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Tue, Nov 19BeloitNov 19, 2024, 7:00 PM – Dec 10, 2024, 12:00 PMBeloit, 731 College St, Beloit, WI 53511, USANov 19, 2024, 7:00 PM – Dec 10, 2024, 12:00 PMBeloit, 731 College St, Beloit, WI 53511, USAThis exhibit explores the renowned science fiction writer Ursula K. Le Guin, her connections to Beloit College, and the continuing influence of her utopian novel The Dispossessed 50 years after its initial publication.
Tue, Nov 19Beloit College LibraryNov 19, 2024, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PMBeloit College Library, 735 College St, Beloit, WI 53511, USA
Sat, Nov 09Beloit Public Library Riverside RoomNov 09, 2024, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PMBeloit Public Library Riverside Room, 605 Eclipse Blvd, Beloit, WI 53511, USANov 09, 2024, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PMBeloit Public Library Riverside Room, 605 Eclipse Blvd, Beloit, WI 53511, USAInterested in how novels are transformed into theatre and film adaptations? Do you love the works of Ursula K. Le Guin and the revolutionary worlds she crafted? Come join Shelbi Wilkin in the Riverside Room at Beloit Public Library for a talk on visual worldbuiling!
Wed, Oct 02Beloit Public Library Community Room (N)Oct 02, 2024, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PMBeloit Public Library Community Room (N), 605 Eclipse Blvd, Beloit, WI 53511, USAOct 02, 2024, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PMBeloit Public Library Community Room (N), 605 Eclipse Blvd, Beloit, WI 53511, USAJoin us in the Community Room (North) at Beloit Public Library as we discuss the book The Dispossessed by Ursula. Le Guin with Beloit College Students. This is part of a fun, larger community read where community members can enjoy learning about Le Guin's impact in writing and in Beloit.
Tue, Oct 01Bushel and Peck's Market and CaféOct 01, 2024, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PMBushel and Peck's Market and Café, 328 State St, Beloit, WI 53511, USAOct 01, 2024, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PMBushel and Peck's Market and Café, 328 State St, Beloit, WI 53511, USADrop in anytime from 4-6 pm for a community discussion of Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Dispossessed! All are welcome to a reading group discussion of science fiction and alternate futures at Bushel and Pecks’s Market and Cafe, located in downtown Beloit.
Sat, Sep 28Hendricks Center 1st Floor LobbySep 28, 2024, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PMHendricks Center 1st Floor Lobby, 409 Pleasant St, Beloit, WI 53511, USASep 28, 2024, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PMHendricks Center 1st Floor Lobby, 409 Pleasant St, Beloit, WI 53511, USAJoin us for a wordbuilding creative writing workshop in the lobby (1st floor) of the Hendricks Center for the Arts, right across from the Beloit Farmers' Market (and Truck't)! We will be creating our own maps, worlds, words, and more! No RSVP is necessary and snacks will be provided!
Wed, Sep 25Beloit Public Library Riverside RoomSep 25, 2024, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PMBeloit Public Library Riverside Room, 605 Eclipse Blvd, Beloit, WI 53511, USA
Tue, Sep 24Weissburg Auditorium at the PowerhouseSep 24, 2024, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PMWeissburg Auditorium at the Powerhouse, 850 Pleasant St, Beloit, WI 53511, USASep 24, 2024, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PMWeissburg Auditorium at the Powerhouse, 850 Pleasant St, Beloit, WI 53511, USALearn about the different lenses you can use to read Le Guin’s novel and imagine alternate futures, guided by Beloit College professors of English, Physics, Politics, Asian Studies, and Religious Studies!
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More reading group meetings and worldbuilding workshops will be added and updated, so please bookmark this page and return to it later!
Content warning language regarding mature themes in Le Guin’s The Dispossessed.
- Tue, Nov 19BeloitNov 19, 2024, 7:00 PM – Dec 10, 2024, 12:00 PMBeloit, 731 College St, Beloit, WI 53511, USAThis exhibit explores the renowned science fiction writer Ursula K. Le Guin, her connections to Beloit College, and the continuing influence of her utopian novel The Dispossessed 50 years after its initial publication.
- Tue, Nov 19Beloit College LibraryNov 19, 2024, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PMBeloit College Library, 735 College St, Beloit, WI 53511, USACelebrate the opening of an archival oral history exhibit on connections between renowned science fiction author Ursula K. Le Guin and the Beloit area!
- Sat, Nov 09Beloit Public Library Riverside RoomNov 09, 2024, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PMBeloit Public Library Riverside Room, 605 Eclipse Blvd, Beloit, WI 53511, USAInterested in how novels are transformed into theatre and film adaptations? Do you love the works of Ursula K. Le Guin and the revolutionary worlds she crafted? Come join Shelbi Wilkin in the Riverside Room at Beloit Public Library for a talk on visual worldbuiling!
- Wed, Oct 02Beloit Public Library Community Room (N)Oct 02, 2024, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PMBeloit Public Library Community Room (N), 605 Eclipse Blvd, Beloit, WI 53511, USAJoin us in the Community Room (North) at Beloit Public Library as we discuss the book The Dispossessed by Ursula. Le Guin with Beloit College Students. This is part of a fun, larger community read where community members can enjoy learning about Le Guin's impact in writing and in Beloit.
- Tue, Oct 01Bushel and Peck's Market and CaféOct 01, 2024, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PMBushel and Peck's Market and Café, 328 State St, Beloit, WI 53511, USADrop in anytime from 4-6 pm for a community discussion of Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Dispossessed! All are welcome to a reading group discussion of science fiction and alternate futures at Bushel and Pecks’s Market and Cafe, located in downtown Beloit.
- Sat, Sep 28Hendricks Center 1st Floor LobbySep 28, 2024, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PMHendricks Center 1st Floor Lobby, 409 Pleasant St, Beloit, WI 53511, USAJoin us for a wordbuilding creative writing workshop in the lobby (1st floor) of the Hendricks Center for the Arts, right across from the Beloit Farmers' Market (and Truck't)! We will be creating our own maps, worlds, words, and more! No RSVP is necessary and snacks will be provided!
- Wed, Sep 25Beloit Public Library Riverside RoomSep 25, 2024, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PMBeloit Public Library Riverside Room, 605 Eclipse Blvd, Beloit, WI 53511, USARead the book and join us for a healthy discussion around the cozy fireplace in the library's Riverside Room.
- Tue, Sep 24Weissburg Auditorium at the PowerhouseSep 24, 2024, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PMWeissburg Auditorium at the Powerhouse, 850 Pleasant St, Beloit, WI 53511, USALearn about the different lenses you can use to read Le Guin’s novel and imagine alternate futures, guided by Beloit College professors of English, Physics, Politics, Asian Studies, and Religious Studies!
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