The 8th Annual F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary
Conference will be held on Saturday, October 11, 2003, on the
Rockville Campus of Montgomery
College. Registration begins at 8:00 a.m. in the Theatre Arts Building.
The conference features workshops and lectures by prominent local writers.
Conference participants are invited to attend workshops in all aspects of
creative writing: short fiction, poetry, playwriting, screenwriting, and
children's literature. An evening reception and award ceremony will honor
Tony Award winner and Kennedy Center honoree
Edward Albee,
who will be presented with the F. Scott Fitzgerald
Literary Award for achievement in American literature.
For more information about registration, call (301)
309-9461 or visit the website at:
http://www.ci.rockville.md.us/fitzgerald/fsfmain.htm
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The
MC Alumni Association
wants to hear from you! Send us photos and/or updates
on your career or your life (marriages, kids, etc.) and we'll be
sure to include them in the Class Notes section of
Insights
magazine, the official magazine for
Montgomery College
alumni and friends. You can send your updates to: Class Notes, c/o
Montgomery College Alumni Association, 900 Hungerford Drive, Ste. 200,
Rockville, MD 20850, or e-mail them to:
alumni@montgomerycollege.edu .
Be sure to include your graduation year at MC or the last year that you
attended MC.
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The Honorable Joyce Mpanga, educator, legislator, and
women's rights representative, will speak on "Gender and the Uganda
Constitution," on Tuesday, October 7, at 7 p.m.,
in the Theater Arts Arena, Rockville Campus.
In 1960, during the colonial days of Africa, she was one of the first women
appointed by the British Colonial Governor to represent women in Parliament.
Since that time, she has been a leader for political independence and civil
reform and has represented Uganda internationally.
Free and open to all, this lecture would be of
particular interest to those interested in
History, Political Science, African Studies, Education, Sociology, Women's
Studies, Business, Journalism, English, and Paralegal courses, as well as
others. For more information, call
240-567-7446.
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The Takoma Park
Campus Employees Capital Campaign will be sponsoring a Yard Sale for
Scholarships on Saturday, October 4, from 8 a.m.–2 p.m., in the
parking lot located at the corner of Fenton Street and Takoma Avenue. A
50/50 raffle will be held as well as a student art auction. For more
information call 240-567-1581 or e-mail
pliverpo@mc.cc.md.us.
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Hand-picked by
Shania Twain as the opening act
for her debut world tour,
LEAHY, Canada’s
Celtic music and dance sensation, exploded onto the music and dance scene in
1996 and has remained at the top since then. An Irish roots group at the
core, whose musical influence includes pop, rock, and country, LEAHY is
composed of nine extraordinarily talented siblings, all of whom play a
variety of instruments and step dance. They'll be performing live at the
Parilla
Performing Arts Center on the
Rockville Campus on Saturday, October 25,
at 8 p.m. Call 240-567-5301 for more information or to order tickets.
Also at the Parilla PAC during October:
Free Music Concerts!
Thursday, October 23: MC Wind
Ensemble/Community Band, 8 p.m.
Sunday, October 26: MC Symphony Orchestra,
7 p.m.
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