The library has a new costume display, on loan from the Oregon Center for the Arts at Southern Oregon University theatre program.
Designed by Brandon McCowan
These two costumes are from the 2018 production of The Rover by Aphra Behn, directed by Dawn Monique Williams. Both costumes were designed by Brandon McCowan and were worn by Angela Hernandez as Angelica and Ian Fyfield as Don Pedro.
The display can be viewed on the second floor, Periodicals Department, through the summer.
Hannon Library presents Susan B. Anthony Says a Word, a 45-minute solo play written and performed by Miriam Reed and directed by Terri McMahon (Oregon Shakespeare Festival). Costumes by Sylvia Moss and Krista Johnson.
Thursday, May 31
4 PM
Hannon Library, Meese Room
This one-woman performance by Miriam Reed Productions explores the life of a young Susan B. Anthony as she discovers why women must have the vote and so begins her lifework for Woman Suffrage.
The event is free and open to the public.
“Miriam brings to life this historically important woman in a way that inspires passion for social activism, an important reminder that there are causes worth giving ones life to.”
—Nancy Kilham, Ashland, OR
Miriam Reed proudly earned her doctorate in Comparative Literature (UCLA 1980) and discovered how little she knew. Specifically, she had no idea who Elizabeth Cady Stanton was. Galvanized by her own ignorance, Miriam determined to save other women from such ignominy and launched her one-woman performances to educate and entertain, calling her solo plays “Women’s History 101“ and presenting such powerhouse women as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Louisa May Alcott, Margaret Sanger, later looking at the women in the life of Oscar Wilde and examining differing views on abortion. With her savings, she wrote Margaret Sanger: Her Life in Her Words (Barricade Books, 2003) and was then asked to write and narrate “Clarence James Gamble: An Extraordinary Life” (DVD 2007). Later work: Japan 1908: The Adventure of Fourteen-Year-Old Clarence James Gamble (2013) and China 1908: Sidney D. Gamble & Brother Clarence Discover China (2017). Miriam lives with her Border Collie, Marnie, in Ashland, Oregon.
For more information about the event, contact Hannon Library Administration at libraryevents@sou.edu or (541) 552-6816. If you need disability accommodations to participate in this event, please contact Disability Resources at (541) 552-6213 or dss@sou.edu. For more information about Miriam Reed Productions, contact miriam@miriamreed.com or (917) 710-2354.
Celebrate Pride with a good book!
The Lotus Rising Project—an organization which works comprehensively to support, inform, an reach out to LGBTQ+ people across Southern Oregon—has donated a wonderful collection of books and materials to Hannon Library.
You can see preview our Lotus Rising collection by visiting this book display on the third floor of the library. You can even browse the collection on our website at hanlib.sou.edu/lotusrising.
And don’t miss the Rogue Valley Pride parade on Saturday, October 14 in downtown Ashland, where you can see and wave to members of the SOU community as they walk in the parade!
Test your luck by entering a drawing for a $50 gift card to A’viands Dinning on campus!
Stop by our Constitution Day display in the Learning Commons to participate in the contest. Anyone with an SOU campus email can enter.
The contest concludes on October 19. The winner will be the first name drawn with correct answers to two Constitution Day trivia questions.
Winner will be announced October 20!
It’s Valentine’s Day, and do you know who loves you? Hannon Library does!
We’re bringing back Blind Date with a Book, giving all our lovely patrons a chance at discovering their dream match with a book, sight unseen. Visit Hannon Library today and choose a book from display. Maybe you’ll find true love, or maybe just a passing fancy. You’ll never know until you try. Best of all, the book is free for you to keep!
Hurry now, before all the books are gone!
And while you’re here, take a moment to leave us a note and let us know how much you love your library.
