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All events listed here are free and open to the public.
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FALL 2008 EVENTS

SEPTEMBER 2008
September 9 – Billy Collins Former U.S. Poet Laureate reads from Ballistics, his latest collection 7 p.m., Tiedtke Concert Hall, Keene Hall, Rollins College Book signing after the reading (Books available for purchase at the event.) September 11 – Billy Collins "The Love of Strangers and the Other Aims of Poetry," a poet's discussion on poetry 7 p.m., Bush Auditorium, Rollins College
September 22 – Béla Fleck Internationally known jazz banjo player and Grammy Award winner presents Throw Down Your Heart, a documentary film about his exploration of the banjo's African roots. Q&A follows the viewing. 7:00 p.m., Tiedtke Concert Hall, Keene Hall, Rollins College September 23 – Béla Fleck Open rehearsal with Rollins College Jazz Ensemble 12:30-1:45 p.m., Tiedtke Concert Hall, Keene Hall, Rollins College September 23 – Béla Fleck Concert and dialogue 7:30 p.m., Tiedtke Concert Hall, Keene Hall, Rollins College

OCTOBER 2008
October 15 – Paul Simon and Billy Collins Singer/Songerwriter and Former U.S. Poet Laureate in conversation about artistic inspiration 7 p.m., Knowles Memorial Chapel, Rollins College
October 16 – Billy Collins "Literary Influence: An Inconvenient Truth" Former U.S. Poet Laureate in conversation about his poetic influence 7 p.m., Tiedtke Concert Hall, Keene Hall, Rollins College

NOVEMBER 2008
November 6 – Linda Wagner-Martin Author or editor of more than 50 books on 20th-Century writers presents "Recent 9-11 Novels: An Aesthetics of Terror?" including Andre Dubus III's The Garden of Last Days, Ellen Gilchrist's A Dangerous Age, Don DeLillo's Falling Man, Susan Choi's A Person of Interest and Joseph O’Neill’s Netherland. 7 p.m., SunTrust Auditorium, Crummer Hall, Rollins College November 11 – Linda Wagner-Martin "Strategies for Successful Academic Publishing Workshop" 12:45 p.m., Faculty Club, Rollins College
November 23 – Natalie Krasnostein Writer, performer, psychodramatist and workshop facilitator, performs her one-woman play In God’s Bedroom, a powerful theatrical interpretation of the book of “Samuel 1 and 2”; the show is also derived from other sources such as Song of Songs, Judges, Chumash, and Midrashim as well as mystical notions of the feminine attributes of God 4 p.m., Fred Stone Theater, Rollins College

SPRING 2009 EVENTS

FEBRUARY 2009
February 3 – Marilyn Horne Internationally acclaimed opera star presents "My Life: Questions and Answers" 7 p.m., Tiedtke Concert Hall, Keene Hall, Rollins College February 4 – Marilyn Horne Internationally acclaimed opera star Marilyn Horne presents "Insights Into Technique: A Master Class on Singing" 5 p.m,. Tiedtke Concert Hall, Keene Hall, Rollins College
February 10 – Michael Phillips William Blake scholar and expert on Blake’s printing process presents "Blake and the Terror 1792-1793: In Search of Biography" 6 p.m., Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College
February 11 – Robert Muehlenkamp Social justice and trade union activist presents "The Economy is Not Like the Weather: Economic and Political Reality" 7 p.m., Bush Auditorium, Rollins College
February 16 – William L. Pressly 18th-Century British art scholar and author presents "The Artist as Original Genius: Shakespeare's 'Fine Frenzy in Late-Eighteenth-Century British Art'" 6 p.m., Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College
February 18 – Michael Phillips William Blake scholar and expert on Blake’s printing process presents "The Art and Craft of Reproducing William Blake's 'Songs of Innocence and Experience'" 2:30 p.m., The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art
February 26 – Martin Eidelberg Tiffany and American Arts & Crafts Movement scholar presents "Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls" 6 p.m., Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College
MARCH 2009
March 1 – Terry Teachout The Wall Street Journal theater critic and author presents "Confessions of a Critic" 6 p.m., Annie Russell Theatre, Rollins College.
March 5 – Michael Phillips Guest curator of the William Blake Exhibition opening at the Petit Palais, Paris, in April 2009 presents "Chambers of the Imagination: William Blake at the Petit Palais 2009" 6 p.m., Cornell Fine Arts Museum
March 19 – Stephen Trachtenberg President Emeritus of The George Washington University presents "Big Man on Campus: A University President Speaks Out on Higher Education" 7 p.m., Tiedtke Concert Hall, Keene Hall, Rollins College
APRIL 2009
April 6 – Peter Suber Leading advocate of the Open Access Movement for scholarly publication presents "Open Access: Implications for the Future of Scholarly Communications" 2 p.m. - 4 p.m., Van Houten Room, Olin Library, Rollins College April 8 – Peter Suber Leading advocate of the Open Access Movement for scholarly publication presents "Open Access and Libraries: A Roundtable Discussion" 2 p.m. - 4 p.m., Bib Lab, Olin Library, Rollins College
April 16 – Roberto Fernández Internationally acclaimed author presents "Writing from the Margins: A Cuban-American Perspective" 7 p.m., SunTrust Auditorium, Rollins College
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