Shakespeare Day

Shakespeare Day
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Noon to 4:00 PM
{Beowulf will be shown at 3:00 PM}
In the Office/Development Suite of Walsh Library
{Located on the Second Floor, in the back}


The English Club will celebrate Shakespeare's birthday on Thursday, April 24, 2008 from Noon to 4:00 PM in the Office/Development Suite of Walsh Library {Located on the Second Floor, in the back}. We will also screen our production of the Beowulf film at 3:00 PM. Bring your favorite Shakespearian play or poetry to read! Cake will be served! This will be the English Club's last event of the school year. Please come!

Also, if you're being inducted to Sigma Tau Delta, here is the Induction Ceremony information:

Sigma Tau Delta Induction Ceremony
Thursday, April 24, 2008
5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
In the U-Club of the University Center {Second Floor}

Here is a link to the Sigma Tau Delta site: english.org

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Bugs not Hugs,
Tom.

English Club Recipes and Beowulf Film Updates

Pumpkin Seeds!

If you attended the English Club's Halloween Reading last semester, you'll remember that English Club member Dani Palazzolo brought a very tasty dish of pumpkin seeds. Well, here is the recipe:

Dani Palazzolo's Pumpkin Seeds

"Pick out the seeds from one medium-sized pumpkin, leaving a very little bit of the gook on it (gives it a nice pumpkin-y flavor). Spread them on paper towels so they dry, then put them in a large bowl.

In a medium saucepan, melt 3/4 c. of butter or margarine, and stir in 3 T. of garlic powder, 2 t. of salt, and 2 t. of cayenne pepper. Pour over the pumpkin seeds and toss to coat.

Spray a cookie sheet with some cooking spray so the seeds don't stick. Spread them out on the cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 20 minutes, or until they are slightly crispy and a golden-brown color."

Beowulf Film Update

Sounds delicious, Dani. In other news, the English Club will be filming the Beowulf film this Thursday, April 3 and Friday, April 4. We still need extras, so if you can make it, please come out. I'll send out an e-mail with more information later. For now, though, watch this clip of La Pasion De Jeanne D'Arcla (The Passion of Joan of Arc), a French film from 1928, for aesthetic inspiration. It's one of my top three favorite films ever (and it's not even number three!).



And here is the entire film:



See you Thursday,
Tom.

Beowulf Film Project

This is not what we want.

Yes. That's right. The English Club is making a cinematic version of Beowulf that will be way better than the recent CGI version starring Crispin Glover. The film will be made over the course of this semester with a target screening date of Shakespeare Day (April 24).

Our film will be faithful to the original Beowulf manuscript. The script will be written by Dr. Balkun and Dr. Weisl and I will be narrating. We already have a few stars, but we still need more people to be in the film and to help out with production. That's where you come in.

This Friday, we will be meeting to discuss the film. If you want to star in the film, you need to come to this meeting. It will be held on Friday, February 8 in Room 245 of Fahy Hall at 11:00 AM. That's:

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Beowulf Film Meeting
Friday, February 8, 2008
Room 245 of Fahy Hall
11:00 AM

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Hopefully, our film will be posted in its entirety on this very blog after its completion. So come out to the meeting, English Majors. If you have any questions, e-mail me at arminith [at] shu [dot] edu.


Here is the trailer for the 2007 Beowulf film. Again, this is not what we want.

All best,
Tom.