April 2008

Thursday, April 10th

• LTC/Mellon: Baldwin reading/discussion group for faculty/staff
  • Harry McKinley Williams, Bryn-Jones Distinguished Teaching Professor of History, will lead this spring faculty/staff discussion. Part of the Baldwin Symposium series of events.
  • 4:30 pm, Headley House, 815 East Second St

Sunday, April 13th

• Opening reception for "The Writer's Job: James Baldwin Speaking Out"
  • From March 31–May 11, 2008 the Laurence McKinley Gould Library will host The Writer’s Job: James Baldwin Speaking Out, featuring two portraits by Richard Olney.
  • 3:00 pm, Gould Library Athenaeum

Monday, April 14th

• Student Reading Group: Vintage Baldwin, by James Baldwin
  • This is part of a symposium of events during spring term 2008 Contemplating James Baldwin: Language, Courage, and Tenderness April 13-19, 2008 sponsored by the Bryn-Jones Distinguished Teaching Professorship in the Humanities Program
  • 5:30 pm, Evans Dining Hall

Tuesday, April 15th

• James Baldwin Film Festival: Day One
  • The first day of the James Baldwin Film Festival includes Witness James Baldwin (1991) at 7:00 p.m. and Go Tell It On the Mountain (2004) at 8:00 p.m. Part of the Baldwin Symposium series of events.
  • 7:00 pm, Olin 149

Wednesday, April 16th

• James Baldwin Film Festival: Day Two
  • The second day of the James Baldwin Film Festival includes James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket (1990) at 7:00 p.m. and a repeat showing of Witness James Baldwin (1991) at 9:00 p.m. Part of the Baldwin Symposium series of events.
  • 7:00 pm, Olin 149

Thursday, April 17th

• LTC/Bryn-Jones Baldwin Lecture: Lawrie Balfour
  • Lawrie Balfour, Associate Professor in the Department of Politics at the University of Virginia, presents Innocence in the Age of Apology: Why James Baldwin Now?
  • 12:00 pm, Gould Library Athenaeum
• LTC/Mellon: Baldwin reading/discussion group for faculty/staff
  • Lawrie Balfour, guest lecturer on James Baldwin, will lead this spring faculty/staff discussion. Part of the Baldwin Symposium series of events.
  • 4:30 pm, Headley House, 815 East Second St

Friday, April 18th

• Baldwin Lecture: Joshua Miller
  • Joshua Miller, Assistant Professor in the Department of English Language & Literature at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, presents The Corroboration of that Eye: Photonarrativity and Intergenerational Memory
  • 4:00 pm, Gould Library Athenaeum

Saturday, April 19th

• LTC/Mellon/Bryn-Jones: James Baldwin Across the Disciplines: A Colloquium
  • James Baldwin Across the Disciplines: A Colloquium for faculty and staff, part of the Contemplating James Baldwin symposium, Spring term, 2008
  • 8:30 am, Leighton 304
• James Baldwin: Down from the Mountaintop, public performance
  • The James Baldwin Symposium presents James Baldwin: Down from the Mountaintop. Public performance; ticketed event
  • 7:30 pm, Concert Hall

Tuesday, April 29th

• LTC/Mellon: Baldwin reading/discussion group for faculty/staff
  • [Re]reading James Baldwin: On Education and Manhood, a spring faculty/staff discussion.
  • 4:30 pm, Headley House, 815 East Second St