What's up on campus

By CATHERINE CUSHING

© St. Petersburg Times,
published November 4, 2001

Eckerd College

4200 54th Ave. S

St. Petersburg

864-8297

Jane Alexander, actor and arts advocate, will speak about her experience as chairwoman of the National Endowment for the Arts in From Broadway to Hollywood to Washington, 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Raymond James Room, Fox Hall. Call 864-8873 for information.

Dennis Lehane, novelist and Eckerd College alumnus, will discuss his years at Eckerd College in From Eckerd to Eastwood, 8 p.m. Wednesday in Dendy-McNair Auditorium. Lehane has written six novels. His most recent, Mystic River, is to be made into a film produced and directed by Clint Eastwood. Call 864-8875 for information.

University of South Florida

140 Seventh Ave. S

St. Petersburg

553-3458

Betty Jean Steinshouer, a scholar and Chautauqua performer, will portray Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings in a dramatic presentation of Rawlings' life at 7 p.m. Monday in Davis Hall, Room 130. Rawlings is the author of The Yearling and Cross Creek. Call 553-1842 or 553-3800 for information.

USF will celebrate American Indian culture with two events on Wednesday in Davis Hall, Room 130. At 4 p.m., On and Off, a documentary film about standup comedy, will be shown. Filmmaker Sandra Osawa will be on hand at a reception after the film. At 7 p.m., Iris HeavyRunner will speak on American Indians and higher education. She is the project director of the Family Education Model. Call 553-1556 for information.

USF's Bayboro Books will host a Magic Tree House Party to commemorate the newest book in Mary Pope Osborne's Magic Tree House series, 7 p.m. Friday. Kids can play trivia games, paint and win cards and other prizes. The bookstore will give a $3 store credit to kids dressed in the theme of a Magic Tree House book. Call 821-5477 for information.

-- Area universities and colleges offer educational lectures and programs open to the public. The Times lists these events in an occasional column. All events are free unless otherwise indicated. Send information at least two weeks in advance to Catherine Cushing, the Times, P.O. Box 1121, St. Petersburg, FL 33731.

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