UpDate - Vol. 12, No. 2, Page 4
September 10, 1992
Up and coming
Trio of comics on campus Saturday
Three young black comedians, including cast members of "In Living
Color" and "A Different World," will share the billing on Saturday,
Sept. 12, as the University's Cultural Programming Advisory Board
presents "Comedy Night at U.D."
Kim Coles, Lewis Dix and Rodney Johnson are all featured in the
program that begins at 8 p.m. in the Newark Hall auditorium. Tickets
are $8 for the general public and $5 for those with U.D. I.D.
Coles, a cast member of the Fox television show "In Living
Color," broke into comedy performing warm-ups on the set of "The Cosby
Show."
She has been a regular performer and guest host of "It's Showtime
at the Apollo" and was the opening act on the national tour of Sinbad,
who stars in NBC TV's "A Different World." Her other television
appearances include "Star Search" and "Yo! MTV Laffs."
Dix, who had a co-starring role on "A Different World," has had
featured roles in several television shows, including "Home
Improvement," "Sinbad's NBC Special," "Matlock" and "Amen." He has
appeared in live theatre and as a stand-up comic on many television
specials.
Johnson has appeared in comedy clubs across the country,
including local appearances in Wilmington and on "Comedy Cabaret" on
Heritage Cablevision.
He has appeared at several colleges and universities and opened
for many musical artists, including the New Kids on the Block, Pieces
of a Dream and The Rose Brothers.
For more information on "Comedy Night at UD," call the Center for
Black Culture, 831-2991.
Women's studies hosts fall series
The Women's Studies Program is presenting the fall "Research on
Women" luncheon lecture series. The lectures will be held from
12:20-1:10 p.m., Wednesdays, in the Ewing Room of the Perkins Student
Center. Faculty, staff, students and friends are welcome to bring
their lunches and attend the lectures.
The September offerings include: Sept. 16, Anne Bowler,
sociology, "What Shall We Do with the Young Prostitute: Reform Her or
Neglect Her? The New York State Reformatory for Women at Bedford,
1912"; Sept. 23, Joan Brown, foreign languages and literatures, "Women
Writers of Spain"; and Sept. 30, Valerie Helmbreck, News Journal
columnist, "The Beauty Myth and the Media."
October offerings include: Oct. 7, Anne Boylan, history, "Black
Women in Pre-Civil War America"; Oct. 14, Maxine Roach, Lesa Terry,
Diane Monroe and Eileen Folson, Uptown String Quartet, "Women and
Jazz"; Oct. 21, April Veness, geography, "Between Home and
Homelessness: Delaware Women Living at the Margin"; and Oct. 28,
Carole C. Marks, Black American Studies Program, "Black Women: Images
of Victimization and Villainy."
November speakers include: Nov. 4, Ed Guerrero, English, "Frames
of Desire: Women of Color in Commercial Cinema"; Nov. 11, Lu Ann De
Cunzo, anthropology, "Prostitution and Its Reform: A Material Study of
the Magdelen Society of Philadelphia, 1800-1916"; and Nov. 18,
Florence Geis, psychology, "Seeing Women in High Places: Role Model
Effects on Performance and Evaluation."
The series concludes on Dec. 2 with Laura O'Toole, women's
studies, "Can Numbers Solve the Gender Problem in Organizations?"
Southern Delaware trip to Winterthur
The Office of University Relations in Southern Delaware is
sponsoring a daylong trip to Winterthur Museum and Gardens on
Thursday, Oct. 8.
The cost of $35 includes bus transportation, admission to the
American Interiors Tour, lunch in the Garden Pavilion, the Garden Tram
Tour and a tour of the Galleries, the new exhibition hall. There also
will be time for shopping in the museum shops.
The bus will leave the Cannon Laboratory parking lot in Lewes at
7:30 a.m., the Foto Hut area of Milford Plaza Shopping Center at 8
a.m., and the K-Mart Shopping Center in Dover at 8:30 a.m. Departure
time from Winterthur is 3 p.m.
To register, send a check payable to the University of Delaware,
to: University of Delaware, Higher Education Building, P.O. Box 610,
Georgetown DE 19947. For information, call 735-8200 or 855-1620.
Hemingway scholar to speak Sept. 14
Michael S. Reynolds, the preeminent biographer of Ernest
Hemingway, will speak on "Hemingway's Bones" at 7:30 p.m., Monday,
Sept. 14, in Room 110 of Memorial Hall.
Reynolds, director of graduate studies at North Carolina State
University, is the author of several books on Hemingway, including the
revolutionary, award-winning Hemingway's First War; The Young
Hemingway, which was a finalist in the American Book Awards; and the
widely acclaimed Hemingway: The Paris Years.
His Hemingway: The American Homecoming will be published next
month, and he is now working on two additional books: Hemingway: The
Key West Years and Hemingway: The Final Years.
Sponsored by the Department of English, the lecture is free and
open to the public.
ELI offices move, open house set
The English Language Institute (ELI) will hold an open house from
4-6 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 17. The event celebrates the ELI's move to
the former Curtis Mansion, 189 West Main St, from its former location
on Amstel Avenue.
All faculty, professionals and staff, as well as current and
former students and host and homestay families, are invited to attend
the event.
The Curtis Mansion was most recently used as the French House.
The move to the newly renovated facility will provide a centralized
home for the institute's rapidly expanding programs. Most of ELI's
classes, as well as the administrative functions, will be housed in
the mansion.
The institute was founded in 1979. It currently serves more than
1,000 students from more than 90 countries each year.
For additional information, call 831-2674.
Human resources day at Doneckers
A Day at Doneckers in Ephrata, Pa., is being offered by the
College of Human Resources on Thursday, Oct. 22. The bus will depart
from the Goodstay Center on the Wilmington campus at 8:30 a.m. and
from the Newark Park and Ride on Route 896 at 9 a.m.. Return to
Delaware will be from 6:30-7 p.m. The cost is $50.
The day will begin with a fashion show-brunch at the Restaurant
at Doneckers, known for its classic French cuisine with an American
flair.
Following the brunch, participants may shop for clothing,
accessories and home fashions at Doneckers Fashion Stores.
The Artworks, a four-story market place of more than 40 working
artists and galleries of fine art, jewelry, quilts and designer
crafts, is a few blocks away for further browsing and shopping.
The A-La-Carte Cafe is available for gourmet snacks before
returning to Wilmington.
To register, send a check, payable to HRAA, to: Doneckers
Community Tour, c/o Virginia Pizzala, 10 Courtney Rd., Wilmington DE
19807.
For further information, call Pizzala at (302) 994-1590.