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Harry Staley, poet and UAlbany Professor Emeritus, and poet George Drew to present joint reading, May 2, 2012

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:32:25 -0400

Harry Staley, poet, beloved UAlbany Professor Emeritus, and noted scholar of the works of James Joyce, along with one of his former student, award-winning poet George Drew, will read from their new poetry collections on Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at 4...

Martha Rozett, UAlbany English Professor, to read from new book "When People Wrote Letters," April 25, 2012

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:00:55 -0400

Martha Rozett, University at Albany English professor, will read from her new nonfiction book When People Wrote Letters: A Family Chronicle (2011) on Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at 4:15 p.m. in the Standish Room, Science Library, on the University a...

Reading by Shalom Auslander, novelist, memoirist, and humorist, rescheduled for April 24, 2012

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:00:36 -0400

Shalom Auslander, ex-Orthodox Jew, humorist, cultural renegade, fiction writer, memoirist, contributor to NPR's This American Life, and author of the first novel Hope: A Tragedy (2011), will read from his work on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at 8:00 p....

"Bed and Sofa" to be screened April 20, 2012

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:00:52 -0400

"Bed and Sofa" (Soviet Union, 1927, 95 minutes, b/w, silent with musical soundtrack, directed by Abram Room) will be shown on Friday, April 20, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. in Page Hall, 135 Western Avenue, on the University at Albany's downtown campus. Spon...

Stage Adaptation of the Bestselling Novel "The Kite Runner" to Be Performed April 18, 2012

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 10:00:47 -0400

A new stage adaptation of the bestselling novel The Kite Runner (2003) by Khaled Hosseini, about a boy's coming of age in Afghanistan, will be performed at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 18, 2012 in the Recital Hall of the Performing Arts Center on t...

"Erotikon," 1920 Swedish comedy to be screened on April 27, 2012

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:21:22 -0400

"Erotikon" (Sweden, 1920, 97 minutes, b/w, silent with live piano accompaniment by Mike Schiffer, directed by Mauritz Stiller) will be shown on Friday, April 27, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. in Page Hall, 135 Western Avenue, on the University at Albany's dow...

Anne Enright, major Irish fiction writer, to speak at Rensselaer (RPI), April 18, 2012

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 10:00:50 -0400

Anne Enright, major contemporary Irish writer, winner of the 2007 Man Booker Prize, the British Commonwealth's most prestigious literary award, will speak about her work and her new novel, The Forgotten Waltz (2012) at 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, April ...

German silent classic "Faust" to be screened Friday, April 13, 2012

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:00:49 -0400

The German silent classic, Faust (German, 1926, 116 minutes, b/w, silent with musical soundtrack, directed by F. W. Murnau), will be shown on Friday, April 13, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. in Page Hall, 135 Western Avenue, on the University at Albany's downt...

Palestinian poet Ghassan Zaqtan and Palestinian-American poet Fady Joudah to speak, April 10, 2012

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:00:48 -0400

Ghassan Zaqtan, major Palestinian poet and Director General of the Literature Departmant of the Palestinian Ministry of Culture and Fady Joudah, Palestinian-American poet and winner of the Yale Younger Poets prize, will discuss Zaqtan's first poet...

Joseph Lelyveld to discuss his bestselling biography of Mahatma Gandhi, April 3, 2012

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:08:03 -0400

Joseph Lelyveld, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and former executive editor of the New York Times (1994-2001), will speak about his biography of Mahatma Gandhi, Great Soul (2011), an international bestseller that has generated enormous controversy ...

Silent film "Daddy-Long-Legs" to be screened March 30, 2012

Sat, 17 Mar 2012 10:01:29 -0400

"Daddy-Long-Legs" (United States, 1919, 85 minutes, b/w, silent with musical soundtrack, directed by Marshall Neilan) will be shown on Friday, March 30, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. in Page Hall, 135 Western Avenue, on the University at Albany's downtown cam...

Lauren Groff to Read from Her New Novel "Arcadia," Set in Upstate New York, March 27, 2012

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 10:01:34 -0400

Lauren Groff, author of acclaimed fiction set in upstate New York including the national bestseller, The Monsters of Templeton (2008) and the new novel, Arcadia (2012), will read from her work on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. in the Assembl...

Bob Nickas, art critic and curator, to present lecture on his career as an art curator, March 26, 2012

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:51:56 -0400

Bob Nickas, leading art critic and curator, will present a talk, "Art Has the Last Word," a retrospective on his more than 25 years of curatorial practice, on Monday, March 26, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. in the University Art Museum on the University at Al...

John Matteson, author of a new biography of 19th century feminist Margaret Fuller, to read March 22, 2012

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 10:00:51 -0500

John Matteson, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer, will speak about his new biography, The Lives of Margaret Fuller (2012), a portrait of the 19th century journalist and feminist firebrand, on Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. in the Huxley The...

Authors Margot Livesey and Jo Page to Read from Their Work, March 20, 2012

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 10:01:03 -0500

Margot Livesey, celebrated Scottish-born fiction writer and author of The Flight of Gemma Hardy (2012), a critically-acclaimed novel inspired by Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, and Jo Page, author of the memoir Going Out and the novel Weddings at La...

Masha Gessen, Moscow-based journalist, to speak about her new biography of Vladimir Putin on March 8, 2012

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:32:36 -0500

Masha Gessen, Moscow-based journalist and author of a new biography of embattled Russian leader Vladimir Putin, The Man Without a Face (2012), will speak about her work on Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. in the Recital Hall, Performing Arts C...

"Electric Edwardians: The Films of Mitchell & Kenyon" to be screened March 2, 2012

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:00:44 -0500

"Electric Edwardians: The Films of Mitchell & Kenyon" (United Kingdom, 2009, 85 minutes, b/w, silent with musical soundtrack, directed by Sagar Mitchell and James Kenyon) will be shown on Friday, March 2, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. in Page Hall, 135 We...

Shalom Auslander, memorist and humorist, to read from his new novel "Hope: A Tragedy," March 1, 2012

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:45:34 -0500

Shalom Auslander, ex-Orthodox Jew, humorist, cultural renegade, fiction writer, memoirist, contributor to NPR's This American Life, and author of the first novel Hope: A Tragedy (2011), will speak about his work on Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 8:00 ...

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

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:39:43 -0500

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 10:01:06 -0500

"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 09:51:10 -0500

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 10:00:52 -0500

"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 12:14:56 -0500

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 10:24:09 -0500

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 10:10:16 -0500

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...