The University of Alabama’s department of theatre and dance presents “The Heiress,” a famous story about the fortunes of love, Nov. 4-9 in the Gallaway Theatre on Stadium Drive in the UA Theatre District. Shows are 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
The University of Alabama Library Lecture Series is hosting best-selling author and UA journalism professor Rick Bragg who will read from and discuss his latest book “The Prince of Frogtown” on Wednesday, Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. in 205 Gorgas Library.
Three renowned communication and information leaders will be inducted into The University of Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences Hall of Fame Thursday, Nov. 6. The induction ceremonies will be at the NorthRiver Yacht Club.
The University of Alabama Crossroads Community Center and the UA Center for Community-Based Partnerships are celebrating the opening of the 100 Lenses Photographic Exhibit as part of Homecoming festivities on Tuesday, Oct. 28 from 1-3 p.m. at the Crossroads Lounge in 232 Ferguson Center.
The University of Alabama Junior Panhellenic Council is hosting their annual Sorority Row Trick-or-Treat event open to all area children on Tuesday, Oct. 28 from 5-7 p.m.
Filmmaker Margaret Brown will screen her film “The Order of Myths” at the Bama Theatre Thursday, Oct. 30 at 7:30 p.m., sponsored by The University of Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences and the Arts and Humanities Council of Tuscaloosa County.
The University of Alabama Center for Ethics & Social Responsibility will host the semifinal and final rounds of the fourth annual Moral Forum Tournament. The semifinals will be held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 22 in the Ferguson Center Forum (room 360) and the final round will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 27 in Morgan Auditorium. Scholarships totaling $13,000 will be awarded the final night.
Shakespeare wrote, “Love is blind, and lovers cannot see the pretty follies that themselves commit.” But scholars will take a stab at examining those follies Saturday, Oct. 25, when The University of Alabama’ s Hudson Strode Program in Renaissance Studies hosts the symposium “Shakespeare’s Love Triangles.” The symposium will begin at 9 a.m. in 301 Morgan Hall.
Dr. Cornel West, a social justice activist and Princeton University professor, spoke to a capacity audience at The University of Alabama Oct. 16. A videotape of West’s lecture will be screened Oct. 29 at 6:30 p.m., 8 p.m., and 9:30 p.m. in the theatre of the Ferguson Center on the UA campus.
Dr. Bruce Lincoln, an internationally recognized scholar in religious studies and the Caroline E. Haskell Professor of the History of Religions in the Divinity School at the University of Chicago, will give The University of Alabama department of religious studies’ 2008-2009 Aaron Aronov Lecture.