THIS WEEK
♦  Thursday, November 30 – Holiday Pottery Sale has returned to Bellevue College.  10 am-6 pm, Room C120, BC Cafeteria.

♦  Friday, December 1. 10:30-11:30, Faculty Commons. The Literature Discussion Group will be discussing Walter Benjamin’s “The Task of the Translator.” For additional reading, please contact Nan Ma.

♦ Friday, December 1.   BC Concert Choir Fall Concert – the Isle is full of Noises, Aimee Hong, Conductor | 7:30 pm, BC Carlson Theatre | Admission $5 | Tickets available through Brown Paper Tickets.

♦ December 2 & 3.  BC Student Drama: DIRECTions: A Festival of Student Written and Directed 10 minute plays | Admission $5, Stop Gap Theatre | More information available and ticket purchase through Brown Paper Tickets.

BULLDOG FOOD PANTRY ITEMS NEEDED
♦ REMINDER! Let’s pull together one more time for the students and fill the food bin located at the front of R 230 by Friday, December 1.  FOOD ITEMS NEEDED:  canned tuna, chicken or turkey; canned soups; canned chili; energy bars; canned fruit; and/or fruit cups. submitted by Gordon Leighton.

UPCOMING EVENTS

♦ Monday, December 4. BC Jazz Combos Concert, Jim Sisko, Director | 7:30 pm, BC Carlson Theatre | Admission $5 | Tickets available through Brown Paper Tickets.

♦  Wednesday, December 13. Jim Sisko’s Bellevue College Jazz Band Performing at Tula’s Jazz Club | 7:30 pm | $10 cover Charge

THIS WEEK

♦ Through December 1, 2017 – Annual Faculty Exhibition.  If you haven’t had a chance to visit the Gallery Space to view the exhibit, there is still time left on the calendar to do so.  The Gallery Space hours are available on the Gallery Space web site

BULLDOG FOOD PANTRY ITEMS NEEDED
♦ Let’s pull together one more time for the students and fill the food bin located at the front of R 230 by Friday, December 1.  Food items needed:

1. canned tuna, chicken or turkey
2. canned soups
3. canned chili
4. energy bars
5. canned fruit
6. fruit cups
   submitted by Gordon Leighton

CONGRATULATIONS!
♦ Congratulations to Fernando Pérez. His new book, A Song of Dismantling, is coming out with the University of New Mexico Press.  A Song of Dismantling  ⇐  (Flyer – pdf file)

UPCOMING EVENTS

♦ Monday, November 27 – From the Chamber, Curated by Dr. Brian Cobb | 7:30 PM | BC Carlson Theatre | Tickets $5, available through Brown Paper Tickets

♦ Thursday, November 30 – Holiday Pottery Sale has returned to Bellevue College.  10 am-6 pm, Room C120, BC Cafeteria.

♦ Friday, December 1. BC Concert Choir Fall Concert – the Isle is full of Noises, Aimee Hong, Conductor | 7:30 pm, BC Carlson Theatre | Admission $5 | Tickets available through Brown Paper Tickets

♦ December 2 & 3. BC Student Drama: DIRECTions: A Festival of Student Written and Directed 10 minute plays | Admission $5, Stop Gap Theatre | More information available and ticket purchase through Brown Paper Tickets

♦ Monday, December 4. BC Jazz Combos Concert, Jim Sisko Director | 7:30 pm, BC Carlson Theatre | Admission $5 | Tickets available through Brown Paper Tickets

THIS WEEK
♦ Through December 1, 2017 – Annual Faculty Exhibition.  If you haven’t had a chance to visit the Gallery Space to view the exhibit, there is still time left on the calendar to do so.  The Gallery Space hours are available on the Gallery Space web site.

♦ Nov 16-18, 2017 – Peter and the Star Catcher. 7:30 pm.  Tickets through Brown Paper Tickets.

UPCOMING EVENTS

♦ Monday, November 20  – Vocal Jazz Summit featuring the BC Jazz Singers CELEBRATION | 7:PM, BC Carlson Theatre | Tom Almli Conductor | Admission: Free.

♦ Monday, November 27 – From the Chamber, Curated by Dr. Brian Cobb | 7:30 PM | BC Carlson Theatre | Tickets $5, available through Brown Paper Tickets

♦  Thursday, November 30 – Holiday Pottery Sale has returned to Bellevue College.  10 am-6 pm, Room C120, BC Cafeteria.

More EVENTS To Be ANNOUNCED Next Week!

