EMBRY-RIDDLE ARTS AND LETTERS SERIES 2008-2009
DAYTONA BEACH CAMPUS
Unless otherwise noted, All events are free and open to the public and take place in the Willie Miller Instructional Center at 7:00 pm; Embry-Riddle’s Daytona Beach Campus: 600 S. Clyde Morris Blvd.
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map showing Miller Instructional Center and parking areas.
See map showing Bldg. A in Academic
Complex
(Parking is free)
For
more information, call (386) 226-6668
Downloadable
Arts & Letters Events Poster 2008
(.pdf file)
See Events for 2009 Spring Semester
 Forgotten Florida
Ongoing - Willie Miller Instructional Center
Forgotten Florida - from the Daytona State College Southeast Museum of Photography. Eerie portraits of hard times by such noted artists as Dorothea Lange and others.
 Safahan Music Band
7 pm, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008
Safahan Music Band - a Persian week performance - an all-woman group created and directed by Hamid Sheikhbahaei, director of the world-renowned Safa Music Group, performing gorgeous Persian~Iranian music on traditional instruments. Co-sponsored by The Ancient Persia~Modern Iran Committee. Check out Passport to Persia Week for more information.
Nominal fee of $5.00 at the door; free with school ID.
 Alex Filippenko
7 pm, Saturday, November 8, 2008
Alex Filippenko on "Dark Energy and the Runaway Universe" - named Best Professor at UC-Berkeley six times, Dr. Filippenko has written and co-authored hundreds of publications on astronomy as well as having appeared on the History Channel’s informative series, The Universe. Co-sponsored by the Fred Elston Memorial Fund.
 Jamila Tekalli
Daytona State College
7:30 pm, Saturday, November 15, 2008
Jamila Tekalli, prize-winning classical pianist and student of Amaldo Cohen presently earning her Masters in music at UCF. This event will take place at the Daytona State College (formerly DBCC) Theater Center; 1200 W. International Speedway Blvd.
Nominal fee of $5.00 at the door; still free for Eagle Card holders. Please note special time and place.
 Jack Levin
7 pm, Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Jack Levin on "The Violence of Hate" - Prof. of Sociology and Criminology and author of Why We Hate, Dr. Levin will share his compelling insights on the nature of hate crimes and the climate that nurtures them.
Co-sponsored by the Diversity Initiative Office.
 Kevin Miller
7 pm, Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Kevin Miller, Director of the Southeast Museum of Photography in "Seeing is Believing" - SMP is an internationally acclaimed museum and one of the few nation-wide dedicated exclusively to the art of photography. Miller will share his prodigious knowledge, based on his MFA and his lifelong fascination with the fine art of photography.
 The National Players
7 pm, Monday, February 9, 2009
7pm, Tuesday, February 10, 2009
The National Players Double Bill - one of America’s most popular touring troupes returns to offer us their unique interpretations.
- Monday, February 9th, a play based on Orwell’s 1984, and
- Tuesday, February 10th, Shakespeare’s beloved As You Like It.
Nominal fee of $5.00 at the door; still free for Eagle Card holders.
 John Steel
7 pm, Tuesday, February 24, 2009
John Steel accompanying Short Silent Films - Chances are, you’ve never seen silent film as it should be seen, with live accompaniment. If you haven’t, this performance by our own accomplished Floridian organist will be a revelation to you. If you have, you know what a treat you’re in for. Films to be announced - we are hoping that Buster Keaton’s The General will be included.
 Jennifer L. Pozner
7pm, Friday, March 13, 2009
Jennifer L. Pozner on "Bachelor Babes, Bridezillas & Husband-Hunting Harems" - "With razor-sharp analysis and provocative clips" from TV’s reality shows, this award-winning journalist "exposes how ‘reality’ TV reinforces regressive stereotypes about women and men, race and class, and sex, love and marriage in America".
Co-sponsored by the Diversity Initiative Office.
 John Hemingway,
7pm, Wednesday, March 25, 2009
John Hemingway, grandson of Ernest and author of Strange Tribe: A Family Memoir - will share his painful and brilliant insights on fame and dysfunctional family dynamics from his beautifully written and well-reviewed memoir. "This book is sure to shock, fascinate and engage."
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