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| Vol. 18, No. 6 | Oct. 8, 1998 |
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| Vol. 18, No. 6 | Oct. 8, 1998 |
Stanley Wells, world-renowned Shakespearean scholar, will present a free talk on "Enjoying Shakespeare" at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 22, in Multipurpose Rooms A and B of the Trabant University Center.
From 1988 to 1997, Wells was professor of Shakespearean studies and director of the Shakespeare Institute of the University of Birmingham. He is the general editor of the much discussed, groundbreaking Oxford Complete Works of Shakespeare and of the ongoing Oxford series of single-play editions.
His own widely used editions include A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare's Sonnets and A Lover's Complaint and Twelfth Night.
His biography of Shakespeare, William Shakespeare: A Dramatic Life, was recently republished as Shakespeare the Poet and His Plays. His most recent work is Shakespeare in the Theatre: An Anthology of Criticism.
Wells also is the editor of the journal Shakespeare Survey, is chairman of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust and vice chairman of the Governors of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon.
His appearance is sponsored by the Department of English. For more information, call 831-1974.
PTTP will open 'Arcadia' Oct. 22
The Professional Theatre Training Program will present Tom Stoppard's Arcadia, in rotating repertory from Thursday, Oct. 22 through Saturday, Nov. 7.Leaping freely back and forth between a stately country home in Derbyshire in 1809 and the same estate in the present day, Arcadia reveals dazzling parallels and comic corollaries between historical eras and philosophical schools of thought.
Through mathematics, landscaping and sexual attraction, Stoppard's eloquent and intriguing characters reopen the age-old arguments of determinism versus free will as they attempt to divine the future as well as analyze the past.
"The universe is deterministic all right, just like Newton said, I mean it's trying to be, but the only thing going wrong is people fancying people who aren't supposed to be in that part of the plan," a character muses.
All performances are held in Hartshorn Hall. Evening performances begin at 7:30 p.m. and are scheduled on Thursday, Oct. 22, Friday, Oct. 23, Thursday, Oct. 29, Friday, Oct. 30, and Saturday, Nov. 7. A 12:30 p.m. matinee is scheduled on Saturday, Oct. 24.
Tickets for all PTTP productions range from $8 to $15 for Friday and Saturday evenings, from $6 to $14 for weeknights and $5 to $12 for matinees and Sunday evenings. Tickets are available at University box offices at Hartshorn Hall, the Trabant University Center and the Bob Carpenter Center.
For more information, call the Hartshorn box office at 831-2204.
Ensemble concert includes 'Godzilla'
The University of Delaware Wind Ensemble, directed by Robert Streckfuss, will present a free, public performance-billed as "not your average wind ensemble concert"-at 8 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 20, in Loudis Recital Hall of the Amy E. du Pont Music Building.The program will range from Baroque to contemporary selections, including Handel's Royal Fireworks Music, Jupiter by Holst and a 1996 work by composer Eric Whitacre entitled Godzilla Eats Las Vegas-a musical interpretation of the invasion of Las Vegas by Godzilla.
The piece makes reference to destruction, Vegas icons Wayne Newton and Liberace and an army of Elvis impersonators, known as the Elvi, who save the city.
The Wind Ensemble consists of 46 wind and percussion instrumentalists and is open to students of all majors. About half of the members are music majors.
For information, call 831-2577.
Lloyd Shorter, music, will speak on the censorship of rock lyrics at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 8, in Room 207 of the Amy E. du Pont Music Building. His talk is sponsored by the Civil Liberties Union at UD.
Novelist Bebe Moore Campbell will present "A Writer's Perspective: Creating, Nurturing and Empowering the Black Woman" at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 15, in the Trabant University Center. Admission is $5 for the general public.There is no charge for UD students, faculty and staff. A book signing will follow the talk.
The Washington Post has called Campbell "one of the most important African-American writers of this century." Her two New York Times bestsellers include Brothers and Sisters and Singing in the Comeback Choir.
Her other works include the novel, Your Blues Ain't Like Mine, for which she won an NAACP Image Award; her memoir, Sweet Summer, Growing Up With and Without My Dad; and her first nonfiction book, Successful Women, Angry Men.
As a journalist, Campbell has written articles for top tier news organizations and is a regular commentator for National Public Radio's Morning Edition.
Born and reared in Philadelphia, Campbell received her bachelor's degree in elementary education from the University of Pittsburgh.
Campbell's appearance is sponsored by the Cultural Programming Advisory Board, the Commission to Promote Racial and Cultural Diversity, the Student Center Programming Advisory Board, Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority and the Faculty Senate Cultural Activities and Public Events Committee.
The talk is part of the Center for Black Culture's "Diversity Through Excellence into the Next Millennium" programming.
HOLA, the Spanish student association, and La Comunidad Hispanica, a special interest community forming in Ray Street Residence Halls, are celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month from mid-September until mid-October with events on and off campus.Latin food night will be held Monday, Oct. 12, in the Pencader Dining Room, sponsored by Dining Services and La Comunidad Hispancia.
Popular local comedian J. J. Ramirez, who performed on campus in September, will return for a free performance at 9 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 13, in the Multipurpose Room of the Trabant University Center, as part of Trabant Week.
A fiesta will be held from 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 17, at La Tolteca in the Newark Shopping Center. The cost is $3 for non-members and is free for HOLA members.
La Comunidad Hispanica also developed informational bulletin boards on Hispanic Heritage Month for the Laird Campus.
During Hispanic Heritage Month, HOLA has participated in the Hispanic Heritage Parade in Wilmington and assisted St. Paul's Catholic Church in Wilmington in raising funds for scholarships for its school.
HOLA meets at 5 p.m., every Tuesday, in the Collins Room of the Perkins Student Center. Everyone is welcome.
For information, call 831-0710.