THIS WEEK
♦ TODAY! November 8 – A&H POTLUCK, 11 AM – 2 PM in the R 230 Lunchroom. Let’s honor our veterans with a pre-holiday lunch TODAY. The weather is changing, so comfort food is in order – think stews, goopy casseroles, fall desserts.  Please sign up at SignUpGenius.com so we know what we will have and what we will need.  See you there!  – submitted by Gordon Leighton

♦  TODAY! November 8 – One last chance to get your FLU SHOT. 2-5 PM, T 125 & T 126. Visit the BC FYI DIGEST to access the insurance form.

♦  TONIGHT! November 8 – 7:30 pm,  $10 – Jim Sisko’s Bellevue College Jazz Band at Tula’s. Reservations through Tula’s Restaurant and Jazz Club

♦ November 9, 2017 – Betty Bowen Award Ceremony & Reception. Seattle Art Museum, Nordstrom Lecture Hall, 6-8 PM | Join in for a lively evening celebrating the 2017 Betty Bowen Award winner, Jono Vaughan.  A selection of Jono’s works will be shown.  Our own Natalie Martinez will be wearing one of the dresses and reading a poem at the ceremony.  Visit the Seattle Art Museum web site for more information.

♦ Nov 9-11 & 16-18, 2017 – Peter and the Star Catcher. 7:30 pm.  Tickets through Brown Paper Tickets

♦ Saturday, November 11, 7-9 PM  [Offsite] Reading with Kenji C. Liu & Vickie Vértiz at the Alice Gallery. Visit the Open Books web site for more information. Submitted by Natalie Martinez.

CONGRATULATIONS!
♦ Congratulations to English Instructor, Martha Silano, her poem BUMBLEBEES ARE MADE OF ASH is in the new issue of THRUSH POETRY JOURNAL

UPCOMING EVENTS
♦  Monday, November 20 – Vocal Jazz Summit featuring the BC Jazz Singers – CELEBRATION | 7:PM, BC Carlson Theatre | Tom Almli Conductor | Admission: Free

♦  Monday, November 27 – From the Chamber, Curated by Dr. Brian Cobb | 7:30 PM | BC Carlson Theatre | Tickets $5, available through Brown Paper Tickets

THIS WEEK
♦   TODAY! November 1, 2017, Bellevue College Art Department Faculty Exhibition Opening Reception hosted by Bellevue College Gallery Space. Room – D 271.  From 2-5PM.  Visit the Gallery Space Facebook page for more information. submitted by Dale Lindman

♦ A&H Halloween / Fall Decorating Contest WINNERS!
FIRST PLACE:  Seda Markarova
SECOND PLACE:  Donna Miguel
THIRD PLACE: Jin Wang 
Thank you to everyone that entered!

♦ Friday, November 3, 2017, 10:30-11:30, Faculty Commons – Poetry & Short Discussion Group will discuss the poems of the Peruvian Poet Caesar Vallejo.   Please visit the Poetry Foundation web site to view some of his poems.  Please contact: Nan Ma for poems in Spanish.

A&H POTLUCK REMINDER
♦ IT’S TIME FOR A POTLUCK!  Let’s honor our veterans with a pre-holiday lunch on Wednesday, November 8, 11AM-2PM in the R230 lunchroom.  The weather is changing, so comfort food is in order – think stews, goopy casseroles, fall desserts.  Please sign up at SignUpGenius.com so we know what we will have and what we will need.  See you there!  – submitted by Gordon Leighton

UPCOMING EVENTS
♦ November 7, 2017, 7:30 pm, Fall Jazz Night 2017 FEATURING: The Bellevue College Jazz Singers and The Bellevue College Jazz Bands.  Tickets through Brown Paper Tickets.

♦ November 8, 2017, 7:30 pm,  $10 – Jim Sisko’s Bellevue College Jazz Band at Tula’s. Reservations through Tula’s Restaurant and Jazz Club

♦ Nov 9-11 & 16-18, 2017 – Peter and the Star Catcher. 7:30 pm.  Tickets through Brown Paper Tickets

♦ November 9, 2017 – Betty Bowen Award Ceremony & Reception. Seattle Art Museum, Nordstrom Lecture Hall, 6-8 PM | Join in for a lively evening celebrating the 2017 Betty Bowen Award winner, Jono Vaughan.  A selection of Jono’s works will be shown.  Our own Natalie Martinez will be wearing one of the dresses and reading a poem at the ceremony.  Visit the Seattle Art Museum web site for more information.

♦ November 11, 2017 – 7-9 PM [Offsite] Reading with Kenji C. Liu & Vickie Vértiz at the Alice Gallery. Visit the Open Books web site for more information. Submitted by Natalie Martinez

More EVENTS To Be ANNOUNCED Next Week !

