{"id":2889,"date":"2018-08-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-30T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2018\/08\/renowned-guests-to-discuss-civility-in-transylvanias-creative-intelligence-series\/"},"modified":"2020-07-14T13:54:53","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T17:54:53","slug":"renowned-guests-to-discuss-civility-in-transylvanias-creative-intelligence-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2018\/08\/renowned-guests-to-discuss-civility-in-transylvanias-creative-intelligence-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Renowned guests to discuss civility in Transylvania\u2019s Creative Intelligence Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">LEXINGTON, Ky.\u2014A focus on civility\u2014what it is and how we understand it\u2014plays a leading role in Transylvania University\u2019s Creative Intelligence Series 2018-2019, which includes a variety of speakers and performances. From a lecture by a world-renowned author to a Grammy-nominated oratorio to discussion with an award-winning podcaster, the community is invited to consider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/newsroom\/creative-intelligence\"><span class=\"s1\">this year\u2019s campus theme<\/span><\/a>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cThe 2018-19 Creative Intelligence series features artists, scholars and media makers who crack open the concept of civility in dynamic and unexpected ways,\u201d said Zo\u00e9 Strecker, an art professor and director of Creative Intelligence and special academic programming. \u201cMy hope is that these guests will give us the tools and inspiration to expand our sense of civility and to put it into action. It is a tremendous privilege to share these constructive experiments with the community at large.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">All of Transylvania\u2019s Creative Intelligence events are free, and the public is encouraged to attend. The series is part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/newsroom\/new-frontiers\"><span class=\"s1\">Transylvania\u2019s New Frontiers season,<\/span><\/a> which asks us to go beyond the familiar with new ideas, art and music.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Highlights from the 2018-2019 Creative Intelligence series are:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\">Dylan Marron, a popular podcaster who engages people who have been uncivil toward him, on Oct. 8<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">The Smith Concert Series presentation \u201cConsidering Matthew Shepard,\u201d a choral drama featuring the Grammy-winning Conspirare singers, on Oct. 9<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">James Mustich, author of the upcoming \u201c1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List,\u201d on Oct. 18<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Susan Weinstein, who brings forward the largely unheard voices of young people making spoken word art, on Nov. 8<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Shaun Leonardo, whose art engages people in wordless public debate about complex topics like gun violence and racial bias, on Feb. 27<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">The William R. Kenan Jr. Lecture by Sir Salman Rushdie, a powerful literary artist who has shown sweeping creative courage even against threats to his life, on March 27<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\">Get more details about Transylvania\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/newsroom\/creative-intelligence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\">Creative Intelligence Series<\/span><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/newsroom\/new-frontiers\"><span class=\"s1\">New Frontiers<\/span><\/a> season online at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/\"><span class=\"s1\">transy.edu<\/span><\/a><span class=\"s3\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LEXINGTON, Ky.\u2014A focus on civility\u2014what it is and how we understand it\u2014plays a leading role in Transylvania University\u2019s Creative Intelligence Series 2018-2019, which includes a variety of speakers and performances. From a lecture by a world-renowned author to a Grammy-nominated oratorio to discussion with an award-winning podcaster, the community is invited to consider this year\u2019s campus theme.\u00a0 \u201cThe 2018-19 Creative Intelligence series features artists, scholars and media makers who crack open the concept of civility in dynamic and unexpected ways,\u201d said Zo\u00e9 Strecker, an art professor and director of Creative Intelligence and special academic programming. \u201cMy hope is that these guests will give us the tools and inspiration to expand our sense of civility and to put it into action. It is a tremendous privilege to share these constructive experiments with the community at large.\u201d All of Transylvania\u2019s Creative Intelligence events are free, and the public is encouraged to attend. The series is part of Transylvania\u2019s New Frontiers season, which asks us to go beyond the familiar with new ideas, art and music. 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