Events

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.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Transylvania opens its 2006-07 theater season with Shakespeare’s romantic comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream on Thursday, November 2, in the Lucille C. Little Theater. This classic tale of fairies and mismatched lovers, which has become one of Shakespeare’s most popular works, runs November 2-3 and 9-11 at 7:30 p.m., and November 4-5 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $10. A Midsummer Night’s Dream, written sometime in the mid-1590s, follows an original plotline in which several characters face difficulties in the form of social hierarchy, artistic license, love and magical fairies. The play follows Lysander and Hermia, two lovers torn apart by Hermia’s engagement to Demetrius. The two agree to elope, but their plan is foiled when Helena, a woman in love with Demetrius, informs him of the plot. The resulting confusion is intensified by the involvement of kindhearted woodland fairies, whose antics ultimately bring about a happy ending for everyone. This classic comedy is directed by Tim Soulis, drama program director and professor of drama.  Call (859) 233-8141 for more information, and (859) 281-3621 for tickets.