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Sheila Cohen // March 15, 2008 at 5:47 pm
Hello all,
Here’s an update on Big Read events that have taken place:
The downtown kick-off and the Dr. Seuss birthday parties created momentum for Cortland’s Big Read.
Many children and parents came out for the birthday parties at the Children’s Museum on campus, at SUNY Cortland downtown, and at the Phillips Free Library in Homer.
At the Youth Bureau March 5th, there was a showing of Fahrenheit 451 and on the 6th, a Chemistry of Fire demonstration. The fire demonstration was quite a hit with teens.
There were two book discussions at the Blue Frog, lead by Dennis Wright, on March 5th and 12th that were sponsored by the Cortland County Teacher Center.
On March 6th the talk by Chris Crutcher and teachers on censorship was a major hit — well attended and very compelling. Chris also visited
Cortland High that day and will be back in April to
speak at Homer High.
Check the calendar for upcoming events that are
already scheduled and plan to attend with a friend or two.
There are several events not on the calendar that
you might wish to attend: Random Acts of Reading where you can read from a book you would save. “What book would you save?”
Another very special event is Taylor Mali’s performance on April 8th, 7PM in Corey Union on campus. If you are not familiar with this slam poet, check out his website for some inspiration!
Let us know how you are participating in the Big Read on this blog.
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Sheila Cohen // March 28, 2008 at 2:03 pm
The Wednesday radio broadcast on 90.5 by Dr. Kaltefleiter and her Communication Studies majors was brilliant, very insightful analysis of the novel and the current issues of surveillance of U.S. citizens by the current administration.
We will soon post a link to a podcast of that radio program.
We will also have a recording of an interview by Robert Thompson with Ray Bradbury that we plan to air on the radio.
Thompson, Director of the Bleier Center for TV and popular culture conducted the interview from a WCNY studio in Syracuse by phone with Bradbury at his home in Los Angeles.
Let’s hear from those who heard the radio show produced by Dr. Kaltefleiters class or from those or audited the teleconference of the Thompson interview with Bradbury. What struck a chord with you?