Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County to Host 2-Day Holocaust Symposium

Sept. 14, 2012 - PRLog -- MIAMI, FL – September 2012 – The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County, in collaboration with local supporters and national experts, will host a FREE Holocaust Studies Community Symposium at the Knight Concert Hall, starting on October 13, 2012, at 8 p.m., and continuing October 14, 2012, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Part of the recently-launched LIGHT/THE HOLOCAUST & HUMANITY PROJECT, the FREE events will provide valuable lessons on the history and impact of the Holocaust through a series of lectures and presentations.

The program will be led by renowned authors and historians from around the country including professor and filmmaker Dr. Michael Berenbaum, National Institute for Holocaust Education historian Dr. William Meinecke, author Dr. Cheyenne Martin, and founding director of The David Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies Dr. Rafael Medoff. The symposium will be moderated by Miami-Dade County Public Schools District education specialist on Holocaust education Dr. Miriam Klein Kassenoff.

Each segment of the program will take a different look at the Holocaust and its effect on modern day society.  The complete program, including times, is as follows:  

Saturday, October 13, 2012
Knight Concert Hall

What We Know About the Holocaust, What We Have Learned and
What We Still Want to Know
Dr. Michael Berenbaum
8 PM
*Presented in partnership with WLRN

Sunday October 14, 2012
Knight Concert Hall

The Twisted Road to Auschwitz
From Nazi Ideology to Annihilation:
A  Visual Historical Overview of the Holocaust as told in the United States
Holocaust Memorial Museum
Dr. William Meinecke
10:00 AM -11:45 AM

12:00 PM -12:45 PM Lunch Break

The Healing Profession during Auschwitz
From Mengele to Medical Resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto
Dr. Cheyenne Martin
12:45 PM - 2:00 PM

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Coffee Break

The Holocaust as Reflected in Literature, Diaries and Memoirs
Dr. Miriam Klein Kassenoff
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM

3:15 PM-3:30 PM Break

America’s Response to the Holocaust through the Eyes of Political Cartoonist
Dr. Rafael Medoff
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

The Power of Film in Holocaust Reflection
“The Pigeon”
Dr. Miriam Klein Kassenoff  
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
*Presented in partnership with The Holocaust Memorial, of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation

The Holocaust Studies Community Symposium is supported by Targum Shlishi and Raquel and Aryeh Rubin.

LIGHT/THE HOLOCAUST & HUMANITY PROJECT is a three-month, county-wide human rights collaboration that is focusing attention on the work being done in Miami-Dade County toward the protection of human rights against bigotry and hate. The initiative was inspired by a critically-acclaimed ballet by the same name which will be performed by Ballet Austin at the Arsht Center on November 3 and 4 as the culmination of the project. For more information on the Symposium and other events that are a part of the LIGHT/THE HOLOCAUST & HUMANITY PROJECT, please visit: www.arshtcenter.org/light.

“FIRST ACCESS PASSES”:
Admission is FREE. First Access Passes can be reserved by calling the Adrienne Arsht Center box office at 305-949-6722 or online at www.arshtcenter.org (limit four per person).  The passes provide patrons with first access to seating in the theater until 7:45 p.m. on Saturday, and 9:45 am on Sunday. Seating is "first come, first served" for the performance and passes do not guarantee a seat.  

STAND-BY LINE:
Patrons who do not have a First Access Pass may join the Stand-by Line beginning at 7 p.m. on Saturday and 9 a.m. on Sunday, outside the concert hall. Seating, if available, will be opened at 7:45 p.m. on Saturday and 9:45 a.m. on Sunday to patrons in the stand-by line.

The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County is made possible by the public support of the Miami-Dade County Mayor and the Board of County Commissioners, the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Tourist Development Council and the City of Miami Omni Community Redevelopment Agency, as well as the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture. The Adrienne Arsht Center also receives generous support from local, state and national foundations, as well as private contributions to the Adrienne Arsht Center Foundation through corporate and individual giving, Visionary Society membership and the Encore Circle major gifts programs.

About the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County
The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County is one of the world’s leading performing arts organizations and venues. Made possible by Miami-Dade County’s largest ever public/private-sector partnership, the Center is home to the Florida Grand Opera, Miami City Ballet and New World Symphony, America’s Orchestral Academy. In addition, numerous South Florida arts organizations perform in its theaters regularly. Since opening in 2006, the Center has emerged as a leader in offering and presenting innovative programming that mirrors South Florida’s diversity, as a catalyst for development in Miami, and as a host of impactful community outreach and education programs.

Designed by world-renowned architect Cesar Pelli of Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, the venue is comprised of the 2,400-seat Sanford and Dolores Ziff Ballet Opera House, the 2,200-seat John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall, the black box Carnival Studio Theater, a restored Carnival Tower, the Peacock Foundation, Inc. Studio, the Peacock Foundation, Inc. Education Center and the outdoor Parker and Vann Thomson Plaza for the Arts. Events impresario and restaurateur Barton G. Weiss brought his signature style to the Center in 2009 with PRELUDE BY BARTON G, a full-service upscale restaurant.

Visit www.arshtcenter.org for more information.