Month: November 2006

LEXINGTON, Ky.— Transylvania presents a student-run production of An American Buffalo Thursday, November 30 through Saturday, December 2, at 7:30 p.m., in the Lucille C. Little Theater. Admission is $5. Directed by senior Justin Whitt, the play follows the story of Don Dubrow who runs a junk shop. He has two friends, young Bobby, a drug addict, and Teach, older, smarter and more volatile. Don and Teach devise a robbery to repossess an American buffalo nickel that was sold in the store, but things do not go as planned. The cast includes senior Mark Rouse as Don, sophomore Corey Arnold as Bobby and junior Dustin Kyle Smyth as Teach. For more information, call the public relations office at (859) 233-8120 or the fine arts office at (859) 233-8141.

A book signing by six Transylvania alumni authors will take place Tuesday, Dec. 5, from 5-8 p.m. in the Glenn Building, which houses the Transy bookstore and Jazzman’s Café. The event is free and open to the public. The authors and their books are: Red River Gorge: The Eloquent Landscape by John Snell. The 168-page hardbound book features stunning images of the dramatic landscape and vibrant scenery of the Red River Gorge, one of Kentucky’s most treasured areas, known for its 100-plus natural stone arches, extravagant displays of springtime wildflowers and rich autumn color. Kentucky Wide by Jeff Rogers. A beautiful coffee table book filled with stunning panoramic scenes of the Bluegrass area ranging from horse farms to the Red River Gorge. 75 color images that spread across both pages. Cooking With My Friends: Kentucky Recipes Tried and True by LaVece Ganter Hughes. The 206-page book includes more than 400 recipes of the very best of southern cooking and celebrates the little-considered role of food in human relationships—and the people who prepare it.  Best Damn Desserts from Bear Wallow to Goosehorn by LaVece Ganter Hughes. More than 350 recipes for a wide variety of desserts and sweet dishes, southern style. Shifting for Myself by Charlie Glen Hughes. A collection of poems. Hughes’s poems and short fiction have appeared in many prominent literary magazines, including Kansas Quarterly, Kentucky Poetry Review, Hollins Critic, International Poetry Review, ART/LIFE, Appalachian Heritage, Cincinnati Poetry Review

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LEXINGTON, Ky.—Begin your holiday season by going back in time to Merry Olde England to A Medieval Feast presented by the Transylvania University Madrigal Singers and the Medieval Instrumental Ensemble. Madrigal dinners will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, November 30; Friday, December 1 and Saturday, December 2 in the William T. Young Campus Center. Tickets to this popular holiday event are $25. Upon entering a castle hall, guests will be seated at tables filled with bread, fruit and salads. As guests enjoy the festive surroundings and dine in royal fashion, the wassail will arrive, the court will enter and the pageantry will unfold. Guests will also partake in a wassail toast with members of the royal court. The evening’ s feast will be fit for royalty and feature salads, carved roast beef, roasted vegetables, breads, desserts, coffee and teas. The performance is directed by Transylvania’s Gary Anderson, professor of music and director of choral ensembles. For more information, call (859) 233-8141.

LEXINGTON, Ky.—Why is terrorism not going away? How do we deal with this phenomenon? Do we counter terrorism with terrorism? Should we hold the moral high ground? Emory University philosophy professor Nicholas G. Fotion will discuss these and other questions when he presents the 2006-07 Rick O’Neil Philosophy Lecture, “Terrorism: New World Disorder,” Tuesday, November 21, at 3:30 p.m., in Carrick Theater. This lecture is free and open to the public. Fotion is the author of numerous books and articles dealing with ethics, both medical and military, as well as terrorism. Fotion has presented papers at many national conferences and given lectures at universities including the University of Melbourne in Australia, the University of Ryazan and the Golitsino Education Center in Russia, the University of KwaZulu in South Africa and the United States Military Academy at West Point. The lecture is sponsored by Transylvania’s philosophy program and Sophia, the University’s philosophy society in honor of the late Transylvania philosophy professor Rick O’Neil. For more information, contact the public relations office at (859) 233-8120 or philosophy professor Peter Fosl at 233-8129 or pfosl@transy.edu.