Prominent Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes to speak
Influential Mexican literary and political figure Carlos Fuentes will deliver the Association of Latin American Students Lecture for Washington University’s Assembly Series at 11 a.m. on Oct. 12. in Graham Chapel. His talk, which is free and open to the public, is titled “Celebrating Cervantes and Don Quixote.”
Fiction writer Bonnie Jo Campbell to read for Writing Program Reading Series Oct. 6
Courtesy photoBonnie Jo CampbellFiction writer Bonnie Jo Campbell will read from her work at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6, for the Writing Program Reading Series. Campbell is the author Q Road (2002), named a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers book, and the collection Women & Other Animals (1999), which won the prestigious Associated Writing Programs prize for short fiction.
Aquarius redux
David Kilper*Hair*Break out the love beads and buckskin fringe. Hair is back. Subtitled The American Tribal Love/Rock Musical, Hair was one of the most popular and controversial plays of the 1960s, a Broadway smash for the “sex, drugs and rock-and-roll” generation, sparking radio hits and national protests. In October, Washington University’s Performing Arts Department (PAD) in Arts & Sciences will revive this countercultural classic as its fall Mainstage production.
Poets Crawford, Ramke to read for Writing Program Reading Series
Crawford (Sept. 23) is the author of five poetry collections, and Ramke (Sept. 29) has written eight books of poems.
Words of Choice production presented today
Created by Cindy Cooper and directed by Joan Lipkin, the presentation describes the real-life effects of policies.
WUSTL Mars team describes water detection at Gusev crater
Rock evidence indicated to WUSTL scientists that water froze and melted there at some point in Martian history.
‘Science Saturdays’ series to scan the skies
The four lectures — free and open to the public — in October surround the theme “Understanding the Heavens.”
Lori Watt named fourth Harbison faculty fellow
The fellowship provides research and teaching support for three years to a talented junior faculty member in Arts & Sciences.
Oral histories
Photo by Joe AngelesStudents and faculty from the Film & Media Studies Program recently helped create an archive of African-American oral histories.
Washington University Symphony Orchestra
The Washington University Symphony Orchestra will perform Franz Schubert’s famous “Unfinished” Symphony — the most mysterious and the most forward-looking of the composer’s works — as part of its fall 2005 concert. The performance is free and open to the public and begins at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 2, in the university’s Graham Chapel.
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