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Mount Holyoke Afire: Opening Reception

Friday
Friday, February 8, 2019 - 4:30pm

Hinchcliff Reception Hall

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Professor Mignon Talbot and students after the Williston Hall fire, December 1917
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Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections

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Professor Mignon Talbot and students after the Williston Hall fire, December 1917

Students to perform an excerpt of "Pare," a new work choreographed by Visiting Professor Barbie Diewald. "Pare" is Diewald's reflection on losing her childhood home in a fire, and explores themes of loss, impermanence and reconstruction. Accompanying music by Senior Lecturer Peter Jones. Students Kallie Fellows '21, Sam Malnati '19, and Priscilla Zhang '20 will offer informal remarks about their contributions to the exhibition following the performance.

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Rockefeller Hall, Unknown, 1922, Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections
February 5, 2019 to April 14, 2019
Mount Holyoke Afire

Mount Holyoke Afire examines three devastating blazes that had a significant impact on the College in 1896, 1917, and 1922. This show looks at the photographic record of the original Seminary building, Williston Hall, and Rockefeller Hall before, during, and after the fires and uses...

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