Chapman University Creative Writing Program Pub Crawl (…or CUCWPPC, which very nearly works as an acronym if you’re Welsh and/or not entirely sober…) will take place on Wednesday, March 30 from 3:30 to 7 p.m. An array of writers and editors of short fiction, poetry, novels, creative non-fiction, feature articles, plays and screenplays will offer advice,
Assaf Gavron, winner of Israel’s Prime Minister Creative Award for Authors for 2011, has published four novels, a collection of short stories, and a non-fiction collection of Jerusalem falafel-joint reviews and will be here on Monday, March 21 at 7 p.m. in the Doy and Dee Henley Reading Room, Leatherby Libraries to talk about it all
Reception and Talk: Art, Theatre, Reality? An Opening and Closing Discussion Celebrate the opening night of the Department of Theatre’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile and the closing night of the art exhibition Measure for Measure at a reception and talk in the Guggenheim Gallery. Enjoy an art exhibition that plays with our perceptions and
Monday, April 4: Poetry Reading on Chapmanradio.com, 1-2 p.m. Undergraduate students in poetry writing will read work in this special broadcast. Erri De Luca, 7-8:30 p.m., Henley Reading Room. Poet and prose writer Erri De Luca will read as part of the Fowles Reading Series. Tuesday, April 5: The Victorians’ Secret, 1-2:15 p.m., Fish Interfaith Center. Join Dr. Richard Ruppel,
Alpha-Mu-Gamma Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta at Chapman University is hosting a conference on March 19, 2011 in Beckman Hall 209-212 for Phi Alpha Theta members to present their undergraduate research papers to junior history majors and history faculty. This purpose of this event is to prepare these students for the 2011 Southern California Regional Phi Alpha Theta Conference on April 9.
On Thursday, April 7, 2011, Abraham Lincoln (played by Oralists Richard Doetkott, Professor of Communication Studies), former President of the United States, with his secretary, John Hay (played by Lance Lockwood Professor of Speech Communication at Santa Ana College, RSCCD), will discuss the Gettysburg Address to clear up some common misunderstandings about the actual event.
The Department of English and Tabula Poetica presents, Lynn Emanuel, author of Noose and Hook and two-time NEA Fellowship Recipient. Monday, March 14 at 10 a.m. in the Wallace All-Faiths Chapel. Emanuel is the winner of the 1992 National Poetry Series Open Competition for The Dig, and has been awarded a Pushcart Prize. Her poems have
Measure for Measure is an essay that was famously adapted into the 1977 short film “Powers of 10” by the architects and artists, Charles and Ray Eames which also emphasizes the body’s relationship to scale and our desire to identify the boundaries of the very large and very small. Although the range between these two boundaries
Ocean Robbins Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences celebrates Earth Week with a special visit by renowned author, speaker and movement builder Ocean Robbins, When Hope Takes a Stand: Living with Purpose and Passion in Challenging Times, Thursday, Apr. 14. Robbins will share insights and inspiration from his decades of work with young leaders worldwide by discussing
Chapman University students, faculty and staff will once again have the special opportunity to hear a talk by Elie Wiesel, distinguished author and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, when he returns to campus as Distinguished Presidential Fellow. Professor Wiesel will present a lecture titled “Knowledge and Ethics” to the Chapman University community at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March