Calendar of Events for Nobel Laureate Week 2007

Nobel Laureate Weeks Past

Date 

Activity

Sunday, 
January 21

• Opening Ceremony:
  Performance of the musical "Tinday" by the Students' Musical Theatre, Ministry of Education
  Venue: National Cultural Centre
  Time: 6:30 p.m.

Monday, 
January 22

• Repeat performance of "Tinday" for the students
  Venue: National Cultural Centre
  Time: 2:00 p.m.

• An Evening of Poetry Readings
  Venue: Cultural Development Foundation Conference Room, 
  Time: 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, 
January 23

NOBEL LAUREATE DAY

• Schools' Activities, Media Programming

• Opening of Book Exhibition:
  Venue: Hunter J. Francois Library, Sir Arthur Lewis Community College
  Time: 10:00 a.m.

• The Finals of the Schools Choral Singing Competition 
  Venue: National Cultural Centre, 
  Time: 10:00 a.m.
  
  

• Literary Tribute to Hon Derek Walcott, featuring Mervyn Morris 
  (Jamaican Poet), and other Saint Lucian Poets.
  Venue: CDF Conference Room
  Time: 7:30 p.m.
  

Wednesday, 
January 24

• The Derek Walcott Lecture delivered by Professor Mervyn Morris, Professor Emeritus of Creative Writing and West Indian Literature, 
  UWI, Mona.
  Title: "Walcott & The Language of the Tribe"
  Venue: National Insurance Corporation Conference Room 
  Time: 7:30 p.m.

Thursday,
January 25

• A Literary Tribute to the Nobel Laureates, by St. Mary's College
  Venue: National Cultural Centre
  Time: 7:00 p.m.

• Panel Discussion on "The Arts and Political Engagement" Coordinated by Labowi Promotions and the Office of the National Correspondent for the International Francophone Organisation
  Venue: Laborie Market Square 
  Time: 7:00 p.m.  
  

Friday,
January 26

• Wreath-laying ceremony at Sir Arthur's tomb
  Venue: Sir Arthur Lewis Community College
  Time: 10:00 a.m.

• Sir Arthur Lewis Memorial Lecture delivered Prof. Mark Figueroa, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, UWI, Mona
  Title: "Arthur Lewis and the Political/economic Dialogue in the Caribbean"
  Venue: National Insurance Corporation Conference Room
  Time: 7:30 p.m.
  

Saturday,
January 27

• Dance Theatre with Silver Shadows' Production of "CAGED"
  Admission: $20.00
  Venue: National Cultural Centre
  Time: 8:00 p.m.

Sunday,
February 11

• Junior Pan Festival
  Venue: National Cultural Centre grounds
  Time: 2:00 p.m.

Tuesday,
February 20

• Deadline for submission of entries for the Sir Arthur Lewis Memorial Essay Competition.