Fall 2007 Archives
September 9, 2007, 4pm
Simons Center for the Arts, Recital Hall
Big Read Kickoff Celebration featuring Zora Neal Hurston’s 1937 book, Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Sociologist Lucy Anne Hurston, author of Speak, So You Can Speak Again, and niece of Zora Neale Hurston provides a unique connection to her aunt’s life and work.
September 10, 2007, 3pm
Addlestone Library, Room 227
Lucy Anne Hurston talks about Zora Neale Hurston’s life and work.
September 25, 2007, 7pm
Addlestone Library, Room 227
Book Talk: Margaret (Peg) Eastman and John White
Mendel and Me: Life with Congressman L. Mendel Rivers
A discussion of the Congressman’s memoirs that feature his rise to power and a charming cultural fusion of both old Charleston and Washington politics.
October 9, 2007, 6pm
Addlestone Library, Room 227
Dr. Marvin Dulaney
Documenting the History of Black Baptist Women in South Carolina: A Case Study in Documenting Your Organization’s History.
October 11, 2007, 7:30pm
Randolph Hall, Alumni Memorial Hall
College of Charleston Visiting Writers Series
Poetry reading by Albert Goldbarth
Goldbarth has published more than 27 collections of poetry and has won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry twice. He has also written several collections of essays.
October 12, 2007, 11am
Addlestone Library, Room 227
Q&A session with Albert Goldbarth.
October 12, 2007, 7pm
Winthrop Roundtable
Senator John Kerry
November 1, 2007, 7:30 pm
Robert Scott Small Building, Main Floor, 175 Calhoun
College of Charleston Visiting Writers Series
Reading by short fiction author Nathan Englander
Englander’s short fiction has appeared in The Atlantic Monthly and The New Yorker. He was selected as one of the 20 Writers for the 21st Century by The New Yorker.
November 2, 2007, 11 am
Addlestone Library, Room 227
Q&A session with Nathan Englander
November 7, 2007, 1pm-5pm
Jewish Studies Center, Arnold Hall
“Crimes on the Coast”: South Carolina mystery authors Gwen Hunter, Tamar Myers, Cathy Pickens and Kathryn Wall will be joined by Georgia authors Mary Charles and Patricia Sprinkle to talk about their books, sign books and chat with fans during this half-day event.
November 7, 2007, 6pm
Wellness Series
Robert Scott Small Building, Admissions Information Center
Dr. Ann Kulze: Eat Right for Life!
Dr. Ann will give the audience take-action-today inspiration and everything you need to know to eat right for a long, active life.
November 14, 2007, 6pm
Wellness Series
Addlestone Library, Room 227
Dr. Linda Austin – Slip Slidin’ Away: Does Your Brain Really Have to Age?
The ability of modern medicine to extend the human lifespan creates a new challenge: how can you preserve your intellectual abilities to maintain quality of life as long as possible? Recent research on pharmaceutical, nutritional, behavioral, and social strategies reveals there is much you really can do to stay young at heart – and in mind.
November 15, 2007, 6-7:30 pm
Wellness Series
Jewish Studies Center, Arnold Hall
Dr. Deborah Hickey – Playful Practices for Mindful Living: Building Healthy Brains from the Inside Out!
This event will inform participants about practices that engage both sides of our brain, right and left, the ambiguous and creative, and the linear and logical, which build healthier brains, and in turn help us each to create healthier lives.
November 15, 2007, 7:30pm
Addlestone Library, Room 227
College of Charleston Visiting Writers Series
Poetry Reading by Nance Van Winckel
Van Winckel has just completed her fifth collections of poems and is also the author of three collections of short fiction.
