2009 Reading Project

Events & Activities

Sunday, August 23, 2009, 5:00-6:30 p.m., McAlister Auditorium 
"Oscar Wao and Caliban's Curse"
Keynote Lecture by Prof. Felipe Smith, Department of English

Monday, August 31, 2009, 7:00 p.m., McAlister Auditorium
A Reading and Talk by Junot Díaz on his novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Free and open to the public. Doors open at 6:15.

Week of August 31
Group Discussions in your TIDES classes

Thursday, October 1, 2009, 6:30 and 9:00 p.m., McAlister Auditorium
Film screening: Sugar
A Dominican baseball player pursues the American dream, only to discover that it might not be quite what he expected.

Tuesday, October 6, 2009, 7:00 p.m., Dixon Hall
An Evening of Comedy with Ruperto Vanderpool
Vanderpool presents a humorous look at growing up Dominican-American.

Thursday, October 29, 2009, 8:00 p.m., Der Rathskeller at the LBC
Jazz at the Rat presents Bill Summers
Renowned percussionist Bill Summers, of The Headhunters and Los Hombres Calientes, traces the rhythmic links between Africa, the Caribbean, and the Americas.

Additional events will be posted as they are scheduled.