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2001-02 ROETHKE FESTIVAL: Icons of Memory/Voices of Myth

Lafayette’s Biennial Roethke Humanities Festival, themed “Icons of Memory/Voices of Myth” this year, will include performances, lectures, exhibitions, and other activities featuring several renowned guests in November, as well as contributions from the campus community.

The core events of the festival will take place Nov. 5-17.

A highlight will be a talk by Robert Pinsky, Poet Laureate of the United States from 1997-2000 and a Pulitzer Prize nominee for poetry, on “Dante and the Modern Imagination,” Tuesday, Nov. 6. The event is sponsored by the Thomas Roy and Lura Forrest Jones Visiting Lecture series. Pinsky also will work with English students in workshops and/or classes the following morning.

Another part of the Roethke Festival will be Lafayette’s ninth annual Fringe Festival, a showcase for original plays, music, poetry, performance pieces, scenes, dance, and improvisation by Lafayette students, faculty, and alumni. Held Nov. 12-16, events will include a poetry reading, student performances, and a Flux Concert.

Visionary theater artist Ping Chong will give classes and workshops for English and theater students Nov. 27-28 as the Closs Visiting Writer-in-Residence for 2001-02. The Closs Fund was established by Fred Closs, a long-time member of the English faculty and originator of Lafayette's Roethke Humanities Festival, in memory of his mother, Ruth Mary Callahan Closs.
Date  Event Location More Information

Tues, Nov. 6

 Robert Pinsky, Poet Laureate of the United States from 1997-2000 and a Pulitzer Prize nominee for poetry, on “Dante and the Modern Imagination.” Kirby Hall 104,
8:00 p.m.
Free of charge		 (610) 330-5010
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Nov. 5-9 Folk artist Gregory Warmack, also known as “Mr. Imagination,” Students will create small, handmade carvings from sandstone in the Williams Center for the Arts lobby. Williams Center lobby
10 a.m.-noon, 1-4 p.m.
Participation is free of charge		 (610) 330-5010
Wed, Nov. 7. “Brown Bag” Lecture Series
J. Larry Stockton, professor and head of music, will provide an introduction to the history of taiko drumming within Japanese culture and society. 		Williams Center 123, noon.
Lecture is free of charge, and lunch will be available for $3. 		(610) 330-5010
Wed., Nov. 7 Pre-performance discussion:
Heimer Palsson, “Oral traditions and Modern Interpretations of Nordic Epics.”		 Williams Center 108, 7:00 p.m. (610) 330-5010

Wed., Nov. 7

 Early music specialist Benjamin Bagby and his Sequentia ensemble—singing in Old Norse—will present Ping Chong's Edda: Viking Tales of Lust, Revenge, and Family.

Williams Center main stage,
8:00 p.m.
tickets: $15.00

Box office:
(610) 330-5009
press release
Thurs., Nov. 8 Barbie Zelizer, associate professor of communications at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for Communication, will speak on “Holocaust Memory in the Camera's Eye.” Sponsored by the department of religion and supported by the Lyman Coleman Fund. Kirby Hall 104
7:30 p.m.
Lecture is free of charge		 Dept. of Religion:
(610) 330-5520
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Fri., Nov 9 The Wadaiko Yamato touring ensemble will perform authentic Japanese taiko drumming.

Williams Center main stage
8:00 p.m.
tickets: $20.00

 Box office:
(610) 330-5009
press release

Mon., Nov. 12

 

 Brown Bag
The Fringe Festival opens with a Favorite Poetry Reading

Williams Center lobby, noon
Free of charge. Lunch available for $3.00

 (610) 330-5010
Tues., Nov.13 Urban Tap makes a stop during the national tour of its Caravane, a hybrid of free-style dance, percussive and hypnotic music, and a live video environment. Williams Center main stage
8:00 p.m.
This performance is sold out.

Box office:
(610) 330-5009
press release

Nov. 14, 15 Fringe Festival original performance nights, music, poetry, dance, and more by students, alumni, faculty and staff.

Williams Center Black Box,
8:00 p.m.
Free of charge.

 Box office
(610) 330-5009
Fri., Nov 16

“Brown Bag” Lecture Series
Intermedia artist Larry Miller will give a lecture on his exhibition, Either/Or.The exhibit runs through Dec. 9.

 Williams Center 108, noon
Free of charge.
Lunch available for $3.00		 (610) 330-5361
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Fri., Nov. 16. Cellist Joan Jeanrenaud will perform Ice Cello—a cello made of ice—with bows made of different materials, including split bamboo, barbed wire, and rasps. Composer and sound artist Gregory Kuhn will amplify and enhance the sound of dripping water from the melting instrument.

Williams Center lobby, starts at 4:00 p.m.
The event is free and open to the public.

 (610) 330-5361
press release

Fri. Nov. 16

Fringe Festival: Flux Concert

Intermedia artist Larry Miller will lead a Flux Concert, the final program in the Fringe Festival, at the Williams Center for the Arts. A program of Fluxus short performance pieces will be interpreted by Miller, Lafayette students, community participants, and cellist Jean Jeanrenaud. Miller conducted Flux Concerts at Lafayette in 1991 and 1995.

Williams Center Main Stage,
8:00 p.m.
The event is free and open to the public.

 (610) 330-5361
press release
Sat., Nov. 17 Cellist Joan Jeanrenaud: Metamorphosis ,a solo program combining works by Philip Glass, Steve Mackey, Karen Tanaka, Mark Grey, Yoko Ono, Jeanrenaud, and Hamza El Din with cutting-edge interactive video technology.

 Williams Center Main Stage,
8:00 p.m.
Tickets: $18.00		 press release
Box office:
(610) 330-5009
Tues.,Nov. 27

Closs Lecture: Ping Chong,
“Truth & Beauty”

Kirby Hall 104
8:00 p.m.
Free and open to the public.

 (610) 330-5010


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