October, Italian Heritage Month, is a time to celebrate the contributions of Italians in their country and abroad, as well as promote Italian culture and language. Every year, AU CLA provides a series of films and discussions on Italian culture and opportunities to learn about initiatives with our partners in...
<div id=\'page_content\' class=\'page_content index\' role=\'main\'><div class=\'content_row clearfix\'> <div class=\'content_container clearfix\'> <div id=\'lead_content\' class=\'content_row\'> <div class=\'content_container\'> <div class=\'col-sm-12 article_story\'> <div class=\'article_body\'> The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Auburn University\, or OLLI at Auburn\, will host its lecture series titled Wisdom Wednesday’s. OLLI members\, guests and friends are all invited to learn...
<div class=\'article_body\'> The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art is holding a special preview of “The Third Poetry: The Transcendent Art of Walter Inglis Anderson.\' During an illuminating curator talk\, Mattie Codling discusses the celebrated artist’s career\, prolific body of work and place in the arts and crafts and...
The Community and Civic Engagement Initiative in the College of Liberal Arts will be hosting its first feature of the <a href=\'http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2010/10/14/presidential-proclamation-italian-american-heritage-and-culture-month\'>National Italian American Heritage Month </a>Film Festival. The featured film will be <a href=\'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6189344/\'><i>Tutto quello che vuoi</i></a><b><i>\,</i></b>directed by Francesco Bruni.<span class=\'Apple-converted-space\'> </span> <b>Refreshments will begin at 1:30 pm and the film at 2:00...
Join the Jule Collins Smith Museum for the first Spring Community Night! Artist Laura Murray will visit to share her work as an illustrator and talk about her coloring book Amazing Alabama. Expect to run into some critters you will find pictures of in the Audubon exhibition\, enjoy tasty treats\,...
The Science Café provides an opportunity for the community to discuss scientific topics with an Auburn University scientist. During this month’s café\, Sarah Zohdy\, assistant professor in the School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences\, will give a presentation titled\, “Biology? There’s an App for That…How Smartphones and Tech are Revolutionizing...
Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art will host a series of events including intergenerational\, interdisciplinary and interfaith discussions\, and a panel which will include Dr. Wayne Flynt\, professor emeritus of the Auburn University Department of History and the Rev. Dr. Otis Moss\, III\, senior pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ...
Omi Osun Joni L. Jones is an artist/scholar whose work focuses on performance ethnography\, theatrical jazz\, Yoruba-based aesthetics\, Black Feminisms and activist theatre. Her performances include sista docta—a critique of the academy\, and Searching for Osun—a performance ethnography around Yoruba-based spirituality and identity. She has conducted theatre for social change...
<div data-canvas-width=\'522.9206494844781\'>Filmed with vérité intimacy for over a decade\, QUEST is the moving portrait of a family in North Philadelphia. Christopher Quest Rainey\, along with his wife Christine’a\, aka Ma Quest\, open the door to their home music studio\, which serves as a creative sanctuary from the strife that grips their neighborhood. Over the years\, the family...
Join the Jule Collins Smith Museum for their first biannual Community Day! This winter the theme is celebrating diversity in the Auburn community. Student groups from Auburn University and local community organizations will have displays about their culture or organization and facilitate activities for you to enjoy with friends and...
<div data-canvas-width=\'522.9206494844781\'>Jackson is an intimate\, unprecedented look at the lives of three women caught up in the complex issues surrounding abortion access. Set against the backdrop of the fight to close the last abortion clinic in Mississippi\, Jackson captures the essential and hard truth of the lives at the center of the debate over reproductive healthcare...
<div data-canvas-width=\'522.9206494844781\'>Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four excavates the nightmarish persecution of Elizabeth Ramirez\, Cassandra Rivera\, Kristie Mayhugh\, and Anna Vasquez—four Latina lesbians wrongfully convicted of gang-raping two little girls in San Antonio\, Texas. The film begins its journey inside a Texas prison\, after these women have spent nearly a...