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Delta Kings to offer singing telegrams for Valentine’s Day
The non-profit Delta Kings Chorus will soon be sending out its colorful barbershop quartets to deliver Singing Valentines to lucky individuals all over Greater Cincinnati.
Quartets will go to any location, often as a surprise, to sing their old love songs, present a long stem red rose, a small box of chocolates and pose with her or him for an instant photograph as a keepsake.
Call (888) 796-8555 or visit www.deltakings.org for details.
Registration opens this week for Miami U’s CraftSummer
Registration for CraftSummer, a series of hands-on craft and art related workshops at Miami University’s Oxford campus, opens Friday, Jan. 30. Four weeklong and two weekend sessions will be offered. Weekend sessions are June 12-14 and 26-28; weeklong sessions (Monday through Friday) are June 15-19, 22-26, 29-July 3 and July 6-10.
Workshops are available for no credit or for undergraduate or graduate credit. Thirty-one workshops in a variety of media, from stained glass to metals to quilts, are taught by Miami faculty and visiting artists from across the country.
For complete information and to download the registration form, go to www.units.muohio.edu/craftsummer or call (513) 529-7395.
Black History Month discussion on ‘Religion and Community’
Alton Pollard III, dean and professor of religion and cultures at the Howard University School of Divinity, will present “Between Life and Death: The Middle Passage,” at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5, in Shriver Center multipurpose rooms B and C. His talk is part of the Center for American and World Cultures (CAWC) lecture series on “Religion and Community” and the Miami University Black History Celebration.
Pollard’s presentation will examine the black religious experience and how “Middle Passages grapples with the rational black mind and the spirit of the ancestors — decolonizing our understanding of inherited traditions, creating a new word when and where necessary and affirming the black faithful every step of the way.”
The talk, free and open to the public, is sponsored by Miami’s black history celebration committee, CAWC and the Honors and Scholars Faber Scholar-in-Residence program with support from other campus organizations. For more information, contact the CAWC at (513) 529-8309.
Former ‘Warchild’ Emmanuel Jal to Speak at Miami University
Emmanuel Jal is going to speak about his harrowing experiences as a child soldier in southern Sudan during harsh civil wars, eventually escaping with the help of an British aid worker, 7 p.m. Feb. 14 at Hall Auditorium, Miami University, Oxford.
To deal with the trauma of his childhood, he has taken up music and has released two albums, including his most recent one “Warchild.” Come hear about this amazing individual’s struggle to escape perpetual violence and spread a message of peace and conciliation to the international community. This event is being sponsored by several student organizations including STAND, the student anti-genocide coalition.
The event is f ree and open to the public. Tickets are available through the Miami University Box Office, (513) 529-3200.
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