Join Us for “Like Water for Chocolate”

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October 1, 2015

10:49 am

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The International Film Series Presents the internationally popular Mexican film “Like Water for Chocolate” on Thursday October 1st at 7 p.m. in Room 305 of the Weinberg Memorial Library. Directed by Alfonso Arau this award-winning Mexican film is in Spanish with English subtitles.

Dr. Ileana Szymanski will lead a discussion following the film.

Please note: This film portrays adult situations and language.

This event is open to faculty, staff, students, and the public. Please email sharon.finnerty@scranton.edu for more information.

Tonight: The International Film Series Presents “Lucky”

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September 22, 2015

12:19 pm

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Please join us on Tuesday September 22nd at 7 p.m. in Room 305 of the Weinberg Memorial Library for a free presentation of the South African drama “Lucky”. The film centers on the challenges faced by Lucky, a recently orphaned 10-year old boy with a desire to make his own life in the city where he finds that help may come from an unlikely source.

Directed by Avie Luthra this award-winning film is in Zulu, Hindi and English with English subtitles.

Jean Lenville, Assistant Dean of the Library, will lead a discussion after the film.

This film is open to faculty, staff, students, and the public. Please email Sharon.finnerty@scranton.edu for more information.

The International Film Series Presents:”Like Water for Chocolate”

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September 17, 2015

12:47 pm

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“Like Water for Chocolate” (Como Agua para Chocolate) is an internationally popular Mexican film that focuses on Tita, a young woman who discovers that her cooking has magical effects on others. Tita is the youngest of three daughters who is bound by tradition to remain unmarried so she can cook and care for her aging mother. When Tita falls in love with the handsome Pedro, her mother forbids their marriage. To remain close to Tita, Pedro agrees to marry her sister, Rosaura. This, of course, complicates life for everyone and Tita’s feelings are transferred to the delicious meals she creates.

Directed by Alfonso Arau this award-winning Mexican film is in Spanish with English subtitles.

Please join us on Thursday October 1st at 7 p.m. in Room 305 of the Weinberg Memorial Library for this free event. Dr. Ileana Szymanski will lead a discussion following the film.

Please note: This film portrays adult situations and language.

This event is open to faculty, staff, students, and the public. Please email Sharon.finnerty@scranton.edu for more information.

 

Meditation for Daily Life Series

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September 16, 2015

8:30 am

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Wed lunch meditation fall 2015

The Center for Health and Education Wellness and the Weinberg Memorial Library are co-hosting a drop-in Meditation for Daily Life series in library room 305 from 12:10 – 12:40PM on Wednesdays from September 16 to November 4.

All students, staff, and faculty are invited to join in the program which begins today at 12:10PM (Wednesday September 16) in WML 305.

Encore Library Catalog Down

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September 15, 2015

4:51 pm

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If you are looking for items that the Library has in its catalog, the Encore catalog is having technical problems and is not available. The older version of the catalog called the “classic catalog” is available and everything the Library owns may be searched using this version. To get to the classic catalog, click “Advanced Search” or go directly to http://weinberg.scranton.edu/search/

POSTPONED EVENT: Senator George J. Mitchell

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September 8, 2015

3:22 pm

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EVENT POSTPONEDMitchell Poster

We have just learned that Senator Mitchell has had a death in his family and will be unable to come to Scranton on Thursday, September 10.

The lecture will be rescheduled for a later date.

For more information contact:
Emily Brees at  570-941-6206 or email Emily.Brees@scranton.edu 

 

For more information on upcoming Schemel Forum events, click here.

Sept. 17th – Schemel Forum Luncheon – Mark Rothko: Immigrant, Artist, Pioneer

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September 7, 2015

12:30 pm

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rothko-number-61Join the Schemel Forum for the first World Affairs Luncheon of the Fall 2015 season featuring a lecture by

Annie Cohen-Solal, Ph.D.
Cultural historian, Writer and Professor of American Studies at the Université de Caen

Mark Rothko: Immigrant, Artist, Pioneer
Although Mark Rothko has undeniably reached the status of an iconic artist whose paintings sell for about $80 million, he remains mysterious. Cohen-Solal approaches him through the lens of her social history research and unveils many fascinating aspects of his life and character. Rothko fought the narrow-mindedness of many US institutions and was deeply committed to giving all publics genuine access to art.

Thursday, September 17th, Noon to 1:30 pm
DeNaples Center, Room 405
A book signing will follow the lecture.

Cost: $20 pp / $30 per couple, free to Schemel Forum Members and The University of Scranton staff, faculty and students.

RSVP to emily.brees@scranton.edu or online by clicking here.

To view all the Schemel Forum programming for the fall, click here.