September 25, 2015 North to Alaska: Explorations in Kenai Fjords and Denali National Parks

North to Alaska: Explorations in Kenai Fjords and Denali National Parks

Richard E. Brown, Faculty in English

Alaska is known as “The Last Frontier” by its citizens.  Indeed, it is a wild and wondrous place.  It is home to more National Parks and Preserves than any other state in America.  Many are inaccessible except by float plane.  Two of the more accessible, and therefore the most popular, are Kenai Fjords and Denali National Parks.  Come join in a visual exploration of these two remarkable parks and see what they have to offer.

The Beat Goes On September 18, 2015

Jack Kerouac

Gary Snyder

Allen Ginsberg

"The Beat Goes On: Readings and discussion by faculty and students in the spirit of the Beat generation, with an open mic." 

The Beat Movement of literature was a tour de force in the literary world of the 1950s and the early 1960s.  It was a rebellious reaction against the prevailing conservatism of the times, and it broke new ground in individual freedom as well as explored avenues of thought that inspired many social movements that followed. The Beats had a message of individuality and freedom, but also had a strong philosophical and intellectual foundation. The Beat movement was not simply based on hedonism, but had an ambitious intellectual discipline embedded in its core.