Author: Liam Otten

Courtesy photoArthur SzeAcclaimed poet Arthur Sze, the visiting Fannie Hurst Professor of Creative Literature in Washington University’s Writing Program in Arts & Sciences, will read from his work at 8 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 10. In addition, Sze will speak on the craft of poetry at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17.

Courtesy photoClea GalhanoRenowned recorder soloist Clea Galhano will join Washington University’s Kingsbury Ensemble for a concert of “Virtuoso Recorder Music of the Baroque” at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12. The recorder – a wind instrument similar to the flute – was frequently included in ensembles of the Baroque era. Galhano, a Brazilian player now living in the United States, has performed widely with early music ensembles.

Theatrical pioneer Anne Bogart will bring the first American stage production of this early German Renaissance classic to WUSTL Nov. 11-12.

The illustrated lecture stems from her recent book, 100 Best Books for Children, an in-depth survey of children’s literature.

The darkly comic portrait of a highly idiosyncratic family by Canadian playwright George Walker is directed by Senior Lecturer William Whitaker.

Each spring, four student plays — two full-length works and two shorts — are selected by blind jury and work-shopped the following fall.

She died of complications stemming from leukemia at Barnes-Jewish Hospital on Oct. 29; she had taught at the University since 1974.

Courtesy photo*Delta Primer*Is California vulnerable to a New Orleans-style levee break? The land in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, where California’s two great rivers drain into San Francisco Bay, lies as much as 20 feet below sea level, warns Jane Wolff, author of Delta Primer: A Field Guide to the California Delta (2003). A breach on the scale of that in New Orleans would prove catastrophic for California — the world’s sixth-largest economy, home to approximately 10 percent of the U.S. population. In addition to property destruction, salt water from San Francisco Bay would migrate upstream, contaminating the water supply for much of Southern California, including major cities such as Los Angeles and San Diego.

Sona Haydon, a longtime lecturer in piano for the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences, died of complications stemming from leukemia at Barnes-Jewish Hospital on Saturday, October 29. She was 73. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2, at the Richmond Heights Presbyterian Church, 1430 Silverton Pl., 63117. Plans for an on-campus memorial service will be announced.

David Kilper/WUSTL Photo Services*Escape from Happiness*Drugs and alcohol, anger and insanity, police corruption and (semi-) organized crime. Welcome to Escape from Happiness, a darkly comic portrait of a highly idiosyncratic family by Canadian playwright George F. Walker. In November, the Performing Arts Department (PAD) in Arts & Sciences will present six performances in the A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre.