In celebration of African American History Month, professional
actor,
Darius Wallace,
will perform his one-man play about Frederick Douglass, a man
born into slavery, who became an abolitionist, statesman and a
reformer, as well as a firm believer in the equality of all
people.
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Treasures of Spain ~ Song, Dance, and Guitar
Flamenco dancer
Wendy Castellanos,
mezzo-soprano
Janelle De Stefano,
and guitarist
Scott Wolf
will perform
a series of flamenco-inspired Spanish songs and will discuss how
the themes, dances and the musical language of flamenco has
influenced Spain's classical composers.
Wednesday, March 9, 2016
Independent Publishing of Fiction, Memoir and Poetry
In celebration of International Women’s Day, editor and poet
Kate Gale
of Red Hen Press will discuss writing and publishing and how to
find a direction from being a writer to being a published
writer, followed by a short reading of her own poems, then a Q &
A.
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Why Practice Yoga?
Yoga teacher and long-time practitioner
Nisahna Engel
will present a PowerPoint that will acquaint the audience with
yoga’s origins, which include more than just postures, and will
introduce yoga’s eight-fold path and a simple secret for
recharging the body and brain.
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Roll Deep: Poems of Journey & Home
Award-winning Poet and Professor
Major Jackson
will read from his new collection,
Roll Deep,
and from previous books,
Holding Company,
Hoops
and
Leaving Saturn
(National Book Critics Award Circle finalist)
– all of which return to his African American roots – followed
by a book signing.
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
The Chicano Messenger of Hip Hop and Spoken Word
Hip-Hop performance artist
Paul S. Flores
will perform monologues and spoken word from his original words
including, “Brown Dreams” “You’re Gonna Cry” and
Placas: The Most Dangerous Tattoo,
that explore the intersection of urban culture, Hip-Hop and
transnational identity.
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Sephardic Music of the Eastern Mediterranean
Flor de Kanela,
will perform traditional Sephardic music, including ballads,
love songs, life-cycle and religious melodies from the Middle
East, Greece, Turkey, North Africa and the Balkans, featuring
vocals accompanied by the riqq, oud, nautilauta, darbuka, def,
clarinet, violin and cello.
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Rock-bottom Remedies: Poems for Dire Circumstances
In celebration of National Poetry Month, poet
Marsha de la O
will read from her award-winning collection
Antidote for Night
(BOA Editions) and discuss poetry as an antidote in an age of
mass-produced entertainment, followed by a Q &A and book
signing.
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Auschwitz: One Survivor’s Story
In commemoration of Holocaust Memorial Day, survivor
Renee Firestone
will share her story of imprisonment at age 20 in the infamous
concentration camp during the last two years of WWII, the loss
of her entire family and her path to and beyond liberation.
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
Life Through the Lens of the Elizabethans
Sigma Kappa Delta English Honors Society students, under the
leadership of OC Professor Anthony Rodrigues, will analyze
Shakespeare’s
Macbeth,
about a war hero in the Elizabethan Era– from his battles with
glory and greed, to his fatal attempt to execute such desires.
