April 28: Film screening of E.T. FREDERICK, Md.—The Hood College Center for the Humanities will wrap up its spring colloquium series April 28. A film screening of Steven Spielberg's "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" will take place at 7 p.m. in Hodson auditorium in Rosenstock Hall. "E.T." is a classic film about friendship and how we get home, and it follows the series theme, focusing on what constitutes a sense of place and home. This event is free and open to the public. The colloquium … [Read more...]

April 6: Award-winning author gives lecture in Spanish FREDERICK, Md.—Hood College’s annual spring Colloquium Series continues with a lecture April 6 at 7 p.m. in the College’s Whitaker Campus Center, Room 220. Maria Barbal, award-winning author of novels, short stories, juvenile novels and a play, will give a lecture in Spanish entitledMy Narrative Impulses. Translation will be provided by Roser Caminals-Heath, Ph.D., professor of Spanish. A book signing will follow the lecture. Barbal … [Read more...]

March 3: Colloquium lecture features social justice advocate FREDERICK, Md.—The third event in Hood College's annual spring Colloquium Series will take place March 3 at 7 p.m. in the College's Whitaker Campus Center. Eli Clare, author and social justice advocate, will give a talk entitled Bodies as Home: Notes on Cure, Disability and Natural Worlds. He combines storytelling and critical analysis, disability politics and environmental activism to examine the unrelenting desire to cure … [Read more...]

Nov. 6: Colloquium concludes fall series with poetry reading Monday, January 1, 0001 An award-winning poet will read from his most recent book Nov. 6 at 5 p.m. in the Marx Center at Hood College. Jericho Brown, assistant professor of English and creative writing at Emory University, is the author of The New Testament, a collection of poems that examines race, masculinity and sexuality. Brown’s first book, Please, won the American Book Award. His poems have appeared in journals and … [Read more...]

Feb. 19-March 7: Photography exhibit focuses on concept of home FREDERICK, Md.—A photo exhibition that features images of artists' concepts of home will be held Feb. 19 through March 7 in the Whitaker Campus Center Gallery at Hood College. A reception and artist talk is scheduled for Feb. 19 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the gallery, which is open daily from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Photographs of Home is a collaborative exhibit showcasing the work of Hood College and Stevenson University photography … [Read more...]