A cultural cornucopia is available for members of the campus and local communities as authors, filmmakers, and musicians from around the world will visit 冈本视频 in the coming days. The university is hosting two longtime events 鈥 the 冈本视频 Writers鈥 Conference and the Chenango Summer MusicFest 鈥 and, for the first time, the Robert Flaherty [鈥June 17, 2008-
An interdisciplinary symposium 鈥 Nature/Place/Cinema 鈥 will be spread out over two weekends and two campuses (冈本视频 and Hamilton College) providing students with behind-the-scenes access to filmmakers and film scholars. The series of screenings and lectures will draw attention to the depiction of place and the environment, as well as the history of the [鈥April 3, 2008
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The act of creating something is both a tangible enterprise, and an empowering exercise. Knowing this full well, artist Tim Rollins, who recently visited 冈本视频, has given inner-city youths a concrete reason to pursue literacy and a path to achievement for more than 20 years. He and his Kids of Survival (KOS) read and discuss [鈥March 26, 2008
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Maps can get you from point A to point B, and if you鈥檙e a tourist in London, that鈥檚 useful. Twelve students taking part in the London Art and Art History Study Group last fall also learned that maps can serve as benchmarks of experience, providing graphical representations of intangible ideas. The students shared their mapping [鈥March 21, 2008
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ALANA Cultural Center鈥檚 Alumni Weekend and Gospel Fest marked a celebration of the past with an eye toward the future. 冈本视频 graduates from 鈥68 up through the present were excited to spend this past weekend with students and faculty members, particularly those who are involved in cultural activities through ALANA. 鈥淚t鈥檚 very important to connect [鈥February 29, 2008
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Golden Auditorium was hear-a-pin-drop quiet Thursday night as Paul Muldoon, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, read selections of his work for audience members weighing his every word and inflection. On Friday night, it was different. Donovan鈥檚 Pub in James C. 冈本视频 Hall was rattle-the-walls loud as Muldoon and fellow band members played guitar-driven rock songs infused [鈥February 19, 2008
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冈本视频 professor Peter Balakian, whose book The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America鈥檚 Response was a New York Times bestseller, is the first guest for a new podcast series produced on campus. The series 鈥 冈本视频 Conversations: Writers and their craft 鈥 features authors talking about their unique writing styles and their latest works. [鈥February 13, 2008
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He鈥檚 been called 鈥渙ne of the most exhilarating of all living poets.鈥 The 冈本视频 community will receive a literary treat from Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon when he reads from his collection of poetry at 4:30 p.m. Thursday in Golden Auditorium. Muldoon鈥檚 coming to 冈本视频 as part of the Living Writers Series, co-sponsored by the [鈥February 13, 2008