Visions and Voices: The Arts and Humanities Initiative

Please join us for a fascinating evening with author Russell Banks and filmmaker Atom Egoyan. Banks is an acclaimed author whose work has received numerous international prizes and awards. His dazzling novels include The Sweet Hereafter, Affliction, Cloudsplitter, Continental Drift and Rule of the Bone. Atom Egoyan is one of today’s most remarkable independent filmmakers. His spectacular films include the stunning adaptation of The Sweet Hereafter as well as Calendar, Exotica and Ararat. Both Banks and Egoyan powerfully explore themes of tragedy, humanity, alienation and memory in their work. These two geniuses will come together for a provocative conversation about the treachery of memory and how we learn, forget and lie in time. The event will be held on Monday, November 23, at 7 p.m. in Bovard Auditorium. For more info, click here.

Being at USC means being part of one of the world’s most vibrant and exciting cultural landscapes: Los Angeles! Visions and Voices encourages students to explore L.A. and take advantage of the fantastic cultural opportunities available. Click here for more information on what to do and where to go!

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Native America Next: Short Films by Native American Students

Find out how Native American students see their world and yours at this screening featuring the next generation of Native American filmmakers. A dynamic and diverse array of films will be selected by the L.A. Skins film festival.

Friday, November 20, 2009 7:00 PM

Shakespeare's Globe Theatre: Love's Labour's Lost

USC students will visit the Broad Stage in Santa Monica for Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre’s production of Love’s Labour’s Lost. Shakespeare’s celebration of young love is a festive parade of every weapon in the youthful playwright’s comic arsenal.

Saturday, November 21, 2009 5:45 PM - 11:00 PM

Russell Banks, Atom Egoyan and the Scripting of Time

Join us for an evening with author Russell Banks (The Sweet Hereafter, Affliction, Cloudsplitter) and filmmaker Atom Egoyan (The Sweet Hereafter, Calendar, Exotica). They will speak about their work and the challenges and excitement of using history as a subject for both literature and film.

Monday, November 23, 2009 7:00 PM

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