Events and Exhibits

Susan Choi, Reading
Mar 17 @ 6:30pm ~ Mar 17 @ 8:00pm
Joseph W. Jones Room, 311 Robert W. Woodruff Library
540 Asbury Circle, Emory University, Atlanta
Fiction writer Susan Choi is the author of two novels, “The Foreign Student” (winner of the Asian-American Literary Award and the Steven Turner Award for the Novel) and “American Woman” (Pulitzer Prize finalist), and co-editor of the anthology “Wonderful Town: New York Stories from ‘The New Yorker’.” She has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, among other honors.
Call 404-727-5050 or visit their website for more information or reservations.

Ruth Dusseault: Play War – An Exhibition of Photography
Mar 18 @ 5:00pm ~ Apr 23 @ 4:00pm
Emory Visual Arts Building & Gallery
700 Peavine Creek Drive, Atlanta
Opening reception and artist talk: Thurs., March 18, 5–7 p.m. (talk begins at 7 p.m.) Ruth Dusseault’s compelling new work looks at the recreational war games that occur within depleted suburban spaces. Dusseault is an astute visual geographer, exploring an exuberant and slightly dystopic American frontier.
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Susan Choi, Colloquium
Mar 18 @ 2:00pm ~ Mar 18 @ 3:00pm
N301 Callaway Center
, Atlanta
Fiction writer Susan Choi is the author of two novels, “The Foreign Student” (winner of the Asian-American Literary Award and the Steven Turner Award for the Novel) and “American Woman” (Pulitzer Prize finalist), and co-editor of the anthology “Wonderful Town: New York Stories from ‘The New Yorker’.” She has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, among other honors.
Call 404-727-5050 or visit their website for more information or reservations.

The Future of Arts Criticism and the Role of the Academy
Mar 19 @ 7:00pm ~ Mar 20 @ 2:00pm
Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
571 South Kilgo Circle, Atlanta
The arts community is invited to an exploration and working sessions to generate ideas about the future of arts criticism and coverage in our region. Changes in arts coverage and print journalism, along with the burgeoning of blogs, social media, and unmediated online arts criticism raise several issue that will be examined. Sponsors: Emory College Center for Creativity & Arts and Hightower Fund, with support from the Michael C. Carlos Museum and Public Broadcasting Atlanta. Schedule: Separate registration is required for each day. Reserve a seat for Friday's keynote (March 19). Register online for Saturday's activities (March 20), call 404-727-5050, or visit the Box Office (no transaction fee). Student tickets not available online. Parking information, Fishburne Deck (free after 5 p.m. and on weekends)
Call 404.712.9894 or visit their website for more information or reservations.

Awards Night Reading by Antonya Nelson
Apr 14 @ 8:00pm ~ Apr 14 @ 10:00pm
Cannon Chapel
515 Kilgo Circle, Atlanta
Awards Night is the culmination of student writing for the year, when the winners of the writing contests and scholarships are announced. The evening will include a reading by fiction writer Antonya Nelson, followed by a reception and booksigning. Antonya Nelson was born in Wichita, Kansas and attended the University of Kansas and the University of Arizona, where she received an MFA in 1986. She is the author of six short story collections (“The Expendables,” “In The Land of Men,” “Family Terrorists,” “Female Trouble,” “Some Fun,” and “Nothing Right”), and three novels (“Talking in Bed,” “Nobody’s Girl,” and “Living to Tell”). Her work has appeared in the New Yorker, Esquire, Harper’s, Redbook and many other magazines, as well as in anthologies such as “Prize Stories: the O. Henry Awards and Best American Short Stories.” She is the recipient of the 2003 Rea Award for Short Fiction, as well as NEA and Guggenheim Fellowships, and teaches in the Warren Wilson MFA Program, as well as in the University of Houston’s Creative Writing Program. She lives in Telluride, Colorado; Las Cruces, New Mexico; and Houston, Texas.
Call 404-727-5050 or visit their website for more information or reservations.

Colloquium with Antonya Nelson
Apr 15 @ 2:00pm ~ Apr 15 @ 3:00pm
N301 Callaway Center
, Atlanta
Antonya Nelson was born in Wichita, Kansas and attended the University of Kansas and the University of Arizona, where she received an MFA in 1986. She is the author of six short story collections (“The Expendables,” “In The Land of Men,” “Family Terrorists,” “Female Trouble,” “Some Fun,” and “Nothing Right”), and three novels (“Talking in Bed,” “Nobody’s Girl,” and “Living to Tell”). Her work has appeared in the New Yorker, Esquire, Harper’s, Redbook and many other magazines, as well as in anthologies such as “Prize Stories: the O. Henry Awards and Best American Short Stories.” She is the recipient of the 2003 Rea Award for Short Fiction, as well as NEA and Guggenheim Fellowships, and teaches in the Warren Wilson MFA Program, as well as in the University of Houston’s Creative Writing Program. She lives in Telluride, Colorado; Las Cruces, New Mexico; and Houston, Texas.
Call 404-727-5050 or visit their website for more information or reservations.

11th Annual Dance & Drum Conference
Apr 23 @ 6:00pm ~ Apr 25 @ 9:00pm
Brown Middle School
765 Peeples Street, Atlanta, GA 30310
Join Manga as they bring teachers from all across the African Diaspora for workshops in indigenous African dance and drumming in a three-day celebration of African culture.
Call 404-725-4260 or visit their website for more information or reservations.

Annual Student Art Exhibition & Open Studios
Apr 29 @ 5:00pm ~ May 10 @ 4:00pm
Emory Visual Arts Building & Gallery
700 Peavine Creek Drive, Atlanta
Opening reception: Thurs., April 29, 5–7 p.m.
Call 404-727-6315 or visit their website for more information or reservations.

Gala Opera Dinner
Jun 20 @ 7:00pm ~ Jun 20 @ 10:00pm
TBA
W. Dwight Coleman, artistic director A Fundraiser for Opera Studies The School of Music presents a gourmet, three-course dinner, accompanied by operatic arias, duets and ensembles performed by singers from the 2010 Harrower Summer Opera Workshop. A Father's Day tradition!
Call 404-413-5901 or visit their website for more information or reservations.