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SUMMARY:Dickens Universe: Iola + David
DESCRIPTION:The Dickens Universe is a unique cultural event that brings together scholars\, teachers\, students\, and members of the general public for a week of stimulating discussion and festive social activity on the beautiful Santa Cruz campus of the University of California—all focused on one or two Victorian novels\, usually (but not always) one by Charles Dickens. \nIn 2022\, the Dickens Universe will pair one of the best-known novels of Dickens\, David Copperfield\, with the most famous of all nineteenth-century African-American novels\, Frances E. W. Harper’s Iola Leroy or\, Shadows Uplifted. Reflections on how personal histories of coming of age play out through and against the mysteries and brutalities of history; confrontations with the claims of familial and community loyalties\, as these come to be fractured\, exposed\, and reconfigured: through these and other ways of reading\, Universe participants will explore what happens when the novels of these two extraordinary novelists\, reformers\, orators\, poets\, and journalists are brought into conversation. \nNow in its 41st year of operation\, the Dickens Universe combines features of a scholarly conference\, a festival\, a book club\, and summer camp. Participants include people of all ages and walks of life—distinguished scholars\, graduate students\, undergraduates\, retirees\, young professionals\, high school teachers\, anyone who loves to read and who enjoys long Victorian novels. \nHere are some of the things that make the Universe such a special experience. \n\nThe college lifestyle: participants live on campus\, eat together in the student dining hall\, have time to meet and come to know each other in different ways.\nEveryone is reading the same book. We all have this one important thing in common.\nThe range of activities—formal lectures\, small discussion groups\, films\, daily Victorian teas\, performances\, and Victorian dancing.\n\nView the preliminary schedule. \nQuestions? Call (831) 459-2103 or email dpj@ucsc.edu for assistance. \nWe are thrilled to offer discounts to all Dickens Fellowship members. In the registration form\, please provide your branch affiliation. Enter FELLOWSHIP50 for $50 off virtual registration in the discount code field\, or FELLOWSHIP100 for $100 off in-person options (registration with housing and commuter). \nWe can’t wait to see you this summer! \n \nThe Universe offers a week of total immersion in the world of Victorian fiction with friendly\, like-minded colleagues in a beautiful setting. Whether we’re returning to a Dickens novel that everyone knows and loves\, or branching out into a Victorian novel by another author who might be less familiar\, during the Universe we build a community out of our passion for reading\, talking with one another\, and bringing Victorian culture to life. \nThe Dickens Project is a Multi-campus Research Unit (MRU) of the University of California. Its research activities have been supported by extramural grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities\, the U.S. Department of Education\, the California Council for the Humanities\, the California Arts Council\, the Exxon Education Foundation\, dues from member schools\, and private gifts. Activities for the general public are supported in part by contributions to a private\, non-profit organization\, the Friends of the Dickens Project.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/dickens-universe-iola-david/
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SUMMARY:Blossoms into Gold: The Croatians in the Pajaro Valley
DESCRIPTION:Of all the immigrant groups who flocked to California in the last two hundred years\, probably the least known are the Croatians of the Dalmatian Coast. Often identified as Austrians\, Slavonians\, or Dalmatians\, they came from a glorious background of international traders\, sailors\, and political thinkers few people in America knew about\, and brought with them knowledge that would change the way the United States did business. At the same time\, they transported their customs and beliefs to their new home and established a way of life that was vibrant and rich in traditional folkways. Join the authors of Blossoms into Gold for a discussion of this community’s fabled past and economic innovations in the Pajaro Valley. \nDonna F. Mekis holds degrees in both Anthropology and Education from UC Santa Cruz. She had a forty-year career in higher education\, working at both UC Santa Cruz and Cabrillo College. At Cabrillo\, Donna developed and directed both the Transfer Center and the Honors Transfer Program. Recently\, she served as the President of UCSC’s Alumni Association and is currently a Trustee on the UC Santa Cruz Foundation Board. \nKathryn Mekis Miller did her undergraduate and graduate work at UC Berkeley. She and her husband Marshall Miller opened their first retail store in Santa Cruz in 1971. They have developed a number of successful businesses under the umbrella name Sun Shops\, which has now become a second-generation Santa Cruz business. In 2009\, Sun Shops were honored as the Business of the Year by the Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce. \nFor more information\, please visit Blossoms into Gold. \nFree with museum admission. Sponsored by UC Santa Cruz University Library and The Humanities Institute.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/blossoms-into-gold-the-croatians-in-the-pajaro-valley-2/
LOCATION:Museum of Art & History\, 705 Front Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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SUMMARY:Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music: Let Me See The Sun
DESCRIPTION:Four composers will join you in the audience for our second night as Maestro Măcelaru leads the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra in the West Coast premiere of Iván Enrique Rodríguez’ A Metaphor for Power—reflecting on our ideals of equality in America\, as seen through the lens of the composer’s Latinx experience. \nIván Enrique Rodríguez: A Metaphor for Power (WCP)\nStacy Garrop: The Battle for the Ballot (WCP | Festival Commission)\n(Texts from seven suffragists; Valerie Joi\, narrator)\nPaola Prestini: Let Me See the Sun (Lara Downes\, piano)\nJohn Harbison: The Great Gatsby Suite (WCP) \n \nStacy Garrop’s The Battle for the Ballot was commissioned by the Cabrillo Festival in 2020 to commemorate the centenary of women’s suffrage in America and incorporates the words of seven prominent Black and white suffragists\, read by narrator Valerie Joi. It receives its West Coast premiere performance tonight\, after a spectacular virtual premiere in 2020. \nA second work celebrates voting rights and the passage of the 19th Amendment: Paola Prestini’s piano concerto Let Me See the Sun\, which features trailblazing pianist Lara Downes. Prestini is hailed by the New York Times as an “imaginative composer\,” as Let Me See the Sun demonstrates with an infusion of folk music\, virtuosity\, dissonance\, and vocal simplicity. The concerto is about the human impulse to remain hopeful\, structured as a dialogue between piano and orchestra\, at times contentious and at times unified. \nPulitzer Prize-winning composer John Harbison is an 84-year old American master who has yet to be featured at Cabrillo Festival—until now. Harbison’s music is “rich with lyrical outpourings” (New York Times) that are filtered through his “rigorously crafted language” (Strings Magazine). The Great Gatsby Suite—adapted from his opera\, based on the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald—abounds in cakewalks\, ragtime and jazz\, and includes saxophones and banjo. Composed in 2007\, the work receives its West Coast premiere tonight. \nCovid-19 public health and safety guidelines will be followed\, including requiring proof of full vaccination for all audiences\, staff\, and artists. Masking will be required indoors at all times. Read our full Covid Policy here. \nConcert sponsored by The Humanities Institute.
URL:https://thi.ucsc.edu/event/cabrillo-festival-of-contemporary-music-let-me-see-the-sun/
LOCATION:Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
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