Roanoke Times
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DATE: WEDNESDAY, February 22, 1995 TAG: 9502230035
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``Discover Deaf Culture,'' a lecture series on - and in - American Sign Language at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville will explore the language, culture and world view of the American and African deaf communities.
It begins Feb. 24 with ASL poet Clayton Valli's lecture on ``ASL Linguistics and Poetry.'' Valli, professor of linguistics at Gallaudet University, will lecture at 7 p.m. in the university's Architecture School, Campbell Hall, room 153.
Deaf activist M.J. Bienvenu, co-founder and co-director of The Bicultural Center in the Washington, D.C., area, will lecture on ``Deaf Culture in a Hearing World: The Right to Self-Determination'' on March 6 at 7 p.m. in the same location.
Gil Eastman, co-host of the cable TV show, ``Deaf Mosaic,'' will discuss the history, form and meaning of storytelling in American Sign Language, on April 11 at 7 p.m. in the South Meeting Room of the university's Newcomb Hall.
Instructor in the School of Management at Gallaudet University and Nigerian national Kubby Rashid will lecture on ``The International Deaf Community: A Nigerian Perspective'' on March 23 at 7 p.m. in the university's Architecture School, Campbell Hall, room 153.
The series is open to the public free of charge. All lectures will be translated into English from American Sign Language.
Women's history lecture
WISE - Observance of Women's History Month at Clinch Valley College will start at 1 p.m. March 1 with a lecture by Margaret Ripley Wolfe, author of the forthcoming ``Daughters of Canaan: A Saga of Southern Women.''
Wolfe, professor of history at East Tennessee State University where she has taught since 1969, will speak in Smiddy Hall on ``Revisiting the Ruins: A Feminine Retrospective on Dixie's Past.'' The talk is open to the public.
Among her publications is ``Kingsport, Tennessee: A Planned American City,'' which aims to challenge some common notions about Appalachia. ``Daughters of Canaan,'' to be published in March by the University of Kentucky, is a professional synthesis of Southern women's experiences.
Watercolor exhibit
ABINGDON - The Spotlight Gallery at Abingdon's Arts Depot will open a new exhibit Sunday featuring the impressionistic watercolors of Bristol artist Roma Baker.
``Reflections of a Romantic Era'' portrays an era of sophistication and romance with soft pastel hues and Victorian scenes.
The award-winning artist grew up in Washington County and has lived in Bristol since 1960. She will attend a reception Sunday from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Arts Depot. Call 628-9091 for further information.
Poetry reading
EMORY - Children's author and poet Brenda Seabrooke will read from her work at 8 p.m. March 1 at Byars Hall on the Emory & Henry College campus. The reading is open to the public.
She has published nearly 15 books, including ``The Bridges of Summer'' (1992), named a Junior Library Guild selection, and won the Georgia Book Award for 1994. Another book, ``Judy Scuppernong'' (1990), was included in Library of Congress Books for Children and won the William Allen White Award.
Seabrooke is past president of the Children's Book Guild and has served as a manuscript consultant for the Naval Institute Press.
Sexism lecture
EMORY - A lecture on sexism in language will be presented at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Emory & Henry College.
Felicia Mitchell, an associate professor of English at the college, will speak on ``Sexist Language: Tradition and Reform'' in Wiley Hall auditorium on campus. The lecture is open to the public.
Mitchell, who has been on the faculty since 1987 and is director of the school's Writing Center, has presented papers on the same topic at conferences. Her talk will include findings from her own research based on language use by students at Emory & Henry.
by CNB