Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Weekly Calendar of Events
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Other Events and Notes of Interest for February 1 - 7, 2010
Other Events and Notes of Interest for February 8 - 14, 2010
Monday, February 1
10:30 a.m.
Special Geology and Geophysics Seminar
Precious Metal Perspectives on Planetary Accretion
James M.D. Day, University of Maryland
Sponsored by: Geology and Geophysics Department - Clark 507
1:00 p.m.
First Aid Advanced
Module A
Sponsored by: WHOI Safety Office - Redfield Auditorium
(See below for details)
Tuesday, February 2
12:15 p.m.
There will be no MC&G seminar today
12:15 p.m.
MBL Ecosystems Seminar
The Hydrochemistry of Pond and Rice Field Recharge: Implications for the Arsenic Contaminated Aquifers in Bangladesh
Rebecca Neumann, Harvard University
Sponsored by: MBL Ecosystems Center - Speck Auditorium
1:30 p.m.
Geodynamics Seminar Series
Crustal Formation and the Evolution of Mercury: New Insights from the MESSENGER Flybys of the Innermost Planet
Sean Solomon, Carnegie Institution of Washington
Sponsored by: WHOI Deep Ocean Exploration Institute and the Academic
Programs Office - Carriage House
3:00 p.m.
There will be no Physical Oceanography seminar today
Wednesday, February 3
10:30 a.m.
Special Geology and Geophysics Seminar
Distinguishing Deep Mantle Versus Recycled Lithospheric Signatures in Ocean Island Basalts
James M.D. Day, University of Maryland
Sponsored by: Geology and Geophysics Department - Clark 237
12:15 p.m.
There will be no AOP&E seminar today
1:00 p.m.
First Aid Advanced
Module B
Sponsored by: WHOI Safety Office - Redfield Auditorium
(See below for details)
Thursday, February 4
10:30 a.m.
Special Geology and Geophysics Seminar
Equilibrium Esse Delendam: Diffusive Fractionation of Elements and Isotopes in the Solid Earth
Horst R. Marschall, University of Bristol, UK
Sponsored by: Geology and Geophysics Department - Carriage House
Noon
Right Whale Entanglements - Forensics on the Beach and Sedation at Sea
Michael Moore, WHOI
Sponsored by: Biology Department - Redfield Auditorium
Friday, February 5
10:00 a.m.
Special Geology and Geophysics Seminar
The Metamorphic Perspective on Subduction Zones
Horst R. Marschall, University of Bristol, UK
Sponsored by: Geology and Geophysics Department - Clark 507
1:00 p.m.
First Aid Advanced
Module C
Sponsored by: WHOI Safety Office - Redfield Auditorium
(See below for details)
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All members of the community are welcome to attend seminars.
Other Events and Notes of Interest
PEANUT BUTTER CLUB: Presents the video "New York - Order and Disorder 1829-1865 – Part 2" on Friday, February 5, at noon in Redfield Auditorium. The second episode chronicles the rise of New York from merchant city to industrial metropolis as the commercial revolution triggered by the Erie Canal transforms every aspect of life in the city. Sponsored by the WHOI Information Office. Coffee, tea and cookies served. Donations accepted.
FIRST AID ADVANCED: This course (module A through E) will be held Monday, February 1, Wednesday, February 3, Friday, February 5, and Monday, February 8, at 1:00 p.m., in Redfield Auditorium. The course is open to all WHOI and MBL employees free of charge. Family members and the community are also welcome; however, we must request a $25 fee for all non-WHOI and MBL employees to cover the cost of the textbook and training materials. Please register for these courses by calling the WHOI Safety Office at (508) 289-3347.
