Live plays, movies, videos and super seminars show works of literature from new angles, thus stimulating and enriching Seminar discussion and writing.

 Seminar Events - Fall 2013                                                           

Seminar 2

Tues-Wed-Thurs, Sept. 10-11-12

5 & 7:30 p.m., Claeys Lounge

Soda Center (6 shows)

 

 

 

 

PLAY: AGAMEMNON. A Staged Reading of Greek tragedy.  

What happens back home, after the Trojan War? 

The Quixotic Players make it new (1 hour).

 

CS 123

Mon & Tues, September 16 & 17

5 & 7:30 p.m., Hagerty Lounge

De La Salle Hall  (4 showings)

 

 

 

 

MOVIE: Inherit the Wind. Popular 1960 movie puts Darwin’s

theory on trial in a U.S. courtroom—based on the actual 1925

Scopes "Monkey Trial" in Tennessee—and the great debate.

 

CS 122

Mon & Tues, October 7 & 8

5 & 7:30 p.m., Hagerty Lounge

De La Salle Hall  (4 showings)

 

 

 

 

MOVIE: The Tempest. Helen Mirren plays Prospera in her

2010 adaptation of Shakespeare’s magical island romance.

What does Caliban represent for her in the New World?

CS 123

Wed, November 6, in Galileo 201

Thurs, November 7, Soda Center

5 & 7:30 p.m. (4 showings)

 

 

 

 

MOVIE: Malcolm X. Eyes on the Prize uses live news footage

of Malcolm X’s speeches and protests. Explore the Civil Rights

Movement up close in this award-winning series. (1 hour)

Seminar 2

Mon, November 11

7:30 p.m., Soda Center

 

 

 

 

MUSIC: Rumi's Poems. "Shabahang" plays new Persian music, bringing Rumi’s poetry to life, enlightening us with songs. (1 hr)

 

These events are designed to stimulate and enrich Seminar discussion & writing.

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