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General
Public: $30.00 • With University of Akron I.D.: $18.00 |
All lectures are general admission. Subscribers will have a reserved area in the Orchestra level.
The campus-wide speaker series, The University of Akron Forum is in its tenth year. Supported by the Office of the President and the Office of the Senior Vice President and Provost, the Forum and the John S. Knight Lecture bring a series of major speakers to campus each season so that The University of Akron can better serve its campus community and the people of Northeast Ohio. Coordinated with each event in the Forum series will be a variety of campus lectures, discussions and workshops to broaden and deepen the campus learning environment. Teacher study guides will be available again this season, by calling (330) 972-7224.
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Bob Woodward
A View From Washington
Sponsored by E. J. Thomas Hall and the Akron Reading
Festival
An award-winning author and journalist, Bob Woodward
is an assistant managing editor of The Washington Post
and the only contemporary American writer to author or
co-author at least eight #1 national best-selling non-fiction
books including All the President’s Men about the
infamous Watergate scandal. His most recent book, The
Secret Man: The Story of Watergate’s Deep Throat,
is a riveting look at the Watergate scandal and the identity
of Deep Throat.
Friday, September 23, 8 p.m.
Akron Civic Theatre |
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Her
Majesty Queen Noor
Sponsored by The Dorothy Garrett Martin Memorial Delta
Gamma Lectureship on Values and Ethics
Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan is a leading voice for
the understanding of Middle Eastern politics, Arab-Western
relations and global issues. Since 1978, Queen Noor has
initiated, directed and sponsored projects and activities
in Jordan to address specific national development needs
in the areas of education, culture, women’s and
children’s welfare, human rights, conflict resolution,
public health, social development and environmental issues.
Tuesday, October 18, 7:30 p.m.
E. J. Thomas Hall |
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An Evening
with Joe Montana
Sponsored by Summa Health System
Widely considered the best NFL quarterback of all time,
Joe Montana’s 16-year career in football is legendary.
His many accomplishments with the San Francisco 49ers
included four Super Bowl wins. Joe Montana personifies
performance, excellence and personal integrity both on
and off the field.
Tuesday, February, 16, 7:30 p.m.
E. J. Thomas Hall |
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Dr.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
America Behind The Color Line
Sponsored by Pan-African Center for Community Studies,
NAACP, Project Coming Together and E. J. Thomas Hall
Professor, author and expert on Africana, Dr. Henry Louis
Gates, Jr. is Chairman of the Afro-American Studies program
and professor at Harvard University. Dr. Gates is the
author of several works of literary criticism, host and
executive producer of the BBC/PBS documentary Wonders
of the African World, staff writer for The New Yorker
and co-editor of Transitions magazine.
Tuesday, February 28, 7:30 p.m.
E. J. Thomas Hall |
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Calvin Trillin
with special guest R.W. “Johnny” Apple,
Jr.
Among Friends: An Evening of Politics, Family and Food
Sponsored by The University of
Akron College of Fine and Applied Arts’ Mary Schiller
Myers Lecture Series and School of Communication
Wry commentaries on American politics and colorful tales
as a “happy eater” distinguish Calvin Trillin
as a classic American journalist, novelist and satirist.
Warm and witty, Trillin writes about politics, family
and food in The New Yorker and The Nation, and in such
books as The Tummy Trilogy, Messages from My Father and
his latest—Obliviously On He Sails: The Bush Administration
in Rhyme. Joining Trillin is legendary journalist and
fellow foodie R.W. “Johnny” Apple, Jr. Akron’s
own, Apple has covered the world as chief correspondent
for The New York Times, headed The Times’ coverage
of the Gulf War in 1991, and now serves as
associate
editor.
Tuesday, March 21, 7:30 p.m.
E. J. Thomas Hall |
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Twyla Tharp
Sponsored by The University of Akron Honors Program
As an Emmy and Tony Award winning choreographer,
Twyla Tharp has choreographed more than 125 dances,
five Hollywood movies, plus
directed and choreographed two Broadway shows,
including the award-winning musical with Billy
Joel, Movin’ Out, which will be at Thomas
Hall,
May 2-7, 2006 for 8 performances.
Monday, April 3, 7:30 p.m.
E. J. Thomas Hall |
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The
University of Akron Forum can be purchased as a
subscription. All five events are $25
or $15 with a University of Akron ID. Single tickets
go on sale Saturday, September 11, 2004 at $8 each
or $4 each with a University of Akron ID. The John
S. Knight Lectureship is a free ticketed event.
Ticket is required. If you become a 2004-2005 University
of Akron Forum subscriber you will automatically
receive a ticket to see this season’s Knight
Lecture.
Special Priority Offer for UA Forum 2005-2006
Subscriber
University of Akron Forum subscribers may purchase priority/discounted
tickets to Comedy, Music, Bribery & Conspiracy: An
Evening with Mark Russell on Thursday, October 7, at 7:30
p.m. Regular $35.00 tickets will be made available to 2004-2005
UA Forum Subscribers for the special price of only $25.00.
Humorist Mark Russell has been stirring up trouble in Washington,
D.C. for nearly half a century. He’s a master political
pundit possessing a flair for the piano and musical parody.
With his appearance less than a month away from the election,
this silver-throated satirist will certainly have plenty
to talk about. With the cooperation of PBS 45/49.
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