WOODS HOLE PUBLIC LIBRARY: On Saturday, February 6, at 1:30 p.m., the library will be offering their annual "Valentine Making" workshop for all ages. As always, instructions will be given for traditional Swedish woven-paper heart baskets, as well as simple paper hearts. This year there will also be three-inch heart shaped boxes and various materials for decorating them to make a very special container for a Valentine treat. Thanks to both an anonymous donor and the library's program budget, the workshop and materials are offered free of charge. Please call the library to register at (508) 548-8961. For those families that would like to enjoy a full afternoon of activities at the library, they can proceed to the large meeting room at 3:00 p.m., for a family movie. In accordance with the film lease, these clues are given as to the name of this film: The first five words are most commonly found in a weather report, describing a day without sun. The sixth and last word describes a food usually (except in Sweden) served with tomato sauce and pasta. On Sunday, February 7, at 3:00 p.m., the library presents "Story Time for Grownups." This session in the popular series will feature Diane Quaid reading "Habit" by Cate Kennedy and Lydia Sargent reading "The Day of the Bookmobile" by Patricia McGerr. On Monday, February 8, at 7:00 p.m., the library will be holding a family film. Here are the clues: The first word is a number, specifically the answer to multiplying 25 by 20. The next word is the plural of the definition of the bright part of every twenty-four hour cycle of the Earth's rotation. The last word is the part of the world's annual cycle around the sun in which the northern hemisphere is tilted towards the sun. Need more clues, or just want to verify your answer? Call the library at (508) 548-8961 or email through the library’s website at www.woodsholepubliclibrary.org . All events are free and open to the public.
WOODS HOLE HISTORICAL MUSEUM: Presents a "Winter Craft Workshop: Making mittens from recycled wool sweater" on Thursday, February 4, at 7:00 p.m, in the library. Margaret McCormick and Kellie Porter have teamed up to give a craft workshop on how to transform old wool sweaters into felt mittens. For extra warmth, the mittens will be lined with polar fleece, the material used in fleece jackets. Participants can design their own one-of-a-kind mittens by mixing and matching colors. Bring your sewing machine, if possible, and scissors, thread, pins, and other sewing necessities. The workshop is free, with a small charge for the fabric. The one-evening session is the first in a series of winter workshops sponsored by the museum every year. For more information, please call (508) 548-7270.
WOODS HOLE CELEBRATES BLACK HISTORY MONTH: A lecture titled "Black Nature: African Americans Writing Nature Poetry" by Askia M. Toure', internationally published poet and author, will be held on Thursday, February 4, at 12:00 p.m., in the Meigs Room, Swope Center, Marine Biological Laboratory. Askia M. Toure' is one of the pioneers of the Black Arts/Black Aesthetics movement and the Africana Studies movement. A modern Renaissance man, Toure' is also a political activist, having served with the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee's (SNCC) Atlanta Project. Toure', co-author of SNCC's "Black Power Position Paper" (featured in the "New York Times"), which influenced the movement of the Civil Rights Movement towards the Black Power revolution. In the field of literature, Toure' is a co-founding architect of the eminent Black Arts Movement, which revolutionized African-American literature with the creation of an ethnic-based aesthetic. For more information, please visit http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/outreach/WHBHMC.
THE WOODS HOLE FOLK MUSIC SOCIETY: Presents legendary Glasgow-born singer, songwriter and guitarist "Archie Fisher" known as Scotland's foremost troubadour, on Sunday, February 14. His rich baritone, masterful delivery and intricate fingerpicking have earned him a place in the Scots Traditional Music Hall of Fame as well as a coveted MBE award from Queen Elizabeth, and have brought decades of delight to his many fans across the globe. The concert takes place at 7:30 p.m., in the Community Hall, 68 Water Street, Woods Hole. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. Admission is $15, $12 for members. Discounts for seniors, youth, and children. The Community Hall is handicapped accessible. There is no charge for street parking after 6:00 p.m. More information is available at www.arts-cape.com/whfolkmusic or by calling (508) 540-0320.
