Odyssey to educate, entertain CSULB
By Patrick Fujike
Daily Forty-Niner
It's back.
The university’s yearly series of lectures,
performances, films and fieldtrips, The Odyssey Project, has kicked off
the school year with its theme: The Community.
"The Odyssey provides a forum to discuss
important ideas of our times," said Sharon Olson, director of University
Academic Projects.
The Odyssey project has been around since
1996, and each year it presents a new theme.
"One of the reasons the project exists
is to try to bring people together in the Long Beach Community," Olson
said.
A list of this month’s events follows:
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Famed science fiction writer Octavia Butler
will speak Sept. 13 at 11 a.m. in CBA-140 and also at 2 p.m. in a location
yet to be announced. Butler has won the Hugo and Nebula awards for her
writing.
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The Women’s Resource Center will host "Women
Cookin' Up Jambalaya!" where women novelists, poets and performance artists
will be presented Sept. 16.
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On Sept. 22, photographer Antony Gleaton presents
a slide show of his work “African Legacy in Mexico, Central and South America”
at 11 a.m. in CBA-140A.
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An address by Randy Shaw -- an author, attorney
and social activist -- will cap off the month’s activities Sept. 27. The
presentation will be in CBA-140A.
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Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams, whose story is the
basis of the film "Patch Adams," will start next month’s events Oct. 11
at 7 p.m. in the Carpenter Performing Arts Center.
All events are free and open to the public.
For more information, one may call (562) 985-7572. |
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