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Constitution Day forum
Dr. Dave Dehnel, professor of political science, and President Steve Bahls will hold an informal conversation on the First Amendment to the Constitution
ETU Auditions
ETU is a performance arts-based sketch group that writes, directs, and performs 30 ish plays in 60 ish minutes. Plays can be scripts, skits, songs, poems, prose, performance, or anything else that you can imagine.
MPB Comedy Club: Jesus Trejo and Erik Rivera
MPB Comedy Club: will host Jesus Trejo and Erik Rivera. Los Angeles-based Trejo has appeared on Comedy Central, Nuvo TV and the TBS sitcom “Sullivan and Son,” as well as "Uproarious" on Fuse. Rivera is a regular at New York and LA comedy clubs such as The Comedy Cellar, Comic Strip Live, Gotham CoLive on Campus: Airplane Radio
Live on Campus will feature the indie band Airplane Radio from Bourbonnais, Ill.: "Just a couple of dudes making music! "
Film: "Beatriz at Dinner"
The International and Independent Film Committee will kick of the year with its first film, "Beatriz at Dinner." Description: A holistic medicine practitioner attends a wealthy client's dinner party after her car breaks down. (IMDB) The 2017 comedy-drama run 1 hour, 22 minutes and is rated R.'Myths of the Rune Stone' author to speak
The O. Fritiof Ander Lecture in Immigration History will be presented Oct. 7 by Dr. David Krueger, author of "Myths of the Rune Stone: Viking Martyrs and the Birthplace of America."
Frieze Lectures look at Reformation starting Oct. 24
The Frieze Lecture Series is a 20-year partnership between the Rock Island Public Library and Augustana College. This year's theme is the legacy of the Reformation in this its 500th anniversary year.
Frieze Lecture: Dr. Carolyn Yaschur, "The Reformation of Communications, Journalism, and Information Access"
Dr. Carolyn Yaschur, assistant professor of communication studies will present her lecture, "The Reformation of Communications, Journalism, and Information Access". Hers is the second talk in the annual Frieze Lectures series.
Tertulias Spanish Language Table
Tertulias Spanish language table is open to anyone who would like to practice language skills in an informal atmosphere.
Tertulias meet at these times throughout the academic year when classes are in session:
Tuesdays from 10:30-11:30 a.m.