This annual series celebrates the culture, heritage, music and contributions of people of Hispanic descent. Events have featured dance, speakers, music and more.

Admission: Free (no ticket required) 

An exhibition of 43 prints by Northern Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer, printed during the artist’s lifetime. Dürer was a German painter, printmaker, engraver, mathematician and theorist from Nuremburg. His prints established his reputation across Europe when he was still in his 20s, A polymath and contemporary of Leonardo da Vinci, Dürer produced a vast body of work including altarpieces and religious works, portraits, self-portraits and engravings.        

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The CCU Chamber and Concert Choirs, under the direction of Terri Sinclair, welcome St. James High School Bel Canto and Chorale, under the direction of Sandra Bass, as their guests in this concert. The program will feature works by Franz Schubert, Moses Hogan and Eric Whitacre as well as two movements of the Mozart Requiem, which will be presented in its entirety in the spring. The CCU choirs will combine with the St. James High School Choir for two grand finale-closing selections.   

CCU’s Jackson Family Center for Ethics & Values will host an open discussion to explore ethical issues in current events. Participants will receive a “Java Buck” good for $1 off a purchase at Java City, and there will be a raffle for Jackson Center coffee mugs. For more details about this event, please visit www.coastal.edu/jacksoncenter and www.facebook.com/jacksoncenter.   

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Alternating between modern day and WWII-era Paris, the French film Sarah’s Key (2010-Rated PG-13) is about a woman’s inquiry into the history of her father’s childhood home as well as the horrors that the Vichy government perpetrated against the Jewish population of France. She uncovers the story of Sarah Starzynski and her fight to escape her Nazi captors and return to her house in order to save her hidden younger brother. Sponsored by the Office of International Programs and the Jackson Family Center for Ethics & Values, which will host a discussion of ethical questions raised by the film.

Admission: Free (no ticket required) 

The musical that became a movie and started a 35-year nonstop cultural phenomenon is back where it is meant to be seen—live on stage! A sexy, wild, funny, tongue-in-cheek interactive time warp through a kaleidoscope of camp with a musical score that has become iconic! On a dark and stormy night, Brad Majors and his innocent fiancée Janet Weiss find themselves in a mysterious castle, where their bizarre adventures begin. This rock musical spoof of old horror movies is a celebration of love, lust, manipulation, creation, satisfaction and biological advancement! For mature audiences.   

The Coastal Inspirational Ambassadors, the CCU student gospel choir, performs positive and inspiring gospel music at this annual event. The group seeks to perpetuate the tradition of gospel music and to recognize the importance of gospel in the preservation of African-American culture.

Admission: Free with ticket

Nils Rauhut, Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, will explore a number of questions that are raised by the role of love in religion, such as: Do all forms of love have something in common? How is religious love related to the love we feel to other humans? For more details about this event, please visit www.coastal.edu/jacksoncenter and www.facebook.com/jacksoncenter.

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“Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War” is a national traveling exhibition which focuses on Abraham Lincoln’s struggle to meet the constitutional challenges of the Civil War. The exhibition will be at Kimbel Library, Coastal Carolina University beginning on October 12, 2012 and will run through November 28, 2012.

The opening ceremony for the exhibit “Lincoln:  The Constitution and the Civil War” will take place on Oct. 16.  This event marks the official opening of the exhibit and will feature remarks by Dr. Robert Sheehan, provost of Coastal Carolina University, Dr. Barbara Burd, dean of Kimbel Library, and Ben Burroughs, director of the Horry County Archives Center.

“Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War” is an exhibit organized by the National Constitution Center and the American Library Association Public Programs Office with the help of a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH): great ideas brought to life. The traveling exhibition is based on an exhibition of the same name developed by the National Constitution Center.

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CalypSamba, the CCU World Music Ensemble, will present an exciting evening of music from the Caribbean. The concert will feature the critically acclaimed CCU Steel Pan Ensemble as well as the CCU Afro-Cuban Folkloric Music Ensemble.     

A Coastal Carolina University faculty panel, featuring professors Rod Gragg, John Navin, and Wink Prince will explore the ways that South Carolinians reacted on a personal and social level to the constitutional dilemmas that influenced Lincoln’s campaign and presidency.

Admission:  Free (no ticket required)

This Tea & Ethics session will explore the historical and ethical issues surrounding espionage at the government, corporate and individual levels. Led by CCU faculty members Jonathan Smith, director of the Intelligence and National Security Program, and Jonathan Trerise of the Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies, the talk begins at 3:30 p.m.; tea and snacks will be available beginning at 3 p.m. For more details about this event, please visit www.coastal.edu/jacksoncenter andwww.facebook.com/jacksoncenter.

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Dr. Maggi Morehouse is a noted professor of Southern History and a new member of the History Department in the Edwards College of Humanities and Fine Arts at Coastal Carolina University. She will be speaking on “Society and Culture in the Age of Lincoln.”  She has published articles and books on African-American history and southern history, including Fighting in the Jim Crow Army (2006). Dr. Morehouse will have signed copies of her newest book, Civil War America: A Social and Cultural History, available at the event.

Admission:  Free (no ticket required)