Special Events!

Little Women Then and Now: UW-L hosts a discussion of a classic and its modern re-tellings
  • What:  Discussion of the play, Little Women: The Musical and the novel March by Geraldine Brooks Cover of Little Women, with Elise Denlinger (Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies) and Sharon Jessee (English).     
  • When:  Sunday, March 1, 2009 immediately following the matinee performance (approximately 4:00 p.m.)
  • Who:   Co-hosted by the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Department of Theatre Arts and the Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
  • Where:  141 Center for the Arts, located on the corner of 16th and Vine Streets
    More Info:  Beth Cherne at 608-785-8521 or Deb Hoskins at 785-8734

Cover of MarchThe UW-L Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS), in conjunction with the Department of Theatre Arts, will present an in-depth look at Louisa May Alcott’s classic story, Little Women.  All are invited to see the play, Little Women: The Musical and read the 2006 novel March by Geraldine Brooks.  Winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, March chronicles the events of the Civil War as seen by the “little women’s” absent father, Mr. March. 

A discussion of the two stories, facilitated by Elise Denlinger of the WGSS program and Sharon Jessee of the English Department, will follow the matinee performance on Sunday, March 1, 2009 beginning at approximately 4:00 p.m.  Discussion will be in room 141 Center for the Arts, across from the Art Gallery.  Refreshments will be provided.  Book club groups are especially welcome to participate.  

For more information please call Beth Cherne at 608-785-8521 or Deb Hoskins at 785-8734 or visit the Women’s Studies website at www.uwlax.edu/wgss/.

To request disability accommodations, please contact Deb Hoskins, Dept. of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, 4300 Centennial Hall, UW-L, 785-8734.