MOSTRA DI DIPINTI
"MAESTRI CERCANDO" DI MARIA VICA COSTARELLI
L'Associazione Culturale Athenaeum ha organizzato una mostra di acquarelli e acrilici di Maria Vica Costarelli.

FIRST STAGE IN ITALY!
Athenaeum offers new courses in Italy. Great opportunity for students and ancient history lovers. For more information click here

Archeological
Restoration Workshop!
Professor Francesco Bertolino, Vice-President of Athenaeum International and Keramos Lab Director, Palermo, Sicily, was been at the Hickory Museum of Art to present an Archeological Restoration Workshop. The workshop, which was sponsored by HMA, Lenoir-Rhyne's Art Program and Athenaeum International, included a slide lecture covering restoration of works of art, materials, restoration techniques and a direct demonstration of restoration intervention of a ceramic object.

Panel discussion
State, local officials to discuss process of making decisions
"The Role of the Political Decision-Maker ­ Balancing the Varied Interests of Community", a panel discussion sponsored by the L-R economics and political science departments, will be held Monday, Feb. 24, at 7 p.m. in the Belk Centrum.
Panel speakers will include Sen. Austin Allran; Greg McGinnis, city manager of Boiling Springs, N.C.; and Dr. Leoluca Orlando, former mayor of Palermo, Sicily, and representative to the European Parliament. A member of several parliament committees, Orlando is working toward a greater role of the Mediterranean basin in the European Community and also for the adoption of a common program of action in the fight against organized crime.
Discussion will focus on the political decision-making process in regard to its response to the organized interests attempting to influence it. The manner in which officials respond to these interests characterizes the procedures and quality of democracy. The panel will discuss the criteria for making political decisions at the local, national or international level.