Campus and Community Events

November 2006

Poetry Reading: Thursday, November 2

Please join the Creative Writing Program for a reading by three Kansas poets who are also ESU alumni:

Daniel Spees, Bill Sheldon, and Steven Hind.

The event will take place tomorrow, Thursday, November 2nd, at 5:30 p.m. in Plumb Hall, room 308.

The reading is informal and should last about an hour. There will be an opportunity for Q&A after the reading, and a chance to buy the poets' books and have them signed if you wish.

This event is free and open to everyone. It is made possible by support from the ESU Performing Arts Board.

Creative Writing Scholarship Reception, November 30

The annual Creative Writing Scholarship reception will be held in the Colonial Ballroom at 6:30 p.m on November 30. Winners of the Kay Alden Creative Writing Scholarship and the Green Wyrick Creative Writing Quivira Scholarships will be announced during the reception.

Plagiarism Workshop, November 1

Rebecca Moore Howard, Associate Professor of Writing and Rhetoric at Syracuse University and the author of Coming of Age: The Advanced Writing Curriculum and Standing in the Shadow of Giants: Plagiarists, Authors, Collaborators will hold a university-wide workshop on plagiarism, November 1.

October 2006

A Reading by Playwright Jay Boyer, October 12

Playwright Jay Boyer will visit ESU for a reading and discussion of his new play "Suicide Gal, Won't You Come Out Tonight, Come Out Tonight" -- Winner of the 2006 New Rocky Mountain Voices Prize. The reading and discussion will begin at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 12, in Brighton Lecture Hall (BL 131).

September 2006

Concert: Ballad Singer Sara Grey, September 18

On September 18 at 7:30 p.m., Sara Grey will be performing at the Emporia Arts Center. Sara is an American folk singer, banjo player, and song collector, who is immersed in the song traditions of both sides of the Atlantic. She lived in Scotland for 28 years, and has also travelled extensively through the U.S. and Canada, performing and participating in workshops and summer schools. Her singing reflects her great knowledge of and feeling for traditional music. She is a ballad singer of great strength with a fine understanding of the importance of understatement in the art of ballad singing. Her singing is richly emotional and she is equally at home with a gentle lyric or a harsh account of life on the frontier. Sara grew up in New Hampshire but has lived in North Carolina, Ohio, Montana, New York, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Wales, Scotland and England. As a youngster in North Carolina she first heard a lot of mountain music and her love for the old time banjo music and songs developed from this experience. She has carried this interest into her adult life studying folklore and collecting and performing music from the various areas in which she has lived.

This concert is a joint effort of the Center for Great Plains Studies and the Emporia Arts Council.

The concert is free and open to the public.

Campus Visit and Reception for Robert Mott, September 28

Robert Mott, ESU alumnus and former editor of The Bulletin, will be here on September 28, 2006. The Bulletin, Society of Professional Journalists, and the English Department will co-host a talk, Question and Answer session, and reception to be held at 3:00 in the Roe Cross Room, Cramer Hall 202.

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Last Updated March 22, 2007