The poet David Kirby once said that “only shallow people and charlatans begin with perfect knowledge of what it is they mean to say. An honest writer begins in ignorance and […]
The poet Amit Majmudar says this, “You’ve come of age in the age of migrations./ The board tilts, and the bodies roll west./ Fanaticism’s come back into fashion,/ come back […]
Since the 19th century, when American magazines for women began to offer expert advice on how to arrange the household correctly, the “kitchen hack” - a tiny unit of advice […]
When you write about real people, sometimes they get mad at you. Erika Krouse’s memoir, Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation, is about Erika’s experience as a private […]
BIO: Dr. Kalpana Hulluru is a Professor in the Department of English, Pondicherry University (PU), Puducherry, India. She has been awarded the USA’s ‘Study of Institutions Award’ (2007) and the […]
Can Ethical Argument Save the World? How to Write and Reason As If It Mattered (Because It Does!) Most people who pay attention to the subject will tell you that public discourse is in a sorry state. We inhabit a rhetorical climate in which there is no widely shared agreement as to […]
Description: The International Rescue Committee Deputy Director, Wisler Jacquecin, will visit the Mines campus to give a brief history of the IRC and that of the IRC in Denver. He will discuss resettlement process es(from the first interaction with UNHCR to PRM assurances and reception/placement in Denver) as well as the plethora of services that the IRC […]
Artist Lecture – Scott Braun: An Empathetic Confrontationalist Tuesday, April 18th at 4:00, Alderson Hall 368 A talk with Scott Braun on The Decency Project. The Decency Project finds connection and community through craft and labor. While carving spoons together, Braun and participants engage in difficult conversation: What does it mean to be human? […]
How To Engage The “Enemy”…Civilly, and Gain Something from the Experience: A Panel Thursday, April 20th at 4:00, Green Center 224 In perhaps the most collectively disconnected era […]
The artist and poet Nicky Beer will discuss Queerness, Illusion, and Art: When is illusion an effective way of revealing truth? How can artifice interrogate and undermine gender expectations? Poet Nicky Beer […]
Retired CIA deputy director, JR Seeger, will lead a discussion of his career in the CIA and specifically his service in Afghanistan in the Fall of 2001.This event will focus […]
John Cotter started losing his hearing at age 30. Five years later, in the grip of vertigo and with sound too distorted to understand, he could no longer work at the job […]
BIO: Vitus "V" Spehar is an accomplished creator, political advocate and citizen journalist. Within just a few years of starting their account, they’ve built a loyal following of over 3 […]
Praised by BBC Music Magazine for their "beguiling" sound and by The Strad for their "wit and imagination," the Patterson/Sutton Duo bring the rich cello and guitar repertoire to audiences […]
Davis’s documentary about Robert Putnam called Join or Die, which proposes that intermediary clubs serve an essential role in democracy. Join or Die is a feature film about why you should join a club […]