The Idiot Variations, an exploration by performance artist Rinde Eckert of the fine line between genius and lunacy is April 12 and 13 at 8:02 p.m. in the Yulman
Theater. The one-man show is part of the Proctor's Too series. Tickets are $15, $12 for students. Box office: ext. 6545.
Richard Howard, critic, translator and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, will read from his work on April 15, at 8 p.m. in the Nott Memorial. He also will be giving a talk,
“Post-Feminist American Poetry” at 4 p.m. Monday in Humanities 019. Howard,
professor of English at the University of Houston, has published several books of poetry
including Untitled Subjects, for which he won the Pulitzer. The event is sponsored
by the Hale Writer's Forum of the Department of English and the College's Internal
Education Fund.
Schaffer Library will have a book sale on April 15 and 16 from noon to 4 p.m. on
the lower level. Hardcovers are $1, paperbacks 50 cents. For more information, call ext.
6632.
Louise Werner, CEO and owner of HCR (a national health services firm) and chair
of the New York State Public Health Council, will speak on “Entrepreneurial Ventures
in Health Care” on Wednesday, April 17, at 4:30 p.m. in the Reamer Campus Center
auditorium. Her talk is a Kenneth B. Sharpe Seminar sponsored by the Graduate Management
Institute.
Roger Boisjoly, an engineer who opposed the decision to launch the space shuttle
Challenger and served on the post-disaster investigation team, will speak on “Using
Challenger as a Model to Change Organizational Behavior” on May 1, at 7:30 p.m. in
the Nott Memorial. He is an ethics lecturer and forensic engineer who has been involved in
a number of investigations.