Pages From the Past: An Exhibition of Medieval Manuscripts

From October 7 to November 8 the Library will house a major exhibtion of medieval and renaissance illuminated books culled from the personal collection of John M. Lawrence, an Ohio native and life-long collector of Medieval manuscripts.
“The Lawrence Collection’s breadth is particularly remarkable,” sassistant professor of art Erik Inglis said in an interview in the Library Newsletter. “It spans virtually all of Europe.”
The exhibition will feature ornamented Bibles, psalters and books of hours, and books used in church during mass. Mr. Lawrence will give a gallery talk on Wednesday, October 9, at 4:30 pm in Mudd.

Dan Chaon Wins Local Award

The 2002 Cleveland Arts Prize for literature was given to Oberlin Assistant Professor of Creative Writing Dan Chaon.
Chaon has become a minor celebrity on campus since receiving critical acclaim for his latest short-story collection, Among the Missing, which was a finalist for the National Book Award and named one fo the best books of 2001 by the New York Times.

Coming OSTA Shows

The Oberlin Student Theater Association (OSTA) fall season will start with “24-Hour Play,” which invites students to walk into an audition on Friday September 20th at 9 pm, pull an all-nighter and create a play from scratch, and then perform their production at Little House Theater 22 hours later.
For more information contact Margaret Morley.

Side Man will go up on Thursday 4/26 and run through the weekend.
The playwright, Warren Leight, says “Side Man” is about, “jazz musicians: from their heyday, after the war, through the decline of the big bands and bop, through the rise of rock and roll, to the dark years of the seventies and eighties.”
The play is directed by Asher Rapkin and features a six member cast.
Tickets will be on sale a week before the production.

Hoop Series presents Sam Shepard'’s play True West, directed by senior Aaron Bonner-Jackson, and sponsored in part by OSTA.
According to the OSTA’s synopsis of the show: “In two acts this piece explores the complexities of identity and family relationships. Beer is consumed, arguments ensue, and crickets chirrup incessantly in the background.”
There will be two performances - on the 12th and 13th of October -- at 8PM in Little Theater.