QC Cooks Up Some Amazing Events and Projects--

*****StoryCorps*****
Record Your Stories and Memories of the Borough with StoryCorps During Queens Week: October 28 - November 2, 2011

StoryCorps, a national nonprofit oral history project, is partnering with Queens College (http://queensmemory.org/) and the Queens Public Library (http://www.queenslibrary.org/) to record the stories and experiences of everyday people who live and work in the borough. Through storytelling, StoryCorps will honor the rich history of Queens and its residents.

Go to http://storycorps.org/record-your-story/ to learn more about the process of recording your story.

Queens Week recordings will take place at the following locations:
October 28 - 30
Benjamin S. Rosenthal Library at Queens College
65-30 Kissena Boulevard
Flushing, NY 11367
October 31 - November 2
The Flushing Branch of the Queens Public Library
41-17 Main Street
Flushing, NY 11355

Make a reservation today by emailing nyc+queensweek@storycorps.org or calling 646-723-7020 ext 27.


*****Kupferberg Center for the Arts announces its new season!*****
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of our Classical Concert Series, enjoy the family-friendly Nutcracker, and join us for the New York premiere of Tear Jar, The Blues Musical and the Queens exclusive performance of Neil Berg's 100 Years of Broadway. Tickets on sale now. Discounts available with QCID. Go to www.kupferbergcenter.org or call 718-793-8080.

(Silence) - a play in one act by Tyler Rivenbark

Congrats Tyler--QC MFA alum!

Time
Friday, November 11 · 9:00pm - 10:30pm
Location
The Lounge at Dixon Place
161A Christie Street
New York, NY
Created By
Tyler Rivenbark
More Info
Dixon Place Presents

(Silence) - a play in one act by Tyler Rivenbark

Directed by Cindy Kawasaki
Featuring Helyn Messenger and Sarah Burkhalter

*Poster design by John Rice

Please join us for one night only on Friday November 11 for a new play by Tyler Rivenbark. Box office opens at 9pm. Show starts promptly at 9:30pm. Only $5 at the door. Come early and enjoy a drink at the bar.


Please help us spread the word!

(Silence) follows You and Me through their relationships, past and present, as they seek comfort in the abuses of the love they've shared.

Reading by Poet Laureate Philip Levine

After a great many awards for his numerous collections,
Philip Levine has been inducted as the new Poet Laureate of the United States. It is our great honor to host a reading by a man especially known for poems on growing up in Detroit to immigrant family as well as poems that champion the lives of working men and women.


Read an essay by MFA director Nicole Cooley
http://www.poetrysociety.org/psa/poetry/blog/why_we_ve_invited_philip_levine/

Wednesday October 19, 6:30pm,
Rosenthal 230, Queens College.

This reading is part of The New Salon in Queens, a reading series co-sponsored by the Queens College MFA Program in Creative Writing and Literary Translation and the Poetry Society of America. For any questions relating to the event, please contact Nicole Cooley, MFA Director, at ncooley@qc.cuny.edu.

NO DINOSAURS IN HEAVEN ...

Film Screening: No Dinosaurs in Heaven. Film essay examines the hijacking of science education by religious fundamentalists, threatening the separation of church and state and dangerously undermining scientific literacy. Includes discussion and Q&A with Eugenie Scott (Executive Director, National Center for Science Education) and director/producer Greta Schiller.
Monday, October 24, 7 pm (doors open at 6:30),
Rosenthal Library 230.
Free and open to the public.
Information: john.dennehy@qc.cuny.edu or http://www.nodinos.com/.

Hunter's FALL 2011 DISTINGUISHED WRITERS SERIES - CAROL MUSKE-DUKES

Carol Muske-Dukes is the author of seven collections of poetry, including Sparrow and most recently Twin Cities, as well as four novels, the most recent of which, Channeling Mark Twain, was a National Book Award finalist in 2007. She is the founder of the doctoral Program in Creative Writing and Literature at the University of Southern California and currently teaches there. Her work has appeared in numerous publications including Ploughshares, Antaeus, The New Yorker and Paris Review. RSVP to spevents@hunter.cuny.edu or 212-772-4007. Reading is free and open to the public but RSVPs are required.
Hunter College, CUNY
695 Park Ave. "West Bldg"
October 20, 7:30-9:30

SCENES THROUGH THE CINEMA LENS PART 1: THE HOLLYWOOD MUSICAL BEGINS: THE FIRST TALKIE-MUSICALS

In 1927, Al Jolson redefined American cinema when he looked at the camera and asserted, "Wait a minute, wait a minute. You ain't heard nothin' yet!" He was right. Hollywood was soon producing "all-dancing, all-singing" extravaganzas featuring Maurice Chevalier, Ginger Rogers, James Cagney, and long lines of chorus girls, not to mention Jolson himself. We'll also look at the first musicals that starred African American performers such as Paul Robeson and Josephine Baker.
Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY
199 Chambers St.
7:30

ORHAN PAMUK: A CONVERSATION WITH STUDENTS

Pamuk is celebrated for his ability to convey the realities of life in Turkey to readers who would otherwise find them hard to imagine. In this conversation, he will reflect on the ways that he writes his novels for audiences all over the world as he also discusses the challenges of translating his work from the original Turkish into English. Immediately following, Pamuk will take questions from Queens College students�some of whom are enrolled in the school�s MFA Program in Creative Writing and Literary Translation�and the audience. This free, public event will take place in the Campbell Dome, adjacent to Powdermaker Hall. No tickets are required.
Oct. 17, 5-6:30
Campbell Dome, QC campus
admission free

Poet Laureate, Philip Levine Reading at QC

THE NEW SALON IN QUEENS
Philip Levine, with Nicole Cooley
Wednesday, Oct 19, 6:30 pm
Library auditorium, Room 230
... read Professor Cooley's comments about
being in Levine's undergraduate poetry workshop
on the Poetry Society of America website:
http://www.poetrysociety.org/psa/poetry/blog/