Wednesday, April. 5<\/strong><\/p>\n Glenn Harcourt Lecture and Art Demonstration by Lisa Temple-Cox \u2014<\/b>Glenn Harcourt is an art historian and writer. His academic specialization is North European Renaissance through the \u00a0Baroque period and writes about the <\/b>history of art and visual culture. Temple-Cox is currently involved in a body of work which explores several themes concerned with identity and consciousness. 4 p.m., SCARC (Library Special Collections Reading Room)<\/strong>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Critical Questions Lecture Series<\/b> \u2014 Catherine Keyser <\/span><\/a>will lecture on, \u201cChanging Color in the Chocolate Factory: Roald Dahl and Race<\/span>\u201dat 4 p.m.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>in MU 206<\/strong>. Keyser is an associate professor of English and a Peter and Bonnie McCausland Fellow at the University of South Carolina. Her current book project, “Artificial Color: Modern Food and Racial Fictions,” argues that modern U.S. literature uses the global-industrial food system and the new technologies that come along with it to explore and often challenge racial categorization.<\/span><\/p>\n Friday, April. 7<\/strong><\/p>\n OSU Disability Network \u2014 <\/b>Join a group of OSU community members interested in discussing Disability Studies teaching and research, in general, and the development of a\u00a0DS curriculum at OSU, in particular. Stephanie Jenkins<\/strong> will present “‘Suicide Pain\u2019:\u00a0Living\u00a0the ‘Unlivable Life,\u2019\u201d Noon – 1 p.m. Milam\u00a0Hall 301<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n SAC & SPARK Presents: A Call to Life: Variations on a Theme of Extinction \u2014<\/b><\/span> Kathleen Dean Moore<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Rachelle McCabe<\/strong>\u00a0bring their powerful weaving of music\u00a0(Sergei Rachmaninoff\u2019s Variations on a Theme of Corelli) and words back to OSU, followed by a panel of expert scientists speaking to the moral, ecological, scientific, artistic and so many other reasons it is urgent that we act now on behalf of the world’s amazing creatures. 7<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0p.m., The LaSells Stewart Center<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n Visiting Writers Series \u2014 <\/b>Acclaimed poet Ellen Bass<\/strong> will read from her most recent book of poetry,\u00a0\u201cLike a Beggar,\u201d which was published in April 2014 by Copper Canyon Press. Previous poetry books include\u00a0\u201cThe Human Line,\u201d named a Notable Book by the\u00a0San Francisco Chronicle, and\u00a0\u201cMules of Love,\u201d which won the Lambda Literary Award. She currently teaches in the low residency MFA program at Pacific University. 7:30 p.m. Valley Library Rotunda<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n Oregon State University will host \u201cCultural Conversations<\/a>,\u201d an exhibition of prints from the collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Schnitzer Family Foundation, April 3 through May 3<\/strong>. An opening reception will be held from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. April 5 in Bexell Hall<\/strong>. Schnitzer<\/a>, a Portland businessman, collector and philanthropist who owns one of the country\u2019s largest private collections of contemporary prints and multiples, will provide remarks about the exhibition\u2019s artists and artwork. OSU President Ed Ray also will give remarks. An informal, self-guided tour of the exhibition will follow. Pieces from the exhibit will be displayed in the Fairbanks Gallery as well as in four cultural centers on campus. The exhibition was curated by Kirsi Peltom\u00e4ki,<\/strong> associate professor of art history at OSU.<\/p>\n The Little Gallery proudly presents Betty LaDuke\u2019s<\/strong> \u201c<\/span>Bountiful Harvest and Border Crossings,\u201d April 3 – June 16<\/strong>,<\/span> with an opening reception on April 27, <\/span> 3:30 -5:00 p.m., Kidder 213<\/strong>. LaDuke\u2019s wood panel murals document and narrate stories of Latino farm workers who work on farms in Oregon\u2019s Rogue Valley.\u00a0<\/span>For more \u00a0information:\u00a0541-737-2146<\/span><\/p>\n “Forest Under Story: Creative Inquiry in an Old Growth Forest,” which was co-edited by Spring Creek\u2019s Charles Goodrich<\/strong> and published by the University of Washington Press, was recently reviewed in the High Country News<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n Professors Kevin Osterloh<\/strong> and Rena Lauer<\/strong>, SHPR, recently received an invitation from the Judaic studies program at the College of Idaho<\/a> to lecture on campus there.<\/span><\/p>\nRecurring Events<\/h2>\n
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