Roosevelt Montás is senior lecturer in American Studies and English at Columbia University. He holds an A.B. (1995), an M.A. (1996), and a Ph.D. (2004) in English and comparative literature from Columbia University. He was director of the Center for the Core Curriculum at Columbia College from 2008 to 2018. Montás specializes in Antebellum American […]
Charleston, SC Tuesday, September 12, 2023 5-6:30 p.m. Hosted by Leslie Allgood Smith ’00 at the Country Club of Charleston Register at: https://alumnae.hollins.edu/24Charleston (RSVP by September 5)
CUBA: Beyond Mambo and Rock ‘n Roll Artist talk with reception to follow. September 14 – December 10, 2023 Since the embargo, Cubans have used their creativity, imagination, and ingenuity in daily life. This attitude and quest for freedom for themselves and their country is apparent in each of the artists’ works whether they examine […]
Louisville, KY Thursday, September 21, 2023 6-7:30 p.m. Hosted by Sandra Frazier ’94 (private home in Louisville, KY) Register at: https://alumnae.hollins.edu/24Louisville (RSVP by September 14)
Raquel Salas Rivera is a Puerto Rican poet and translator of trans experience born in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. Among his six poetry books are lo terciario/ the tertiary (Noemi Press, 2019), longlisted for the National Book Award and winner of the Lambda Literary Award, and while they sleep (under the bed is another country) (Birds […]
Opera Roanoke’s Young Artists will present a special preview of the Opera’s upcoming 2023-24 season, featuring selections from Opera Roanoke performances and the Metropolitan Opera’s MET Live in HD season.
Roanoke, VA Tuesday, September 26, 5:50-7 p.m. Hosted by President Mary Dana Hinton and the Tinker Mountain Chapter of the Hollins Alumnae/I Association at Lorimer House, Hollins University Register at: https://alumnae.hollins.edu/24Roanoke (RSVP by September 19)
Art Exhibition: “Humanistic Geography-Uncovering a Sense of Place Gina Louthian-Stanley ’00 is a multimedia artist, writer, and workshop instructor born and living in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. Louthian-Stanley has worked primarily as a printmaker since the late 1970s. In 2006, she began experimenting with encaustic techniques in which she juxtaposes transparent and opaque […]
In this presentation, Dainerys Machado Vento will discuss the mediatic circulation of Cuban literature outside the island as a case study to understand a process like mediatization. She will focus on analyzing the general characteristics of international mediatization of Cuban literature from 2006 to 2018. Questions that will be posed during her talk include which […]
Written by Margaret Wise Brown ’32, Adapted for the stage by Chad Henry When: October 6 at 7:30 pm, October 7 at 10 am and 7:30 pm, and October 8 at 2 pm Where: Hollins Theatre Main Stage What: This magical musical stage version of Margaret Wise Brown’s bedtime classic takes us into the imagination […]
6645 Club Valley Court Suwanee, GA 30024 reg link: https://alumnae.hollins.edu/SuwaneeTinkerDay2023
8720 Union Grove Church Chapel Hill, NC reg link: https://alumnae.hollins.edu/TriangleTinkerDay2023
