Couldn’t make it to the Annual Meeting this year? Fret not. See the CANE Annual Meeting 2016 folder for materials, presentations, or, to see what you missed. Requires a Google account to access the drive.
BEYOND CANE
Aquila Theatre is offering discount tickets to CANE members ($35, instead of the usual $50) for their upcoming performance of Sophocles’ Philoctetes on April 6th, 7th, 13th, and 20th in Brooklyn at the GK ArtsCenter. When you order at aquilaphiloctetes.brownpapertickets.com, simply type in the code SCS35 to obtain the discount! Groups of ten or more should contact aquila@aquilatheatre.com.
The Rose-Marie Lewent Conference at NYU’s Center for Ancient Studies is Thursday and Friday, March 31-April 1, entitled “New Yorkers in the Land of the Pharaohs: Fieldwork in Egypt by New York Institutions” is free and open to the public. View the full program here, or download a PDF flyer for this
John C. Rouman Classical Lecture: Dr. Yannis Kourtzellis will lecture at 7:30 pm,Wednesday, April 6, 2016 on “Archaeology in the Digital Age: The Ionic Temple of Messa on Lesbos in Greece.” The lecture will be held in Murkland Hall, room 115 (Richards Auditorium) on the UNH Durham campus.
Workshop at Dickinson College, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Saturday, April 9, 2016, 10-5:00 in Tome 115: Julius Caesar’s Art of War: A Graphic Portfolio of the Battlefields and Tactics in the Commentarii de Bello Gallico. Antonio Salinas, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY. The workshop is free of charge, but registration is needed by April 2, by email to Mrs. Terri Blumenthal, blumentt@dickinson.edu
If you’re interested in active Latin, but don’t have much (any) experience, and don’t want to have to commit to a week-long full immersion seminar or travel far distances, Express Fluency’s Latin Summer Intensive and/or Latin Teacher Training weekends are for you! Held in lovely Burlington, VT, this Latin weekend is being held August 11-12 for $165 ($135 until May 1st; +$100 for the Latin Teacher Training seminar), and will be taught by Justin Slocum Bailey. See Express Fluency‘s website for more details and to register.
Registration for SALVI’s Rusticationes Tirorum, Veteranorum, and their Pedagogy Seminar is now open for July 2016. For more information, or to find out how to apply for the Amy High Fellowship, point your browser at Latin.org. Hurry because half of the spots are already gone!
If you live in the western Massachusetts, northern Connecticut, or southern Vermont area you may be interested in Amherst College’s list of upcoming lectures in the Pioneer Valley.
The Massachusetts Foreign Language Association (MaFLA) is looking for applicants for it’s Elaine G. Batting Scholarship.
Meetups
Live in western MA or northern CT and want to practice speaking in Latin? There is a large group that meets every Thursday at 7 p.m. in Hadley, MA! For details, contact TJ Howell.
