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Out & About

The University of South Florida is buzzing with activity all month: history, art, drama and culture will grace the campus in several unique forms. Here are some upcoming and continuing events:

By JEREMY HAYES
Published November 4, 2005

PHOTO EXHIBITION: USF will host a historic photo exhibition of black classical scholars through Dec. 13 in the Grace Allen Room on the fourth floor of the library, 4202 E Fowler Ave.

The exhibition will feature photos and information regarding 13 post-Civil War black Greek and Latin scholars. The exhibit stems from the research of USF alumna Michele Valerie Ronnick, who recently edited and published the autobiography of William Sanders Scarborough, an emancipated slave who went on to become a respected authority on Greek and Latin classics. Scarborough earned an B.A. and an M.A. from Oberlin College, wrote a widely used Greek textbook, and became a professor and eventually president of Wilberforce College in Ohio.

During her research on Scarborough, Ronnick began discovering other black classicists of the era, 13 in all, and decided to create an exhibition. Photos include professional 30- by 40-inch portraits of each of the scholars, as well as several other photos and documents.

Ronnick will lecture on the topic "The origins of black classicism" Monday from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. in USF's Cooper Hall, Room 103, which will be followed by a book signing. The exhibition and the lecture are free and open to the public. Call (813) 974-4433.

GREEK PLAY: Speaking of classicism, the USF School of Theatre and Dance will present its version of Aristophanes' Lysistrate in Theatre 2 on the Tampa campus.

The play, written circa 400 B.C., tells of Athenian women's efforts toward ending the enduring Peloponnesian War being fought with Sparta, a rival Greek city-state. In order to achieve peace, the Athenian women refrain from sex with the men until they vote for peace with Sparta.

The play will be 8 p.m. Nov. 10-12 and Nov. 16-19, and 3 p.m. Nov. 12-13 and Nov. 19-20. Tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for students and seniors. Call (813) 974-2323.

FALL DANCE CONCERT: The School of Theatre and Dance will also present a fall dance concert called "Of Anger and Grace."

Faculty and students will present a collection of dance ensembles based on the culture of West Africa, the emotion of grief, the stories of mythology and the reality of the war in Iraq. The concert takes place today and Saturday at 8 p.m. All performances are scheduled to be in Theater 1 on USF's Tampa campus.

Tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for seniors and students, and are available at the College of Visual and Performing Arts Box Office, 4202 E Fowler Ave. Tickets can also be purchased on line by visiting www.artsmart.usf.edu Call 813 974-2323.

POETRY READING: USF's Institute for the Study of Latin America and the Caribbean will host bilingual poetry readings from 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Monday in the Grace Allen Room on the fourth floor of USF's Tampa campus library.

Renowned Cuban poet Ramon Fernandez-Larrea and famed Italo-Argentinian poet and literary critic Margarita Feliciano will read their poetry, to be followed by readings from several Spanish-language graduate students.

The readings are part of a Tampa-wide festival entitled "Cultural Celebration of the Hispanic Language," taking place through Wednesday. Admission is free and open to the public. Call (813) 974-6993. MANUSCRIPT EXHIBITION: The USF library is hosting the third installment in its series of medieval illuminated manuscript exhibitions, Liturgy and Devotion: Manuscripts from England to Ethiopia.

Manuscript illumination is the art of hand-decorating in ink a handwritten page of parchment. The previously unstudied manuscripts featured in the reception were used in Western, Armenian and Ethiopian Orthodox churches from the 11th to 18th centuries.

The exhibit is in the fourth-floor reading room of the Tampa campus library and is free to the public. Call (813) 974-1589.

- Jeremy Hayes can be reached at 813 269-5302, or via e-mail at jchayes@sptimes.com

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