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The UWM Slovenian Arts Council will be hosting a free event. UWM Peck School of the Arts Dean Scott Emmons will be speaking and Louise Zamparutti, English Department PhD student, will be presenting "The Slovenian Minority in Italy: Creating a Play from Family History." Louise Zamparutti received an artist's stipend from the UWM Arts Council and will be talking about the research that went into the writing of her play, Identita, which was recently produced in Milwaukee. The event will take place on Saturday, from 2 p.m. - 4 p.m., on the fourth floor of the library.

Brenda Cárdenas will participate in the book launch reading for the anthology I Didn’t Know There Were Latinos in Wisconsin: Three Decades of Hispanic Writing. The reading is free and open to the public and starts at 7 p.m. at Woodland Pattern Book Center on Saturday, October 4.

Join the artists as they discuss the Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE), a reference work created to document words, phrases and pronunciations that vary throughout the United States. Joan Hall, chief editor of DARE at the UW-Madison and recent Emory Medal recipient, will discuss the inception and creation of the dictionary and the impact it has had since its publication. Keven Brunett and Kristin Thielking, art faculty at UW-Stevens Point and multi-media collaborative artists, will discuss their book art installation Voices: A Sculptural Book and its featuring of 500 words from DARE. Following an open discussion panel, the gallery will be opened for viewing and refreshments. The event will be on Friday, October 3, from 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. in Fireside Lounge, UWM Student Union.

One in a series of creative writing workshops that use the late Dr. Maya Angelou’s body of work and life story as a springboard for discussion and inspiration to create original work of any written form. Participants will be invited to perform at Lyrical Sanctuary presents In Memoriam: Maya Angelou on December 10 from 8 p.m. - 10 p.m. in the UWM Union Fireside Lounge. Participants will also be invited to share in the creation of an altar honoring Maya Angelou as part of the annual Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) exhibit in the UWM Union Concourse on November 3-5. This event will be on Thursday, October 2, from 2 p.m. - 3 p.m., in the UWM Union Concourse.

Our own Louise Zamparutti, Ph.D. student in Professional Writing, opens her play on Friday, September 26. "Identita" is a one-act comedy. Set in a small village on the Italy-Slovenian border, it tells the story of a brother and sister who fought the Germans and each other in opposing factions of the Italian resistance during WWII. Opening performance is at 8 p.m. at Windfall Theatre (130 E. Juneau). The play runs through October 11. Visit http://www.windfalltheatre.com for showtimes and more info. Tickets may be purchased at the door or at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/844078 (use discount code ID15 to get the UWM friends and family discount - $15).

Sherman Alexie, a preeminent Native American poet, novelist, performer, filmmaker, and author of UWM’s 2014 Common Read, visits UWM this fall to share “The Partially True Story of the True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.” A Spokane/Coeur d'Alene Indian, Alexie grew up in Wellpinit, Washington, on the Spokane Indian Reservation. While in college at the University of Washington, a college professor recognized Alexie’s "intensity of language, passion, and energy." That talent has turned into the publication of 24 books including "What I've Stolen, What I've Earned," "Blasphemy: New and Selected Stories," and "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian." This event is sponsored by Student Involvement, the Student Success Center, the American Indian Student Association, American Indian Studies, American Indian Student Services, the Electa Quinney Institute for American Indian Education, Cultures and Communities, and the UWM English Department; and presented by the Distinguished Lecture Series and the First-Year Common Reading Experience. The event is on Tuesday, September 23, at 7 p.m. in the Union Wisconsin Room. It is free for UWM students, in advance or at the door. Everyone else can save $2 by purchasing tickets in advance at the Union Info Desk. A book signing and reception will follow the lecture, and a sign language interpreter will be provided.

HaMapah/The Map is a multimedia dance journey that traces the intersections of classically trained dancer Adam McKinney, former member of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre with African American, Native American, and Jewish heritage. HaMapah explores issues of identity, ancestry, and family by weaving together contemporary dance with archival material, personal interviews, Yiddish and American songs, and video set to traditional, contemporary, and classical music. The event is co-sponsored by the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center and the Sam & Helen Stahl Center for Jewish Studies. A Year of the Humanities 2014-15 event is on Friday, September 19, from 8:30 p.m. - 10 p.m., at UWM Zelazo Center.

A 2014-15 Year of the Humanities event, Boswell Books welcomes a selection of graduate students and faculty from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Creative Writing Program, who will read from their own original work. For more info, visit: http://boswell.indiebound.com/upcoming-events The reading event is on Friday, September 19, from 7 p.m. - 8 p.m. at Boswell Book Company.