Chabon coming to DU
The Post-News Pen and Podium Series is presenting author Michael Chabon on Tuesday, Feb. 15, at 7:30 p.m. at Gates Hall in the Newman Center.
Chabon is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Wonder Boys and The Mysteries of Pittsburgh.
Tickets may be purchased in the Newman Center box office or through Ticketmaster.
Call x17720 for more information.
Fiction reading Friday
The Creative Writing Program, the English Department and the Office of the Dean of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences is sponsoring a reading by fiction author Aleksandar Hemon in Sturm Hall, room 286 Friday at 7:30 p.m.
Hemon’s work grapples with the traumas of exile and ethnic conflict. Hemon’s Nowhere Man, a novel-in-stories, follows the circuitous path of a young Bosnian refugee with an appropriately circuitous narrative form. The reading is free and open to the public.
For more information, contact Brian Kiteley at bkiteley@du.edu.
African extravaganza
DU will be celebrating the second annual African Extravaganza Thursday, Feb. 10 from 6 to 9 p.m. at Centennial Towers.
The event will feature African food, dance, music and culture and is scheduled to coincide with Black History Month. It is free and open to the public.
Logo-Ligi, a traditional African dance and drumming ensamble, will perform and local African restaurants will offer foods from regions including Ethiopia and Morocco. African speakers will highlight cultural traditions and happenings in their regions.
Karambu Ringera, founder of the NGO Peace Initiatives International Africa, will serve as the hostess of ceremonies.
African organizations representing numerous local and national agencies will host tables to display literature and folk crafts. Denver Sister Cities Project will highlight work in the African cities of Nairobi and Axum.
Nhimbe, an African community development group, will display crafts made by Zimbabwe villagers, with all proceeds going to the villagers.
For more information about participation in the event, contact Jan Pilcher at x 14626 or jpilcher@du.edu.
Reflect on economy
Bridges to the Future is presenting “Reflections on the National Economy” featuring Robert Reich and Alan Simpson on Wednesday, March 9, at 7 p.m. in Magness Arena in the Ritchie Center.
Robert Reich served as the nation’s 22nd Secretary of Labor during President Bill Clinton’s first term. Under Reich’s leadership, the Labor Department moved forward on several initiatives to build the skills of American workers, cracked down on unsafe worksites and on fraudulent purveyors of pensions and health insurance, and began a national initiative to abolish sweatshops.
Alan Simpson began his political career in 1964 as a Wyoming state representative. He was elected as a U.S. senator three times. Following his first term in the Senate, Simpson was elected to the position of Assistant Majority Leader in 1984 and served in that capacity until 1994. His book Right in the Old Gazoo: A Lifetime of Scrapping with the Press chronicles his personal experiences and views of the Fourth Estate.
This event is free and open to the public. For reservations call x12357 or e-mail scp@du.edu.
Ritchie Roundtable
There will be a Chancellor’s Roundtable Tuesday, Feb. 8, from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Commerce Room, located on the second floor of the Driscoll Student Center.
This event provides an opportunity for all students to meet with Chancellor Ritchie in a casual atmosphere to discuss their concerns and ideas for the University of Denver.
For additional information, contact Amanda Carlton at acarlton@du.edu.
Mardi Gras fun
DU Francoscope will be throwing a Mardi Gras party Tuesday, Feb. 8, in Sturm Hall room 210.
The celebration will include mask-making, games, prizes and food.
Building bridges between religions
The Iliff School of Theology has announced that it will create the interfaith Center for Religion and Public Life, according to Jim Berscheidt, director of news and public affairs at DU. The purpose of the center will be to help build bridges between the religious and academic communities on campus and between different religions.
It was formed when Chancellor Daniel Ritchie wanted to bring a religious component to the Bridges to the Future lecture series. He asked Paul Kottke, pastor of the University Park United Methodist Church, to help him bring an interfaith voice to the lecture series.
“I see an incredible role religion can play in the 21st century,” said Kottke.
Kottke has asked leaders from Colorado’s leading religions to join him on the Religious Advisory Council to work on 10 Bridges’ seminars.
The center’s inaugural event: “Sacred Spaces: A Passport to Colorado’s Religious Sites” officially started yesterday and will run through the spring and summer. Its goal will be to expose students and the community to different syles and places of worship.
