2008 Woodie Awards
Arts Briefs
Issue date: 9/29/06 Section: Arts & Entertainment
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Alejandro Escovedo to Play Concert at Hendrix
On Saturday, Oct. 21, Staples Auditorium will play host to Alejandro Escovedo, an artist who Rolling Stone's David Fricke describes as "a folk-blues classicist with a gritty, plaintive voice and an equal fondness for dirty boogie and spectral balladry." Escavedo's music can range from full force rock 'n' roll to the subtle delicacy heard from a string quartet, and he is distinguished as one of contemporary music's truly original and unique artists. For more information on the artist, as well as sample tracks, visit www.alejandroescovedo.com Doors open at 7pm, and the first 200 Hendrix students will receive a free t-shirt. Sponsored by Danny Grace and Special Events, (501) 450-4545.
Book Discussion: The Bookmaker's Daughter
On Tuesday, Oct. 17, Bailey Library will sponsor a discussion of Hot Springs native Shirley Abbott's memoir The Bookmaker's Daughter. Abbott's book is a reflection of life in the 1930's and 40's with her father "Hat" Abbott, who was deeply entrenched in the culture of horse racing and gambling. The book is described by the University of Arkansas Press as "a deeply felt memoir of a daughter who summons up the ghost of her father in a journey through family history, feminist insight, and southern mythology." The discussion will begin at 4pm in the Bailey Library Information Commons.
Hungarian Icon Stephen Colbert to Have Bridge In His Name
American news mogul Stephen Colbert of The Colbert Report recently won the rights to name a new bridge spanning the Duma River in Budapest, Hungary, after a worldwide Internet vote. Colbert, whose global importance can only be described as unparalleled, defeated Hungarian folk heroes Saint Stephen, Nikolas Svernyi, and Chuck Norris, as well as fellow American pop culture giant Jon Stewart. The bridge is to be completed in 2008, granted that Colbert can meet two governmental criteria: that he be fluent in the Hungarian language (he already knows the word for 'bridge' which all foreign language students know signifies near mastery of an alien tongue), and die. Plans are still in the works between Hungarian and American ambassadors for a way to name the bridge after Colbert without necessitating his shuffling off the mortal coil. More details to come
Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Lecture
Raymond DeMallie, the Chancellor's Professor of Anthropology at Indiana University in Bloomington will be presenting a lecture about Native Americans on Oct. 23 at 6:30 in Mills C. DeMallie was appointed director of the university's American Indians Studies Research Institute in 1986, and has done fieldwork on the reservations in the Dakotas, Montana, and Saskatchewan. His writings and teachings focus on kinship and social organization, ritual and belief systems, oral traditions and material culture. More recently, he has become involved designed to create materials to teach the Sioux and Assiniboine languages. The event is sposonred by the Hendrix Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, (501) 450-1488. For more information, contact Patty Bruininks at Bruininks@hendrix.edu
On Saturday, Oct. 21, Staples Auditorium will play host to Alejandro Escovedo, an artist who Rolling Stone's David Fricke describes as "a folk-blues classicist with a gritty, plaintive voice and an equal fondness for dirty boogie and spectral balladry." Escavedo's music can range from full force rock 'n' roll to the subtle delicacy heard from a string quartet, and he is distinguished as one of contemporary music's truly original and unique artists. For more information on the artist, as well as sample tracks, visit www.alejandroescovedo.com Doors open at 7pm, and the first 200 Hendrix students will receive a free t-shirt. Sponsored by Danny Grace and Special Events, (501) 450-4545.
Book Discussion: The Bookmaker's Daughter
On Tuesday, Oct. 17, Bailey Library will sponsor a discussion of Hot Springs native Shirley Abbott's memoir The Bookmaker's Daughter. Abbott's book is a reflection of life in the 1930's and 40's with her father "Hat" Abbott, who was deeply entrenched in the culture of horse racing and gambling. The book is described by the University of Arkansas Press as "a deeply felt memoir of a daughter who summons up the ghost of her father in a journey through family history, feminist insight, and southern mythology." The discussion will begin at 4pm in the Bailey Library Information Commons.
Hungarian Icon Stephen Colbert to Have Bridge In His Name
American news mogul Stephen Colbert of The Colbert Report recently won the rights to name a new bridge spanning the Duma River in Budapest, Hungary, after a worldwide Internet vote. Colbert, whose global importance can only be described as unparalleled, defeated Hungarian folk heroes Saint Stephen, Nikolas Svernyi, and Chuck Norris, as well as fellow American pop culture giant Jon Stewart. The bridge is to be completed in 2008, granted that Colbert can meet two governmental criteria: that he be fluent in the Hungarian language (he already knows the word for 'bridge' which all foreign language students know signifies near mastery of an alien tongue), and die. Plans are still in the works between Hungarian and American ambassadors for a way to name the bridge after Colbert without necessitating his shuffling off the mortal coil. More details to come
Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Lecture
Raymond DeMallie, the Chancellor's Professor of Anthropology at Indiana University in Bloomington will be presenting a lecture about Native Americans on Oct. 23 at 6:30 in Mills C. DeMallie was appointed director of the university's American Indians Studies Research Institute in 1986, and has done fieldwork on the reservations in the Dakotas, Montana, and Saskatchewan. His writings and teachings focus on kinship and social organization, ritual and belief systems, oral traditions and material culture. More recently, he has become involved designed to create materials to teach the Sioux and Assiniboine languages. The event is sposonred by the Hendrix Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, (501) 450-1488. For more information, contact Patty Bruininks at Bruininks@hendrix.edu
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