Students from Poetry Out Loud's Alabama Region 2 came to Pebble Hill today for a pre-state practice workshop with Lindsay Doukopoulos, instructor in the Department of English. Students from across the state will compete on February 17--the winner will head to Washington D.C. to compete in the 2014 Poetry Out Loud National Finals.
Poetry Out Loud is a contest that encourages the nation's youth to learn about great poetry through memorization and recitation. This program helps students master public speaking skills, build self-confidence, and learn about their literary heritage. Alabama Poetry Out Loud is supported by the Alabama State Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation.
For more information about the local Poetry Out Loud competition, visit the Region 2 Facebook page.
The first-ever animated special from StoryCorps celebrates the transformative power of listening. Listening Is an Act of Love features six stories from 10 years of the innovative oral history project. Each story reflects StoryCorps founder Dave Isay's fundamental belief: "We can learn so much about the people all around us — even about the people we already know — just by taking the time to have a conversation." Framing these intimate conversations from across the country is an interview between Isay and his 9-year-old nephew, Benji. As always, the selections provoke both tears and laughter — and highlight the simple joy found in sitting together and asking life's important questions.
Margaret Fitch-Hauser, associate professor in the School of Communication & Journalism will lead a discussion after the film. Refreshments will be served.
PBS’s POV is television's longest-running showcase for independent non-fiction films. The screening is sponsored by the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for Arts & Humanities in the College of Liberal Arts at Auburn University and the Auburn Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.
