Silent No More: Lydia Blaisdell Play to Have Kentucky World Premiere
A new play by Lydia Blaisdell will have its world premiere in the Bluegrass Nov. 5–7, in four performances at Lexington's Downtown Arts Center.
Lexington Celebrates Life of Legendary Jockey Isaac Murphy
University of Kentucky students and faculty are well represented during “Celebrating Isaac Murphy Week,” Oct. 19-24, a city-sponsored schedule of events honoring the legendary 19th century African-American jockey.
Hall of Fame 2015
On October 9, 2015, the College of Arts & Sciences celebrated the accomplishments of distinguished alumni and faculty by inducting five new members into the College of Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame. Inductees also got a chance to tour the construction site of the Academic Science Building.
These inductees were:
Author Roxane Gay Visits UK
Roxane Gay was born in Nebraska, of Haitian descent, but her family moved quite a bit during her childhood. That doesn’t completely explain the divergent, eclectic nature of her writing, but perhaps it’s a starting point.
The Good Gray Project
Sponsored by the Imaginarium of the Bluegrass, the event will feature a poetry reading and photography by more than 20 local artists (including our very own English major, Jiv Johnson), as well as a dramatic reading of Walt Whitman poems. The admission is $10 or pay by poem (original or otherwise!) and tickets can be purchased in advance at http://www.lexingtonky.gov/index.aspx?page=3503.
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Downtown Arts Center
The Books That Shaped Them
With "Banned Books Week" celebrated last week and "Teen Read Week" coming up Oct.18-24, exploring the world through literature seems to always be in season. For professors at the University of Kentucky, books have impacted their lives and careers in surprising ways.
EGSO Women in Academia Panel
Department of English faculty panel with Drs. Pearl James, Jill Rappoport, Ellen Rosenman, & Nazera Wright
The English Student Graduate Organization has put together this talk for faculty participants to speak about their careers and experiences as women in academia. The talk will be followed by a structured question and answer session.
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Niles Gallery
A Reading by Roxane Gay
Roxane Gay’s writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Best American Mystery Stories 2014, Best American Short Stories 2012, Best Sex Writing 2012, A Public Space, McSweeney’s, Tin House, Oxford American, American Short Fiction, West Branch, Virginia Quarterly Review, NOON, The New York Times Book Review, Bookforum, Time, The Los Angeles Times, The Nation, The Rumpus, Salon, and many others. She is the co-editor of PANK. She is also the author of the books Ayiti, An Untamed State, Bad Feminist, and Hunger, forthcoming from Harper in 2016.
This reading is co-sponsored by African American and Africana Studies Program and Department of Gender and Women's Studies.
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Recital Hall, Singletary Center for the Arts
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Four UK Professors Named SEC Academic Leadership Development Program Fellows
Four faculty members at the University of Kentucky, including one from the College of Arts & Sciences, have been selected as 2015-2016 SEC Academic Leadership Development Program fellows, the SEC announced Wednesday.