Posts tagged with “Upcoming Events and Lectures” (All posts)

Event Preview: Six-Word Comps

4 May 2016

In honor of the weekend’s English Comps Symposium, the Miscellany brings you a twist on the classic six-word story: the six-word comps. We asked this year’s comps-ers to condense their…

Event Preview: Hope Jahren Reads from Her Memoir “Lab Girl”

20 April 2016

This Friday (April 22nd) geobiologist and bestselling author Hope Jahren will read from her 2016 memoir Lab Girl in the Library Athenaeum from 3:30-4:45. Join the English Department and Content Bookstore for this Earth Day celebration…

Event Preview: Jane Eyre (as Explained by Random People who Have Never Read Jane Eyre)

26 February 2016

In anticipation of Carleton’s National Theatre Live screening of Jane Eyre this Sunday February 28 at 2:00 in the Weitz Cinema, one brave English major (Sophia King ’17) infiltrated the heart…

Event Preview: Stripped

24 February 2016

This Saturday February 27 at 7:00 in the chapel, Carleton’s Gender and Sexuality Center will present Stripped, a new student-written theatre production. Kat George (’16), for her senior comprehensive exercise in English,…

Event Preview: Dangerous Liaisons (Seductive Fictions Style)

17 February 2016

This Thursday February 18th at 7:00 in the Weitz Cinema, Arts at Carleton and the French Department will co-sponsor a National Theatre Live screening of Christopher Hampton’s adaptation of Les Liaisons Dangereuses,…

Event Preview: Poetry Reading by Greg Hewett

3 February 2016

This Thursday, February 4th at 7:00, Professor Greg Hewett will read poetry from past collections and his forthcoming book BLINDSIGHT (Coffee House Press 2016) at Content Bookstore on Division Street. Professor Hewett will…

Event Preview: Beowulf-a-thon (with some help from Literary Starbucks)

25 January 2016

This year, the English Department’s annual marathon reading comes with a twist. We’re partnering with Medieval & Renaissance Studies to bring you the BEOWULF-A-THON, a mini-marathon of Anglo-Saxon amusement, this…

Visiting Writer: Professor and Author Julie Schumacher

13 January 2016

Next month, the English Department will welcome Julie Schumacher, author and Professor of English and creative writing at the University of Minnesota. Schumacher’s most recent book, Dear Committee Members, is an…

Event Preview: Poetry Reading by Susan Jaret McKinstry

7 January 2016

Welcome back to campus, Carls! The Miscellany editors are excited to bring you another term of department news, alumni interviews, student writing, and assorted literary nonsense. First up is an event…

Event Preview: NT Live Hamlet & Benedict Cumberbrunch

6 November 2015

This Sunday, the English Department and MARS will co-sponsor two screenings of National Theatre Live’s Hamlet (starring Benedict Cumberbatch) at 2:00 and 7:00 in the Weitz Cinema. Seating at the free screenings…