Kristen LePine has been named resident playwright and company member at the HUB Theatre in Fairfax, Virginia. The HUB has commissioned Kristen to write a new play this spring.
Also, Pinky Swears Productions in Washington, DC recently presented an excerpt of Kristen’s play Leto Legend at their SWEAR IT! Smörgåsbord.
Jim Groom, director of teaching and learning technologies, is featured in the November 2011 newsletter of Educause. The newsletter, “7 Things You Should Know About MOOCs,” mentions Groom’s leadership with the “Digital Storytelling” course. Read the full article.
Jeff McClurken, associate professor of history, will moderate the Years of Anguish Sesquicentennial speakers’ forum on Saturday, Nov. 12. The forum, held in George Washington Hall’s Dodd Auditorium from 1 to 5 p.m., will feature acclaimed historians Gary Gallagher and Peter Carmichael.
The Fredericksburg Area Museum and Cultural Center, the National Park Service and the University of Mary Washington are sponsoring the program, which is free and open to the public. A book signing will follow the presentations in the Dodd Auditorium Foyer.
Gary Gallagher, the John L. Nau III Professor in the History of the American Civil War at the University of Virginia, will present the lecture, “Devoted to Union.”
Peter Carmichael, director of the Civil War Institute and Robert C. Fluhrer Professor of Civil War Studies at Gettysburg College, will explore how the generation of 1861 understood the war and why they fought.
Pre-registration is not required, but is requested. Register on-line at www.famcc.org, or 540-371-3037 ext. 400.
Charles Shields, associate director of the Great Lives lecture series, is featured in an article in the Nov.10 issue of The Free Lance-Star. The article discusses Shields’ new biography, And So It Goes: Kurt Vonnegut, A Life and the upcoming book discussion in Fredericksburg on Thursday, Nov. 17. Read the full article.
A question-and-answer session with Shields is in Reuters‘ Book Talk. Shields answers questions about Kurt Vonnegut’s life and legacy. Read the full article.
The biography also is featured in an article in USA Today, calling Shields’ work “engaging and surprising.” Read the full article.
Artwork by Anne Timpano, Director of UMW Galleries, has been chosen for inclusion in two current exhibitions, “Gendered Images: The Feminine Divine” (Sept. 8-Dec. 16, 2011) at the Doug Adams Gallery of the Bade Museum in Berkeley, CA, and “Coming Out of the Closet: Clothing Art as an Emergent Form” (Nov. 5, 2011-Feb. 26, 2012) at the Brogan Museum of Art and Science in Tallahassee, FL. The latter exhibition is accompanied by an exhibition catalog, which includes images and curatorial commentary.
Timpano’s work borrows the figure of Venus from Botticelli’s Birth of Venus (ca. 1485) and reinvents it in a modern context. The works on exhibit include Venus as Paper Doll, a linocut print that explores the role of women in society, and the Consumermania Series, six individual mixed-media paper dolls that are intended as commentary on our consumer-oriented society and the ease with which consumers can be manipulated.
