CenterStage: New England Writers Series
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America Dreaming: Joys and Sorrows of Little Italy
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Thursday, Oct. 15 at 5:30 PM
Kent Recital Hall (Conlon Music) |
Tickets: $10/general public; $7/faculty, staff and seniors; $5/FSC students (at the door)
Free with CenterStage membership card!
ASL interpreters will be provided. |
Though many common themes run throughout stories of the “immigrant experience,” no single story defines it. Each immigrant, each community, tells his or her own great American tale, informed by tradition and expectation, family and geography, hope and loss. In this presentation, novelist Christopher Castellani will read excerpts from his novel The Saint of Lost Things, set in an Italian-American community in 1953, and discuss its inspirations and backstory. The novel is the second in a trilogy that began with A Kiss From Maddalena, set in Italy during World War II, and will end with a forthcoming novel set in the mid-1990s. Come prepared to share your own stories, and to ask questions about both the novels themselves and the writing process.
Facilitated by Professor Susan Williams.
Potluck dessert reception! And Italians make the best desserts as we discovered at our potluck dessert reception last year… now it’s a tradition! Bring a plate to share; sample the array of tempting biscotti, pizzelles, and ricotta treats!
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Tuesday, March 30 at 5:30 PM
Kent Recital Hall (Conlon Music) |
Tickets: $10/general public; $7/faculty, staff and seniors; $5/FSC students (at the door)
Free with CenterStage membership card!
ASL interpreters will be provided.
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Lois Lowry is a prolific and wide-ranging author; and considered a significant “voice” in young adult literature. This evening’s conversation with the author concludes a month-long focus on Lowry’s books and provocative ideas.
Lois Lowry is the author of over 20 books and winner of two Newbury Medals. Her books are used extensively in schools, provoking serious discussion about young adult issues. Speaking of her own writing, Lowry says “My books have varied in content and style. Yet it seems that all of them deal, essentially, with the same general theme: the importance of human connections. A Summer to Die, my first book, was a highly-fictionalized retelling of the early death of my sister, and of the effect of such a loss on a family. Number the Stars, set in a different culture and era, tells the same story: that of the role that we humans play in the lives of our fellow beings.”
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