Make plans today to attend OZ: THE BOOKS CONFERENCE at Fresno State! (CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE FOR VIEWING)
OZ: THE BOOKS CONFERENCE
May 14-16, 2010
Presented by the Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Student Literature
at California State University, Fresno
(Fresno, Calif.) This international Oz conference features a musical, "Time Again in Oz" produced by the Fresno State Theatre Arts Department and directed by J. Daniel Herring. Playwright Suzan L. Zeder, who based the play on the third Oz book, Ozma of Oz, will also be a speaker.
Enjoy lectures with 40 guest speakers and book signings by authors including:
• JOHN FRICKE
“100 Years of Oz” and “The Wizard of Oz: An Illustrated Companion to the Timeless Movie Classic”
• TOMMY KOVAC
“The Royal Historian of Oz” and “Wonderland” series
• GREGORY MAGUIRE
“Wicked,” “Son of a Witch” and “Lion Among Men”
• DAVID MAXINE
“Oz-story” series and “Vintage Recordings of the 1903 Musical: The Wizard of Oz”
• DEE MICHEL
“Friends of Dorothy: Why Gay Men Love Oz”
• ERIC SHANOWER
“Adventures in Oz” and “The Age of Bronze”
The Henry Madden Library will also offer Oz exhibits and a Special Collections exhibit on the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893. This world’s fair attracted Oz creator L. Frank Baum and artist W. W. Denslow to Chicago, where they later formed a partnership to write and illustrate children’s books.
Community media sponsors include Community Link, Central California Alliance, gaycentralvalley.com and the Bulldog Pride Scholarship Fund at Fresno State.
Advance reservations required. Call 559.278.8116. Online: arnenixoncenter.org.
Enjoy the OZ-THEMED PARTY at the North Tower Circle on May 15th at 9 p.m.
