for Southern culture has been met, the SCC Culinary Program spoons up its own version of "closing time" with its Southern Culture Dinner in the Pines. Yum! Enjoy a authentic Southern buffet prepared by the SCC Culinary Technology program. Food will focus on local foods, cuisine and culture. We will feature a slow cooked hog from Cane Creek Farm in Siler City, Beans, Hush Puppies, Slaw, Southern sweet rolls, pies, tea and much more, including a live band. We hold a pig pickin once a semester and they are always immensely popular. You can sit in our comfortable dining room, out on the front patio under the umbrellas, or you can take a box or two home with you to share with your family.

PineStraws Writers in the Garden
James Dodson, Steve Bouser, and special guest Emily Harrison Wilson
As well as PineStraw Contributors: Stephen Smith, Deborah Soloman, Megan Shore and Ashley Wahl
Friday, March 26 - 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
SCC Campus, Ball Visitors Center, SCC Horticulture Gardens
Cost: Free
Children are Welcome.
In the tranquil setting of the Sandhills Community College Gardens, PineStraw Magazine presents "Writers in the Garden," featuring James Dodson, Steve Bouser, and special guest Emily Herring Wilson reading from new works, plus selected readings by PineStraw Contributors, Stephen Smith, Deborah Soloman, Megan Shore and Ashley Wahl.

SCC Gardens Guided Tour
Sandhills Horticultural Society
Friday, March 26 - 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
SCC Campus, Ball Visitors Center, SCC Horticulture Gardens
Cost: Free, but donations are welcome
Children are Welcome
Please direct questions to Tricia Mabe, 695-3882
The Sandhills Horticultural Society will lead tours of the 32-acre garden on the campus of Sandhills Community College. This garden includes a diverse variety of plants and garden styles, from a formal English garden to a Japanese garden. Tours will be guided on the hour.

Lecture: Southern Literature: The Southern Literary Renaissance
Professor Larry Allen
Friday, March 26 - 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
SCC Campus, Clement Dining Room (upstairs), Dempsey Student Center
Cost: Free
The Southeast region's literary renaissance is the focus of this session designed as a patchwork of prose and poetry from our beloved South. Larry Allen, Sandhills Community College's Department Chair and language professor, will examine the explosion of literary activity that emerged from the South following WWI.
Lecture: Southern Films: Southern Character & Caricature in Films
Professor Ron Layne, SCC Dean of Instruction
Friday, March 26 - 2:00 pm - 2:50 pm
SCC Campus, Clement Dining Room (upstairs), Dempsey Student Center
Cost: Free
SCC takes a visual romp through American cinema in search of the best and worst depictions of the Southern Belle and Beau, the Snopes and the Stellas, the hucksters and the hardworking sharecroppers that Hollywood has used to define the Southern Spirit. Ron Layne, SCC's Dean of Instruction and language professor, will explore the depiction of Southerners in film. Lecture will include a series of film clips with interspersed commentary.

We hope to see you on campus enjoying our wonderful line-up of SCC Events for the Inaugural Palustris Festival!

Thank you!
Denise Baker
Professor, Fine Arts
Sandhills Community College
bakerd@sandhills.edu
(910) 695-387