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 SING TO ME, O MUSE:
A SYMPOSIUM
October 29, 2011, 10 am to 4 pm
Cambridge Public Library
449 Broadway
Cambridge, MA 02138
Lecture Hall
(Floor L2)
SING TO ME, O MUSE takes its title from the opening lines
of The Odyssey, and will feature readings, talks, and
performances highlighting the impact of the epic poems,
myths, and legends of the ancient Greeks on childhood,
literature, and society.
A remarkable chorus of artists, writers, storytellers, musicians,
dancers, educators and students includes Gregory Maguire,
Susan Cooper, Ashley Bryan, Sebastian Lockwood, Evi
Gerokosta (on film), Tracy Barrett, Gareth Hinds, Jill Paton
Walsh, John Rowe Townsend, Dr. John Pappas and his
Metropolis of Boston Dance Group, Katherine Kleitz, Barbara
Scotto, Martha Walke, Daryl Mark, Nora Tisel Farley, Connie
Carven, Susan Flannery, and Barbara Harrison.
Pdf of the invitation. |
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Registration
The program is free and open to the public. Reservations are
required, and seating is limited. Please register for the event,
by emailing Martha Walke at walkem@sover.net or by calling
her at (802) 765-4935. In your message, include your name,
email address, home phone and cell phone numbers.
Parking
As a courtesy to library patrons, we request that you do not
park in the Cambridge Public Library underground garage.
Please enjoy free parking in the parking lot of Harvard
Vanguard Medical Associates, 1611 Cambridge Street (7:00
am-5:30 pm). This location is about 1½ blocks from the
library (walk across Cambridge Street and follow Ellery Street
to Broadway. Turn right on Broadway and you will see the
Main Library). For directions to Harvard Vanguard please
check their website: http://www.harvardvanguard.org/
locs/directions.asp?ofc=Cambridge
Book Sales and Signing
Books by speakers will be available for sale from 9:00 – 9:45
am, and again during lunch, thanks to Porter Square Books.
No book sales after the program.
Lunch
We encourage people to bring a bag lunch or to plan on a
picking up a quick lunch at the nearby Broadway Market on
Broadway or Darwin’s Ltd on Cambridge Street.
Hosted by Children’s Literature New England, The Examined Life: Greek Studies in
the Schools, and the Cambridge Public Library, SING TO ME, O MUSE derives from
a colloquy and study tour in April 2011 in which American, British, and Canadian
writers, illustrators, and educators visited Greece. |
