Dudley Literary Arts Program
Fellows: Rita Banerjee & Cinthya Torres

 

Come learn about Dudley House's exciting art and literary life! Join us to find out more about The Dudley Review, Speech Acts: the April 2008 Dudley Arts Exhibit, the Dudley Creative Writing Workshop, The Dudley Reading Group as well as the new experimental mixed-genre workshop: Dudley Avant-Garde: Experiments in Writing, Art, Music, & Thought. Free copies of The Dudley Review will be available as well as information on performances and exhibitions. So come enjoy the live music, food, readings, & performances!

Writers, thinkers, experimentalists, and artists of all genres are welcome!

Check out our website at http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~dudley/fellows/lit/lit.html or contact the Dudley Literary Fellows, Rita Banerjee & Cinthya Torres, at dudley_literary@yahoo.com if you have any questions.


***Some Upcoming Special Events***

 

Dudley Book Arts Workshop:

*TICKETS ON SALE NOW*

Monday April 28, 2008 * 7:00-9 PM * Fireside Room

If you enjoyed the hand-made books, poetry broadsides, and artwork designed by Rope-a-Dope Productions of the Dudley April Speech Acts Art Exhibit, join us for two exciting workshops in which you can design you very own book! During the workshop, you will have access to various artistic materials (such as silk-screens, paints, hand-binding equipment, etc.) to create you very own unique, hand-made book. This is a great workshop for those who would love to learn how to create and press their very own journals, chapbooks, or spruce up an old books with new handmade, illustrated cover. The results will be stunning, and space for the workshop will be limited. So please make sure to buy tickets in advance for a nominal fee of $5 and enjoy and afternoon of creating wonderful art! Want to see more? Check out their web page at: http://rope-a-dope-press.blogspot.com/

 

Speech Acts: Art Responding to Language, Rhetoric, & Politics

April 3 - 25, 2008
Dudley Common Room & Mezzanine
Opening Night Gala: Thursday April 3 @ 8 pm in the Common Room*

Join us for this exciting art exhibit featuring how various visual artists and designers articulate and respond to speech acts, creating thought-provoking art with reflects upon, internalizes, or subverts your traditional notions of language, rhetoric, and politics. Featured artists will include Peter Ciccariello, David Chirot, Frank Shifreen, and books designed by Sarita Cartonera and Robert da Vies from Rope-a-Dope Collaborative. Handmade books, poetry broadsides, and other visual art objects will be up for sale. The exhibit will also feature a short film, and live jazz music provided by Casimir Liberski of the Berklee College of Music. So join us for a wonderful night of art, music, food and wine, and thought-provoking entertainment!

* Jazz music provided by Casimir Liberski of the Berklee College of Music

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Take Back the Mike! (Dudley Open Mike Night)

Tuesday April 8 , 2008 , * 8-10PM * Cafe Gato Rojo

A poetry reading and grand slam/spoken word contests featuring Harvard's Spoken Word Society and members of the graduate committee. Join us for an evening of interactive poetry performances, and judge for yourself who the best writers are! All poets, word-weavers, and songsters are invited to participate!!! Contact us at dudley_literary@yahoo.com if you have any questions.

 

Dudley Shakespeare Festival:

Friday April 11, 2008 , * 7-10PM * Fireside Room

Is this a dagger which I see before me? Et tu Brute? Join Harvard's Bard Society as they bring the intrigue, passion, and linguistic mastery of Shakespeare to life in spirited performances of his key dramatic monologues. In the cozy atmosphere of the Fireside Room, enjoy a spot of wine and cheese as watch Hamlet, Othello, Caesar, and Puck come to life before your eyes! Join us as we celebrate those memorable monologues and charackters for Shakespeare's great tragedies, comedies, and romances!

Check out our website at http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~dudley/fellows/lit/experimental.html or contact the Dudley Literary Fellows, Rita Banerjee & Cinthya Torres, at dudley_literary@yahoo.com if you have any questions.

 

 

 

Schedule of Events:

 

February 2008

  • Dudley Review Submissions Meeting ~ Thursday February 7, 2008 , * 6:00-10 PM * Fireside Room
  • Dudley Writing Workshop & Submissions Review ~ Thursday February 14, 2008 , * 6:00 –10 PM * Fireside Room
  • Dudley Reading Group ~ Tuesday February 19, 2008 , * 7:30-10 PM * Third Floor Lounge
  • Dudley Shakespeare Festival ~ Thursday February 28, 2008 , * 7:30-10PM * Fireside Room


March 2008

  • Dudley Review Design Meeting ~ Thursday March 6, 2008 , * 5:00-9:00 PM * Third Floor Lounge & Computer Room
  • Dudley Writing Workshop & Design Meeting ~ Monday March 10, 2008 , * 7:00-10 pm * Third Floor Lounge
  • Dudley Reading Group ~ Tuesday March 18, 2008 , 2008, * 7:30-10 PM * Third Floor Lounge
  • Take back the Mike! Dudley Open Mike Night ~ Friday March 21, 2008 , * 8-10 PM * Café Gato Rojo


April 2008

  • Speech Acts: Dudley Art Exhibit Opening Night Gala & Jazz Concert ~ Thursday April 3, 2008 * 7-11 PM * Common Room & Mezzanine

(Exhibit will run from Thursday April 3 – Friday April 25 and will feature book arts and contemporary art responding public speech & rhetoric. Featured artists include Peter Ciccariello, David Chirot, Frank Shifreen, and books designed by Sarita Cartonera and Robert da Vies from Rope-a-Dope Productions, and jazz music provided by Casimir Libirski of the Berklee College of Music)

  • Take Back the Mike! ~ Tuesday April 8, 2008 * 8-10 PM*
  • Dudley Writing Workshop ~ Wednesday April 10, 2008 , * 7:00 -10 PM * Fireside Room
  • Shakespeare Festival ~ Friday April 11, 2008 * 7-10 PM*
  • Dudley Reading Group ~ Tuesday April 15, 2008 , * 7:30 –10 PM * Third Floor Lounge
  • Dudley Experimental Movie Night ~ Wednesday 23, 2008 * 7:30 –10PM * Graduate Student Lounge
  • Dudley Book Arts Workshop ~ Monday April 28, 2008 * 7-9 PM * Firside Room


May 2008

  • Dudley Review Launch Party ~ TBA * 7:00 – 10PM * Fireside Room

 

* Unless otherwise stated, all events are free and open to the public.

 

E-mail: dudley_literary@yahoo.com

Website: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~dudley/fellows/lit/lit.html

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