Commemoration Schedule of Events 2013
Join Us Saturday, May 4, 2013
Annual May 4 Commemoration Program
Noon – 2 p.m.
Kent State Commons – Free, all welcome
No tickets required!
May 4 Visitors Center Dedication
Gwen Ifill
4 – 6 p.m.
Washington Week moderator & PBS Newshour co-anchor
Gwen Ifill will moderate a panel discussion on:
The Place of May 4 and the Visitors Center in History
University Auditorium, Cartwright Hall, Kent State
Free, all welcome (as seating is available)
Oliver Stone
7:30 p.m.
Film director, screenwriter, and producer
Drawing on his sixties-era films, Oliver Stone will share thoughts on:
History and Memory in Film
University Auditorium, Cartwright Hall, Kent State
Free, all welcome (as seating is available)
Please join us for a reception in the Cartwright Hall 2nd floor atrium following the program.
Pictured left to right: Cybelle Jones, Carl Rhodes, Mike Buday
“Meet the Designers of the May 4 Visitors Centerâ€
Sunday, May 5 | 11 am to Noon | Cartwright Hall | Kent State University
Join us for a behind-the-scenes look at the May 4 Visitors Center as we hear from Cybelle Jones, principal and studio director, and Carl Rhodes, associate and senior exhibit designer, at Gallagher & Associates, and Mike Buday, executive producer for G-Too Media, a partner firm with Gallagher. Engaged in discussion and work on the May 4 Visitors Center for more than six years, Jones, Rhodes, and Buday will talk about how the design and multimedia realize the center’s vision and mission.
May 4th Voices
Thursday, May 2 and Friday, May 3
* Premieres on Western Reserve PBS (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1) on Friday, May 3, 10:30 p.m. Also airs on Fusion (WNEO
45.2/WEAO 49.2) on Saturday, May 4, at 10 p.m. and Monday, May 6, at 8 p.m.
Free sneak preview: Thursday, May 2, at 7 p.m. at The Kent Stage, 175 E. Main St., Kent. Co-sponsors: Western Reserve PBS and Kent State University's College of Arts & Sciences, History Department and Wick Poetry Center, with support from the Ohio Humanities Council.
"May 4th Voices" is a play that brings together first-person narratives about the May 4, 1970, shootings at Kent State University. This video production of the play, which was written by David Hassler and directed by Katherine Burke, is based on the Kent State Shootings Oral History Project, which includes more than 115 interviews with National Guardsmen, students, townspeople and politicians. The interviews capture the sense of trauma, confusion and fear felt by people who witnessed or were involved with the May 4 shootings at KSU.