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Issue date: 4/16/08 Section: News
Renewing America's food traditions: Presentation by Author Gary Paul Nabhan April 18
A free presentation by Gary Paul Nabhan is being held Friday, April 18 at Berkshire South Regional Community Center Auditorium, 15 Crissey Road, Great Barrington. For directions, visit http://www.berkshiresouth.org/directions.html.
Nabhan is a professor and recipient of a MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant, and has been a primary shaper of the local and indigenous foods movement in the U.S. He's an expert in local foods and indigenous foods and an advocate for their preservation. His books include Coming Home to Eat: The Pleasures and Politics of Local Foods; Arab/American: Landscape, Culture, and Cuisine in Two Great Deserts; and, coming in May, Renewing America's Food Traditions.
There is a book signing after the presentation.
The event is Co-sponsored by The E.F. Schumacher Society and The Orion Society.
For further information, call: (413) 528-4422, ext. 10.
Renewing the food traditions of New England: Lunch and talk with Gary Paul Nabhan April 19
Four-course meal accompanied by a talk by
Gary Paul Nabhan Saturday, April 19 at Route 7 Grill, Great Barrington (Directions: http://www.route7grill.com/contact.html). There will be a book signing.
$30 in advance / $35 at the door
For reservations, call: (413) 528-4422, ext. 10 to talk to Karen.
The Route 7 Grill menu for the event
Mostly Shorts Film Festival April 19
The first Mostly Shorts Film Festival, organized by Student Activities, will take place on Saturday, April 19 beginning at 1 p.m.
A total of nineteen films (selected from public submissions) will be show as well as two special presentations. The festival will also feature the full length documentary, The 11th Hour, produced and narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio. One of the film's producers, Stephen McGuire, will be present at the event.
The schedule of the Festival is as follows
All events are free and open to the public.
The Festival will take place at the Alumni Performance Center of the Livingston Hall Student Union. For more information contact Valerie Fanarjian at ext. 4284 or valerief@simons-rock.edu
To submit a news brief, send it to news@llamaledger.com.
A free presentation by Gary Paul Nabhan is being held Friday, April 18 at Berkshire South Regional Community Center Auditorium, 15 Crissey Road, Great Barrington. For directions, visit http://www.berkshiresouth.org/directions.html.
Nabhan is a professor and recipient of a MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant, and has been a primary shaper of the local and indigenous foods movement in the U.S. He's an expert in local foods and indigenous foods and an advocate for their preservation. His books include Coming Home to Eat: The Pleasures and Politics of Local Foods; Arab/American: Landscape, Culture, and Cuisine in Two Great Deserts; and, coming in May, Renewing America's Food Traditions.
There is a book signing after the presentation.
The event is Co-sponsored by The E.F. Schumacher Society and The Orion Society.
For further information, call: (413) 528-4422, ext. 10.
Renewing the food traditions of New England: Lunch and talk with Gary Paul Nabhan April 19
Four-course meal accompanied by a talk by
Gary Paul Nabhan Saturday, April 19 at Route 7 Grill, Great Barrington (Directions: http://www.route7grill.com/contact.html). There will be a book signing.
$30 in advance / $35 at the door
For reservations, call: (413) 528-4422, ext. 10 to talk to Karen.
The Route 7 Grill menu for the event
- Cheese course
- Chatham sheep Camembert; Monterey chevre; Berkshire blue; reserve Cabot cheddar; Native pecans with dried fruit; wild scallops wrapped in bacon
- Salad - from Equinox Farm or Isabella Freedman
- Local meat mini sandwich trio - pulled pork, pulled chicken, & brisket
- Side: sauteed greens if available
- Side: Hubbard squash
- Side: Mashed potatoes (Maine)
- Rhubarb crisp (Taft Farm)
Appetizer
Main course
Dessert
Mostly Shorts Film Festival April 19
The first Mostly Shorts Film Festival, organized by Student Activities, will take place on Saturday, April 19 beginning at 1 p.m.
A total of nineteen films (selected from public submissions) will be show as well as two special presentations. The festival will also feature the full length documentary, The 11th Hour, produced and narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio. One of the film's producers, Stephen McGuire, will be present at the event.
The schedule of the Festival is as follows
- 1 p.m. Screening: The Secret of the White Bird, The Shower (Re)Seen, Swim Suit, I've Met a Wonderful Man, Hope & Anchor, Visit from Outer Space, and Big White Lies.
- Special Presentation: Interactive Arts Animation by faculty in music, interactive arts, and Asian studies John Myers and his class "Interactive Arts Workshop" at Simon's Rock.
- 3 p.m. Screening: That Creepy Old Doll, 13W, Breaking Up, Giant, Weather Report, The Last Adventure of Superman, Phantom of the Art Gallery, Coda, and Tailored for the Court.
- Special Presentation: Urban Electronic Poetry.
- 7 p.m. Screening: Fragile, How to Build a Bio-Swale, Dinosaurs and Rocketships, followed by the featured documentary The 11th Hour.
All events are free and open to the public.
The Festival will take place at the Alumni Performance Center of the Livingston Hall Student Union. For more information contact Valerie Fanarjian at ext. 4284 or valerief@simons-rock.edu
To submit a news brief, send it to news@llamaledger.com.
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