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Thursday
, October 10
Center for the Arts Lobby
10:00am •
War Comes Home: The Legacy
City of Fairfax Regional Library
7:00pm •
Unearthed Roots: One Woman’s Journey to Find Family
Civil War Interpretive Center at Historic Blenheim
7:30pm •
Vietnam in Words & Memories: John Mason Shares His Story
Fenwick Gallery, 1st Floor
9:00am •
Call & Response: TRANSMOGRIFY
Fenwick Library Reading Room, 2nd Floor Room 2001
1:30pm •
Call & Response: Transmogrify Panel
6:00pm •
Between Convention and Freedom
7:30pm •
On Walking: History, Writers, and Poetry
Grand Tier III, Center for the Arts
7:00pm •
Institute for Immigration Research New American Voices Award Ceremony
Harris Theater, George Mason University
6:00pm •
RESCHEDULED: The Beck Environmental Lecture: Sounding the Alarm
Johnson Center, 3rd Floor, Meeting Room A
10:30am •
For the Love of Basketball
1:30pm •
For the Love of Basketball
Johnson Center, 3rd Floor, Meeting Room E
10:30am •
Inclusivity in the University: Examining Affirmative Action
12:00pm •
Making Friends and Saving Family
1:30pm •
Justice & A Free Market: Saving Capitalism from Capitalists
3:00pm •
Life in Observation
4:30pm •
Monsters & Men: Revelations Through Hauntings
7:30pm •
What Would YOU Do? Confronting Ethical Dilemmas
Johnson Center, 3rd Floor, Meeting Room F
12:00pm •
The Rise and Fall of Uber
1:30pm •
Poems at the Edge of the Universe
3:00pm •
Stories of the Strange, the Surreal, and the Uncanny
Johnson Center, 3rd Floor, Meeting Room G
10:30am •
Building a World: 3 Authors Discuss Time, Place, and Character
12:00pm •
Breaking Glass Ceilings with Silver Screen Women
1:30pm •
To Look For America: The Truth about Abraham Lincoln
3:00pm •
Memoirs of the #MeToo Era
Kings Park Library
7:00pm •
American Horror Story? The Lost Colony of Roanoke
Lecture Hall 1, George Mason University
1:30pm •
Because I’m A Woman: Nana Rawlings on Leadership in Ghana
Merten Hall, Room 1201
9:00pm •
Searching For Answers in South Korea
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
2:15pm •
American Bard: Walt Whitman, Himself
Pohick Regional Library
7:00pm •
Unsung Heroes and Untold Stories of World War II
Research Hall, Room 163
10:30am •
Worlds Apart: Islamic Revival in France and India
1:30pm •
Gender, Power, & Violence in the #MeToo Era
3:00pm •
A Journey Toward Love and Self-Acceptance
4:30pm •
MFA Fellows Reading
Stacy C. Sherwood Community Center
11:50am •
If You Build It, He Will Come
The Auld Shebeen
7:00pm •
Better Said Than Done Presents True Lies: Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them
Friday
, October 11
1014 Fenwick Library
11:00am •
Edible Book Festival
Burke Centre Library
4:30pm •
Escape Room: Search for the Boogerloo
Concert Hall, Center for the Arts
12:30pm •
Why We Should All Be Feminists
Enterprise Hall, Room 80
1:30pm •
The Birth of a Journalist
Epicure Cafe
6:00pm •
Poetry Night Out
Fenwick Library Reading Room, 2nd Floor Room 2001
3:00pm •
In the Circle Game: Life, Love & Our Many Selves
4:00pm •
Mason’s Alumni Reading
5:30pm •
Cults, Faith, and Complicated Love
Merten Hall, Room 1203
9:00am •
Book Review Colloquium on Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies
Old Town Hall
6:30pm •
Musical Barn Raising: How to Nurture Music in Your Community
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
1:00pm •
Slavery, Freedom Seekers, & Heroes
Piedmont Hall Room 104
10:30am •
Excessive Force: Examining Police Brutality
Research Hall, Room 163
10:30am •
So You Want to Write for a National Magazine?
12:00pm •
Sports and Politics: Are They on the Same Playing Field?
1:30pm •
The Age of Neoliberal Apartheid
Sandy Spring Bank Tent, Merten Lawn Tent
10:30am •
Conflict and the Art of the Short Story
12:00pm •
Society, Secrets, and Sexual Misconduct
Stacy C. Sherwood Community Center
7:30pm •
CANCELLED: Rainbow Rowell Answers: What Happens After the Chosen One Saves the Day?
