Voices
Against Indifference Initiative
The
Varian Fry Project
September
- November 1999
Calendar of Events
- September 16, 1999 Educators' Forum "Voices
Against Indifference": (The Mint Museum of Art, 2730 Randolph Rd.)
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Educators' forum for middle and high school teachers. Free and open to
interested educators. Registration
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by fax required (704) 347-3845. Deadline September 14. Curriculum packets available
to all participants.
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- September 26, 1999 Student Dialogues: (Week of
Sept, 26) Varian Fry exhibit panelists will visit local schools and meet
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with students to discuss Fry's life and related concepts of justice.
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Book Signing: Author Andrew A. Marino, whose new biography of Varian
Fry, Quiet American, The
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Secret War of Varian Fry, will be at the exhibit opening.
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Gala Opening:
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Guests: Mme. Cecile Bost, Project Director, Marseilles-Provence
Chamber of Commerce; Mme. Sylviane
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Muselier, Vice President, Amicale Reseau Alliance; Mr. Jean-Paul Monchau,
French Consul General.
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Panel Discussion: With five members of Fry's original team, exhibit
curator Susan Morganstein and film maker
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Pierre Sauvage. Moderated by WFAE's Mike Collins.
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Reception a la Marseilles
- October 22, 1999 "The
Davis Steel & Iron Art & Writing Contest, Courage: A Journey to
Freedom": (Deadline
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October 22, 1999) Open to all students in Charlotte Mecklenburg Region.
Cash prizes awarded and winning
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entries to be published in The Charlotte Observer.
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- The Varian Fry Project Film Series: Free weekly films at the Main
Branch of the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg
- County (310 N.
Tryon St.); 7 PM, Mondays in the Francis Auditorium, Contact Sam Shapiro
(704) 336-6217
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September 27, Weapons of the Spirit, produced by Pierre
Sauvage
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October 4, Profiles: Varian Fry, The Artists' Schindler, BBC
Flim
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November 1, The Exiles, produced by Richard Kaplan
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November 8, The Courage to Care, introduction by Elie Wiesel