A&H  HALLOWEEN / FALL   DECORATING CONTEST
♦ Decorate your office or cubicle, or designated wall space.(R230, R130, L Bldg., Theatre Bldg – any A&H office area).  Suggestions: lights, spiders, pumpkins, leaves, skeletons, bats, webbing, or use your imagination.  Prize(s) will be given to the winner(s).  VOTING will take place on October 31.  Decorate with an eerie theme, or decorate festive and pretty.  There are decorating supplies available, first come first serve.  .  E-mail Janis Juarez if you plan on decorating your office or cubicle area.     DON’T MISS OUT ON THE FUN!

A&H POTLUCK
♦ IT’S TIME FOR A POTLUCK! Let’s honor our veterans with a pre-holiday lunch on Wednesday, November 8, 11AM-2PM in the R230 lunchroom. The weather is changing, so comfort food is in order – think stews, goopy casseroles, fall desserts. Please sign up at SignUpGenius.com so we know what we will have and what we will need. See you there! – Submitted by Gordon Leighton

JAPAN WEEK @ BC – SHORT SURVEY REQUEST
♦ If you attended the Japan Week @ BC event(s), please fill out the survey at Survey Monkey.com  to answer  a few questions for us.  Thank you!  – submitted by Anne Stewart.

CONGRATULATIONS!

♦ A Spring 18 graduate of our program (Interior Design), Vi Nguyen, is a finalist in the Gray Magazine design awards competition, and will be honored – and chosen winner, we hope – at a gala event on November 29.  The black tie-ish awards party will be held at newly renovated The Sanctuary in downtown Seattle.  The judges panel represents international icons of design, honoring a wide range of design categories, including fashion, interior, product, landscape, and architectural design. – Submitted by Dan Beert

UPCOMING EVENTS

♦ Friday, November 3, 2017, 10:30-11:30, Faculty Commons – Poetry & Short Discussion Group will discuss the poems of the Peruvian Poet Caesar Vallejo.  Please visit the Poetry Foundation web site to view some of his poems. Please contact: Nan Ma for poems in Spanish.

♦ November 7, 2017, 7:30 pm, Fall Jazz Night 2017 FEATURING: The Bellevue College Jazz Singers and The Bellevue College Jazz Bands.  Tickets through Brown Paper Tickets

♦ November 8, 2017, 7:30 pm,  $10 – Jim Sisko’s Bellevue College Jazz Band at Tula’s. Reservations through Tula’s Restaurant and Jazz Club

♦ Nov 9-11 & 16-18, 2017 – Peter and the Star Catcher. 7:30 pm.  Tickets through Brown Paper Tickets

THIS WEEK
♦ Thursday, October 19 – Climate Town Hall with Governor Jay Inslee. Carlson Theatre, 2:15-3:15. The event is free. Town hall meeting on sustainability. Faculty, staff and students encouraged to attend.

♦ Every Friday – wear BC Blue to show your Bulldog Pride!

A&H HALLOWEEN / FALL DECORATING CONTEST
♦ Decorate your office or cubicle, or designated wall space. (R230, R130, L Bldg., Theatre Bldg. – any A&H Office area). Suggestions: lights, spiders, pumpkins, leaves, skeletons, bats, webbing, or use your imagination.  Prize(s) will be given to the winner(s).  VOTING will take place on October 31.  E-mail Janis Juarez if you plan on entering your office, cubicle or designated space, and if you have any questions.  Decorate with an eerie theme, or decorate festive and pretty.  There are decorating supplies available.  First come, first serve

FRIENDLY REMINDER ABOUT ABSENCES
♦ If you need to contact the office due to an absence, please do not contact only one of the staff in case they are out of the office. E-mail the staff at: mailto:Art&HumStaff@bellevuecollege.edu.   If you don’t receive a response from one of the staff, please follow up with a call to the main office at: 425-564-2341. We will gladly post your classes with any instructions you would like to give to your students.  Please be mindful that your program chair may have more specific instructions for reporting absences.

 BRUTUS’ FOOD DRIVE CHALLENGE WINNERS!
♦ Congratulations to Arts & Humanities! – we are the WINNERS of the Food Drive Challenge.  We donated 188 items to the Student food bin.  We have the trophy, and it is available for viewing in R 230.  THANK YOU to everyone that donated food items.

UPCOMING EVENTS
♦ November 8, 2017, 7:30 pm,  $10 – Jim Sisko’s Bellevue College Jazz Band at Tula’s.  Reservations through Tula’s Restaurant and Jazz Club.

