In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, The Everywoman Book Club, sponsored by the UA Women’s Resource Center, will meet to discuss “The Painted Drum” by Louise Erdrich on Thursday, Nov. 29 at noon at the Globe Restaurant.
Dr. Tricia McElroy, assistant professor of English at The University of Alabama, will discuss her work “The Popular Campaign Against Mary Queen of Scots” on Wednesday, Dec. 5 at 12:30 p.m. in 102 Manly Hall.
The University of Alabama Women’s Resource Center and Women Involved in Learning and Leading are sponsoring a staged reading of the play “Nickel and Dimed” based on the acclaimed novel by Barbara Ehrenreich, “Nickel and Dimed on (Not) Getting by in America,” on Wednesday, Nov. 28 in the Ferguson Center Theater at 6 p.m.
Experts from The University of Alabama’s CARE Research & Development Laboratory (CRDL) will be among the speakers at the ninth annual Criminal Justice Technology Symposium at The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center Dec. 3-5. The conference will focus on the latest technological innovations in law enforcement and criminal justice.
A leader in identifying risk factors for autism will give a talk at The University of Alabama Thursday, Nov. 29 at 4 p.m. in the Biology Building, room 202.
Dr. Micki McElya, assistant professor of American studies at The University of Alabama, will discuss her new book, “Clinging to Mammy: The Faithful Slave in Twentieth-Century America” (Harvard University Press, 2007) on Tuesday, Nov. 27 at 4:30 p.m. in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library reading room.
British playwright John Gober serves up a sweet-and-sour mix of late-night fun and morning-after reality in the boisterous comedy “Bouncers,” to be performed Tuesday, Nov. 27, through Sunday, Dec. 2, at The University of Alabama’s Allen Bales Theatre.
Dr. Kevin E. Trenberth, head of the Climate Analysis Section at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., will present the lecture, “Global Warming: Coming Ready or Not!,” Dec.6 at 7:30 p.m. in room 127 Biology Building on The University of Alabama campus.
November is Native American Heritage Month and The University of Alabama Crossroads Community Center has a variety of events planned to honor the many accomplishments, rich ancestry and traditions of Native Americans.
Shakespeare will be deliciously funny with the help of a group of quarreling chorus members – Oregano, Antipasto, Pesto and Romano. The College of Engineering does Amateur Radical Theatre, known as COE does ART, will host their second dinner and a show with “Romeo and Harriet,” a comedic spin-off of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet.”