Through song and speech, singer and teacher Anthony Brown tells the story of Paul Robeson, the 20th-century African-American artist and social activist.
The Bluffton University Nutrition Association’s annual spaghetti dinner to benefit the Lima-based Churches United Food Pantry (C.U.P.) will be held from 5-7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, at First Mennonite Church, 101 S. Jackson St., Bluffton.
Nonperishable food items will be accepted, as will cash and checks made payable to C.U.P. In addition to spaghetti, the menu for the dinner includes bread, salad, dessert and refreshments.
An award-winning poet will be the guest speaker for Bluffton University’s annual English Festival, which has been moved to the fall this academic year.
In the English Festival Forum, at 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 13, in Founders Hall, Martín Espada will offer counsel on the discovery of poetry, the poet’s life and the role of the poet as a citizen in a democracy. His talk, titled “The Republic of Poetry,” is free and open to the public.
Tickets are available for the next performance in the 2014-15 Bluffton University Artist Series, by harpist Bridget Kibbey at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 20, in Yoder Recital Hall.
One of the world’s foremost theologians will deliver the annual Keeney Peace Lecture at Bluffton University next week.
Dr. Stanley Hauerwas, Gilbert T. Rowe Professor Emeritus of Divinity and Law at the Duke University Divinity School, will discuss “How to Remember the Poor” at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 10, in Yoder Recital Hall.
His presentation, addressing the central place of charity for Christian discipleship, is free and open to the public.