♦ Nov 9-11 & 16-18, 2017 – Peter and the Star Catcher. 7:30 pm.  Tickets through Brown Paper Tickets.

THIS WEEK
♦ Homecoming Week:  You are “Welcome Here” Day Schedule.

THANK YOU!
♦ Arts & Humanities contributed 188 food items to the food drive challenge.  We are eagerly awaiting the results to see who will bring home the trophy.  A huge “THANK YOU” to all that donated.  A&H will continue to have food bins located in R 230 to help support the students.

UPCOMING EVENTS
♦ November 8, 2017, 7:30 pm,  $10 – Jim Sisko’s Bellevue College Jazz Band at Tula’s. Reservations through Tula’s Restaurant and Jazz Club.

♦ Nov 9-11 & 16-18, 2017 – Peter and the Star Catcher. 7:30 pm.  Tickets through Brown Paper Tickets

THIS WEEK
♦  October 2-7 – Japan Week Lecture Series. Please visit the Japan Week “FYI” Bulletin to view this week’s schedule of events, Saturday’s schedule of events  and other interesting information.

♦ Friday, October 6 – Poetry & Short Fiction Discussion Group, D 104 E, 10:30 am.  The group will be discussing the poetry of the Chinese poet, Bei Dao.  Read one poem, or read them all! For more information contact: Nan Ma.

BRUTUS’ FOOD DRIVE CHALLENGE

♦ Donation bin(s) located at the front of R230. The department with the largest number of donated items will WIN the “traveling trophy” to keep until next year’s Homecoming Week. Let’s show the rest of the campus (like we did last year) that A&H not only accepts challenges, we knock it out of the park!  All contributions will go to the Student Pantry, outside C 212.  SUGGESTIONS: Non-perishable, canned veggies, mac & cheese, pasta, soups, canned fruit, juice, snacks & energy bars.  ITEMS DUE: no later than 10/6 at 3:00 pm.

FACULTY RESOURCES

♦ Faculty Commons offers a variety of interactive workshops for fall 2017.  Visit the web site to find out about workshop registration, funding & stipend processes.

FRIENDLY REMINDER
♦ In response to health concerns, Arts & Humanities has developed a Scent-Free Policy.  Scented products such as hairspray, perfume and deodorant can trigger reactions such as respiratory distress and headaches.  Instructors, students, staff and visitors are asked to not use these products when visiting the A&H office.  Arts & Humanities at Bellevue College is a Scent-free environment.  Remember, what seems like a light application to you can bring on a situation where someone is put into serious distress.  Please be mindful.  The biggest culprit is “perfume.”  Please read more.

 ⇒ SPECIAL MENTION ⇐
♦  A&H English Instructor, Hyesu Park,  recently had her article “Joy of Ugly Feelings: Korean “Bad Taste” Webtoons as a Case Study” published in Studies in Twentieth & Twenty-First Century Literature.  STTCL is a peer reviewed academic journal housed in Kansas State University.

♦ A&H Dance Instructor, Laura Peterson, is pictured in the 90^th anniversary issue of Dance Magazine.  Laura is pictured presenting at the International Association of Dance Medicine and Science (IADMS) conference that took place a few years ago.  It was Laura’s second time presenting at this particular conference.  IADMS is the actual visionary and Laura is found to be the face of it!  She has been a member of IADMS since 2007. Laura was very surprised and honored to be in the 90^th Anniversary Dance Magazine and to be considered a visionary and influential.

FACULTY RESOURCES
♦ Faculty on-line training opportunities. The Office of eLearning & Open Education at the SBCTC offers a suite of FREE high-quality professional learning opportunities to system faculty and staff year round.  Please visit the enrichment opportunities schedule for class descriptions and registration information.

UPCOMING EVENTS
♦ October 2 – 6, 2017.  Japan Week Lecture Series.  You are invited to an exciting Japan Week lecture series.  Please bring your classes and/or offer extra credit for attendance.  To bring your class, please contact Anne Matsumoto Stewart beforehand to ensure enough space.  Please visit the Japan Week FYI Bulletin to view the schedule of events and other valuable information.

♦ Friday, October 6. Faculty Commons (D 104 E), 10:30 am. Poetry & Short Fiction Discussion Group. Invitation from Nan Ma “Since Terrence Hayes’s visit to campus in the spring, a group of faculty from various programs have been meeting informally to discuss poetry and short fiction. As our division is making celebrating the arts a priority, we would like to extend an invitation to the whole division. We meet the first Friday of each month at 10:30. We will be discussing the poetry of the Chinese poet, Bei Dao. Read one poem, or read them all! We hope to see you at the next meeting.”