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| Vol. 17, No. 5 | Oct. 2, 1997 |
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| Vol. 17, No. 5 | Oct. 2, 1997 |
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the music fraternity at UD, will present a recital at 8 p.m., Monday, Oct. 6, in the Loudis Recital Hall of the Amy E. du Pont Music Building.
The free public event will feature several soloists and chamber ensembles, including Phi Mu Alpha's premiere a cappella group the Overtones, the fraternity-sponsored group the JazzMen and others.
For more information, call Joe Gironda at 837-1834.
Sociologist to speak on Oct. 8
Sociologist William Julius Wilson, named one of the 25 most influential people of 1996 by Time magazine, will speak at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 8, at the University.His free, public talk, "When Work Disappears: The New Challenge Facing Families and Children in America's Inner City," will be held in Pearson Hall auditorium.
Wilson is the director and the Malcolm Wiener Professor of Social Policy at the Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy in the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He also directs the Joblessness and Urban Poverty Research Program there. An adviser to President Bill Clinton, he is a member of the President's Commission on White House Fellowships and the President's Commission on the National Medal of Science.
His most recent book, When Work Disappears: The World of the New Urban Poor, was selected as one of the notable books of 1996 by the editors of The New York Times Book Review.
'Greek Theatre' is topic of talk
Steven E. Sidebotham, history, will speak on "Ancient Greek Theatre," at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 14, in Georgetown, as part of the 30th anniversary celebration of the University's Parallel Program. The program will be held in the William Carter Partnership Center (formerly known as the Higher Education Building) on Route 18.Sidebotham's free, public talk will address the major playwrights-both tragic and comic of the 5th century B.C. He will discuss Greek outdoor theatre and the policy of using male actors in all roles. The talk will be illustrated with slides.
For more information on this or other events planned in conjunction with the 30th anniversary celebration, call 855-1620.
Irish novelist to read his work
Poet, novelist, English and Irish scholar Seamus Deane will visit the University on Thursday, Oct. 9, to read from his latest novel, Reading in the Dark. The free public reading is scheduled at 7:30 p.m. in Room 100 of Wolf Hall.Deane's novel, which was nominated for the prestigious Booker Prize in England, is about a boy's childhood filled with fear and fantasy lived out in two dimensions.
Deane, currently teaching at Notre Dame University, has published more than a dozen books, including Norton Anthology of Irish Literature, Selected Plays, Celtic Revivals and Selected Poems.
A reception will be held after the reading, sponsored by the Department of English. For more information, call 831-1974.
Book signing on area's fading past
Local author Ed Okonowicz, public relations, will sign copies of his newest book, Disappearing Delmarva: Portraits of the Peninsula People, from noon to 1 p.m., Friday, Oct. 10, in the University Bookstore in the Perkins Student Center.The book features more than 70 individuals on the peninsula whose professions are endangered. Copies of the book, that normally retails for $38, will be on sale at the Bookstore signing for 20 percent off. &
