John Sayles, independent filmmaker and acclaimed novelist, to present Burian Lecture, February 27, 2012

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:39:43 -0000

John Sayles, major American independent filmmaker and acclaimed author of the new novel, A Moment in the Sun (2011), will deliver the Burian Lecture at the University at Albany on Monday, February 27, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. in the Recital Hall, Perform...

"Amigo," directed by John Sayles to be screened on February 24, 2012

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:01:06 -0000

"Amigo" (United States, 2010, 128 minutes, color, in English, Tagalog, Spanish, and Chinese with English subtitles, directed by John Sayles, starring Joel Torre, Chris Cooper, Ronnie Lazaro) will be shown on Friday, February 24, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. ...

Michio Kaku, physicist, and bestselling author to discuss his book, "Physics of the Future," February 21, 2012

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:51:10 -0000

Michio Kaku, theoretical physicist, influential futurist, bestselling author and media personality, will discuss his most recent book, Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100 (2011), on Tues...

John Sayles film "Honeydripper" to be screened on February 17, 2012

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:00:52 -0000

"Honeydripper" (United States, 2007, 124 minutes, color, directed by John Sayles, starring Danny Glover, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Charles S. Dutton) will be shown on Friday, February 17, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. in the Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center, on ...

NYS Writers Institute to hold summer creative writing workshop for high school student

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:14:56 -0000

The New York State Writers Institute, in association with the Office of the Dean of Special Programs at Skidmore College, will sponsor the 14th annual New York State Summer Young Writers Institute from July 1 through July 7, 2012 at the Skidmore C...

Adam Johnson to read from his new novel about North Korea, "The Orphan Master's Son," February 14, 2012

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:24:09 -0000

Adam Johnson, award-winning author, will present his new novel about North Korea, The Orphan Master's Son (2012), which Oprah's O. Magazine called, "ambitious, violent, audacious-and stunningly good," on Tuesday, February 14, 2012, at 8:00 p.m. in...

Teju Cole, Nigerian-American fiction writer to read from his first novel, "Open City" on February 10, 2012

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:10:16 -0000

Teju Cole, acclaimed Nigerian-American fiction writer and street photographer, and author of his first novel Open City (2011), which has been named a "Best Book of 2011" by several major newspapers and magazines, will read from and speak about his...

"Slavery by Another Name," new documentary film, to be screened February 3, 2012

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:00:57 -0000

Slavery By Another Name (2012), a new documentary based on Douglas A. Blackmon's Pulitzer Prize-winning nonfiction book about insidious forms of forced labor that emerged in the American South following the Civil War, will be screened on Friday, F...

Alan Lightman, bestselling science writer to read from new book, "Mr. g: A Novel About the Creation," 2/2/12

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:46:24 -0000

Alan Lightman, theoretical physicist, bestselling novelist, and leading explorer of the intersection between the sciences and the humanities, is the author most recently of Mr. g: A Novel About the Creation (2012). He will discuss his work Thursda...

New York State Writers Institute Announces Spring 2012 Community Writing Workshops

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:00:46 -0000

The New York State Writers Institute will offer two writing workshops during the spring 2012 semester. Led by prize-winning author and Institute Fellow James Lasdun, one workshop will focus on the short story, and the other on writing about scienc...

NYS Writers Institute Announces Spring 2012 Visiting Writers and Classic Film Series Schedules

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:39:29 -0000

The New York State Writers Institute at the University at Albany announces its Spring 2012 schedule of visiting writer appearances and film series screenings. Events take place on the UAlbany uptown and downtown campuses and are free and open to t...

Willard Sterne Randall to discuss his new book "Ethan Allen: His Life and Times," December 6, 2011

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 20:00:48 -0000

Willard Sterne Randall, prize-winning biographer of leading figures of the American Revolutionary War period, will discuss his new book Ethan Allen: His Life and Times (2011), on Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. in the Huxley Theatre of the ...

Robert Caro to receive the 2011 Empire State Archives and History Award, December 5, 2011

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:52:53 -0000

Robert Caro, two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his biographies of Robert Moses and Lyndon B. Johnson, will receive the 2011 Empire State Archives and History Award on Monday, December 5, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. in the Egg, Empire State Plaza, do...

Tom Perrotta, bestselling novelist, to read from his new novel "The Leftovers," November 29, 2011

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:05:29 -0000

Tom Perrotta, author of the masterpieces of satirical fiction Election (1998) and Little Children (2004), both of which were adapted as major motion pictures, will read from The Leftovers (2011), his new novel about a Rapture-like "sudden departur...

Italian film "8 1/2" to be screened on November 18, 2011

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:28:18 -0000

"8 ½" (Italian, 1963, 138 minutes, b/w, in Italian with English subtitles, directed by Federico Fellini) will be shown on Friday, November 18, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. in Page Hall, 135 Western Avenue, on the University at Albany's downtown campus. Spons...

