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James Brown biographer to speak April 6 at Vanderbilt

Mar. 28, 2012—The author of a biography of singer James Brown will speak April 6 at Vanderbilt University. RJ Smith, author of "The One: The Life and Music of James Brown," will talk about the book 9 a.m. Friday, April 6, at Vanderbilt’s First Amendment Center.

Former visiting artist’s grape hyacinth project now in bloom

Mar. 27, 2012—Acclaimed Cuban artist Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, in collaboration with the Vanderbilt senior art majors and other volunteers, participated in a campus art project last October, when they planted 4,400 grape hyacinth bulbs, mapping out Campos-Pons’ hometown. The flowers are now in bloom at the northeast corner of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human...

Tepper to speak at Nashville Public Library March 21

Mar. 7, 2012— Steven Tepper, assistant professor of sociology and associate director of the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy at Vanderbilt, will give a Night at the Library lecture Wednesday, March 21. Tepper will speak in the auditorium at the downtown Nashville Public Library at 7 p.m. A reception will precede his talk at...

Fourth Annual State of the Word Dec. 3

Nov. 21, 2011—Vanderbilt’s Blair School of Music will host the Fourth Annual State of the Word at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, in Ingram Hall. The event will feature the region’s top college, high school and middle school poets and spoken word artists. Tickets are $5 each for the general public and $3 each for Vanderbilt students. Tickets...

China conference gets virtual greeting from chancellor

Nov. 16, 2011—Vanderbilt scholars gathered with colleagues in the People’s Republic of China recently to discuss folklore and build relationships within the Southeast provinces. The conference, the First China-U.S. Forum on Intangible Cultural Heritage: Comparative Policies, took place on Nov. 6 and 7 at a conference center about 30 miles outside Guangzhou. The discussions centered on comparative...

Journalist to discuss how the Internet harms the culture business Nov. 2

Oct. 26, 2011—Journalist Robert Levine will give a lecture titled “The Price of Free: How the Internet is Destroying the Culture Business” at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2, at the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy at Vanderbilt. The Fall 2011 Curb Creative Leadership Lecture is free and open to the public. Levine is the...

Help plant 5,000 hyacinths Oct. 17

Oct. 14, 2011—Artist Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, in collaboration with the Vanderbilt senior art majors, will participate in a campus art project Monday Oct. 17 in which 5,000 blue hyacinths will be planted in a shape mapping out the cuban hometown of the artist. All are welcome to help. Meet at 4:30 p.m. at the northeast corner of...

Panel on Cuba features artist María Magdalena Campos-Pons

Oct. 7, 2011—One of the most significant artists to emerge from the Cuban post-revolutionary era will lead a faculty discussion about race in her native country on Wednesday, Oct. 12. María Magdalena Campos-Pons, who is a visiting artist on campus Oct. 9-18, will participate in the panel discussion “Exile, Memory and Identity: A Conversation on Race in...