Saturday
, October 12
Harris Theater, George Mason University
12:00pm •
A Celebration of 20 Years of Kid Pan Alley
3:30pm •
Where the Crawdads Sing: A Conversation with Delia Owens
5:00pm •
Killers of the Flower Moon: David Grann on Murder and the FBI
8:00pm •
Literary Death Match
Johnson Center, George Mason University
10:00am •
Hyper Bole
Merten Hall, Room 1201
10:30am •
Uncovering the Real Lolita
11:45am •
Let’s Get in Formation: Preventing Future Charlottesvilles
1:00pm •
A League to Bring their Husbands Home
2:15pm •
Surreal Space Age Stories
3:30pm •
One Giant Leap For Mankind
Merten Hall, Room 1202
10:30am •
Diverging Roads: Teenagers Face Choices and Consequences
11:45am •
Politics & Pretend: Reality Meets Fiction
1:00pm •
Now I Long For Yesterday: Searching for Truth
2:15pm •
The Hurdles and Highs of Teenhood
3:30pm •
Mason’s Creative Nonfiction Alumni Reading
Merten Hall, Room 1203
10:30am •
(Un)Real: Shaping Memory & Identity
11:45am •
Love and Loss in the Caribbean
1:00pm •
Dead Rabbits Podcast: Uncertain Futures with Atia Abawi
2:15pm •
Red Truck Bakery: Southern Recipes and Samples to Share
3:30pm •
A Year of Poetry Daily: Panel, Reading, and Reception
Merten Hall, Room 2500
11:30am •
CANCELLED: Ticketed Event: First Words for Young Writers
1:30pm •
CANCELLED: Ticketed Event: Learn to Write Poetry with Mark Fitzgerald
Old Town Hall
10:30am •
Let’s Pretend! A Poetry Workshop for Kids
11:45am •
Exploring with Your Imagination!
1:00pm •
Flowers and Fishes, Oh My!
2:15pm •
Bringing Ancient Stories to Life! A Live Drawing
3:30pm •
You Can Be a Leader, Too
Sandy Spring Bank Tent, Merten Lawn Tent
10:30am •
Teach Them Well & Let Them Lead: Writing Better Stories for Children
11:45am •
Sweet Little Lies: How Secrets Can Shape a Story
1:00pm •
I Will Survive: Exploring the Human Condition in the Face of Chaos
2:15pm •
Only the Lonely: Desire and Obsession to Belong
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1014 Fenwick Library
Burke Centre Library
Center for the Arts Lobby
City of Fairfax Regional Library
Civil War Interpretive Center at Historic Blenheim
Concert Hall, Center for the Arts
Enterprise Hall, Room 80
Epicure Cafe
Fenwick Gallery, 1st Floor
Fenwick Library Reading Room, 2nd Floor Room 2001
Grand Tier III, Center for the Arts
Harris Theater, George Mason University
Johnson Center, 3rd Floor, Meeting Room A
Johnson Center, 3rd Floor, Meeting Room E
Johnson Center, 3rd Floor, Meeting Room F
Johnson Center, 3rd Floor, Meeting Room G
Johnson Center, George Mason University
Kings Park Library
Lecture Hall 1, George Mason University
Merten Hall, Room 1201
Merten Hall, Room 1202
Merten Hall, Room 1203
Merten Hall, Room 2500
Old Town Hall
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
Piedmont Hall Room 104
Pohick Regional Library
Research Hall, Room 163
Sandy Spring Bank Tent, Merten Lawn Tent
Stacy C. Sherwood Community Center
The Auld Shebeen
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, October 12
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1014 Fenwick Library
Burke Centre Library
Center for the Arts Lobby
City of Fairfax Regional Library
Civil War Interpretive Center at Historic Blenheim
Concert Hall, Center for the Arts
Enterprise Hall, Room 80
Epicure Cafe
Fenwick Gallery, 1st Floor
Fenwick Library Reading Room, 2nd Floor Room 2001
Grand Tier III, Center for the Arts
Harris Theater, George Mason University
Johnson Center, 3rd Floor, Meeting Room A
Johnson Center, 3rd Floor, Meeting Room E
Johnson Center, 3rd Floor, Meeting Room F
Johnson Center, 3rd Floor, Meeting Room G
Johnson Center, George Mason University
Kings Park Library
Lecture Hall 1, George Mason University
Merten Hall, Room 1201
Merten Hall, Room 1202
Merten Hall, Room 1203
Merten Hall, Room 2500
Old Town Hall
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
Piedmont Hall Room 104
Pohick Regional Library
Research Hall, Room 163
Sandy Spring Bank Tent, Merten Lawn Tent
Stacy C. Sherwood Community Center
The Auld Shebeen
