Viggo Mortensen Appearing At SLU For Photo Exhibition

NOTE:  As of February 21, all tickets have been distributed for all events.


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1/31/03

VIGGO MORTENSEN APPEARING AT SLU FOR PHOTO EXHIBITION 

CANTON - Viggo Mortensen, star of the current hit film The Lord 
Of The Rings: The Two Towers, and a 1980 graduate of St. Lawrence 
University, will make several public appearances at the 
University on Friday, February 28, and Saturday, March 1, in 
conjunction with an exhibition of his photographs in the Richard 
F. Brush Art Gallery on campus from February 28 through April 5.
	Mortensen will appear at the following public events. 
Attendance at each requires free tickets.
	Friday, February 28
	- Opening reception for the exhibition "Signlanguage: 
Photographs by Viggo Mortensen," 7:30-8:30 p.m. and 9-10 p.m., 
Richard F. Brush Art Gallery.
	Saturday, March 1
	- Poetry reading, 2:30 p.m., Gulick Theatre
	- Book signing, 3-7 p.m., Brush Gallery
	- Screening of the extended version of The Lord Of The Rings, 
Part I: The Fellowship Of The Ring, Gulick Theatre, 7:30-11 p.m., and 
The Underground (E.J. Noble University Center), 7:45-11:15 p.m.; each 
with introductory remarks by Mortensen.
	In order to accommodate as many people as possible for 
participation in at least one event, tickets will be made available 
as follows:
	- Any one person may request up to 2 tickets for one event only.
	- Tickets will be available for in-person pick-up on Monday, 
February 17, beginning at 8 a.m., at the E.J. Noble University Center 
main desk.
	- Tickets will be available to St. Lawrence University students, 
faculty, staff and retirees, and members of the community, through 
5 p.m., on Friday, February 21.  After that date and time, tickets 
will be available to anyone for any of the events on first-come, 
first-served basis.
	- At all times, those who desire tickets must go to the 
E.J. Noble University Center main desk in person; identification 
will be required. No telephone requests will be accepted. Also, 
please note that no waiting list will be established and tickets 
will not be mailed out.
  
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