The Wild Women of Poetry Slam, formerly the Gypsy Poetry Slam, was founded by Bianca Spriggs in 2005 and draws spoken word artists locally and from around the country to compete for the $500 Faith A. Smith Poetry Prize, established by Frank X Walker in honor of his mother. The 2013 Wild Women of…
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Frank X. Walker's Poet Laureate Celebration
April 24, 2013 Lyric Theatre A native of Danville, Kentucky, Frank X Walker is a graduate of the University of Kentucky, and he also completed an MFA in Writing at Spalding University. After being nurtured by UK professors that included Nikky Finney, Gurney Norman, the late James Baker Hall,…
Students dress in '20s attire for a Late Night Film Series screening of Midnight In Paris at the Worsham Theatre
Sigma Tau Delta, the Honors Society for students in English, partnered with the Late Night Film Series at the screening of MIDNIGHT IN PARIS, a romantic comedy about a modern-day writer who finds a time warp that takes him back to the Paris of the 1920s, where he meets famous artists and Lost…
Shanghai's Bund.
The Bund is a waterfront area located in Shanghai, China. This area refers to the buildings along side the river facing the Oriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai. While A&S Hive members and UK instructors were visiting Shanghai, the Bund was a must-see tourist attraction. Visiting the Bund…
UK-SHU Students Summit Program
In May 2012, a delegation of UK faculty and students visited Shanghai University to participate in three days of academic discourse, conversation and presentations. Students from Shanghai University welcomed the summit program through a night of many traditional Chinese performances. Ron Pen…
Nikky Finney National Book Award for Poetry Reception
December 7, 2011 - The College of Arts & Sciences and Department of English at the University of Kentucky celebrated Nikky Finney's 2011 National Book Award in Poetry for her recent work, “Head Off & Split.” The reception was held at the Lyric Theater in Lexington, KY.
“Head Off…