“This is a singing mosquito, and it’s going to sing the ‘12th Street Rag,’ ” Tom Smothers told his brother, Dick. “I know everybody kills mosquitoes.
Lectures
A blue whale has a heart the size of a car. It’s a fact, but to Joshua Bennett, it’s also a metaphor for love, a
Goodwin-Philpott Professor of History at Auburn University, Adam Jortner, says that change on the local level happens slowly and gradually, citing various religious and political
It takes a special kind of person to be able to create poetry, to entice listeners and have them wrapped up in every word. But
Rev. Elaine D. Thomas talks about Spiritualism at the Hall of Philosophy Wednesday July 24, 2019. SARAH YENESEL/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Between the 1840s and World War
J. Ekela Kaniaupio-Crozier talks about the importance of Hawaiian language and how she and many others have been working towards making it normal again for
Patrick Mason shares the story of the Burned-over District where Mormonism's rebirth started during his lecture on Tuesday, July 23, 2019. ALEXANDER WADLEY/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER On
Professor and chair of the Department of Communications Sciences and Disorders at Georgia State University, Julie Washington, speaks during her lecture "The Power of Spoken
Thanks in part to the people of the Burned-over District, America is a country where women have the right to vote, slavery is illegal and
When J. Ekela Kaniaupio-Crozier was growing up, her grandmother gave her a gift she would treasure for the rest of her life. Years later, Kaniaupio-Crozier
Historian and documentary editor, Spencer McBride speaks about how western New York gre to be named the Burned-over District, during his lecture "The Origins And
Larry Arnn Larry Arnn said college campuses in September and October are as “happy as Disneyland,” but by late March and April, they’re “madder than
Julie Washington has devoted her career to leveling the playing field in America’s public education system — filling in the gaps that separate lower income,
When it comes to religion, the Rev. Elaine Thomas wants people to think outside the box. “I’d like my audience to take away more questions
William Casto “Controversial presidential actions frequently involve controversial legal advice,” William Casto writes in the introduction of his most recent book, Advising the President. “The
Inventions like sound recording and the synthesized voice have changed human communication forever, and while advances in artificial intelligence are hinting toward an even greater