"WHAT’S FALMOUTH READING?" EVENT: Fun(d)raising Players needs readers for "Moby Dick - Rehearsed" by Orson Welles for a staged reading on April 10, in Woods Hole. This is part of Falmouth’s 2010 "What’s Falmouth Reading?" activities. Interested readers are asked to come to a first meeting on Tuesday, February 2, at 6:35 p.m., at the Falmouth Public Library, 300 Main Street, Falmouth. For more information call (508) 457-6503.
WHOI OCEAN SCIENCE EXHIBIT CENTER & GIFTSHOP: The center will be closed January through March and will re-open in April for groups, by reservation. For more information, call (508) 289-2663. For WHOI merchandise, visit our online store at www.whoi.edu/whoistore.
About the Calendar 10:30 a.m. 1:00 p.m.
12:15 p.m. 12:15 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 10:00 a.m. 12:15 p.m. 10:00 a.m. Noon 1:30 p.m.
There will be no seminars today
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All members of the community are welcome
to attend seminars.
PEANUT BUTTER CLUB: Presents the video "New York - Order and Disorder 1825-1865 – Part 2" on Friday, February 12, at noon in Redfield Auditorium. The second episode chronicles the rise of New York from merchant city to industrial metropolis as the commercial revolution triggered by the Erie Canal transforms every aspect of life in the city. Sponsored by the WHOI Information Office. Coffee, tea and cookies served. Donations accepted. FIRST AID ADVANCED: This course (module E) will be held on Monday, February 8, at 1:00 p.m., in Redfield Auditorium. The course is open to all WHOI and MBL employees free of charge. Family members and the community are also welcome; however, we must request a $25 fee for all non-WHOI and MBL employees to cover the cost of the textbook and training materials. Please register for these courses by calling the WHOI Safety Office at (508) 289-3347. WOODS HOLE CELEBRATES BLACK HISTORY MONTH: A lecture titled “Imaging a Caribbean Future: Caribbean Literature and Science Fiction” by Alisa Braithwaite, assistant professor of Literature, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will be held on Thursday, February 11, at 12:00 p.m., in the Meigs Room, Swope Center, Marine Biological Laboratory. Using the works of writers such as Nalo Hopkinson, Erna Brodber, Tobias Bucknell, and Junot Díaz, Alisa Braithwaite explores how the genres of science fiction and fantasy allow alternative representations of time and community for a geographical region that already disrupts our conceptions of history and national borders. Braithwaite received her Ph.D. in English and American Literature from Harvard University. Her current research focuses on contemporary Caribbean speculative fiction. For more information, please visit http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/outreach/WHBHMC. ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCING: On Friday, February 19, at 7:30 p.m., there will be “English Country Dancing” at Fisher House, Church of the Messiah, 13 Church St., Woods Hole. The event will be led by Linda Nelson with live music by Paradise Bird. All dances taught. Beginners and singles welcome. Refreshments will be served. Admission is $8 ($6 students & seniors). For more information, please call (508) 540-1151 or (508) 540-0865. WOODS HOLE PUBLIC LIBRARY: The next in the Saturday “Family Film” series at the library will be on Saturday, February 13, at 3:00 p.m. As always, only clues to the title may be told. Here are the clues: This is a two-word title: the first word is the feminine version of the title given to the progeny of a Queen or King. The second word is the title given to a woman in a ceremony when she might dress like the person described in the first word. Call the library at (508) 548-8961 or email at www.woodsholepubliclibrary.org if you need more clues. This event is free and open to the public. Also on February 13, at 7:30 p.m., the library presents the “Glenway Fripp Trio” playing an evening of love songs. The “Glenway Fripp Trio” (formerly known as QuasiModal) is a jazz piano trio that has been playing together for 15 years, playing original tunes by pianist Glenway Fripp as well as standards. Well-known locally, the trio can be heard playing on the porch at Coffee Obsession in Woods Hole in the summers, and plays a weekly house concert in Woods Hole all year round, in addition to other gigs. Tickets are $15 and will be available at Eight Cousins book story and the library ahead of time as well as on the evening of the performance. Doors will open at 7:00 p.m. For more information, call the library at (508) 548-8961. During February school vacation week, the library will be showing kids’ films every week-day, Tuesday through Friday. All will be shown at 3:00 p.m. in the library’s lower level meeting room, and all are free. Call the library at (508)-548-8961 for exact titles. THE WOODS HOLE FOLK MUSIC SOCIETY: Presents legendary Glasgow-born singer, songwriter and guitarist "Archie Fisher" known as Scotland's foremost troubadour, on Sunday, February 14. The concert takes place at 7:30 p.m., in the Community Hall, 68 Water Street, Woods Hole. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. Admission is $15, $12 for members. Discounts for seniors, youth, and children. The Community Hall is handicapped accessible. There is no charge for street parking after 6:00 p.m. More information is available at www.arts-cape.com/whfolkmusic or by calling (508) 540-0320.
