“AN EVENING WITH NAOMI SHIHAB NYE”

The Henry Madden Library, Young Writers’ Conference, Students of English Studies Association, San Joaquin Literary Association, and College of Arts & Humanities invite you to:

“AN EVENING WITH NAOMI SHIHAB NYE”
(POET, NOVELIST, EDUCATOR)

Date: Thursday, April 23, 2009
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: California State University, Fresno
Satellite Student Union
(FREE for all ages)

Nye, an Arab-American, writes poems that overflow with a humanitarian spirit. Her collections of poems and essays include Different Ways to Pray, 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East, and Never in a Hurry. She is the author of Habibi and editor of many anthologies of poems, including This Same Sky: A Collection of Poems from around the World and Is This Forever, or What? She is the winner of four Pushcart Prizes, the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award, and the Paterson Poetry Prize.

“Naomi Shihab Nye is a voice that America needs in its time of trouble.
Her clarity combined with her verbal kindness and her knowledge of multiple cultures provide a strong, audible message that the only hope for reconciliation and understanding lies in the ideals set by the human heart.”

—Billy Collins

For additional information please contact:

Samina Najmi, Ph.D.
Asst. Professor, Multiethnic U.S. Literature

Phone: (559) 278-2660
E-mail: snajmi@csufresno.edu

THE TALE OF JEMIMA PUDDLE-DUCK

Fresno State's Theatre for Young Audiences Presents: The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck

FREE Public Performances

Date: Saturday, April 18, 2009
Time: 10 a.m. & Noon
Place: California State University, Fresno
Woods Theatre, Speech Arts Building

"Ducks don't have the patience to hatch their own eggs," says Henrietta Hen. "Flibberty-gibbets, the lot of them!" In this light-hearted musical adaptation of Beatrix Potter's classic tale, Jemima Puddle-Duck determines to prove the conceited Henrietta wrong. In the woods she encounters a fine, polite gentleman with a splendid bushy tail and pointed ears who offers his summer house as a nesting place. Dreaming of omelets and roasted duck, the "gentleman" fox sings that his dreams are about to come true. Will Jemima survive to raise a brood of "precious little loves?"

A musical based on the Story by Beatrix Potter
Book and Lyrics by Katherine Paterson and Stephanie Tolan
Music and Lyrics by Steve Liebman
Directed by J. Daniel Herring

FREE Parking
Doors open 15 minutes before curtain
No tickets will be issued/No reservations taken/Seating on a first come basis

Pamela Dyer
Business and Promotions Manager
Theatre Arts Department
California State University, Fresno
5201 N Maple Avenue
Fresno CA 93740
559.278.7512
pamd@csufresno.edu

SPRING OPERA WORKSHOP PRODUCTION

Three complete one-act operas:

• "The Telephone" by Gian-Carlo Menotti
• "A Hand of Bridge" by Samuel Barber
• "Signor Deluso" by Thomas Pasatieri

Date: Saturday, April 18, 2009
Time: 8:00pm
Place: California State University, Fresno
Department of Music - Concert Hall

Date: Sunday, April 19, 2009
Time: 3:00pm
Place: California State University, Fresno
Department of Music - Concert Hall

General $8
Students/seniors $5

Contact:
Brigid de Jong, Music Department
California State University, Fresno
(559) 250-7085
President, San Joaquin NATS Chapter
email: bdejong@csufresno.edu