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11.6.08 | 7pm
"Who Will Build the Ark? Architecture in an Age of Catastrophic Convergence" | Simpson Center for the Humanities, UW
Kane Hall 120
Scholar and activist Mike Davis (Creative Writing, UC Riverside) is the author of City of Quartz and Planet of Slums, among many other books on urban history, poverty, cultural studies, and environmental issues. Download the flyer for more information. Presented as part of the Katz Distinguished Lecture in the Humanities series.
9.23.08 | 6pm
World Health Cinema Event: Under the Same Moon (La Misma Luna)
Husky Union Building Auditorium
Under the Same Moon (La Misma Luna) explores similar themes to the UW Common Book The Devil's Highway. This film centers on a young boy's journey across the U.S./Mexico border to be reunited with his mother. Adrian Alonso stars as Carlitos, a Mexican adolescent living with his grandmother while his mother works as a maid in the U.S., hoping someday to send for her child. But when the grandmother dies unexpectedly, Carlitos must sneak across the border and seek out his mother. Under the Same Moon premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, where it received a standing ovation.
UW Common Book News
College Reading (with Jill McKinstry)
8.15.08
Here & Now Radio, an NPR affiliate in Boston, produced a 5-minute-program about common book programs and interviewed people from three institutions: University of Washington, Skidmore, and North Carolina State.
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Immigration issue is central to new Common Book
5.14.08
The Devil's Highway: A True Story, by Luis Alberto Urrea, has been selected as the third UW Common Book by Undergraduate Academic Affairs.
Read the press release | University Week | Seattle P-I