The Institute for Classical and Medieval Studies (ICMS) invites the campus community to a Tea & Talk today, Friday, November 15 in the Grupp Fireside Lounge. Tea is at 2:00 p.m. followed by a talk at 2:30 p.m. from Guilia Vollono, PhD, titled The Sword & the Brooch:Identities in Lombard Italy through Archaeology and Texts.
Vollono is a postdoctoral fellow for the Institute for European and Mediterranean Archaeology at the University at Buffalo.
Because of this event, today’s Classics Tea@2is cancelled. So instead, join us in the Grupp for this free event that is open to the public.
If you’re looking for some light-hearted entertainment this weekend, plan to attend a performance of “Sister Robert Anne’s Cabaret Class”starring Canisius’ own Sydnie Perkins.
Perkins is the assistant director of communication, virtual engagement and data for alumni engagement, and a former career counselor in the Griff Center.
She is also a natural performer, described by Buffalo Theatre Guide as “a powerhouse” in her role as Sister Robert Anne, and “a keg of dynamite whose sparkly performance will put a smile on your face.”
“Sister Robert Anne’s Cabaret Class” is one of 10 popular Nunsense all-faith shows. It is being performed at the Williamsville Meeting House located at 5658 Main Street.
The first of this weekend’s three performances is tonight, Friday, November 15 at 7:30, followed by a Saturday, November 16 performance at 7:30 and a Sunday, November 17 show at 2:30 p.m. General admission tickets are $20; $17 for students.
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Take a break from your workday on Monday, November 18 at 12:00 p.m. to enjoy a piano performance by Frank Scinta, adjunct professor in the Fine Arts Department. The performance takes place in the Montante Cultural Center and is the latest in the Meet-the-Faculty program. This engaging series of recitals and lectures allows students, faculty, staff and friends of Canisius to enjoy the wonderful talents of our faculty as they share their passion for the arts.
Submitted by: Yvonne K. Widenor, visiting assistant professor and program director, Art History and Fine Arts Department; director, ArtsCanisius
Start your journey toward a smoke-free life. Plan to attend the Great American Smokeout next Thursday, November 21, from 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. in Science Hall Commons. Resources and support will be available to help participants quit smoking.
Coffee will discuss the Tesserae Project, which he founded in 2008 as an effort to trace intertextuality and allusion in literary texts using computational means. The presentation will discuss what the free online Tesserae tool does for searching in ancient Greek, Latin and English. It will touch on the computational basis for the work and will address how he has managed a successful, grant-funded digital humanities project for over a decade.
His interests include Latin epic poetry, Roman social history, ancient philosophy and digital approaches to literary and intellectual history. Coffee is the author of The Commerce of War: Exchange and Social Order in Latin Epic and Gift and Gain: How Money Transformed Ancient Rome. He is co-editor of the 2019 “Intertextuality in Flavian Epic Poetry.” His current book project is entitled Serenity and Engagement: An Ancient Search for Balance.
