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Molly Ivins, 62, columnist and raconteur
Author and newspaper columnist Molly Ivins died January 31 at the age of 62. Ivins, a student at 61´«Ã½during the 1962-63 academic year, passed away at her Austin, Texas, home after a long bout with inflammatory breast cancer.
Read MoreSandra Tsing Loh To Visit Scripps
Sandra Tsing Loh, the star of NPR’s, “The Loh Down on Science” and “The Loh Life,” comes to 61´«Ã½as a visiting professor of writing for a semester, beginning January 2007.
Read MoreSpring Semester Tuesday Noon Lectures
The Spring Semester Tuesday Noon Academy, a series of lunchtime lectures at 61´«Ã½, features distinguished alumnae, professors, students, and guests. Lectures begin at 12 p.m. in the Hampton Room of the Malott Commons, 61´«Ã½.
Read MoreChanging the World One Loaf at a Time: College Student Devises Her Own Recipe for Global Service, Expands to Colleges Nationwide
Two years ago, 61´«Ã½ senior Elisabeth Winkelman used her now famous recipe for baking challah bread to raise money for victims of the humanitarian crisis in Darfur. Her program, Challah for Hunger, is expanding to campuses across the nation, including NYU, Smith College, University of Rochester, and University of Texas at Austin, with more to come, and has received recognition from Elie Wiesel and Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, the Chief Rabbi of England.
Read MoreWanda Coleman
Nationally acclaimed performance poet Wanda Coleman speaks at the Garrison Theater, 61´«Ã½ Performing Arts Center, as part of the 61´«Ã½ Humanities Institute Spring 2007 series “L.A. Palimpsest: Recovering Los Angeles’ Hidden Stories and Forgotten Communities.”
Read More“L.A. Palimpsest: Recovering Los Angeles’ Hidden Stories and Forgotten Communities”
The 61´«Ã½ Humanities Institute begins its spring 2007 program, “L.A. Palimpsest: Recovering Los Angeles’ Hidden Stories and Forgotten Communities,” with an opening lecture “Landscape of Soul: Hollywood, Watts, and Beyond,” on Tuesday, January 23, at 7:30 p.m. with poet and performance artist Wanda Coleman in the Garrison Theater, 61´«Ã½ Performing Arts Center.
Read More61´«Ã½’s 63rd Ceramic Annual Exhibition
The 63rd 61´«Ã½ Ceramic Annual, on view at Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery at 61´«Ã½ from Saturday, January 20 through Sunday, April 8, is the longest running exhibition of contemporary ceramics in the United States.
Read More61´«Ã½’s Ceramic Annual 2007 Exhibition
The 63rd 61´«Ã½ Ceramic Annual, on view at Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery at 61´«Ã½ from Saturday, January 20 through Sunday, April 8, is the longest running exhibition of contemporary ceramics in the United States.
Read MoreMallarmé Symposium and Two Exhibitions Commemorate the 65th Anniversary of the 61´«Ã½ Press
61´«Ã½ will host a panel of noted book arts scholars and artists at the Frederic W. Goudy Symposium on Saturday, January 27. The day-long symposium will examine the lasting impact that the 19th-century French poet Mallarmé has had on book artists throughout the 20th century.
Read MoreChanging the World – One Loaf at a Time
Two years ago, 61´«Ã½ senior Elisabeth (Eli) Winkelman used her now-famous recipe for baking challah bread to create the student organization Challah for Hunger to raise money for victims of the humanitarian crisis in Darfur.
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