March Events at Reed Library

As you may know, the Daniel A. Reed Library in cooperation with the National Endowment for the Arts is co-sponsoring the third Big Read Program across both Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties this March. To celebrate this year's selected novel, My Antonia by Willa Cather, we have scheduled several exciting events:

Event: Willa Cather Gender and Sexuality Exhibit (Opening March 8th)
Event Location: 280 Central Avenue-Reed Library Exhibit area, Fredonia, New York 14063
Date: Mon, March 8, 2010 – Wed, Mar 24, 2010
Time: 7:30am – 1:00am

This exhibit offers an in-depth exposition on the gender and sexuality of Cather and the novel, My Antonia. Sketches from Professor Dixon Reynolds' Costume Design I class are also on display in the Reed Library Exhibit area.

Event: Selected Reading of My Antonia by Professor Aimee Nezhukumatathil; Readings on Gender and Sexuality
Event Location: 280 Central Avenue-Japanese Garden Area, Reed Library, Fredonia, New York 14063
Date: Tue, March 23, 2010
Time: 7:00 pm

We hope to capture the attention of community members with a selected reading of My Antonia in the Japanese Garden area of Reed Library by Professor Aimee Nezhukumatathil,
author of At the Drive-In Volcano and Miracle Fruit.

Additional guests readers are invited to share short passages from an author who has been influenced by their gender or sexuality either on or off the page. If you are interested in participating as a reader, please email: dawn.eckenrode@fredonia.edu. Refreshments will be provided.

Thanks so much to event organizers, Paul Beverly, Cais Jurgens and Jillian Ziemianski, students in Dr. Emily Vandette's Senior Seminar English Capstone course.

Posted by: Dawn Eckenrode