The deadline for the WHOI Weekly Calendar
of Events is Tuesday noon for entries
for the following week.
Contact Joanne Tromp in the WHOI Information
Office:
Phone: (508) 289-2252
Fax: (508) 457-2034
E-mail: jtromp@whoi.edu
Monday, February 8
Special Geology & Geophysics Seminar
The Petrology of Serpentinization: New Insight from Petrography, Hydrothermal Experiments, and Reaction Path Modeling
Frieder Klein, WHOI
Sponsored by: Geology & Geophysics Department - Clark 237
First Aid Advanced
Module E
Sponsored by: WHOI Safety Office - Redfield Auditorium
(See below for details)
Tuesday, February 9
Anthropogenic Carbon and the Radiocarbon Age of Marine Surface Sediments
David Griffith, WHOI
Sponsored by: MC&G Department - Clark 507
MBL Ecosystems Seminar
N-Stress Responses and Niche Adaptation in Marine Cyanobacteria
Anton Post, MBL
Sponsored by: MBL Ecosystems Center - Speck Auditorium
Geodynamics Seminar Series
Geophysical Constraints on Terrestrial Planet Crusts
Maria Zuber, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sponsored by: WHOI Deep Ocean Exploration Institute and the Academic Programs Office - Carriage House
Topographic Rectification
Ken Brink, WHOI
Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department - Clark 507
Wednesday, February 10
Special Geology & Geophysics Seminar
Fluid-Rock Interactions During Mineral-Carbonation of Abyssal Serpentinite
Frieder Klein, WHOI
Sponsored by: Geology & Geophysics Department - Clark 507
Tidal Dynamics on the Skagit Bay Tidal Flat
Nicholas Nidzieko, WHOI
Sponsored by: AOP&E Department - Smith Conference Room Thursday, February 11
Special Physical Oceanography Seminar
Distortion of Long Rossby Waves by Equatorial Currents
Ted Durland, Oregon State University
Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department - Clark 507
Mechanistically Modeling Prey Selection of Larval Haddock and Cod
Colleen Petrik, WHOI
Sponsored by: Biology Department - Redfield Auditorium
Special Biology Department Seminar
Marine Bacterial Phosphorus Physiology, a Perspective from Computational Analysis
Haiwei Luo, University of South Carolina
Sponsored by: Biology Department - Redfield 204
Friday, February 12
Other Events and Notes of Interest
WHOI OCEAN SCIENCE EXHIBIT CENTER & GIFTSHOP: The center will be closed January through March and will re-open in April for groups, by reservation. For more information, call (508) 289-2663. For WHOI merchandise, visit our online store at www.whoi.edu/whoistore.
The deadline for the WHOI Weekly Calendar of Events is Tuesday noon for
entries for the following week.
Contact Joanne Tromp in the WHOI Information Office:
Phone: (508) 289-2252
Fax: (508) 457-2034
E-mail: jtromp@whoi.edu