Kirstin Downey, award-winning journalist to discuss Frances Perkins, architect of FDR's New Deal

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:15:07 -0000

Kirstin Downey, award-winning journalist for the Washington Post, and author of the critically acclaimed biography, The Woman Behind the New Deal (2009), about Frances Perkins, the nation's first female cabinet secretary and one of FDR's chief adv...

Tony Horwitz, Best-Selling Nonfiction Author, to Discuss His New Book on Abolitionist John Brown

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:41:09 -0000

Tony Horwitz, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of several nonfiction bestsellers, including Blue Latitudes (2002) and Confederates in the Attic (1998), will discuss his new book, Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked th...

Isabel Wilkerson to discuss her award-winning nonfiction book "The Warmth of Other Suns" on November 15, 2011

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:17:31 -0000

Isabel Wilkerson, the first African American woman to win the Pulitzer for journalism, will discuss her award-winning book, The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration (2010), a sweeping history of the movement of Blacks ...

French film "Le Cercle Rouge" to be screened November 11, 2011

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 19:17:15 -0000

LE CERCLE ROUGE (France, 1970, 140 minutes, color, in French with English subtitles, directed by Jean-Pierre Melville) will be shown on Friday, November 11, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. in Page Hall, 135 Western Avenue, on the University at Albany's downtown...

Dava Sobel, best-selling science writer, will discuss her new biography of Copernicus on November 10, 2011

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:45:01 -0000

Dava Sobel, bestselling science writer, author of Galileo's Daughter (1999) and Longitude (1995), will present her new biography of Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), the reclusive Polish priest who changed mankind's view of the Universe, on Thursda...

Ken Johnson, "New York Times" art critic, to discuss his new book on November 7, 2011

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:00:46 -0000

Ken Johnson, notable art critic for the New York Times and UAlbany graduate, will speak about his new book, Are You Experienced?: How Psychedelic Consciousness Transformed Modern Art (2011), on Monday, November 7, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. [NOTE EARLY STA...

French film "Belle de jour" to be screened on November 4, 2011

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:01:02 -0000

BELLE DE JOUR (France, 1967, 101 minutes, color, in French with English subtitles, directed by Luis Buñuel) will be shown on Friday, November 4, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. in Page Hall, 135 Western Avenue, on the University at Albany's downtown campus. Spo...

Novelist Colson Whitehead to read from his new novel "Zone One" on November 1, 2011

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:05:43 -0000

Colson Whitehead, prize-winning fiction writer, will speak about Zone One (2011), his new apocalyptic zombie horror novel set in Manhattan, on Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. in the Assembly Hall, Campus Center, on the University at Albany'...

1923 silent film "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" to be screened October 28, 2011

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:01:06 -0000

"The Hunchback of Notre Dame" (United States, 1923, 100 minutes, b/w, silent, directed by Wallace Worsley) will be shown on Friday, October 28, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. in Page Hall, 135 Western Avenue, on the University at Albany's downtown campus. Spon...

Award-Winning Poet Philip Schultz Discusses His New Memoir About His Own Dyslexia on October 25, 2011

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:54:40 -0000

Philip Schultz, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, will speak about his new memoir, My Dyslexia (2011), a first-hand exploration of the mind's ability to triumph over its own disabilities, on Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. in Campus Center Room ...

Swedish Film "Persona" to Be Screened October 21, 2011

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 18:00:50 -0000

"Persona" (Sweden, 1966, 85 minutes, b/w, in Swedish with English subtitles, directed by Ingmar Bergman) will be shown on Friday, October 21, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. in Page Hall, 135 Western Avenue, on the University at Albany's downtown campus. Sponso...

Wayne Koestenbaum, Poet and Cultural Critic, Discusses His New Book "Humilitation" October 20, 2011

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:50:24 -0000

Wayne Koestenbaum, poet and cultural critic, will speak about his new book, Humiliation (2011), a meditation on the meaning of personal embarrassment, on Thursday, October 20, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. in the Assembly Hall, Campus Center, on the Universit...

A celebration of the life and work of Gonzalo Torrente Ballester to be held on October 14, 2011

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:01:00 -0000

A celebration of Gonzalo Torrente Ballester (1910-1999), major Spanish author and former Distinguished Professor at the University at Albany (1966-1972), will be held on October 14, 2011, 1:30-5:00 p.m., in the Standish Room, Science Library, on t...

One-man performance of "Down These Mean Streets" to be staged October 13, 2011

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:50:13 -0000

A new stage adaptation of the classic Afro-Latino memoir, Down These Mean Streets (1967), by Piri Thomas, will be performed at 7:30 p.m. [NOTE EARLY START TIME], Thursday, October 13, 2011 in the Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center on the Univers...

Oscar-nominated filmmakers to screen and discuss new documentary on October 12 and 13, 2011

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:49:57 -0000

Oscar-nominated documentary filmmakers Steven Ascher and Jeanne Jordan will present their new film, RAISING RENEE (2011), the story of acclaimed African-American painter Beverly McIver and her promise to take care of her mentally disabled sister, ...

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