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Prudence Johnson and Dan Chouinard: The Golden Age of Radio
July 18, 1 p.m.
Free event, reservations recommended
Prudence Johnson and Dan Chouinard share their interpretations of classic standards of the 30s and 40s in voice and piano, interspersed with period photos and memories of the era from Minnesotans of all stripes. Sponsored by the Winona Public Library through the Minnesota’s Greatest Generation Project.
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It Goes Without Saying
July 25, 1 p.m.
Bill Bowers shares hilarious, heart-breaking, and unbelievable true stories from both his career and his lifelong exploration of the role silence plays in all our lives.
Not appropriate for all audiences.
Othello: Freedom, Love, Commitment, Claustrophobia
August 1, 1 p.m.
Peter Saccio is Leon D. Black Professor of Shakespearean Studies and Professor of English Emeritus at Dartmouth College. He also served as a visiting professor at Wesleyan University and at University College in London. He received his Ph.D. from Princeton University.
At Dartmouth, Professor Saccio was honored with the J. Kenneth Huntington Memorial Award for Outstanding Teaching.
Professor Saccio is the author Shakespeare’s English Kings, which was released in 1977, and it has become a classic in its field. He is also the editor of Thomas Middleton’s comedy A Mad World, My Masters, for the Oxford Complete Works of Thomas Middleton.
In addition to his writing and public speaking career, Professor Saccio is an accomplished actor and theatrical director. He directed productions of Twelfth Night, Macbeth, and Cymbeline, and devised and directed several programs of scenes from Shakespeare and from modern British drama. His acting credits include the Shakespearean roles of Casca, Angelo, Bassanio, and Henry IV, as well as various parts in the ancient and modern plays.
Shakespeare Behind Bars
July 11, 1 p.m.
Shakespeare Behind Bars film and panel discussion, co-produced with the Frozen River Film Festival.
Take Shakespeare’s final play The Tempest with its violent seas, windswept island, crucial connection to nature, and underlying theme of forgiveness, and bring it into a prison, the ultimate venue of confinement. The result is an extraordinary story about the creative process and the power of art to heal and redeem – in a place where the very act of participation in theater is a human triumph and a means of personal liberation.
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