VOICES Reading by Jeffrey Coleman
On Thursday, Feb. 16 at 8:15 p.m., Jeffrey Coleman (associate professor of English) is guest artist of the VOICES Reading Series in Daugherty-Palmer Commons. Coleman was interviewed in the Enterprise on Feb. 10 about his new poetry anthology, “Words of Protest, Words of Freedom" (Duke Univ. Press). Read the article.

Double 'A' Cabaret
St. Mary’s College of Maryland students’ renditions of such familiar songs as “Can’t Help Lovin’ That Man” from “Showboat” and “Maria” from “West Side Story” at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17, and again Saturday, Feb. 18, in the college’s Montgomery Hall, room 25. The evenings are free, thanks to a gift from Arthur Zamanakos, so audiences can enjoy the music he and his wife, Alice Fleury Zamanakos, loved during their storybook marriage.

Black History Month Film Series and Discussion

A film series showing prominent films that highlight black actors and issues concerning the African-American community. A new film will be shown every Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. in Cole Cinema or Library 321 for Black History Month. A discussion will be led by members of the Black Student Union Executive Board as well as SMCM Faculty members following each film. Event information...

Anderson's Poem One of Year's Best
Karen Anderson, assistant professor of English, has had her poem, “Receipt: Midway Entertainment Presents” selected as one of the year’s 75 best to be included in The Best American Poetry 2012, edited by recent National Book Award winner Mark Doty.

Film Gives Voice to Those Denied
Haitian-Panamanian filmmaker Michèle Stephenson will screen her film, “Faces of Change,” and then take questions at 8:15 p.m. Monday, Feb. 20, in St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s Cole Cinema in the college’s Campus Center, the final film in the college’s 2012 series, Out of Bounds: Feminist Films and Filmmakers.