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By Times Staff Writer
Published October 24, 2007
Eckerd College 4200 54th Ave. S St. Petersburg, 864-7979 Composer David Amram will be the special guest at a Jazz/Poetry Reading from 7:30 to 10 p.m. today at Triton's Pub. Amram will show his short film, Pull My Daisy, which he made with Jack Kerouac, and then join students and guests in a poetry reading, with the Eckerd Jazz Ensemble and guest musicians accompanying. Farid Esack, South African Muslim theologian and visiting professor of Islamic studies at Harvard Divinity School, will speak on An Islamic Perspective of Interreligious Solidarity Against Oppression at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Fox Hall. "War Paint," an exhibit about the absurdity of war, will open with a reception from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Elliott Gallery. The show will be on display through Nov. 21 with a gallery talk at 3 p.m. Nov. 7. Regular gallery hours are 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. University of South Florida St. Petersburg 140 Seventh Ave. S St. Petersburg, 873-4256 Preschool-age children and their parents are invited to join Michael Sampson, USF St. Petersburg College of Education professor and author of more than 30 children's books, for storytelling and dramatizations at 1 p.m. Thursday at Barnes & Noble USF St. Petersburg, 500 Third St. S. The 15th Annual St. Petersburg Times Festival of Reading will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday on the USF St. Petersburg campus. The festival will feature more than 70 authors; a book market; food and drink; and kids' music, arts and crafts; interactive games; and costumed characters. Visit www.festivalofreading.com. Call 892-2358. St. Petersburg College 6605 Fifth Ave. N St. Petersburg A discussion and workshop with composer David Amram will be at 3 p.m. Thursday at the Humanities Building, Room 117. Amram has composed more than 100 orchestral and chamber works and two operas. He has written scores for theater and films, including Splendor in the Grass and The Manchurian Candidate. Call 341-4360.
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