2008 Schedule of Events

Option I: ANCHOR GRAPHICS
David Jones, Executive Director of Anchor Graphics will be guiding participants through an Interactive, hands-on print-making workshop!

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Option II: THE SIMPSONS 101
This workshop will study the post-modern satirical presentations and commentary which The Simpsons has made (and continues to make) through its utilization of the humanities. We will examine how The Simpsons raises and comments on issues of civic, cultural, gender, global and political identities using traditional humanities studies including artistic, film, literary, philosophical and religious critiques. Special emphasis will focus on self-referentiality and how The Simpsons satirizes both itself and its characters as an operative principle and strategy.

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Option III: STORY WORKSHOP© AND STROLL OF THE SCROLL
The Fiction Writing Department invites you to join full-time faculty member Don De Grazia—author of the highly acclaimed novel American Skin—for a two hour Story Workshop class followed by an informative “tour” of Jack Kerouac’s original manuscript of On the Road!

The workshop and tour are open to anyone who wants to see, tell, and write their stories. All participants will leave the workshop with ideas in mind, techniques in play, and writing in hand.

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Option IV: IMPROV WORKSHOP - Back by Popular Demand!
Wisecrackers from our long-standing partner in crime The Second City improv troupe will lead this afternoon of demonstration and instruction and guide you through on-stage improv exercises!

Exciting raffle prizes will also be awarded during the weekend all proceeds go to the Alumni Scholarship Fund!

Notice: Program and locations subject to change.