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Novelist Christine Schutt opens Spring 2013 Raymond Carver Reading Series
Award-winning novelist Christine Schutt, author of “Prosperous Friends” (Grove/Atlantic, 2012) will open the Spring 2013 Raymond Carver Reading Series at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30, in Gifford Auditorium. The reading will be preceded by a question-and-answer session from 3:45-4:30 p.m….
Community Folk Art Center hosts Caribbean Cinematic Festival
Community Folk Art Center’s annual Caribbean Cinematic Festival (Feb. 6-10) will showcase films and performances that capture the spirit and cultural richness of the Caribbean islands. The five-day festival will highlight cultural contributions as well as address polarizing issues in…
SU community members react to Connecticut shooting
In the wake of the terrible events that took place in Newtown, Conn., on Friday, Dec. 14, we asked some members of the Syracuse University community to give us their thoughts.
Students merge scholarship with spoken word Dec. 9
Verbal Blend, a spoken-word poetry program out of the Office of Multicultural Affairs at Syracuse University, will host its campus-wide “Take the Mic” poetry slam on Sunday, Dec. 9, at 6:30 p.m. in Hergenhan Auditorium in Newhouse 3. Doors will…
Paperback writers (and hardcover ones too): SU’s creative writing program turns 50
Raymond Carver said that the secret of good writing wasn’t talent—there’s plenty of that around, he added—but a person’s ability to put his signature on everything he does.
Multicultural performances celebrate International Education Week
The annual “Music Beyond Borders: International Music Festival” is scheduled to present a rich display of local and international cultural artists at the Schine Underground on Wednesday, Nov. 14, from 6-8 p.m. Coordinated by the Slutzker Center for International Services…
SU in the News: Tuesday, November 6
SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE A Huffington Post blog by Martin Scaglione, president of Workforce Development at ACT, notes that the Institute for Veterans and Military Families is a partner in the Get Skills to Work coalition, sharing with employers…
SU in the News: Wednesday, October 31
SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE Continuing local coverage of Remembrance events on the SU campus, the Rose Laying Ceremony at the Wall of Remembrance, the Remembrance Convocation in Hendricks Chapel and the opening of the Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air…
National Book Critics Circle Award winner B.H. Fairchild speaks at Syracuse Symposium Nov. 14
Syracuse Symposium continues its fall theme of “Memory-Media-Archive” with a special reading by poet B. H. Fairchild. Winner of the prestigious National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Award, Fairchild will speak at the Downtown Syracuse YMCA (340 Montgomery St.) on Wednesday,…
Mary Karr headlines next Raymond Carver Reading Series presentation Nov. 7
Critically acclaimed, best-selling memoirist Mary Karr will present the next installment of the Fall 2012 Raymond Carver Reading Series, Wednesday, Nov. 7, at 5:30 p.m. in Gifford Auditorium in Huntington Beard Crouse (HBC) Hall. The reading will be preceded by a question-and-answer…