Studium Generale starts fall-quarter series today
Published 12:01 am Thursday, September 27, 2012
PORT ANGELES — The first program of the Peninsula College’s Studium Generale fall series is today.
The college will present 11 programs during the 2012 fall quarter.
Teatro Milagro — or Miracle Theater — from Portland, Ore., will perform “B’aktun 13” at 12:35 p.m. in the college’s Little Theater on the main campus, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd.
Presentations will continue each Thursday at the same time and place.
‘B’aktun 13’ presentation
Community members are invited to attend free of charge.
The play “B’aktun 13,” by Dañel Malán, tells the story of three people who are swept up in an immigration raid and deported to Mexico.
They are suddenly immersed into indigenous prophecies surrounding B’aktun 13, the final era in the Mayan calendar.
In the Yucatán, they encounter Mayan deities who lead them deeper into a mythological universe.
Questions are posed: When the end of the era of B’aktun 13 arrives Dec. 21, 2012, will the world change? Or will they?
Some of the other presenters include American Conversations speaker Rory Kennedy, the Story People of Clallam County, Fulbright visiting professor Dr. Sandep Kandhwal, actors from the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Haida artist Susan Hamilton and local poet Alice Derry reading from her new book, Tremolo.
For more information on Studium Generale and other programs at the college, visit the college website at www.pencol.edu.
