Arts & Sciences

Two of the nation’s most recognized political commentators, Thomas Mann of the Brookings Institution and Norman Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute, will discuss prospects for the 2004 presidential election in a public forum from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Nov. 4 in the Laboratory Sciences Building. The discussion, which is free and open to the public, takes place on Election Day — exactly one year before the 2004 presidential elections.

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November Culture & Living Tip Sheet

Photo courtesy of Visual Media Center, Columbia UniversityAmiens CathedralStephen Murray, a leading authority on medieval art and architecture and founder of the Visual Media Center at Columbia University, will speak on Medieval Architecture and the New Media: Representing and Creating Humanistic Content at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 18.

The Kingsbury Ensemble, a group specializing in music of the Baroque and Classical periods, will present a concert titled Fête Galante: Love & Nature at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9, in Washington University’s Holmes Lounge.

Novelist, translator and poet Jaimy Gordon will read from her work at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30, for The Writing Program Reading Series at Washington University in St. Louis. In addition, Gordon will give a talk on the craft of fiction at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6.

Sheet music for the 1902 musical “The Wizard of Oz.”Selections from the 1902 stage musical The Wizard of Oz by St. Louis native Paul Tietjens will highlight a concert of 19th- and early 20th-century popular song at the Washington University Gallery of Art Friday, Nov. 7.

GriggsEconomic implications of the American Airlines decision to dramatically reduce flights from its St. Louis airport hub will be among the topics discussed in a free public forum on the “Future of the Airline Industry” to be held on campus Oct. 31. The discussion is timely since it comes one day before American Airlines plans to cut its St. Louis airport daily departing flights from 417 to 207. Keynote speaker is Michael Levine, a professor of law and management who directed federal airline deregulation efforts in the late 1970s and served as an executive at Northwest Airlines until 1999. Jan Druecker of the University of Illinois presents analysis on economic impact of job losses in region.

Photo by Kevin LowderVisiting artist Jennifer Medina leads an advanced master class for the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences.

He died Oct. 9 from complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; he taught radiology courses at the medical school from 1968-2001.