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| September |
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St. Louis Plans: The Ideal and the Real St. Louis
Mark Tranel, editor of St. Louis Plans, and authors who contributed to this book describe their research into the rich history of plans in St. Louis that have given
the metropolitan area its shape and direction. They analyze the region as it exists today from the perspective of planning history, offering insights into our planning successes and challenges. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch named the volume one of the Best Books of 2007.
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Presences and Echoes: Euripides, Cavafy, and Others Reflected in Contemporary American Poetry
Rachel Hadas is Board of Governors Professor of English at the Newark campus of Rutgers University. Hadas reads from her translations of Greek literature and
discusses her current project, an anthology of Greek poetry in translation from Homer to the present. The most recent of her numerous books are The River of Forgetfulness, a poetry collection, and Classics.
Cosponsored by Karakas Family Foundation Alliance for the Advancement of Hellenic Studies, Center for International Studies, UM-St. Louis. |
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Accountability Is a Partnership
Rep. Maria Chappelle-Nadal, Missouri District 72, discusses why governmental accountability needs to be a partnership. Serving dual roles as a Democratic National Committee super delegate and a state representative, she stresses that listening to each individual voice is crucial. This presentation continues the
UM-St. Louis recognition of Constitution Day. |
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English Morris Dancing: Fools with Bells On
The Capering Roisters present a program exploring this ritual performance dance and related traditions involving sticks, songs, hankies, swords, hobby horses, and sunrise at May Day. Collectively, they have more than 100 years of fun with Morris Dance behind them, and they look forward to sharing the fun with the audience.
Cosponsored by UM-St. Louis Theatre, Dance & Media Studies Department. |
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| October |
| 6 |
Jennifer Dorsey: In Context
Olivia Lahs-Gonzales, director of The Sheldon Art Galleries in St. Louis, discusses current trends in contemporary photography, including the work of award-winning photographer Jennifer Dorsey. An exhibition of Dorsey's photographs opens in UM-St. Louis Gallery 210 with a reception 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Oct. 2.
Location: Gallery 210 Auditorium |
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Voices from the Inferno: The East St. Louis Race Riot
Harper Barnes, former editor and cultural critic for The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, reads from and discusses his latest book, Never Been a Time: The 1917 Race Riot That Sparked the Civil Rights Movement. The riot in East St. Louis was the first and officially the deadliest of a series of racial massacres that broke out in the World War I years in reaction to African Americans moving north seeking jobs and freedom from prejudice. Much of the book is taken from eyewitness testimony gathered in the aftermath of the riot by a congressional investigating committee and by early civil rights leaders W. E. B. Du Bois and Ida B. Wells.
Cosponsored by the UM-St. Louis Office of Multicultural Relations. |
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The Beat Thing and Unhurried Visions: Encounters with the Beat Generation
David Meltzer, poet and editor, and Michael Rothenberg, poet and songwriter, read from their works and discuss their evolving roles as students, teachers,
writers, and editors involved with the work of the Beat Generation. Meltzer's book The Beat Thing won the Josephine Miles PEN Award in 2005. He coedits Shuffle Boil, a magazine "devoted to music in all its appearances and disappearances," and his Poetry W/Jazz was recently issued by Sierra Records. Rothenberg is the
editor of Big Bridge magazine and has published several poetry collections, as well as a CD collaboration with singer Elva Finn, praised as "lushly affirmative at the same time being edged with cosmic weltschmertz." |
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Retooling Design
Rocio Romero, an architect whose firm is in Perryville, Mo., discusses the LV home she designs, which The New Yorker described as "an exceptionally beautiful house. ... Romero's designs stand out for their clarity, simplicity, and grace." She is known for her innovative ideas and commitment to environmentally friendly design that "visually brings the outdoors in," while offering cleaner air and consuming less energy. An exhibition of Romero's work opens in UM-St. Louis Gallery 210 with a reception 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Oct. 23.
Location: Gallery 210 Auditorium |
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| November |
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Election 2008
Terry Jones, veteran political consultant and professor of Political Science at UM-St. Louis, analyzes the recent campaigns, makes some predictions, and discusses how the election outcomes may affect the St. Louis region. |
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Fly-fishing in the Argentine Patagonia
Tom Hargrove, owner of T. Hargrove Fly Fishing Inc., spins tales of his adventures as a travelling fly fisherman. He has had great fishing experiences in such
places as the Patagonia region of Argentina, Montana's Beartooth Wilderness, British Columbia, and the Everglades. Hargrove shares his fishing stories and
knowledge gleaned in the Argentine Patagonia. |
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Vanishing America: A Photography Slide Talk
Michael Eastman, focuses on his most recent book, Vanishing America: The End of Main Street Diners, Drive-Ins, Donut Shops, and Other Everyday Monuments. Think of quirky buildings you pass every day but whose quiet beauty you take for granted--movie houses, juke joints, soda fountains, barbershops, roadside diners, and storefront churches. As suburban sprawl and strip malls conquer the country, these vestiges of a lost way of life are disappearing. Michael Eastman has made the ultimate road trip, crisscrossing the nation dozens of times, to capture these buildings on film before they disappear. These dreamy images call us to question what we choose to let go in the wake of contemporary life, with a cool melancholy that evokes the work of Edward Hopper and Jack Kerouac. Vanishing America catalogues great everyday American architecture and design, but also offers a provocative portrait of the silent emptiness that has descended upon vanishing small communities everywhere.
Cosponsored by the UM-St. Louis Art & Art History Department. |
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See the North Campus map for building and parking lot locations:
J.C. Penney Conference Center is building 2.
Park in Continuing Education spaces in Lot C.
Gallery 210 is in the Telecommunity Center, building 7.
Visitor parking is available in the MSC Garage North, building 54.
Campus is accessible by MetroLink. Get off at UMSL-North stop.
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| Financial assistance for this project was provided by the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency; The Regional Arts Commission of Saint Louis; and Gallery 210. |
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